Book/Printed Material Brief history of the Louisiana territory,
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Image 1 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory,- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 2 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, Book tjsj_isis-- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 3 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory,- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 4 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory,- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 5 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory,- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 7 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY BY WALTER ROBINSON SMITH, Ph. M. Instructor in American History in Washington University St. Couis, ntissouri. THE ST. LOUIS NEWS COMPANY, Publisher s Agents 1904.- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
- Date: 1904
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Image 8 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, f^^ s^*^ M 1^ PREFACE. The extraordinary revival of interest in all sorts of infor- mation regarding the Louisiana Purchase calls for a historical manual, brief, accurate, and readable, which the extensive...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 9 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. LA SALLE AND NEW FRANCE. Discovery of the Mississippi, 3. Early French explorations, 4. Quebec founded by Champlain, 4. Difficulties of exploration, 5. Gov- ernment of New France,...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 10 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, IV Contents sent to France, 55. St. Domingo, 56. Toussaint L. Ouverture, 57. Re- bellion in Hayti, 57. The elements of the struggle, 58. Napoleon s St. Domingan policy, 59. Le Clerc...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 11 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY.- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 12 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory,- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 13 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, CHAPTER I. LA SALLE AND NEW FRANCE. NATIONS no less than individuals possess a variety of characteristics which give them success along different lines of activity. This truth is strikingly illustrated in...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 14 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 4 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. The attention of France was called to the New World dur- ing a war with Spain which was begun in 1521. The exchequer of Spain...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 15 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, La Salle and New France. 5 mand; he had to depend upon Indian allies^ and without the aid of the Algonquins, which meant the fatal enmity of the Five Tribes, he could...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 16 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, Q Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. sive Englishman, wholly to be relied upon; for as soon as they found the French trader unable to defend himself, they were no less ready...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 17 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, La Salle and New France. 7 1635 with a small party, taking along a Chinese robe of bril- liantly flowered damask, in which to greet the Mongolians be- yond Lake Michigan. He...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 18 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 8 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. at Montreal in 1 666, he was offered some land above the La Chine rapids on the extreme frontier in a very dangerous position, and...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 19 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, La Salle and New France. 9 Ohio and the Illlinois, but this is not probable. He had dis- covered these two rivers, however, gained confidence, broadened his ideas, and returned ready to...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 20 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 10 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. stream were unrelieved by the faintest trace of man, but after a fortnight they reached the Indian village of Peoria, where they were feasted and...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 21 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, La Salle and New France. 11 the Canadian traders; why not leave to them the icy regions of the St. Lawrence, and found a new empire in the mild and fertile valley...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 22 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 1 2 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. which he wore a glove. From Italy he went to France, thence to Canada. He was sensible and brave, always loyal to La Salle,...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 23 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, La Salle and New France. 13 through a dense wilderness, part of it infested with hostile In- dians, over a thousand miles to Montreal; there to obtain sup- plies, return to Creve-coeur,...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 24 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 14 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. was thoroughly successful, and a magnificent expedition was fitted out to go by sea to the mouth of the Mississippi, and there establish the long...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 25 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, La Salle and New France. 15 Texas were attacked by Indians and nearly all killed. Of the whole of La Salle s party only fourteen ever reached a French settlement. At his...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 26 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, CHAPTER II. NEW ORLEANS AND FRENCH LOUISIANA. THE work of La Salle was not destined to perish but to bear fruit in the new century about to begin. He had sown the...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 27 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 17 the whole region for the King of Spain. Likewise, before the close of the year, Bienville, a younger brother of Iberville, while on an exploring expedition...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 28 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 18 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. barricade against the English. This fear of the English was well founded. A quarter of a century before Joliet had found English goods on the...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 29 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 19 still to be selected and paid by the King, and a garrison of sol- diers was to be maintained for nine years. La Mothe-Cadillac, the turbulent...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 30 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 20 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. learned the miserable truth, and in their fury sent exaggerated re- ports of hardships and suffering back to France. The dazzling bubble soon burst, scattering...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 31 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 21 cended the Red river, left a few men at Natchitoches, passed along the northern border of Texas, thence overland north and west to the Arkansas, and...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 32 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 22 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. crossed the Bad Lands/ threaded the defiles of the Powder River mountains, and at last descried in the distance the rugged, snow-capped peaks of the...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 33 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 23 St. Louis. Kaskaskia and Cahokia were the oldest permanent settlements in Illinois, Cahokia probably being the senior by a few weeks. Here came roving Canadians, coureurs-de-bois,...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 34 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 24 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. New Orleans was progressing slowly, and gradually drawing to itself the radiating lines of industry throughout the whole prov- ince. Indigo, rice, tobacco, and lumber...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 35 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 25 yeai later, that same youth led a military force to the same neighborhood and fired the first shot in a war that was to deter- mine...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 36 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 26 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. vance, the wilderness faded away. The hunting grounds of the savage gave place to civilized homes, and when at last they were brought face to...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 37 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 27 be strictly enforced in Louisiana. To this commercial servitude was added the restriction that the inhabitants were not to leave the colony without the consent of...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 38 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, 28 Brief History of the Louisiana Territory. Canada, or Dupleix and Labourdonnais in India. Yet it must not be forgotten that the materials with which he had to build were inferior, that...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 39 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, New Orleans and French Louisiana. 29 struggle of England against France, of the self-governing colo- nies against the paternal absolutism of New France the result is not far to seek, nor does...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
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Image 40 of Brief history of the Louisiana territory, T CHAPTER III. St. Louis and Spanish Louisiana. HE news of the transfer of Louisiana to Spain in 1763 was received with consternation bj^ the loyal inhabitants of that province. Fleeting rumors...- Contributor: Smith, Walter Robinson
- Date: 1904