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PREFACE 
 
 \r Uk' Jlhiit-.ati'J /i\/>/rss of tlii^ city, date of J.iiiuary 26. 1S90. 1 had 
 llif jiiiv il':};c. in an arlick', of showing a location supposed by nic to Ik." 
 tlie |ila(C when- ilic vessel of i.a Salle, the " (Iriffon," was constructed in 
 the year i67(), and liy which agcncv lie intended to explore the Western 
 Lakes, and ii possible to find an outlet by water to China and tlie Indies. 
 .Since its p\ibhcation 1 ha\e l)een in receipt of several conimunicatit)ns 
 leunvdiiiL' this and other sn])posed sites. i'here l)eing such a diversit}' of 
 opinion. I have ileternuncd to re write the article, in part, adding all the 
 knowledge regarding this >ubiccl that 1 ha\c been able to obtain lYoni any 
 Sonne and in full, in order nciw to defnutely determine the site, as the 
 uiarc h of iinprovi'nu'nt is rapidly nearing this particnlar spot, and in a few 
 \eais the few liist>)ri( a! places of this sec*''>" will ha\e been entirely 
 i)i>literalcd. 1 his f\]ilanation. with the title page, gives stifticient reason 
 for the a|i])earancc of tiiis book. 
 
 A word as to the ilibhogiaiihy at the end, tor to be e\a< t. I.a Salle, 
 separate Ironi I lennepin. should not I hj included in the Mibliograjiliy of 
 the latter but in history liic two persons are so ( loselv allied that it seems 
 natural and piopi 1 that the works treating of each, historical or legendary, 
 shoulil become as one. I |ion this idea, thev have been included in the 
 list. As a inattei of leferer.ce it is to lie hoped that it may prove a helj) 
 to the student ot the historv of those jiioneers in the New France. 
 
 Ill making up this retereiu e list, which is admitted to Ik- still inconi])lete, 
 the toliowinL,r have lieeii < onsulted : .\lr. |oseph Sabin's valuable Index; 
 
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TO LA SALLE'S MEMORY. 
 
 A MONUMENT VVtIlfRl: THH (.RIFFON WAS BL'ILT 
 
 C(>NTKASTL|) WITH A MODKKX VIKW. ' '-•> '''-^X INf, 
 
 J he stucicnl ,.1 the early hisforv of that portica of this 
 country uhich borders upon the St. Laurence and u-estern 
 chain ol lakes, hnds no names more indelibly connected \yith it 
 than th(,seol Rene Robert Cayelier, Sieur de La Salic, hi. ally 
 Cheyalier Henry de Tonty and Father Louis Ilenneiun the 
 missionary and spiritual adyiser. At Fort Frontenae and yi- 
 cinity. also dunnu his exploration on the Mississippi until his 
 assassination upon the Trinity Riyer in ALarch, ir,8- he 
 cyi.iced that indomitable will vyhich has eyer been allied to 
 suecess. 
 
 La Salle was I.,.rn at Rouen, in 164;, and was of an old and 
 respected family. His father was a well-to-do merehant, and 
 occupied an honorable place in the i,nft of the state "La 
 Salle- was the title of the estate held by the family and was 
 bestowed up<.n him, as was often done to members of families 
 of stand, i,n-, as a distin-ulihed mark of esteem. ^Lan^ pcr- 
 s.uis hay,- thus in alter life been known by a different ' name 
 Irom that nxeived in baptism, and which they haye made 
 _lamf)us or infamous; in the case of Robert Cayelier, it was 
 the former, !,)r the name of Fa Salle will always in tliis por- 
 tion of the new world be held in admiration. 
 
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 As ;i VDiilh L.i Salle e\iiirc(l an aptitude lor the hit^her 
 branches ol mathematus. and at an early ag^e conceived a pre- 
 dilection tor the piiesthood and was tor a pt,ri(/(l eMiplo3'ed as 
 a teacher. Althout^h he respected the order with which he 
 was connected, yet Ins youthful siiiril would not brook t!ie 
 single line ol duty as marked, without any thous^ht on his 
 part. Self-willed and anibiticnis, his nature was too intracta- 
 ble to bend nn|)licitly to its stern decrees. Mis ambition was 
 also above the daily routine duties of a mcrciiant, or servitor 
 at court. 
 
 The intense loui^ini,^ for adventure in those days of discov- 
 ery and concjuest was further fanned inti; llanie wdien the 
 fabulous talcs of nature's at)undance in the newly-discovered 
 countries were rt.-cfted I)\ the returned adventurers. In addi- 
 tion, an eldei" brother was a priest in the New France; to him 
 he ca'ne, not however witlout a settled purpose for future 
 explorations, as he undonbtedlv- bei^an to study the features 
 ot the conntr\ , habits of tlie Indians, and their different dia- 
 lects. 
 
 The priests ol .Saint Sulpiee. to which order his brothei 
 bclon^fcd, wishiui;' to stieui^theii their line of defense ai^ainst 
 the predators- triiies of Indians, sold to actual settlers lands 
 upoii easv terms, and La .Salle was olfered a lai"ge tract neni- 
 the rapids ol L.i Chine, seseral miles distant from Montreal. 
 llavin<^ his ol)]ecl still in view, notwitiistandinir his apparent 
 indilference, he courted the visits oi the I roijuois, and was 
 told by them of the -.ast ti"a(^t of country Ivimr to tiie west, 
 and which was ti'av: -ed bv .111 iiiiUiense ri\cr, w liose nionth 
 could onlv be readiest b\- iournt.ys ot manx- Uionths. Idiese 
 stories were undoni)^ ul\- embellisluMl by the narrators when 
 they perceised tin.- eilect u|)on their listener, and thc}- only 
 served ff' lire his delermination to immediate action. Dream- 
 inir of this western passaj^e wdiich might lead t<i China, and 
 ambitions ol proving- ir, he sold his jiossessioiis fur enough to 
 Iniy a lew canoes and the necessar\- supplies, and hiring a 
 do/^en men to navigate th<-m he started for tiie great region of 
 the unknown West, in [(^;i:,. Alter his exploration had pre- 
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 defenses at its mouth, and take possession of the territory in 
 the name o! France. JJnt with all this, Canada, to his mind 
 must stdl be the outlet of the -leat fur-bearing re-ion. and t(. 
 obtam this end some one ol inlluence there must be identihed 
 ''■'"' ''"^■' "^ t'"^ I'l-oject. This i,e iound in the person of 
 ( ount hn.ntenac. who h:u] lately been appointed Govern<H- of 
 ( anada ,10;;,) and who at this tune had his attention .also 
 turned touards the western re-ion. Mearin- of this I a Salle 
 entered he:.rti!v into the project ; entireU destitute of funds 
 but. Idled with the deli.ohls of having an ailv so powerful, he 
 at once joined with him. 
 
 I'iie antipaliiN wiiich the lro(iuois possessed toward the 
 Irench m ( onsetpien-e of the latter occupvin- theii huntm.-- 
 and lishinu- territory, and the desiiv of the French to obtain 
 control of the fur trade of the upper conntrv of the Lakes 
 to.irether with an attack upon them f)v the Indians, some time 
 previous, had insti-atefl Courcelle. the h)rmer srovernor. to 
 IHiifion tlu- Km- lora h)rt upon Lake Ontario; but hronte- 
 n;ic. hem- ;, num of ener-y. started in to anticipate any tarch 
 ,i,Mant. and under the -uise ol makiii- a tour ol the country m 
 that vicinity, he in June. 1673. left Montreal with a retinue, 
 visited the place desioned for the fort, held a -,-and reception' 
 for tlie natives, and when the engineers had quietlv marked 
 the oiound, coiiimeiKed to cut dtnvn trees, and before the 
 astonished In.lianshad comprehended these maneuvers, pali- 
 sades had l)een driven and (piite a respectable structure of a 
 h'rt had l)een erected of lo-s. The (.overnor told them that 
 ;iil these preparations were .solely for their benefit, that this 
 was a store-house where at all times thev could bin their pro- 
 visions, without the neressity of traveling hundreds of miles, 
 as heretolore. Folluwin- the erection of this fort the 
 opi)onents ol Frontenac forw.'.rde.l pc t itions to the Kin- to 
 h:ive it flemolished. and it was onl\ alter La Salle, m l674rhad 
 U^oiie to I'r.ince in order to present the tacts m the case to the 
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 These offers were acccpt(.'(-L Th.e Kin.u also conlerred upon 
 La Salle the rank of noble, j^^ranted him the iort and lands 
 Siirroundiiii;- the same, subject always to the jurisdiction of the 
 Li'ON ernoi- mI t he province. 
 
 Thus we see I'im a.- a prospi-rons jiropi'ietor, and il he had 
 been content to cout'Mue as such, throwing: aside all kirther 
 ambition as an exi)lorer, he would tlu-i-'altcr have bciu hnown 
 in history as a tradei . 
 
