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xviiiCONTENTS.CHAPTER XHX1680.port crevecosur.Pag*Building <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fort. — Loss <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " Griffin." — A Bold Resolution.— Ano<strong>the</strong>r Vessel. — Hennepin sent to<strong>the</strong> Mississippi.— Departure <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong> 18(1CHAPTER XIV.1680.HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE.The Winter Journey. — The Deserted Town. — Starved Rock. —<strong>La</strong>ke Michigan. — The Wilderness. — War Parties. — <strong>La</strong><strong>Salle</strong>'s Men give out. — 111 Tidings. — Mutiny. — Chastisement<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mutineers 189CHAPTER XV.1680.INDIAN CONQUERORS.The Enterprise renewed. — Attempt to rescue Tonty. — Buffalo.— A Frightful Discovery. — Iroquois Fury. — The RuinedTown. — A Night <strong>of</strong> Horror. — Traces <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Invaders. —No News <strong>of</strong> Tonty 202CHAPTER XVI.168TONTT AND THE IROQUOIS.The Deserters. — The Iroquois War. — The Great Town <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Illinois. — The Alarm. — Onset <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Iroquois. — Peril <strong>of</strong>Tonty. — A Treacherous Truce. — Intrepidity <strong>of</strong> Tonty. —Murder <strong>of</strong> Ribourde. — War upon <strong>the</strong> Dead 216CHAPTER XVII.1680.THE ADTENTURE8 OF HENNEPIN.Hennepin an Impostor: his Pretended Discovery; his ActualDiscovery ; captured by <strong>the</strong> Sioux. — The Upper Mississippi 243

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