[Footnote 111: N.Y. Col. Docs., IX., 296, 308; IV., 735.]
[Footnote 112: Quoted in Sheldon, Early History of Michigan, 310.]
[Footnote 113: Tailhan's Perrot, 156.]
[Footnote 114: Wis. Hist. Colls., X., 54, 300-302, 307, 321.]
[Footnote 115: Narr. and Crit. Hist. Amer., IV., 186.]
[Footnote 116: Margry, VI., 60. Near Ashland, Wis.]
[Footnote 117: Consult French MSS., 3d series, VI., Parl. Library,
Ottawa, cited in Minn. Hist. Colls., V., 422; Id., V., 425. In 1731 M.
La Ronde, having constructed at his own expense a bark of forty tons on
Lake Superior, received the post of La Pointe de Chagouamigon as a
gratuity to defray his expenses. See also the story of Verenderye's
posts, in Parkman's article in _Atlantic Monthly_, June, 1887, and
Margry, VI. See also 2 Penna. Archives, VI., 18; La Hontan, I., 53; N.Y.
Col. Docs., IX., 159; Tailhan, Perrot, 302.]