The Deserters.—The Iroquois War.—The Great Town of the Illinois.—
The Alarm.—Onset of the Iroquois.—Peril of Tonty.—A Treacherous
Truce.—Intrepidity of Tonty.—Murder of Ribourde.—War upon
the Dead.
CHAPTER XVIII. 1680. THE ADVENTURES OF HENNEPIN.
Hennepin an Impostor.—His Pretended Discovery.—His Actual Discovery.
—Captured by the Sioux.—The Upper Mississippi.
CHAPTER XIX. 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
Vagabond Friar.—His Adventures on the Mississippi.—Greysolon
Du Lhut.—Return to Civilization.
CHAPTER XX. 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.—Preparation.—Departure.
CHAPTER XXI. 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.—The
Mouth of the Mississippi.—Louis XIV. proclaimed Sovereign of the Great
West.