The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-26
EARLY HlSTORY-NO1.

From the Detroit Tree Prees.
In 17A0 it was made q subject OF complaint
among the French of Canada that the English
still continued their trade on the Ohio River
then called Belle River, and that they had ad-
vanced as far as Sandusky, within thirty
leagues OF Detroit. Agents we're cent to induce
the Indians TO leave Sandusky aud come to the
French settlement on the Detroit River. On
the other hand, the English employed "fas-
cinating young lady OF the Huron tribe to pre-
vent the advice OF the French being followed
IL 1850 NJ. de Celeron was sent to take COM
mand CT the Post of Detroit. Our city was
then described az standing ION a small river,
which falls into Lake Erie, six leagues below.
The fort is quite large and might contain two
hundred houses. The climate is very mild and
the fruits and vegetables Of Europe are raised
along the river in great abundance. The sd-
jacent forests abound In game Of every Kind.
The principal commerce is IN peltries, which
serve for exchange in the place of money
A wal with the English was anticipated by
the French OF Canada, and in 1853 the Marquis
Duquesne was directed to make friends with
the Indian tribes on tho Ohio, and to hold the
whole country wsst Of the Alleghenies against
the English. In the same year small fort
was constructed, called Fort Duqaesne, on the
present cite OF Pittsburgh One Col. Wash
ington was sent from Virgins into the Ohio
Valley to warn off the French, who were treated
as trespa ssers, and thus Was really begun what
was called by Europeans the ''Seven Years
War;" and by the Americans the French ana
Indian War Hostilities were commenced in
America as early as 1853, and continued In
1915, although the open declaration or war
was not made till 1856.
In 1855 the French were driven by the Eng
lish from Acadia and from this movement
Longfellow draws his poem called EvanS feline.
At this date enormous coiruptons and vast
public and private peculations are represented
as prevalent in the French colonial admlnlstra-
ton Of Canada, on account Of which, in fact,
French America was lost by the French nation
in the Bsven years war. THIS general bad ad-
minstration in Canada Is also stated and ad-
mitted by the English historian Russell. Some
OF the Acadlans asked permission OF the French
Government at Quebec to go and settle at
Detroit, but for some unexplained and unac-
countabls 10 reason they were refused
We have in the hlstori ical documents Of Que
bee brief account of the defeat Of Braddock
on the Monongahela, in 1855, in which account,
however, q certain Col. Washington 10 not even
mentioned. After this victory OF the French
the savages on the Ohio and in Pennsylvans,
and about Detroit, became . terror and very
destructive to the English settlements.
III 1856 the English fort at Oswoso was taken
by NJ. de Montcslm, in order to keep open
free communication with Detroit and the other
/ French settlements OF the West Nj. dc Bel
lestre commanded the post OF Detroit in 1857,
where constant efforts we're made to conciliate
/ the savsges of the vicinity and 70 foster among
them spirit hostile to the English.
have spoken OF the corruptions of the ad-
mlnistration OF Canads. So far was this carried
that false d. alta and certificates of debt on the
public treasury were issued to the amount OF
sixty millions OF francs-about twelve millions
of dollars. NJ. de Bellestre, commander at De-
troit. was charged with a large amount OF this
fraudulent paper, and the result OF all was that
the French colonies were completely flooded
with it. Another result was that colonial OFF,
cars became rich and lived in sffiuence, while
provisions and other supplies were very high,
aud the people were poor and in many places
were IN starving condition. So IL would seem
that paper money as currency OF al eorts, In
Guiding the celebrated "wild cat money" Is no
new or strange thing in this section Of country.