Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-21

nae saw him ruler Of the trade Of the
new domain The Jesuits. who saw IN
Frontenac and Ia Sale men who would
divest them OF all the power and au-
thOrity they had enjoyed so long. had
no love for them. The politicians. whom
Frontenac in his brusque way had over
ridden, would rejoice N la Sale was
ruined. for his failure would reflect on
the count
With little thought OF Jealous mer-
chants, emblttered Jesuits or crafty
politicians, La Sale went on his way
late In 1878. The first disaster came IN
the first stage OF the Journey. The
supply ship, which had on board la
Sale and Tonty. was delayed BY corr
trary winds. la Sale. eager 10 see
what progress was being made by tho
main forces at Niagara. landed IN a
small boat. The pilot, 20 whom he had
left command, disobeyed his orders and
by accident or design the ship was
wrecked II contained the provisions.
the stun for barter with the Indians.
the tools for the artisans and the null
ttude Of things Of incalculable value
I'm such an undertaking only the an
chors and cables were saved
How the adventures suffered thar
winter while they were building tho
Griffon has been told I'm the story OF
Father Hennepin which was printed
in this series OF historical variations.
The Indians were eager to burn the
boat. Maybe they were instigated hv
agents from Montreal or Quebec. but Ia
the spring the Griffon was launched.
cannon which had been dragged over
the many miles OF hills. was put
aboard. and the vessel was safe at last.
La Sale had gone back for supplies To
replace those lost IN the wreck He
returned without them and with a new
Ia u Of a. a
running him, had spread an sorts OF
rumors about him and all his property
IN Canada had been seized. although
his scigniory OF Fort Frontenac was
ample 90 pay an his obligations
BY sickness and desertion his main
force had been reduced to a. with
these the Griffon spread her sails on
Lake Erie on August Z. 1879, and the
second stage Of the journey was enter
ed upon. For three days the Griffon
had glorious weather. on the fourth
she entered the strait of Detroit and
then Lake Huron. Then came tenn
pest and the Grtffon nearly founder
ed while all hands except the pilot
prayed He cursed the luck that
brought him, a salt sea dog Of a hum
dred hurricanes. TO the disgrace Of
confronting death in a fresh water
lake But the storm abated and the
Grinon dropped anchor at last at
MlchillimaCkiuac Here the JIesuits
made a show OF welcoming La sale,
but he soon found that his advance
party had been tempered with. He
had sent / o men ahead to trade and
20 proceed 20 the Illinois and make
preparations for his coming. Some had
decampcd after squandering the goods
intrusted TO them. -Four were I'm
Michillimackinac. They were arrested.
Then La Sale proceeded to Green Bay,
where he found "a friend in Pot
tawatomie chief Here, too, he found
several Of his advanced party, who
had remained faithful and had COLI
lectod q large store OF furs To satisfy
his creditors La Sale determined to
send these furs hack by the Griffon
at once The Grffon sailed on Sept.
is, and La Sale. with fourteen men. in
four canoes deeply laden with a forge,
tools, merchandise and arms. resum-
ed his journey. They were caught in
the September gales, narrowly escap-
ed drowning and then narrowly escape
ed starvation, n was the list OF Novem-
Der when they reached the ST. Joseph.
Winter was seeting In and the men
were eager to press forward before the
streams froze, but Ia Sale was inexor-
able. He had sent Tonty. with 20 men.
from Green Bay by land, and they had
not arrived. Twenty days La Sale had
TO wait. He improved the time by
starting his men building the fort At
last Tonty arrived His men were
nearly dead. They had been reduced
10 living on acorns. Two had deserted.
The second stage Of the journey had
been completed. but at dire cost.
on December 3 La Sale. worried
over the non-appearance Of the Grif-
fon, started mp the ST. Joseph. Near
the present site of South Bend they
shouldered their canoes and struck
across the frozen swamps in search OF
the headwatcr OF the Illinois. They
found II at last, and within few