Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Parte6R. Blanchard & Company, 1881 - 768 páginas |
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... established in the country of the Hurons on the Eastern shore of the lake , which still perpet- uates their memory . In 1641 two zealous missionaries , Jogues and Rambault reached the falls of St. Mary , and in 1658 , two venturesome ...
... established in the country of the Hurons on the Eastern shore of the lake , which still perpet- uates their memory . In 1641 two zealous missionaries , Jogues and Rambault reached the falls of St. Mary , and in 1658 , two venturesome ...
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... established at Green Bay , St. Marys and LaPoint , but the next notable event which took place was the grand gathering at St. Marys . Nicholas Perrot was the moving spirit of this convention . Thither he summoned Chiefs from no less ...
... established at Green Bay , St. Marys and LaPoint , but the next notable event which took place was the grand gathering at St. Marys . Nicholas Perrot was the moving spirit of this convention . Thither he summoned Chiefs from no less ...
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... established the mission of St. Francis Xavier here , four years previously , and welcomed the adventurers on their laudable enterprise , with that hearty unction which can only be appreciated by men who have missions to perform , big ...
... established the mission of St. Francis Xavier here , four years previously , and welcomed the adventurers on their laudable enterprise , with that hearty unction which can only be appreciated by men who have missions to perform , big ...
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... established them- selves at this important point so lately made known to the Cana- dians . They often visited Marquette's humble cabin and di- vided their scanty supplies of eatables with the invalid mission- ary . From items of his ...
... established them- selves at this important point so lately made known to the Cana- dians . They often visited Marquette's humble cabin and di- vided their scanty supplies of eatables with the invalid mission- ary . From items of his ...
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... established . These were destroyed , and two heroic missionaries , Brebeuf and Lalemant , refusing to leave their charge in the hour of danger , fell before the merciless invaders . The following account of their death is copied from ...
... established . These were destroyed , and two heroic missionaries , Brebeuf and Lalemant , refusing to leave their charge in the hour of danger , fell before the merciless invaders . The following account of their death is copied from ...
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Página 148 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 671 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Página 671 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 318 - ... provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Página 174 - States ; that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit...
Página 105 - Englishman, your king has never sent us any presents, nor entered into any treaty with us, wherefore he and we are still at war ; and, until he does these things, we must consider that we have no other father, nor friend, among the white men, than the King of France...
Página 674 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time.
Página 105 - Englishman, our father, the king of France, employed our young men to make war upon your nation. In this warfare, many of them have been killed; and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
Página 95 - The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Página 655 - All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate ; and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...