North America local history
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Honor Edgeworth Or, Ottawa's Present TenseHonor Edgeworth; Or, Ottawa's Present TenseEntered according to Act of Parhament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, by A S WOODBURN, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics at Ottawa. In these days of plenty, when...
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Life in the BackwoodsLife in the Backwoods CHAP. II. The Wilderness and our Indian FriendsThe House on FireNo Papoose; the Mother all alone CHAP. IX. The OutbreakMoodie joins the VolunteersScribblin' and Scrabblin' when you should be in bed It was a bright, frosty morning when I bade...
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Life in the Clearings versus the BushLife in the Clearings versus the BushIn our work of "Roughing it in the Bush," I endeavoured to draw a picture of Canadian life, as I found it twenty years ago, in the Backwoods. My motive in giving such a melancholy narrative to the...
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The Attaché or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 If an Irishman were asked what a preface was, he would, without hesitation reply, that it was the last chapter of a book, and we should unquestionably pronounce that answer to be a bull;...
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The Attaché or, Sam Slick in England — CompleteThe Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete If an Irishman were asked what a preface was, he would, without hesitation reply, that it was the last chapter of a book, and we should unquestionably pronounce that answer to be a bull; for...
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The Attaché or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Tell you what, report my speeches if you like, but if you put my talk in, Ill give you the mitten, as sure as you are born.SLICKVILLE TRANSLATION I have spent so many agreeable...
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The Englishwoman in AmericaThe Englishwoman in AmericaAn inhospitable receptionHalifax and the Blue NosesThe heat Disappointed expectationsThe great departedWhat the Blue Noses might beWhat the coach was notNova Scotia and its capabilitiesThe roads and their annoyancesA tea dinnerA night journey and a Highland cabin A nautical catastropheA joyful...
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Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and VersesMemories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses"Are hearts here strong enough to found A glorious people's sway?" Ask of our rivers as they bound From hill to plain, or ocean-sound, If they are strong to-day? If weakness in their floods be found,...
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The French in the Heart of AmericaThe French in the Heart of AmericaMost of what is here written was spoken many months ago in the Amphithtre Richelieu of the Sorbonne, in Paris, and some of it in Lille, Nancy, Dijon, Lyons, Grenoble, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Poitiers, Rennes, and Caen; and...
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The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West TerritoriesThe Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories - Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto Encouraged by the earnest interest, your Lordship ever evinced, in the work of obtaining the alliance and...
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A Trip to ManitobaA Trip to ManitobaThe Canada Pacific Railway, so frequently referred to in the following pages, is now almost an accomplished fact. It will, after traversing for over a thousand miles the great prairies of the Swan River and Saskatchewan territories, thread the Rocky Mountains...
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Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and HondurasTramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras - Being the Random Notes of an Incurable VagabondThis simple story of a journey southward grew up of itself. Planning a comprehensive exploration of South America, I concluded to reach that continent by some less monotonous route than...
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A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume IIA Half-Century of Conflict - Volume IIFrench Explorers.Le Sueur on the St. Peter's.Canadians on the Missouri.Juchereau de Saint-Denis.Bnard de la Harpe on Red River.Adventures of Du Tisn.Bourgmont visits the Comanches.The Brothers Mallet in Colorado and New Mexico.Fabry de la Bruyre. The Western Sea.Schemes for...
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Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and presentPicturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and presentThis volume, purporting to be a sequel to "QUEBEC PAST AND PRESENT," published in 1876, is intended to complete the history of the city. New and interesting details will be found in these pages, about...
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France and England in North America, Part II: The Jesuits in North America in the 17th CenturyFrance and England in North America, Part II: The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth CenturyNATIVE TRIBES. Divisions The Algonquins The Hurons Their Houses Fortifications Habits Arts Women Trade Festivities Medicine The Tobacco Nation The Neutrals The Eries The Andastes The Iroquois Indian...
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Voyages of Peter Esprit RadissonVoyages of Peter Esprit Radisson - Being an Account of His Travels and Experiences Among the North American Indians, from 1652 to 1684The author of the narratives contained in this volume was Peter Esprit Radisson, who emigrated from France to Canada, as he himself...
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France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIVFrance and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France...
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The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : LettersThe British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : Letters(Reprinted from The Times, 1884) It seems early to begin to speak of the arrangements for the next meeting of the British Association, but it is a far cry to Montreal, and a proportionately long start...
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Canada and the StatesCanada and the StatesThe following pages have been written at the request of many old friends, some of them co-workers in the cause of permanent British rule over the larger part of the Great Northern Continent of America. In 1851 I visited Canada and...
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Chronicles of Canada series: Volume 10The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm 'War is the grave of the Montcalms.' No one can tell how old this famous saying is. Perhaps it is as old as France herself. Certainly there never was a time when the men...
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