 As soon as pr<)sperit\- comes to a |)ersoii then commences 
 persecution, and La Salic was not an exception, lor alter 
 iiunicrous trials and pettv artilices to cnlr.ip him and lure hiiu 
 to commit himself, so that (jcu.isiou couhl lie lound against 
 him. he was aji'ain. in 1077, ol)li<rcd to \isit l'^"ance to maintain 
 his rights. His mission on this occasion. ;is befcjre, was 
 entirely successful, as King Louis of France, on the 12th da\ 
 of Maw i'^>7.S, granted in addition a p. item " to discover all the 
 western part ol New li\mi;i\ through which a wa}' ma\' be 
 lound into Me.xito, niuler the same conditions as ot i'ort h'ron- 
 tenac in i^v.^-' NVhile in l-'ramx' he obtained considerable 
 money to enable him t(j carrv out these explorations. The 
 Prince de Conti recommended IL'nry de Tont\ , an Italian, as 
 a valuable assistant in the work, together with La \lotte de 
 Lussiere, and upon La Salle's arrival at Fort !• lonteuac, he 
 found F\'Hlier Louis Henne()in at. the Iort as a Recollect friar, 
 who had come to join him and ardently entered in^o his plans. 
 
 Previous to this date, the French, to have better control ol 
 the trade of the Lake Oiitaruj, also to lacilitate connuerce, 
 had built a brig of ten tons, and m order to carry out the plan 
 of exploration upon the u[)per lakes, one ot a larger capacity 
 was designed to be built abo\e the F^dls of Niagara. La 
 Salle, as has been men! loned, had the good fortune to have 
 associated w nil him in tins work a ivw kindred spirits, such 
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 ^ e cxplon-r I . Salic. 1,„ ,o present, for the consideration 
 
 ' "'^' !'<-!>— "l—iav the obligations they arc und^-r to 
 
 cries . and also or ihe purpose of placing- on record ,hc exact 
 spo where the keel ol the hrst vessel was laid that na i-^at 
 
 e bhuMvaters of our own Lake I^nc; and to excite an!' 
 K rising pneranon a desire ,o luipetuate the memorv <;i 
 flKse explorers bv crectii,o;, 1,, a popular subscription a 
 monun.ent ^-hich shall mark the'sj.ot lo' all time 
 
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 ;;!::^"^.;^^"^^ ^''??"''- -P-'-cd from a,, en^ravu.^ made 
 
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 This view was published only 25 years after the vessel had 
 been built, and as it is the only view known, there is a" proba- 
 bility of Its being, in some particulars, corrnrt 
 
 In order to test the matter I made a personal examin.riou 
 of the place indicated by this view, and to mv surprise lound 
 just such h.c^hand low .^^round at a point opposite Cavuga 
 Island and on the east bank of the little Niag-ua, which forms 
 the channel separating Cayuga Island from the main lond- a 
 photograph was made of the place. It is herewith prt'- 
 sented.'^ ' 
 
 This locality is upon the Augcvine far.n borderip..- .;Mon 
 the ( hannel, south ol the Cayuga Creek, and with at all limes 
 a suitable depth of water, in contradistinction to the Cayuoa 
 Creek proper, nearly a quarter ol a mile to the north and 
 which has steep mud banks and a very shalJMvv bod of water 
 and in many places partly covered with rus'ies and weed. ^' 
 t is a smgular but pleasing facl for the hiMonau of to-dav 
 to know, thuc notwithstanding the dumoes inc.dcnt 1m occu- 
 pancy by a p(;pulation as progressive as ours, and upon so 
 magn.hcent a river as the Niagara, that a spot so fainuns as 
 this should have been spared until now. untoue!>ed i^v 
 miprovemeni. Such, however, is the fact. 
 
 The owner of the estate, Mr. Jackson Angevine has ^ener 
 ons ly stated to me that it will be a pleasure for him to d^.natc- 
 land sufficient for the erection of a testimonial comnxmir.r- 
 ating the event. I am amvinced that this is the true iocalitv 
 ana for which 1 hope to give good reasons for m> d.awmp^ 
 such a conclusion. " ^ 
 
 Before proceeding further wit!, the subjec, 1 w,.h in place 
 before the reader the several opinions of historians and other 
 prominent writers regarding the loe-ality of this h,siorie ship- 
 V a ret . 
 
 The first record is. of course, ,n llcnnepin-s "Description 
 de la Louisiane, • published at Paris, in i68j. pp. .r 4. and 
 45, the te.xt IS as follows: -^ " 4 . 4- ana 
 
 Tlic 
 
 cv.ew was uken December 30, .SSy. „o years al...T ,l,e <,nUu„ wn, 
 and at that time there was not any snow upon the gvonnd. 
 
 null, 
 
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 22 
 
 •'.Apres qu'il eut doniu- ses ordres, iV i)l;icr les ouvi-iers au 
 C'hantier qui cstoit :ui ticssus clu oraiul Saiilt dc Niaj^ara, pour 
 la structure d"uiie seconde Banjue . . . nostrc Navire fut 
 en pcu dc temps en estat d'estre jette a'l'eau, iS: I'ayant ben it 
 avec les ceremonies ordonnees par I'l^glise, on le niit a'l'eau, 
 (luoy cpril ne iut pas encore acheve. aim de le garcntir du feu 
 dont il csU)it menace. On le nomma le (rriffon." Which 
 translated, reads : 
 
 •'After he (La Sallei has,:^iven his orders and transferred the 
 woiknian lo \])c ship \ard, which was above the i^reat Fall of 
 Niagara, in nrdcr to build a second IJarque. ' 
 
 " Our \ essi'l ui a shcjrt time 'was in a condition ready for 
 launchin<r, 'V- 1! :;..._) with the ordinary ceremonies that 
 the church prt'scribes on such occasions ; for the j)urpose of 
 protecting it from the tire with which it had been threatened. 
 Its name was the Griffon." .\gain : 
 
 In the N(}uvelle Decouverte, pa. 94: " Le vingt deu.xieme 
 nous nous rendinies a'deux lieiies au dessus du grand Saut de 
 Niaga' i. On v dressa un Chantier ])our la construction du 
 \ aisseau, dont iioiis avions besoin pour notre V'oiage. Nous 
 ne pouvions batir dans un lieu ]>lus commode, (pi'aupres d'une 
 Riviere, qui dtscendoit dans le Detroit, (|ui est entre le Lac 
 |->ir. \ le grand Saut." Ti-anslated, is: 
 
 '• On the 2Jnd ( Januai'j, \f>7\i,) \\c proceeded to a i)oint two 
 leagues aboxe tlie great Falls of Niagara; there we put up 
 stocks t(j build the vessel we needed for our vovage. We 
 could not construct it in a more con\ enient place than near a 
 river, which ilescended into the stiaight, which is l)etween 
 Lake h>ir and the grand Fall." 
 
 Tin- lollowing is from the tirst English translation of 
 1698 : 
 
 On the .?jnd u\ the said mcjuth we went two leagues above 
 the great Fall ol Niagara, where we made a dock for building 
 the ship we wanted for our voyage. This was thj most con- 
 venient place we could jiitch upon, being upon a river which 
 falls into the strait between the Lake Erie and the great Fall 
 of ?Viagara." 
 
 
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 All at'coiinf of Moiis Dp f i '>;niu.'c i., ^ i- 
 
 mvPrir^inM .1 '*"'^-."^/-' ^^-'"t^-^ 'i'^t expedition and d 
 CO entsinNonh Aiiienra by the Chevalier Tontv I ond< 
 
 "M. La Salle had oivcn orders frMlnnldin- a neu- shin o, 
 |..^ bark, and our n,en workt about it with^dl the d len^ 
 
 tij)./cn^_allj_u2:r, ins(.nuich that thev look'd lil-r -. ,J • 
 
 -ith t^ne pol.shVI marble. . . Thi eu sht h ' " ''""' 
 
 • I 1 /I . -I nib IK \\ snip t)eili<'" np'ir hi n 
 
 -hcd Jan..o),.tK: sent ine w,th Hvc men to'vicw The co- s 
 -ul rheconntrvto the north side ol the lake, above "o 
 fannies from Nia.^ara. We embarked m -uircanocs n n d 
 havm.^ rowed two days, or rather sworn, to nsel^lT^.' 
 Savau-es. arrived to the strai-ht of the lake I lerie - 
 
 ^H.Denontille. a French Governor of Canada, who „, . 
 proclamation dated the ^.st day of Julv ,6S-. speaks o L- 
 Salle, having, spent some time above the'-^reat Fa 1 of ii .,,; 
 wHcre he had a Bark built, uhich navigated lll^ Fn ' 
 n;.n)n uKl Illmo.s. and of which the stock^. les che.ulers ' e 
 still to be seen.- Doc. IJis. N. V. Vol , ,,, ^ ^^"^'^'^^'^^-^'-^ 
 H.Story of Xcw York bv William Smith I-":'".,-! S. RH . 
 IS 14. ^SpeakinoofLaSalle.savs: '-- P^- 8o. Ed. of 
 
 "^ h;s enterprising person the same vear. ,6;S, launched . 
 bark of ten tons mto the lake Ontario, and another , , " t L 
 he year after, mto Lake Erie; about ud.ich time he end d 
 with palisad.,es, a little spot at Xia-ara " ' '"'''"^^^' 
 
 e ^ t.'"^'^'^^^^ ^ ''^'^ -' ^'^e Lakes, etc.," to the source 
 o. the Mississippi, ui I820, Ed. of i.sji \|banv \ V n-. 
 speaking of Buffalo, says: ^'ban;, X. ^ . pa. .,, ,„ 
 
 " The first vessel which navio-ated \ iln \:,-; . , , 
 
 this vicinitv. by I a Salle in Vff ' '''" '^'"'^ "^ 
 
 burden \ arf of tt . k ?'V ' ^'^'"- ' '^^'=^^^' "^ ^'-^"' v ton. 
 
 falo. 
 
