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Thomas McIntyre Cooley. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT . 9 There was also a Superior Council , composed of the governor - general , the intendant , and the bishop , which constituted the legislative authority . The Council had an attorney ...
Thomas McIntyre Cooley. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT . 9 There was also a Superior Council , composed of the governor - general , the intendant , and the bishop , which constituted the legislative authority . The Council had an attorney ...
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... councils , and humbled and half annihilated the Iroquois Confederacy ; but Frontenac in 1698 rested from his long struggles with Iroquois and with Jesuit , and he had no suc- cessor who was equal to his responsibilities , or worthy to ...
... councils , and humbled and half annihilated the Iroquois Confederacy ; but Frontenac in 1698 rested from his long struggles with Iroquois and with Jesuit , and he had no suc- cessor who was equal to his responsibilities , or worthy to ...
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... council at Montreal , where he re- ceived them with displeasure and rebuke , and after some delay sent them back submissive , but with jealousies and bitterness towards each other . Meantime Cadillac was urging the entire aban- donment ...
... council at Montreal , where he re- ceived them with displeasure and rebuke , and after some delay sent them back submissive , but with jealousies and bitterness towards each other . Meantime Cadillac was urging the entire aban- donment ...
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... council held on the subject in 1721 , when it was inti- mated that the French would refuse to sell brandy longer , Sastaretsi , the Huron orator , admitted their right to do so , and did not deny that it would have been much better if ...
... council held on the subject in 1721 , when it was inti- mated that the French would refuse to sell brandy longer , Sastaretsi , the Huron orator , admitted their right to do so , and did not deny that it would have been much better if ...
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... councils , whether Detroit should not be aban- doned . La Foret , who had commanded there in 1714 , felt under the need of writing a memorial insisting upon its importance as a military post , but he thought settlement about it should ...
... councils , whether Detroit should not be aban- doned . La Foret , who had commanded there in 1714 , felt under the need of writing a memorial insisting upon its importance as a military post , but he thought settlement about it should ...
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