[Footnote 162: N.Y. Col. Docs., V., 726.] [Footnote 163: Indian relations had a noteworthy influence upon colonial union; see Lucas, Appendiculae Historicae, 161, and Frothingham, Rise of the Republic, ch. iv.] [Footnote 164: Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe, I., 59; Sparks, Washington's Works, II., 302.] [Footnote 165: Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe, I., 21.] [Footnote 166: _Ibid._ II., 403.] [Footnote 167: Bigelow, Franklin's Works, III., 43, 83, 98-100.] [Footnote 168: Wis. Hist. Colls., I., 26-38.] [Footnote 169: Parkman, Pontiac, I., 185. Consult N.Y. Col. Docs., VI., 635, 690, 788, 872, 974.] [Footnote 170: Wis. Hist. Colls., I., 26.] [Footnote 171: Carver, Travels.] [Footnote 172: Porlier Papers, Wis. Pur Trade MSS., in possession of Wis. Hist. Soc.; also Wis. Hist. Colls., III., 200-201.] [Footnote 173: Henry, Travels.] [Footnote 174: Canadian Archives, 1888, p. 61 ff.] [Footnote 175: Sparks, Franklin's Works, IV., 303-323.] [Footnote 176: Wis. Hist. Colls., XI.] [Footnote 177: _Ibid._] [Footnote 178: Jay, Address before the N.Y. Hist. Soc. on the Treaty Negotiations of 1782-3, appendix; map in Narr. and Crit. Hist. Amer., VII., 148.] [Footnote 179: But Vergennes had a just appreciation of the value of the region for settlement as well. He recognized and feared the American capacity for expansion.] [Footnote 180: Hansard, XXIII., 377-8, 381-3, 389, 398-9, 405, 409-10, 423, 450, 457, 465.] [Footnote 181: American State Papers, Foreign Relations, I., 190.] [Footnote 182: _Ibid._ 487.] [Footnote 183: As early as 1794 the company had established a stockaded fort at Sandy lake. After Jay's treaty conceding freedom of entry, the company dotted this region with posts and raised the British flag over them. In 1805 the center of trade was changed from Grand Portage to Fort William Henry, on the Canada side. Neill, Minnesota, 239 (4th edn.). Bancroft, Northwest Coast, I., 560. _Vide ante_, p. 20, and _post_, p. 55.] [Footnote 184: Amer. State Papers, For. Rels., I., p. 509.] [Footnote 185: Treaties and Conventions, etc., 1776-1887, p. 380.] [Footnote 186: Lodge, Hamilton's Works, IV., 514.] [Footnote 187: Michigan Pioneer Colls., XV., 8; cf. 10, 12, 23 and XVI., 67.] [Footnote 188: Wis. Fur Trade MSS., 1814 (State Hist. Soc.).] [Footnote 189: Wis. Hist. Colls., XL, 260. Mich. Pioneer Colls., XVI., 103-104.] [Footnote 190: Wis. Hist. Colls., XL, 255. Cf. Mich. Pioneer Colls., XVI., 67. Rolette, one of the Prairie du Chien traders, was tried by the British for treason to Great Britain.] [Footnote 191: Amer. State Papers, For. Rels., III., 705.] [Footnote 192: Amer. State Papers, Ind. Affs., L, 562. See map in Collet's Travels, atlas.] THE NORTHWEST COMPANY.