Ancient and modern Michilimackinac, including an account of the controversy between Mackinac and the Mormons.

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poop; Michilimackinac waked to matins, and
kneeled -at vespers, at the call of thA church
bell; and her merchants were the princes of the
forest......
Thatregiioi0f coiUtry bordering- on the
great upper lakes, which we now call new, and
which we recorded unt.l quite recently an "undiscovered wilderness," has long been known.
The winding(.oiuses of its iivers,and its remotest foresW:re explored long ago for mercantile and religion)s purposes, and the rich
furs which abounded in this unknown region
have fý4two centuries and a half adorned the
robefot the monarchs of Enrope, and contributed tothe beauty am! lIxury of courts. There
are f6ew places in this countty" with Which' is
".c6 nndcfed as tmuch l'stor cklt interrst a'ad as
many,thli|nz inrid 'nts; and none, psfhAps,
iwer ie th'e afted scenery is more beautifI and
attractive hrn tOld Michilimackihac and
modern Macli., and their early depenrioncies.
' GEO nAPHIICAL DIVISIONS.
At thae date the political geography of
North AnPeica was far different from what it
"is nowv. Fr/ince consisted of the0follo0wing prov i'nes:-Iidion ''s Bay, which included all the regio, north of the parallel of frityaine degres north latitude, and west indefiriiuy; Quebec, i:nclvding CanadI East, and
tending sotuthward to the head of Lake
Charnplain, anpd westward to the head waters
of te Qhip " ichiliiackinac, which includ4ed llthe,,ountry we toitQuebec, south ward
tq the Ohio, west as far as the western bound-ary of Utines6ta, arnd all the country drained inStoLakes Superior and luron.. erw ra'nce
alo.included Apadia, (Nova Scotia,), ape
SBIrpn, New Fdundland, &c.
SThe ritish Amerie of that day.onily ex"! eded,west to the Apalachian (Allegberieyy
"mgpfntains. South of them thie Spanish provinhee of frida included the State Oi Georgia,
learl, all the country south of tne Ohii6 and
Sthe.aley oi the Mississippit a far as the
6uth of the Illinois, The Vice 1oyalty of
Me ic'or NMew Spain took'ail to tre sotithb

west of this, and to the north-west all beyond
Cape Mendocino was terre incognito.
The province of New Mexico, erected at a
later periad, extendged nptth to. the Missouri
river, at the plac of he 1Wandan 'Indians.When the French erected the province of Louisiana it trenched on both Florida and New
Mexico. The province of Detroit was taken
off from Michilimapiina,,. It included that
part of Canada West abpoe.ith cataract of Niagara, and north to Lake Huron, that part of
Michigan south of Saginaw Bay, and most of
Ohio and Indiana.
The settlement of Detroit began in 1670, and
in a few yJvarst pqsessssed more importance
than Wrierhnimekrin., i was r'eamied int a
provi. ce. Frorrr thit +date Michi limackitiae
has a separate history.,
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THere is no regular hitory f thfe trly let-.
tlements it this e6uditTy t b sf'nnd. tThe
"country was explored6 atdseteldtl Ide t?irectlon of theJesuites, thi superior of Wim
reported annually; hnd thes r6orts coistithte
the Jestite relations. '.
These are printed in fo' y iuqdecijro 'yilumes, under the title 'f Relthion'de ce ou
s'esi passe en la Aouvelle France es anneesiSometimes the title runs:-." Relation de ce
qui s~est pa.sedle plut rBimarqini9tuil' Missions des Peres d la OCbrjirgrie'h JestiA en
la Noueelle Fraince e.nirdes ' d? extid fro6mil163 to ft?1" Oftheit hiri teOfarlevdoix prnoutince the fbowHh o i iorit -
" As thos lfathi6y Were sttiered affrriig 'all
the n ations wilt wh!ichhe hePreTih Weri rtelation,;hd as their misiyah eblfgd" hthdm to
enter into the affairs of theO oloiy 'their themoirs hmay be said to emtbrtaeanelaborate history thereof. There is tio othe source to
whichrwecan apply forintstrueliori a# to the
progress of religioii ar mnrg the savages, o for
a knowledge of these peoplW all ^f WhoSe? nguages thley spoke. The yt e e of these RIlations Is exceedingly dimplre "bitt thiN sipnlci"ty Itslf hs nreobttibbted ls tos giv4 thibem