The story of the Great Lakes

Name: The story of the Great Lakes
Author: Channing, Edward

Channing, Edward

Great Lakes (North America) -- History

Ships,
    kinds of,
      bateau, 127, 129, 358, 359;
      canal boat, 255–259, 261–264;
      canoe, 356–359;
      pirogue, 359;
      sailing vessel, 359, 360, 365;
      steamboats, 268, 269, 279, 360–362, 371;
      steel freighters, 365–370;
      whalebacks, 370, 371;
      ice-breakers, 371, 372;
    _Griffon_,
      first sailing vessel on the lakes, 51–69;
      built by La Salle, 51–60;
      on the lakes, 61–68;
      lost, 69, 359, 373;
    _Beaver_, at Detroit, 120, 127, 359;
    _Gladwin_, at Detroit, 120, 126, 127, 130, 359;
    ships in battle of Lake Erie, 183–187;
    on Erie Canal, 255–259;
    in Civil War, 322–326, 329;
    _Walk-in-the-Water_, first steamboat on the lakes, 360, 361, 373.

  Sons of Liberty, 318–322, 328.

  Stage wagons, 234, 236, 243–245, 247, 248.

  Superior,
    Indian trading station, 224, 225;
    became a town, 225;
    commerce of, 344, 369.

  Superior, Lake,
    discovered and explored, 39, 198–200, 224;
    settlement on, 225;
    commerce of, 336–341, 344, 347–354, 357, 360–370.

  Syracuse (Onondaga), 232, 252, 264.


  Taylor, Col. Zachary, 207.

  Tecumseh,
    leads Indian uprising, 165, 166;
    with the British, 169, 170, 187–189;
    killed, 189.

  Toledo,
    in 1840, 266, 276;
    terminus of canal and railroad, 284, 287;
    rapid growth, 375, 383.

  Tolls, table of, 235, 236.

  Tonty, companion of La Salle, 56, 70.

  Tonty, Madame, 96.

  Toronto, 148, 219.

  Tower, Charlemagne, opens iron mines, 352, 354.

  Travel,
    bibliography, 389–391;
    to Lake Erie, in 1796, 242–246;
    in 1811, 246–250;
    on Erie Canal, 261–263;
    on Great Lakes in 1840, 266–282.

  Travellers,
    John Harriott, 242–246;
    John Melish, 246–248;
    an Englishwoman, 248, 249;
    Anne Royall, 261–263;
    Margaret Fuller, 278–282.

  Treaties,
    treaty of Paris, 1782, 153, 154;
    Jay’s treaty, 1796, 163;
    treaty of Ghent, 1814, 190;
    _see also_ Indian treaties.

  Turnpikes, _see under_ Roads.

  Two Harbors, 353, 354.


  Underground Railroad, 301, 302.

  Utica (Fort Schuyler), 232, 233, 238, 245, 248, 260, 262.


  _Walk-in-the-Water_, _see under_ Ships.

  Wayne, Anthony,
    Indian campaign, 156–164;
    makes treaty of Greenville, 162;
    death, 164.

  Wells, William, at Fort Dearborn massacre, 174–177.

  Wigwam, Republican, 311–315.

  Wisconsin,
    part of Northwest Territory, 155;
    called Huron district, 193;
    Black Hawk War in, 201, 210–212;
    in 1840, 266, 267;
    lumber trade, 343–346;
    mineral wealth, 351, 352, 354.




                     Stories from American History


Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors

  By JAMES BARNES

Tales of 1812, by the author of “Drake and his Yeomen,” “For King and
Country,” etc. Illustrated by R. F. ZOGBAUM and CARLTON T. CHAPMAN.

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The Wilderness Road

  By H. ADDINGTON BRUCE

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The story of the Great LakesChanning, Edward

History

The story of the Great Lakes

Channing, Edward

Great Lakes (North America) -- History

Ships,
    kinds of,
      bateau, 127, 129, 358, 359;
      canal boat, 255–259, 261–264;
      canoe, 356–359;
      pirogue, 359;
      sailing vessel, 359, 360, 365;
      steamboats, 268, 269, 279, 360–362, 371;
      steel freighters, 365–370;
      whalebacks, 370, 371;
      ice-breakers, 371, 372;
    _Griffon_,
      first sailing vessel on the lakes, 51–69;
      built by La Salle, 51–60;
      on the lakes, 61–68;
      lost, 69, 359, 373;
    _Beaver_, at Detroit, 120, 127, 359;
    _Gladwin_, at Detroit, 120, 126, 127, 130, 359;
    ships in battle of Lake Erie, 183–187;
    on Erie Canal, 255–259;
    in Civil War, 322–326, 329;
    _Walk-in-the-Water_, first steamboat on the lakes, 360, 361, 373.

  Sons of Liberty, 318–322, 328.

  Stage wagons, 234, 236, 243–245, 247, 248.

  Superior,
    Indian trading station, 224, 225;
    became a town, 225;
    commerce of, 344, 369.

  Superior, Lake,
    discovered and explored, 39, 198–200, 224;
    settlement on, 225;
    commerce of, 336–341, 344, 347–354, 357, 360–370.

  Syracuse (Onondaga), 232, 252, 264.


  Taylor, Col. Zachary, 207.

  Tecumseh,
    leads Indian uprising, 165, 166;
    with the British, 169, 170, 187–189;
    killed, 189.

  Toledo,
    in 1840, 266, 276;
    terminus of canal and railroad, 284, 287;
    rapid growth, 375, 383.

  Tolls, table of, 235, 236.

  Tonty, companion of La Salle, 56, 70.

  Tonty, Madame, 96.

  Toronto, 148, 219.

  Tower, Charlemagne, opens iron mines, 352, 354.

  Travel,
    bibliography, 389–391;
    to Lake Erie, in 1796, 242–246;
    in 1811, 246–250;
    on Erie Canal, 261–263;
    on Great Lakes in 1840, 266–282.

  Travellers,
    John Harriott, 242–246;
    John Melish, 246–248;
    an Englishwoman, 248, 249;
    Anne Royall, 261–263;
    Margaret Fuller, 278–282.

  Treaties,
    treaty of Paris, 1782, 153, 154;
    Jay’s treaty, 1796, 163;
    treaty of Ghent, 1814, 190;
    _see also_ Indian treaties.

  Turnpikes, _see under_ Roads.

  Two Harbors, 353, 354.


  Underground Railroad, 301, 302.

  Utica (Fort Schuyler), 232, 233, 238, 245, 248, 260, 262.


  _Walk-in-the-Water_, _see under_ Ships.

  Wayne, Anthony,
    Indian campaign, 156–164;
    makes treaty of Greenville, 162;
    death, 164.

  Wells, William, at Fort Dearborn massacre, 174–177.

  Wigwam, Republican, 311–315.

  Wisconsin,
    part of Northwest Territory, 155;
    called Huron district, 193;
    Black Hawk War in, 201, 210–212;
    in 1840, 266, 267;
    lumber trade, 343–346;
    mineral wealth, 351, 352, 354.




                     Stories from American History


Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors

  By JAMES BARNES

Tales of 1812, by the author of “Drake and his Yeomen,” “For King and
Country,” etc. Illustrated by R. F. ZOGBAUM and CARLTON T. CHAPMAN.

                                                          _Cloth, $1.50_


The Wilderness Road

  By H. ADDINGTON BRUCE

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The story of the Great Lakes

The story of the Great Lakes

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