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

;INDEX.MiLouis restored by the Kingto, 351 ;preparations for hisnew enterprise, 353 ; divides hiscommand with Beaujeu, 353 ;lack of harmony between Beaujeuand, 354-361 ; indiscretionof, 361 ; overwrought brain of,362 ; farewell to his mother,364; sails from Rochelle, 366;disputes with Beaujeu, 366the voyage, 368 ; his illness, 368Beaujeu's complaints of, 370;resumes his journey, 372 ; entersthe Gulf of Mexico, 373 ; waitingfor Beaujeu, 374; coaststhe shores of Texas, 374 ; meetingwith Beaujeu, 375 ;perplexityof, 375-377 ; lands inTexas, 379 ; attacked by theIndians, 380,- wreck of the" Aimable," 381 ; forlorn positionof, 383 ; Indian neighbors,384 ; Beaujeu makes friendlyadvances to, 385 ;departure ofBeaujeu, 387 ; at MatagordaBay, 391 ; misery and dejection,393; the new Fort St. I.ouis,394 ; explorations of, 395 ; adventuresof, 402 ; again falls ill,404 ; departure for Canada,405; wreck of the "Belle,"407 ; Maxime Le Clerc makescharges against, 410; Duhautplots against, 410; return toFort St. Louis, 411 ; accountof his adventures, 411-413;among the Cenis Indians, 413;attacked with hernia, 417;Twelfth Night at Fort St. Louis,417; his last farewell, 418; followersof, 420 ;prairie travelling,423 ; Liotot swears vengeanceagainst, 424 ; the murder ofMoranget, Saget, and Nika,426; his premonition of disaster,428 ; murdered by Duhnntcharacter of, 430; his enthusiasmcompared with thai ofChamplain, 431 ; his defects,431 ; America owes him an enduringmemory, 432 ; tinvels of his patient fortitude,432 ; evidences of his awtaaaiuatiou,432; undeniable rigor «»fhis command, 43.3 ; locality of hisassassination, 434 ; hi* debts,434 ; Tonty's plan to assist, 453-455 ; fear of Father AUouexfor, 459 ; Jesuit plans against,459,477, 479,480,481,4b-'484, 485. 486.La Salle, village of, 146, 167.La Taupine (Pierre Moreau), 78.LaTortue, 367.Launay, De, 453, 455.Laurent, 199,218.Lavaca River, the, 392, 395, 396.La Vache Kiver, the, 392.Laval-Mont mort ncy, FrancoisXavier de, first bishop of Quebec,110 ; accused of harshnessand intolerance, 110; encouragesthe establishment of theassociation of the Saiuto Faniille,111.La Violette, 187.La Voisiu, burnedalive at Paris,179Le Baillif, M., 34.Le Ber, Jacques, 97 ; becomes LaSalle's bitter enemy, 101, 326.Leblanc, 193 ; takes false reportsof La Salle to Fort Crevecttor.217,218.Le Clerc, Father ChrAien, 169,175, 192, 198, 217, 234. 238; hisaccount of the KcVollot missionsamon