Pioneer Collections, 8. köideThe Society, 1886 |
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Page 386
... Motte Cadillac , the founder of Detroit , was placed in command , Mackinaw was one of the largest villages in Canada . There was a fine fort of pickets , sixty houses , 200 soldiers and many other residents . But with the foundation of ...
... Motte Cadillac , the founder of Detroit , was placed in command , Mackinaw was one of the largest villages in Canada . There was a fine fort of pickets , sixty houses , 200 soldiers and many other residents . But with the foundation of ...
Page 388
... Motte Cadillac is trading in brandy and making a great profit thereon . An inquiry is made into the subject , and , amid the great affairs of state involving the welfare of France and the destinies of Europe , the Grand Monarch is ...
... Motte Cadillac is trading in brandy and making a great profit thereon . An inquiry is made into the subject , and , amid the great affairs of state involving the welfare of France and the destinies of Europe , the Grand Monarch is ...
Page 397
... Motte Cadillac , the founder of Detroit containing many letters to and from and about him , never published ; amon them letters from Father Marest , Germain , Vaillard and Carheil . Ther must be from one to two thousand pages of ...
... Motte Cadillac , the founder of Detroit containing many letters to and from and about him , never published ; amon them letters from Father Marest , Germain , Vaillard and Carheil . Ther must be from one to two thousand pages of ...
Page 412
... Motte Cadillac was not a new one . The country lying along the strait and extending from Lake Erie to Sagi- naw Bay was known as the Saginaw , or Saghinaw , prior to the first visits of any of the French , and was famed for its ...
... Motte Cadillac was not a new one . The country lying along the strait and extending from Lake Erie to Sagi- naw Bay was known as the Saginaw , or Saghinaw , prior to the first visits of any of the French , and was famed for its ...
Page 415
... Motte Cac lac desired to establish a post on the Detroit , not merely for a garrison , b for trading and farming , and he wished to make it the center of a large I dian and French population . For such an object he would be quite like ...
... Motte Cac lac desired to establish a post on the Detroit , not merely for a garrison , b for trading and farming , and he wished to make it the center of a large I dian and French population . For such an object he would be quite like ...
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