CONTENTS
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| INTRODUCTION | [3] | |
| CHAPTER I. 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 Expedition in Search of a Western Passage to India. | [7] | |
| CHAPTER II. 1669-1671. LA SALLE AND THE SULPITIANS. | ||
The French in Western New York.—Louis Joliet.—The Sulpitians onLake Erie; at Detroit; at Saut Ste. Marie.—The Mystery of LaSalle: he discovers the Ohio; he descends the Illinois; did hereach the Mississippi? | [19] | |
| CHAPTER III. 1670-1672 THE JESUITS ON THE LAKE. | ||
The Old Missions and the New.—A Change of Spirit.—Lake Superior andthe Copper-mines.—Ste. Marie.—LaPointe.— Michilimackinac.—Jesuits on Lake Michigan.—Allouez and Dablon.—The Jesuit Fur-trade. | [36] | |
| CHAPTER IV. 1667-1672. FRANCE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE WEST. | ||
Talon.—Saint-Lusson.—Perrot.—The Ceremony at Saut Ste. Marie.—The Speech of Allouez.—Count Frontenac. | [48] | |
| 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: hisIllness; his Death. | [57] | |
| CHAPTER VI. 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 and Fénelon.—Success of La Salle: his Enemies. | [83] | |
| CHAPTER VII. 1678. PARTY STRIFE. | ||
La Salle and his Reporter.—Jesuit Ascendency.—The Missions and theFur-trade.—Female Inquisitors.—Plots against La Salle: his Brother thePriest.—Intrigues of the Jesuits.—La Salle poisoned: he exculpates theJesuits.—Renewed Intrigues. | [106] | |
| CHAPTER VIII. 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 Canada. | [120] | |
| CHAPTER IX. 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 Disaster.—La Salle and his Followers. | [131] | |
| CHAPTER X. 1679. THE LAUNCH OF THE "GRIFFIN." | ||
The Niagara Portage.—A Vessel on the Stocks.—Suffering andDiscontent.—La Salle's Winter Journey.—The Vessel launched.—Fresh Disasters. | [144] | |
| CHAPTER XI. 1679. LA SALLE ON THE UPPER LAKES. | ||
The Voyage of the "Griffin."—Detroit.—A Storm.—St. Ignace ofMichilimackinac.—Rivals and Enemies.—Lake Michigan.—Hardships.—A Threatened Fight.—Fort Miami.—Tonty'sMisfortunes.—Forebodings. | [151] | |
| CHAPTER XII. 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.—Policy of La Salle.—Desertion.—Another Attemptto poison La Salle. | [164] | |
| CHAPTER XIII. 1680. FORT CRÈVECŒUR. | ||
Building of the Fort.—Loss of the "Griffin."—A BoldResolution.—Another Vessel.—Hennepin sent to theMississippi.—Departure of La Salle. | [180] | |
| CHAPTER XIV. 1680. HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE. | ||
The Winter Journey.—The Deserted Town.—Starved Rock.—LakeMichigan.—The Wilderness.—War Parties.—La Salle's Men giveout.—Ill Tidings.—Mutiny.—Chastisement of the Mutineers. | [189] | |
| CHAPTER XV. 1680. INDIAN CONQUERORS. | ||
The Enterprise renewed.—Attempt to rescue Tonty.—Buffalo.—AFrightful Discovery.—Iroquois Fury.—The Ruined Town.—A Nightof Horror.—Traces of the Invaders.—No News of Tonty. | [202] | |
| CHAPTER XVI. 1680. TONTY AND THE IROQUOIS. | ||
The Deserters.—The Iroquois War.—The Great Town of theIllinois.—The Alarm.—Onset of the Iroquois.—Peril ofTonty.—A Treacherous Truce.—Intrepidity of Tonty.—Murder ofRibourde.—War upon the Dead. | [216] | |
| CHAPTER XVII. 1680. THE ADVENTURES OF HENNEPIN. | ||
Hennepin an Impostor: his Pretended Discovery; his Actual Discovery; captured by the Sioux.—The Upper Mississippi. | [242] | |
| CHAPTER XVIII. 1680, 1681. HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX. | ||
