. Book of the Royal blue . Prench between their New Worldcapitals was to go from Quebec up the and Lake Ontario, along Ontarioto the mouth of the Niagara River, carryover into Lake Krie, then by the way ofLake Huron and the Straits of Mackinawinto Lake Michigan, down Lake Michiganto Chicago, and by the way of the IllinoisRiver reach the Mississippi. In the nearlytwo centuries in which they held the countr\-the\ shortened the route by establishing apost at Detroit in 1701, and thence goingto the mouth of the Maumee Ri\er. Theywent up the Maumee River from what isnow Toledo to what i
. Book of the Royal blue . Prench between their New Worldcapitals was to go from Quebec up the and Lake Ontario, along Ontarioto the mouth of the Niagara River, carryover into Lake Krie, then by the way ofLake Huron and the Straits of Mackinawinto Lake Michigan, down Lake Michiganto Chicago, and by the way of the IllinoisRiver reach the Mississippi. In the nearlytwo centuries in which they held the countr\-the\ shortened the route by establishing apost at Detroit in 1701, and thence goingto the mouth of the Maumee Ri\er. Theywent up the Maumee River from what isnow Toledo to what is now Fort Wayne,Ind., and thence crossed o\er into theWabash Xailey, descending that river to theOhio and thence to New Orleans. Thisshortened the transit between the two strong-holds several hundred miles, an importantitem in the long and toilsome journey. Tocontrol this route they established a fort—Fort Miami—just above Toledo, at the footof the Maumee Rapids, another fort at ilNLKY MOMMENT TOLEDO, OHIO, IN HISTORY. STEEDMAN MONTMEST Fort Wayne, and a third at tried to still further shorten the routeby coming across from the Niagara Riverto the headwaters of the Alleghany. Itwas their establishment of a fort on thepresent site of Pittsburg which brought theminto collision with the English settlers ofVirginia and Pennsylvania. Thus the country around Toledo becamea storm center of battle for more than 100years. When the country passed into thehands of the British as a result of the de-cisive battle at Quebec, the British tookpossession of all the country and the fortsguarding it between the Mississippi and theAlleghanies, leaving the French in the greatLouisiana Territory tributary to brought about that wonderful con-federation of Indians known as Pontiacsconspiracy. Pontiac was one of the great-est geniuses the Indian race has ever pro-duced. He was an Ottawa Indian and hismother an Ojibway. The French hadalways managed the Indians far bet
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