Parkman – Page 11 – History Moments

Table of Contents of Francis Parkman's books on French Canada published on this site.

August 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 29

Might not the unhappy colonists left on the shores of Texas still be rescued from destruction?Previously in The Discovery of the Great

The locality of La Salle's assassination is sufficiently clear, from a comparison of the several narratives.Previously in The Discovery of the Great

They began the fatal journey from Texas to Canada.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project presenting the

Of what avail to plant a colony by the mouth of a petty Texan river? Cost what it might, the Mississippi must be found.Previously in The Discovery

Galveston Bay and the mouth of the Mississippi differ little in latitude, though separated by about five and a half degrees of longitude.Previously

At length they entered the Gulf of Mexico, that forbidden sea whence by a Spanish decree, dating from the reign of Philip II., all foreigners were

He now proposes to return by way of the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi to the countries he has discovered.Previously in The

His misfortune was, that, in the pursuit of a great design, he was drawn into complications of business with which he was ill fitted to

La Salle looked down from his rock on a concourse of wild human life.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project