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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 5 1 Browse Search
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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)
benakis of Maine, touched by the charities of Silleri, had solicited missionaries. Conversion to Catholic Christianity would establish their warlike tribes as a wakeful barrier 1646 Aug. 29. against New England; and, in August, 1646, Father Gabriel Dreuillettes, first of Europeans, made the long Relation 1647, p. 176 to 193. and painful journey from the St. Lawrence to the sources of the Kennebec, and, descending that stream to its mouth, in a bark canoe continued his roamings on the open seux, whose homes stretched away to the Northern Sea; of the powerful Sioux, who dwelt beyond Lake Superior; and they demand commerce with the French, and missionaries for the boundless west. The request was eagerly granted; and Gabriel 1656 Dreuillettes, the same who carried the cross through the forests of Maine, and Leonard Gareau, of old a missionary among the Hurons, were selected as the first religious envoys to a land of sacrifices, shadows, and deaths. The canoes are launched; the taw
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., D. (search)
Dablon, Father, III. 143, 152 Dahcotas, III. 243. Dale, Sir Thomas, I. 142. Danforth in Maine, II. 114. Daniel, Robert, III. 21. Daniel, Father, III. 122. Martyrdom, 138 Dare, Virginia, I. 105. Davenport, John, establishes New Haven colony, I. 403. Deerfield burned, III 212. De La Ware, I. 137. In Virginia, 140. Illness, 142. In parliament, 149. Death, 152. Delaware colonized by the Dutch, II. 281. By the Swedes, 287. Separated from Pennsylvania, III. 44. See New Sweden, and Pennsylvania. Detroit founded, III. 194. Attacked by the Foxes, 224. Dixwell, John, II. 35. Drake, Sir Francis, I. 86. Dreuillettes, Father, II. 135. Drummond, William, II. 135. Advises to depose Berkeley, 224. Fires his own house, 226. His execution, 231. Drummond, Sarah, II. 226. Dudley, Joseph, II. 427; II. 54, 99. Dustin, Hannah, III. 188. Dutch West India Company, II. 260. Dutch Colonies. See New Netherlands. Dyar, Mary, I. 456.