 Missisipi river has its source in several lakes* in the country of the nations to the north ; it is narrow at the mouth of the Miskousing; its current, which runs south, is slow and gentle ; on the right is a considerable chain of very high mountains,...  Historical Collections - Stran 4721894Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1852 - 364 strani
...PISIKIOUS OR WILD CATTLE.-THEIR FORM AND DISPOSITION.- THE FIRST ILINOIS VILLAGES REACHED BY THE FRENCH. HERE then we are on this renowned river, of which...water. Its breadth is very unequal: it is sometimes three quarters of a league, and sometimes narrows in to three a/rpents (220 yards). We gently follow... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1852 - 372 strani
...PISIKIOUS OR WILD CATTLE.—THEIR FORM AND DISPOSITION.—THE FIRST IL1NOIS VILLAGES REACHED BY THE FRENCH. HERE then we are on this renowned river, of which...water. Its breadth is very unequal: it is sometimes three quarters of a league, and sometimes narrows in to three arpents (220 yards). "We gently follow... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1852 - 368 strani
...its source in several lakes* in the country of the nations to the north ; it is narrow at the month of the Miskousing; its current, which runs south,...water. Its breadth is very unequal: it is sometimes three quarters of a league, and sometimes narrows in to three arrpente (220 yards). We gently follow... | |
 | JOHN GILMARY SHEA - 1853 - 360 strani
...Miskousing ; its current, which runs south, is slow and gentle 5 on the right is a considerable chain qf very high mountains, and on the left fine lands ;...water. Its breadth is very unequal: it is sometimes three quarters of a league, and sometimes narrows in to three arpents (220 yards). "We gently follow... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1903 - 370 strani
...endeavored to remark attentively all the peculiarities. The Missisipi river has its source in several lakesf in the country of the nations to the north ; it is...water. Its breadth is very unequal : it is sometimes three quarters of a league, and sometimes narrows in to three arpents (220 yards). We gently follow... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - 1903 - 372 strani
...peculiarities. The Missisipi river has its source in several lakesf in the country of the nations*to the north; it is narrow at the mouth of the Miskousing;...water. Its breadth is very unequal: it is sometimes three quarters of a league, and sometimes narrows in to three arpcnts (220 yards). We gently follow... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1909 - 420 strani
...several lakes in the country of the nations at the north; it is narrow at the mouth of the Wisconsin; its current, which runs south, is slow and gentle....in many places studded with islands. On sounding we found ten fathoms of water. Its breadth varies greatly; sometimes it is three quarters of a league... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1909 - 450 strani
...several lakes in the country of the nations at the north; it is narrow at the mouth of the Wisconsin; its current, which runs south, is slow and gentle....in many places studded with islands. On sounding we found ten fathoms of water.' Its breadth varies greatly; sometimes it is three quarters of a league... | |
 | Ellery M. Hancock - 1913 - 580 strani
...Mary's College at Montreal. He says, "the river is narrow at the mouth of the Wisconsin, and the current slow and gentle ; on the right is a considerable chain of very high mountains. It is in many places studded with islands." He found "ten fathoms of water; its breadth is very unequal,... | |
 | Peter C. Mancall - 1996 - 236 strani
...service, by H grenade. L resolved to return to r ranee to solicit employment. -£. JLei jr ij < IT I „ its current, which runs south, is slow and gentle; on the right is a Shortly after his return to his homeland in 1678, he became an assistant to Rene-Robert, Cavelier de... | |
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