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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... reached after seventeen days ' sail from their place of starting . There they - the first white men to visit the northwest after Nicolet - harrangued 2,000 Chippewas and other Algonquins . Upon their return to the St. Lawrence , Jogues ...
... reached after seventeen days ' sail from their place of starting . There they - the first white men to visit the northwest after Nicolet - harrangued 2,000 Chippewas and other Algonquins . Upon their return to the St. Lawrence , Jogues ...
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... reached those islands by way of the Menominee river , returning to Keweenaw with discouraging accounts . But Menard re- solved to undertake the journey , starting from the lake with one white companion and some Hurons ; he perished ...
... reached those islands by way of the Menominee river , returning to Keweenaw with discouraging accounts . But Menard re- solved to undertake the journey , starting from the lake with one white companion and some Hurons ; he perished ...
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... reached the Mississippi above the mouth of the Illinois river . But the time for its exploration was at hand . Civilized men were now to behold its vast tribute rolling onward toward the Gulf of Mexico . These men were Louis Joliet and ...
... reached the Mississippi above the mouth of the Illinois river . But the time for its exploration was at hand . Civilized men were now to behold its vast tribute rolling onward toward the Gulf of Mexico . These men were Louis Joliet and ...
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... reached by De Lignery with a force of 400 French and 750 Indians . They proceeded thence up the river to the home of the Foxes , but did not succeed in meet- ing the enemy in force . The expedition was a signal failure . But the march ...
... reached by De Lignery with a force of 400 French and 750 Indians . They proceeded thence up the river to the home of the Foxes , but did not succeed in meet- ing the enemy in force . The expedition was a signal failure . But the march ...
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... reached the head of Green bay , to garrison the tumble - down post , where now is Fort Howard , Brown Co. , Wis . This was on October 12 of the year just men- tioned . Lieut . James Gorrell and one ser- geant , one corporal and fifteen ...
... reached the head of Green bay , to garrison the tumble - down post , where now is Fort Howard , Brown Co. , Wis . This was on October 12 of the year just men- tioned . Lieut . James Gorrell and one ser- geant , one corporal and fifteen ...
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