Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7Joutel, Henri
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Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7
Joutel, Henri
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; Louisiana -- History -- To 1803; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
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AN
HISTORICAL JOURNAL
OF THE
Late Monsieur _de la Sale’s_
LAST
VOYAGE
INTO
North America
To Discover the
River _MISSISIPI_.
[Sidenote: _It is Mr._ Joutel _that speaks in this Journal_.]
At the Time when Monsieur _de la Sale_ was preparing for his last
Voyage into _North America_, I happen’d to be at _Roan_, the Place
where he and I were both born, being return’d from the Army, where I
had serv’d sixteen or seventeen Years.
The Reputation gain’d by Monsieur _de la Sale_, the Greatness of
his Undertaking, the Natural Curiosity which all men are possess’d
with, and my Acquaintance with his Kindred, and with several of the
Inhabitants of that City, who were to bear him Company, easily
prevail’d with me to make one of the Number, and I was admitted as a
volunteer.
[Sidenote: _July 1684_]
Our Rendezvous was appointed at _Rochel_, where we were to imbark.
Messieurs _Cavelier_, the one Brother, the other Nephew to Monsieur _de
la Sale_,[29] Messieurs _Chedeville_, _Planteroze_, _Thibault_, _Ory_,
some others and I, repair’d thither in _July 1684_.
[Sidenote: _Departure from_ Rochel.]
Monsieur _de la Sale_ having provided all Things necessary for his
Voyage, surmounted all the Difficulties laid in his Way by several
ill-minded Persons, and receiv’d his Orders from Monsieur _Arnoult_,
the Intendant at _Rochel_, pursuant to those he had receiv’d from the
King, we sail’d on the _24th of July, 1684_,[30] being twenty four
Vessels, four of them for our Voyage, and the others for the Islands
and _Canada_.
[Sidenote: _Persons that went._]
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