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

Michigan landing at evening TO but ID their camp
fire at the edge of the forest and draw up their canoes
on the strand; visited now and the n an Indian vii
age where Marquette instructed the savages in the
Christian faith and sailed mp Sreen Bay and Fox
River until on the 7th of june they reached an In
dian town, where they procur ed guide. A portage
of mile and half brought them to the Wisconsin,
and committing their can Oes to the current they
entered the 17th the reat river of their search.
For one month they floAted cautiously toward the
Gulf sometimes landip at night, sometimes anchor
ing for greater security in mid-stream, and meeting
no more serious Dlolestation from the Indians than
fright now ami then, or feast of roast dog and
bears grease they passed the mouth Of the Arkan-
sas, and being satisfied that the Mississippi
.entered neither the Vermion Sea nor the Sea of
Virginia tA4lantic}, but the Gulf Of Mexico.
and learning also that the people further
Seath were dangerously hostile, they turned
the 18th of July, and laboriously padded home
ward. Instead of following the Wisconsin, they
vent up the Illinois River carried their canoes
across the portage TO the lake, and reached Green
Bay after an absence Of four months and voyage Of
more than 800 miles. Joliet went back to Quebec
to report results Marquette remained at the Green
Bay Mission, PROSTATE with dysentery which had
attacked him On the journey He never recovered
from il but in the Autumn of 1914 he was 50 far re-
rlieved that he set out for the chief town of the
Illinois, to found a mission at Kaskaskia on the
Illinois River Soon after Easter, conscious that he
had not much longer to live, he started to return
with two companions A crowd of Indians escorted
him to the Lake where the canoe was launched and
the little party coasted along the eastern shore
toward Michillimackinac. They had accomplished
about twothrds of the distance when the 18th OF
May the priest requested his companions to land for
he felt that his hour was near.
They complied, built shed OF bark rising ground
near the bank and carried ,ltner the dying jesuit
ons for his BURIAL asked their forgiveness for the trouble
he had caused Them administered to them the sacrament
of penence and thanked God that he permitted to
die in the wilderness, missionary OF the faith and
member of the Jesuit brotherhood At night seeing that
they fagued, he told them TO take rest-saying
that he wonld call them when he felt his time approach
ing Two or three hours after they heard feeble voice.
and Fastening to his SIDE found him at the point OF
death. He expired calmly, murmuring the names OF
one Of his followers held before him. They dug
beside the hut and here they buried him according the
they made their way to Michhmackinae. to bear the
1dings to the priests at the mission of St. Ignace.
AS this gentle character passes away, La Sale be-
comes once more the central figure in the narrative
While Marquettes canoe was gliding down the Mis-
sissippi La Sale was maturing with the Governor,
FrOntenac a scheme for intercepting the ur-trade
before it got to Montreal by establishing fortified
trading post ON Lake Ontario, the present site
of Kingston. To the Governor the scheme was a
mere commercial speculation; but La Sale looked
further and designed it as base for the grand oper
ations by which he expected to anticipate the En-
glish and Spaniards in developing the of
the great West. His first purpose, as we have seen,
was to seek route to the Indies; but when he be-
came convinced that the great river flowed to the
Mexican Gulf he designed to establish fortified
post at its mouth and win for France the control
of the whole valley. When Fort Frontenac, as the
establishment on Lake Ontario was called, was fin
ished he went to France and obtained from the King
grant Of the Fort in seignOry, with a patent of
nobility. 1t was easy enough to raise money for
Il new expedition and rich merchants of the colony
were glad to become his partners. Feudal lord OF
the forests around him, commander of garrison
raised and paid by himself founder of the mission
patron of the Church, he reigued the autocrat
of his lonely little empire. On sec
ond visit to France he obtained permission |
to prosecute his discoveries at his expense, on
condition of completing them in five years, to build
and hold forts in the countries and TO monopo-
lie the trade in buffalo skins It is not clear from
M Parkmans narrative how far La Sales plans ex-
tended when he put his expedition in motion in 1913
He seeNs at first to have turned his eyes toward
route to TIE Indies, ignorant of Marquetes discov-
cry though it had been made five years before The
fur trade however. was-at any rate ostensibly-the
ions who joined hfN at Fort Frontenac were destined
to conspicuous places in American history One of
these was Henri de Tpnty, an Italian officer of hon
orabe character, indomitable energy, and great
share of that address for which his countrymen for
generations have been famous. He 1 c.eamo La
Sales trusted he".vnant. One of his hands had
been blown off by grenade in the Scilian wars
and he wore hand Of iron, generally covered
with a glove. lie sometimes used it 70
effective purpose in breaking the heads or knocking
out the teeth of disorderly Indians and the yages
not understanding the secret Of his hard hitting re-
garded him as a medicine man Of me first order The
other recruit of whom W. speak was the Recollect
Louis HenneniSS, nan Of restless adventure who
lved travelling better than preaching did particu
lar credit to the fock and cowl, and now bea.s the
reputation of one of the yainest liars record In
the somber history of La Sales adventures Henne-
pin appears like the COMIC player p tragedy, iRtE0
duced now and then to relieve the p6rvading gloom
and assuage our harrassed feelings by ani6ment,a
luxury Of laughter. Still he a brave ban ed
ssbful ally, though for neither La Sale nor Tonty
did he cherish a cordial liking, : 49, LII
The first business of La Salle after assembling his
band was to a19tEer outpost further in the
WILDERNESS by bylldlps fort at the mouth Of the
Niagara River, and then launching vessel above
The Falls. Both labors were completed after great
difficulties and dangers, aud on the 9Th of August
1919, the voyagers thirtyfour in all, went aboard
their little craft, the Griffin sang the TIE Deum
fred their cannon and cast OFF into Lake Erie, where
no sail had ever been seen before. They had pros
porous voyage into Lake Huron; were then nearly
lost in storm and at last anchored with salvo of
artillery off the Jesuit mission of Michilmacknac
TO the no small amazement Of the Indians. Here
they were received in state but without much good
m o1,oI ,,,;f foun To