New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-16

| midnight mass amid all the glory of tapers and
frankincense and silken vestments, and on Twelfth
Night they met in the common hall and cried, after
the joyial old custom, The king drinksp though
their cups contained nothing but cold water.
Two or three times La Sale went away to look for
| the Mssissippi-httle thinking 1t was 900 miles
| dstant--and "a often ho returned half DEAD Inc
frigate was wrecked. Ont of the origlnai company
only 45 remained when La Sale took the desperate
resolve of ascending the Mssissippi-after lie had
found Tito his old establishments on the Illinois, and
thence making his way to Canada, to send succor 10
| his followers. From the first attempt he re-
turned, sick Of fever, out of ammunition and
deserted by his men. In January, 1857, he started
again. There were only forty of the colony left now
| including women and children. La Sale took half
Among them were his brother. the Able Cavelier,
| his two nephews, Moranget and the younger Cave
| ler, Friar Anastase Douay. o Tufian named
! PArcheveque, q German buccaneer. commonly
| known as English Jem, surgeon Liotot
| and one Duhaut, man OF property
| who had invested money In the expedition
| They journeyed without any startling adventures
for five OF six weeks meeting many Indians, but not
molested by them. The danger La Sale had most
to dread was from the desperadoes of his own party
BY the 10Th of March they reached the Trinity River
and encamped for hunting excursion Duhaut'
Lotot, PArcheveque English Jem, the buccaneer,
and few others had violent quarrel with II Sales
| nephew Moranget They had gone away from the
camp after buffalo, and Duhaut and his fellow rogues
determined to seize this opportunity for wreaking
longcherisbed animosty. In the dead of night the
conspirators killed Moranget, Nlka faithful Indian
follower of La Sales, aud Saget. the commanders
servant. The flood gates of murder were now open,
and vengeance and safety alike demanded the death
of La Sale, who was still at the camp. six miles dis
tant The last scene shall be told in Mr. Parkmans
own words:
IL was the 10Th of March, and Morange had been two
days absent La Sale began TO show great anxiety
he was heard 10 ask several Of his Duhaut. LotOt
and Hens had not OF late shown signs OF deontent
Al charge of JOute with caution to stand wen on ms
guard and set out in search Of his nephew with me
frar Anasase DOuay and two Indians. All the way,
writes the frar he spoke TO Of nothing but matters
of pety, grace aud predestination elargng on tae
debt he owed TO God, who bad saved him from 80
many perils during more than twenty years OF
travel in America Suddenly, Douay continues
{" 1 saw him overwhelmed with profound sad
ness for which lie himself could not account
He was so much moved that ! scarcely -, knew new
walked TIL they approached tho camp OF Dnhaut'
which was, however on the farther eide OF small ryeI
Looking about him with the eye OF woOdsnan In salls
saw two eagles or probably turkey buzzards cir
cling IN the az nearly over h e sdtb S ira S Ssr
hearing The shots reached the Of the cYnpTatCa
Rightly oonecturing by whom they were fred several q
them led by Dehaut, crossed the river at tte dstaLeo
above where trees or o6e d ~, ODgSS n
Indians IN the long, dry reedke grass OF the last sum
mers growth while IAreheVeque stood IN sght near the
bank La Salle continuing 10 advance, soon saw him
and, calling 10 him, demanded where was MoraUget
The man Without lifting hrs hat or any show of respect
replied In agtaed aud broken voice, but with t0De
Of studied lusoence that Moranget was along the river
Ia Sale rebuked and uenaced him. He reloined with
increased msoence, drawing back, as he spoke toward
the ambuscade while the lncened commander adyanced
10 chastise him. At that moment shot was fired from
tho grass instantly followed by another and, pierced
through the brain, La Sale dropped dead
The frar his side stood In ecstacy OF fright I'M
able TO advance n.y. when Dnhaut rising from his am
buscade called QUITO him 10 take courage, for he had
nothing TO fear The murierers now came forward and
with Wild locks gathered about their victim. " There
thou lest, great Bashaw There thon hest !! exclaimed
the Surgeon Loot, In base exuatlon over inc uncoh
scous corpse with mockery end insult they stripped 1t
naked dragged y into The bushes and left 1t there
1t is some satisfaction TO know that all the con-
sprators in this awful crime persisted miserably
Duhaut and Liotot were killed soon afterward by
English Jem, and the others met their deserts in
various ways. Those who were with La Sale, inclu-
ding Joutel the second in command Father D0uay,
aud Cayeler pursued their course toward the Misss
sppi. reaching it by the way Of the Arkansas They
fell in with the faithful Tonty who had been explo-
ring the shores Of the Gufn search Ofhis lost leader
but they had the incredible meanmess to conceal La
Sales death for fear OF losing the advantages which
might accrue to them as his representatives,. and,
after they had enjoyed Tontys hospitality until the
end Of the next Winter, they drew npon him in La
Sales name for about four thousand livres worth of
furs went to Quebec, and thence sailed for France.
1t was not until they reached home that they
told what had happened.
Tonty in the meantime heard the truth from other
sources, and made an attempt to rescue the remnant
Of the colony IN Texas He was unable TO reach
them, t9I, as 20 often happened IN these early
Tatascs thr6dEb the wilderness his men refused to
proceed and. 10 had no means Of compelling their
obedience. The Sphniards also had been looking |
lor the colony, The capture Of La Sales storeship
had put them on the watch and revealed the French
mans intention to use his Mississippi establishment
as basis Of operations, by means of French and In
dian warriors against the Spanish power in Mexico
They found tho fort at last in 1882 No living crea-
ture remained, apd the, place was in ruins. Small
pox had carried ofpmany; the Indians had killed or
captured all tne rest. The captives-Gye in number
were a<terwaTd given up to tho Spaniards, and
what. finally became Of them we not fully told.
We welcome the announcement that Mr.. Parkman
II continuing his researches in the field which he has
made so peculiarly his own and in the next volume
purposes to describe the further efforts Of France 10
establish permanent power on this continent and
the stormy career Of Count FTontenac. The task OF
celebrating tho poetry and heroism OF the first pon
GERS of America could not be- committed TO better
hands and we trust that Mr.. Parkman will long con-
tinue to perform IT.
THE UNIVERSE.
THE UNIVERSE: or, THE ISFISIrELY GREAT AID TlTE
INFISITELY LITTLE. BY +. A. POUCHET NJ ID. Trans
lated from the French. Royal SyO. PIP 1911 Charles
hcTibnur * 60.
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