History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . Z,ac ie Michigomi au Illinois mmm «iiiiiiiiit[iinimiiiiiniiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHiiiiim[i 4-o 41 4& 43 A Part of the Map Published in Paris by Thevenot as Marquettes Map. Itshows the route taken by Joliet across Wisconsin from the Baie des Puans(now Green Bay) to the Mississippi River, also part of the return journey,that is, from the present site of Chicago, northward along Lake Michigan. i685] ENGLAND AND FRANCE 33* La Salle had the ambition to get to theSouth Sea from the Mississippi. GovernorDe la Barr
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . Z,ac ie Michigomi au Illinois mmm «iiiiiiiiit[iinimiiiiiniiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHiiiiim[i 4-o 41 4& 43 A Part of the Map Published in Paris by Thevenot as Marquettes Map. Itshows the route taken by Joliet across Wisconsin from the Baie des Puans(now Green Bay) to the Mississippi River, also part of the return journey,that is, from the present site of Chicago, northward along Lake Michigan. i685] ENGLAND AND FRANCE 33* La Salle had the ambition to get to theSouth Sea from the Mississippi. GovernorDe la Barre, who followed Frontenac, oppos-ing him, he repaired to France, where hesucceeded in winning Louis XIV. to his. plan. At the head of a well-equipped fleethe sailed for the mouth of the Mississippi,reaching land near Matagorda Bay on thefirst day of the year 1685. Not finding theMississippi, La Salles officers mutinied. 552 ENGLISH AMERICA [1690 The expedition broke up into parties, wan-dering here and there, distressed by Indianattacks and by treachery among Salle was shot by his own men. Nearlyall his followers perished, but a small partyat last discovered the river and ascended itto Fort St. Louis on the Illinois, reachingFrance via Quebec. In this expedition
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