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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 15 | 1 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dablon , Claude , 1618 -1697 (search)
Dablon, Claude, 1618-1697
Jesuit missionary; born in Dieppe, France, in 1618; began a mission to the Onondaga Indians in New York in 1655, and six years afterwards he accompanied Druillettes in an overland journey to the Hudson Bay region.
In 1668 he went with Marquette to Lake Superior, and in 1670 was appointed superior of the missions of the Upper Lakes.
He prepared the Relations concerning New France for 1671-72, and also a narrative of Marquette's journey, published in John Gilmary Shea's Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley (1853). He died in Quebec, Canada, Sept. 20; 1697.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jesuit missions. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marquette , Jacques 1637 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sun-worshippers. (search)
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Miami Indian chief; was met by the French traveller Nicolas Rerrot, at Chicago, in 1671, and is described by him as a great chief, having had control of about 4,000 warriors.
He was constantly guarded night and day by forty men, and scarcely ever had any personal communication with his people, but issued orders to them through subordinates.
He was unable on account of old age to go to the mouth of Lake Superior, where all the country bordering on the lakes was formally claimed by the French, but delegated the Pottawattomies to act for him. It is said that father Claude Dablon (q. v.) met him and his 3,000 Miamis in 1672, but made no converts.
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