The French established three outposts along the river trade route on the Wabash-Maumee: one at the present-day of Fort Wayne, one near present-day Lafayette (1717), and the largest and most important at Vincennes (1702).
Book:
Outpost in the Wilderness: Fort Wayne, 1706-1828, Poinsatte, Charles, 1976
By 1750, the French had built 60 forts from the St. Lawrence River to the mouth of the Mississippi. Present-day Indiana was part of New France.
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