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Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit : a guide to the daily lives of fur trade and military personnel, settlers, and missionaries at French posts

text Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit : a guide to the daily lives of fur trade and military personnel, settlers, and missionaries at French posts

Summary
When Cadillac departed from Montreal in June 1701, he led an expedition of 100 voyagers and soldiers in 25 birchbark canoes. Sent by King Louis XIV, he had been ordered to establish Fort Pontchartrain at Detroit as the new center of fur trade and ... Read more
Contents
V.1: -- Introduction -- Historical overview -- Canoe transportation -- Provisions, cooking, and eating -- Hunting and warfare, trapping, and fishing -- Buildings, hardware, and furnishings -- Furnishings of the church, vestments, and activities of... Read more
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Description
2 v. (1147 p.) : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Publisher
Silver Fox Enterprises 2001

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Woodmere (Main Branch) R 977.434 KEN VOL. 1 in Reference Available
Woodmere (Main Branch) R 977.434 KEN VOL. 2 in Reference Available

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