His companions carried him to the mouth of the Marquette River in the present state of Michigan, where he was buried. La Salle began building of Fort St. Louis at Starved Rock. La Salle's attempts to found a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River failed when he was killed by one of his own men. 1691-1692 Henri de Tonti moves Ft. St. Louis at Starved Rock to Lake Peoria.
French settlers form the first village in Illinois around the fort.
1693 Father Gravier builds a chapel near Fort St. Louis for the relocated mission of the Immaculate Conception. 1696 Father Pinet founds mission of the Guardian Angel at Chicago. Mission was later closed. King Louis XIV decrees that all traders are to be recalled and prohibited from going into the wilderness. Bishop of Quebec grants rights to the Seminary of Foreign Missions to establish missions along the banks of the Mississippi.