CHAPTER XXIX.

1688-1689. FATE OF THE TEXAN COLONY.

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.—Destruction of the French.—The End. 464

[Pg xxii]APPENDIX.

I. Early Unpublished Maps of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes. 475

II. The Eldorado of Mathieu Sâgean. 485

INDEX. 493

FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA, FOURTH PART THE OLD REGIME IN CANADA By Francis Parkman

CONTENTS PREFACE. DETAILED CONTENTS I. THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION.