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The Essaie du Michigan was the first newspaper issued in Michigan. It was published by Father Gabriel Richard in English and French, the first edition appearing at Detroit on August the 31st 1809. The Essaie du Michigan soon ceased publication before even ten editions had been published.
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Kiwanis International is an originally American and now international organisation of service clubs, composed of business and professional people, founded to render service to the community and to promote better business and professional standards. The name is derived from the Indian word keewanis (meaning 'to make oneself known') . The club motto is 'We build'. Local clubs are active in their communities, supporting law-enforcement and public-service agencies and promoting good citizenship. Many local clubs send underprivileged children to summer camps. The first Kiwanis club was organised in Detroit in 1915. In 1917 Kiwanis clubs were chartered in Canada; the name Kiwanis International was adopted at the 1924 national convention.
Kiwanis International now comprises several thousand local clubs in many countries. The Kiwanis Magazine, a monthly, is published from the national headquarters in Chicago.
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was a French noble. He was born in 1660 and died in 1717. In 1694 Frontenac appointed him commander of the Michilimackinac. On the 24th of July 1701 with fifty soldiers and fifty settlers he founded Detroit. In 1707 he reduced the Miamis to subjection and in 1711 he was made governor of Louisiana and in 1714 he established a post in the Natchez country before returning to France in 1717.
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Donald Campbell was a British soldier. He was born in 1735 and died in 1763. While he was stationed at Detroit he met with Pontiac, who was then besieging the city, in conference. Donald Campbell was treacherously not permitted to return, and was tortured to death by the Indians.
Donald Campbell was a British speed racer. He was born in 1921 and died in 1967. The son of Malcolm Campbell. He broke the world water speed record on Ullswater in 1955.
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Jean Vincennes was a Canadian explorer. He was born in 1688 and died in 1736. He attained great influence over the Miami Indians, among whom he resided for some time. He rendered valuable services against the Foxes near Detroit in 1712. In 1735 he built a fort and trading post on the present site of Vincennes, Indiana. He joined the expedition of D'Artaguette against the Chickasaws, by whom they were finally defeated-and burned at the stake.
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Jesse D Elliott was an American sailor. He was born in 1782 and died in 1845. He entered the navy in 1804, captured the 'Detroit and 'Caledonia' from the British at Fort Erie in 1812, commanded the 'Madison' at the capture of York, and served with distinction in the Battle of Lake Erie.
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Pontiac was an American Shawanese Indian chief. He was born about 1720 and died in 1769. He was one of the Indian chiefs most dangerous to the English. He was a leader of the Ojibwas, Ottawas and Pottawatomies. He acquired great influence, and is said to have contributed to Braddock's defeat. Though he consented to the surrender of Detroit to the British at the end of the French and Indian War, he forthwith organized a wide-spread conspiracy in 1762. Assembling a large force near Detroit, he fired the warriors in a remarkable oration, but the plot was disclosed, and Pontiac's siege from May to October, 1763, was fruitless. He fought during the siege the battle of the Bloody Bridge. Although Detroit was saved, many other English posts, Sandusky, Mackinaw, Presque Isle, etc, fell before Pontiac's allies. The great chief signed a treaty in 1766, and three years later was assassinated.
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Tecumseh (Tecumthe) was a Shawnee Indian chief. He was born in 1768 at Ohio and died in 1813. He conducted a fierce war against the United States for many years until his defeat at Tippecanoe in 1811. In 1811 he led an uprising against the Americans, and upon its suppression joined the British army as a brigadier-general in 1812, being given command of the Indian forces. He took part in the capture of Detroit but was killed at the Battle of Thames, Canada in 1813.
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Wlliam Hull was an American soldier. He was born in 1753 and died in 1825. He was chosen captain in a Connecticut regiment in 1775. He fought at White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga, Fort Stanwix and Stony Point, attaining the rank of major. From 1805 to 1812 he was Governor of Michigan. In 1812 he was placed in command of the Army of the Northwest, with headquarters at Detroit. He regarded himself as compelled by superior forces and by lack of proper facilities to surrender Detroit to the British. He was tried by court-martial and sentenced to death, but was reprieved by Madison.
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The Wyandots are a tribe of North American Indians. They are a branch of the Hurons who, in the 17th century, moved from Canada to the right bank of the Detroit River in Michigan and from there ranged into Ohio. In 1832 they ceded their hunting-grounds to the US government in exchange for some tracts about the Missouri Kansas confluence.
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