Pioneer Collections, 8. köideThe Society, 1886 |
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... Indian Affairs , with the Ottawa , Chippewa , Wyandotte and Pottawattomie nations of Indians , embracing nearly half of the Lower Peninsula . This unbroken wilderness was surveyed in the year 1812 by Joseph Fletcher , and by ...
... Indian Affairs , with the Ottawa , Chippewa , Wyandotte and Pottawattomie nations of Indians , embracing nearly half of the Lower Peninsula . This unbroken wilderness was surveyed in the year 1812 by Joseph Fletcher , and by ...
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... Indians frequently came off second best . One or two incidents will illustrate the manner in which our hardy pioneers repelled these acts of lawlessness , even when confronted with superior force . An Indian once entered the residence ...
... Indians frequently came off second best . One or two incidents will illustrate the manner in which our hardy pioneers repelled these acts of lawlessness , even when confronted with superior force . An Indian once entered the residence ...
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... Indians were after that afraid of him and avoided him whenever they could . The last act in this drama occurred , if my information is correct , in the fall of 1819. The Indians entered the house of a man by the name of Sar- geant ...
... Indians were after that afraid of him and avoided him whenever they could . The last act in this drama occurred , if my information is correct , in the fall of 1819. The Indians entered the house of a man by the name of Sar- geant ...
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... Indians no more . One day , during the absence of myself and two of our men , who were engaged in our duties in the survey , two Indians came to our camp and made a demand for some flour and other provisions . The two men left in camp ...
... Indians no more . One day , during the absence of myself and two of our men , who were engaged in our duties in the survey , two Indians came to our camp and made a demand for some flour and other provisions . The two men left in camp ...
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... Indian trade . The hatred had become so strong against Reaume by the opposition traders that they endeavored to and did set the Indians against the out - posts . Dequindre , an active young Frenchman , clerk of the store at the forks of ...
... Indian trade . The hatred had become so strong against Reaume by the opposition traders that they endeavored to and did set the Indians against the out - posts . Dequindre , an active young Frenchman , clerk of the store at the forks of ...
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