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... Fort Detroit , 1734 . 454 First Employment of Indians by Whites in Warfare , 1748 .. 457 Extract from the Register of St. Anne's Church at Detroit , 1755 . 458 Commission to the King of Monguagon , 1755 . 459 Instructions for the ...
... Fort Detroit , 1734 . 454 First Employment of Indians by Whites in Warfare , 1748 .. 457 Extract from the Register of St. Anne's Church at Detroit , 1755 . 458 Commission to the King of Monguagon , 1755 . 459 Instructions for the ...
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... Fort Meigs . While there she wrote to Erie , but received no infor- mation , and returned to Mr. Thayer's . 66 In her next entry she says : No news of Mr. Winter yet . Must I return to Buffalo ? I know not what to do . Here I am , among ...
... Fort Meigs . While there she wrote to Erie , but received no infor- mation , and returned to Mr. Thayer's . 66 In her next entry she says : No news of Mr. Winter yet . Must I return to Buffalo ? I know not what to do . Here I am , among ...
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... fort with the young men of his village , to dance the pipe of peace , and while the dancers would be doing their business , other young men would ramble around in the fort , in order to examine well all that might happen , the number of ...
... fort with the young men of his village , to dance the pipe of peace , and while the dancers would be doing their business , other young men would ramble around in the fort , in order to examine well all that might happen , the number of ...
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... fort , on the other side of the river , extending east and northeast , where , in accordance with the orders of Pondiak , chief of the Ottawas , all the Indians had arrived the Friday before . On their return to the village , all the ...
... fort , on the other side of the river , extending east and northeast , where , in accordance with the orders of Pondiak , chief of the Ottawas , all the Indians had arrived the Friday before . On their return to the village , all the ...
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... fort . The Hurons and Foxes should divide into bands , one to go down the river to stop those who might come , and the other band to be around the fort from afar to kill those who were at work outside the fort , and that each one should ...
... fort . The Hurons and Foxes should divide into bands , one to go down the river to stop those who might come , and the other band to be around the fort from afar to kill those who were at work outside the fort , and that each one should ...
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