Erie, Lake, discovered and explored, 61, 63; forts on, 104, 108, 109, 118, 125, 164; in War of 1812, 165–168, 179–190; settlements on, 219, 220; roads, canals, and railroads to, 232–241, 242, 251–265, 283–297; travel on, 268–274; in Civil War, 322–326; commerce of, 343, 345, 360. Erie, Penn., in 1840, 268, 272; railroad war, 294–298; underground railroad station, 302; _see also_ Presque Isle _under_ Forts. Erie Canal, 5, 195, 221, 226, 237, 238, 251–265; building of, 251–254; ceremony of opening, 254–260; travel on, 261–263; enlarged, 263–265, 271, 283. Forts, Frontenac, 52, 61, 105, 218; Duquesne, 104; Le Bœuf, 104, 106, 109; Sandusky, 104, 125, 219; Venango, 104, 106, 291; Presque Isle, 104, 106, 109, 118, 125, 164, 219; Washington, 158; Recovery, 158; Defiance, 159; Harrison, 166; Dearborn, 166, 172–177; Wayne, 166, 174, 276; Malden, 167–170, 180, 183, 187, 188; William, 338–341. Franklin, Benjamin, makes Great Lakes U.S. boundary, 347. Frenchtown, Hull at, 167; American defeat at, 179–181. Frontenac, governor of New France, 50, 59, 67; recalled, 73; returns, 87; his plan to occupy Great Lakes, 87, 88; death, 87. Fuller, Margaret, trip to the lakes, 278–282. Fur trade, carried on by French and English, 39, 51, 52, 66–68, 88, 89, 101, 102, 135, 145; leading interest on the lakes, 330–342; under the French, 331–335; under the British, 335–342; under the Americans, 155, 165, 337, 338, 341, 347. Genesee Turnpike, 233. Georgian Bay, 10, 12, 14, 25, 28, 148, 218. Gladwin, Major, in command at Detroit, 119; blockaded by Pontiac, 119–133; saves Detroit, 133. Grain, handled by lake ports, 6, 369, 370. Greeley, Horace, 297. Green Bay, 76, 333, 337. _Griffon_, _see under_ Ships. Groseilliers, 39. Hamilton, Gen., at Detroit, 151–153; captured by Clark, 153. Harmar, Gen., unsuccessful expedition against Indians, 156, 161, 174. Harriott, John, journey to Lake Erie, 242–246. Harrison, Gen. W. H., at Tippecanoe, 166; Lake Erie expedition, 179, 180; battle of the Thames, 187–189. Harvey, C. T., designer and builder of “Soo” Canal, 362–364. Hawley, Jesse, and Erie Canal, 237. Heald, Capt., in command at Fort Dearborn, 172–177; escapes massacre, 176, 177. Hennepin, Father Louis, companion of La Salle, 51; writes of Niagara, 52, 53; and of the voyage, 58, 59; names Lake St. Clair, 63. Henry, Alexander, adventures at Mackinac, 135–150; copper mining, 347. Hines, Capt., Confederate agent, 321, 322. Hotels, American, and Franklin, in Cleveland, 273; Lake House, in Chicago, 277, 278; Tremont House, in Chicago, 307, 308, 314, 316. Hull, Gen., in War of 1812, 166–172; surrenders Detroit, 171.