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Early Detroit
and the Ottawas were on the Canadian side of the river. The Hurons and Ottawas had very respectable forts defended with pickets.
But the implacable hostility of the Jesuits to De la Motte and his whole project was a constant source of annoyance and trouble. He says, in one of his letters: "I have not lived until now without knowing perfectly well how dangerous it is to cross their path. "
After the quarrel with Father Valliant, and his departure, the Jesuits claimed the right of being the missionaries to the Indians which should gather about Detroit;
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