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United States (United States) (search for this): entry canada
Canada
The northern neighbor of the United States; discovered by Jacques Cartier (q. v.) in 1534.
Its name is suposed to have been derived from the Huron word Kan-na-ta, signifying a collectio gment and strong common-sense of Washington interposed the objection that the part which the United States had to perform in the scheme was far beyond its resources.
It was abandoned, as was another a proclamation, stating that, by the combined operations of the land and naval forces of the United States, British power had been destroyed within the upper districts of Canada, which was in quiet p arly 600 Seneca Indians—almost the entire military force of the Six Nations remaining in the United States.
These had been stirred to action by the venerable Red Jacket, the great Seneca orator.
Th ral became the active sympathy on the northern frontier, that peaceful relations between the United States and Great Britain were endangered.
President Van Buren issued a proclamation, calling upon
Lake Erie (United States) (search for this): entry canada
Queenston (Canada) (search for this): entry canada
Burlington Heights (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry canada
Cleveland (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry canada
Harlem River (New York, United States) (search for this): entry canada
Wyoming (Wyoming, United States) (search for this): entry canada
Labrador (Canada) (search for this): entry canada
Detroit (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry canada
Castle Island (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry canada