2. _Cavelier de la Salle de Rouen_, Paris, 1871, p. 23. This work is in good part a commentary on Parkman, to whom it is dedicated. 3. “La route du Mississipi,” in the _Compte rendu, Congrès des Américanistes_, Nancy, 1878, placing it in 1666. 4. In _Magazine of American History_, viii. 305 (May, 1882). Views in support of the prior discovery of Joliet and Marquette, and opposed to the claim for La Salle, are given in the following places, without enumerating Charlevoix, Sparks, and the other upholders of the Joliet discovery, before Margry’s theory was advanced:— 1. Tailhan, as editor of Perrot’s _Sauvages_, Paris, 1864, p. 279. 2. Verreau, _Voyage de MM. Dollier et Galinée_, p. 59. 3. Parkman, _La Salle_. 4. Faillon, in his _Colonie Française en Canada_, iii. 312; while at the same time he testifies to Margry’s labors in vol i. p. 24. 5. Harrisse, _Notes, etc., sur la Nouvelle France_, 1872, p. 125, where he reviews the controversy; and again in the _Revue maritime et coloniale_ (1872), xxxii. 642. 6. J. Brucker, _Jacques Marquette et la découverte de la vallée du Mississipi_, Lyons, 1880, taken from _Les études réligieuses_, vol. iv. 7. H. H. Hurlbut, in _Magazine of American History_, September, 1882. 8. John G. Shea, in the Wisconsin Historical Society’s _Collections_, vii. 111; and in the _Bursting of the La Salle Bubble_, already referred to. In his edition of _Le Clercq_, ii. 89, he speaks of the theory as “utterly absurd.” FATHER LOUIS HENNEPIN AND HIS REAL OR DISPUTED DISCOVERIES. BY THE EDITOR. THE life of this Recollect missionary is derived in its particulars mainly from his own writings; and the details had never been set forth in an orderly way till Dr. J. G. Shea in 1880 prefixed to a new translation of Hennepin’s first book a satisfactory sketch. He seems to have been born in Hainault, though precisely when does not appear. Felix Van Hulst, in the title of his tract, gives the date approximately: _Notice sur le Père Louis Hennepin, né à Ath_ (_Belgique_) _vers 1640_. Liege, 1845. He early joined the Franciscans, served the Order in various places, travelled as he could, was inspired with a desire to see the world, and felt the impulse strongest when, at Calais, he listened to the narratives of sea-captains who had returned from long voyages. This inclination prompted him to continued missionary expeditions, and to attendance upon armies in their campaigns. In 1675 Frontenac succeeded in his attempt to recall to Canada the Recollects, as a foil to the Jesuits; and among the first of that Order to go was Hennepin, who crossed the ocean in the same ship with La Salle, the ambitious explorer, and De Laval, the new Bishop of Quebec. According to his own account, Hennepin had his first quarrel with La Salle about some girls who were on their way to reinforce the family life of the new colony.[674]