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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... Present State of North Ame- rica , " a pamphlet published in London , in 1755 , with which is a map of the French posts in the West , we have it stated that in 1750 a fort was founded at Vincennes , and that in 1754 , three hundred ...
... Present State of North Ame- rica , " a pamphlet published in London , in 1755 , with which is a map of the French posts in the West , we have it stated that in 1750 a fort was founded at Vincennes , and that in 1754 , three hundred ...
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... present States of Ohio , Indiana , and Kentucky , being still substantially in the possession of the Indians . From this , how- ever , it must not be inferred that the English colonists were ignor- ant of , or indifferent to , the ...
... present States of Ohio , Indiana , and Kentucky , being still substantially in the possession of the Indians . From this , how- ever , it must not be inferred that the English colonists were ignor- ant of , or indifferent to , the ...
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... Present State of Virginia , ( 1724 , ) 14 ; Universal History , xl . 192 . ↑ A Description of the English Province of Carolana , & c . , by Daniel Coxe , Esquire . London 1722. pp . 113 et seq . 44 English Discoveries . 1699 . Journal ...
... Present State of Virginia , ( 1724 , ) 14 ; Universal History , xl . 192 . ↑ A Description of the English Province of Carolana , & c . , by Daniel Coxe , Esquire . London 1722. pp . 113 et seq . 44 English Discoveries . 1699 . Journal ...
Page 44
... present , we can see clearly the bearing of what follows , namely , that the Doctor , in 1698 , fitted out two vessels , well armed and manned , one of which ( when , we hear not ) entered the Mississippi and ascended it above one ...
... present , we can see clearly the bearing of what follows , namely , that the Doctor , in 1698 , fitted out two vessels , well armed and manned , one of which ( when , we hear not ) entered the Mississippi and ascended it above one ...
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... present at Carlisle , in 1753 , ( Minutes of that Council , p . 7. Sparks ' Franklin , vol . iv . p . 71 , ) speaks of the Piankeshaws , a tribe of the Twigtwees ; and again , of the Miamis or Twigtwees ( ibid . vol . iii . p . 72 ...
... present at Carlisle , in 1753 , ( Minutes of that Council , p . 7. Sparks ' Franklin , vol . iv . p . 71 , ) speaks of the Piankeshaws , a tribe of the Twigtwees ; and again , of the Miamis or Twigtwees ( ibid . vol . iii . p . 72 ...
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