Annals of Fort MackinacDetroit Free Press Company, 1884 - 158 страници |
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2d Infantry 2d Lieutenant 66 1st Lieutenant 66 John Algonquin Allouez American Fur Company April arrived Artillery Astor August bluff British building built canoes Captain and King's church Commandant at Michilimackinac Dablon Detroit dwelling enemy fairies Father Enjalran Fort Mackinac Fort Michilimackinac France French Frontenac garrison George Green Bay Gros Cap Hennepin Henry Henry Nouvel House Ignace Indian name Iroquois Island of Mackinac Isle James Jesuits Joseph journey July June King's Commandant L'Isle's map Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Superior land LaSalle Lieut locative loon's foot Louis Mackinac Island Mackinaw City Major Holmes Marquette Marquette's Medical Department Membre miles MISHINI-MAKINAK missionary MONS Montreal NIAGARA Nicolas Perrot Northwest o'er officers Ohio Ojibwa Osseo Otawas park passed Perrot prisoners Regiment Repentigny River ROBERTSON'S FOLLY rock Sault settlement shore Straits of Mackinac Surgeon Territory Tonty trade tribe troops Turtle United village warriors Wawanosh winter woods
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Страница 101 - Rivers; thence east to the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Страница 48 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Страница 40 - The post of Michilimackinac, and all the land on the island on which that post stands, and the main land adjacent, of which the Indian title has been extinguished by gifts or grants to the French or English governments ; and a piece of land on the main to the north of the island, to measure six miles, on lake Huron, or the strait between lakes Huron and Michigan, and to extend three miles back from the water of the lake or strait ; and also, the Island De Bois Blanc, being an extra and voluntary...
Страница 101 - SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, or all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Страница 101 - ... of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes for terms not exceeding ten years, of small parcels of ground, at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors...
Страница 101 - Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Страница 112 - The food was very delicious, and they were all happy but Osseo, who looked at his wife, and then gazed upward, as if he was looking into the substance of the sky. Sounds were soon heard, as if from far-off voices in the air, and they became plainer and plainer, till he could clearly distinguish some of the words. "My son, my son," said the voice; "I have seen your afflictions, and pity your wants.
Страница 92 - ... way to the place appointed for the rendezvous, on the confines of the enemy's country. Their leader was not among the last to depart, but he did not leave the village without seeking an interview with the daughter of Wawanosh. He disclosed to her his firm determination never to return, unless he could establish his name as a warrior.
Страница 115 - ... gilded wings. It rested on the highest cliffs of the island, and here they fixed their residence. They all resumed their natural shapes, but were diminished to the size of fairies, and as a mark of homage to the King of the Evening Star, they never failed, on every pleasant evening, during the summer season, to join hands, and dance upon the top of the rocks. These rocks were quickly observed by the Indians to be covered, in moonlight evenings, with a larger sort of...
Страница 90 - Have you ever met your enemies in the field of battle? Have you ever brought home a trophy of victory ? Have you ever proved your fortitude by suffering protracted pain, enduring continued hunger, or sustaining great fatigue? Is your name known beyond the humble limits of your native village ? Go, then, young man, and earn a name for yourself. It is none but the brave that can ever hope to claim an alliance with the house of Wawanosh.