| Show If I LA SALLE ALLE E ION l I I t Frances France s Greatest Explorer J jt I L I in fl the he Western W estern World to I jj I Whom Des Treachery 4 i and Disaster Meant Only J Delay To His Dauntless Spirit King Icing Louis Owed the 9 p I II I I Acquisition of the Vast Vas Ter Territory T er I q 1 of Louisiana 0 1 I N k i I i rn P I Sp p 1 Li il t rr 3 1 I F ever er man mun d nerved tn be bf b known a s athe all sI I the thil I Aon MUff It ft was Cavalier Hur de la Ia a Ball or r i never slier gher Of or all nit the great rest reat ex ff exren ren he ht h th thi most at of all 11 the thet oat t of C France In III the tin ew World he hi h saw th Ih t and ud tineI nn the th bt followed Miter I r In hi his und but noth iK g could daunt hN uk hi For or NF he a wm n of or s u ii Jh h tin eu i w of 0 the tile of f him had to intend with but bul I t nn t IL pr r 0 o man of If his hie Urn time mid tI ranks ranke gher hr 01 iIi only ii li 1 u O t I to him In the th pursuit nult of ot hi bill mighty plan I h he pared I man and anI t i f r nil II himself Hi U Une ne jre tim the th brunt of 1 C i rv hardship slid and andry cry ery ry r It Him zeal seal 1 phd no nort II I rt In Iu hUn him i oil n HI ills llie spirit ns as that ol 01 thi th furr B t by ml bi bit bd tio uyI t 1 anil It a id many mallY me h ti no n Iii vr tr r loci sight eight of or th goal gnal 1 itch II It w u III hi hIM to I attain k em ami nn hr h made mad madI I iri ir r h n fl mU mt than arm in rr f 1 I Ia greatest wUI In PillS hi JUt Jud f 1 ent t nt of lit nun PI Ni N i i r Kr groat rt tt om orn omi i 4 anler tIC hit VP M n I l r lt 11 I t of or nit t lie ills ts or I if all the th lot 14 only on Henri do doc d c 1 only nty stood the th U t 1 10 h I was Mas a h boit n ot t tI I himself for rr Iii h i 1 t only a 1 dow clow la 10 Salic Salle all In III i is ill n nI I patience lUn d n und st t I bravery h l hU hughra u shi rn hud hail a iu eu ium U t f m of ot members of their r by il nn taken from estates estate MO io Hene Itene ert aveller ot nt t the name nam of r IV I 1 La IH Halle iTh J HP lie II was aK urn orn In Houn In 1643 ami ini I at an n early IHly Re KO become became ted t w with situ lib the th Jesuit J uit low long he remained with the tI th Jesuits Jesuit i not clear elMr hut but hi III ii was wu on good giasi 1 term ith the th order when hen hr hi h left Itt It II Hr It II had bud n ii elder brother tile the th Ah Jean er In nI a R prIest of f Ht nd In 1 h he miM n M fJ the i ocean o n tn to In him The corporation of o at t III th the Seminary of Ht Mt ke ll then tIn the moat ct t In Canada anad They were wr eager 9 outposts us ill a I protection pre led II th Iroquois Frum tn them m LA allo aim got Rot a IL grant nt ot of l ItuNI Hl nine miles lest t of Montreal and anil nd started at a once ome omeo o 0 Improve his lila domain It wa warn w ad situated for th tbs fur trail trade lAter In lii derision It got sot the name lj La 1 by b It Is I known to totY tY iy i I in alk had tie lie been heen conservative night h ed I hbo bin lit di dm ln and tome Krome one nile of ot the th grand of lit but It Is I that before he hi h tb tO the New ew ev World he had ideas Idea becoming an explorer fur for no r had hod he ha reached Lit I Chine than SIO 00 lo began to study th the Indian lan Ian Within throe three years 18 h hI he mas mis m mt t ered the th Ir Iroquois ls und and s v il 1 or ht or dialects dl t A l I u lIlKe to the South uth s sea a 3 and a new nem road Jor or the aini riches of oC Mere were cr the th dreams dream of or th UK a age He lie U hoard rom the of r the thy Ohio Ohl rt river r rf f a II great t river In n the th west wiit t that he tie h iM tl Into mt th thi I h und ant hl hi hIt lu Ik bk k lire To Qu bei lu I ii v a eDt int nt Oil un ty by in n with the th t of r i inn an n Cape KI ditton to Unit tb Ih Hi II hint had n no nomOn money mOn mone tin exi X iI till all h I I C seised s tf on In fl his hla MInlo Y v hut but th nh ml nary was