New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-13

nac the French Governor Of Canada in 16l2 de-
voted most of his energy to enriching himself by
trading with the Indians. and regarded the mis-
sionary efforts of the Jesuts as an obstacle u
bis schemes NJ Hamy considers that it was
owing to the Comte de Frontenac, who beIlttleu
the explorations of Marquette in his reports 10
Colbert. that Louis XIV failed to grasp the I'M
nortance of consolidating the vantage ground IN
the Mississippi Valley, where Joliet and Mar
ouette had erected boundary posts bearing the
French arms An illustration in NJ Hamy' s
hook shows Joliet planting one of these pouh-
dairy posts at the confluence of the Arkansas
,,d Rf;ssissinpi rivers in July, 1913. The most
curious of the hitherto unpublished documents
accumulated in the present work is an ofllclai
,oan,oran d,lrn Of the French Foreign ONCE, de-
cIaring that since Joliet and Marquette IN 1910
took possession in behalf of King LOUIS NV oi
the confluence of the Arkansas ana MlsslsSlpPi
rivers his majesty's government cohsluels do
.-rencb territory the entire basin of the M1ssls-
,i which nine years later Gn 16S2) was ex-
tended to the Gulf of Mexico by the voyage ana
lamentations of Robert CaVeiler &c la oal4e'
The frontispiece of this book shows newly
discovered portrait Of the explorer, whose feat-
,rAs radically differ from those seen in Gaetano
Trentanove's marble statue of Marquette IN the
,~,-,t+oI of washington and which served as the
,oda1 for the large bronze statue erected IN
1,,y 1897 on the shores of Lake Superior near
the town of Marquette. The sculptor represents
a man with Iuxuriant hair, beard and muStache-
The newly discovered portrait is that OF a oalu'
clean shaver man, with Napoleohc lea'ule9'
NJ Hamy relates that this portrait ol 'he
authenticity of which ne entertains no ooupt'
was accidentally found by well known art col
lector of Toronto. who one day met TWO young
corne1ters driving CARLOAD of mat erlal from
an old house that had just been torn down. In
tho cart were several wooden panels. The col
Iactor noticed that one of these panels seemed to
ba rainted in oil He bought it for 30 cents.
and taking It home, carefully washed and
claansed it revealing a portrait of a man IN
Iasrit costume On the back Of the panel was
the inscription lie Pere Jacques Marquette.
Pretre de la Compagnie de Jesus X Roos
1863" A photograph of the portrait was sent to
Paris in 1900, and several Photograph reproduc-
tions were executed but without success. NJ.
vasse a clever draughtsman, made a pen and
;n1, conv of the portrait which is published
in the present work.
NJ Hamv has collected at Laon a genealogical
+raa of the family Of Jacques Marquette. from
his ancestor Louis Nicolas Marquette, Tax
Receiver at I.aon in 14SS, down to his brothers
descendant. Ernest REVERE, who still resides
ar Naruuette's native town. About hal1 the VOL
ur1e Is devoted TO appendices, with copious eX-
tracts from manuscripts and documents serving
as NJ Hamy's authorities. The book is of TN
ouestiona BILE historic merit but 1t is pity that
II ia not provided with a more detailed index.
which would have considerably enhanced its
value as a work of reference. c. l. B.