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Early Detroit
The rapidity with which the French penetrated the forest recesses of this new world is among the wonders of history. From the time that Champlain founded Quebec upon the rock of St. Louis, to the close of the seventeenth century, the French missionary, the French trader, and the French officer, impelled by religious zeal, the love of gain, and the glory of France, had traversed the entire region extending from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the Lake of the Woods on the north and the Gulf of Mexico on the south, carrying with them the cross, French goods, and the flag of France.
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