willing i ti buy IUN lw isik k i p II it of f r his h Ii land iI I I Ii the thi th nu nt eu euelle u i relle elle the lh governor of or I t Iud the th I fl an ci a II 11 be he seeing Ing that Lu Li Milli iiiI II i lo to IU the cost oMI Pour Four F 1 and allI ere bought ant md 1 14 U nun i Iea teano liti thi th South lr pr Irv pared In t I ind iiiI 1 a foL pint 11 iu lit t so nun b h fir foi r purposes of r exploration t Ion UM a tu ti open pen net lie a for Cur wk of ur if the Jesuit i ho h mi the Itlo m glat at JIW i not itt In III I it i li 1 al hut bUI In point ml VOL at tea lex 11 i tuiti t ti il he Ih I tu tim ni nit The IThe t tun tw Ian 3 it Ii i lit ant and on iii n JuU Jul Juli J U t tP i P 1669 begin tin u M VII Y I tI fp Hi ti 81 It I Ii I unit und into Iii I I I the Ihy i i IA IN XA T AN i IT made mad their way waS to la the tile villa vII of the RH m oM 1 the 0 to find H 10 to conduct let tm to the Ohio They wets disappointed and then they thy th the tb chore ora itt t the lake leke d the mouth of the Niagara and nd went nt to the Indian village of till still searching for a An ln they were WE disappointed but bul here her herthe the they met Juliet Joliet who WM wu on hi his way y yIk ba Ik k from fron tr the west wI HH lie 11 lieu had 11 1 made mad H a it luau of oC the upper lakes luken und and u Ii of uC It to La Halle hll The tale tahi t Iw he tol tolI I of f t tl tI tile let led It the Hul to decide dEdde to go KO Into their ter tar despite the tact fact that the tin Jesuits hut that field tn so tit the IhM and Is IA J SAil Salle parted p Thc Thoy rh thought h he was wan going back beck to Montreal f I nal He If ft was wan sick nick and In no con condition on to I go gm forward but bill lie Iii did not nut nuta go R a buick back Just Jul what he did In the next two t year are l It ii not hot cl clear ar arIt It Jl U III I certain he I held beld tn to hl hi his original und aol reached the Ohio and II lI t down don that stream m to the tulle at t Louisville where hla hie hi ions In refusing to e go further abandoned him How Ilow far fr La Ia Ratio Raile wandered after he hi h wax was tM deserted Is III 1 a n There Is ii I iea reason on to believe bell lie he went w nt north dl ilk covered the tho Illinois and making his hla hi way y to tn the great lakes lak returned by that route roul Hoon after his hili return a aman milan man became governor of ot Canada who was to be his hi steadfast friend anti and nd sup supPorter Porter fur for th the remainder r of his hi life lit That man Juan wim Count Frontenac They The were Ere alike In many re respect t They MIe were t I daring and ambitious Koth Iloth disliked the Jesuits were I Jour r Iloth noth had hd Influence with willi the Indians Indiana One On of or the tint act actS of Count Kron ron as a governor wan wa to build Port Fort where now stands the city fit of f Kingston ton here Her 11 h he held hell a great greet I council with the tI Indians Indian and anol etAb established a peace that lasted for several veral I years La I Sail Halle was warn hi hit his a ent nt In the th Indiana IndIan Judie to the fort tort and ami an I soon after ater the council 11 IA Halle slIe l lor for tor or Franco France with strong Utters letters from As All A a result f La 10 Salle was w enabled sill ami nd got a Kraut Krant of ot Fort Port From Pron I roll tense tac and ant many loony miles ml of ot lint land around In return turn La Li Sails galle was we lIa to es is a colony olon build a church huh pay Iy y the cost of the fort tort and maintain at athis athis t thi his hi own nn expense a garrison equal to that thai of oC Montreal Then Is I a suspicion that thai the gover governor governor governor nor was w La IA Salles Sal partner penner In this thin at af fair and nd that thai they the took look advantage ot of he the set t by the th Jesuits and former Corner and determined to en enIkh enrich n nIch Ich rich themselves through the th big bis bl fur trade Fort rort Frontenac