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DATE OF THE DETROIT SETTLEMENT.
No military station then existed south of Mackinaw. In 1686 the Governor-General of New France, hearing of the designs of the English, sent orders to De La Durantaye, who then commanded at Mackinaw, and also to Du Luth, who had charge of the Indian affairs over the upper region, to establish some points in the Saghinaw. In pursuance of these orders a fort was built
by Du Luth at or near the head of St. Clair river—probably at Port Huron— and garrisoned by a force of rangers. This post was named Port St. Joseph or Du Luth.
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