. Annals of Fort Mackinac . twosettlements. THE FRENCH VILLAGE. The presence of French settlers at St. Ignace, is first men-tioned at the occasion of Father Marquettes burial. Accord-ing to the report of the following year (1678), the singing atthe church of St. Ignatius was alternately in Latin, Huron andFrench. The fur and corn trade kept pace with the increaseof the Indian population. LaSalles arrival on the Griffon(1679), caused quite a stir in the commercial metropolis of ANCIENT MIOHILIMAKINAC. 1^ the West, for nothing less than that the village of St. Ignacewas, and remained, until supp
. Annals of Fort Mackinac . twosettlements. THE FRENCH VILLAGE. The presence of French settlers at St. Ignace, is first men-tioned at the occasion of Father Marquettes burial. Accord-ing to the report of the following year (1678), the singing atthe church of St. Ignatius was alternately in Latin, Huron andFrench. The fur and corn trade kept pace with the increaseof the Indian population. LaSalles arrival on the Griffon(1679), caused quite a stir in the commercial metropolis of ANCIENT MIOHILIMAKINAC. 1^ the West, for nothing less than that the village of St. Ignacewas, and remained, until supplanted by Detroit. Hennepin,who wintered at the post (1680-1), mentions his enrollingforty-two traders into a religiovis confraternity. Lallontanlocates the houses of the French settlers in two or three rowsalong the bend of the shore, south of the Jesuits a matter of course, the whole French population, with theexception of a few lawless coureurs de hois, disappearedwith the removal of the Indians to 90 ANNALS OF FUiiT MACKINAO. HISTORICAL EVENTS, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. 1534. James Cartier, a Frenchman, discovered the River. 1608. Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec. 1634. John Nicolet passes the straits on his way to andfrom Green Bay. 1642. The city of Montreal founded. 1650-51. The Indian settlers of the nei^^hborhood to-gether with large numbers from Manitoulin, Thunder Bayand Saginaw, mostly Otawas, intimidated by Iroquois prowessretire to Green Bay. 1653. Eight hundred Iroquois warriors pass the to take the Huron fort on Green Bay after a pro-tracted siege, they break up, one division marching south, theother sailing northward. The former are cut down by theIllinois, the latter routed by the Ojibwa, Missisaki and Nigik(Otter) Indians, on Lake Huron. 1654. Two Frencli tradeis pass St. Ignace, on tlieir wayto Green Bay, they return in 1656 with a large trading party 60 canoes) of Hurons and Otawas. 1665, or earlier. IS^ic
Size: 2796px × 894px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidannalsoffort, bookyear1887
