France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West
By Parkman, Francis
Classic work by Parkman, Francis.
Table of Contents
1669-1671. LA SALLE AND THE SULPITIANS. The French in Western New York.--Louis Joliet.--The Sulpitians on Lake Erie; at Detroit; at Saut Ste. Marie.--The Mystery of La Sall...
1670-1672. THE JESUITS ON THE LAKES. The Old Missions and the New.--A Change of Spirit.--Lake Superior and the Copper-mines.--Ste. Marie.--La Pointe.--Michilimackinac.--Jes...
1667-1672. FRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST. Talon.--Saint-Lusson.--Perrot.--The Ceremony at Saut Ste. Marie.--The Speech of Allouez.--Count Frontenac. ...
1672-1675. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Joliet sent to find the Mississippi.--Jacques Marquette.--Departure.--Green Bay.--The Wisconsin.--The Mississippi.--Indians.-...
1673-1678. LA SALLE AND FRONTENAC. Objects of La Salle.--Frontenac favors him.--Projects of Frontenac.--Cataraqui.--Frontenac on Lake Ontario.--Fort Frontenac.--La Salle ...
1678. PARTY STRIFE. La Salle and his Reporter.--Jesuit Ascendency.--The Missions and the Fur-trade.--Female Inquisitors.--Plots against La Salle: his Brother the Priest.-...
1677, 1678. THE GRAND ENTERPRISE. La Salle at Fort Frontenac.--La Salle at Court: his Memorial.--Approval of the King.--Money and Means.--Henri de Tonty.--Return to Canad...
1678-1679. LA SALLE AT NIAGARA. Father Louis Hennepin: his Past Life; his Character.--Embarkation.--Niagara Falls.--Indian Jealousy.--La Motte and the Senecas.--A Disaste...
1679. THE LAUNCH OF THE "GRIFFIN." The Niagara Portage.--A Vessel on the Stocks.--Suffering and Discontent.--La Salle's Winter Journey.--The Vessel launched.--Fresh Disas...
1679. LA SALLE ON THE UPPER LAKES. The Voyage of the "Griffin."--Detroit.--A Storm.--St. Ignace of Michilimackinac.--Rivals and Enemies.--Lake Michigan.--Hardships.--A Th...
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.-...
1680. FORT CRÈVECOE]UR. Building of the Fort.--Loss of the "Griffin."--A Bold Resolution.--Another Vessel.--Hennepin sent to the Mississippi.--Departure of La Salle. ...
1680. HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE. The Winter Journey.--The Deserted Town.--Starved Rock.--Lake Michigan.--The Wilderness.--War Parties.--La Salle's Men give out.--Ill Tidings....
1680. INDIAN CONQUERORS. The Enterprise renewed.--Attempt to rescue Tonty.--Buffalo.--A Frightful Discovery.--Iroquois Fury.--The Ruined Town.--A Night of Horror.--Traces...
1680. TONTY AND THE IROQUOIS. The Deserters.--The Iroquois War.--The Great Town of the Illinois.--The Alarm.--Onset of the Iroquois.--Peril of Tonty.--A Treacherous Truce...
1680. THE ADVENTURES OF HENNEPIN. Hennepin an Impostor: his Pretended Discovery; his Actual Discovery; captured by the Sioux.--The Upper Mississippi. 24...
1680, 1681. HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX. Signs of Danger.--Adoption.--Hennepin and his Indian Relatives.--The Hunting Party.--The Sioux Camp.--Falls of St. Anthony.--A Vagabon...
1681. LA SALLE BEGINS ANEW. His Constancy; his Plans; his Savage Allies; he becomes Snow-blind.--Negotiations.--Grand Council.--La Salle's Oratory.--Meeting with Tonty.--...
1681-1682. SUCCESS OF LA SALLE. His Followers.--The Chicago Portage.--Descent of the Mississippi.--The Lost Hunter.--The Arkansas.--The Taensas.--The Natchez.--Hostility.--...
