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Story of La Salle’s Texas expedition a famed early failure
The story recounts Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle’s 1684 1687 Texas voyage from France to establish a colony at the Mississippi Delta. It details mutinies reprisals and the expedition’s collapse with La Salle’s death and an 800 mile trek before final return to France. It also notes Galveston’s early settlement tied to Lafitte and possible La Salle contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Henri Joutel
University of Texas Library
Rene Robert Vauvelier
Sieur de la Sallie
Canada
Young la Salle
Nochelle
France
Mississipi River
Crear
Beaujeau
Janus
Corpus Christi
Mississipi
la Sale Je
Oby Mata- Korda Bay
la Salle
Beau- Jean
Lin Salle
Brazos River
Bay
Lengt
Arkansas
Mississippi
Trinity
Neches
Joutel
Lavaca
Galveston
Lafitte
San Antonio
Nacogdoches