France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of the Great West (1870)
CHAPTER XXII.
1682-1683. ST. LOUIS OF THE ILLINOIS.
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 Governor.--Triumph of the Adverse Faction.--La Salle sails for France.