1682, 1683. ST. LOUIS OF THE ILLINOIS. Louisiana.--Illness of La Salle: his Colony on the Illinois.--Fort St. Louis.--Recall of Frontenac.--Le Febvre de la Barre.--Critical...
1680-1683. LA SALLE PAINTED BY HIMSELF. Difficulty of knowing him; his Detractors; his Letters; vexations of his Position; his Unfitness for Trade; risks of Correspondence;...
1684. A NEW ENTERPRISE. La Salle at Court: his Proposals.--Occupation of Louisiana.--Invasion of Mexico.--Royal Favor.--Preparation.--A Divided Command.--Beaujeu and La S...
1684, 1685. THE VOYAGE. Disputes with Beaujeu.--St. Domingo.--La Salle attacked with Fever: his Desperate Condition.--The Gulf of Mexico.--A Vain Search and a Fatal Error...
1685. LA SALLE IN TEXAS. A Party of Exploration.--Wreck of the "Aimable."--Landing of the Colonists.--A Forlorn Position.--Indian Neighbors.--Friendly Advances of Beaujeu...
1685-1687. ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS. The Fort.--Misery and Dejection.--Energy of La Salle: his Journey of Exploration.--Adventures and Accidents.--The Buffalo.--Duhaut.--Indian ...
1687. ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE. His Followers.--Prairie Travelling.--A Hunters' Quarrel.--The Murder of Moranget.--The Conspiracy.--Death of La Salle: his Character. 420...
1687, 1688. THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY. Triumph of the Murderers.--Danger of Joutel.--Joutel among the Cenis.--White Savages.--Insolence of Duhaut and his Accomplices.--...
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...
1643-1669. CAVELIER DE LA SALLE. The Youth of La Salle: his Connection with the Jesuits; he goes to Canada; his Character; his Schemes; his Seigniory at La Chine; his ...
1669-1671. LA SALLE AND THE SULPITIANS. The French in Western New York.--Louis Joliet.--The Sulpitians on Lake Erie; at Detroit; at Saut Ste. Marie.--The Mystery of La ...
1670-1672. THE JESUITS ON THE LAKES. The Old Missions and the New.--A Change of Spirit.--Lake Superior and the Copper-mines.--Ste. Marie.--La Pointe.--Michilimacki...
1667-1672. FRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST. Talon.--Saint-Lusson.--Perrot.--The Ceremony at Saut Ste. Marie.--The Speech of Allouez.--Count Frontenac. Jean Talon, ...
1672-1675. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Joliet sent to find the Mississippi.--Jacques Marquette.--Departure.--Green Bay.--The Wisconsin.--The Mississippi.--In...
1673-1678. LA SALLE AND FRONTENAC. Objects of La Salle.--Frontenac favors him.--Projects of Frontenac.--Cataraqui.--Frontenac on Lake Ontario.--Fort Frontenac.--La...
1678. PARTY STRIFE. La Salle and his Reporter.--Jesuit Ascendency.--The Missions and the Fur-trade.--Female Inquisitors.--Plots against La Salle: his Brother the P...
1677, 1678. THE GRAND ENTERPRISE. La Salle at Fort Frontenac.--La Salle at Court: his Memorial.--Approval of the King.--Money and Means.--Henri de Tonty.--Return ...
1678-1679. LA SALLE AT NIAGARA. Father Louis Hennepin: his Past Life; his Character.--Embarkation.--Niagara Falls.--Indian Jealousy.--La Motte and the Senecas.--A ...
1679. THE LAUNCH OF THE "GRIFFIN." The Niagara Portage.--A Vessel on the Stocks.--Suffering and Discontent.--La Salle's Winter Journey.--The Vessel launched.--Fres...
