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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... proceeded to pre- pare such vessels as they could to take them to the sea . From January to July 1543 , the weak , sickly band of gold - seekers , labored at the doleful task ; and in July reached , in the vessels thus wrought , the ...
... proceeded to pre- pare such vessels as they could to take them to the sea . From January to July 1543 , the weak , sickly band of gold - seekers , labored at the doleful task ; and in July reached , in the vessels thus wrought , the ...
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... proceeded to Fort Frontenac . * Here was quietly working , though in no quiet spirit , the rival and co - laborer of La Salle , Louis Hennepin , a Franciscan friar , of the Recollet variety ; a man full of ambition to be a great ...
... proceeded to Fort Frontenac . * Here was quietly working , though in no quiet spirit , the rival and co - laborer of La Salle , Louis Hennepin , a Franciscan friar , of the Recollet variety ; a man full of ambition to be a great ...
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... proceeded up Lake Michigan , paddling along its shores in the most leisurely manner ; Tonti , meanwhile , having been sent to find stragglers , with whom he was to join the main body at the head of the lake . From the 19th of September ...
... proceeded up Lake Michigan , paddling along its shores in the most leisurely manner ; Tonti , meanwhile , having been sent to find stragglers , with whom he was to join the main body at the head of the lake . From the 19th of September ...
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... proceeded first , to forbid all persons to have on hand more than about one hundred dollars in specie , any amount beyond that must be exchanged for paper , and all payments for more than twenty dollars were to be made in paper ; and ...
... proceeded first , to forbid all persons to have on hand more than about one hundred dollars in specie , any amount beyond that must be exchanged for paper , and all payments for more than twenty dollars were to be made in paper ; and ...
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... proceeded so far as New Mexico , one hundred and fifty leagues beyond the river Meschasebe , and , at their return , rendered an account to the government at Boston ; " for the truth of all which he calls Governor Dudley , who was still ...
... proceeded so far as New Mexico , one hundred and fifty leagues beyond the river Meschasebe , and , at their return , rendered an account to the government at Boston ; " for the truth of all which he calls Governor Dudley , who was still ...
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