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Early Detroit
It was, therefore, in a measure independent of his authority. This feature was well calculated to excite jealousy and dislike. Then, too, the very theory of its establishment contemplated the partial or entire abandonment of Mackinaw, as the Indians then located there were to be gathered around this post, and here brought under the influence of this civilization. The great Indian trade that had passed from Mackinaw to Montreal, and in which the governor was, directly or indirectly, largely interested, would be extinguished, or rather transferred to Detroit.
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