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Early Detroit
and especially those which had gathered about Mackinaw, and to make this place the great center of Indian trade, Indian power, and Indian civilization. He had, while in command of Mackinaw, acquired, in a high degree, the confidence of the Indians, and although every effort was made by the Fathers Marest and Carheil, and other Jesuits to defeat his plans and prevent this emigration, he succeeded in this part of his enterprise most remarkably. In 1703, several villages had been gathered about the fort. Most of the Hurons arrived, some Ottawas, some Miamis, Pottawattomies, and other tribes. He writes to Count Pontchartrain on the 31st of August:
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