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LA SALLE
tinue the discovery toward the north by ascending
the Miississippi, the Sieur de la
Salle reserving to himself its continuation
in canoe by descending till he found the sea,
Father Louis set out in canoe from Fort.
Crevecceur on the 29th of February, 1680,
with two men, well armed and equipped,
who had besides twelve hundred livres in
goods, which make a good passport. The
enterprise was great and hardy, although it
did not equal the great zeal of the intrepid
missionary, who undertook and continued
it with all the firmness, constancy and edification
which can be desired, amid inconceivable
toils.
Although the discovery had already been
pushed four or five hundred leagues into
Louisiana,9 from Fort Frontenac to Fort
Crevecoeur, this great march can be considered
only as a prelude and preparation
for enterprises still more vast and an entrance
to be made in countries still more
advantageous.
I have hitherto given only a short
abridgment of the relations which Father
Zenobius Membre gives of the commence'In
fact, no discovery had been made; the Ilinois.
country was visited by traders before Marquette's
second voyage to it, and was perfectly
knownh;. Alouez, too, was there shortly before
this, as La Salle himself states.
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Cox, Isaac Joslin. The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6104/m1/135/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.