[111] N.Y. Col. Docs., IX., 296, 308; IV., 735.
[112] Quoted in Sheldon, Early History of Michigan, 310.
[113] Tailhan's Perrot, 156.
[114] Wis. Hist. Colls., X., 54, 300-302, 307, 321.
[115] Narr. and Crit. Hist. Amer., IV., 186.
[116] Margry, VI., 60. Near Ashland, Wis.
[117] Consult French MSS., 3d series, VI., Parl. Library, Ottawa, cited in Minn. Hist. Colls., V., 422; Id., V., 425. In 1731 M. La Ronde, having constructed at his own expense a bark of forty tons on Lake Superior, received the post of La Pointe de Chagouamigon as a gratuity to defray his expenses. See also the story of Verenderye's posts, in Parkman's article in Atlantic Monthly, June, 1887, and Margry, VI. See also 2 Penna. Archives, VI., 18; La Hontan, I., 53; N.Y. Col. Docs., IX., 159; Tailhan, Perrot, 302.
[118] La Hontan, I., 105.
[119] Near Ashland, Wis.
[120] Tailhan, Perrot, 139, 302.