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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 2 0 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 XXI (search)
o mines of unparalleled productiveness were discovered among the troublesome morasses; and St. Denys, with a motley group of Canadians and Indians, was sent to ramble for six months in the far west, that he might certainly find the land of gold. In April, Le Sueur led a company, in quest of mineral stores, to mountains in our northwestern territory. Passing beyond the Wisconsin, beyond the Chippewa, beyond the St. Croix, he sailed north till he reached the mouth of the St. Peter's, and La Harpe Ms. did not pause till, entering that river, he came to the Long's Second Ex. i. 316. confluence of the Blue Earth. There, in a fort among Iowas, he passed the winter, that he might take pos- Martin. Charlevoix. session of a copper mine, and, on the return of spring, fill his boats with heaps of ore. Le Sueur had not yet returned to Biloxi, when 1701 May 30. news came from the impatient ministry of impoverished France, that certainly there were gold mines on the Missouri. But bilious