 In his history of -The Inxiuois 
 further savs: 
 
 Kd. of 184;. pa. J89, he 
 
24 
 
 ' The enterprise of La Salic, in constructing^ a vessel above 
 the l"'allsof Niai^ara, n 1679, to facilitate his voyage to the 
 Illinois aiui the Mississippi, is well known, but while the fact 
 of his having thus been the pioneer of naval architecture on 
 the u|ipfr lakes, is familiar to historical readers, the particular 
 /'/titr of its construction, has been a matter of various opin- 
 ions. . These versions result in a measure from the vague 
 and jailing accounts of the narrators, whose works had been 
 constructed in some instances from abridged or mutilated 
 translations, anci not from doubt or ambiguity in the mission- 
 ary letters," pa. jqi. The vessel according to him was built 
 •' two leai' lies al»ove the Falls," "on the South, banks." From 
 c\(.ry cwimination, there can l»e no doubt, that the spot 
 selected nas Cavuga Creek, ■• that is about three miles above 
 I'ort .Sch josser." 
 
 The I Ion. Lewis Cass, ex-(iovernor of Michigan, in a paper 
 ri'ad at the first meeting of the Historical Societv of that 
 State. Sept. i.^th, iSjo, states that: 
 
 '• I'he lull (ompletion of this discovery was reserved for La 
 Sale. He was a man of genius and cultivated talents. Firm 
 ill ins resohitioiis, persevering in his efforts, full of resource, 
 he seemed destined to enlarge the geographical knowledge 
 and to extend the dominion of his countrymen. I ie built the 
 first vessel that ever navigated these lakes. .She was launched 
 at lu'ie, ami called the (iritiin." 
 
 File, Pa., or Presqu'ile, was not known at the time of La 
 .Salle s \isitaii'iii, and not until 170^ was a post of defense 
 erected at tlii-; place by the French. At this later date thev 
 iiia\ have hniU some IJ.itteaux for their use, but certainly not 
 earlu r. lidw .,iich an intelligent man as Cien. Cass, who was 
 intimately accpiainted with the c<nintry and its history, could 
 have made such a statement, exceeds belief. 
 
 The histoiiaii. 1 1 )n. deorge Bancroft, in his " History of the 
 United Slates," first Ed. \'o!. 3, pa. i6j, says: "that it (the 
 GrilToD) was built at the mouth of the Tonewande Creek." 
 Latei- in the ]'a\. of 1S5J, Vol. :?. pa. 16^, says: 
 
 * 'lb:s is iUcjii si lutmi'iii of Ciivugii Cretk .is I'ling IJU' site, that I liavo anywhere 
 foinid. 
 
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 "Near tlic n.oulh „l the Cayuga Creek the work of ship- 
 building bcsan." Subse(|uent editions of his have the same cor- 
 rectioii. 
 
 •Tared Sparks, in his " Life of Robert Cavalier de La Salle." 
 series ol American Biocrraphy, Boston 1S44, pa. -M, savs: 
 
 " Ills present aim was to push forward with all speed to the 
 west, and he lost no time in makinn- preparations for his vov- 
 a,oe. 
 
 The place for a dock-yard was selected about tw.. lea-ues 
 above the Falls, at the outlet of a creek on the Western- '"^ide 
 ol Xia-ara River. Here the keel of a vessel was laid six- 
 days after his arrival, and drove the first b..lt with hi'. ,,wn 
 hand." 
 
 Richard Ilildreth, in his "History of the United States." 
 A ol. 2, pa. 9*"), says: 
 
 . . " Before winter, he (La Salle) ascended Lake Ontnrio 
 entered the Nia-ara, and. passing round the Falls, selected a 
 spot at the loot of Lake I-rie, not far from the {.resent site of 
 Bulfalo. where he commenced buildino; the Griffin, a bark of 
 ".^'>' ^'"'^- • ■ • ^'-^ty sailors, boatmen, hunters and sol- 
 diers made ii[) the compaii}-." 
 
 " American Pioneers and Patriots." 
 ^ The Advent ures of the Chevalier de La Salle, \-c., by [ohu 
 S. C. Abbott. 1875. pp. 97 and 98, it reads : 
 
 " On the joth o; January, i6;c^. La Salle, with his long train 
 of heavilv-laden men in single tile, reached his large log-cabm 
 and ship-yard in the midst of a den.se forest on the shore of 
 Lake line. They brought upon their backs provisions, mer- 
 • chandise, ammunition, and materials fen- rigging the ves.sel 
 The dock-yard it could hardiv be called a f()rt-was about six 
 miles above Niagara 1-alls. on the Westernf side <»f the river 
 at the outlet ol a little stream called Chippewa Creek." 
 
 The late .Mr. Orsamns H. Marshall, a life-long resident of this 
 eity, and a painstaking historian, in a paper read before the 
 Historical Society of this city, February 3, 1863, gives an 
 account of the " Griffon," in which article he says : / 
 
 "■ riuit means llic CanaJiun side. 
 
 f fhiLs following; .Spaik.s' .sl.aU'nicnl, > 
 
:<) 
 
 " I listt-iiciiKs have: widely ditT(;r<;d. not only as to the oiu' 
 (site) finally selected, but ali^o as to the precise point wlicic 
 the keel ol the historic bark .s-as laid." rhen speaking (;1 the 
 " ! lii^hrock," and " Three Mountains," he continues: " Two 
 leaj^ues above the i'alls, we hnd the Cayuga C'leek, a stn ani 
 whicli answers perfectly Hennepin's description. Opposite 
 Its mouth, an island of t'.ie same name lies parallel with the 
 shore, about a mile long, and two or three hundred yards 
 wide. It is separated from the main land by a narrow branch 
 of the rivei, called by the earlv inhabitants ' Little Niagara.' 
 wide and deep enough to Hoat a vessel of the tonnage f)f the 
 ' (irilfon.' Into this channel and opposite the middle of the 
 island, Mic Cayuga Creek empties. On the main ^hore )itst 
 above the month of the creek, and under shelter of the island, 
 is a favornble site tor a ship-: ard. So eligible is the position, 
 ♦ hat it was selected by the United States Governnient, iii the 
 early part of the present century, as a suitable point lor build- 
 ing one or more \essels tor tiie transportation of troops and 
 sui>plies to the Western ports. For ihat reason it. was kiunvn 
 in early times as the 'Old Ship-yard;' and local traditions 
 iiave been [treser\ed in tiie nifUK^i v of the early pioneers of 
 its anterior occupancy, for the same purpose, by the French," 
 and in a ])aper read before the same Society, I'ebruary 27th. 
 1805. entitled the "Niagara Frontier," pa. 415, of the printed 
 volume, he adds: "The same site was selected by the United 
 States (ioxernment ab(»ut the year 1804, foi' the construction 
 of a small sloop of tiftv tons burden, called the ' Niagara,' 
 which was used lor conveying supplies to the Western pv)i ts." 
 
 Mr. Francis Parkman, Jr.. a histijrian of great research, 
 especially as regarding the early French history of the West, 
 in his " Life of Pontiac,'" 1st I"'d. Boston 1851, pa. 52, in speak- 
 ing ol this enterprise of La Salle';^, says ; 
 
 " Two leagues above the cataract on the Western- bank 
 of the river, he built the hrst vessel which c\er explored the 
 waters of the upper lakes Her name was the Grithn, and her 
 burden was sixty tons." 
 
