 ... the pet project of those ages — a short way to China and the East, and was busily planning an expedition up the great lakes, and so across the continent to the Pacific, when Marquette returned from the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle...  The Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins - Page 134by James Handasyd Perkins - 1851Full view - About this book
 | William Davis Gallagher, Otway Curry - Literature - 1839 - 438 pages
...perfect the discoveries so well begun by him and his shadowy compeer, the Sieur Joliet. These were Robert de la Salle and Louis Hennepin. La Salle was a native...dim but gigantic, and, as a first step, proposed to lebuild of stone, and with improved fortifications, Fort Frontenac upon Lake Ontario, a post to which... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1839 - 618 pages
...perfect the discoveries so well begun by him and his shadowy compeer, the Sieur Joliet. These were Robert de la Salle and Louis Hennepin. La Salle was a native...governor-general of Canada, laid before him an outline of his * Charlevoix's Letters, Vol. II. p. 96. JVew France, Vol. VI. p. 20.— Marquette spells the name of... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1857 - 1038 pages
...great thoughts of discovery when Marquette and Joliet returned. At once La Salle received from them the idea, that, by following the great river northward,...westward, his aim might be certainly and easily gained. ^e applied to Frontenac, then governor-general of Canada, laid before him an outline of his views,... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1858 - 1202 pages
...great thoughts of discovery when Marquette and Joliet returned. At once La Salle received from them the idea, that, by following the great river northward,...or by turning up some of the streams which joined H from the westward, his aim might be certainly and easily gained. He applied to Frontenac, then governor-general... | |
 | Winnebago County (Ill.) - 1877 - 662 pages
...the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions' stories the idea that by following the Great River northward, or by turning up some of the numerous western tributaries, the object could easily be gained. He applied to Frontenac, Governor... | |
 | Logan County (Ill.) - 1878 - 616 pages
...the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions' stories the idea that by following the Great River northward, or by turning up some of the numerous western tributaries, the object could easily be gained. He applied to Frontenac, Governor... | |
 | Carroll County (Ill.) - 1878 - 502 pages
...the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions' stories the idea that by following the Great River northward, or by turning up some of the numerous western tributaries, the object could easily be gained. He applied to Frontenac, Governor... | |
 | Cedar County (Iowa) - 1878 - 736 pages
...the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions' stories the idea that by following the Great River northward, or by turning up some of the numerous western tributaries, the object could easily be gained. He applied to Frontanac, Governor... | |
 | Iowa - 1878 - 842 pages
...the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions' stories the idea that by following the Great River northward, or by turning up some of the numerous western tributaries, the object could easily be gained. He applied to Frontenac, Governor... | |
 | Appanoose County (Iowa) - 1878 - 618 pages
...the Mississippi. At once the vigorous mind of LaSalle received from his and his companions' stories the idea that by following the Great River northward, or by turning up some of the numerous western tributaries, the object could easily be gained. He applied to Frontenac, Governor... | |
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