FOOTNOTES:
[ [130] They named it Sainte Claire, of which the present name is a perversion.
[ [131] Hennepin (1683), 58.
[ [132] There is a rude plan of the establishment in La Hontan, though in several editions its value is destroyed by the reversal of the plate.
[ [133] Relation de Tonty, 1684; Ibid., 1693. He was overtaken at the Detroit by the "Griffin."
[ [134] Then usually known as Lac des Illinois, because it gave access to the country of the tribes so called. Three years before, Allouez gave it the name of Lac St. Joseph, by which it is often designated by the early writers. Membré, Douay, and others, call it Lac Dauphin.
[ [135] "The Great Mountain," the Iroquois name for the governor of Canada. It was borrowed by other tribes also.
[ [136] In the license of discovery granted to La Salle, he is expressly prohibited from trading with the Ottawas and others who brought furs to Montreal. This traffic on the lakes was, therefore, illicit. His enemy, the Intendant Duchesneau, afterwards used this against him. Lettre de Duchesneau au Ministre, 10 Nov., 1680.
[ [137] Hennepin (1683), 79.
[ [138] Hennepin (1683), 112; Relation de Tonty, 1693.