, 1869-11-20

NEW BoDRs.
THE DiScOvENT OF THE GREAT VEST DJ
FRANCES pAKkNAH. author ~ "r!oDecrs ot
Ia Narth Ame1ica" uos.on: Little, brown 4
Co Chsexgo: Ws$,eza News Company. 1869.
Ii has been our pleasure, ia timcs past, TO reyiew
s!E. PaTknnu's historical narratives relating to
the eariy operations ai tho Freuch and the Eng
[sb, we'll the Jesuts, 10 America, sud NJ now
g.adty welcome his laiesi work, The Discovery OF
the Great West'' which has nil the literary mefils
OF the others, and, iu addition sppeals 10 us With
musc thau u.pAt interest," M 30 many Of tho e1epss
tsansplrcd In fllInoA Mr.. PArkOAu has been too I
fa1ihfpl student ol early American history to
Wttfc m un!ntcEegtI1x book. His sketches OF men
ard hls nsrtatIycs Of adventure are always vivid,
and sonct!lnes eloquent lie Ia 10 our literature |
whs, Mscau'ay was to his As historian, hen
sincere WORKER ntd hrtnRs 10 bis labor OF research
uutsrlny .uencet uubsa. .scd Judgment, and prae- |
tised determination. His literary stylc Is very |
brilliant and picturesque, and came Of bis escst7-
tsou8 Of Accnea le absolute word-pAiut- |
ingr. lis imagination Is 30 keen
and nlI-cnIhraelng TINT he compcnsates |
tot The dtnc1is OF NDe ID tho itch colorsuR OF do.
tail md lhus anscsts what Is actually real with
ali INC nues Of romancc. Experience h.s taught
hlm nil the phases Of tudtnu life, and nsde him
thoroughly acquainted with tho scenery Of tho
forest amt mountains, aud The hotney "details OF
the rude bofusr lla. Working thue. With knowl.
edge uadct to cnthus!asu, he 10 cuablcd 70 nl'ln
his caIrectlv uaed historical backgrounds With
Atrepgtn ef handling and F.chncFs Of color. fsk
rpro that any American hlssotian has combined
thesQ oppohllc quatlt.es-hstofWal uccarafJ aud
philosophical thought With the fascnauoas OF
ucscr1pttyc powers; and tho result ID woEx
whsch |. luvettcd With all the beauty aud Rracs Of
! romsnce, carrying With II also all tho internal
PROOFS Of Its rt,,obllsJ. .-....-
In readtuE h!a worra II fs Impossible not TO feel
the enthus,aAn OF tho writer. In TACT, 1t va. Only
. thorough .useseAt Is hla subject aud 81 equally
\ thorough Iovu OF labor, which could have sus-
tanned nan, 10 culettied IN consultation, III tho
I prosecution Of work no tsdnous, The doau-
neutary rcscat ch invoiscd was Of lsulf no light
tAst. IT required tho pat,ont c1amtnA-
tton and companion Of European archives.
n.ss!an rccort Ell tho historical reports
Of the cathn!Ic ins.l,utlops OF Qacbcc and
! Montreal. This wna tho work OF tho study. In
hts dtltg~nt sesrc after frnth, ever this wAs not
enough and hc therefore, vtslts the localities OF the
rcvNes tic actcs,hes, and follows Ia the OLD tracks
OF tho c1roscrn ..
Tho YORK befnre ps In devoted mainly to tho
career OF the adventurous laSsllt, Who more til
any Other, tsaSersc1l the unc1plored wilds OF tho
yalley Of tho M.stssinpi. aut helped to eAtah'tBh
Frrrch dom!n!cn IN Northern America Incidental
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sketches OF Issallct great rival. Lolss Joliet: Of
the educational, tcl.eIoua. and commercial oreTn-
| ttons Of the Jesulta on Lake Michigan; OF Naf-
qpette. Who administered The snl!rA uE tho Husnna
ut Mtcn,ttnarYinac, mil OF Lou,A Andre, who DID
lhe same scr|trr for the Utla1us II Man.toniin
Island; Of Claude AlloueL Auh Dahlon, WIN estats-
1isne4i msAinns At Green Bay: Of Jean TA.on. the
Iatepdntt Of Cannda, sud OF - Iusson his officer,
who nj Sa!nte Marie faa ssauf, took roA.csstou ul
ali lha1 easntry nh3.Eent TO The great iates IN tns
| rurce Of France: OF Lnu1s dc Isnade, Count oi
Frouienac, celebrated In court and salon, ver1et
IN Mefatnse nnA philosophy. and nraor as.z .. II
ver9e for the Doubtful merit CT having Ant1cpatct
the k,nH IN thc tarrrs Of lhc bean1,,nl Mhhamn d
. Morieensu Of the discovery Of tho Miss.sspei
the Ohio aud the Illinois Rivera; Of the bold Aoo.
u Fcnc,nn; ei 1be naserturer, leptt de Tottt, L.
= Salles Lieutenant, whose iron haui WAS e1ch
y terror 10 the Indians; of Father Lo1ls 1fenpern
! The aA.entussA* trtas; nnA Of the l4aAca Of -
4 "Gsnlr." ard building Of Fort c1eveoeot.
