[18] Sir William Johnson's _Journal_, October 1, 1761; cf. Severance's _Old Trails of the Niagara Frontier_, p. 40. [19] These names were copied from Nolin's "Carte du Canada" (1756) and Bellin's "Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France" (1755), both in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. [20] _Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents_, vol. xl, p. 219. The St. Lawrence proved less easily navigated when it became better known. [21] _Id._, note 10 (page 257). [22] _Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents_, vol. lxix, p. 161. [23] Described in _Historic Highways of America_, vol. iii, pp. 74-78. [24] Sparks's _Writings of Washington_, vol. ii, p. 21. [25] Royal Orders to Braddock, _Historic Highways of America_, vol. iv, pp. 47, 48. [26] Dunn's _Indiana_, p. 50. [27] _American State Papers_, vol. iv, p. 525. [28] _Id._, pp. 526-527. [29] _Id._, p. 562. [30] Sylvester's _Northern New York_, p. 279. [31] Hinsdale's _Old Northwest_, p. 48; Benton's _The Wabash Trade Route_, p. 15. [32] Dunn's _Indiana_, p. 47. [33] _United States Statutes at Large_, vol. ii, p. 173. [34] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. iii, ch. vi. [35] _A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick_, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, vol. v, sec. ii, pp. 213-357. [36] _A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick_, pp. 233-239. [37] _The History of the District of Maine_, p. 32. [38] _Crown MSS._, cxix, 25. [39] _Board of Trade Maps_, vol. 24, no. 45. [40] _Add. MSS._, 21, 686, pp. 47-54. [41] _The Century Magazine_, vol. lxv, no. 4 (February, 1903). [42] Belknap: _History of New Hampshire_, vol. ii, p. 290. [43] _Id._, p. 291. [44] _Id._, p. 294. [45] _Id._, p. 303. [46] _Id._, p. 305. [47] _Id._, p. 305, note. [48] _Board of Trade Maps_, vol. 24, no. 51. [49] _Crown Maps_ (British Museum), vol. cxxi, no. 18. [50] _Board of Trade Maps_, case 11, no. 29. [51] _Crown Maps_ (British Museum), vol. cxxi, no. 11 [52] _Board of Trade Maps_, case 11, no. 28. [53] _Crown Maps_ (British Museum), vol. cxxi, no. 16. [54] Sylvester's _Northern New York_, ch. xxxiii. [55] _Northern New York_, pp. 275-281. [56] _A Review of the Military Operations in North America_ (London, 1757), pp. 42-43. [57] See _Historic Highways of America_, vol. iii, pp. 71-73. [58] _Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents_, vol. lxix, p. 159. [59] _Id._, p. 161. [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.