Story of the La Salle Mission, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from Story of the La Salle Mission, Vol. 1 of 2: From 1838, Arrival of First Missioners, to 1857, Departure of Rev. J. O'reilly, C. MThe winter of 1673 had already set ln NO sooner had it passed, and the sprrng of 1674 had Opened to promrse, when, true to hrs word, Marquette was on hrs way to hrs beloved Illr nois of the rrch valley, followrng the route he had taken the year previous, except that now he sarled the western shore of Lake Mrchrgan as far down as the Chrcago Rrver which he entered He was taken out of the canoe m an alarming condr tron Hrs farthful Hurons burlt the cabrn on what rs now the throbbrng, heaving, unparalleled center of thorough Amencan energy and enterprise Hrs Illrnors children, a hundred rmles away, heard of the low condrtron Of therr beloved Black gown, and directly a delegatron of the warrrors set out during the Winter of 167 5 - 1 676 to visrt the Missioner The meetrng and the greeting were those of deep affectron, witnessed by tears and sobs on the part of Father and chrldren Was there.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.