The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . .eSr> VUUoftH uf French >>»*Mixt<lim<<kiii<tc { ° Oiitaiittn] \ •#j^ ,,^ 0 %;% fatt°J HURON S * /u V!,vA L A A B or Wfl^T R A N |^ /C ZaAe «. molls map of THE NORTHWEST IN 1720(See page 165) CADILLAC FOUNDS DETROIT mies, and at the same time make a larger profit. Then,again, no conscientious scruples seem to have deterredthe English from supplying the Indians with all therum they had furs to pay for; whereas the French,through their missionaries, had some regard for themorals of the p
The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . .eSr> VUUoftH uf French >>»*Mixt<lim<<kiii<tc { ° Oiitaiittn] \ •#j^ ,,^ 0 %;% fatt°J HURON S * /u V!,vA L A A B or Wfl^T R A N |^ /C ZaAe «. molls map of THE NORTHWEST IN 1720(See page 165) CADILLAC FOUNDS DETROIT mies, and at the same time make a larger profit. Then,again, no conscientious scruples seem to have deterredthe English from supplying the Indians with all therum they had furs to pay for; whereas the French,through their missionaries, had some regard for themorals of the persons they were bent on converting. To check British advances Du Lhut, sent with fiftysoldiers to the Detroit region in 1686, built Fort , at the head of the St. Clair Kiver, near the presentsite of Port Huron; and the next year Henry de Tontycame across southern Michigan from his station in theIllinois country to the Detroit Kiver,1 where he met hiscousin Du Lhut from the St. Clair, and La Forest andDurantaye from Michilimackinac, all going to assistFrontenac in chastising the Iroquois. On the way downfrom Michilimackinac, the two Frenchman had the fort-une to fall in with and capture thirty Englishmen whohad been sent by the indefat
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