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Tragedy of La Salle Setter of French Empire Narrative
The article recounts the death of Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle on March 14 1687 at Trinity River Texas describes his 1682 claim of Louisiana for France and his earlier Mississippi mouth exploration. It traces France’s territorial span from the Alleghenies to the Rockies and notes later U S acquisitions and La Salle's Canadian land grant for trading.
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Trinity River
Texdas
Robert Cavalier
Sieur de la Salle
America
Mississippi River
France
Louisiana
Alleghenies
Rockies
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Missouri
Napoleon
United States
New World Republic
Commonwealths
Arkansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Oklahoma
New World
Montreal
Seminary of
St. Sulpice
la Salle
Ohio
Vermilion Sea
Gulf of California
China
Lake Ontario
Louis Joliet
Lake Superior
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Illinois
Joliet
Jacques
Marquette
Great Lakes
Michigan
Pacific
Mexican Gulf
Paris
Louis XIV
Fort Frontenac
Lake Ontarios
Kingston
Canada
Louis
Louis Hennepin
Hennepin
St. Anthony
Minneapolis
Illinois River
le Febvre de la Barre
New Biscay
Moranget
Anastase
Duhaut
Liotot
D’iberville
Cheely-Raban Syndicate