. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . little mission on thestraits of Mackinac, which in life he loved so well. The first vessel ever seen on these waters was the Griffin, builtby the explorer. La Salle, on Lake Erie in 1679. In 1695, the third or military period begins. At that date Cadillac,who afterwards founded Detroit, established a smail fort on the came contests and skirmishes not unmingled with massacres, forthe Indians enlisted on both sides, and finally the post of Mackinac, to-gether with all the French strongholds on the lakes was surrende
. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . little mission on thestraits of Mackinac, which in life he loved so well. The first vessel ever seen on these waters was the Griffin, builtby the explorer. La Salle, on Lake Erie in 1679. In 1695, the third or military period begins. At that date Cadillac,who afterwards founded Detroit, established a smail fort on the came contests and skirmishes not unmingled with massacres, forthe Indians enlisted on both sides, and finally the post of Mackinac, to-gether with all the French strongholds on the lakes was surrendered tothe English in September, 1761. In 1763 began the conspiracy of Pon-tiac, wonderful for the sagacity with which it was planned, and the vigorwith which it was executed. Pontiac was the most remarkable Indianof all the lake tribes. He was a firm friend of the French, and to aid 82 S o T, ;t, <? n 3 3 3 ;o r- o en rn ?» — 00 Fo - y w ^ !7 g oq a- — w • H :*? ^ ^ Jf - ^ ;r- - ?*- o T3 ? o r o 03 o rs t? M ? o. >), ?^(^^T 0.
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