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CHAPTER I.
LANDING OF LA SALLE- MISFORTUNES-FORT ST. LOUIS, ON THE LAVACA
RIVER-LA SALLE ASSASSINATED ON THE NECHEZ RIVER BY HIS OWN MENFORT
ST. LOUIS IN RUINS.
LTHOUGrH Spanish adventurers had, during the
L latter part of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
passed through the interior of Texss, historians usually
begin its history with the landing of the French under
La Salle, on its soil, in the year 1685. After having
descended the great river of the continent, and having
planted the standard of France at its mouth, La Salle
returned to France to procure the men and means for
planting a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi in order
to open a new route for commerce between France and
her Canadian colonies. He was successful in his application
at the court of Louis XIV. The king granted all
that the great discoverer desired, and in a manner suitable
to the importance of the enterprise and the dignity and
munificence of the greatest of French kings. A commission
was issued, giving him authority to establish colonies
in Louisiana, and placing him in command of the expedition.
A squadron of four vessels was provided and
furnished by the king. The Joil, a frigate of thirty-six
guns; the Belle, of six guns, a present from the king to
La Salle; the Amiable, a ship of some two hundred tons
burden; and a small vessel, the St. Francis, carrying
munitions. Beaujeau, who commanded the Joil, was also
commander or sailing master of the squadron, but under
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/83/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .