Note 77 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
“The Beaver are never molested at this place by the Traders or Indians, and soon repair their dam, which is a most serviceable work upon this difficult communication.”—Account of the Expedition of Lieut.-Gov. Hamilton, Michigan Pioneer Collections, vol. ix, p. 493. “The Beavers had worked hard for us, but we were obliged to break down their dam to let the boats pass....”—Hamilton to Haldimand, November 1, Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. xi, p. 181.