[57] See _Historic Highways of America_, vol. iii, pp. 71-73.
[58] _Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents_, vol. lxix, p. 159.
[60] Céloron's Journal in Darlington's _Fort Pitt_, p. 12.
[61] _The Old Portage Road_; published in the Fredonia (N. Y.) _Censor_, January, 1891.
[62] See _Historic Highways of America_, vol. iii, pp. 74-79.
[63] Affidavit of Stephen Coffin, _Colonial Records State of New York_, vol. vi, p. 834.
[64] Taylor's _The Old Portage Road_, Fredonia _Censor_, January, 1891.
[65] For a map of this portage see Hulbert's _Red-Men's Roads_, p. 33.
[66] Croghan's Journal, _Historic Highways of America_, vol. ii., pp. 55-62; Bonnécamp's Journal, _Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents_, vol. lxix, pp. 183-191.
[67] "The Wabash Trade Route in the Development of the Old Northwest," _Johns Hopkins University Studies_, series xxi, nos. 1-2 (January-February, 1903).
[68] Fox-Wisconsin, Chicago-Illinois, St. Joseph-Kankakee, St. Joseph-Wabash and Maumee-Wabash portage routes.
[69] Margry: _Découvertes des français dans L'Amérique Septentrionale_, vol. ii, p. 296.
[70] _Id._, vol. i, pp. 377-78; Fiske's _Discovery of America_, vol. ii, p. 534.
[71] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. vi, p. 164.
[72] For references to proposed routes by land and water against Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt see Butterfield's _Washington-Irvine Correspondence_, pp. 92, 110, 118, 121, 140 (note), 354-55; _Wisconsin Historical Collections_, vol. xi, pp. 128, 130; _Irvine Papers_ (MSS.), Wisconsin Historical Society, vol. ii, A A. pp. 66, 67; Washington MS. _Journal_, September 1784 (State Department).
[73] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. ii, p. 107.
[74] Irvine-Washington, February 7, 1782 (_Washington-Irvine Correspondence_, p. 92).
[75] The following are notes on and extracts from Hamilton's _Journal_ preserved at Harvard University.
[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.