The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-20
THE MEMPHISAPPEAL
DE Ia SALE.

Mr. MciAnc. ex Minister ot the United States 10
Irancc has communicated a letter 10 President
Camot. informing him that an Ameficnu-Mr
lamhcrt Trcc-lnicnds crcctlng r. chicago nj BIZ
own expense a monument 10 the celebrated French
cxpont Ia sale This il very handsome OF Mr
1pc. aud uisa wonder that the Americans ala
~pi think OF Ia sale before. Those who have Rad
MARI rvain's "iiic on tho Mississippi" will rccol.
lcci The onc0miums which the American humorist
lavlsscs on the French cxplorcf who we'll deserved
them. II was Ia sale who In the seventeenth
ccniufy. cxploncd the vcriani valleys Of ohio and
lllinuis discovered the estuary 1T the Mississippi
after long aud laborous navigation aud hnally
gave ~ Ftancu tho fertile Province " Louiilt na.
which sho Wus dcsiined 10 Lose by the rrcaty Of
raus A. ML Mciano points out Chi
caro IL In the ecnicr Of tho magnificent
Ugon which thc genius Of IA Sale
bad recognized instiucilvcly ~ destined
81 brilliant futuv. and which Il nowadnys
covered ny the nouhshing ctlcs OF capitals OF ten
States, which arc as ~ many lille kingdoms IA
hallc. In landing ou the shores OF Lake Michigan
and bounding settlements In Illinois. conceived the
ilca ui uniting Canada with Louisiana. aud thus
Stunning vast Inruch Colonial Empro iuuudci
on the north by the Polar sea and che Atlantic
occsn. aud GA tao south By The Gull IT Nesico aud
The Pacific II Salio's magnificent designs ven.
however frustrated lusi a. wco those u the
Trench settlers In India aud today fmnoc. while
siili Io.,cs.itga ioolhold In Pondichcfry IN India
has not an Inch Of the territory ln tho Weston
World. strange 10 say, II sale hs brsn almost a.
much ignoicd by his icllowc1untBmcn as Ucn
Duplex, Inc rvd Of Give In India. and few
pcuchmon trouble their heads about the cxplor.
Srsc,cnuul history which. n Ficuo Mauyn has
81 birth iu hla book on France Ia the New World
Il rallc diol in the Willis Of America and hi. tomb
huukuoNn. -funf Dti.f % a. ioafyn Telegraph
Ia sale was assassinaicd by two OF his
men, named Lotot and Duhant, ON the
Brazos River, at point near the present
town Of Washington, Texas, while making
bis way TO Fort Proulhommc. ut tho
mouth OF Wolf River whore tho previous
year he lay sick Of icvcrcon,racicd while
ON his way back from tho mouth Of tho
Mississippi River, whore he proclaimed Ii
md the territory along II asparl Of the do.
minion Of tho French King. In 1859 he
retired TO Canada aud went thence 10
France, whore hc secured patent cover.
Ing all the territory between Fort St
Louis, on the Illinois River and New Bis.
cay, now tho State Of Durango, Mexico.
lIc returned In 1888, but missing IN,
mouth Of the Mississippi, which h,
intended 70 a5ccnd with go colo.
nists for Fort Proudhommo, be driitet
10 Natagorda Bay, and landing there, built
tort which lac named ST. Louis AM
ihoro mado an attempt 10 cultivate
Tho soil. But this tho Indian
would not permit, and no determined l.
make his way TO the fort on tho Missi.
sippl, whcro ho had left letter for hi
lieutenant, Tout, or TO Fort 81. Louil
"a Illinois. but he was twice beaten bacl
The third time he was successful, an
with little difficulty reached the Drazo
where ho was trcachorouely slain. Bal
croft says Of him that "ior force Of vi
aud daring conception. for various know