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Page 104
... traders seemed to occupy the principal business places . These were evidently frontier settlements . The western shore of the bay northward to Bay De Noquet was bordered with wide belts of marsh land , covered with rushes and wild rice ...
... traders seemed to occupy the principal business places . These were evidently frontier settlements . The western shore of the bay northward to Bay De Noquet was bordered with wide belts of marsh land , covered with rushes and wild rice ...
Page 235
... trading post , controlled by Mr. Louis Campau , at Grand Rapids , and Rix Robinson's trading posts at the mouth of the Thornapple river and Grand Haven , which were peopled only by Robinson and Campau , with the help of Canadian ...
... trading post , controlled by Mr. Louis Campau , at Grand Rapids , and Rix Robinson's trading posts at the mouth of the Thornapple river and Grand Haven , which were peopled only by Robinson and Campau , with the help of Canadian ...
Page 236
... traders ( I think they had previously decided to sell ) . In this discussion it was claimed that one of these traders was not honest . While claiming $ 20,000 they did not believe his just claim would exceed half that sum ; but that the ...
... traders ( I think they had previously decided to sell ) . In this discussion it was claimed that one of these traders was not honest . While claiming $ 20,000 they did not believe his just claim would exceed half that sum ; but that the ...
Page 237
... traders . From twenty rods back of our store there was contin- uous forests south to the St. Joseph River and east to Grandville , without a white inhabitant . In November , 1834 , the Rev. William M. Ferry and his family came from ...
... traders . From twenty rods back of our store there was contin- uous forests south to the St. Joseph River and east to Grandville , without a white inhabitant . In November , 1834 , the Rev. William M. Ferry and his family came from ...
Page 242
... trading posts . Then began his successful trade with the Indians . He established two trading posts in the State of Illinois , one at the Calumet near the head of Lake Michigan , in 1817 , and one on the Illinois River , twenty - five ...
... trading posts . Then began his successful trade with the Indians . He established two trading posts in the State of Illinois , one at the Calumet near the head of Lake Michigan , in 1817 , and one on the Illinois River , twenty - five ...
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