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Article: La Salle and the Mississippi.(Short Story)(Review)
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- Cobblestone
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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For the first couple of years after La Salle arrived in Canada, he seemed content to be a thriving landholder and fur trader. He ventured out among the neighboring Indian tribes. He learned their languages and traded furs with them. La Salle could have lived the rest of his life as a prosperous trader. But his restless spirit and explorer's curiosity tugged at him. He listened to the Indians' stories of great rivers called Ohio and Misi-Sepe (Mississippi). La Salle knew he must follow his dream: to find the Mississippi River and explore it to its end.
La Salle's first task was to hire a crew and buy equipment, supplies, and goods for trading. To raise money, he ...