Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five |
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... hand of God . " With prayers to the mother of Jesus they strengthened their souls , and committed themselves , in all hope , to the current of the westward - flowing river , the " Mescousin " ( Wisconsin ; ) a sand - barred stream ...
... hand of God . " With prayers to the mother of Jesus they strengthened their souls , and committed themselves , in all hope , to the current of the westward - flowing river , the " Mescousin " ( Wisconsin ; ) a sand - barred stream ...
Page 9
... hand , and anxiously went to seek him . They found him dead ; where he had been praying , he had died . The canoe - men dug a grave near the mouth of the stream , and buried him in the sand . Here his body was liable to be exposed by a ...
... hand , and anxiously went to seek him . They found him dead ; where he had been praying , he had died . The canoe - men dug a grave near the mouth of the stream , and buried him in the sand . Here his body was liable to be exposed by a ...
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... hand , and which may be seen by all whom it may concern , have taken , and do now take , in the name of his Majesty and of his successors to the crown , possession of this country of Louisiana , the seas , har- bors , ports , bays ...
... hand , and which may be seen by all whom it may concern , have taken , and do now take , in the name of his Majesty and of his successors to the crown , possession of this country of Louisiana , the seas , har- bors , ports , bays ...
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... hands , and build ourselves ' a large lodgment . " " But there was no timber within a league ; and not a cart nor a bullock to be had , for the buffaloes , though abundant , were ill broken to such labor . If done , this dragging must ...
... hands , and build ourselves ' a large lodgment . " " But there was no timber within a league ; and not a cart nor a bullock to be had , for the buffaloes , though abundant , were ill broken to such labor . If done , this dragging must ...
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... hand . " And the heats passed , but with them our hero's health , so that the pro- posed journey was delayed from time to time until the 12th of January , 1687 . On that day started the last company of La Salle's adventurers . Among ...
... hand . " And the heats passed , but with them our hero's health , so that the pro- posed journey was delayed from time to time until the 12th of January , 1687 . On that day started the last company of La Salle's adventurers . Among ...
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