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La Salle and the discovery of the great West - North Central ...

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CONTENTS.xxiCHAPTER XXVLst.1685-1687.loui8 op texas.The Fort. — Misery <strong>and</strong> Dejection. — Energy <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong>: hisJourney <strong>of</strong> Exploration. — Adventures <strong>and</strong> Accidents. — TheBuffalo. — Dubaut. — Indian Massacre. — Return <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong>.— A New Calamity. — A Desperate Resolution. — Departurefor Canada. — Wreck <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> "Belle." Marriage. — Sedition.— Adventures <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong>'s Party. — The Cenis. — ThePageCamanches. — The Only Hope. — The <strong>La</strong>st Farewell . . . 391CHAPTER XXVII.1687.A8SASSINATION OF LA SALLE.His Followers. — Prairie Travelling. — A Hunters' Quarrel. —The Murder <strong>of</strong> Moranget. — The Conspiracy. — Death <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong><strong>Salle</strong> : his Character 420CHAPTER XXVHL1687, 1688.THE INNOCENT AND THE GUILTY.Triumph <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Murderers. — Danger <strong>of</strong> Joutel. — Joutel among<strong>the</strong> Cenis. — White Savages. — Insolence <strong>of</strong> Duhaut <strong>and</strong> hisAccomplices. — Murder <strong>of</strong> Duhaut <strong>and</strong> Liotot. — Hiens, <strong>the</strong>Buccaneer. — Joutel <strong>and</strong> his Party : <strong>the</strong>ir Escape ; <strong>the</strong>yreach <strong>the</strong> Arkansas. — Bravery <strong>and</strong> Devotion <strong>of</strong> Tonty. —The Fugitives reach <strong>the</strong> Illinois. — Unworthy Conduct <strong>of</strong>Cavelier. — He <strong>and</strong> his Companions return to France . . . 435CHAPTER XXLX.1688-1689.FATE OF THE TEXAN COLONY.Tonty attempts to rescue <strong>the</strong> Colonists : his Difficulties <strong>and</strong>Hardships. — Spanish Hostility. —Expedition <strong>of</strong> Alonzo deLeon : he reaches Fort St. Louis. — A Scene <strong>of</strong> Havoc. —Destruction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> French. —The End 464

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