Local History of Detroit and Wayne CountyGeorge Byron Catlin |
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... took possession of what is now Quebec and established the settlement that became the capital of this vast region . In the following spring occurred the incident which may have done much to defer the establishment of Detroit . Champlain ...
... took possession of what is now Quebec and established the settlement that became the capital of this vast region . In the following spring occurred the incident which may have done much to defer the establishment of Detroit . Champlain ...
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... took them abroad . Hennepin's description of the Detroit , Lake St. Clair , and St. Clair river country stated that a Huron village was located on the banks , where Detroit now stands , and that it had been visited by the missionaries ...
... took them abroad . Hennepin's description of the Detroit , Lake St. Clair , and St. Clair river country stated that a Huron village was located on the banks , where Detroit now stands , and that it had been visited by the missionaries ...
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... took to their canoes to get fish to sell to the newcomers . By September 1 , the stockade was completed and the brass cannon were mounted on a platform overlooking the river . In honor of the French minister of marine who had been ...
... took to their canoes to get fish to sell to the newcomers . By September 1 , the stockade was completed and the brass cannon were mounted on a platform overlooking the river . In honor of the French minister of marine who had been ...
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... took steps to discredit him in the eyes of the king . Governor Calliers , over whose head Cadillac had gone to secure per- mission to found the post at Detroit , had formed a strong dislike for Cadillac and had sanctioned the ...
... took steps to discredit him in the eyes of the king . Governor Calliers , over whose head Cadillac had gone to secure per- mission to found the post at Detroit , had formed a strong dislike for Cadillac and had sanctioned the ...
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... took over La Salle's post of Fort Frontenac and refused to allow La Forêt to remain . Returning to France to pro- test against such unwarranted confiscation of his employer's property , La Forêt was successful in obtaining orders ...
... took over La Salle's post of Fort Frontenac and refused to allow La Forêt to remain . Returning to France to pro- test against such unwarranted confiscation of his employer's property , La Forêt was successful in obtaining orders ...
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Page 98 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Page 98 - Erie, where Fort Wayne now stands ; thence by a line west-northerly to the southern part of Lake Michigan ; thence along the western shores of the same to the northwest part...
Page 80 - Sir: The force at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the immediate surrender of Fort Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination; but you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest commences. You will find me disposed to enter into such conditions as will satisfy the most scrupulous sense of honor. Lieut. Col. McDonald and Major Glegg are fully authorized to conclude...
Page 60 - I have the pleasure to inform you of the safe arrival of the troops under my command at this place, which was evacuated on the llth instant and taken possession of by a detachment of sixty-five men, commanded by Captain Moses Porter, whom I had detached from the foot of the Rapids for that purpose. Myself and the troops arrived on the 13th instant.
Page 21 - I leave you to imagine whether we avenged upon this idol, which the Iroquois had strongly recommended us to honor, the loss of our chapel. We attributed to it even the dearth of provisions from which we had hitherto suffered. In short, there was nobody whose hatred it had not incurred. I consecrated one of my axes to break this god of stone, and then having yoked our canoes together we carried the largest piece to the middle of the river, and threw all the rest also into the water, in order that...
Page 98 - Cuyahoga river : thence up the said river to the portage between it and the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum ; thence down that branch to the forks, at the crossing place above Fort Laurens ; thence with a line to be drawn westerly to the portage, on that branch of the Big Miami, on which the fort stood that was taken by the French in 1752...
Page 21 - This outlet is perhaps half a league in width and turns sharp to the north-east, so that we were almost retracing our path. At the end of six leagues we discovered a place that is very remarkable, and held in great veneration by all the Indians of these countries, because of a stone idol that nature has formed there. To it they say they owe their good luck in sailing on lake Erie, when they cross it without accident, and they propitiate it by sacrifices, presents of skins, provisions, etc., when...
Page 56 - I have lately heard that several parties of Indians of different nations have gone out to war against the frontiers of the American States. I do not think that the Indians will ever suffer the Americans to draw their boundary lines, survey or settle any part of their country.
Page 508 - McLean is a member of the Wayne County Medical Society, the Michigan State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.
Page 239 - Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, the parent body of the local that I belong to.