No sooner heard the news of La Salle's landing on the shores of the Gulf, and of the disastrous beginnings of his colony, than he prepared, on his own
White Savages
Joutel found himself doomed to the company of three villains, who, he strongly suspected, were contriving an opportunity to kill him,Previously in
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 28
The locality of La Salle's assassination is sufficiently clear, from a comparison of the several narratives.Previously in The Discovery of the Great
Murder on the Prairie
The floodgates of murder were open, and the torrent must have its way.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 27
They began the fatal journey from Texas to Canada.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project presenting the
Desperation in French Texas Fort
These multiplied disasters bore hard on the spirits of the colonists.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project
France’s Texas Colony
At length they found a more friendly band, and learned much touching the Spaniards, who, they were told, were universally hated by the tribes of that
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 26
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
La Salle in Texas
As the smoke and flame rolled towards them before the wind, La Salle caused all the grass about the camp to be cut and carried away, and especially