. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . OKLAHOMA HISTORY were the first to cross from the Great Lakes tothe Mississippi River. This they did in 1673^and they followed the river down to the mouthof the Arkansas River. Later (1682) La Sallesucceeded in reaching the mouth of the ^^ Father of Waters. He for-mally took possession ofthe entire Mississippibasin in the name ofLouis XIV of to establish acolony at the mouth ofthe river^ he returned toFrance^ organized an ex- RoBERT Cavelier DE La Salle i , -i pedition^ and set sailagain for the New World. But he missed
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . OKLAHOMA HISTORY were the first to cross from the Great Lakes tothe Mississippi River. This they did in 1673^and they followed the river down to the mouthof the Arkansas River. Later (1682) La Sallesucceeded in reaching the mouth of the ^^ Father of Waters. He for-mally took possession ofthe entire Mississippibasin in the name ofLouis XIV of to establish acolony at the mouth ofthe river^ he returned toFrance^ organized an ex- RoBERT Cavelier DE La Salle i , -i pedition^ and set sailagain for the New World. But he missed themouth of the Mississippi River and landed atMatagorda Bay on the coast of Texas in that bay he built Fort St. Louis on the LaVaca River. Two years later La Salle, while try-ing to Mississippi River, was killed byone of his own men. Soon after, his colony, whichwas the first one established in that region, wasdestroyed by the Indians. Iberville established Biloxi (1699) in the south-ern part of Mississippi. This colony was moved. FRENCH EXPLORATIONS 11 to the present site of Mobile in 1702. Bienvillefounded New Orleans in 1718. Saint-Denis led an expedition across Texas tothe Rio Grande in 1714. Du Tissenet led anexploration through Missouri and, no doubt,entered eastern Kansas (1719), but there is nogood reason for thinking he was in the same time La Harpe ascended theRed River, and two years later he went up theArkansas River. It is not certain that he enteredOklahoma, but it is more than likely that he did. From the founding of New Orleans (1718) tothe close of the French and Indian War (1763)many Frenchmen were engaged in French inhunting, trapping, and trading for furs Oklahomaalong the streams running into the MississippiRiver from the west. The fact that the Frenchgot along well with the Indians, and that theywere unusually successful in penetrating unknownregions, is sufficient proof that they entered thepresent limits of our state.
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