The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-15

and buried In the boiling waters all who
dared 10 approach. But all the advice oil
the savage had no influence on the reso.
lutte minister Of religion. Il tfsnked
them for sheir good advice, bat told
them l cculd nos fJllow IL, since the salvh.
tion Of souls was at stake, for which i
should be overioyed to give my lie, the
record he makes In bis journal 0! ihis IN
tsrview.
On the ilth of.June, having been guild
ell by the Indians across t1e dividing
ridges between the Wisconsin and Fox,
the missionary aud the merchant, still ac-
compani led by the FIVE bostmen, launched
their canoes into the waters of the former,
and then their friendly guides left them,
"alons amid that unknown country, IN the
hand Of God" ~ Marquette expresses il.
June nth they entered the Mississippi,
with . 10Y" says tbs discoverer, 'thst
cannot express There lie no doubt that
the explorers entered the Mississippi On
the dsLs mentioned. Thevenot, in coli
lection Of voyages, printed in Paris In
1881, has preserved Marquette's unpre-
tending narrative Of this voyage down the
M,ssissippi, ard that account FIXES the
time which We have given.
After entering the Mississippi the trav-
oilers pursued their way down the current
The mouth Of the Pekitsnoni or Missouri
was reached June 20; the 25th they passed
Grand Tower the goth they reached the
mouth Of the Ouaboskigou or Ohio
About the 10th of July, Msrseu,te and
Joliet landed ct the mouth Of the
Akamscs or Arkansas river. They started
on their return 10 Green Bay on the nth,
A.A ln Of NO
followed that stream TO portage, and ar
rived nj their destination, by way Of
Chicago, about the LIST Of September.
This brief epitome of the history OF this
remarkable journey will serve to bring
the individuals who planned and executed
1t properly before the public.
And now, after lapse OF two hundred
years after the wilderness they found has
been converted into fields and gardens
after the wiggsn Villages have faded
away. and the shadows OF mighty cities
fall upon the waters Of the stream
they found aowing through track.
less wilds, 1t 10 proposed TO re-
vive the hsli-forgotten memories OF Mar
qustte snd Joliet, and erect some sui,sbis
memorial which shall preserve their fame
until the latest times. And these men de.
serve TO be remembered among the worlds
True, they established no
post, they built cities, bat they made
the world scqu.in.st with the character,
and eYten. OF = country shout which noih-
ing had been previously known. The bald
er. OF forts, tie merchants s-t the trap
pe-, followed h&r3 u ihsi: ;-Scks. A13
i1s car OF cIYil.x1;ic1 vXs usvr. S.1-s
CoaceraIne Jolis; .iii'e . kzSs- save =
cocnsc;ioa EisL ~, vSyt-s- B-i .ts cH-
rssg Of MARI i . - -: -sss = IA
history .. hzE.-sr TIE -s.-t - ia
good rrx- ccc---s3 Nav =, 80. sic s1t
m-..h q Ns--zsss- --rt- "a 80 I1,scs-
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ptci1us Re vs-i 1-s w
spar, - pay. B.i i. -s...-,s3 Is;
lheu 20 more l-rasis-i Al 90 .-ag 49,
.ercs iAey r.a; = issrce & TX AZ
found him n az s;.l:..s @. -sTsd1,c-
desi Tas cAroe nee iccx - ;.s IL as
form cs their teacher. e5-z !. e . SIS.
Gear tie mouth oftae stream, dug grave
in the ssnd, and buried hin ;cs:s.
Fifty years siter~srt, Chs'levoi: vi,ii-c
the spot, AID found that ice water ~E.t
forced a passage a. the mos. d.1:aii
point, h.d cut through bluff, rsihsr thar
cross the low land where that grave Vas
Gentle, pure, kind, simple AZ child,
bu. possessed ofa coursge that knew 10
danger, the dream, the life-work Of Mar
quetts, was the religious instruction OF the
Indians To preach 70 them, he va, will
ing to endure all things, and Ia the dis
charge OF that duty he was willing 70 die.
BY his side WAS the merchant. The two
came to explore the valley togethsr-,he
teacher aud the trader. The inquiry is
made; Shall their achievements pass into
forgctfulness2 Shall,h memories fade
away.