General History of the State of Michigan: With Biographical Sketches, Portrait Engravings, and Numerous Illustrations. A Complete History of the Peninsular State from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeR. D. S. Tyler & Company, 1874 - 735 Seiten |
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... Pontiac , Lanman's Red Book of Michigan , Tackabury's New Atlas of the State of Michigan , Way's History of the Boundary Difficulty , and numerous other volumes . The great aim has been to condense from these works , and from more ...
... Pontiac , Lanman's Red Book of Michigan , Tackabury's New Atlas of the State of Michigan , Way's History of the Boundary Difficulty , and numerous other volumes . The great aim has been to condense from these works , and from more ...
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... Pontiac 249 Fort Pontchartrain ( Detroit ) in 1705 ...... 273 The First Churches Built in Michigan . Hon . T. J. Campau's Residence 355 373 ........... Pear Trees in the Old Jesuit Garden 399 Residence of Isaac Newton Swain ... 409 ...
... Pontiac 249 Fort Pontchartrain ( Detroit ) in 1705 ...... 273 The First Churches Built in Michigan . Hon . T. J. Campau's Residence 355 373 ........... Pear Trees in the Old Jesuit Garden 399 Residence of Isaac Newton Swain ... 409 ...
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... Pontiac- Surren- der of Detroit and Michilimackinac to the English - End of French rule in Michigan ... 165 CHAPTER XI . Hostility between the northern Indians and the English - Experience of the first English traders who visited ...
... Pontiac- Surren- der of Detroit and Michilimackinac to the English - End of French rule in Michigan ... 165 CHAPTER XI . Hostility between the northern Indians and the English - Experience of the first English traders who visited ...
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... Pontiac , continued - The plot to destroy the garrison of Detroit discovered - Pontiac commences the siege - Captain Campbell's captivity- Pontiac demands the surrender of the fort CHAPTER XVII . Conspiracy of Pontiac , continued ...
... Pontiac , continued - The plot to destroy the garrison of Detroit discovered - Pontiac commences the siege - Captain Campbell's captivity- Pontiac demands the surrender of the fort CHAPTER XVII . Conspiracy of Pontiac , continued ...
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... Pontiac , being engaged in mercantile pursuits , he removed to Genesee county , and purchased the land where the village of Fenton now stands . In 1839 he commenced the study of law in Fentonville , and in 1841 , with Andrew Parsons ...
... Pontiac , being engaged in mercantile pursuits , he removed to Genesee county , and purchased the land where the village of Fenton now stands . In 1839 he commenced the study of law in Fentonville , and in 1841 , with Andrew Parsons ...
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Alpheus Felch appointed army arrived banks became born British Campau Canada canoes Captain Cass chief church Clair College Colonel command commenced Congress council Detroit Detroit river district early East Saginaw elected enemy engaged English entered erected established farm father fire forest France French fur trade garrison Gladwyn Governor Grand Rapids held Henry hundred Huron Indians Infantry inhabitants Iroquois labor Lake Lake Michigan Lake Superior land Legislature Mackinaw March ment Michilimackinac miles Montreal Northwest Oakland county Ohio Ojibwas organized Ottawas party passed peace Pontiac Port Huron position possession present President prisoners Quebec Railroad received Regiment removed returned river road Saginaw county Saginaw river savages Senate sent settlement settlers shore soldiers soon spring strong-Colonel success Territory of Michigan thousand tion town trade tribes troops vessels village Wawatam William York
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Seite 182 - Englishman, although you have conquered the French, you have not yet conquered us! We are not your slaves. These lakes, these woods and mountains were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance; and we will part with them to none. Your nation supposes that we, like the white people, cannot live without bread — and pork — and beef! But you ought to know that He, the Great Spirit and Master of Life, has provided food for us in these spacious lakes and on these woody mountains.
Seite 366 - Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination, but you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest commences.
Seite 334 - But the Americans I did not make. They are not my children, but the children of the evil spirit. They grew from the scum of the great water, when it was troubled by the evil spirit, and the froth was driven into the woods by a strong east wind. They are numerous, but I hate them.
Seite 198 - You have bought guns, knives, kettles, and blankets, from the white men, until you can no longer do without them; and, what is worse, you have drunk the poison fire-water, which turns you into fools. Fling all these things away; live as your wise forefathers lived before you.
Seite 182 - 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.
Seite 181 - Englishman ! — We are informed that our father, the king of France, is old and infirm ; and that being fatigued with making war upon your nation, he is fallen asleep. During his sleep, you have taken advantage of him, and possessed yourselves of Canada. But his nap is almost at an end. I think I hear him already stirring, and inquiring for his children the Indians ; — and, when he does awake, what must be come of you ? He will destroy you utterly ! " Englishman ! — Although you have conquered...
Seite 453 - Miami aforesaid; and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east, after intersecting the due north line aforesaid from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same, through Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line...
Seite 194 - Oak, and assumed charge of his father's farm, remaining there until the autumn of 1867, when he returned to Detroit, and commenced the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in the Supreme Court in October, 1868, and commenced the practice of law in the following spring. In the practice of law, Mr. Russell has met with substantial success. Being favorably known in the whole State, both for ability and integrity, he immediately came into public favor, and has found unceasing demand for his professional...
Seite 447 - ... all the powers and perform all the duties of the governor during the vacancy occasioned by the removal, resignation, or necessary absence of the said governor. Approved, August 7. 1789.
Seite 218 - An instant later four Indians entered the room, all armed with tomahawks, and all besmeared with blood upon every part of their bodies.