Hennepin accompanied La Salle to the point where Fort Crèvecœur was built, on the Illinois, and parting from La Salle here in February, 1680, he pursued his further wandering down the Illinois to the Mississippi, and thence up to the Falls of St. Anthony, which were named by him in reference to his being a Recollect of the province of St. Anthony in Artois. On the 3d of July, 1880, the bi-centenary of the discovery of these Falls was observed, when C. K. Davis delivered an historical address. Thence, after being captured by the Sioux and rescued by a party under Du Lhut,[675] Hennepin made his way to the Wisconsin, passed by Green Bay, and reached Quebec. He soon after returned to France, where, on the 3d of September, 1682, he obtained the royal permission to print his first book, which was issued from the press Jan. 5, 1683. From this point his story[676] can be best followed in connection with the history of his books, and as they are rare and curious, it has been thought worth while to point out a few of the repositories of copies, which are indicated by the following heavy-faced letters:— =BA.= Boston Athenæum. =BPL.= Boston Public Library. =C.= Library of Congress. =CB.= Carter-Brown Library, Providence. =HC.= Harvard College Library. =HCM.= Henry C. Murphy. =L.= Lenox Library, New York. For full titles, see the Bibliography in Shea’s edition of the _Description of Louisiana_, and the article “Hennepin,” in Sabin’s _Dictionary_. Cf. also Brunet, _Supplément_, 598. I. DESCRIPTION DE LA LOUISIANE. This first book was entitled _Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Oüest de la Nouvelle France. Les Mœurs des Sauvages. Par le R. P. Louis Hennepin_, Paris, 1683. Pages 12, 312, 107. Some copies are dated 1684. COPIES: =BA.=, =C.=, =CB.=, =HC.=, =L.= (both dates). REFERENCES: Shea (ed. of Hennepin), nos. 1, 2; Sabin, _Dictionary_, no. 31,347; Ternaux, _Bibliothèque Amér._ no. 985; Harrisse, _Notes sur la Nouv. France_, nos. 150, 352; _Carter-Brown Catalogue_, vol. ii. no. 1,266, with fac-simile of title; _Hist. Mag._, vol. ii. no. 24 (by Mr. Lenox), 346; Dufossé, _Americana_, 70 francs, with genuine map, and 40 or 50 francs with fac-simile; Leclerc, _Bibl. Americana_, nos. 897, 898 at 90 and 150 francs; Rich, _Catalogue_ (1832), no. 402, 12_s._ The map, of which a section is herewith given in fac-simile, measures 10.2 X 17.2, “Guerard inven. et fecit. Roussel sculpsit,” and is often wanting. Cf. Harrisse, no. 352; _Hist. Mag._, vol. ii. 24. Harrisse (no. 219; also see no. 238) cites a map preserved in the Dépôt des Cartes de la Marine, which seems to embody the results of Hennepin’s discoveries. The next edition (Paris, 1688) shows the same pagination, with some verbal changes in the text, and is accompanied by the same map. COPIES: =B.A.=, =CB.=, =HC.=