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... Salle had commenced an exploration up the lakes , he now concluded to change his direction and trace the course of the Ohio . After experiencing many embarrassments , he , with his party , reached the head waters of the Allegheny , and ...
... Salle had commenced an exploration up the lakes , he now concluded to change his direction and trace the course of the Ohio . After experiencing many embarrassments , he , with his party , reached the head waters of the Allegheny , and ...
Page 235
... Salle was a man of nerve , and the Jesuits soon discovered that they could neither intimidate him nor defeat him in the execution of his projects . He continued friendly relations with the Indians as he proceeded , and obtained a share ...
... Salle was a man of nerve , and the Jesuits soon discovered that they could neither intimidate him nor defeat him in the execution of his projects . He continued friendly relations with the Indians as he proceeded , and obtained a share ...
Page 236
... Salle , in 1674 , to France , commending him and his project to the king , Louis XIV . Thus commended , he visited ... Salle as leader of the one , and the Jesuits as leader of the other . The controversy involved the interests of both ...
... Salle , in 1674 , to France , commending him and his project to the king , Louis XIV . Thus commended , he visited ... Salle as leader of the one , and the Jesuits as leader of the other . The controversy involved the interests of both ...
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... Salle's most faithful and useful adherents . He had a large exper- ience in western life and was familiar with several Indian languages and the peculiarities of Indian char- acter . He was also a shrewd tactician . This induced La Salle ...
... Salle's most faithful and useful adherents . He had a large exper- ience in western life and was familiar with several Indian languages and the peculiarities of Indian char- acter . He was also a shrewd tactician . This induced La Salle ...
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... Salle was at this time absent , and had confided the management of affairs to his lieutenant , Tonty , who kept watch of the work night and day , as it pro- gressed . Father Hennepin attempted to avert the threatened calamity by ...
... Salle was at this time absent , and had confided the management of affairs to his lieutenant , Tonty , who kept watch of the work night and day , as it pro- gressed . Father Hennepin attempted to avert the threatened calamity by ...
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Page 184 - ... two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
Page 131 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 131 - ... into a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony 14 unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 131 - Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our King and country a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern parts of Virginia do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic...
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Page 112 - In his physical make-up he was a man of symmetrical proportions, erect and broad-chested, with a large head filled with solid sense. He had a sedate and Puritanic expression of face that gave him the air of a clergyman. In legal lore he was profound, plodding in research and acute in discrimination. He sifted the wheat from the chaff in a law case with intuitive facility, and rarely erred in judgment. He was a man of few words, but when he did speak he always spoke to the point. He was revered by...