The journeys of Réné Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, as related by his faithful lieutenant, Henri de Tonty; his missionary colleagues, Fathers Zenobius Membré, Louis Hennepin, and Anastasius Douay; his early biographer, Father Christian Le Clercq; his trusted subordinate, Henri Joutel; and his brother, Jean Cavelier; together with memoirs, commissions, etc
Isaac Joslin Cox (Editor)
Biographies
2 volumes frontispieces (volumes 1: portrait), map 18 cm.
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Vol. 1: Memoir, by the Sieur de la Tonty
Tonty's memoir
Tonty on the Illinois and Mississippi
Account off the discovery and the River Mississippi and the adjacent country, by Father Louis Hennepin
Narrative of the first attempt by M. Cavelier de la Salle to explore the Mississippi by Father Chretien le Clercq
Narrative of the adventures of La Salle's party at Fort Crevecoeur, in Illinois, from February, 1680 to June, 1681, by Father Zenobius Membre
Narrative of La Salle's voyage down the Mississippi by Father Zenobius Membre
Account of taking possession of Louisiana, by M. de la Salle
Memoirs presented by La Salle to the Marquis de Seignelay in 1684
Account of La Salle's attempt to reach the Mississippi by sea, and of the establishment of a French colony in St. Louis Bay, by Father Christian le Clercq
Narrative of La Salle's attempt to ascend the Mississippi in 1687 by Father Anastasius Douay
To the death of La Salle
Douay's narrative
The return to France
Cavelier's account of La Salle's voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi, his landing in Texas and march to the Mississippi
Cavelier's account of La Salle's last two journeys
Vol. 2: Joutel's historical journal of Monsieur de la Salle's last voyage to discover the River Mississippi
The landing in Texas and departure of Beaujeu
Beginning the settlement
The first search for the Mississippi
La Salle's second journey in search of the Mississippi
La Salle's last journey in search of the Mississippi
his assassination
The French among the Cenis
Fate of the assassins
Separation of the party
The journey to Arkansas
From the Arkansas to the Illinois
From the Illinois to France