History of the Willamette Valley, Being a Description of the Valley and Its Resources, with an Account of Its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and Its Subsequent History: Together with Personal Reminiscences of Its Early PioneersHerbert O. Lang |
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Page 134
... Kentucky , Mr. Michaux was recalled by the French Minister , and the expedi- tion was abandoned . Soon after France again acquired title to Louisiana , Napoleon recognized the fact that it would only be a source of annoyance and expense ...
... Kentucky , Mr. Michaux was recalled by the French Minister , and the expedi- tion was abandoned . Soon after France again acquired title to Louisiana , Napoleon recognized the fact that it would only be a source of annoyance and expense ...
Page 135
... Kentucky , fourteen soldiers , two French Canadian water- men , of the class called " voyageurs " among the fur traders , an in- terpreter and hunter and a negro servant of Captain Clarke . There were , also , a number of assistants who ...
... Kentucky , fourteen soldiers , two French Canadian water- men , of the class called " voyageurs " among the fur traders , an in- terpreter and hunter and a negro servant of Captain Clarke . There were , also , a number of assistants who ...
Page 157
... Kentucky hunter ; Pierre Dorion , a French half - breed inter- preter , and enough trappers , voyageurs , etc. , to make a total of sixty people . They reached Fort Henry , on Snake River , October 8 , 1811. Small detachments were ...
... Kentucky hunter ; Pierre Dorion , a French half - breed inter- preter , and enough trappers , voyageurs , etc. , to make a total of sixty people . They reached Fort Henry , on Snake River , October 8 , 1811. Small detachments were ...
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... Kentucky giant , not being able to reach his rifle , seized a big fir limb from the camp fire and laid about him lustily , knocking his assailants right and left . At one time the savages had Gay down and were pounding him , but they ...
... Kentucky giant , not being able to reach his rifle , seized a big fir limb from the camp fire and laid about him lustily , knocking his assailants right and left . At one time the savages had Gay down and were pounding him , but they ...
Page 291
... Kentucky and Vermont , Tennessee and Ohio , Mississippi and Indiana , Alabama and Illinois , Missouri and Maine , Arkansas and Michigan , Florida and Iowa , came into the Union in pairs , not indeed at precisely the same moment in every ...
... Kentucky and Vermont , Tennessee and Ohio , Mississippi and Indiana , Alabama and Illinois , Missouri and Maine , Arkansas and Michigan , Florida and Iowa , came into the Union in pairs , not indeed at precisely the same moment in every ...
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History of the Willamette Valley: Being a Description of the Valley and Its ... Herbert O. Lang No preview available - 2017 |
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