Extracts from a 'Journal of Travels' in the American interior 1766-1767 by Capt. Jonathan Carver.

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Some extracts from Captain Carvers Journal of Travels, in the interior parts of North America, in 1766 and 1767. September 3rd. I left Michillimackinac in Company with some Traders, bound to the Mississippi River; September 18th. arrived at Fort La Bay, situated on the banks at the bottom of the Bay, formerly call'd the Bay of Puants, but since the Conquest, the English most commonly call it the Green Bay, for this reason, that on leaving Michillimackinac, in the spring of the Year, before the Trees put forth either leaves or buds, [[underline]] tho seldom so [[/underline]] [[note]] Green Bay. [[/note]] [[underline]] long as fourteen days in going it, [[/underline]] yet the Vegitation in general at the Green Bay appears like summer. This Fort is a small Stockaid, [[note]] Fort Labay. [[/note]] only Defencable against small Arms, and much decayed; It was [[image]] built by the French for the protection of their Trade, sometime before the Conquest, and when Canada and its dependencies surrendered to the English, this Post, [[underline]] with other exterior fortifications [[/underline]], was Garrisoned with an Officer and 30 men, who in the Indian Wars in 1762 were made Prisoners by the Menomonies, a Nation who inhabit the West and North in parts of this Bay, this happened soon after the surprize, and taking of Michillimackinac, by the Confederate Indian Nations, under Pondiac; since that, the Government, have not thought [[catchword]] convenient [[/catchword]]