A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . a, which failed and was removed to the River, in Florida, in 1564. It was de-stroyed by the Spaniard Menendez in 1565. In1604, Sieur de Monts, a French Huguenot, foundedAcadia, which first extended from Philadelphia toCape Breton, but was afterwards confined to NewBrunswick, Cape Breton, and the surrounding islands. In 1608 and 1609, the French explored the Great Lakes,and established hunting-posts and trappers lodges all throughthe wild country along the St. Lawrence, giving to it the nameof Ca>iada. In 1669 and 1
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . a, which failed and was removed to the River, in Florida, in 1564. It was de-stroyed by the Spaniard Menendez in 1565. In1604, Sieur de Monts, a French Huguenot, foundedAcadia, which first extended from Philadelphia toCape Breton, but was afterwards confined to NewBrunswick, Cape Breton, and the surrounding islands. In 1608 and 1609, the French explored the Great Lakes,and established hunting-posts and trappers lodges all throughthe wild country along the St. Lawrence, giving to it the nameof Ca>iada. In 1669 and 1671, Sieur de La Salle (la sal)explored the Ohio and upper Mississippi Rivers. About the year 1670, the news derived from the Indians led theFrench voyagers in Canada to attempt to explore the Mississipj^iRiver and to find its mouth. In 1673, Joliet (zho-lya) and Mar- Joiiet and . / •• 1 / > r 1 1 r 1 A 1 T-> ? Marquette quette (mar-ket ) got as far as the mouth of the Arkansas 1680 La Salle built Fort Creveca-ur (krav-ker) on the Illinois,. H A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. PreliminaryPeriod 1492 TO1687 La Salle His expeditionto the mouthof the Mis-sissippi Loses onevessel Is lost in theGulf of Mexico Lands inTexas, f eb-ruaiy 18, 1685 A second expedition under La Salle went to a point near the mouthof the Arkansas, and sailed down the Mississippi to its mouth. Ig-norant of the fact that Pineda and De Sotos followers had visitedthe same spot nearly a century and a half before this, La Salleclaimed all the ^^^^^^ country watered permanent colony ^^MfmjT jLi :^ ^t the mouth of the Mississippi. This noble , Thk SiKi k I)k La r renchman was a native of Rouen, in Normandy, and his full name was Robert Cavelier, Sieur deLa Salle, although he is known in history by the latter title, orsimply as La Salle. He was high in the royal favor, and on hisreturn to France, with the aid and encouragement of Louis XIV.,he fitted out a naval expedition of four ships, for t
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