The discovery of the great West
Subtitle: La Salle.
By: Edited by William R. Taylor.
Series: Rinehart editions -- 77
Publisher: Rinehart
Published: 1956
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, -- sieur de, -- 1643-1687; New France -- Discovery and exploration; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
Description: On April 9, 1682, Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, paddled into the Gulf of Mexico. He and a small band of men in three canoes had become the first to navigate the entire length of the Mississippi River--"the object of his day-dreams, the destined avenue of his ambition and his hopes." He claimed the river and its enormous watershed for France and named it after King Louis XIV. Five years later, while searching for an overland route to the Mississippi, La Salle was killed by mutinous members of his party. La Salle had spent nearly half of his 42 years in North America, enjoying some triumphs and enduring many hardships.--Amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: 1. 1643-1669 Cavelier de la Salle; title: 2. 1669-1671 La Salle and the Sulpitians; title: 3. 1670-1672 The Jesuits on the Lakes; title: 4. 1667-1672 France takes Possession of the West; title: 5. 1672-1675 The Discovery of the Mississippi; title: 6. 1673-1678 La Salle and Frontenac; title: 7. 1678 Party Strife; title: 8. 1677, 1678 The Grand Enterprise; title: 9. 1678-1679 La Salle at Niagara; title: 10. 1679 The Launch of the “Griffin”; title: 11. 1679 La Salle on the Upper Lakes; title: 12. 1679, 1680 La Salle on the Illinois; title: 13. 1680 Fort Crevecoeur; title: 14. 1680 Hardihood of La Salle; title: 15. 1680 Indian Conquerors; title: 16. 1680 Tonty and the Iroquois; title: 17. 1680 The Adventures of Hennepin; title: 18. 1680, 1681 Hennepin among the Sioux; title: 19. 1681 La Salle begins Anew; title: 20. 1681-1682 Success of La Salle; title: 21. 1682, 1683 St. Louis of the Illinois; title: 22. 1680-1683 La Salle Painted by Himself; title: 23. 1684 A New Enterprise; title: 24. 1684, 1685 The Voyage; title: 25. 1685 La Salle in Texas; title: 26. 1685-1687 St. Louis of Texas; title: 27. 1687 Assassination of La Salle; title: 28. 1687, 1688 The Innocent and the Guilty; title: 29. 1688-1689 Fate of the Texan Colony