A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 1A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... outlet in the Gulf of Mexico ; made treaties with the Indian tribes which then occupied it , and established the forts Crevecoeur and Prud'homme , on the Illinois river , and that of St Louis on the Mississippi . Pro- ceeding by sea ...
... outlet in the Gulf of Mexico ; made treaties with the Indian tribes which then occupied it , and established the forts Crevecoeur and Prud'homme , on the Illinois river , and that of St Louis on the Mississippi . Pro- ceeding by sea ...
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... outlet of Rain Lake , ninety - five leagues ; thence to Fort St Charles , on the south - west side of the Lake of the Woods , eighty leagues ; thence to Fort Maurepas , on the northern side of the river of the same name , near the ...
... outlet of Rain Lake , ninety - five leagues ; thence to Fort St Charles , on the south - west side of the Lake of the Woods , eighty leagues ; thence to Fort Maurepas , on the northern side of the river of the same name , near the ...
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... outlet of the waters of Lakes Supe- rior , Michigan , and Huron , which run into the west side of Lake Erie by the channel known by the name of Detroit . This strait , from half a mile to three miles in breadth , is sufficiently deep ...
... outlet of the waters of Lakes Supe- rior , Michigan , and Huron , which run into the west side of Lake Erie by the channel known by the name of Detroit . This strait , from half a mile to three miles in breadth , is sufficiently deep ...
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... outlet from 150 to 250 yards in breadth each . Chicago River , an arm of the lake , at the distance of a mile inland , divides itself into two branches ; the northern extending along the western side of the lake about thirty miles , the ...
... outlet from 150 to 250 yards in breadth each . Chicago River , an arm of the lake , at the distance of a mile inland , divides itself into two branches ; the northern extending along the western side of the lake about thirty miles , the ...
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... outlet . The St Mary's and St Joseph's , branches of the Miami , are rivers of considerable size and extent . When the waters rise , the former is navigable for small boats to Fort St Mary , 150 miles by the course of the river , from ...
... outlet . The St Mary's and St Joseph's , branches of the Miami , are rivers of considerable size and extent . When the waters rise , the former is navigable for small boats to Fort St Mary , 150 miles by the course of the river , from ...
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