Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . and that of the greaterpart of the savage nations. Another,on the banks of the Ohio, opposite themouth of the Tennessee River, was consid-ered the key of the colony of Louisiana,and would obstruct the designs of the Eng-lish in alienating the Indians of the would also, Vaudreuil thought, restrainthe incursions of the Cherokees on theWabash and Mississippi rivers, check theC hickasaws, and by this means secure thenavigation of the Mississippi and a freecommunication betwee
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . and that of the greaterpart of the savage nations. Another,on the banks of the Ohio, opposite themouth of the Tennessee River, was consid-ered the key of the colony of Louisiana,and would obstruct the designs of the Eng-lish in alienating the Indians of the would also, Vaudreuil thought, restrainthe incursions of the Cherokees on theWabash and Mississippi rivers, check theC hickasaws, and by this means secure thenavigation of the Mississippi and a freecommunication between Louisiana andCfinada. There were at that time aboutsixty forts in Canada, most of which hadaiound them line self-supporting settle-ments ; and the establishments, posts, andsettlements in Louisiana at that time(1756) employed about 2,000 soldiers. French Mills. After the battle atChryslers Field (q. v.) the Americanarmy went into winter-quarters at FrenchMills, on the Salmon River. The watersof that stream were freezing, for it waslate in November (1813). General Brownproceeded to make the troops as comfort-. FRKNCH HILLS IN I8(i0. 474 FRENCH NEXTTRALS—FRENCH POLITICS IN AMERICA sympathized with the French people avow-edly strugglinj^ to obtain political free-dom; and the influence of that sympathywas speedily seen in the rapid developmentof the Republican party in the UnitedStates. The supposed advent of libertyin France had been hailed with enthu-siasm in America, but common-sense anda wise prudence caused many thinking
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