France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of the Great West (1870)

TRIUMPH OF THE MURDERERS.--JOUTEL AMONG THE CENTS.--WHITE SAVAGES. --INSOLENCE OF DUHAUT AND HIS ACCOMPLICES.--MURDER OF DUHAUT AND LIOTOT.--HIENS, THE BUCCANEER.--JOUTEL AND HI...

JOLIET SENT TO FIND THE MISSISSIPPI.--JACQUES MARQUETTE.--DEPARTURE.-- GREEN BAY.--THE WISCONSIN.--THE MISSISSIPPI.--INDIANS.--MANITOUS.-- THE ARKANSAS.--THE ILLINOIS.--JOLIET'S...

TONTY ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE THE COLONISTS.--HIS DIFFICULTIES AND HARDSHIPS.--SPANISH HOSTILITY.--EXPEDITION OF ALONZO DE LEON.--HE REACHES FORT ST. LOUIS.--A SCENE OF HAVOC.--DESTR...

THE DESERTERS.--THE IROQUOIS WAR.--THE GREAT TOWN OF THE ILLINOIS. --THE ALARM.--ONSET OF THE IROQUOIS.--PERIL OF TONTY.--A TREACHEROUS TRUCE.--INTREPIDITY OF TONTY.--MURDER OF...

SIGNS OP DANGER.--ADOPTION.--HENNEPIN AND HIS INDIAN RELATIVES.--THE HUNTING PARTY.--THE SIOUX CAMP.--FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY.--A VAGABOND FRIAR.--HIS ADVENTURES ON THE MISSISSIPPI...

THE FORT.--MISERY AND DEJECTION.--ENERGY OF LA SALLE.--HIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION.--DUHAUT.--INDIAN MASSACRE.--RETURN OF LA SALLE. --A NEW CALAMITY.--A DESPERATE RESOLUTION.--DE...

LOUISIANA.--ILLNESS OF LA SALLE.--HIS COLONY ON THE ILLINOIS.-- TOUT ST. LOUIS.--RECALL OF FRONTENAC.--LE FEVRE DE LA BARRE. --CRITICAL POSITION OF LA SALLE.--HOSTILITY OF THE N...

DEPARTURE.--QUARRELS WITH BEAUJEU.--ST. DOMINGO.--LA SALLE ATTACKED WITH FEVER.--HIS DESPERATE CONDITION.--THE GULF OF MEXICO.--A FATAL ERROR.--LANDING.--WRECK OF THE "AIMABLE."...

We turn from the humble Marquette, thanking God with his last breath that he died for his Order and his faith; and by our side stands the masculine form of Cavelier de la Salle....

It was on the last day of the winter that preceded the invasion of the Iroquois, that Father Hennepin, with his two companions, Accau and Du Gay, had set out from Fort Crevecoeu...

On the third of December, the party re-embarked, thirty-three in all, in eight canoes, [Footnote: _Lettre de Duchesneau a_--, 10 _Nov_. 1680, MS.] and ascended the chill current...

THE FRENCH IN WESTERN NEW YORK.--LOUIS JOLIET.--THE SULPITIANS ON LAKE ERIE.--AT DETROIT.--AT SAUT STE. MARIE.--THE MYSTERY OF LA SALLE.--HE DISCOVERS THE OHIO.--HE DESCENDS THE...

LA SALLE AND HIS REPORTER.--JESUIT ASCENDANCY.--THE MISSIONS AND THE FUR-TRADE.--FEMALE INQUISITORS.--PLOTS AGAINST LA SALLE.--HIS BROTHER THE PRIEST.--INTRIGUES OF THE JESUITS....

The travellers were crossing a marshy prairie towards a distant belt of woods, that followed the course of a little river. They led with them their five horses, laden, with thei...

HIS FOLLOWERS.--THE CHICAGO PORTAGE.--DESCENT OP THE MISSISSIPPI. --THE LOST HUNTER.--THE ARKANSAS.--THE TAENSAS.--THE NATCHEZ. --HOSTILITY.--THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.--LOUI...

And now La Salle's work must be begun afresh. He had staked all, and all had seemingly been lost. In stern relentless effort he had touched the limits of human endurance; and th...

From the wilds of the Illinois,--crag, forest, and prairie, squalid wigwams, and naked savages,--La Salle crossed the sea; and before him rose the sculptured wonders of Versaill...

Hennepin was all eagerness to join in the adventure, and, to his great satisfaction, La Salle gave him a letter from his Provincial, Father Le Fevre, containing the coveted perm...

