France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West

CHAPTER XXI.

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1682, 1683.

ST. LOUIS OF THE ILLINOIS.

Louisiana.--Illness of La Salle: his Colony on the Illinois.--Fort St. Louis.--Recall of Frontenac.--Le Febvre de la Barre.--Critical Position of La Salle.--Hostility of the New Governor.--Triumph of the Adverse Faction.--La Salle sails for France. 309