Michigan historical collections (1899) (14595280608)

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Title: Michigan historical collections
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Michigan Historical Commission cn Michigan State Historical Society. cn Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. Pioneer collections Pioneer and Historical Society of the State of Michigan. Pioneer collections Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Historical collections Michigan State Historical Society. Michigan historical collections cn
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Publisher: Lansing
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ever, the new fort. Fort Lernoult, had been erected, so thatit was hardly proper to refer to Detroit as a fort under any circum-stances. Bonnes map gives the name as Fort du Detroit and also locatesFort du Luth, as in Bellins map of 1764. It is possible that after the destruction of Fort St. Joseph by BaronLaHontan, there was another post established on the opposite side ofthe river, as is indicated on Bellins map, and that this was called FortDuluth or perhaps Detroit, sometimes, and is the place over whichLongueil was commandant in 1700. This may be possible, but it ishardly probable, for the expedition of Cadillac passed by this placeon its descent in 1701, and it would be highly improbable that nomention would be made of the visit, especially as his troops were onthe verge of desertion at that time, and the priest, Vaillant, would nothave permitted such an opportunity of succeeding in his discontentto have escaped him. By far the most interesting and important map that I have seen
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) FORT PONTCHARTRAIN DU DETROIT. 283 is that contained in ^LAmerique en Plusieurs Cartes etc., par K.Sanson dAbbeville. This atlas was first printed in 1657 and containsa very good map of the rivers Detroit and St. Clair and of lakes Erie,St. Clair and Huroii. The date of publication (1G57) precedes by sometwelve years the advent of the white man in this part of the country,showing conclusively that travelers were here long before the date ofthe first record of their visits. The map, moreover, contains the namesand locations of various Indian missions established by the Jesuits.The existence of this atlas has been known to historical writers, forthere is a copy of it in Winsors history of America, but its historicalimportance appears never to have been recognized by one who haswritten on the subject of the early western explorers. THE WAR BETWEEN THE OTTAWAS AND MIAMIS. * The quarrel between the Ottawas and Miamis, which broke out in1705, was the outgrowth of jealousies and rivalries

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