With five others they paddled in canoes along the north shore of Lake Michigan, through Green Bay, up the Fox River, and then crossed overland to the beautiful Wisconsin. Quietly and rapidly their boats passed down the Wisconsin until they reached a great valley several miles in width and a great river. Following the current, they passed the mouth of the gently flowing Illinois, then the rushing and muddy Missouri, the slow and clear Ohio, and finally, in July, they reached the mouth of the Arkansas. Convinced that the Mississippi flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, they set out on the return trip of two thousand miles. Joliet reached Quebec in safety, but Marquette fell ill and remained among the Indians. The next spring while preaching in Illinois near where Ottawa now stands, he fell ill again, and died. The Indians showed their love and respect by bearing his remains by canoe to Mackinac, where he was buried beneath the chapel floor of his own mission house. SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL =The Leading Facts.= _1._ Champlain laid the foundations of New France at Quebec, and made a treaty with the Indians on the St. Lawrence. _2._ Joliet and Marquette were sent out from Canada to explore the Mississippi River. _3._ Joliet returned to tell the story of their discoveries and Marquette remained among the Indians in Illinois. =Study Questions.= _1._ What part of North America did France first settle? _2._ Who was Champlain? _3._ Tell the story of his first battle with the Iroquois. _4._ What things in New France did Champlain help? _5._ What was Champlain's blunder? _6._ Who were Joliet and Marquette? _7._ Tell the story of Joliet and Marquette. _8._ How did they get back to Canada? Near what place in Illinois did Marquette preach? =Suggested Readings.= CHAMPLAIN: Wright, _Children's Stories in American History_, 269-280; McMurry, _Pioneers on Land and Sea_, 1-34. JOLIET and MARQUETTE: McMurry, _Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley_, 1-15; Thwaites, _Father Marquette_. WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD HENRY HUDSON, WHOSE DISCOVERIES LED DUTCH TRADERS TO COLONIZE NEW NETHERLAND =34. Hudson's Explorations.= One year after the men of New France had founded the city of Quebec the Dutch began the colony which became the Empire State. About the time John Smith was working hard for Jamestown, his friend Henry Hudson was sailing for some Dutch merchants in search of a northern sea route to India (1609). [Sidenote: =The discovery of the Hudson by the Dutch=] One bright fall day Hudson sailed into the mouth of the great river which now bears his name. He hoped that he had entered the arm of the sea which might carry him to India. He turned the prow of his vessel, the _Half Moon_, up stream. [Sidenote: =What Hudson and his men saw=]