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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... wish is to make any future editions , if called for , as full and exact as possible . Hoping that this volume may prove of some service to the Student of Western History , and of some interest to the in- habitants of the Great Valley ...
... wish is to make any future editions , if called for , as full and exact as possible . Hoping that this volume may prove of some service to the Student of Western History , and of some interest to the in- habitants of the Great Valley ...
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... wishes West secured to England . Company of Indies resign Louisiana to King . Daniel Boone born . Vincennes settled according to some , ( see pp . 40 and 41. ) Expedition of French against Chickasaws . 1731 . 1732 . July 14 , 1735 ...
... wishes West secured to England . Company of Indies resign Louisiana to King . Daniel Boone born . Vincennes settled according to some , ( see pp . 40 and 41. ) Expedition of French against Chickasaws . 1731 . 1732 . July 14 , 1735 ...
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... wish to reach a fountain that was said to exist , deep within the forests of North America , which possessed the power of renovating the life of those who drank of , or bathed in , its waters . In return for his discovery he was made ...
... wish to reach a fountain that was said to exist , deep within the forests of North America , which possessed the power of renovating the life of those who drank of , or bathed in , its waters . In return for his discovery he was made ...
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... wish- ing to learn the distance and direction of the sea . He heard , when he reached the mighty stream of the West , that its lower portion flowed through endless and uninhabitable swamps.- Determined to learn the truth , he sent ...
... wish- ing to learn the distance and direction of the sea . He heard , when he reached the mighty stream of the West , that its lower portion flowed through endless and uninhabitable swamps.- Determined to learn the truth , he sent ...
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... wish to go and preach to them he obeyed with joy the orders of Talon , the wise inten- dant of Canada , to lead a party into the unknown distance ; and having received , as companions on behalf of the government , a Monsieur Joliet , of ...
... wish to go and preach to them he obeyed with joy the orders of Talon , the wise inten- dant of Canada , to lead a party into the unknown distance ; and having received , as companions on behalf of the government , a Monsieur Joliet , of ...
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