Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Part 1 |
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... York . Their central seat of power was located on the banks of Onondaga lake , among the cluster of lakes which was then , and is now , the paradise of the region thereabouts . Without discussing the merits of the dispute between these ...
... York . Their central seat of power was located on the banks of Onondaga lake , among the cluster of lakes which was then , and is now , the paradise of the region thereabouts . Without discussing the merits of the dispute between these ...
Page 16
... York , and inserted in his book entitled , " Discovery of the Mississippi . " It has also been inserted in the margin of Blanchard's Historical Map of the United States , published at Chicago in 1876 , and a copy reduced in scale is ...
... York , and inserted in his book entitled , " Discovery of the Mississippi . " It has also been inserted in the margin of Blanchard's Historical Map of the United States , published at Chicago in 1876 , and a copy reduced in scale is ...
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... York , and not only did their canoes sweep Lake Ontario , but their war parties often scoured the country north of it . * Frontenac , a man of distinguished ability , was then Gover- * In 1649 , an unusually fearful Iroquois invasion ...
... York , and not only did their canoes sweep Lake Ontario , but their war parties often scoured the country north of it . * Frontenac , a man of distinguished ability , was then Gover- * In 1649 , an unusually fearful Iroquois invasion ...
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... York , there to become their supernumerary wives . After Tonty's efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two contending armies had failed , he withdrew , and , with Membre , made the best of his way to the mission of St ...
... York , there to become their supernumerary wives . After Tonty's efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two contending armies had failed , he withdrew , and , with Membre , made the best of his way to the mission of St ...
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... York , whose vigorous and ambitious policy , assisted by the Iroquois , contem- plated the establishment of a trading post at Michilimackinac , for the mutual interests of both , and , in 1687 , English agents started up the lakes for ...
... York , whose vigorous and ambitious policy , assisted by the Iroquois , contem- plated the establishment of a trading post at Michilimackinac , for the mutual interests of both , and , in 1687 , English agents started up the lakes for ...
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