[76] Little River.
[77] “The Beaver are never molested at this place by the Traders or Indians, and soon repair their dam, which is a most serviceable work upon this difficult communication.”—Account of the Expedition of Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton, Michigan Pioneer Collections, vol. ix, p. 493. “The Beavers had worked hard for us, but we were obliged to break down their dam to let the boats pass....”—Hamilton to Haldimand, November 1, Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. xi, p. 181.
[78] Wabash.
[79] Under this date Hamilton wrote to Haldimand from “Camp at Petite Riviere,” concerning the portage path from the Maumee to Little River, as follows: “This carrying place is free from any obstructions, but what the carelessness & ignorance of the French have left, & would leave from Generation to Generation. An intelligent person at a small expense might make it as fine a road as any within 20 miles of London. The Woods are beautiful, Oak, Ash, Beech, Nutwood, very clear & of a great growth ... in a ridge near the road I found a sea fossil, to find Marine productions on this hauteur des terres is to my mind more curious than their being found in the Alps—there are no mountains in view from Detroit to this place so that these appearances cannot readily be accounted for from volcanoes of which there is no trace to be observed.”—Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. xi, p. 179.
[80] Aboite River, Allen County, Indiana.
[81] One of the most curious of errors. This river was called by the Indians Eel River, and is the name translated by the French, Rivière l’Anguille. Hamilton mistook this for l’Anglais, which name he used. Cf. Imlay’s America, p. 402, where the name is spelled Longuille; American State Papers, vol. iv, p. 132; Gamelin’s Journal, Id., p. 93.
[82] Michigan Pioneer Collections, vol. ix, p. 409.
[83] The St. Joseph-Kankakee Portage, Northern Indiana Historical Publications, no. 1.
[84] Id.
[85] Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, vol. lxvi, p. 285; cf. Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. xi, p. 179.