would command Whether r commercial Interests interest entered tnt nto th til tI matter or not It Is I a R tact fact that Fort ort orl was of Treat great Value vh to tn toI I male nala for tor defense and In lii the Iliff hg MIT of trade Aside Ald from fm that It formed firmed the base haae for La Halles Ball future undertaking After AttEr he had hd torn town 1 n the I hI old uld Id wooden fort replaced It tt with one un n of stone atolls established a forge It l i mill bakery barracks and built smelt small hiI for Cor use on the theo lake he went once one more loon to In Prance France Iran Ills III work at lit Iron From tI hail heel but bUI the foundation for to hi ariit enterprise He lie II no Ii longer be the th l Into the theIn thela Til la itt In He It II was M satisfied It emptied 1 In Into InI into to I the Ih lulf of nr Mexico end and In his hi imag be h i san Mn a it western watern and end south louth w st rn New and anti greater than the old which he h be lie the th mesh means lIIa of lit Riving giving to 10 the king He lie II came bark beik with a commission authorizing him to ti pursue puru his hi explorations exploration em empowering empowering powering him to build torts In n now found country and hold haiti po n of them giving to him a monopoly of the trails trade In buffalo skins kl but bul forbidding him to trade tralle with tribes tribe trl accustomed to with Montreal All his hI work was to tn be at his hi own risk rick and anti ex cx expense x pense f tn and gnu he h was w to complete It with within in live years yA yANo No on one ran can an study the plan piana of f Salle SR without marveling at the breadth of at the th man mans s comprehension and anti hi III tile mastery matry of the Ih details detail of his hi undertaking ing In He lie provided for every contingency except the th treachery of ot man To get arl ft the money to tins finance nee his hi project ha he mortgaged hi his Fort Frontenac posse Ione Forty Fort per par pt r cent he hi to pay When Wh he h had borrow rd every dollar l he h began the purchase M of ot sup supplies up plies piles II What an nn amount he knight bought may maybe ma maybe be appreciated from his hie hi plans plan Thew ThIM In brief were wre as a follows follow He lie II would send out three j parties front from Fort Fron Frontenac FronIn tenet In One Oil would 1 I he a R sort of advance adnee The second would be the main body hody The Th third would bring the tile bulk of or the supplies lI The Th hut first stags stage talC of the Journey would be bP Fort to 10 the nil mouth If it the Niagara The second lId Ir Irm m above the th falls fails I to ti t the th mouth if f InC tn lit t Joseph Josph river on n Lake Inks I Michigan The Th third from the th St Joseph to the Illinois and the th fourth from the i tn to th the mouth of the Mississippi Every Jo I step t was WA to tn be l e sulk Forts were ware to be b built pout poets established trade tr tl opened and n R regular linn IIno of communication maintained maintain Two ship were to carry I the artisans artisan ond supplied to 10 Niagara Then Theon the cannon the anchors anho the sup supplies supplies up plies and alit the keel kl of another ship hip were wen w Hi to ti be dragged over the tue 12 milE miles of ot hills hili up to 10 and nd beyond the cataract tra There Therea a new lIew ship hiI was wa to be ba built to nail Mil Lake lAkeI Erie I rl where ship never had sailed be ho before fore Corp Thin Thi hl ship hip was waR to carry Mrry the th ex cx expedition to Lake lAk Huron and then to Lake Michigan At the th mouth of ot the St Joseph h a R and lid post were wre to be built hullt Then Thai run can cannon An Annon non mm anchors supplies and the keel of ot another nother ship were to be 10 b transported by bywater bywater water and anti by land Ind to the point on the tue t le Illinois III I n I There Ther another ship hll wa wU was to tobe tobe tobe be built another fort and another post established Then La Ia Salle