The French Voyageurs to Minnesota During the Seventeenth Century
The book The French Voyageurs to Minnesota During the Seventeenth Century was written by author Neill, Edward D. (Edward Duffield), 1823-1893 Here you can read free online of The French Voyageurs to Minnesota During the Seventeenth Century book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The French Voyageurs to Minnesota During the Seventeenth Century a good or bad book?
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The ceremonies being over, they entered Lake Peoria, at the lower end of which, they discovered an encampment of Indians. After the red men had recovered from their aston- ishment, they invited the strangers to their cabins, and passed the day in feasting. LA SALLE told them that he had come to impart a knowl- edge of the true God, and to supply them with fire-arms, in the place of the awkward weapons they had been accustomed to use. The night after he made this speech, a chief of a tribe resid...ing on Fox river, stole into the camp, and calling the chiefs together, told them that he had been informed that the Frenchmen were allied with their old enemies, the Iro- 26 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS. quois. This false intelligence communicated to the Indians by LA SALLE'S enemies, produced much consternation. The next morning, in the place of cordiality, the travelers found only coldness and suspicion. The commander inquired the cause of the sudden change, and he was then told the whole tale.
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