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Accault, Michael,
Explorer; was with La Salle when the latter discovered the Mississippi River.
Later, with Louis Hennepin (q. v.), in the summer of 1679, he was sent by La Salle to explore the sources of the Mississippi.
They went up the river as far the Falls of St. Anthony, where they were captured by Indians, but were rescued by Daniel Duluth, a French officer.
In a few months they succeeded in reaching the tradingstation at Green Bay.
Accault, Michael,
Explorer; was with La Salle when the latter discovered the Mississippi River.
Later, with Louis Hennepin (q. v.), in the summer of 1679, he was sent by La Salle to explore the sources of the Mississippi.
They went up the river as far the Falls of St. Anthony, where they were captured by Indians, but were rescued by Daniel Duluth, a French officer.
In a few months they succeeded in reaching the tradingstation at Green Bay.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allouez , Claude Jean , 1620 - (search)
Allouez, Claude Jean, 1620-
One of the earliest French missionaries and explorers of the country near the Great Lakes; born in 1620.
After laboring among the Indians on the St. Lawrence several years, he penetrated the Western wilds and established a mission on the western shores of Lake Michigan, where he heard much about the Mississippi River, and made notes of what he learned concerning it. He explored Green Bay, and founded a mission among the Foxes, Miamis, and other tribes there.
A mission begun by Marquette at Kaskaskia, Ill., Allouez sought to make his permanent field of labor; but when La Salle, the bitter opponent of the Jesuits, approached in 1679, he retired.
Returning to the Miamis on the St. Joseph's River, he labored for a while, and died, Aug. 27, 1689.
The contributions of Father Allouez to the Jesuit relations are most valuable records of the ideas and manners of the Indians.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell , Alexander 1786 -1866 (search)
Campbell, Alexander 1786-1866
Clergyman; born in County Antrim, Ireland, in June, 1786; educated at the University of Glasgow; came to the United States in 1809; and became pastor of a Presbyterian church in Washington county, Pa. In 1810 with his father he left the Presbyterian Church and founded in 1827 the sect which he named the Disciples of Christ (q. v.), and which is now known as the Campbellites.
Mr. Campbell established Bethany College in 1840-41, and was its first president.
He died in Bethany, W. Va., March 4, 1866.
Legislator; born in Concord, Pa., Oct. 4, 1814; member of the State legislature in 1858-59; and member of Congress in 1875-77.
He obtained wide repute as the Father of the greenbacks.
He died in La Salle, Ill., Aug. 9, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)
Griffin, the
The vessel of La Salle, on Lake Erie; built early in 1667, at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, not far below the site of Buffalo, and near the foot of Squaw Island.
She was armed with a battery of seven small cannon and some muskets, and floated a flag bearing the device of an eagle.
In August, the same year, she sailed for the western end of Lake Erie.
This was the beginning of the commerce on the Great Lakes.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart , Albert Bushnell 1854 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iberville , Pierre Le Moyne , Sieur Da 1661 - (search)