[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. [76] Little River. [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. [78] Wabash. [79] Under this date Hamilton wrote to Haldimand from "Camp at Petite Riviere," concerning the portage path from the Maumee to Little River, as follows: "This carrying place is free from any obstructions, but what the carelessness & ignorance of the French have left, & would leave from Generation to Generation. An intelligent person at a small expense might make it as fine a road as any within 20 miles of London. The Woods are beautiful, Oak, Ash, Beech, Nutwood, very clear & of a great growth ... in a ridge near the road I found a sea fossil, to find Marine productions on this hauteur des terres is to my mind more curious than their being found in the Alps--there are no mountains in view from Detroit to this place so that these appearances cannot readily be accounted for from volcanoes of which there is no trace to be observed."--_Wisconsin Historical Collections_, vol. xi, p. 179. [80] Aboite River, Allen County, Indiana.