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Early Detroit
problematical. The Iroquois were its bitter foes. They had remonstrated against its establishment, and when established they sought its overthrow. Nor can this be wondered at. It cut them off from all ready access to the upper lakes, where both their terrible prowess and their wonderful diplomacy had often been displayed; it interrupted their path to the Mississippi and interfered with their hunting grounds. It found, too, in the Jesuits, a no less determined and more powerful foe.
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