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of the Voyage.-Meets a Party of Indians,
who threaten Hostilities.
Miamis River.
Arrives at the
Builds a Fort.
-
Joined by the Chevalier de
Tonty. Loss of the Griffin. - The Sieur de
la Salle and the whole Party go down the
Kankakee River to the Illinois. Arrive at a
deserted Indian Village. Descend the River
to Lake Peoria. - Land at a large Settlement
of Illinois Indians at the South End of the
Lake. .
39
CHAPTER V.
Fort Crèvecœur built near Lake Peoria. -Inter-
course with the Indians.
the Mississippi.
to Fort Frontenac.
Iroquois War.
Hennepin ascends
La Salle returns by Land
Tonty and Father Ze-
nobe endeavor to mediate between the Iroquois
and Illinois.
55
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.
his Party at Mackinac.
Meets Tonty and
68
CHAPTER VII.
Hennepin's Voyage up the Mississippi. - His
pretended Discovery of the Mouth of that
River. Grounds for disbelieving his Account.
Sources whence he drew his Materials. . . 78
CHAPTER VIII.
La Salle begins his Voyage down the Missis-
sippi.- Intercourse with various Indian Na-
tions on the Banks of the River. · Arrives
at its Mouth, and takes Possession of the
Country. Returns to the Illinois, and thence
to France.
93
CHAPTER IX.
La Salle obtains a Commission to settle a Colony
in Louisiana. -Sails with four Vessels to St.
Domingo, and thence to the Gulf of Mexico.
Discord between him and the Commander of
the Squadron. .
109
CHAPTER X.
The Vessels make the Land at the Westward
of the Mississippi.
The Colonists go ashore
at the Bay of St. Bernard, and build a
Fort.-La Salle explores the Bay with the
Hope of finding one of the Mouths of the
Mississippi.
126
CHAPTER XI.
First Journey towards the Illinois. · Cenis In-
dians. -La Salle taken ill of a Fever near
the Red River. - Returns to the Bay of St.
Bernard. -Second Journey towards the Illi-
nois. Conspiracy against La Salle. - His
Death.
142
CHAPTER XII.
Contention between the Conspirators.
Five of
La Salle's Party proceed to the Illinois, and
thence to France. The Chevalier de Tonty.
-Error concerning a supposed Attempt of
La Salle to find the Mines of St. Barbe.·
Fate of the Colony at the Bay of St. Ber-
nard. - Conclusion.
160
APPENDIX.
No. I. Letters Patent granted by the King
of France to the Sieur de la Salle, on the 12th
of May, 1678.
No. II. Memoir concerning Louisiana, ascribed
to the Count de Vergennes.
No. III. Parallel Passages from Le Clercq
and Hennepin, showing the Sources of Hen-
nepin's Account of a Voyage down the Mis-
sissippi.
No. IV. Procès Verbal of the taking Posses-
sion of Louisiana, at the Mouth of the Missis-
181
183
186
sippi, by the Sieur de la Salle, on the 9th of
April, 1682.
No. V.-Petition of the Chevalier de Tonty
to the Count de Pontchartrain, Minister of
Marine.
194
203
LIFE OF PATRICK HENRY.
BY ALEXANDER H. EVERETT.
CHAPTER I.
Birth and Parentage. Education. Com-
mences Business as a Merchant. - Fails, and
attempts Agriculture. Second unsuccessful
Attempt in Trade. Marriage. — Admitted
to the Bar.
CHAPTER II.
209
The Parsons' Cause. - First remarkable Exhi-
bition of Henry's Eloquence.
CHAPTER III.
Elected a Member of the House of Burgesses.-
Brings forward his celebrated Resolutions on
the Stamp Act.
CHAPTER IV.
Repeal of the Stamp Act. - Henry elected to
the Continental Congress.
Virginia Convention.
227
250
Speech in the
275
Military Movements. - Henry appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Virginia Forces.-
Resigns his Commission. - Elected the first
Governor under the new Constitution.
296
CHAPTER V1.
Administration as Governor. - Returns to pri-
vate Life.-Reëlected Governor. - Resigns.
-Elected to the Assembly.
324
Virginia Convention for considering the Plan
of the Federal Constitution. — Henry opposes
its Adoption.
348
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