The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens . heard for the first time the distant thunder of the cataract. Arriving. HIGH BRIDGE, LAKE BLUFF, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. among the Iroquois, they met with a friendly reception, and learnedfrom a Shawanee prisoner that they could reach the Ohio in six with the unexpected good fortune, they made ready to resumetheir journey; but just as they were about to start they heard of thearrival of two Frenchmen in a neighboring village. One of them provedto bs
The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens . heard for the first time the distant thunder of the cataract. Arriving. HIGH BRIDGE, LAKE BLUFF, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. among the Iroquois, they met with a friendly reception, and learnedfrom a Shawanee prisoner that they could reach the Ohio in six with the unexpected good fortune, they made ready to resumetheir journey; but just as they were about to start they heard of thearrival of two Frenchmen in a neighboring village. One of them provedto bs Louis Joliet, afterwards famous as an explorer in the West. Hs 34 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. had been sent by the Canadian Government to explore the copper mineson Lake Superior, but had failed, and was on his way back to gave the missionaries a map of the country he had explored in thelake region, together with an account of the condition of the Indians inthat quarter. This induced the priests to determine on leaving theexpedition and going to Lake Superior. LaSalle warned them that theJesuits were probably occupying that field, and that they would meetwith a cold reception. Nevertheles
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