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Page xxiv
... crossed to the Wisconsin , and descended it so far that , as he reported on his return , in three days more he would have reached the sea . The truth seems to be , that he mistook the meaning of his Indian guides , and that the " great ...
... crossed to the Wisconsin , and descended it so far that , as he reported on his return , in three days more he would have reached the sea . The truth seems to be , that he mistook the meaning of his Indian guides , and that the " great ...
Page 21
... crossed to the waters of the Ottawa , and descended to Montreal , which they reached on the eighteenth of June . They had made no discoveries and no converts ; but Galinée , after his arrival , made the earliest map of the Upper Lakes ...
... crossed to the waters of the Ottawa , and descended to Montreal , which they reached on the eighteenth of June . They had made no discoveries and no converts ; but Galinée , after his arrival , made the earliest map of the Upper Lakes ...
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... crossed to a river flowing west- ward , evidently the Illinois , —and followed it until it was joined by another river flowing from the north- west to the south - east . By this , the Mississippi only can be meant ; and he is reported ...
... crossed to a river flowing west- ward , evidently the Illinois , —and followed it until it was joined by another river flowing from the north- west to the south - east . By this , the Mississippi only can be meant ; and he is reported ...
Page 32
... crossed on their way , 2 and which , as he 1 Lettre du Père Jacques Marquette au R. P. Supérieur des Missions ; in Relation , 1670 , 87 . 2 The Illinois lived at this time beyond the Mississippi , thirty days ' journey from La Pointe ...
... crossed on their way , 2 and which , as he 1 Lettre du Père Jacques Marquette au R. P. Supérieur des Missions ; in Relation , 1670 , 87 . 2 The Illinois lived at this time beyond the Mississippi , thirty days ' journey from La Pointe ...
Page 36
... Crossing Winnebago Lake , the two priests followed the river leading to the town of the Mascoutins and Miamis , which they reached on the fifteenth of September . ' These two tribes lived together within the compass of the same ...
... Crossing Winnebago Lake , the two priests followed the river leading to the town of the Mascoutins and Miamis , which they reached on the fifteenth of September . ' These two tribes lived together within the compass of the same ...
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