CHAPTER XI.

First Journey towards the Illinois. Cenis In-

dians. - La Salle taken ill of a Fever near

the Red River. Returns to the Bay of St.

Bernard. Second Journey towards the Illi-

nois. Conspiracy against La Salle. His

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CHAPTER XII.

Contention between the Conspirators. -Five of

La Salle's Party proceed to the Illinois, and

thence to France. The Chevalier de Tonty.

-Error concerning a supposed Attempt of

La Salle to find the Mines of St. Barbe.

Fate of the Colony at the Bay of St. Ber-

nard. - Conclusion.

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APPENDIX.

No. I. Letters Patent granted by the King

of France to the Sieur de la Salle, on the 12th

of May, 1678. .

181

No. II.-Memoir concerning Louisiana, ascribed

to the Count de Vergennes.

No. III.—Parallel Passages from Le Clercq

and Hennepin, showing the Sources of Hen-

nepin's Account of a Voyage down the Mis-

sissippi.

183

No. IV. - Procès Verbal of the taking Posses-

sion of Louisiana, at the Mouth of the Missis-

186

sippi, by the Sieur de la Salle, on the 9th of

April, 1682.

194

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Birth and Parentage. · Education. Com-

mences Business as a Merchant. - Fails, and

attempts Agriculture. - Second unsuccessful

Attempt in Trade. — Marriage.

to the Bar.

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- Admitted

The Parsons' Cause. First remarkable Exhi-

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bition of Henry's Eloquence.

CHAPTER III.

Elected a Member of the House of Burgesses.

Brings forward his celebrated Resolutions on

the Stamp Act.

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CHAPTER IV.

Repeal of the Stamp Act. Henry elected to

the Continental Congress. Speech in the

Virginia Convention.

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227

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250

275

CHAPTER V.

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Military Movements. Henry appointed Com-

mander-in-Chief of the Virginia Forces.

Resigns his Commission. Elected the first

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vate Life. Reëlected Governor. — Resigns.

-Elected to the Assembly.

324

CHAPTER VII.

Virginia Convention for considering the Plan

of the Federal Constitution.

its Adoption.

- Henry opposes

348

CHAPTER VIII.

Retirement of Henry from political and pro-

fessional Life. - Domestic Occupations. -

Death and Character. .

NOTE.

Virginia Resolutions on the Stamp Act.

376

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LIFE

OF

ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE;

BY

JARED SPARKS.