. Our country in story . France and laid his bold plans beforeLouis XIV. The French King was more than delightedat the idea of adding such undreamed-of possessions tohis kingdom. On returning to Canada, La Salle at once began to pre-pare for the exploration of the Mississippi from its sourceto its mouth. He had already discovered the Illinois andOhio Rivers, even before Father Marquette and Jolietdiscovered the Mississippi. With a number of companionshe now came to the Illinois and built a fort at the presentsite of Peoria. One of La Salles party was a Franciscan,Father Louis Hennepin. This Fa
. Our country in story . France and laid his bold plans beforeLouis XIV. The French King was more than delightedat the idea of adding such undreamed-of possessions tohis kingdom. On returning to Canada, La Salle at once began to pre-pare for the exploration of the Mississippi from its sourceto its mouth. He had already discovered the Illinois andOhio Rivers, even before Father Marquette and Jolietdiscovered the Mississippi. With a number of companionshe now came to the Illinois and built a fort at the presentsite of Peoria. One of La Salles party was a Franciscan,Father Louis Hennepin. This Father had discovered theGreat Niagara Falls, and La Salle now asked him to ex-plore the still unknown northern part of the Mississippi. Father Hennepin, therefore, with two companions THE STORY OF A GREAT RIVER 99 floated down the Illinois and paddled up the MississippiRiver. In the summer of 1680, he discovered the rapidsnow encircled by Minneapolis. He named them St. An-thonys Falls in honor of St. Anthony of Padua. The. LA SALLE TAKING POSSESSION1 OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY good Father and his two companions were captured bythe Indians, but were finally set free through the effortsof an old fur trader named Du Lhut. Father Hennepinthen turned down stream as far as the Wisconsin Riverand thence back by way of the Fox River and Green Bayto St. Ignace. Some time later, La Salle also started down the Illinois 749760 100 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY River. And after many trials and disappointments hesucceeded in exploring the entire Mississippi, reaching itsmouth in April, 1682. The river is now ours, he saidproudly. We have given to the King of France thevast Mississippi valley from the frozen northern lakes tothe warm shores of the Gulf of Mexico, from the easternAlleghanies to the western horizon—a great countrydrained by a thousand rivers and peopled by hundreds ofnative tribes. Planting a cross, and displaying the ban-ner of France, he named this new country To dedica
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