[Note 11] ([page 242])
France and England both claimed this country as their own; but for a long time those who owed allegiance to the lilies of France had held sway here, undisturbed, bargaining with the many Indian tribes, and assuming all the airs of real owners of these woods and waters, which fairly teemed with game or fish.
When they learned that the first bold band of English had braved all the perils that lay in wait for them, and had even established new homesteads on the shore of the mighty Mississippi, they were first amazed, and then furious.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] See “The Pioneer Boys of the Ohio.”
[2] Now known as Pittsburg.
[3] The notes will be found at the end of the book.
[4] See “The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes.”
[5] See “The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes.”