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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... says there landed 620 men . + The Wyandots are the same as the Hurons . Heckewelder's Narr . 336 , note : see their traditionary history by J. Badger , a Missionary among them . - Cist's Cincinnati Miscellany I. 153 . 1673 . Marquette ...
... says there landed 620 men . + The Wyandots are the same as the Hurons . Heckewelder's Narr . 336 , note : see their traditionary history by J. Badger , a Missionary among them . - Cist's Cincinnati Miscellany I. 153 . 1673 . Marquette ...
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... says Marquette , " but I told them that I could not follow it ; since the salvation of souls was at stake , for which I should be overjoyed to give my life . " Passing through Green Bay , from the mud of which , says our voyager , rise ...
... says Marquette , " but I told them that I could not follow it ; since the salvation of souls was at stake , for which I should be overjoyed to give my life . " Passing through Green Bay , from the mud of which , says our voyager , rise ...
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... says Marquette , " I hope to reach the Gulf of California , and thence the East Indies . " This hope was based upon certain rumors among the natives , which represented the Pekitanoni as passing by a meadow , five or six days ' journey ...
... says Marquette , " I hope to reach the Gulf of California , and thence the East Indies . " This hope was based upon certain rumors among the natives , which represented the Pekitanoni as passing by a meadow , five or six days ' journey ...
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... says the pious narrator . The next day the Frenchmen went on to " Akamsca , " where they were received most kindly , and feasted on corn and dog till they could eat no more . These Indians cooked in and eat from earthen ware , and were ...
... says the pious narrator . The next day the Frenchmen went on to " Akamsca , " where they were received most kindly , and feasted on corn and dog till they could eat no more . These Indians cooked in and eat from earthen ware , and were ...
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... says one of his chroniclers , was the first ship that sailed upon that fresh water sea . The wind was strong and contrary , and four weeks nearly were passed in beating up the little distance between Kingston and Niagara . Having forced ...
... says one of his chroniclers , was the first ship that sailed upon that fresh water sea . The wind was strong and contrary , and four weeks nearly were passed in beating up the little distance between Kingston and Niagara . Having forced ...
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