The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . les plan of opening a Mississippi channelfor the fur-trade of the prairies. The legitimate profitsof the trade were swelled by the system of Indian surrender of Detroit. In 1763 Croghan was wrecked on the Frenchcoast, while on his way to England to give information to the Lordsof Trade and Plantations respecting the Indian boundary. In 1766he settled on the Alleghany, and two years later he acquired 118,000acres of land in New York State ; in 1770 he entertained Washingtonon his way to the Kanawha; he sided with Virginia in the disputeas to the boun
The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . les plan of opening a Mississippi channelfor the fur-trade of the prairies. The legitimate profitsof the trade were swelled by the system of Indian surrender of Detroit. In 1763 Croghan was wrecked on the Frenchcoast, while on his way to England to give information to the Lordsof Trade and Plantations respecting the Indian boundary. In 1766he settled on the Alleghany, and two years later he acquired 118,000acres of land in New York State ; in 1770 he entertained Washingtonon his way to the Kanawha; he sided with Virginia in the disputeas to the boundary between that State and Pennsylvania ; and in 1775he took a leading part in the beginnings of the Revolution. He seemsto have been suspected, however, for Congress made Colonel MorganIndian agent in his place, and he was required to prove his he was able to do ; at least he kept possession of his died at Passaynak, Pennsylvania, in August, 1782. The Croghanwho became famous in the War of 1812 was his nephew. 168. EVANSS MAP OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY ENGLAND TAKES POSSESSION presents, and by license fees required of the to the Indians came from the king; but pres-ents from the Indians in return were absorbed by thecommandant and his partner, the governor; and if anytrader presumed to traffic without a license from FortChartres he held his goods at the peril alike of whiteman and of red. To be sure, the Illinois Indians wrere poor, debauched, and dastardly, and could count notmore than three hundred and fifty warriors; but thetraffic reached to surrounding tribes on the north andwest, and was both easy of access and of considerablevolume. Lest this lucrative trade should fall into the hands ofthe English, Kerlerec, the governor at New Orleans, hadsent forth Pierre Laclede Liguest, armed with extensiverights of trade on the Missouri; and in the April of1764 his lieutenant, Chouteau, with thirty others, laidthe foundations of St. Louis, w
Size: 1437px × 1739px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkandlondonha
