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

"APPENDIX. 481of the Mississippi. But the most curious figure is thatwhich represents one of the monsters seen by Joliet andMarquette, painted on a rock by the Indians. It correspondswith Marquette's description (ante, 68). Thismap, which is an early effort of the engineer Franquelin,does more credit to his skill as a designer than to hisgeographical knowledge, which appears in some respectsbehind histime.9. Carte de VAmerique Septentrionale depuis I'embouchurede la Riviere St. Laurens jusques au Sein Mexique.On this curious little map, the Mississippi is called" Riuiere Buade" (the family name of Frontenac) ; and theneighboring country is " La Frontenacie." The Illinois is" Riuiere de la Diuine ou Loutrelaise, " and the Arkansas is" Riuiere Bazire. " The Mississippi is made to head inthree lakes, and to discharge itself into " B. du S. Esprit(Mobile Bay). Some of the legends and the orthographyof various Indian names are clearly borrowed from Marquette.This map appears to be the work of Raudin,Frontenac's engineer.of Henry Harrisse,Esq.I owe a tracing of it to the kindness10. Carte des Parties les plus occidentals du Canada fpar le Pere Pierre Raffeix, S. J. This rude map showsthe course of Du Lhut from the head of Lake Superior to theMississippi, and partly confirms the story of Hennepin, who,Raffeix says in a note, was rescued by Du Lhut. Thecourse of Joliet and Marquette is given, with the legend" Voyage et premiere descouverte du Mississipy faite par lerP. Marquette et M Joliet en 1672." The route of LaSalle in 1679, 1680, is also laid down.11. In the Depot des Cartes de la Marine is another mapof the Upper Mississippi, which seems to have been madeby or for Du Lhut. Lac Buade, the " Issatis, n the Tintons,"the " Houelbatons," the " Poualacs," and other tribes31