Salie warn Y AI to pro piu proceed read 1 In the th lb new n ship I The magnitude of or the Ih undertaking can cn be appreciated only when It 1 is III explained that wet west of lAke Luke Ontario the th largest craft creft afloat wo was a canoe cn The only station the French hail had In III the th west 1 was that thit of ot the th Jesuits at Mar Marquette Marquette Ir quette anti ami Joliet Jollet had bait been n to the Mis Mississippi 11 Pt but the he vast tast region was wasa w ww ll a wilderness w I lern With that surprising ul patience rind arut care for detail that thai characterized hi his while life I 1 La a Still Salle saw w ti th thorough equipment of ot hi his expedition before thu th start allut Others OtherL too watched hi his prep preparation p and nd studied hi hla plane plan with no noless noI lisp less I care calf He lie had been HO to successful In Canada and his hi scheme wa was so in big that the th whole pi province ov I lire wa ws excited It If Ith Ithe he h he h would be the greatest man Plan In tile the th western world He II 11 pra Ir would lie be I master mar of ot the wet west Hut Hul thore th were Wf many who hoped h would cult full fill The Th merchant who hail had lost I ot n a 1 of if r the th rich fur trade tile his hi favor faor with fount Fronte N l R or JA I mac nae saw w him ruler of nf the trade of the new domain The Jesuits Jults who saw aw In Frontenac and La Lit A Salle men who would divest them theom of nil the power and nd nu au authority they thy had enjoyed no so long hUll hud no love loveo for them The TIM politicians whom Frontenac In hi brusque way had bail over Or overridden ridden would rejoice If It La 1 Salle Sail wits was wa ruined for tot hie hia failure would reflect redact t on the count With little litti thought Juht of oC Je Jealous l u ul mer merchants chants chant embittered Jesuit or crafty politicians La Salle went ent on his hI way late lale In 1978 1878 The Thil first disaster dl cams came In III Inthe Inthe the first stage tg of ot the Journey The ne supply ship which had hd on board hoard Ln Lri Still Palle ansi and nd Tonly was vas delayed by con contrary wind winch wi 1 La SaIl Salle eager to Pee e Whet what progress m wa was being made mad by tin th main forces at al Niagara landed In It u smell small boat The TIte Th pilot t to 10 whom h he had left Ift command disobeyed his orders anti and by hy accident or pr lr design the ship wn wrecked reck It contained the provisions the stuff for tor barter with the th Indians the tool for tor the artisans and anti the mul multitude multitude of thing of Incalculable value In auch such an undertaking Only the an anchor anthor thor chor and cables Able were re saved sved vet How the adventurers suffered that thaL thal winter white while hll they thy were r building the Griffon hits has h been bec It told In the story atory of Father which was wall printed In iii tilts this series rt of if historical narrations tl na naThe The Indians Indian were eager er to burn burll the thc boat Maybe they were Instigated by hy agents nt from Montreal 1 or Quebec but hut In lii Inthe h the spring the th Griffon wa was launched cannon which had been dragged over the th many miles mile of ot lulls hills wa was put aboard and the vessel was safe te at t lust last La Salle Sail had gone lon back for tor supplies to t replace those th tho lost lot In the wreck lie 1111 Ii returned return without them and with a II new tale tle of disaster His Ilia enemies bent on ruining him hail hd spread all sorts of rumors rumor about bout him and nd all 1111 his lii hi property In tn Canada Cand hail had been seized although his hi of or Fort Frontenac wa wag ample to t pay pey all his oblIgations obligation By sickness and his hla main force hail had been reduced to 41 U With these the the Griffon spread her hr sails on Lake Lak Erie Jorl on August Augut 7 1679 and ansI the theO second O Ond s lg of the journey was w enter entered ed tI upon uon For |
