Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-05

II h'hrvht prg,fi ui a line VI trading
= IH's's nnd military stations aud mis-,
si"ns irim Grcvn Hay Ia the Gull.
p aD whisc dtmininus should ,x,
" lend inim lh" .lil,-,hahies, un tho
q east, 1" lhr nnkn"Nn Rocky Noun
lains "f lhc West, llo lasiened Ia
,, France, ani ailhnugh his fUrmer
patron, the great Colbert, was dead,
a "' found nu difficulty Ia pvrsuading
p the m"nanh 1" yield To his do
4 man'l', lie saiird irom Frai 60
i with "a considerable ilvvl, cnnvryin.,
lho nvi and m,uns Ia iuund coin,
",H, lsis dv.I.n.liun Was tho
4 n'"nlh "i lhc t,rrul River, which
l Il" hoped ln ascend lic had from
l'e m"hnrch the grant uIam empire
h'arly ~ large u, all Europe, Hero
o commenced the mlsinIIuI,cs of our
/ brave hero, lie discovered lhnt tho
> men oi hiS expedition were incom.
Poicnt, The soldiers, mechanics
"nd lab"rrrN were in reality tho
l1uprrs aud scum OF cities collected
m"rely 10 c"mpl,tc the number.
' h'agoau, the comm aHdcr OF tho
squadron was a rompuuS, conccit-
rd, Jealous lilllc man, who constant.
" ihwartrd the plans OF the Gov
rlnor On ncarlug tho West In
hi's storm scattered The rcct. and
through the obslinary Of Bcanjcau
IN stopping at the wrong plrt, Tho
Sranlards captured The transport
h:p containing the supplies.
SAILING aguiu, The cGrr,nts car-.
r'cd them westward umlll lliry came
near thc coast ol' Mexico Chang
lng their course they arrived at
Pass tuvalIo. aud mi>luuk it for ono
ct the mouths of the Mississippi.
The laBcllc entered the Pass.
Through incOmpctcncy or villuiny,
the captain oi the Amiablc ran her
ashore, and she was lost, together
with all the provisions i',r the colo
ny. Bca'gean, in II fit of anger,
sailed for France, carrying all tho
cannon balls with them.
About two hun lrrd souls landed,
ahd II settlement was formed near
Alligator Head LaSullc, taking
sixty men, started out To discover
'hc Mis.i sippi river. Crossing tho
ArconoSo. Cloakum calls it the Ar
II l.;S.) he iii: covered It'll broad-
c. river, and from thc herds of buf.
iaio on lis banks he named il Les
, 'ctdcs. Sailing six miles up the
Lavaca, ht toand II r'si & point Of
land upon wl.i.h he determined to
,r.ct Il settlement This was July
II 1.Sj. The Belle was orderc,.
up 10 this new settlement. but by
some means was lost, and thereby
all communication with the outside
world was cat off.
IaSallc, whom no disasters could
havcdIoheal tcdand no odangrrsarl al,
determined upon an noverland inur-
nry through the country to i.iinors.
WitN twenty resolutc companions
he started passed the Colorado and
Drazos, and, after incredible hard
ships and his ammunition becoming
exhausted, returned to his fort Or
the twenty who started only eight
nn,;
porh;,r,o @ u' ''' W '"' ,, .i '''cu''
ems at the fort-thc first marriage
in Texas. The colony was now re-
dnccd to about forty persona.
TNyntV of these remained ot tho
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'"l"'S'' '"V'"!' o' a '''ro' lIl9"i'c.
'n','u t''o ''c''ur'li'y oi 'he span
'''" anu an u'o"'''pr'',''S'''S oooht-
Macy Wh,c, excited opposition
"'"o' ms 'o''oWcrs' Ai'er ne was
S"',' l''o'o' lo',e "i ms l, i''urnDrers) s,i
CIV .''c'' WY o'u'"''! here
the u icSt great baslaw-tIcre thou
lieet His mnrdercrS either kill
cd each other or were Slain BY the
lndi; ns. f
France did nothing (" pcrpctuato
the memory of one of her bravcst
knights-Tcxas has done nothing,
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