The La Salle expedition to Texas
Subtitle: the journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687
By: edited and with an introduction by William C. Foster ; translated by Johanna S. Warren.
Contributors: Foster, William C., 1928-
Publisher: Texas State Historical Association
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de, 1643-1687.; Joutel, Henri, 1640?-1735 -- Diaries.; Texas -- Discovery and exploration.; Indians of North America -- Texas -- History -- 17th century.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.; Texas -- History -- To 1846.; Gulf Region (Tex.) -- Discovery and exploration.
Description: Written from detailed notes taken during this historic journey, Joutel's journal is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of this dramatic story of adventure and misadventure in Texas. Joutel, who served as post commander for La Salle, describes in accurate and colorful detail the daily experiences and precise route La Salle's party followed in 1687 from the Texas coast to the Mississippi River.

By carefully comparing Joutel's compass directions and detailed descriptions to maps and geographic locations, Foster has established where La Salle was murdered by his men, and has corrected many erroneous geographic interpretations made by French and American scholars during the past century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of the version of Henri Joutel's journal found in v. 3 of Pierre Margry's compilation, Découvertes et établissements des Français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1614-1754.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3; title: The Journal of Henri outel; title: I La Salle Sails to North America 49; title: II Across the Gulf 59; title: III La Salle Lands on the Texas Coast 69; title: IV Beaujeu Returns to France 81; title: V The First Settlement 97; title: VI Life at the French Settlement III; title: VII La Salle's First Journey to the Cenis I33; title: VIII La Salle's Final Journey 153; title: IX March to the Brazos 177; title: X Assassination of La Salle I9i; title: XI The French Among the Cenis 203; title: XII The Assassins' Plans 217; title: XIII Hiems Accompanies a Cenis War Party 225; title: XIV The Assoni and Cadodaquis 233; title: XV Journey to the Arkansas 251; title: XVI On the Mississippi 267; title: Appendices; title: Appendix A: The I690 Interrogation of Captain Gregorio de Salinas; title: Varona and Pierre Meunier in Mexico City regarding La Salle's; title: 1684-1687 Expedition to Texas 283; title: Appendix B: Indian Tribes or Bands Named in Henri Joutel's Journal; title: Account of Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's 684-I687; title: Expedition to Texas 290; title: Appendix C: Henri Joutel's 1687 Itinerary from Fort Saint Louis on the; title: Central Texas Coast to the Middle Mississippi River 309.