Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing Tracts, Volume 5Lippincott, Grambo [& Company,], 1854 |
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... French settlements in America , which , being destitute of the precious metals , were long neglected by the parent countries , that may with justice be said to have laid the foundation of that mag- nificent empire , which , whether ...
... French settlements in America , which , being destitute of the precious metals , were long neglected by the parent countries , that may with justice be said to have laid the foundation of that mag- nificent empire , which , whether ...
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... FRENCH . Whether from the favourable situation of their settlements along the banks of the St Lawrence , in the very heart of the fur countries , or from the congeniality of the pursuit itself to the character and habits of that ...
... FRENCH . Whether from the favourable situation of their settlements along the banks of the St Lawrence , in the very heart of the fur countries , or from the congeniality of the pursuit itself to the character and habits of that ...
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... French on account of the siege of Rochelle . Other disasters speedily followed ; the monopolising company fulfilled none of their engagements ; and the colonists , becoming clamorous in their complaints against the arbitrary measures ...
... French on account of the siege of Rochelle . Other disasters speedily followed ; the monopolising company fulfilled none of their engagements ; and the colonists , becoming clamorous in their complaints against the arbitrary measures ...
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... French fur - trade in Canada : Every now and then , a large body of Ottowas , Hurons , and other tribes who hunted the countries bordering on the great lakes , would come down in a squadron of light canoes , laden with beaver - skins ...
... French fur - trade in Canada : Every now and then , a large body of Ottowas , Hurons , and other tribes who hunted the countries bordering on the great lakes , would come down in a squadron of light canoes , laden with beaver - skins ...
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... French to state , that during their tenure of the fur - trade , the interest they displayed in the welfare of the aborigines furnishes a humiliating contrast to the conduct of our own government , or rather of the great trading ...
... French to state , that during their tenure of the fur - trade , the interest they displayed in the welfare of the aborigines furnishes a humiliating contrast to the conduct of our own government , or rather of the great trading ...
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