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Detroit,
A city, port of entry, metropolis of Michigan, and county seat of Wayne county; on the Detroit River, 7 miles from Lake St. Clair, and about 18 miles from Lake Erie.
It is noted for the variety and extent of its manufactures and for its large traffic on the Great Lakes.
For the defence of the harbor and city the federal government is constructing Fort Wayne, a short distance below the city, which is designed to be the
Landing of Cadillac. strongest American fortification on the northern frontier.
In 1900 the city had an assessed property valuation of $244,371,550, owned unencumbered property of a market value of $21,684,539, and had a net general debt of $3,810,568, and a water debt of $1,033,000. The population in 1890 was 205,876; in 1900, 285,704.
Detroit was first settled by Antoine Cadillac, July 24, 1701, with fifty soldiers and fifty artisans and traders.
Three years later the first white child, a daughter of Cadillac, was baptized in the place, which wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Frenchtown , massacre at. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison , William Henry 1773 -1812 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hull , William 1753 -1825 (search)
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Malden,
On the Detroit River. 18 miles below the city of Detroit and 8 miles from Lake Erie, was a place of great importance, in a military point of view, during the War of 1812-15.
It is on the Canadian shore, and is now called Amherstburg.
There the British fleet on Lake Erie—captured by Perry in 1813—was built, and it was a rallying-place for British troops and their Indian allies.
The long dock seen in the engraving was the place where the British fleet was launched.
From Malden they sailed on the morning of the battle of Lake Erie.
In the winter of 1813 the British and Indians issued from Maiden on the expedition that resulted in the massacre at the Raisin River.
In March, while British ships were frozen at Maiden,
View of Malden in 1861, where the British ships were built. Harrison sent an expedition to capture them at that port.
They set off in sleighs, instructed to leave the latter at Middle Bass Island, whence, with feet muffled by moccasins, they were to mak
Sac and Fox Indians,
Associate families of the Algonquian nation.
They were seated on the Detroit River and Saginaw Bay when the French discovered them, but were driven beyond Lake Michigan by the Iroquois.
Settling near Green Bay, they took in the Foxes, and they have been intimately associated ever since, especially in wars.
Roving and restless, they were continually at war with the fiery Sioux, and were allies of the French against the latter.
In the conspiracy of Pontiac (q. v.), the Sacs were his confederates, but the Foxes were not; and in the wars of the Revolution and 1812 they were friends of the British.
They were divided into a large number of classes distinguished by totems of different animals.
They remained faithful to treaties with the United States until Black Hawk (q. v.) made war in 1832, when Keokuk, a great warrior and diplomat, remained faithful.
The Foxes proper were first known as Outagamies (English foxes ). They were visited in their place of exile
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