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Show TRAVEL IN THE'OLDEN TIME. Louis Joliet Had Few Comforts on Long Voyage. It was a clear September day In Montreal. 1072, that Iuls Joliet, a young Canadian, In the dress of a "coureur du hols," ran down to tho river and, placing his gun In n canoo, already provisioned with a hag of corn and a bng of tobneco, sprung llghtlj Into the boat and was soon breasting tho strong current of tho St. Ijiw-rence. Ijiw-rence. Tho man carried a commission from tho French government authorizing author-izing him to lead an expedition from Mackinac to discover and explore tho great river of tho West, conjectured to empty Into tho Gulf of California. Ho also bore a commission to Jncquea Marquette, of tho mission of St. Ig-nace, Ig-nace, to be his assistant and companion com-panion In tho proposed expedition. Tho prospect of a lonely voyajjo ot a thousand miles In a canoo rnuscd Joliet no apprehension of discomfort; for a compnnlon had ho not hlH gun, for warmth and rliccr his camp Arc, for solace his pipe? And for protection protec-tion there was lil.s Inverted ennoo, beneath be-neath which ho could sleep unmindful of tho elements. I K. Decker, In Four-Track Nuws. |
