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Early Detroit
qualities that had ever distinguished him. He visited in person the distant posts of Illinois to advance the interests of the colony.
Colonists were attracted to this new Eldorado, settlements were extended, trade with Indians encouraged and enlarged, and a valuable commercial arrangement formed with the Spanish authorities of Mexico; but it was not within the power of human effort to meet and realize the expectations of the French court and the French people.
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