Builders of Canada from Cartier to LaurierJohn C. Winston Company, 1903 - 578 psl. |
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... never see again . Twenty - six died before April , and the survivors , too weak to break through the ice - bound soil , buried the dead in the snow - drifts till spring should return . Their case grew more and more hopeless . Still ...
... never see again . Twenty - six died before April , and the survivors , too weak to break through the ice - bound soil , buried the dead in the snow - drifts till spring should return . Their case grew more and more hopeless . Still ...
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... never arose in the short history of St. Croix . Around the fort clustered the dwellings , storehouses , chapel , barracks and magazine , forming a square shaded by a solitary tree . The spacious mansion of De Monts was surmounted by an ...
... never arose in the short history of St. Croix . Around the fort clustered the dwellings , storehouses , chapel , barracks and magazine , forming a square shaded by a solitary tree . The spacious mansion of De Monts was surmounted by an ...
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... never gone farther than the settlement of Tessouat . Disappointed and disheartened , Champlain returned to Montreal , attended by a flotilla of Huron canoes ; and , magnanimously leaving the deceiver unpunished , he sailed in a trading ...
... never gone farther than the settlement of Tessouat . Disappointed and disheartened , Champlain returned to Montreal , attended by a flotilla of Huron canoes ; and , magnanimously leaving the deceiver unpunished , he sailed in a trading ...
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... never come nearer finding that short passage to India , which had haunted his dreams . He seems to have begun to feel the futility of spending strength and energy on so fruitless a quest , and also the uselessness of wasting ng his time ...
... never come nearer finding that short passage to India , which had haunted his dreams . He seems to have begun to feel the futility of spending strength and energy on so fruitless a quest , and also the uselessness of wasting ng his time ...
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... never tired of sitting waiting to hear it strike . They asked what it ate , and what it said when it struck . The fathers put this last question to good purpose and declared that when it struck twelve times it said " hang the kettle on ...
... never tired of sitting waiting to hear it strike . They asked what it ate , and what it said when it struck . The fathers put this last question to good purpose and declared that when it struck twelve times it said " hang the kettle on ...
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Abbott Alexander Mackenzie American appointed Assembly attack battle began Brant brave Brock Canadian Canadian Pacific Railway canoes career Cartier Champlain chief Church Clergy Reserves colony command Confederation Council death Dominion Egerton Ryerson election Empire enemies England English expedition father force Fort Frontenac France French friends Frontenac George Brown Governor Haliburton House Hudson's Bay Company Huron Indians inhabitants interest Iroquois journey Kingston Lake land Laurier leader Legislative LENOX AND TILDEN Liberal Lord Durham Lord Elgin Lower Canada Loyalists Minister Ministry Montreal Niagara Nova Scotia once Parliament party passed political Premier Province PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR Quebec Railway reached rebellion returned Riel river Royal sailed Salle savages sent ships shore Simcoe Sir Charles Tupper Sir John Macdonald soldiers soon success Tecumseh TILDEN FOUNDATIONS took Toronto troops Upper Canada vessels William Wolfe YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young
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