The "Griffin" had lain moored by the shore, so near that Hennepin could preach on Sundays from the deck to the men encamped along the bank. She was now forced up against the cur...

The winter had been a severe one. When La Salle and his five companions reached Peoria Lake, they found it sheeted from shore to shore with ice that stopped the progress of thei...

THE YOUTH OF LA SALLE.--HIS CONNECTION WITH THE JESUITS.--HE GOES TO CANADA.--HIS CHARACTER.--HIS SCHEMES.--HIS SEIGNIORY AT LA CHINE.--HIS EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF A WESTERN PAS...

Jean Talon, Intendant of Canada, was a man of no common stamp. Able, vigorous, and patriotic,--he was the worthy lieutenant and disciple of the great minister Colbert, the ill-r...

THE OLD MISSIONS AND THE NEW.--A CHANGE OF SPIRIT.--LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE COPPER-MINES.--STE. MARIE.--LA POINTE.--MICHILLIMACKINAC. --JESUITS ON LAKE MICHIGAN.--ALLOUEZ AND DABL...

In tracing the adventures of Tonty and the rovings of Hennepin, we have lost sight of La Salle, the pivot of the enterprise. Returning from the desolation and horror in the vall...

A curious incident occurred soon, after the building of the fort on Lake Ontario. A violent quarrel had taken place between Frontenac and Perrot, the Governor of Montreal, whom,...

La Salle now resolved to leave the Indian camp, and fortify himself for the winter in a strong position, where his men would be less exposed to dangerous influence, and where he...

A more important work than that of the warehouse at the mouth of the river was now to be begun. This was the building of a vessel above the cataract. The small craft which had b...

When La Salle gained possession of Fort Frontenac, he secured a base for all his future enterprises. That he meant to make it a permanent one is clear from the pains he took to...

Tonty attempts to rescue the Colonists.--His Difficulties and Hardships. --Spanish Hostility.--Expedition of Alonzo De Leon.--He reaches Fort St. Louis.--A Scene of Havoc.--Dest...

Triumph of the Murderers.--Joutel among the Cenis.--White Savages. --Insolence of Duhaut and his Accomplices.--Murder of Duhaut and Liotot.--Hiens, the Buccaneer.--Joutel and hi...

The Fort.--Misery and Dejection.--Energy of La Salle.--His Journey of Exploration.--Duhaut.--Indian Massacre.--Return of La Salle. --A New Calamity.--A Desperate Resolution.--De...

Louisiana.--Illness of La Salle.--His Colony on the Illinois.--Fort St. Louis.--Recall of Frontenac.--Le Fevre de la Barre.--Critical Position of La Salle.--Hostility of the New...

The French in Western New York.--Louis Joliet.--The Sulpitians on Lake Erie.--At Detroit.--At Saut Ste. Marie.--The Mystery of La Salle.--He discovers the Ohio.--He descends the...

Departure.--Quarrels with Beaujeu.--St. Domingo.--La Salle attacked with Fever.--His Desperate Condition.--The Gulf of Mexico.--A Fatal Error.--Landing.--Wreck of the "Aimable."...

The Youth of La Salle.--His Connection with the Jesuits.--He goes to Canada.--His Character.--His Schemes.--His Seigniory at La Chine.--His Expedition in Search of a Western Pas...

La Salle and his Reporter.--Jesuit Ascendancy.--The Missions and the Fur-Trade.--Female Inquisitors.--Plots against La Salle.--His Brother the Priest.--Intrigues of the Jesuits....

The Deserters.--The Iroquois War.--The Great Town of the Illinois.-- The Alarm.--Onset of the Iroquois.--Peril of Tonty.--A Treacherous Truce.--Intrepidity of Tonty.--Murder of...

Signs of Danger.--Adoption.--Hennepin and his Indian Relatives.--The Hunting-Party.--The Sioux Camp.--Falls of St. Anthony.--A Vagabond Friar.--His Adventures on the Mississippi...

The Old Missions and the New.--A Change of Spirit.--Lake Superior and the Copper Mines.--Ste. Marie.--La Pointe.--Michillimackinac.-- Jesuits on Lake Michigan.--Allouez and Dabl...

His Followers.--The Chicago Portage.--Descent of the Mississippi.--The Lost Hunter.--The Arkansas.--The Taensas.--The Natchez.--Hostility.--The Mouth of the Mississippi.--Louis...

Joliet sent to find the Mississippi.--Jacques Marquette.--Departure.-- Green Bay.--The Wisconsin.--The Mississippi.--Indians.--Manitous. --The Arkansas.--The Illinois.--Joliet's...