64 "Rept. on Canadian Archives," 1888, p. 904; "Mag. of Am. Hist.," III., 366.
65 Bentley to Clark, from Vincennes, July 30, 1780--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," L., 51. A copy, incomplete and not exact, is in _Ibid._, XXVI., 85.
66 Extracts from Capt. McCarty's Journal, at Kaskaskia--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 85-6; McCarty to Todd, from Kaskaskia, Oct. 14, 1780--"Cal. of Va. State Papers," I., 380; Winston to Todd, from Kaskaskia, Oct. 24, 1780--_Ibid._, I., 381-2; Auguste St. Jemme, son of an inhabitant of Kaskaskia, to Lyman C. Draper--"Draper's Notes, Trip 1851," I., 48-9--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 82.
67 De Peyster to Powell, from Detroit, Nov. 13, 1780--"Mich. Pioneer Coll.," XIX., 581; Same to Haldimand, Nov. 16, 1780--_Ibid._, X., 448-9; Linctot to Slaughter, "O'Post," Jan. 11, 1781--"Cal. of Va. State Papers," I., 429; J. L. William to Lyman C. Draper, from Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 1, 1881--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 92; McCarty to Slaughter, from Ill., Jan. 27, 1781--"Cal. of Va. State Papers" I., 465; Col. Brodhead to Washington, from Fort Pitt, Mar. 10, 1781, "Olden Time," II., 391; Col. Levin Powell, from Harrodsburg, Jan. 21, 1781--"Pa. Archives," VIII., 768; De Peyster to Haldimand, from Detroit, Nov. 13, 1780, Farmer, "Hist. of Detroit and Michigan," 257; Letter from J. M. P. Legras, from Vincennes, Dec. 1, 1780--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," L., 77, original corrected draft; "Rept. on Canadian Archives," 1888, 904-5; extract from "Scot's Magazine," May, 1781, in "Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 82. Whether La Balme had any countenance from either the French government or its representatives is an unsettled question. That France should regain her hold in America was desired by many Frenchmen, but on the other hand, the French government was pledged by its treaty of alliance to make no acquisitions of territory in America. The following references raise the question, but I know of none which settle it: Kingsford, "Canada," VI., 342-3; Sparks, "Washington," VI., 106 ff., 113; Stevens, "Facsimiles," XVII., No. 1609; "Secret Jour. of Cong.," II., 111-117, 125.
68 Haldimand to De Peyster, from Quebec, Jan. 6, 1781--"Mich. Pioneer Coll.," IX., 641.