Show lasalles will has been found representative porter of new york unearths Un earths the document niagara falls fallan sN N Y representative peter A porter has found the will of 13 bleur de la salle the french blench discoverer who launched the first vessel vesse I 1 which sailed the great lakes the document Is undoubtedly the first will made by a white man disposing of property in the new world this Is a translation of the will robert cavalier esquire de a salle seigneur and gosvenor gou venor of fort frontenac in new france considering si the great dangers and continual perils in which the voyages I 1 undertake engage me had and wishing to acknowledge as much as I 1 am able the great obligations which I 1 owe to M francois piet my cousin for the signal services which he has rendered to me in my most pressing necessities and because it Is through his assistance that I 1 have preserved to this time fort frontenac against the efforts which were made to deprive me of it I 1 have given granted and transferred and give grant and transfer these presents to the said al piet in ease case of my death the and property of the ground and limits of oc tile tho said fort frontenac and its depending lands and alt all my rights in the country of the illinois and others to tile the south together with the establishment which la Is in the country of the alt all amis in the condition which it shall be ba at the time of my death of the niagara and all the others which I 1 may have founded there together with fill all barges boats and great boats movable and rights and privileges rents lands buildings and other things belonging to me which shall be found there willing these presents for ray my testament and declaration in the manner in which I 1 ought to kiako it such being my last will as above written by my hand and signed by ray my hand after having read it and again read it made at montreal the eleventh day of august 1681 CAVALIER DE LA SALLE |