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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... took advantage of this absence of the Indians to help himself to a sufficiency of maize , of which large quantities were found hidden in holes under the huts or wigwams . This village was , as near as we can judge , not far from the ...
... took advantage of this absence of the Indians to help himself to a sufficiency of maize , of which large quantities were found hidden in holes under the huts or wigwams . This village was , as near as we can judge , not far from the ...
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... took them up the river until about the first of May , when they reached the Falls of St. Anthony , which were then so christened by Hennepin in honor of his patron saint . Here they took to the land , and travelling nearly two hundred ...
... took them up the river until about the first of May , when they reached the Falls of St. Anthony , which were then so christened by Hennepin in honor of his patron saint . Here they took to the land , and travelling nearly two hundred ...
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... took their " leaves with so much tenderness and sorrow as if they had all presaged that they should never see each other more . " They went northwest along the bank of the river on which their fort stood , until they came to where the ...
... took their " leaves with so much tenderness and sorrow as if they had all presaged that they should never see each other more . " They went northwest along the bank of the river on which their fort stood , until they came to where the ...
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... took from them their choice pieces , threat- ened them , and spoke harsh words . This treatment touched these men , already not well pleased , to the quick ; and , when it was night , they took counsel together how they might best have ...
... took from them their choice pieces , threat- ened them , and spoke harsh words . This treatment touched these men , already not well pleased , to the quick ; and , when it was night , they took counsel together how they might best have ...
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... took his leave of France , handsomely equipped for the expedition , and with two good ships to forward him in his attempt . † Of this D'Iberville we have no very clear notion , except that he was a man of judgment , self - possession ...
... took his leave of France , handsomely equipped for the expedition , and with two good ships to forward him in his attempt . † Of this D'Iberville we have no very clear notion , except that he was a man of judgment , self - possession ...
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