Fox Islands corpus record: ancientmodernm1885stra (undated source)

Summary

This source-body record preserves one locally grounded Fox Islands mention. It is an evidence node, not an event claim: generic references remain generic unless a separate curated activity article names a source-specific activity.

Indexed context

ettlements of Michili- mackinac. On the main land, from Little Traverse Bay northward some twenty miles, and extending from the lake shore inland eight or nine miles, was a vast region of farms, gardens and villages. Further east, on the head waters of the Cheboygan river, were numerous large tracts of laud cleared and cultivated. Four of the largest in the Beaver group and both the Fox Islands were cultivated to a great extent, and sustained a numerous popula- tion. These people were all converted Indians. They had abandoned both the religion and the government which prevailed among them before the Jesuites visited them. The Jesuites exercised the sole power in civil matters, as well as religious. When the place was furnished witb a garrison of French soldiers, the commandant

Scope and limits

The audit classified this body as local because it uses a directional Fox name or a Michigan/Beaver cue. Exact-body deduplication suppresses only byte-identical mirrors; alternate OCR editions may remain separate. Check the cited source before making a historical claim.

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago