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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... letter to La Salle , on which , through thirteen years , those wild men had been looking with wonder and awe . Assured by this that he had indeed reached the desired spot , and wearied probably by his tedious sail thus far , he returned ...
... letter to La Salle , on which , through thirteen years , those wild men had been looking with wonder and awe . Assured by this that he had indeed reached the desired spot , and wearied probably by his tedious sail thus far , he returned ...
Page 38
... letter , also , Vivier says that which shows Father Marest's fears of French influence over the Indian neophytes to have been well founded . Of the three Illinois towns , he tells us , one was given up by the missionaries as beyond hope ...
... letter , also , Vivier says that which shows Father Marest's fears of French influence over the Indian neophytes to have been well founded . Of the three Illinois towns , he tells us , one was given up by the missionaries as beyond hope ...
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... letter of March 22 , 1814 , in McAfee , p . 43 . Pownall's typography is in Imlay , edition of 1797 , London , from p . 82 to 129. From Evans ' map , first published in 1755 , and republished in 1776 , we learn that Gist crossed the ...
... letter of March 22 , 1814 , in McAfee , p . 43 . Pownall's typography is in Imlay , edition of 1797 , London , from p . 82 to 129. From Evans ' map , first published in 1755 , and republished in 1776 , we learn that Gist crossed the ...
Page 60
... letter of St. Pierre , the commander on French Creek , and it was perfectly clear that neither he nor his superiors meant to yield the West without a struggle , Governor Dinwiddie wrote to the Board of Trade , stating that the French ...
... letter of St. Pierre , the commander on French Creek , and it was perfectly clear that neither he nor his superiors meant to yield the West without a struggle , Governor Dinwiddie wrote to the Board of Trade , stating that the French ...
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... letters and accounts . Burk's ignorance of Western matters is clear in this , that he says the French dropped down ... letter from Captain Stobo , written in July , 1754 , at fort Du Quesne , where he was then confined as hostage under ...
... letters and accounts . Burk's ignorance of Western matters is clear in this , that he says the French dropped down ... letter from Captain Stobo , written in July , 1754 , at fort Du Quesne , where he was then confined as hostage under ...
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