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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... claim of France to the Mississippi Valley , according to the usages of European powers . But La Salle and his companions could not stay to examine the land they had entered , nor the coast they had reached . Provisions with them were ...
... claim of France to the Mississippi Valley , according to the usages of European powers . But La Salle and his companions could not stay to examine the land they had entered , nor the coast they had reached . Provisions with them were ...
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... of Michigan , 336. ) * New France , vol . iii . pp . 215 , 299. - Lettres Edifiantes , vol . x . p . 2o0 . + New France , vol . iii . p . 377 . + Lettres Edifiantes , vol . x . p . 300 . 32 The English claim the Mississippi . 1700 . Slowly.
... of Michigan , 336. ) * New France , vol . iii . pp . 215 , 299. - Lettres Edifiantes , vol . x . p . 2o0 . + New France , vol . iii . p . 377 . + Lettres Edifiantes , vol . x . p . 300 . 32 The English claim the Mississippi . 1700 . Slowly.
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... claim the Mississippi . 1700 . Slowly ascending the vast stream , he found himself puzzled by the little resemblance which it bore to that described by Tonti and by Hennepin . So great were the discrepancies , that he had begun to doubt ...
... claim the Mississippi . 1700 . Slowly ascending the vast stream , he found himself puzzled by the little resemblance which it bore to that described by Tonti and by Hennepin . So great were the discrepancies , that he had begun to doubt ...
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... claims of her northern neighbor : and at length the war of the Natchez struck terror into the hearts of both white and red men . Amid that nation , as we have said , D'Iberville had marked out Fort Rosalie , in 1700 , and fourteen years ...
... claims of her northern neighbor : and at length the war of the Natchez struck terror into the hearts of both white and red men . Amid that nation , as we have said , D'Iberville had marked out Fort Rosalie , in 1700 , and fourteen years ...
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... claim to be adepts , say that our mines are like those of Mexico , and that if we would dig deeper , we should find silver under the lead ; at any rate the lead is excellent . There are also in this ... CLAIMS . We have now sketched the.
... claim to be adepts , say that our mines are like those of Mexico , and that if we would dig deeper , we should find silver under the lead ; at any rate the lead is excellent . There are also in this ... CLAIMS . We have now sketched the.
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