The Early History of Michigan, from Its First Settlement to 1815A.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 409 páginas |
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... never - failing auxiliary— was the chapel of the Jesuit , surmounted by a cross . Gradually these explorations were extended westward until , in 1632 , Father Sagard , a Jesuit missionary , as- cended the " great river of the Ottawas ...
... never - failing auxiliary— was the chapel of the Jesuit , surmounted by a cross . Gradually these explorations were extended westward until , in 1632 , Father Sagard , a Jesuit missionary , as- cended the " great river of the Ottawas ...
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... never again heard of . The presentiment that he should never return to Quebec , which he had often expressed in letters to his friends , was thus verified , August 20th , 1661 . Undaunted by the melancholy fate of his predecessors ...
... never again heard of . The presentiment that he should never return to Quebec , which he had often expressed in letters to his friends , was thus verified , August 20th , 1661 . Undaunted by the melancholy fate of his predecessors ...
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... never be masters of these nations . Experience has taught me , better than I had before known , that , so long as Manathé stands , occasions will always be found for its people to annoy us . " In regard to the decision made by the court ...
... never be masters of these nations . Experience has taught me , better than I had before known , that , so long as Manathé stands , occasions will always be found for its people to annoy us . " In regard to the decision made by the court ...
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... never goes to war in any other condition . " It is certain that the bravest of their warriors have never used more than half a pound of powder , and a pound of balls , in one battle . Their manner is to fire eating their prisoners , and ...
... never goes to war in any other condition . " It is certain that the bravest of their warriors have never used more than half a pound of powder , and a pound of balls , in one battle . Their manner is to fire eating their prisoners , and ...
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... never rally , their battles are soon ended . " Finally , this prohibiting the transportation of brandy to this place , has much discouraged the Frenchmen who are here , from trading in future . Ceasing to sell liquor to the savages has ...
... never rally , their battles are soon ended . " Finally , this prohibiting the transportation of brandy to this place , has much discouraged the Frenchmen who are here , from trading in future . Ceasing to sell liquor to the savages has ...
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accused Achiganaga affair allies Allouez Arnaud arrived attack beaver Bourmont brandy British Callieres Canada canoes captives cause chiefs colony commandant commenced commissioners council Count Pontchartrain coureurs des bois d'Aigrement death Denoyer Detroit directors enemies English establishment Father Marest Folle-Avoine Fort Frontenac Fort Pontchartrain France French Frenchmen Frontenac furs garrison give Gladwyn governor-general and intendant granted hundred Hurons immediately Indians informed inhabitants Iroquois Jean le Blanc Jesuits killed king Koutaouiliboe Lake Huron Lake Superior land letter Lotbinieres Louvigny mackinac Mantet ment Miamis Michigan Michili Michilimackinac mission missionary Montreal Motte Cadillac murder nations necessary northwest obliged officers Ojibwas Onaské Onontio orders Outagamies Outawas peace Péré Pesant Pierre Pontiac possession present prisoners Quebec received Recollet remain replied river Saut Sauteurs savages sent settle Sioux soldiers soon tion Tonti town trade tribes troit troops Vaudreuil village Vincelot wish
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Página 36 - The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 41 - Salle, who had brought him thither to make him perish in a nasty lake, and lose the glory he had acquired by his long and happy navigations on the ocean.
Página 30 - ... superstitious, they esteem them as divinities, or as presents given to them to promote their happiness by the gods who dwell beneath the water. For this reason they preserve these pieces of copper wrapped up with their most precious articles. In some families they have been kept for more than fifty years; in others, they have descended from time out of mind — being cherished as domestic gods.
Página 29 - ... them as divinities, or as presents given to them to promote their happiness, by the gods who dwell beneath the water. For this reason, they preserve these pieces of copper, wrapped up with their most precious articles. In some families they have been kept for more than fifty Eock of Copper— Chaquamagon Bay. years ; in others, they have descended from time out of mind, being cherished as domestic gods.
Página 341 - The French dwelt on farms which were about three or four acres wide on the river, and eighty acres deep > indolent in the midst of plenty, graziers as well as tillers of the soil, and enriched by Indian traffic. "The English fort, of which...
Página 376 - ... by the preceding section, shall be disposed of by the governor and judges aforesaid, at their discretion, to the best advantage, who are hereby authorized to make deeds to purchasers thereof, and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, shall be applied, by the governor and judges aforesaid, toward building a courthouse and jail in the town of Detroit ; and the said governor and judges are required to make report to Congress, in writing, of their proceedings under this act.
Página 338 - Indian treachery and of the white man's duplicity. Today, chanting Te Deums beneath the ample folds of the fleur-de-lis, tomorrow yielding to the power of the British lion, and, a few years later, listening to the exultant screams of the American eagle, as the stars and stripes float over the battlements on the 'isle of the dancing spirits...
Página 330 - IGNACE de Michilimackinac, and the people are partly baptized and partly not. The Missionary resides on a farm attached to the Mission and situated between the village and the fort, both of which are under his care.
Página 341 - This lovely and cheerful region attracted settlers, alike white men and savages; and the French had so occupied the two banks of the river, that their numbers were rated even so high as twenty-five hundred souls, of whom were five hundred men able to bear arms ; three or four hundred French families.
Página 341 - The English fort, of which Gladwin was the commander, was a large stockade, about twenty feet high and twelve hundred yards in circumference, enclosing, perhaps, eighty houses. It stood within the limits of the present city, on the river bank, commanding a wide prospect for nine miles above and below. The garrison was composed of the eightieth regiment, reduced to about one hundred and twenty men and eight officers.