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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... side of which meadow was a stream running westward , which led , beyond doubt , to the South Sea . " If God give me health , " says our Jesuit , " I do not despair of one day making the discovery . " Leaving the Missouri , they passed ...
... side of which meadow was a stream running westward , which led , beyond doubt , to the South Sea . " If God give me health , " says our Jesuit , " I do not despair of one day making the discovery . " Leaving the Missouri , they passed ...
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... side , otherwise called Ohio , Alighin , Sipore , or Chukagona , and this with the consent of the Chaounons , Chichachaws , and other peo- ple dwelling therein , with whom we have made alliance ; as also along the River Colbert or ...
... side , otherwise called Ohio , Alighin , Sipore , or Chukagona , and this with the consent of the Chaounons , Chichachaws , and other peo- ple dwelling therein , with whom we have made alliance ; as also along the River Colbert or ...
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... side . Having seen this completed , and the necessary steps taken to pre- serve a good understanding with the Indians , and also to keep up a good trade with them , in the autumn of 1683 , the Chevalier sailed for his native land ...
... side . Having seen this completed , and the necessary steps taken to pre- serve a good understanding with the Indians , and also to keep up a good trade with them , in the autumn of 1683 , the Chevalier sailed for his native land ...
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... side of a river , and the water for two days was so high that they could not cross . La Salle , meantime , was growing anxious also ; his nephew so long absent , what meant it ? and he went about asking if Duhaut had not been a ...
... side of a river , and the water for two days was so high that they could not cross . La Salle , meantime , was growing anxious also ; his nephew so long absent , what meant it ? and he went about asking if Duhaut had not been a ...
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... side , by covering themselves with bear skins . The story may be found in Hall's Sketches of the West , i . 181. Nicolet , however , in his Report to Congress , ( p . 79 , ) says it was not named Massac or Massacre , but Marsiac : while ...
... side , by covering themselves with bear skins . The story may be found in Hall's Sketches of the West , i . 181. Nicolet , however , in his Report to Congress , ( p . 79 , ) says it was not named Massac or Massacre , but Marsiac : while ...
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