History of Vernon County, Wisconsin: Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; History of Wisconsin ...Union, 1884 - 826 pages |
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... continued . La Salle , in 1679 , with Father Louis Hennepin , coasted along the western shore of Lake Michi- gan , landing frequently . The return of Henry de Tonty , one of La Salle's party , down the same coast to Green bay , from the ...
... continued . La Salle , in 1679 , with Father Louis Hennepin , coasted along the western shore of Lake Michi- gan , landing frequently . The return of Henry de Tonty , one of La Salle's party , down the same coast to Green bay , from the ...
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... continued their hostilities , de- termined on a war of extermination against them . De Lourigny , a lieutenant , left Quebec in March , 1716. He made his way with alacrity , entering Green bay and Fox river , it is said , with a force ...
... continued their hostilities , de- termined on a war of extermination against them . De Lourigny , a lieutenant , left Quebec in March , 1716. He made his way with alacrity , entering Green bay and Fox river , it is said , with a force ...
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... continued until 1796 a nominal military rule over it after Mackinaw was again occupied by them . No sooner had the soldiers under Gorrell left the bay than French traders seized upon the occasion to again make it headquarters for ...
... continued until 1796 a nominal military rule over it after Mackinaw was again occupied by them . No sooner had the soldiers under Gorrell left the bay than French traders seized upon the occasion to again make it headquarters for ...
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... continued until the latter yielded possession , and in fact , for some time subsequent thereto . As American emigration was now rapidly dotting the wilderness to HISTORY OF WISCONSIN . 25 25 Wisconsin as a part of the Northwest Territory.
... continued until the latter yielded possession , and in fact , for some time subsequent thereto . As American emigration was now rapidly dotting the wilderness to HISTORY OF WISCONSIN . 25 25 Wisconsin as a part of the Northwest Territory.
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... continued to command the Indian trade to a large extent . It was only when the American prince of fur - traders was enabled to import goods to New York of equal quality and send them by way of the lakes , that he could success- fully ...
... continued to command the Indian trade to a large extent . It was only when the American prince of fur - traders was enabled to import goods to New York of equal quality and send them by way of the lakes , that he could success- fully ...
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