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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Page 19
... savages , until they reached Fort Prudhomme , where La Salle was taken vio- lently sick . Finding himself unable to announce his success in person , the Chevalier sent forward Tonti to the lakes to communi- cate with the Count de ...
... savages , until they reached Fort Prudhomme , where La Salle was taken vio- lently sick . Finding himself unable to announce his success in person , the Chevalier sent forward Tonti to the lakes to communi- cate with the Count de ...
Page 31
... savages , says Charlevoix , " Malbouchia , " and by the Spaniards , " la Palissade , " from the great number of trees about its mouth . Searching carefully , upon the 2d of March , our commander found and entered the Hidden River ...
... savages , says Charlevoix , " Malbouchia , " and by the Spaniards , " la Palissade , " from the great number of trees about its mouth . Searching carefully , upon the 2d of March , our commander found and entered the Hidden River ...
Page 38
... savages . The three Illinois towns do not contain more than eight hundred souls , all told . Most of the French till the soil ; they raise wheat , cattle , pigs and horses , and live like princes . Three times as much is produced as can ...
... savages . The three Illinois towns do not contain more than eight hundred souls , all told . Most of the French till the soil ; they raise wheat , cattle , pigs and horses , and live like princes . Three times as much is produced as can ...
Page 39
... savages . Here and at Point Coupee , they raise excellent tobacco . Another hundred leagues bring us to the Arkansas , where we have also a fort and garrison , for the benefit of the river traders . There were some in- habitants about ...
... savages . Here and at Point Coupee , they raise excellent tobacco . Another hundred leagues bring us to the Arkansas , where we have also a fort and garrison , for the benefit of the river traders . There were some in- habitants about ...
Page 46
... savages has been disputed . Among others General William H. Harrison has attempted to disprove it , and show , that the Miami confederacy of Illinois and Ohio could not have been conquered by the Iroquois . We shall not enter into the ...
... savages has been disputed . Among others General William H. Harrison has attempted to disprove it , and show , that the Miami confederacy of Illinois and Ohio could not have been conquered by the Iroquois . We shall not enter into the ...
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