Ohio, "Opost Vincennes," Jan. 13, 1781--"Cal.
of Va. State Papers," I., 432; Draper on date of the expedition,
"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XXVI., 88; De Peyster to Powell, from
Detroit, Mar. 17, 1781--"Mich. Pioneer Coll.," XIX., 600; Sinclair to
Powell, from Michilimackinac Id., May 1, 1781--_Ibid._, XIX., 632;
"Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV., 216.

71 Jay to Livingston, from Madrid, Apr. 28, 1782--"Secret Jour. of
Cong.," IV., 64; or Wharton, "Dipl. Corr. of the Am. Rev.," V.,
363-4; or Sparks, _Ibid._, VIII., 76-8; McCarty to Slaughter, from
Ill., Jan. 27, 1781--"Draper's Notes, Trip 1860," III., 1-2;
incomplete copy in "Cal. of Va. State Papers," I., 465; Linctot to
commanding officer at Falls of Ohio, from Vincennes, Jan. 13,
1781--"Cal. of Va. State Papers," I., 432; Franklin to Livingston,
from Passy, Apr. 12, 1782--Sparks, "Dipl. Corr. of the Am. Rev.,"
III., 339. See also _Ibid._, VIII., 150; Sparks, "Franklin's Works,"
IX., 206, Boston, 1856.

72 Linctot to ----, from St. Louis, July 31, 1781--"Draper Coll., Clark
MSS.," LI., 75, original MS. in French; Gratiot to Clark, from St.
Louis, Aug. 1, 1781--_Ibid._, LI., 77, original MS. in French.

73 This chapter was read, by request, before the Wisconsin Academy of
Sciences, Arts, and Letters, on February 8, 1906.

74 In Council, Jan. 29, 1782--"Draper Coll., Clark MSS.," XLVI., 69,
original MS.

75 Demunbrunt to Clark, from Kaskaskia, Mar. 5, 1782--"Draper Coll.,
Clark MSS.," L., 70; LI., 25, original MS. Demunbrunt, whose name
also appears as Demunbrun and De Munbrun, was prominent in early
Illinois history. Records signed by him as Lieutenant Commandant
_par interim_ appear in "John Todd's Record-Book" under the dates
June 14, 1779, Feb'y, 1782, and March 22, 1782. In 1783, 1784, and
probably at other dates he made grants of land in the Illinois
country. He served under Clark. From the time Winston was appointed
to the command of the County of Illinois, until the coming of St.
Clair, Demunbrunt was "commandant of the village of Kaskaskia and
its dependencies." He had important dealings with an embassy from
the Cherokee Indians. He was allowed land under the Virginia grants.
In his memorial to the General Assembly, he said: "Your memorialist,
little acquainted