France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of the Great West (1870)
CHAPTER V.
1672-1675. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Joliet sent to find the Mississippi.--Jacques Marquette.--Departure.-- Green Bay.--The Wisconsin.--The Mississippi.--Indians.--Manitous. --The Arkansas.--The Illinois.--Joliet's Misfortune.--Marquette at Chicago.--His Illness.--His Death.