[240] Hakluyt's Voyages (1904), viii. 438.

[241] Hakluyt's Voyages (1904), viii. p. 242.

[242] Ibid., p. 244.

[243] Le Clercq, First Establishment of the Faith in New France (1881), p. 52.

[244] Le Clercq, First Establishment of the Faith in New France (1881), p. 52.

[245] The modern Kingston.

[246] These men were the first to explore the river, but it was undoubtedly reached in 1659 by two fur traders, Radisson and Des Grosseilliers.

[247] French, Historical Collections of Louisiana (1850), Part II.

[248] Ibid.

[249] Ibid.