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French in Michigan French Settlements
It is well known that the same Indian names of tribal settlements and haunts are frequently found in different places. The French government on more than one occasion . asserted that he passed the Detroit, and his maps show that he knew the connection of lake Huron with lake Erie. One of the missions which were results of his explorations was near the head of St. Clair river, on the east side of lake Huron.
But various reasons, chiefly connected with the first English conquest and the subsequent colonial troubles with the Five Nations, seem to have entirely diverted attention for many years from the Lake country. Here and there a chance reference is made, but there was no interest in it. Mississippians as well as traders from time to time visited the upper country; but after the Iroquois drove out the Hurons from their homes in Upper Canada, there was very little known intercourse with any part of what is now Michigan, until the missions were joined at Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinaw in 1668 These missions, which were founded by men of celebrity, and which were maintained with some variations of locality longer than almost any others in the country, indicate very well the spirit of the time in regard to colonization.
Early Michigan
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