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... French Travellers through the Lakes CHAPTER III . 32 Colonial Emigrants . - Merchants . - Coureurs des Bois . - The Peasantry . - French Soldiers . - Legal Administration . - Pol- icy of the French Government . - Indian Mythology of the ...
... French Travellers through the Lakes CHAPTER III . 32 Colonial Emigrants . - Merchants . - Coureurs des Bois . - The Peasantry . - French Soldiers . - Legal Administration . - Pol- icy of the French Government . - Indian Mythology of the ...
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... French Settle- ments . - Michigan surrendered to the United States . - Condi- tion of the Territory in connexion with the Fur - trade . - Cur- rency employed in the Fur - trade • 163 CHAPTER VIII . Condition of Michigan after the ...
... French Settle- ments . - Michigan surrendered to the United States . - Condi- tion of the Territory in connexion with the Fur - trade . - Cur- rency employed in the Fur - trade • 163 CHAPTER VIII . Condition of Michigan after the ...
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... French travellers , La Hontan , to call this region " the fag- end of the world . " It abounds with forests of white and yellow pine , and will probably never be favourable for agricultural production , although it is a rich mineral ...
... French travellers , La Hontan , to call this region " the fag- end of the world . " It abounds with forests of white and yellow pine , and will probably never be favourable for agricultural production , although it is a rich mineral ...
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... French trav ellers ; but these have been driven , by the progress of emigration , to the plains which sweep along the base of the Rocky Mountains . The elk and moose and troops of deer formerly fed on the green herb- age upon the banks ...
... French trav ellers ; but these have been driven , by the progress of emigration , to the plains which sweep along the base of the Rocky Mountains . The elk and moose and troops of deer formerly fed on the green herb- age upon the banks ...
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... French . That portion of the French territory now comprised in the Canadas , the original point of French settlement , was long the centre of its trade , commerce , and religion ; yet the government claimed the country , both by right ...
... French . That portion of the French territory now comprised in the Canadas , the original point of French settlement , was long the centre of its trade , commerce , and religion ; yet the government claimed the country , both by right ...
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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
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 261 - One piece twelve miles square, at or near the mouth of the Illinois river, emptying into the Mississippi, 16.
Page 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...
Page 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 Limited preview - 2006 |