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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
hably with the progress of discovery in 1667 Aug. the west, Allouez returned to Quebec to urge the establishment of permanent missions, to be accompa- Chap. XX.} nied by little colonies of French emigrants;—and such was his own fervor, such the earnestness with which Relation 1666, 7. 129. he was seconded, that, in two days, with another priest, Louis Nicolas, for his companion, he was on his way, returning to the mission at Chegoimegon. The prevalence of peace favored the progress of 1668. French dominion; the company of the West Indies, resigning its monopoly of the fur trade, gave an impulse to Canadian enterprise; a recruit of missionaries had arrived from France; and Claude Dablon and James Marquette repaired to the Chippewas at the Sault, to establish the mission of St. Mary. It is the oldest settlement begun by Europeans within the present limits of the commonwealth of Michigan. For the succeeding years, the illustrious triumvirate, Allouez, Dablon, and Marquette, we