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

CHAPTER XXIV.

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1684-1685. LA SALLE IN TEXAS.

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."--Indian Attack.--Treachery of Beaujeu.--Omens of Disaster.