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La Salle’s ‘Griffin’ and the broken Manitou

La Salle’s ‘Griffin’ and the broken Manitou

Adapted from ‘The Cross and the Manitou, a legend of Belle Isle’

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Fort Detroit circa 1707

    Abbé Bréhat de Galinée knew surveying and geography. He also flourished an erudite pen and kept a detailed account of his visit to Detroit in 1670 with fellow Abbé Dollier, one of, if not the first such account by a European. Francois Dollier de Casson had been a cavalry officer before laying aside his sword and taking up the …

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