History of Michigan: From Its Earliest Colonization to the Present TimeHarper & Brothers, 1841 - 274 páginas |
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... Attacked by the Ottawas.- By the Foxes . - Early French Travellers through the Lakes CHAPTER III . 32 Colonial Emigrants . - Merchants . - Coureurs des Bois . - The Peasantry . - French Soldiers . - Legal Administration . - Pol- icy of ...
... Attacked by the Ottawas.- By the Foxes . - Early French Travellers through the Lakes CHAPTER III . 32 Colonial Emigrants . - Merchants . - Coureurs des Bois . - The Peasantry . - French Soldiers . - Legal Administration . - Pol- icy of ...
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... attack the English Posts . - War breaks out . -Siege of Detroit . - Battle of Bloody Bridge . - Indians as- semble around Michilimackinac.- Minavavana - Alexander Henry - Wawatam . - Michilimackinac destroyed.- General Bradstreet ...
... attack the English Posts . - War breaks out . -Siege of Detroit . - Battle of Bloody Bridge . - Indians as- semble around Michilimackinac.- Minavavana - Alexander Henry - Wawatam . - Michilimackinac destroyed.- General Bradstreet ...
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... Attack on Mackinaw . - Peace Concluded · · · • 197 CHAPTER X. Lewis Cass appointed Governor of the Territory . - Its Condition at that Time . - Public Lands brought into Market . - First Steamboat on the Lakes . - University Founded ...
... Attack on Mackinaw . - Peace Concluded · · · • 197 CHAPTER X. Lewis Cass appointed Governor of the Territory . - Its Condition at that Time . - Public Lands brought into Market . - First Steamboat on the Lakes . - University Founded ...
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... Attacked by the Ottawas.- By the Foxes . - Early French Travellers through the Lakes . THE wide region stretching away in a luxuriant expanse of forest , river , and prairie , from the shores of the great lakes westward to the banks of ...
... Attacked by the Ottawas.- By the Foxes . - Early French Travellers through the Lakes . THE wide region stretching away in a luxuriant expanse of forest , river , and prairie , from the shores of the great lakes westward to the banks of ...
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... attacked by a crowd of warriors , and would have been overpowered had not Marquette presented the pipe of peace , which softened the rough savages ; for , says the Jesuit , " God touched their hearts . " On the suc- ceeding day they ...
... attacked by a crowd of warriors , and would have been overpowered had not Marquette presented the pipe of peace , which softened the rough savages ; for , says the Jesuit , " God touched their hearts . " On the suc- ceeding day they ...
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Términos y frases comunes
American arms army arrived attack banks bark Bellestre body British Canada Canadian canoes capitulation Captain Cass chief Chippewas Clair colonies commenced confederacy council coureurs des bois despatched detachment Detroit River dian encamped enemy English expedition fire fleet force forest Fort Frontenac Foxes France French commandant fur-trade furs garrison governor guns Hontan's hostile Hudson's Bay Company Hull hundred Illinois Indian tribes inhabitants Iroquois island of Mackinaw Jesuit Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Ontario Lake Superior land lish Malden Marquette Maumee Miamis Michilimackinac missionaries Mississippi Montreal mouth New-York Niagara Northwest Company officer Ohio Ottawas passed peace pickets Pontiac possession protection Quebec region River Raisin Rogers Salle savages seen sent settlements settlers ships shores of Lake soil soldiers soon spirit streams surrender Tecumseh territory thousand tion Tonti tract traders treaty troit troops United upper lakes vessel village voyage warriors West wilderness
Pasajes populares
Página 35 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Página 258 - To put an end to a destructive war, to settle all controversies, and to restore harmony and a friendly intercourse between the said United States, and Indian tribes...
Página 266 - ... complaint shall be made by the party injured to the other: by the Six Nations or any of them to the President of the United States, or the Superintendent by him appointed : and by the...
Página 262 - States shall think proper to survey and mark the boundaries of the lands hereby ceded to them, they shall give timely notice thereof to the said tribes of Indians, that they may appoint some of their wise chiefs to attend and see that the lines are run according to the terms of this treaty. And the said Indian tribes will allow to the people of the United States a free passage by land and by water, as one and the other shall be found convenient, through their country...
Página 264 - ... without any molestation from the United States; but when those tribes, or any of them, shall be disposed to sell their lands, or any part of them, they are to be sold only to the United States; and until such sale, the United States will protect all the said Indian tribes in the quiet enjoyment of their lands against all citizens of the United States, and against all other white persons who intrude upon the same. And the said Indian tribes again acknowledge themselves to be under the protection...
Página 269 - Britain be pursued, and the savages be let loose to murder our citizens and butcher our women and children, this war will be a war of extermination. The first stroke of the tomahawk, the first attempt with the scalping-knife, will be the sequel of one indiscriminate scene of desolation.
Página 268 - To the peaceable unoffending inhabitants, it brings neither danger nor difficulty. I come to find enemies, not to make them. I come to protect, not to injure you. '' Separated by an immense ocean and an extensive wilderness from Great Britain, you have no participation in her councils, no interest in her conduct.
Página 261 - One piece twelve miles square, at or near the mouth of the Illinois river, emptying into the Mississippi, 16.
Página 136 - Englishman ! — We are informed that our father, the king of France, is old and infirm ; and that being fatigued with making war upon your nation, he is fallen asleep. During his sleep, you have taken advantage of him, and possessed yourselves of Canada. But his nap is almost at an end. I think I hear him already stirring, and inquiring for his children the Indians ; — and, when he does awake, what must be come of you ? He will destroy you utterly ! " Englishman ! — Although you have conquered...
Página 269 - I doubt not your courage and firmness — I will not doubt your attachment to liberty. If you tender your services voluntarily, they will be accepted readily. The United States offer you peace, liberty, and security. Your choice lies between these and war, slavery and destruction.
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In this Remote Country: French Colonial Culture in the Anglo-American ... Edward Watts Vista previa restringida - 2006 |