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 In the m Ed \-„l. ,, ,„, 5S, h, „,, „3 Cayuga Ccok ^s 
 M. supposed s,ee and in his very h.leicstin./work , , ■ | - 
 h lie and ,he Oiscvery „f t|,e (ircat Wetl " |.-,| ,s- 
 
 (Mevcnlh lid,)p.i. I,-, says: ' '^ 
 
 " That i, is a question of dehatc which si.h^ of the Nii.-r-, 
 e ,.s, vessel on the Upper Lakes was builf. A elose s^l 
 
 j.Mhen,on.,,!;,a^;'-;^'"itie4':r^;;;^^ct;™'r^ 
 
 allies abONc the Fairs. P^vceptin- one or two small bro(,ks 
 there ,s no stream on the west side but Chippewa C 1 
 which Hennepm had visited and corrertlv placed T ) \ 
 leo.ue from the Cataract. I lis distanced !^. ' N;^;! ^I -^ 
 usually correct. On the east side there is a strennT I i 
 perlectly answers the conditions. This i^ Ca^^ C ek wo . 
 Ua^m. above the Falls, inunediatelv in f^,nt of V 
 -land .dx)ut a nule Ion,., separated from the shore 1 a na 
 n^ and deep arm of the Niagara, into which the Ca "; 
 CreeL discharges itsell. The place is so obviouslv suited t 
 iHU ldm<. and launching, a vessel that in the early part of thi 
 century he o-overnment of the United States chose it for te 
 construction of a schooner to carry supplies to the garriso i' 
 < he upper lakes. In examining this and other localities on 
 tl c Niagara I have been ,.reatly aided bv my friend () U 
 Marshall, o. Buffalo, who is unriv.lled in^his 'knowledge f' 
 the history and traditions of the Niagara Frontier - 
 
 John Gilmary Shea. LL. I)., a painstaking historian of our 
 country, especially of that relating to La Salle and other 
 rrench discoverers, remarks : 
 
 "The site of the stocks where the -GrifTon' was bu.lr was 
 hxed a various points by Bancroft, Sparks. Cass, Schoolcraft 
 and ot ers. O. H. Marshall, examining the matter bv';he 
 light of documents and topography, decided it to have been 
 at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, on the American side - 
 
 in a _ work entitled. "A Popular ITistorv of the United 
 States, cVc, by VVillia.n CuUen Bryant and 'Sydncv Howard 
 
;S 
 
 Gay, 4 vols., puhlislicd 1>n Charles Snihiui's Sons, N. Y., 
 KS78, \'o\. 2, at page 510, it it ads: 
 
 . . . "Arriving at the licad of Luke (^ntailo he (La 
 SalU') niadc the portaj^o by Niai^^ara Falls to Lake V.v'w, .iiid 
 at Fort I'rontcnac [sic\ he hey;aii lo build a ship ol lorty-tive 
 tons, which he called the Ciriffon." 
 
 Capt. .Lini'-'f' \ an (."leve, who di'd two 01 three \ears sinre, 
 was born in New JerscN' in looS. lie fiinic to Lewislon, N. 
 v.. in 18J4, and lor a number of years was eotninander of a 
 ve^'sel on Lake Ontario, and later was ijeneral ai:;ent of llie 
 OiitariM and St. Lawrence line ol steamers. A lew years b( - 
 foi"c he died lie compilec' a valuable in..! uriicjue volume of 
 drawiiii^s witi' manuscript notes of historical inti-rest and re- 
 lalini:;' rhietlv to Lakes Erii. and Ontario an I t!ie immediate 
 conntr\-, presentmg' the same to the Historical Society ol this 
 city, where it now is and can be prohtahly consulted b\' 
 lovers of local history. Li this bc^ok he makes a drawini; ol 
 rhe Little Nia,t;-ara rmd surrounrlinsjfs, localinir the site of the 
 " Griffon's" dock on th(> Angevine larm. In jj^'ivini!;' his 
 reasons for so doin^-, amcjiii;- other arguments he ad\ances in 
 su|)|H)rtnig his opinions, says : 
 
 " Mrs. Eli Reynolds now (1S7')) roiding at Niagara Falls, 
 aged 8^ vears, remarkably smart and intelligent, siivs her father 
 settled with his lamilv at vScldosser in iSoS, and at Cayuga 
 Creek in 1810; was well acipiaintrd with ;tii old ship-carixMiter 
 named Smith who had some time before located his place for 
 work upon the ground upon wliieh \essels had been built 
 nianv years before; that old blocks, clii[)s, and rusted remains 
 of small articles of iron were found under the surface of the 
 ground, and that trailition aujcMig the Indians was that the 
 • Big Canoe' (" Griffon ") was built tlicre bv the i-"iench. 
 
 "'riK' location ol the (.Id ship-v;i!(l isaljout half a ndlc below 
 the head ol Cayuga Islantl, on the i)ank of the small channel 
 sepaiating the island from the main land, and about the san.ie 
 distance above the mouth of Cayuga Creek. 
 
 " The old ship-yard was a more favorable sjuit for building 
 and launching the vessel than that directly at the mouth of 
 thf" Creek, where the land was low and marshy. 
 
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 '" sli'I'Oiiid was u,. oil land now known •,. tl„. \ 
 '•""1 ; clescciul.mts ol (|nt hmil.- Aii-cv.nc 
 
 ' '"'"^ ''""'ly arc now (uS/M liv.no- ujmh, 
 
 i^I'runlains' a( Lcwiston o„ .1. 7 • 7 '"" ^'"^ ' ^ '"■^•*' 
 
 practical man. he 
 
 '""^i- '-'^ ^allo, bcino- a scicntilic -md 
 
 was WMliontanx (|,,n|., ^, I'-uLucai man. I,c 
 
 for 1 'ui. J .'.''" ''^^ ^:^'^^-'^ t'^« ^^"^ as ,h,. safest nlar^- 
 
 '"'• InnldiniT his vessel in,! n \^ """"" ""' '^•"*'st place 
 
 Lewiston. '"'' ^""^'^'"■^'"f to his sni-phes at 
 
 ''■'»"' wliich Doint ',11 ., r ■" '^'"^^' Mountains,' 
 
 N;^::t;::ro:::;::;:;::/';-;'^- -'-,,, Le.,.o,.. 
 
 HnHisI, i„ ,-„ r 'V '''= °""l"c.st ol eann.la In ,|„. 
 
 I alls and „.t ,,„,„ 3,,,, f) ??„^;; ;, ^ ,77,"^"- <'- 
 qiient V found fhrm „-i .. r ''incics ol iion w^ere iie- 
 
 ("r. \a„ Clc,c., wli„ was a s..„ in-l,-.,, ) ,i,,, „.|„„ 
 
Ill' liist came to ( hieciiPtouii ilir <'tfl tramway piers up the 
 • riiici' Mountains ■ were mostly m perfect order. haviiijLj been 
 used more or less by the French ami Eii,i,dish loo years, 167*;- 
 17S0. Thr testimony o| these ohi officers shcnild be quite 
 conclusive as to where the (jrilfon' was built, as they were 
 youuL,'' lieulenants. |)robal)ly .?3 years old, when they came to 
 Canada with h'reneli t loops. As one ol 'hem (\\<i\ at (jueens- 
 town in 1 7(>4, at the a^e ol'i/i. they |»rol)ably came lo h'orl 
 Niairara .ibout 1730. I hat wouhl lease but tdty years be- 
 ! ween the !)nilflin!X <»' tne ' (.IrilTon ' and the dale i>l their com- 
 ini;- I'iltv vears in the absence of any improvements would 
 nni obliterate all trace of the ship-yard." 
 
 The following;' comnumications were either cojued from tlu* 
 liaiK' pres^ or receiveil Py nie, as the\' will show : 
 
 Ptufl'alo Couriir, Wednesday, JiDiuary ji), iSgo, 
 \.\ SALLK'S \I-:SSRL. 
 
 To th'.' Editi)r of the Courier : K''<^ardm^ the project of 
 erecting' a momiment. at this place comuiemoi.itini; the buiidiiii^ 
 of the Grittin, by the Cavelier de La Salle in \Ci~(), as de- 
 scribed and illustrated in the last Stmday's lixpress, the idea 
 is a good one, and the site chosen is i;ood enoui:^h to show the 
 monumcni: off to advantage, and probably near enough to the 
 "'.rue locality" lor all jUMCtical })urposes. 
 
 (iut Mr. Remington seems to have been misled in arriving 
 at his conclusions as to the " true localii} ' of the building 
 and launch of the Griffin. 
 
 On the iiorth or lower oank of the Cavuga Creek, not far 
 from its mouth, is, or was for it has been built over) an easy 
 sandy slope of about one foot rise in ten, back from the wa- 
 ter's edge, with a depth of about twelve feet of water oppo- 
 site, and from there and for -'.ne distance above to the outlet 
 of thr creek. The fact of such a locality seems to have es- 
 caped the knowledge ()f Mi. Remington, as his claims to hav- 
 ing hjund the ' true locality " are {)artl\ founded on the belief 
 tliat there was no eligible site for the purp(;se on Cayuga 
 Creek, or as he puts it, which (creek) has steep mud banks 
 and a vers shallow bed of water'" 
 
3' 
 
 Havin- thus clis|,.,sr,l n( Cayu-a Creek, his lurilier cnncl,,. 
 sinnsseetn to rest on the lact ol a man now sixty vcars old 
 lavii.o: seen the remains of some old iannch-ways onhis plnec 
 '•^'ll a nnle ii|, the river Irom the monti, ol Cavu..-a Creek 
 wlu-n a 1...V. .,,,(1 u ho had heen lohl that the chips were visi- 
 ble a feu' years |.re\iui,s. That was cnlv abont Fifty years 
 n^o or about ,6,, ye.rs alier the (.rillm'was bmlt that the 
 sk.ds were sfll to be seen, ami aUmt i.,o years old lor the 
 chips I hey must have been relics of more Jastin- timber 
 < '.-m has been loi.nd here in recent vears; perhaps of some ol 
 >l'c-|.ahn frees pictured in the illu-frati.m of Father Ilenne- 
 p.n s drawm,i,s in which he traces such a striking resemblance 
 to ins chosen "true h)cality." 
 
