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Were Miami the aboriginal people of Detroit?

Le Détroit is a lot larger than Detroit

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Gary A Schlueter
Jun 16, 2024
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    This is the latest contribution to my on-going search to discover who were the original people of Michigan. This quote is from History of Wayne County and Detroit: Speaking of the Miami, “Their great chief, Little Turtle, at a council in Greenville, Ohio, August, 1795, did not overstate the fact when he said, "My fathers kindled the first fire at De…

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