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

478 APPENDIX.sourit (Missouris), the Kansa (Kanzas), the Paniassa(Pawnees), the Maha (Omahas), and the Pahoutet (Pah-Utahs ?). The names of many other trihes, " esloignees dansles terres, " are also given along the course ofthe Arkansas,a river which is nameless on the map. Most of these tribesare now indistinguishable. This map has recently beenengraved and published.5. Not long after Marquette's return from the Mississippi,another map was made by the Jesuits, with the followingtitle :Carte de la nouvelle decouverte que les peres Tesuitesont fait en Vannee 1672. et continue e par le P. IacquesMarquette de la mesme Compagnie accompagne dequelques francois en Vannee 1673, qu'onpourra nommerenfrancois la Manitoumie. This title is very elaboratelydecorated with figures drawn with a pen, and representingJesuits instructing Indians. The map is the same publishedby Thevenot, not without considerable variations, in 1681.It represents the Mississippi from a little above the Wisconsinto the Gulf of Mexico, the part below the Arkansasbeing drawn from conjecture. The river is named " Mitchisipi,ou grande Riviere." The Wisconsin, the Illinois,the Ohio, the Des Moines ( 1), the Missouri, and the Arkansasare all represented, but in a very rude manner.Marquette'sroute, in going and returning, is marked by lines ; but thereturn route is incorrect. The whole map is so crude andcareless, and based on information so inexact, that it is oflittleinterest.6. The Jesuits made also another map, without title, ofthe four Upper Lakes and the Mississippi to a little belowthe Arkansas. The Mississippi is called " RiuuiereColbert. " The map is remarkable as including the earliestrepresentation of the Upper Mississippi, based, perhaps, onthe reports of Indians. The Falls of St. Anthony areindicated by the word " Saut." It is possible that the map