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DATE OF THE DETROIT SETTLEMENT.
It has been generally supposed that no fort was established on the strait at that time; but from, the occurrences of the next year, as authentically reported, it would seem that a post was also located on Detroit river at or near the present city.
In the winter of 1686 orders were sent to Tonty, who commanded at Port St. Louis in the Illinois country, and to De La Durantaye and Du Luth, to collect such Indian forces as they could muster and bring them to Niagara to join the colonial forces in waging war against the Iroquois. De La Durantaye set out from Mackinaw with a considerable body to join Du Luth, and
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