Hidden Treachery Around La Salle Sees a Young Witness
In autumn a girl in New France recalls Sieur de la Salle’s expedition and key figures like Frontenac and La Barre. She remembers Rene d’Artigny, Cassion, and a planned voyage that would take La Salle’s party north to the Illinois fort, while treachery brews at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Chevet
Monsieur Cassion
Sieur de la Salle
la Salle
Ursuline Convent
Cassion
la Barre
Monsieur la Salle
de Tonty
Rene d'Artigny
New France
Frontenac
Bigot
Quebec
Chevet
Caisson
Sieur d’Artigny
A Tale of D'Artigny Arrives at Hugo Chevet's Land
Adele la Chesnayne recalls a three year past meeting with Sieur Rene d Artigny at her uncle Hugo Chevet s fur trading post as he arrives seeking passage with Commissaire Cassion for a journey to Fort St. Louis. Chevet distrusts La Salle's faction and warns Adele to bar D Artigny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele la Chesnayne
Monsieur
Montreal
Quebec
Hugo Chevet
France
Mademoiselle
Cassion
Chevet
la Barre
de Baugis
Illinois
Sieur de la Salle
New France
Monsieur de la Salle
Louis
Cassioo
Adele
D’artigny
Monsieur Chevet
Monsieur Cassion
du Bois
Sieur
Rene d’Artigny
la Salle’s
Frontenac
Chanticleer
IlIinols
de Raugis
Fort St. Louis
St. Louis
Sieur de la Salie
Bab
Regiment
Picardy
Mademoiselle le Chesnayne
Hugo
Monsieur d’Artigny
Messieurs
la Salle
Francois Cassion
The Choice of a Husband Chapter II Scene
A fragment from Chapter II shows Mon sieur Cassion leaving at dusk as narration captures a moment of departure and quiet reflection. The scene centers on relationships and social expectations in a historical setting, hinting at forthcoming marriage considerations.
Dark scheme of Cas sion and Chevet for marriage to La Chesnayne
Cas sion and Chevet hatch a plot linked to the marriage to La Chesnayne as part of a grim tactic to win the French king's favor. The dialogue hints Cass may love the girl, but implies a dangerous plan to remove her as a obstacle in a ruthless contest among desperate men for power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassion
Chevet
le la Chesnayne
Cass
Orise
Vely
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Brontie
Iby K
Monsieur Francois Cassion
Saint Glies
Cheret
Sieur d'Artigny
Cockerel
Sieur d’Artignyn
Louis d'Artigny
Darrish
Miclurg
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