. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . nce for a dominating powerin the affairs of the new world. No less than five times was there achange in the national emblem, floating over the place. The silverlilies flaunted over the infant fortress, to be succeeded by the cross ofSt. George, which was supplanted by the stars and stripes, these givingaway for a short season to the red cross, which was again finally low-ered to the lasting supremacy of the American flag. Once was itcaptured, once burnt to the ground, and it was the scene of 50 pitchedbattles and twelve massac
. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . nce for a dominating powerin the affairs of the new world. No less than five times was there achange in the national emblem, floating over the place. The silverlilies flaunted over the infant fortress, to be succeeded by the cross ofSt. George, which was supplanted by the stars and stripes, these givingaway for a short season to the red cross, which was again finally low-ered to the lasting supremacy of the American flag. Once was itcaptured, once burnt to the ground, and it was the scene of 50 pitchedbattles and twelve massacres. 24 By Steamers, from Cleveland and Detroit. In 1712, Cadillac closed his administration of affairs amid a sea oftroubles, the most vital of which was the question of liquor traffic,against which the Jesuit fathers had set their faces. It will thus beseen that the subject which is now so powerfully agitating the publicmind is not altogether so new and fresh as might at first be supposed,since it was an important bone of contention nearly two hundred Wade Park, Cleveland, O. In 1763, Detroit, with the other French possessions in the north,passed into the hands of the British. This was immediately followed bythe famous Pontiac conspiracy, by which the Indians, under the leader-ship of this able chief sought to exterminate the white race throughoutthe northwest. The projected massacre was defeated at this point bya Chippewa girls betrayal of the scheme to Major Gladwyn, com-mander of the post, who was thus put on his guard. A siege of elevenmonths fojiowed, the fort holding out nobly against the enraged savages. In 1796, under the supplementary treaty of peace with Great Britain,Detroit was turned over to the United States. But it must not be supposed that the young City of the Straits was the theatre of nothing but war and bloodshed Ahl no Romance 25 A Lake Tour to Picturesque Mackinac and song and love, were as nnuch a part of its life as these sternerrealities of
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