Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-12-14

having descended that beautiful river som,
distance, discovered on Indian yilIant
consisting OF FIVE, hundred cabins com
pletely deserted. Here, having found {
large quantity Of corn concealed in Ink
earth under each Of the swigwams, til.
party remained six days. Descending
ninety miles, they came to Peoria Lake
where they fonnd Two encampments of ,he
natives. At first hostility was manifested
but soon they were onmost amicable terms
with The yoyageurs, and a Teasing, and
dancing, and rejoicing was kept UP foI
three days. Not long after this the boa,
containing supplies was lostnpons lie Bait
dts Pudnts,' or Green Bay; and La Sale
was forced 10 erecta fort, which received
the appropriate name OF sCrere CGm'-
broken heart. Tbesite ofthis fortifcation
( Is supposed 10 have bcena spot now called
Spring Bay not Ear from Peoria, On. the
Illinois. This is a singular place. Ii is
broad sand basin, some hundred feet ia
diameter opening upon the river, The was
tiers Of which, in The higher stages, eli II
10 the briin, hut whenIowthey retire, and
q number Of large springs gushscopiously
forth from the4three sides Of the ridge, and
form a stream. Blue Creek enpties
itself jast below, crossed by a bridge II
Garth, while yet further down Is seen d
large mound, which has been-opened. and
faohd 70 contain human remains twenty
feet fromsthe summit. * 81 49, 4 4
sAtiheiime ofahe ereciionof Fort Crere
C@ur the ;ll,ini were at warTwith the war,
like lroq'iois Indians; and the former, an
ticipating assistance from their frnnds,
the French, and receiving none, resolved
10 destroy LA Sale. His holiness and
eloquence alone saved him and restored
'annty. No sooner was This disturbance
queiled than inutiny arose among his
ownsmen. On CHRISTMAS day his dinner
was poisoned, md powerful medicines
alone saved his lie. s@
Preparations were nowmade to explore
the Mississippi. Father Hennepin, with
four. Frenchmen, two lndians, and Nj.
Dacan, commander, assembled the river to
the Falls, and named Them, in honor of.
their patron saint, 81. Antaony.--They !
We're here taken prisoners by party oil
Sioux, carried one hundred and sixty miles
into the interior to the villages, and de-
tained several months, when they regained
their liberty. Father Hennepin returned
TO Canada, and subsequently to France
where he published his travels in SPLEEN !
did style; dedicaliag The book to the cele.
bratsd Colbert. These early writings,
though deeply imbued with spirit Of SUI
and eyaggera,ion, are yet yal-
liable assthe Only records .of The lime. |
The chief Of these historians were Hen
nepln, Tohti, and Charlevoix - Difficult |
les 'arising with the Indians, La Sale re,
'olved 10 erect another fort, which, after
Infinite difficulty was completed. The I
ute is described as .aarock, very high, he
OPP of which was eyenSa and ofconyenent
'pace. soihat il commanded the river and
country round about. This description
applies 10 no place on the Illinois, so well I
IS to the Starved Rock. The fort was
,alled st. LOUIS
La Sale visited Canada, ard Il crowd
If adventures rst,lrAed with him. De.
sending The Illinois and Mississippi, The I
stopped for some time at the
mouth Of the Missouri, then tho Osage1l
River. and found d village of the Tanmaf- /
watts, which was deserted, the natives be-
ng on q hunting expsditions lii three
were at the 0ub0chi or Ohio. II
At the Chickasaw Bluffs a fort caIled3l
prulhoguc was erected, and formal Pos.
ossion of tie country first taken, and, in +
,onor Of the reigning noparcl,, naned.Il
louisiana. Several other forts were efec-
ID, and one 81 them, lie ruins of uificii11
lei remain, is supposed ID have stood he
wessf ST Lonis and Cnropdelet Dell
cehdings I he river, en- The nh Of April,
6s4;L La Sale reacI,ed the Gull. of NJ ext
o, where d 10 reafa was sung a cross, E
With The arms. Of France, was sIspendedl
rom the summit of a lofystree; and The i
iyer, which had occupied three months ia
IS expl6ration Of about one thousand miles 4
vas named st Louis n - 4; ~ Z
Onhis return, the associates Of Ia Sal: L
. founded the villages Of Kaskaskia and
sahollia on the American Bottom, while (
'e hastened Oh 10 Capada ind thence u
france, To- Obtain q colony for tho co.lu-
N al The mouth of.tIlc Mississippi. ~ Los
mo his rantfs m rst.,rtai, !, y III fh;a ~