Signs of Danger.—Adoption.—Hennepin and his IndianRelatives.—The Hunting Party.—The Sioux Camp.—Falls of St.Anthony.—A Vagabond Friar: his Adventures on theMississippi.—Greysolon Du Lhut.—Return to Civilization. | [259] | |
| CHAPTER XIX. 1681. LA SALLE BEGINS ANEW. | ||
His Constancy; his Plans; his Savage Allies; he becomesSnow-blind.—Negotiations.—Grand Council.—La Salle'sOratory.—Meeting with Tonty.—Preparation.—Departure. | [283] | |
| CHAPTER XX. 1681-1682. SUCCESS OF LA SALLE. | ||
His Followers.—The Chicago Portage.—Descent of theMississippi.—The Lost Hunter.—The Arkansas.—TheTaensas.—The Natchez.—Hostility.—The Mouth of theMississippi.—Louis XIV. proclaimed Sovereign of the Great West. | [295] | |
| CHAPTER XXI. 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 dela Barre.—Critical Position of La Salle.—Hostility of the NewGovernor.—Triumph of the Adverse Faction.—La Salle sails for France. | [309] | |
| CHAPTER XXII. 1680-1683. LA SALLE PAINTED BY HIMSELF. | ||
Difficulty of knowing him:his Detractors; his Letters; vexationsof his Position; his Unfitness for Trade; risks ofCorrespondence; his Reported Marriage; alleged Ostentation;motives of Action; charges of Harshness; intrigues against him;unpopular Manners; a Strange Confession; his Strength and hisWeakness; contrasts of his Character. | [328] | |
| CHAPTER XXIII. 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 Salle.—MentalCondition of La Salle: his Farewell to his Mother. | [343] | |
| CHAPTER XXIV. 1684, 1685. THE VOYAGE. | ||
Disputes with Beaujeu.—St. Domingo.—La Salle attacked with Fever: his Desperate Condition.—TheGulf of Mexico.—A Vain Search and a Fatal Error. | [366] | |
| CHAPTER XXV. 1685. LA SALLE IN TEXAS. | ||
A Party of Exploration.—Wreck of the "Aimable."—Landing of Colonists.—A Forlorn Position.—IndianNeighbors.—Friendly Advances of Beaujeu: his Departure.—A Fatal Discovery. | [378] | |
| CHAPTER XXVI. 1685-1687. ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS. | ||
The Fort.—Misery and Dejection.—Energy of La Salle: his Journey of Exploration.—Adventures and Accidents.—Buffalo.—Duhaut.—Indian Massacre.—Return of La Salle.—A NewCalamity.—A Desperate Resolution.—Departure for Canada.—Wreckof the "Belle."—Marriage.—Sedition.—Adventures of La Salle'sParty.—The Cenis.—The Camanches.—The Only Hope.—The LastFarewell. | [391] | |
| CHAPTER XXVII. 1687. ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE. | ||
His Followers.—PrairieTravelling.—A Hunters' Quarrel.—The Murder of Moranget.—The Conspiracy.—Death of La Salle: his Character. | [420] | |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. 1687, 1688. THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY. | ||
Triumph of the Murderers.—Danger ofJoutel.—Joutel among the Cenis.—White Savages.—Insolence of Duhaut and his Accomplices.—Murder of Duhaut and Liotot.—Hiens, theBuccaneer.—Joutel and his Party: their Escape; they reach the Arkansas.—Bravery and Devotion of Tonty.—The Fugitives reachthe Illinois.—Unworthy Conduct of Cavelier.—He and hisCompanions return to France. | [435] | |
| CHAPTER XXIX. 1688-1689. FATE OF THE TEXAN COLONY. | ||
Tonty attempts to rescue the Colonists: hisDifficulties and Hardships.—Spanish Hostility.—Expedition of Alonzo de Leon:he reaches Fort St. Louis.—A Scene of Havoc.—Destruction ofthe French.—The End. | [464] | |
| APPENDIX. | ||
I. Early Unpublished Maps of the Mississippiand the Great Lakes. | [475] | |
II. The Eldorado of Mathieu Sâgean. | [485] | |
| INDEX. | [493] | |
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DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST.
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