Early French Forts And Footprints of the Valley of the Upper Mississippi

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Early French Forts And Footprints of the Valley of the Upper Mississippi
Neill, Edward D. (Edward Duffield), 1823-1893
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But, in consequence of the hostile feeling of the Fox Indians, it became unsafe to travel through the valley of the Wisconsin; and therefore Le Sueur, who had been several times in the far West since 1683, was despatched to La Poiiite, towards the head of Lake Superior, to maintain peace between the Sioux and Ojibways, and thus keep open the Bois Brule and St. Croix Rivers and have ingress to the valley of the Mississippi.
On the west side of the channel of the Mississippi, EARLY FRENCH FORTS O
...N THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI. 95 between Lake Pepin and St. Croix, there is a continuous chain of islands ; and on one of these, ten or twelve miles from the modern town of Hastings, there is a small prairie. Easily accessible with canoes, yet retired, it was the spot selected by Le Sueur for the second French post in Minne- sota. Here, in 1695, by the order of Frontenac, he erected a fort, as a barrier to hostile tribes. Charlevoix, alluding to it, says, "The island has a beautiful prairie, and the French of Canada have made it a centre of commerce for the western parts, and many pass the winter here, because it is a good country for hunting.

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