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

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282 HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX. [1681.<strong>the</strong> governor to seize him, should he appear, <strong>and</strong> send him prisonerto Rochefort. This seems to have been in consequence <strong>of</strong> hisrenouncing <strong>the</strong> service <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> French crown, <strong>and</strong> dedicating hisedition <strong>of</strong> 1697 to William III. <strong>of</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>.More than twenty editions <strong>of</strong> Hennepin's travels appeared, inFrench, English, Dutch, German, Italian, <strong>and</strong> Spanish. Most <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>m include <strong>the</strong> mendacious narrative <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pretended descent <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Mississippi. For a list <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m, see Hist. Mag., i. 346 ; ii. 24.

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