[524] Denonville, Aug. 25, 1687. N. Y. Col. Docs. ix.
[525] La Hontan writes: “I am to go along with M. Dulhut, a Lyons gentleman, and a person of great merit, who has done his King and his country very considerable service. M. de Tonti makes another of our company.” Joutel in his Journal mentions that Tonty reached his post in the Illinois country October 27, 1687.
[526] The post at Wisconsin River was called Fort St. Nicholas, suggested by Perrot’s baptismal name. In August, 1683, Engelran wrote to Governor de la Barre from Mackinaw: “M. de Boisguillot fulfils faithfully the duties of the position which has been assigned him during the absence of those who are under your command.” Le Sueur says St. Croix River was called from a Frenchman, and it is thought the River St. Pierre was named in compliment to Pierre Le Sueur.
[527] Sir Edmund Andros, the successor of Dongan as governor of New York, and subsequently governor also of New England.
[528] [See chap. iii.—Ed.]
[529] [See chap. vi.—Ed.]
[530] [Cf. also Benjamin Sulte’s papers, Mélanges, published at Ottawa, in 1876, and the Note on the Jesuit Relations, sub anno 1640 and 1642-1643.—Ed.]
[531] [See the Note on the Jesuit Relations, sub anno 1645-1646.—ED.]
[532] [For an account of these general sources, see the Note following chap. vii., and the statements regarding Margry’s labors on a subsequent page.—Ed.]
[533] [Cf. Shea’s Charlevoix, iii. 165, Historical Magazine, ix. 205; and the Note on the Jesuit Relations.—Ed.]