The Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins, Volume 2Trueman & Spofford, 1851 - Ohio |
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Page 134
... Salle and Louis Hennepin . La Salle was a native of Normandy , and was brought up , as we learn from Charlevoix , among the Jesuits ; but , hav- ing lost , by some unknown cause , his patrimony , and being of a stirring and energetic ...
... Salle and Louis Hennepin . La Salle was a native of Normandy , and was brought up , as we learn from Charlevoix , among the Jesuits ; but , hav- ing lost , by some unknown cause , his patrimony , and being of a stirring and energetic ...
Page 135
... Salle was made a Chevalier ; was invested with the seign- ory of Fort Catarocouy or Frontenac , upon condition he would rebuild it ; and received from all the first noblemen and princes assurances of their good - will and aid . His mis ...
... Salle was made a Chevalier ; was invested with the seign- ory of Fort Catarocouy or Frontenac , upon condition he would rebuild it ; and received from all the first noblemen and princes assurances of their good - will and aid . His mis ...
Page 136
... Salle called River St. Louis . Ohio river , was Ouabouskigou , Ouabachi , Ouabache , Oyo , Ouye , Belle Rivière . Missouri river , was Pekitanoni , Rivière des Osages , and Massou- rites ; and by Coxe is called Yellow River , his ...
... Salle called River St. Louis . Ohio river , was Ouabouskigou , Ouabachi , Ouabache , Oyo , Ouye , Belle Rivière . Missouri river , was Pekitanoni , Rivière des Osages , and Massou- rites ; and by Coxe is called Yellow River , his ...
Page 137
... Salle was a man with a large heart in his bosom ; he had drawn for himself a grand outline , the discovery , con- quest , fortification , possession , and commercial union , of that immense country which lies along the greatest lakes ...
... Salle was a man with a large heart in his bosom ; he had drawn for himself a grand outline , the discovery , con- quest , fortification , possession , and commercial union , of that immense country which lies along the greatest lakes ...
Page 138
... Salle founded a second fort , upon which he set his men to work ; but , finding the Iroquois jealous , he gave it up ... Salle's monopoly , and apparent good luck , had stirred up the Iroquois , some of whom , feigning drunkenness ...
... Salle founded a second fort , upon which he set his men to work ; but , finding the Iroquois jealous , he gave it up ... Salle's monopoly , and apparent good luck , had stirred up the Iroquois , some of whom , feigning drunkenness ...
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Page 370 - ... for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Page 223 - Englishman, although you have conquered the French, you have not yet conquered us! We are not your slaves. These lakes, these woods and mountains were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance; and we will part with them to none. Your nation supposes that we, like the white people, cannot live without bread — and pork — and beef! But you ought to know that He, the Great Spirit and Master of Life, has provided food for us in these spacious lakes and on these woody mountains.
Page 225 - scooped up in the hollow of joined hands," the blood of many a Briton. Pontiac's immediate field of action was the garrison at Detroit. Here, however, the plans were frustrated by an Indian woman disclosing the plot the evening previous to his arrival.
Page 310 - But for this small army of dripping, but fearless Virginians, the union of all the tribes from Georgia to Maine against the colonies might have been effected, and the whole current of our history changed.
Page 358 - I am decidedly of opinion that this Western country will in a few years act for itself, and erect an independent government.
Page 134 - ... the pet project of those ages — a short way to China and the East, and was busily planning an expedition up the great lakes, and so across the continent to the Pacific, when Marquette returned from the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions...
Page 198 - Said an old chief, at Easton, in 1758 : " The Indians on the Ohio left you because of your own fault. When we heard the French were coming, we asked you for help and arms, but we did not get them. The French came, they treated us kindly, and gained our affections. The Governor of Virginia settled on our lands for his own benefit, and, when we wanted help, forsook us.
Page 389 - Mr. Filson, who had been a schoolmaster, was appointed to name the town, and, in respect to its situation, and as if with a prophetic perception of the mixed...
Page 184 - Nothing was done, however, by that power save to take some diplomatic steps to secure the claims of Britain to this unexplored wilderness. England had from the outset claimed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, on the ground that the discovery of the seacoast and its possession was a discovery and possession of the country, and, as is well known, her grants to the colonies extended
Page 461 - As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation. It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history. Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor...