St Nicholas [serial] . car-ried to the top of the hill overlooking theswift-flowing rapids. A stout timber with anengraved plate upon it was set up near thedeep hole in the ground which was to hold thefoot of the cross. When all had assembled, St. Lusson, the repre-sentative of the king, lifted in one hand a clodof earth, and in the other his naked sword; andin the name of his most Christian Majesty the paint. As the cross assumed position, thepriests intoned a stately chant of the seven-teenth century; then the French exclaimed, Vive le Roi / while, as one historian puts it, the Indians howle
St Nicholas [serial] . car-ried to the top of the hill overlooking theswift-flowing rapids. A stout timber with anengraved plate upon it was set up near thedeep hole in the ground which was to hold thefoot of the cross. When all had assembled, St. Lusson, the repre-sentative of the king, lifted in one hand a clodof earth, and in the other his naked sword; andin the name of his most Christian Majesty the paint. As the cross assumed position, thepriests intoned a stately chant of the seven-teenth century; then the French exclaimed, Vive le Roi / while, as one historian puts it, the Indians howled in concert. The plate upon the smaller timber bore anengraved inscription denoting the kings pos-session of the land. It is of interest to note that the early explor-ers mfade many and most honest maps of thelake region, some of them grotesque in theirabsurdities, some of them showing no littleknowledge of map-drawing. One of the his-tories of the day, written by Peter Heylyn,which contained many of these maps, is a. WHALEBACK PASSENGER STEAMER. King of France took possession of the land, em-bracing in his assumption all the region fromthe north to the south sea, and extending tothe ocean on the west. The cross was thenraised before the motley throng — the repre-sentatives of the government in their most gor-geous suits, the priests in their rich vestments,the voyageurs in their hunting-garb of skins,the Indians in their most fantastic feathers and most interesting volume, and well worth study-ing. He calls it: A Cosmographie in foure Bookes, Contayning theChorographie & Historie of the Whole World, and allthe Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and theIsles Thereof. One brief reference to the contents of thework, a partial description of the lake region, 3898.] THE GREAT LAKES. 359
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