 INIr Anfj^evine's wood is above par, but it is alto-ether 
 probable that the laimch-vvays and chips he describes are u( 
 imich later on.irin than 1679. and nn.st likely the remains ol 
 '"♦• buddmo- ,,f a scho..ner in this locality by the United 
 Mates Government n. the early part of the" present century, 
 to carry supplies to the -a.risons on the upi.er h.kes. Hven 
 I ;)se would have been pretty old skids, as such thinirs last 
 lyin,i,-outon the -round in this climate, when >[!. An<rc.vmJ 
 came on deck, and all traces of chips must have thendisa,.- 
 peared. ' 
 
 The Lxst authorities a-,-ee that the (Hithn was built "at 
 the m.mth ol Cayu-a Creek." Admittin- that the An^r.vine 
 place IS near enou-h to be a possible site, the probabiliiies are 
 that La Salle, on comin- to Cayu-a ("reek, at or near its 
 molith. found either the spot he was lookin- lor. or the hrst 
 obstacle in his way since fo.lin- up the rugged heiuhts above 
 Lewiston. and very lik(dy both. 
 
 He evidently stopped" when he came to the creek, or he 
 would not have said .so, i)erhaps never mentioned it. 
 
 It may have been frozen over so as to be no impediment, 
 except m o-ettm- over its " steep mud banks." beincr late in 
 •lanuary, or it may not have been. He never toVded its 
 "very shalio\(^ bed of water," anyway. 
 
MAI' DRAWN IJY H. S. TOMPKINS, 
 
 Til bliuw ])l.u.i, where lu: tliiiiks llif " (Jrilloii " \v,is built. 
 
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 i;liil(lii'ii ol Isi.icl, ilin.ii-li ihc U,..,| Sea, to tiiid 
 lulls as ^oo'l .111(1 
 
 !<• iic, or, like ll 
 
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 i'V( II hcltcr lot t!n-ii pip- 
 
 Dcatioii 
 
 poses 111. Ill aiiv 
 
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 ('IT was a iiavl-alilc sircim llowiu..- i 
 
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 WiTc liKikiiisr loi lav at 1 1 
 
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 u'v approaclicl ii ,>ii ihc n nh sid... Siu li a snol. as il 
 
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 i\ canv ilu'ii- burdens 
 
 lurtiuT, I veil lh(HiL;li llicrc wiic no " ,st 
 
 the wav, aiul li 
 
 i'l'jt iiiiid I) 
 
 ink 
 
 III 
 
 for, besides llu'ir oil 
 
 the 
 
 iL' lee was ,i,^o(Ki.^ I Iie\ were In asdy laden. 
 
 icr ('( 
 
 |m|)inents, were thin^^s to he usetl in 
 
 construetion ol ih- diillin as well as if 
 
 s arinanRiit, .uid 
 
 we are t(.l(l tli.it live cannon look-d otii (,| the sides ol the 
 
 Cirillin alter 
 
 slic WI-, lanmlK-d 
 
 I lad tliev eoni 
 
 e lowii the river instead 
 
 ol iiji, tlie\ 
 
 iniirht 
 
 possibly jiave stoi .ped at Ann-evitie's plate in pi 
 
 preleniuc to 
 
 erossin,-; the cre( k. They eertaiidv would, il .laekson h.id 
 been there to entertain them. .1. An-evine ne'.er turned ain. 
 OIK- away unless thev wi're tr\iii- to impose' on liiiii, bnt \\v 
 was not ".It hoiiu " those da\s, and thev were on the other 
 side ol the ereek. 'I'heir host 
 ,i,Mns. The\ t'lilei (ained as 
 the ot her. 
 
 s were the tw 
 
 well on one sid 
 
 o Iriendlv Molu'- 
 ( ol the creek as 
 
 M r. l\iiniiij;|on h.id c\t'\y ^ood 
 
 reason )o cross am! iht la- 
 
 edities lor -ettiiii,- over. I/, .S.dli^ had lu'ither. TontiV 
 ener^yv would not h.ive ur-ed hini Uirtliei. and I lemiepm had 
 earned his altar strapped iip.,ii his b.aek Uill lai' enou-h. 
 There was no necessity for liirther p:<)cediire, 
 
 I hey eatne n/ huf to the mouth ol a str( am which entered 
 
 the Niairaia River t 
 
 Tl 
 
 wo lea-ues abo\c the cataract 
 
 lere i'ather I leimepin set up his altar -or rather d 
 
 own 
 
 and there was laid the hrst keel that ever plou^-d Lake !• 
 and all the driniii ever 
 
 ne 
 
 saw ol 
 
 .\| 
 
 llemiiiLiton s •• tru'.- Id- 
 
 eality " was when she looked out with her 
 
 live camiiin as slu 
 
 was 
 
 low"d by it the followin_<r spriiii 
 'Idle oldest tniditions known her 
 
 e, comiiiir Injm 
 
 eopie la- 
 
 ,.> ,.| 
 
 miliar with this localitv from the beijinninir of tips ,riit 
 
 md wilh its histrrt 
 
 urv 
 
 \- l>IC 
 
 vioiis to that, locate the |ilai e v.licie 
 
 ■)ij siiys I'iiikiii 
 
 :til ill ivi. ,,!' I,:\ S.ill 
 
 iSr, 
 
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 (he (jrilliii \\;is htiilt on llic ikmIIi or lowrr side ol ihc 
 
 C'ayiiij^a Ci"c\k, just a!)i)vc the railroatl crossini:; and iiol kir 
 
 Iroiii ils nioulli. 
 
 II. S. ]"( '\ii'Ki:;s. 
 La Salli', J.iiiiiarv 27. 
 
 1 llicii addicssc'd Mr. Toiiiiikiiis as lollows: 
 
 "Some time since I icad an article Iroin vcuir pen, in tin- 
 Courier o! this citv. (riticisint;- my article in the Express re- 
 i^Mrdiny the site ol the (iiilTon's ship-yaid. 
 
 '•Will you have the kindness to sketch for me the i)lace 
 where you think the vessel was Iniill. as I wish to have all in- 
 lormation [)ossihle, at th.is late date, rei;;-ardin_i,^ the true site." 
 
 April (he -Mst, Mr. Tompkins sent me the followini,^ maj) ot 
 the place that he supposed to be the correct one."'^' It is lo- 
 catetl just soudi of the iron biitli,'-c that crosses Cavu^a Creek, 
 on the road to Lewiston. The place has been filled in, and 
 upon il l)uddin,i;s erected, so (hat (he former contour of the 
 ,:;round is not seen now. This siiot is aK . about a (piarter of 
 a mile north from (he Little Niagara, and (;!i the west Inuik. of 
 Cayni;a Creek. 
 
 From The li\f)r,'is of Mardi ijth, iSgo : ' 
 
 WIlERf- TilL CRIFIIN WAS ni'lLT 
 
 Editor Buffalo Ivxpress : I have read with interest (he lecent 
 articles in the Buffalo press relative to the exact point where 
 La Salle built the Griffm. As a native of Niaj^ara Coun(v, 
 havino-been born not far from Cavuo:a Creek in 1816, and reared 
 on a larm. roamed as a farmer's boy far and wide over that 
 counlr\, up to iS;;, 1 took some note of (he make of the 
 land: w.is will ac (piamteil with (he neii^hborhood of Cavu^ja 
 Creek, where it empties inio a branch of Niai,aira River, 
 which Hows around Cayui^a Island, and 1 distinctlv remember 
 the Old River Road where it crossed the Old Militarv Road 
 at Cayu.^-a-Creek l)rid,<j:e. Travelers on their wav from Lake 
 Ontario up Niao;ara River also had to cross Gill Creek nearer 
 the Falls. In Father Hennepin's account ol the arrival of 
 
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 35 
 
 La Sallc from Oucboc in fhc \cai- i6;S, comin- „,, ,he Hvcr 
 a part of his company came to the foot ol tiic rapids at Lewis- 
 ton. Here lie established a tradin.i^r p,,st upon the present site 
 ol I'ort Nia.i,^'ir;i. Some tliirty miles larthrr up the liver, and 
 six or seven miles above the I-alls. at the mouth of Cayna;n 
 Creek, "the work o( ship-buildin,L,r was immediat-.-lv com- 
 menced." -'riie keel of a small vessel of sixtv tons [jurthen 
 WAS \ah\ dX X\\v mouth of Cay ui^m Creek r Here, on the west 
 iiank, not far from the entrance of the Cavu.^a into the " Lit- 
 tle River" which surrounds Cayui^^a Island, is i^^-ound admir- 
 ably adapted to the launchincr of a '-small vessel." witli sufti- 
 cient depth of water in the creek to float hei thence to the 
 river, and there api)ears to have been no .)biect for crossim,^ 
 the creek to seek a better place farther up. 
 
 VVhen it is remembered that l)elore the I-ievolutionarv War 
 ol I. -75 no wao-on-road had been opened Irom T(Miawan(la 
 Creek to Niagara Falls alonj^r the river, it seems quite plausi- 
 ble that La Salle, with his explorino- company, lookino- |,,i- :, 
 i,^ood place to launch a small vessel oi sixtv tons burden, 
 should choose his ship-yard on the first i^orul'saie .i^round to 
 be met with on the route, which certainlv was met i)cf>re 
 crossiti^i^ Cayuga Creek. 
 
