The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . d way as theother was of the new. And sometimes one, sometimesthe other got the kings ear. So we see that all werenot agreed upon the policy of extension by any mannerof means. Indeed the two parties were bitterly hostile. Within a very few years, the importance of its tradecaused the sending of soldiers there for its protection, andMichilimackinac then became a military trading-post, witha mission attached. Baron La Hontan says it was sochosen on account of its security from Iroquois raids, aseven these tigers dared not venture across the roug
The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . d way as theother was of the new. And sometimes one, sometimesthe other got the kings ear. So we see that all werenot agreed upon the policy of extension by any mannerof means. Indeed the two parties were bitterly hostile. Within a very few years, the importance of its tradecaused the sending of soldiers there for its protection, andMichilimackinac then became a military trading-post, witha mission attached. Baron La Hontan says it was sochosen on account of its security from Iroquois raids, aseven these tigers dared not venture across the roughwaters of Lake Huron in their frail canoes. The samewriter describes the place as he saw it in 1688 as fol-lows : It is, he says, not more than half a league fromthe outlet of Lake Michigan. Hurons and Ottawas haveeach a village here, separated by a single palisade, butthe Ottawas are beginning a fort at some twelve hundredpaces off. They take this precaution on account of themurder of a certain Huron by four young Ottawas. The ^ome rf^age, itC. ailCHILIMACKINAC IN 16S8, FROM LA HONTAN. [Explanation.—A, French village; B, Jesuit mission; C, Huron village; D, coni- fields; E, Ottawa village.] 22 THE GATES OF THE WEST Jesuits have a little house by the side of a sort of church,inclosed by palisades, which separates tliein from theHuron village. All their missions are subordinate to thisone. The roving traders, he adds, had only a very tri-fling establishment there, though he thought it must in-crease with the growing importance of the trade. Thisaccount will equally stand for most of the early Frenchsettlements. La Hontans rough sketch of Michilimackinac is hereinserted, rude as it is, because it is the earliest knownpicture of the place, besides conveying a tolerably accu-rate idea of what it was like in its infancy. There was an auxiliary mission (St. Simon), foundedat the same time at Great Manatoulin Island, where aband of Ottawas had made their residence, after beingdrive
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