The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . If nowshe could establish herself in the Northwest, she wouldthen be in a position either to secure the Lake country,or at least would have something to trade with Englandfor Gibraltar, the British possession of which strongholdwas a thorn in the side of his most Catholic Accordingly, in the January of 1781, Don Fran-cisco Cruzat, commander and lieutenant-governor of thewestern parts and districts of Illinois, sent forth fromhis stone palace the militia officers Don Eugenio Pourre,Don Carlos Tayon, and the interpreter Don Luis Cheval- 1 P
The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . If nowshe could establish herself in the Northwest, she wouldthen be in a position either to secure the Lake country,or at least would have something to trade with Englandfor Gibraltar, the British possession of which strongholdwas a thorn in the side of his most Catholic Accordingly, in the January of 1781, Don Fran-cisco Cruzat, commander and lieutenant-governor of thewestern parts and districts of Illinois, sent forth fromhis stone palace the militia officers Don Eugenio Pourre,Don Carlos Tayon, and the interpreter Don Luis Cheval- 1 Petition of Chevallier, October 9, 1780.—Haldimand Papers. - Census of St. Joseph, in the letter of C. Anise, dated St. Joseph,June 30, 1780.—Haldimand Papers. 3 Edward G. Mason, in the Magazine of American History, for May,1886, has discussed, with a wealth of detail, The March of the Span-iards across Illinois. The Haldimand Papers correct some of thedetails, but Mr. Mason has worked out his problem with great fulnessof knowledge. 258. THE WAR IN THE NORTHWEST lier,1 accompanied by a band of Indians to make a winterjourney of four hundred miles to capture the desertedpost of St. Joseph! The fatigues of that march, thecold of the winter, the weight of their food-burdens, allwere set forth in strongest phrase in the report madeby the intrepid Spaniards. As they toiled northwardthey gathered Indian adherents as a snowball gatherssnow—for their cry was booty. With considerate lackof details, they reported that they made prisoners of thefew English they found at the post, the fact being thatthere were at the place certainly no English and prob-ably no French, save perhaps a few trappers. DonEngenio Purre took possession, in the name of the king,_pf that place and its dependencies, and of the river of theIllinois; in consequence whereof, says the Spanish re-port,2 the standard of his Majesty was there displayedduring the whole time. He took the Enolish one anddelivered it on h
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