 If the public eye is to be attracted to this place bv a monu- 
 mental sign, why not place that sign as near the locality where 
 the Criifin was built as existing facts will indicate? 
 
 What though an old ship-yard existed farther up where 
 '•skids" etc., were to be seen laier (probably a heavier craft 
 built there l)y the present Government), no historic fact ought 
 to be peiverted thereby. ' he oldest inhabitants wen remem- 
 ber th.it sixty years ago, en the iiorth (or wes, ) bank ',[ 
 Cayuga C^-eek, near its irw.ih, only undergrowth '!>-'.,•, 
 |trincipally ash, chestnut, etc., existed ; indicating that aioiig 
 th;il bink of tlu creek the large timber had bee:; reino\cd 
 longag'.. while the diy. sloping bank answers ail objection:, 
 that might !>'• raised to that locality is the pia<;e w iure L.'i 
 Salle actually built and laiiiiclicil 1 he ( irifdn. 
 
 T. W 
 
 Willianisville, .M:iich ;d. 
 
 1 \ii;r. 
 
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 III liM-.Mi.iii al llu' '(Hilloirh' shi|i-y.iiii. At iiiniilli III t'li I K III iiKiil A. 
 
3; 
 
 
 J 
 
 In noting this article I wrote Mr. Wilnier :is follows : 
 Dear Sir — V^)ur communication to the Express, publislied 
 in its issue of March gtli regardiii-^ the question of site where 
 the "Ciritfon" was built has been read by me. Will vou have 
 the kindness to make a drawing; of the spot vou mention uui 
 th(- surroundings, as nearly as vou r.iav lemember when \<)u 
 knew it, together with such memoranda as you clioose to add 
 to that already published in your article, sending the same to 
 me, and greatly oblige. 
 
 March 17, 1890, 
 
 Tnder date of March 22, at Williamsvilie, N, Y., he i-ejilied 
 as follows : 
 
 " Yours ol late date came to hand duiing mv absence from 
 home. Since my return 1 have recurred to the ma.tter Ironi 
 l)ersonal recollection only, but will ask a little time till I visit 
 my older brother, wlio lesides in the locality, as well as others 
 interested in the matter. 1 send you a roe.gh sketch ol sur- 
 veys made in that locality for other ])ur[)oses. 
 
 "When we' read Hennepin, with the natural facts to guide 
 us, our conclusion is that the \essel was built on the westerly 
 bank of Cayuga Creek, tl.at being the first and most conven- 
 ient l)ank arrivcfl at on his trip in search of a "food i.lacc for 
 the purpose of ' building and launching a small vessel." "' 
 
 Lat( 1" 1 i-ecei\ ed this : 
 
 " In my last I forgot to indicate the Magnetic Meridian. 
 Cayuga Creek enters the Little River /rcw the North. h\ a 
 southeasterly course, Niagara River having here a due west- 
 erly course." 
 
 This from a friend residing in C anacUi • 
 
 " \ ou have been kiiul enough to send me the Sunday I'.x- 
 pre^s {)[ January 26, containing an article on the monument 
 which it is proposed to erect to the meuK^rv of La Salle at the 
 village of La Salle. 
 
 " I have examined the cut representing a facsimile of the 
 original engraving in Hennepin's work showing the building 
 of the 'Griffon' with much interest, and I cannot help regard- 
 ing it as tlie strongest argument which I have vet seen in 
 fa\orof the Chippewa Creek being the real site where the 
 
WILSO K 
 
 NIAGARA River 
 
 MAI' SIIOWINu TIllC CHlI'l'KWA CRKl.K ON TIIH CANAUIAN SlDi; Ol- IIIK 
 NIAf.AKA AM) TliK iAYI(;a (. KKKK, rHK I.ITTI.K NIAGAKA. ALSO THK l.OCA 
 
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 39 
 
 vessel \v;ts constnutLd. Tlic suiili<;hl .iiid shadows cast u\nm 
 and \)\ llu- Ii54;ii]cs, Irrcs. Ijoat and hills, to^ctlier with the 
 hcij;hl ol tlic laltcr w.iuld suit the south side of the Niagara 
 River only. 
 
 " What is your own opinion of the cut?" 
 
 Regarding t!iis e\[)ression from my Canadian friend I 
 reply that the point is not well taken as regards the light and 
 shadows. If reference is made to the maj) of the Niagara in 
 this volume,* which embraces the two creeks in cpiestion, 
 namely the Cayuga and the Chijjpewa, it wdl be perceived 
 that both have the same direction: The Chippewa flowing 
 northeasterly into the Niagara; the Cayuga (lowing south 
 with an inclination to the west, into the Little Niagara, the 
 so-called channel. The shadow.s at cither place on the south 
 or east bank, and also at the Angevine farm, would he i)re- 
 cisely the same angle. The point raised does not prove anv- 
 thing, and further the fact is sutficienfly established that the 
 CirilTon was built on this, the east side of the Niagara. 
 
 Having exhausted the records of history and opinions of 
 others regarding tlie site of the dock, we now proceed to give 
 what we think sufficient reason to admit that the present An- 
 gevine farm, or "Old Shi[)-yard," on tlie Little Niagara is the 
 place that was selected by La Salle in 1678. 
 
 The account by Hennepin is meagie. La Salle transfers 
 his workmen to the ship-yard which was above the Cireat Fall 
 ol Niagara, and "which could not be in a more convenii-Mt 
 place than near a river that descended into the stiaii^ht, 
 (meaning the Niagara, which is the only straight connecting 
 Lakes Rrie and Ontario,) which is between Lake Lrie and the 
 Great l-'.dl." 
 
 The first linglish tianslation of llenne[)in in 1698, itwenlv 
 years after the building) reads: " being upon a River which 
 tails into," etc. 
 
 In the translation of 1698, of Chevelier Ilenrv De Tonty"s 
 account, he says: "but the cold was so excessive, that not 
 only rivers, but even those vast lakes were frozen all over," 
 
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 etc. II tliis was so, the Cavu<j^a Creek certainly would be no 
 better tor vessel building than the land, and we may reason- 
 ably suppose that the Little Niagara, or channel, would be 
 preferable, as being more apt to feel the effects of a loosening 
 of the ice, i( at all obstructed. 
 
 VV^e pass over the records of Messrs. Smith, Schoolcraft, 
 Cass, Bancroft, Sparks, Ilildrcth, Abbott, Bryant, and others 
 as not of authority, some of whom correct their first state- 
 ments in subsequent editions of their works, as Mr. Francis 
 Parkman in his earlier edition committed the same error, but 
 later takes his cue from Mr. Marshall. Dr. Shea also takes 
 Mr. Marshall's statement. 
 
 Mr. William Fool, editor of the " Courier," at the village of 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y., a life-long resident of that place and of 
 Lewiston, informs me "that the Angevine farm is the only 
 spot that has maintained with any degree of historic authority, 
 as being the place where La Salle built his vessel, the 'Grif- 
 fon,' in i(^/()." 
 
 Messrs. Tompkins and Witmcr are appiarently slightly 
 biased on this question. Mr. Tompkins speaks of the ship- 
 yard as not being near the mouth of the Creek, but insists 
 that it was upon the Creek, full a quarter of a mile from its 
 mouth. The cjucstion arises why did La Salle go up the 
 Creek thai fur, in a hostile country, cold and ice bound, as 
 Tonty says i!; was, when by its mouth even, or near it, he 
 would be more protected in every rtspect ? If he could go 
 up the creek thus far, why not the same distance up the 
 straight on the Little Niagara? 
 
 Mr. U^itmer thinks it was directly at the mouth of the 
 creek, which c(juld not possibl}' be, as at that place and along 
 the banks, down the channel, is low marshy ground, appar- 
 ently in the same condition to-day as it was two hundred 
 years ago,^' and could not have been made suitable without 
 great labor. 
 
 Therefore, we may with all fairness narrow the question of 
 site to the testimonv of Hennepin, Mr. Marshall, Captain Van 
 
 * See paye 40 for view . 
 
o- 
 
 42 
 
 C'k'Vf, Mrs. Rc\in)l(ls. Mr. Fairbanks ami Mi-. I'ool, as bciii};- 
 the most authentic and natural. 
 
 Hfinu'pin. Marshall and others use the word near, they do 
 not sa\' at, but near. 
 
 Webster dehnes tlie word near, as "not lar distant," "not 
 leniotc," "nigh," etc., nieanini^ that it was in the neighbor- 
 hood, which I think is the construction placed upon it by 
 those parties. For if wc examine the locality at and above 
 the creek upon the channel, one can but be convinced that the 
 Angevine place or "Old Ship-yard," is the first suitable s])ot 
 arrived at for the purpose of ship or vessel building. Mr. 
 Marshall distinctly says that it is the same place which our 
 government used to build a vessel iti 1804, and lastly, the view 
 of the building of the Griffon, ))ublished in 1704,* and that 
 one taken in 1889,+ are representations of precisely the same 
 sjjot. There is no other place in the vicinity, either upt^n the 
 cieek or channel resembling it. 
 