The chief In crest Of thr hook no seTes centre
ia In the experiences nf LaSa'le- Its Nfc reads LII
a tu:nsnct+ lie was born al Roueu, In 1tt:
: ratpcd lsotest taEeller, Of snmily at once nc
I and no11e- Hts early aspirations were sssongl
# reIIsors Ills education was obtained n the Soc
i, ezy Q! JESUS: but he vas far toa intrAc.ap1e I
- serve the rurpo.cs Of the Willy Jesuits, acd hi
10 eepsrauoD IRON them was probably nonrned b
10 rcthcr. In the spring OF 1856 he sailed for ca
u ala. to eecs his fortune We inst 1nd HIN
- Montreal The ps,csts OF St. Supfce, who We,
- granting ont their landa on easy serus to eettler
gave HIM large tract OF Land n IACsiue eight
j. nine mile. from Montreal Hese he established
"a | village lie commenced t1c sspdy Of tie India
r. langnAees ana in his recluH!on dreamed Of a pa
- ssRe to the south SEA AID = new road to Chin
III Ills lndIsn visitors told bin OF the great rtr
10 Ohio, AID, IN accordance with the geo9rapt
:. cal views iheu pre-. AleD', he CONCEIVE
tniB l,yeI srust nax into the " vctnilifon Sex,"
"a Cuff OF California LsS1!le Immediately ror1n'
III his rceo.utio,s 8 He descended the 81 1aEren
be TO quebec, sud ahtaIoc1 lcitera patent from Il
Il, Governor, authorizing the entcypE1ke. but no mo
snh*tanual AID, ~ be WAS Obliged TO pay The &C
u h.nrelI, which he did by selling hack his setR1o
IN TO the nstesta LaCn!ue xaa thc stsr Ing pot
and, with the Senecas for Euttcs. he overeaue
III pcEtlous rnptds Of the St Lawrence. rsss
through the channels Of the Thousand 1s.es, a
emerged ou IAke Ontartn, whence his guides
them TO the great village of the Ssnecas, near I
hapks oi tho Genesee. Here he met with dine
hc | tics, fer tho Indians opposed his journey TO
nd Ohio A. las: On 1roquots Indian couduefed b
:. ! past Stscar2 to GanAstogut. whcre be Uti 10
IA Joliet who had other plans. sud suggested ott
Its routes for exploration which led to tec separsti
he Of LaSale itcm The party. After leaving the
hv be went to ORonAaga, thence made hla way u
pom, r!x or eeyen iesxues dtstAn, from Lake Fl
"s wIere he reached branch Of tie oh1o, and,
NO bcEEQlt2t l1H0N ca II 10 tAt Ao4AsAAc AAPsu<s
IN I a apmr have maintained, 10 rs tontncace y
IN The Altsls>trpL In the following =
he embarked on Lake Ere, asccnt
"H The Detroit Ever 10 Late Huron, Gas
nd Tic stCrts OF Michigan. passed tha.Stfalts
by | Michil.nAck,uac, at 3eaylng Green BaJ bca
hat him, nttrcd tho tou'heF1 portion Of LAke Al<
lN1' e4a, Taeuce tc crossed to the 1llsaos, and
NY scd It To the Nis4.sspp- vhere b stopped.
lso eot, tla, Il discharged ,ssef. cot into tue
tho 0. csl!.urnls int Into tho Cult OF MEXICO.
,..+ spmu trc ur the rtAut& Of tttae TWO 5e4fA. q
ne separated fro1u tue original parry, "alca
Wy" ou with Joaic1, Nr- Parfnaan cao.saefs II aeua
ad- " eeiflrt, th2t he discovered soe oho ena u
our rsoeabItJ the 1!tois s1so' but thaf !ne es1oe
-. ~ insufficient Ter him to claim the discovery
.9 The Mus.es,ppl From 1873 to 1ess Lasalle
aoh coutt rronlerac were hasy upon saree oo}ec
had l. To open passage across The American u
{eIr oent 10 1rda nud Chins. =. To &C :upJ the G
MICS Ness sIh develop lis rcson1css ee1ose the Ens
t;..1 and spanlarI4 could gain possession. > TO
The dime Fart FTnn,rrne VA, estap,,shed where &,
the ton nox stards, and IaSslIe went 10 Franco
bv wsA vel received II coor., ana succeeded II
"a obietth ot nis nissiou, NJ, patent OF noo1u
consideration OF htx services ~ Al explorer,
oseI~ gFAnt ID EttenotY Of Fort FEonteoxc,
lake / From 16.s 10 t6s5 he w4a IN : constant Gu
Sotes ~hn ~ 'es"H sa'eeao aaa t"esus n
,ity s.a = 11ys, IN .ne rur ,ssda La safe slded
ibod ihe Governor; tho Jcsuita with ProntenAc. 70
! The be wa btouaht Into difecs oppoAaon 70 them
Of wa NC sc,n ~ as ass,a.t him Tne ~,
pur ~, so1ie. sl.o pus him for asd rival disco,
OF IN 1,,, own baosnes. the Aohc caSoltes, toni
date Against him. The oTposn'oa ua f.Hsd
every 40 aneups p.. ~ - 1o,,ov tne graphic
i as q lion Of La saltes adventures n nA1a.a
Tits ,.urch Of tho Ge.nu, the tfst seaee1 onut o'
4 4ha | .Aaa fat the ucuth ct GaInE1 E7oekt &l.