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French in Michigan French Settlements
Their business ventures, even with our present facilities, would have been respectable, and were sometimes very bold and extensive. The Detroit merchants controlled most of the western traffic, and were known everywhere. Their earnestness in business was beyond doubt that of most merchants now.
There was no protestant element before the British conquest of Canada, and the people were strongly attached to their churches, and the clergy were accomplished and influential. Several of the early missionaries and pastors were men of great learning and scholarly ambition. We are indebted to them for much of our knowledge of the Indians and their languages, and for a large share of the historical records which have been preserved. The people, though pious, were not bigoted, and their association with men of a different race and belief led to no difficulties.
Early Michigan
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