 The writer has been at some labor to thus arrange authori- 
 ties on this cpiestion, and has given in detail all facts that have 
 come under his notice, making the subject as brcKid as possible 
 in order to set at rest \^if the egotistical expression may be 
 allowed) for all time the location of the Cxriffon's birtliplace. 
 
 *■ l':ii;o 16. 
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 Tins vieu- is from ;i porlion > f ix map 'Nliiuvii in 1688, li) oiilei- of llii- ( uivcinoi- 
 ami Inteiulaiu of New France." Lake (Jntario, ilie Falls, Nia.Ljara River ami Lake 
 F^ne are distinctly represented. .V ilotted line re[)resents the i)orta,i.;e on the American 
 side of the river frcnn Fort Niagara, by the Falls, to the place of building the (.riffon, 
 I'here is also a rude semblance of a cabin at the last named place, together with a 
 view of the (irilfon entering Lake l-'rie. The leg(;nd on the maj) is •• Cihaiif on /t- 
 Sr (if la Suite a fait faire uiie tia>;/ite.'' iCabiii where the Sieur de La Salle caused 
 a bark to be built.) 
 
 Another ma|), dale of i68(). is similar, but the inscription slightly differs. " C/iaii- 
 ti.--i on la Sr de la Sail,- n ft fre une barque.''' Another .)f i66(), " Clnjnticr d,- Sr 
 df la Salle pour sa tnnqtie." 
 
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 A bUSlGN BY OSCAR HHl.I.ER, ESQ., FOR A MONUMENT 
 TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE THE (jRIFFON 
 
 WAS Buii;r. 
 
A DDE N D A. 
 
 On the 2r.tli (lay of .hme, iSi)i, a party of obscrvaf ioii. wIulIi 
 was to consist ot Messrs. Peter A. I'orler atul Th. V. WvlcU of 
 Nia^rara Falls, t.ouis j. Allen, Chief [{nsrincrr I'. S. \.. Wm. 
 Fleming, ot Hiilfalo, ami the writer, proceeded, with the ex- 
 ception of Messrs. Welch and Allen, who were iiuavouhibly 
 detained, to Lewiston, for the |)urposc of criticallv exaniiniuj^ 
 the route by which i.a Salle had, in i6;S, carried up the 
 "Three Mountains" his supplies ; also to ascertain the hn.al- 
 ity of the tramway by which the ^oods of the earlv French 
 •traders were hoisted to their summit. No vestij^^e of the 
 latter remains, noi- could its exact' location be determined. 
 After due examination, and takini; all conditi(»ns info consid- 
 eration, the writer came to the conclusion that the present 
 path up the xMountain is either the original one, or so nearlv 
 so, to be almost identical with that trasersed bv I-.a Salle and 
 his men when carryini^ their anchors, guns and other material 
 for the completion of the " (iriffon " above the Falls of Xia:,'-- 
 ara, lor the reason that on either side ol this path there is not 
 the natural incline with which to make as an easy ascent. 
 Besides bc'\n^ in some [tlaces very abrupt or aboundiuir with 
 debris, swampy land, etc. Tlie present path also terminates 
 at top, within loo feet of the edge of the preri).ice on the 
 river side, and being between it and the remains of Fort 
 Gray, erected during the war of 1S12. 
 
 The route taken by the party of June 2hth, commenced at 
 a ravine where it is said La Salle built some cabins, this being 
 the plateau of the J/rst mountain, thence by a path up to the 
 plateau of the strom/ mountain ; thence by a steeper and more 
 
48 
 
 difficult path to the top ot the third mountain, which ends at 
 the level of the Lewiston escarpment, thence is a level road to 
 the Falls. 
 
 Upon our arrival at Fort Gray, we beheld the Lake Ontario 
 in the distance: upon our right, the fertile plain in which 
 rests the (juiet \illage of Lewiston ; on the left, the heights 
 opposite, then the declivity, terminating at the village of Ni- 
 agara-on-the-Lake, with Fort Niagara opposite. Between 
 these lofty hills and wooded shores the mighty Niagara glides 
 along very peacefully, after having, for a distance of seven 
 miles, reveled in turbulence unequaled, almost, by other water 
 upon the globe. At our left, under the dilapidated Suspension 
 Bridge, is the remnant of that " Rock of a prodigious heighth, 
 lying by ihe rapid Currents we have already mentioned," but 
 which is now almost hidden by the fallen rocks and earth of 
 the hills. Here at our feet lay the way up which Father 
 Gabriel, who, " tho' of Sixty-five Years of Age, bore with 
 great Vigor the Fatigue of that Voyage, and went thrice up 
 and down those three Mountains, which are pretty high and 
 steep." " Our men," continues Hennepin, " had a great deal 
 of trouble, for our Anchors were so big, that four Men had 
 much ado to carry one, but the Brandy we gave them was 
 such an Encouragement, that they surmounted cheerfully all 
 the Difficulties of that Journey, and so we got on board our 
 Sb.ip all our Provisions, Ammunition and Commodities." 
 
 Thus as we stood ui)on this height, we saw in retrospect 
 these pioneers entering the river on that St. Nicholas day of 
 i''')7S, chanting Te Deum, and some days later taking refuge 
 under the protection of that " 1 ligh Rock," looking across the 
 angry water filled with floating ice, to the great '* Three 
 Mountains," which they afterwards surmounted after under- 
 going numeious hardshi|)S, as related by Father Hennepin, 
 and now after 200 St. Nicholas' davs have come and gone, the 
 same scenes that met their view is beheld by ours, with 
 scarcely any change ot the beautiful prospect which unfolded 
 iiself to their sight. After our arriving at the height, and in 
 commemoration of their faith and patience, their unfaltering 
 trust that the future would be all thev desired, we drank to 
 
ends at 
 road to 
 
 Ontario 
 1 which 
 
 heights 
 e of Ni- 
 Between 
 -a glides 
 3f seven 
 er water 
 ■;pension 
 heighth, 
 ed," but 
 earth of 
 1 Father 
 )re with 
 hrice up 
 bigh and 
 reat deal 
 Men had 
 hem was 
 rfully all 
 oard our 
 es." 
 
 strospect 
 as day of 
 g refuge 
 cross the 
 
 " Three 
 er under- 
 lennepin, 
 gone, the 
 urs, with 
 unfolded 
 ht, and in 
 ifaltering 
 ; drank to 
 
 49 
 
 their memory, standing and in silence. No prospect can !.rt.. 
 ter repay those interested in our local history than the our 
 from the heights of Lewiston on a bright day /and a climb up 
 the path over which these pioneers toiled is a trip well wf)rth 
 taking. 
 
-4 
 -i 
 
■ 
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IIENNHPIN. 
 
 FRENCH. ir.S3. La. 
 Descrij)ti()ii de l:i Loiiisianc nouvclioincnf. d.-'coiivcrte 
 
 ■^ 
 
 Ml 
 
 Siul' Oiiert dc la Nouvelle France, Far oidro dii Roy. A\ f( 
 la Carte (hi Pays: Fes Moeurs & !a maiiiere dc vivre dis 
 Sauvao:es. Dedire n sa Majeste. Par K R. I'. Loul^ lien 
 l>in, Missioiniaire Recollct iS: Notaire Aposfolieiue. 
 
 (ni<)iioo;rani of) A. A 
 A Paris, chez la Veuve Sebastien Hurs', riir S.iint 
 ;t riniai;'e S. Jerome, pres S. Severin. 
 
 ^FDC. LXXXlll. 
 Avec privilege dv Roy. 
 
 nne- 
 
 larcnies, 
 
 Map by Gucrard. Carte de la Nouville F 
 
 Louisiane Nouvellenient decouverete dcd 
 
 ranee et de 1; 
 
 lec Au 
 
 R 
 
 o\" 
 
 Par le Reuerend Pere Louis lie 
 
 an 
 
 nncpin, Missionairc 
 e i^rantcd Senl. ;. 
 
 1683 
 
 Recollect et Notaire Apostoli(pie. Privileo- 
 
 1682, rei^istered Sept. 10. Printinj^ completed Jan. 5, loS:;. 
 
 The map carries the Mississip[)i to below the mouth of the 
 Illinois, but does not indicate the Ohio or Missouri. I'ictures 
 a tree bearini^ the French arms, and marks the sjiot near Lake 
 IJuadc, and a church and "Missions des Recollects, " ne:ir the 
 Lake des Assenipoils. 12° pp. (12) ^12. 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 ir.84 
 
 L'A. 
 
 Copies of a second edition with tlie same notes as to print- 
 in--, etc.. but have on title, Apostolique, in a line bv itself, and 
 A Paris, Chez Amable Aurov, Proche In Fonntaine S. Sevei in 
 (monoi^iam). 
 
 iM. DC. LXXXI\ . 
 
m 
 
 52 
 
 The monogram A. A. on both editions is for Aniable 
 Aiirov. 
 
 FRHNCH. 1685. (?) L'A. * 
 
 La Nouvelle France, 011 la Description de la Louisiane, 
 connui' S(His Ic noni de Misissipi. Nouvellenicnt Decouverte 
 par ordre du Roy. 
 