1679. LA SALLE ON THE UPPER LAKES. The Voyage of the "Griffin."--Detroit.--A Storm.--St. Ignace of Michilimackinac.--Rivals and Enemies.--Lake Michigan.--Hardships...
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.--Diffi...
1680. FORT CRÈVEC[OE]UR. Building of the Fort.--Loss of the "Griffin."--A Bold Resolution.--Another Vessel.--Hennepin sent to the Mississippi.--Departure of La Sal...
1680. HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE. The Winter Journey.--The Deserted Town.--Starved Rock.--Lake Michigan.--The Wilderness.--War Parties.--La Salle's Men give out.--Ill T...
1680. INDIAN CONQUERORS. The Enterprise renewed.--Attempt to rescue Tonty.--Buffalo.--A Frightful Discovery.--Iroquois Fury.--The Ruined Town.--A Night of Horror.-...
1680. TONTY AND THE IROQUOIS. The Deserters.--The Iroquois War.--The Great Town of the Illinois.--The Alarm.--Onset of the Iroquois.--Peril of Tonty.--A Treacherou...
1680. THE ADVENTURES OF HENNEPIN. Hennepin an Impostor: his Pretended Discovery; his Actual Discovery; Captured by the Sioux.--The Upper Mississippi. It was on the las...
contemporary records of undoubted authenticity. Bating his exaggerations respecting the Falls of Niagara, his local descriptions, and even his estimates of distance, are generally ...
1680, 1681. HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX. Signs of Danger.--Adoption.--Hennepin and his Indian Relatives.--The Hunting Party.--The Sioux Camp.--Falls of St. Anthony.--...
1681. LA SALLE BEGINS ANEW. His Constancy; his Plans; his Savage Allies; he becomes Snow-blind.--Negotiations.--Grand Council.--La Salle's Oratory.--Meeting with T...
1681-1682. SUCCESS OF LA SALLE. His Followers.--The Chicago Portage.--Descent of the Mississippi.--The Lost Hunter.--The Arkansas.--The Taensas.--The Natchez.--Hos...
indicate that he had taken part in the expedition. The _Relation de la Découverte_, though written in the third person, is the official report of the discovery made by La Salle, or...
1682, 1683. ST. LOUIS OF THE ILLINOIS. Louisiana.--Illness of La Salle: his Colony on the Illinois.--Fort St. Louis.--Recall of Frontenac.--Le Febvre de la Barre.--Crit...
1680-1683. LA SALLE PAINTED BY HIMSELF. Difficulty of knowing him; his Detractors; his Letters; vexations of his Position; his Unfitness for Trade; risks Of Corresponde...
1684. A NEW ENTERPRISE. La Salle at Court: his Proposals.--Occupation of Louisiana.--Invasion of Mexico.--Royal Favor.--Preparation.--A Divided Command.--Beaujeu a...
1684, 1685. THE VOYAGE. Disputes with Beaujeu.--St. Domingo.--La Salle Attacked with Fever: his Desperate Condition.--The Gulf Of Mexico.--A Vain Search and a Fata...
1685. LA SALLE IN TEXAS. A Party of Exploration--Wreck of the "Aimable."--Landing of the Colonists.--A Forlorn Position.--Indian Neighbors.--Friendly Advances of B...
1685-1687. ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS. The Fort.--Misery and Dejection.--Energy of La Salle: his Journey of Exploration.--Adventures and Accidents.--The Buffalo.--Duhaut.-...
1687. ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE. His Followers.--Prairie Travelling--A Hunters' Quarrel--The Murder of Moranget.--The Conspiracy.--Death of La Salle: his Character. [S...
1687, 1688. THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY. Triumph of the Murderers.--Danger of Joutel.--Joutel among the Cenis.--White Savages.--Insolence of Duhaut and his Accomplice...
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 ...
The Mississippi, or "Riuiere Colbert," is made to flow from three lakes in latitude 47°; and it ends in latitude 37°, a little below the mouth of the Ohio, the rest being apparentl...