le.
Later laws permitted settling before securing a title, but in the
early period, no squatting was legal.

116 "Jour. of Cong.," IV., 857-9.

117 "John Todd's Record-Book," "Chicago Hist. Soc. Coll.," IV., 308-14.

118 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, April 13, 1788--"Draper Coll.,
Harmar Papers," I., 386-7. At the time fees as above were being
charged, prices current in Vincennes were:

Corn, per bu. $ 2.00
Flour, per cwt. 7.00
Pork, per lb. .30
Beef, per lb. .15
Bordeaux wine, per bottle 2.00
Spirits, per gal. 12.00
Whisky, per gal. $ 8.00
Butter, per lb. 1.00
Eggs, per doz. 1.00
Loaf sugar, per lb. 1.00
Brown sugar, per lb. .60
Coffee, per lb. 1.45
A dunghill fowl $ 1.00
Potatoes, per bu. 2.00
Onions, per bu. 5.00
Cabbage, per head .15
Turnips, per bu. 1.00

See _Ibid._, 388-9.

Beef was probably buffalo beef, as that was then the common meat for
garrisons and settlers in the West.

119 "Draper Coll., Harmar Papers," I., 389-92.

120 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, May 21, 1788--"Draper Coll.,
Harmar Papers," I., 396. "Mr. Henry, of this place, who is very much
connected with the Indians, particularly his wife," implies that
Henry's wife was an Indian--_Ibid._, 3-4.

121 Same to same, Aug. 31, 1788--_Ibid._, I., 450.

122 Same to same, July 29, 1789--_Ibid._, II., 70-1.

123 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Nov. 11, 1789--"Draper Coll.,
Harmar Papers," II., 130-2.

124 Same to same, June 24, 1790--_Ibid._, II., 254.

125 Same to ----, Jan. 1, 1788--_Ibid._, I., 371.

126 Morgan's proclamation, Oct. 3, 1788--_Ibid._, "Clark MSS.," LIII.,
78, incomplete.

127 From Vincennes, Aug. 26, 1788--"Draper Coll., Harmar Papers," I.,
455-61.

128 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Mar. 28, 1789--_Ibid._, II.,
17-18.

129 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vincennes, Apr. 11, 1789--"Draper Coll.,
Harmar Papers," II., 27-28.

130 Harmar to St. Clair, from Fort Harmar, May 8, 1789--_Ibid._, II., 51.
Harmar to Knox, same date and of similar tenor--_Ibid._, II., 53.

131 Hamtramck to Wyllys, from Vincennes, May 27, 1789--_Ibid._, II., 39.

132 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Fort Knox, Vincennes, Jan. 19,
1789--_Ibid._, II., 1.

133 Hamtramck to Harmar, from Vi