France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of the Great West (1870)
CHAPTER XIII.
1679-1680 LA SALLE ON THE ILLINOIS.
The St. Joseph.--Adventure of La Salle.--The Prairies.--Famine.-- The Great Town of the Illinois.--Indians.--Intrigues.--Difficulties. --Policy of La Salle.--Desertion.--Another Attempt to poison him.