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CHAPTER XXIX.1688-1689.FATE OF THE TEXAN COLONY.tontt attempts to rescue <strong>the</strong> colonists i his difficulties<strong>and</strong> Hardships.— Spanish Hostility. — Expedition <strong>of</strong> Alonzode Leon : he reaches Fort St. Louis. — A Scene <strong>of</strong> Havoc.— Destruction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> French. — The End.Henri de Tonty, on his rock <strong>of</strong> St. Louis, wasvisited in September by Couture <strong>and</strong> two Indiansfrom <strong>the</strong> Arkansas. Then, for <strong>the</strong> first time, heheard with grief <strong>and</strong> indignation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong><strong>Salle</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> deceit practised by Cavelier. Thechief whom he had served so well was beyond hishelp; but might not <strong>the</strong> unhappy colonists left on<strong>the</strong> shores <strong>of</strong> Texas still be rescued from destruction?Couture had confirmed what Cavelier <strong>and</strong> hispartyhad already told him, that <strong>the</strong> tribes south <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Arkansas were eager to join <strong>the</strong> French in an invasion<strong>of</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico ; <strong>and</strong> he soon after receivedfrom <strong>the</strong> governor, Denonville, a letter informinghim that war had again been declared against Spain.As bold <strong>and</strong> enterprising as <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong> himself, Tontyresolved on an effort to learn <strong>the</strong> condition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>

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