Indian village; and three leagues above, a fall, at the foot of which sturgeon, at this season, were obtained so abundant, that a month's subsistence for a regiment could have been taken in a few hours. But I found this river chiefly remarkable for the... Michigan History Magazine - Stran 1081921Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| John C. Van Tramp - 1870 - 806 strani
...village; and three leagues above, a fall, at the foot of which sturgeon, at this season, were obtained so abundant, that a month's subsistence for a regiment...copper which is on its banks and in its neighborhood. "On my way back to Michilimackinac, I encamped a second time at the month of the Ontonagon River, and... | |
| 1874 - 254 strani
...sturgeon, at this senxon, were obtained so abundant that a month's subsistence for a regiment could be taken in a few hours. But I found this river chiefly...present more generally spread than it was at the time of my first visit. " The attempts which were shortly after made to work the mines of Lake Superior to... | |
| 1874 - 352 strani
...sturgeon, at this season, were obtained so abundant that a month's subsistence for a regiment could be taken in a few hours. But I found this river chiefly...present more generally spread than it was at the time of my first visit. " The attempts which were shortly after made to work the mines of Lake Superior to... | |
| Alfred P. Swineford - 1876 - 348 strani
...village, and three leagues above, a fall, at the foot of which sturgeon at this season were obtained so abundant that a month's subsistence for a regiment...this river chiefly remarkable for the abundance of copper which is on its banks and its neighborhood, and of which the reputation is at present more generally... | |
| 1882 - 234 strani
...an Indian village, and three leagues above a fall, at the foot of which sturgeon at this season were so abundant that a month's subsistence for a regiment...this river chiefly remarkable for the abundance of copper which is on its banks and its neighborhood, and of which the reputation is at present more generally... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 640 strani
...village; and three leagues above, 'a fall, at the foot of which sturgeon at this season were obtained so abundant that a month's subsistence for a regiment...abundance of virgin copper which is on its banks and its neighborhood, and of which the reputation is at present more generally spread than it was at the... | |
| Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - 1900 - 530 strani
...but a little later on he quotes Alexander Henry's mention of his visit to the Ontonagon, who says: " I found this river chiefly remarkable for the abundance...of virgin copper which is on its banks and in its neighbourhood. The copper presented itself to the eye in masses of various weight. The Indians showed... | |
| Canada. Mines Branch (1901-1936) - 1909 - 794 strani
...while on a fur-trading venture, found native copper near the mouth of the Ontonagan river.1 He writes : "I found this river chiefly remarkable for the abundance...of virgin copper, which is on its banks and in its neighbourhood." He makes mention of a particularly large mass of copper, which he found near the mouth... | |
| Alvah Littlefield Sawyer - 1911 - 670 strani
...this season, were obtained so abundantly that a month's subsistence for a regiment could be obtained in a few hours. But I found this river chiefly remarkable...present more generally spread than it was at the time of my first visit. "The attempts which wrere shortly after made to work the mines of Lake Superior to... | |
| William Ashworth - 1987 - 292 strani
...feet long," wrote the effusive Pierre Radisson of Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay in 1658; "a months subsistence for a regiment, could have been taken in a few hours time," declared an awed Alexander Henry at the Indian fishery near Fourteen Mile Point, some eighty... | |
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