abitant of Kaskaskia, to Lyman C. Draper--"Draper's Notes,
Trip 1851," I., 48-9--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 82.

67 De Peyster to Powell, from Detroit, Nov. 13, 1780--"Mich. Pioneer
Coll.," XIX., 581; Same to Haldimand, Nov. 16, 1780--_Ibid._, X.,
448-9; Linctot to Slaughter, "O'Post," Jan. 11, 1781--"Cal. of Va.
State Papers," I., 429; J. L. William to Lyman C. Draper, from Fort
Wayne, Ind., Oct. 1, 1881--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 92;
McCarty to Slaughter, from Ill., Jan. 27, 1781--"Cal. of Va. State
Papers" I., 465; Col. Brodhead to Washington, from Fort Pitt, Mar.
10, 1781, "Olden Time," II., 391; Col. Levin Powell, from
Harrodsburg, Jan. 21, 1781--"Pa. Archives," VIII., 768; De Peyster to
Haldimand, from Detroit, Nov. 13, 1780, Farmer, "Hist. of Detroit
and Michigan," 257; Letter from J. M. P. Legras, from Vincennes,
Dec. 1, 1780--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," L., 77, original corrected
draft; "Rept. on Canadian Archives," 1888, 904-5; extract from
"Scot's Magazine," May, 1781, in "Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI.,
82. Whether La Balme had any countenance from either the French
government or its representatives is an unsettled question. That
France should regain her hold in America was desired by many
Frenchmen, but on the other hand, the French government was pledged
by its treaty of alliance to make no acquisitions of territory in
America. The following references raise the question, but I know of
none which settle it: Kingsford, "Canada," VI., 342-3; Sparks,
"Washington," VI., 106 ff., 113; Stevens, "Facsimiles," XVII., No.
1609; "Secret Jour. of Cong.," II., 111-117, 125.

68 Haldimand to De Peyster, from Quebec, Jan. 6, 1781--"Mich. Pioneer
Coll.," IX., 641.

69 This amounts to but sixteen men. De Peyster says that the party was
one of sixteen; McCarty says there were seventeen.

70 McCarty to Slaughter, from Ill., Jan. 27, 1781--"Cal. of Va. State
Papers," I., 465; Sinclair to Mathews, from Michilimackinac, Feb.
23, 1781--"Mich. Pioneer Coll.," IX., 629; De Peyster to Powell, from
Detroit, Jan. 8, 1781--_Ibid._, XIX., 591-2; Same to Haldimand, same
date--_Ibid._, X., 450-1; Same to McKee, from Detroit, Feb. 1,
1781--De Peyster, "Miscellanies," p. xxvi.; Linctot to commanding
officer at the Falls of