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Portage

PORTAGE PATHS: In general (continued)—

43–46; as boundary lines, 48–49; suggestive names of, 49–50; military usage of, 51–72; hostile Indians lurked near, 54–57; Céloron's use of, 60–62; forests traversed by, 62; military importance of northwestern Ohio, 68–73; villages grow up on, 73–74; treaties made at forts on, 74; roadways built on, 75–80; routes of canals on, 80–82; 14, 19; ordinance of 1787 on, 7, 81; routes of railways on, 81–82; Dr. Wm. F. Ganong on New Brunswick, 94–105; still in use, 96; present-day appearance of, 96–98; naming of, 100–101; preservation of name, 101; early mail route on, 103; Albany to Quebec, itinerary (1720), 123–124, 125–133; boundary lines, 161; blazed trees on Kankakee–St. Joseph, 178; plea for marking historic sites on, 188–194.

  • Names and Data:
    • Black River–Ouelle, 7, 108.
    • Chautauqua, 7, 91, 152–157; Céloron on, 9, 25.
    • Chicago–Des Plaines, 7, 180–181.
    • Conemaugh, 13, 171; landing called "Canoe-Place," 171.
    • Connecticut–Lake Champlain, 7, 89, 119, 120.
    • Connecticut–St. Francis, 7, 88, 118–119.
    • Cuyahoga–Beaver, 13, 38.