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AMERICANS T ]«BEATEN AT LITTLE FORT(Continued from page I)ibtwas populated mostly fay Potta-watimies after the small pox epi- j demic. The- creek that ran from j the fort to the lake was oncej called Stick River, but after thej advent of the Pottawatimies ii j became known as Fort Creek, j This was the site at which historians say La Salle paused in | j 1677. They called the stream j “Riviere Les Bois.” jIn his foreword to the Quia-; v tanon. Documents, Hubert A. Haw-j ~ kins, secretary of the Indian His-: ” torical Society wrote: ‘ The French j period is perhaps less familiar: ^ than any other segment cf Indi- j * ana history. Yet French explor-i ers, missionaries and traders con- j stituled the dominant European i influence in this area lor nearly j fa century. Until the end oi the i 1 Seven Years War the French 1 maintained their commercial and military hegemony.”Built In 1717It has been established that Ouiatanon was built in 1717, andthe accompanying chain of littleforts was undoubtedly a part of the whole campaign.According to early French doeu-i ments there was, during the latter part of 1716, a discussion of a project for vacating these little forts, and although it met with the distant approval of economy-minded French officialdom, the government of New France overruled them, and decided to expand them instead. This maintenance continued until the smallpox epidemic of 1833.' The period of French occupation of Little Fort continued for 46 years. After the British conquered Quebec and Montreal, the Little Forts were included in the “King's edict of evacuation” which specifically mentioned the tiny outposts.British In Possession
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Tue, May 21, 1957
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Clipped by
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