Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-02-11

tnemeetEe3#ontn the llln JuneS1 AOf0S IN
tering the Mississippi, in about ~ liz de.
grees north latitude. Yielding to the cur.
rent, they passed down this great river e
the SD degree Of latitude, the country
ofthe Aknsas, but finding sheirproyisi.
, ons fail, and their numbers too few to en-.
counter the perils Of unknown regions,
they resolved to return, nothoweverwith-
out having been FIRST satisfies, tliat the
river emptied itself into the Gulf ~
Mexico. Father Marquette stayed e
mong the Miamis, Jyolot returned 70
Quebec. ~ q q = : 4 ~ tz5.. Is
The death Of the formerin 1873, and
the departure Of M. Talon for France,
prevented any further prosecution Of the
discovery for time.
Robert Cavalier, Seurde Ia Sale, edu-
Gated in the College Of Jesuits, was =
man ofbold and enterprizing character.
Hec6ncsived the ect ofpenetratiug
10 Japan or China, BY Forth or westerly
course from Canada, ndthough destitute
all the means requisite for SO great an
undertaking, hismind was deeply occupi-
ed with this design, whom the return Of
Jyolot to Montreal, with the account of
the discovery ofths Mississippi, engaged
his attention. He then went to France,
where he was received with great favor
By the chief persons ofthe court, who pa
tronized his scheme. on his return 10
Quebec, he eganhis voyage, with Che
Waller de Tonti, TO whom he con6ded the
care Of erecting = fort at Niagara, which
he had marked out. W.. rs h
In 1852 he descended theriyer Illinois,
and in Feb. Of the same year, entered the
Mississippi, and arrived at It's mouth
on the 9th Of April.
Having taken possession, in the name
of Louis 18th, ofthis important territory,
and the adjacent country, with those Gus
tornary formalities, deemed requisite TO
secure the right Of the French monarch,
hereturnedby the Mississippi and Illinois
and Canada, and from thence went to
France TO give an account Of his voyage.
A small squadron was fitted cut at Ro-
ehelle in 1854, on board (Which La SAL
le embarked forthe purpose of6ndingthe
mouth Of the Mississippi bythe way Of
the Gulf Of Mexico. Deceived by the
foree and direction Of the. currents they
passed the Mississippi, and went about
100 leagues farther west where theylan
ed and built fort on the river ST. Ber-
nard. After various adventures, and
suffering numerous misfortunes, aggra-
yated by disputes among the party, La
Sale andhis nephew, were basefy riiif4
dered by three Of their treacherous DOM
panicns.
In 1859 the attention Of France was a
gain directed 70 Louisiana. Count de
Ponterhartrsin, then minister fthe ma
rine, sent two vessels of war under the
command ofthe Marquis de Chateau Mo
rand and N. Iberville to thar country
They arrived on the coast Of Florida in
January 1899. Iberviila landed ON the
Isle de 0auPhine, in the bay Of Biloxi.
between the Mobile and Mississippi ri.
vers. He then proceeded 10 the Missis-
sippi and sailed up the rivera considera-
bic distance, when he received a letterby
the hands Of an Indian Chief, written by
Chevalier dc Tonti, to La Sale. The
discovery Of the river being thus, to his
great JOY. confirmed, he returned to the
bay Of Biloxi, where he learned that an
English corvette had beenatthe mouth of
the river, and on being ordered away,
determined to return with agreaterforce.
Thisinformation determined him to Sc
cure the possession Of La Sale. He.
therefore, erected asmall fort onthe bank
of die river, in which he PUT four pieces
Iof cannon. He was here agreea6ly sur
priced blythe arrival Of De Toni him.
self with about 20 Canadians, who had
before seeded among the Illinois. After
finishing the fort, he assembled the river
As far as the Matches, where he designed
play the foundation Of a new city, by the
name Of Rosalia, in honor Of the Coun-
tess Of Pontechartrain. i.
In171o, the settlement on the Isle de
Dauphine, was plundered and burnt by
an EpUfiah rl7lfast IL. =, =