La Salle the explorer FD
By: Anderson Kempf
Explorers
“Explorers are stupid” Explores go exploring for different reasons such as religion, wealth, discovery, and to conquer other people. Explores are considered brave because back then they thought the earth was flat and people would fall off the earth. If explores explore to teach religion the are called missionary’s
La Salle
La Salle was a French explorer. La Salle explored the Mississippi river area to Michigan. La Salle had to pay for his expeditions by himself. La Salle explored because he wanted to find easier ways too places. La Salle was a wealthy person and was able to fund his mission.
La Salle’s childhood
La Salle lived from 1643 to 1687. La Salle “his real name was rene-robert cavalier”(World Book, Inc, 2005, p. 79-80) went to a school by Jesuit priests. He left school in 1665 to adventure. A year later La Salle took a boat to Canada which is where France deployed a colony. La Salle got some land by Montreal.
La Salle and Indians
La Salle did most of his trading with Indians. The Indians told him of the great rivers which the Indians thought flowed into the sea. In 1669 La Salle believed maybe one or both of the great rivers flowed through North America to the Pacific Ocean. Ounce La Salle thought about the great rivers he sold his land and set out to explore.
La Salle and North America
La Salle explored the large interior of North America from 1669 to 1673. People think La Salle traveled to as far as Ohio. At the end of La Salle’s long journey he thought the Mississippi river flowed into the Gulf of Mexico.
La Salle in Kingston
La Salle went back to France in 1674. In France king Louis 14’th granted him some land by the city Kingston “the present city Kingston, Ontario” (World Book, Inc, 2005, p. 79-80). La Salle deployed trading post on his new land and became one of the most powerful people in Canada.
La Salle’s settlement
Shortly after claiming his land in Canada he returned to France. La Salle returned to France to get permission from King Louis to explore the Mississippi river. In 1679 after going back to Canada he launched an expedition to claim the great lakes for France. A year later he developed the first European settlement which is now Illinois. It is by the Illinois River by Peoria and the fort was named fort Crevecoeur “fort Crevecoeur (fort Heartbreak)” (World Book, Inc, 2005, p. 79-80). When La Salle built this fort he traveled back to Canada for supplies.
La Salle’s fort
La Salle returned to Illinois in late 1681. His fort got destroyed by some rebel’s part of his occupants. La Salle continued with 20 French men and roughly 30 Indians sailing down the Illinois River inside canoes to the Mississippi river.
La Salle’s expedition
La Salle’s Mississippi expedition began in 1682 February 13th and made it to the Gulf of Mexico on April 9th. By the mouth of the Mississippi river he claimed all the drained land and its tributaries for France. This new claimed land extended from Appalachian Mountains east to the Rocky Mountains on the west. He named the land Louisiana after King Louis.
La Salle’s other fort
La Salle built another fort in 1682 on the Illinois River bluff. The bluff is now inside starved rock state park. La Salle would like to make a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi river. La Salle left for France again in late 1683. La Salle went back to France to get supplies and settlers for a colony.
La Salle’s fail
La Salle set off to the Gulf of Mexico in 1684 with 4 ships and roughly 300 colonists. La Salle never succeeded because La Salle sailed past the Mississippi river. La Salle deployed a colony in 1685 named fort Saint Louis. This new fort was west of the river. This colony was by Matagorda Bay or roughly 80 miles east of Corpus Christi In Texas.
La Salle and Indians
Native Indians threatened La Salle’s new settlement. Most of La Salle’s colonists died horrible death’s from disease. In 1687 La Salle’s colony really needed help.
La Salle got betrayed
In 1687 La Salle and some of his men began walking on land to find the Mississippi River there plan was to follow to Canada. Unfortunately they never found Canada. Some of La Salle’s men turned against him and traitor killed La Salle.
La Salle’s exploration
La Salle was a French explorer that lived in the 1600’s. La Salle explored the Mississippi river, the Gulf of Mexico, Canada, and France. La Salle was the first person to make a European settlement. La Salle had named most of his discoveries in honor of King Louis the 13th
La Salle’s place
La Salle discovered wonderful place known as Louisiana was names in honor of the wonderful king Louis. La Salle setup lots of forts, settlements, and trade posts. “I wonder why La Salle’s own men betrayed him?”.
References
World Book, Inc (2005). The World Book encyclopedia: Volume 12. Chicago: World Book
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