LIVES

OF

ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE

AND

PATRICK HENRY.

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1844, by

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massach-et'

STEREOTYPED AT THE

BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

CONTENTS.

LIFE OF ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE.

BY JARED SPARKS.

Preface.

CHAPTER 1.

First Discovery of the Mississippi. - Robert

Cavelier de la Salle.

Canada.

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- Passes eight Years in

Obtains Letters Patent from the

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King. Builds Fort Frontenac. Obtains

additional Letters Patent for making new

Discoveries.

prepares for his Voyage of Discovery. -

Builds a Vessel of sixty Tons above the Falls

of Niagara. Sails through the Lakes to

Mackinac.

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CHAPTER III.

Sails to an Island at the Entrance of Green Bay.

- Proceeds on his Voyage in Canoes along the

Western Shore of Lake Michigan. — Disasters

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of the Voyage.-Meets a Party of Indians,

who threaten Hostilities. Arrives at the

Miamis River. .

la Salle and the whole Party go down the

Kankakee River to the Illinois. Arrive at a

to Lake Peoria.

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deserted Indian Village. Descend the River

Land at a large Settlement

of Illinois Indians at the South End of the

Lake..

CHAPTER V.

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Fort Crèvecœur built near Lake Peoria.

course with the Indians.

the Mississippi.

to Fort Frontenac.

Iroquois War.

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Inter-

- Hennepin ascends

La Salle returns by Land

Some of the Men desert.

Tonty and Father Ze-

nobe endeavor to mediate between the Iroquois

and Illinois.

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CHAPTER VI.

Tonty escapes with his Party to Green Bay. ·-

Father Gabriel murdered by the Savages.

La Salle arrives at Fort Frontenac. -State

of his Affairs. Prepares for another Expe-

dition. Returns to the Illinois Country, and

spends the Winter there. Meets Tonty and

his Party at Mackinac.

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