114 “Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 823-5. The location of the ridge of rocks is clearly shown in Hutchins’ “Topographical Desc. of Va.,” 1778, on a map opposite p. 41. French edition of 1781, facing p. 16; Winsor, “Nar. and Crit. Hist. of Am.,” VI., 700; Collot, “Atlas of America,” 1826. 115 Throughout the period covered by this work, the term squatter denoted one who illegally settled on public land, without a title. Later laws permitted settling before securing a title, but in the early period, no squatting was legal. 116 “Jour. of Cong.,” IV., 857-9. 117 “John Todd’s Record-Book,” “Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.,” IV., 308-14. 118 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, April 13, 1788—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” I., 386-7. At the time fees as above were being charged, prices current in Vincennes were: Corn, per bu. $ 2.00 Flour, per cwt. 7.00 Pork, per lb. .30 Beef, per lb. .15 Bordeaux wine, per bottle 2.00 Spirits, per gal. 12.00 Whisky, per gal. $ 8.00 Butter, per lb. 1.00 Eggs, per doz. 1.00 Loaf sugar, per lb. 1.00 Brown sugar, per lb. .60 Coffee, per lb. 1.45 A dunghill fowl $ 1.00 Potatoes, per bu. 2.00 Onions, per bu. 5.00 Cabbage, per head .15 Turnips, per bu. 1.00 See _Ibid._, 388-9. Beef was probably buffalo beef, as that was then the common meat for garrisons and settlers in the West. 119 “Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” I., 389-92. 120 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, May 21, 1788—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” I., 396. “Mr. Henry, of this place, who is very much connected with the Indians, particularly his wife,” implies that Henry’s wife was an Indian—_Ibid._, 3-4. 121 Same to same, Aug. 31, 1788—_Ibid._, I., 450. 122 Same to same, July 29, 1789—_Ibid._, II., 70-1. 123 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Nov. 11, 1789—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” II., 130-2. 124 Same to same, June 24, 1790—_Ibid._, II., 254. 125 Same to ——, Jan. 1, 1788—_Ibid._, I., 371. 126 Morgan’s proclamation, Oct. 3, 1788—_Ibid._, “Clark MSS.,” LIII., 78, incomplete. 127 From Vincennes, Aug. 26, 1788—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” I., 455-61. 128 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Mar. 28, 1789—_Ibid._, II., 17-18. 129 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Apr. 11, 1789—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” II., 27-28. 130 Harmar to St. Clair, from Fort Harmar, May 8, 1789—_Ibid._, II., 51. Harmar to Knox, same date and of similar tenor—_Ibid._, II., 53. 131 Hamtramck to Wyllys, from Vincennes, May 27, 1789—_Ibid._, II., 39. 132 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Fort Knox, Vincennes, Jan. 19, 1789—_Ibid._, II., 1. 133 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Aug. 14, 1798—“Draper Coll., Harmar Papers,” II., 90-1.