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Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley : with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin, and Anaste Douay

lxxx. 267, [1] p. 23 cm · History of the discovery of the Mississippi River.--Life of Father James Marquette.--Notice on the Sieur Jolliet.--Relation of the voyages, discoveries, and death, of Father James Marquette, and the subsequent voyages of Father Claudius Allouez by Father Claudius Dablon ... prepared for publication in 1678.--Narrative of a voyage made to the Illinois, by Father Claude Alouez.--Bibliographical notice of the "Etablissement de la foi," by Father Christian Le Clercq.--Narrative of the first attempt by M. Cavelier de La Salle to explore the Mississippi. Drawn up from the manuscripts of Father Zenobius Membre ... by Father Chretien Leclercq.--Bibliographical notice of the works of Father Louis Hennepin.--Narrative of the voyage to the upper Mississippi, by Father Louis Hennepin. From his "Description de la Louisiane, Paris," 1683.-- · 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 La Salle's attempt to reach the Mississippi by sea, and of the establishment of a French colony

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