 Avec les Moeurs iV la maniere de vivre des Sauvages, iK les 
 ])remieres habitations de nos Frangois. Dediee a sa Majcste. 
 Far le K. P. Hennepin, Missionaire Recollet tSc Notaire 
 A|)ostoliqiie., 
 
 (enibleni) 
 Sur L'lmprime a Paris 
 M 1) C 
 \ 2^ dedication pp. 2, and pj). 80. I'aper covers. No maps 
 or plates. 
 
 ITALIAN. 
 
 1686. 
 
 L'A. 
 
 Descrizione della Lvigiana. Paese nnouamente sco[)eito 
 nel I'America Settentrionale, sotto grauspicij del Christianis- 
 sinio Lv.igi Xl\'. Con la Carta Geograiica del medesimo, 
 Costunii, e maniere di viuere di que'Seluaggi. Del I'. Lvigi 
 Hennepin Francescano Recolletto, e Missionario Apostolico 
 in (juesta Scoperta. Tnidotla del Francesc, e Dedicata al 
 Re\ erendiss. P. D. Ludovico de Conti Gverra Abbate casin- 
 ense di S. Procolo di Bologna. In Bologna, per Giacomo 
 Monti 1086. Conlicenza de Superiori. 
 
 12" pp. iJ. \q6, with map. On pa. 2, is the V'idit and imjiri- 
 matnr. 
 
 X'lDir. D. I'uliicntius Orighettus Clericus Regnlaris S. 
 Pauli, & Reclor Poenitentiari.'e, pro lllnsfriss, lV Reuerendiss. 
 1). lose])h Musotto \'icario Capitulari Bononia'. 
 
 I.Mi'RiMAi ri;. Fr Angelus Gulielmus Molus Vicarius Gen- 
 eralis S. Otticij Bononia'. 
 
 Then follows a Dedication by the translator Casimiro Fres- 
 cliot. dated Jan. 21, 1686. 10 pages. 
 
* 
 
 DUTCH. 1688. I/v. 
 
 Eno^raved title. Ontdckkiii>,r van Louisiania Door d^ii 
 Yader L. Hennepin. Beneveus des Beschryvinf,^ van Noord 
 America door den Hetr Dcnys. t' Amsterdam hv Janttm 
 1 loorn over het Oude Heere Logenient 1688. 
 
 Printed Title. Beschryving- \an Louisania, Nieuvvelijks 
 ontdekt ten Zuid-Westen van Nieuw X^rankrvk, Door order 
 van den Koenig. Met de Kaurte des Landts,' en een nauwk- 
 eiiri^'e verhandeling van de Zedrn en manieren van leeven 
 der Wilden. Door den Vader Lodewyk Hennepin, Recollet- 
 sche Missionaris in die Gewesten, en Apostolisclie Notaris. 
 Mitsszfadcrs de Geoi^raphische en Historische Beschrvvin<,r 
 der Kusten van Noord America, Met rie Xatuurlijkc Historie 
 des Landts. Door den Heer Denys, Governeur Lieutenant 
 Generaal voor Zijn Allerchristielijkste ALajesteit. en Ei.^enaar 
 van alle de Landen en Eilanden oelegen van cap de Cam()- 
 seaux- totaan cap des Roziers. Verc;eirt met Kopere Fi^urcn. 
 (ornament) t Amsterdam, by Jan ten Hoorn, Bo'ekverkooper 
 over 't Oude Heeren Logement, in de Histori-Schryver. A. 
 168S. 4° Engraved title, [)p. (4.) 158. (5) map, 6 plates pp. (4.) 
 200.(4.) The map is entitled "Kaart van Nieuw Vrankryk 
 en van Louisania " 
 
 FRENCH. 1688. La. 
 
 * 
 
 (The title same as in No. 1, down to A'Paris, then add,) a 
 Roman (p in Apostolique Chez Amable Auroy, rue Saint 
 Jacques aTlniage S. Jerome, attenant la Fountaine S. Severin, 
 •M. DC. XXXVIll. Avec Privilege dv Roy. 
 
 i2mo. pages as in No. 1. After privilege. " .\cheve d'im- 
 primer pour la seconde fois, le ro. Mars. 1688. De I'imprim- 
 erie de Laurent Rondet. Map. 
 
 GERMAN 1689. L'A. * 
 
 Beschreibung der Landschafft Lovisiana welche aul Befehl 
 
 des Konigs in Frankreich, neulich ge^^cn Sildwesten Neu 
 
 Frankreichs in America entdecket worden. Nebenst einer 
 
 ' Land-Carten und Bericht von den sitten und Lebens-Art der 
 
S4 
 
 Wildcn in Selbigcr LaiiclsclialTt. fn I'ran/osischer S[)rachc 
 heraus oc^-cbcii (lurch P. Ludwiij: Hennepin Mission. Recoil, 
 und Notariuni Ai)()st()licuni. Nun aber ins Teutsche ubcr- 
 sct/et. (Ornament.) Nnrnbertv ''i \'t>i'lajj;- Andreas Otto. 
 1 089. 
 
 18" pp. 425. 2 niai)S. 
 
 Louisiana ends on \r.\^v 352, then another title. 
 
 Beschrieburj^ einer sonderbaren Riese ctlicher bisher noch 
 unbekanter Liinder und X'iWcher ini Mitter-nachtiijen America, 
 welche 1673. (lurch I'. Marquette S. J. und llerni Jolliet 
 \<'rri(htet warden. Aiis dcin Fran/osischen ins Teutsche 
 ubersetzet. Nurnberi>- 1680. Map. 
 
 (GERMAN. 
 
 I (k)0. 
 
 L'a. 
 
 Xeue Entdeckunt^en vieler .sehr i^rossen Landschaften in 
 Aiiurica /wischen Neu Mexico und dem Eis-Meer i^^eles^en, 
 iibersetzt von J. (t. Lauren, [iremen. iTirp. 
 
 IT A Li AN. 
 
 \U)\ 
 
 L'a. 
 
 An abridi^nient of the Bologna edition ol lOSf), and was 
 printed in i6()i, in the " 11 (ienio \'a,^^'inti," at P:unia, Italy, 
 with a niap entitled "Nouva l-'rancia I Luii^iana," 
 
 • 
 GERMAN. iTxp. L'a. 
 
 Same title as German 1089. Xuniberi.';, Andreas Otlp, \('y2. 
 iS\pp42-. Map. 
 
 FRENCH. 169;. N. D. * 
 
 Enuia\e(l Title. Nouvelle Decouverte d'lin tres ^-rand 
 Pays Situr dans TAmerique Par R. P. Lovis de Hennepin. 
 a Utrec chez (Tuiliame l^roedelet. 
 
 Printed Title. Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres li-rand Pays 
 Situ(!' dans r.\ineri(iue, entre Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Mer 
 Glaciale, Avec las Cartes, iV les Fi<iures necessaires. \- de plus 
 IT-Iistorie Naturelle iS; Morale, ^S: les advantaii:es, quon en pent 
 
 tirer par I e 
 
 tablissement des Colonies. Le tout (iedie a Sa 
 
V. 
 
 55 
 
 Majcstt' Britaiiiiique. Giiillaunu" III. I'ar Ic K. \\ Louis 
 Hennepin, .Missionairc Recollect iS: Notaire Apostoliciue. 
 rtrecht. Chez Guillaume BnK'deler. Marchand Libraire. 
 
 MDCXCVli 
 
 '-^ PP- (;<') '-,^1^, lo pp. marked ,^13;- ^1 ^^06. _• Map^and 
 ^ plates, Niagara, and the buffalo. 
 
 This work be-ins with Epistrc Dedicatore _s pp., Avis an 
 
 Lccteur, 26 pp. Table dc Chapifres. 19 pp. Flic text b.-ins 
 
 with some ,u;eneral remarks, and bio.i^^raphical djtails. loUoucd 
 
 by a description of Lonisiane to pai;e .?cxd, when transcriptions 
 
 are taken from Le Clerais Etablissment de la Foi. From 
 
 pai^a- 249 to ;;i2, is an account of a \()va,i;e dox^-n the Missis- 
 
 si|)pi. From paoT U3 to finish is in different type from the 
 
 preceding-, the chapter heads havini; Arabic fi<;ures. while the 
 
 earlier portion have Roman numerals. Th.' head lines also 
 
 differ. i)cini; NOu\ KIJ, dkcoun. behjre pai^e 31,^ and N(A!VK1. 
 
 L)|.( (MJV. after. The spacin^^-, etc. is different, tending; to show, 
 
 as some writers su.^^-est, that this later matter was set up bv 
 
 dillerent hands and in a different place orofiice. The tvpe on 
 
 last pane is smaller than (he bodv of the work. The map 
 
 continues the river Mississippi to the (iulf. The name ol the 
 
 Missouri is written Oteiita. Thucs the Chi.iuakaon the river 
 
 Tamonxi lielow it, and the .\kaiisa (ui the river Ouma. and to 
 
 two rivers below, on the west, -ives the names of liiens and 
 
 Sablonniere. and omits the tree with the arms of France. 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 1 C)()>i. 
 
 N. V. 
 
 Nouveau voya.g-e d'un Pais plu -rand cpie I Europe. Avec 
 les reflections des enterprises du Sieur de hi Salle sur les 
 minies de St Barbe iVc. Enrichi de la Carte, dc fi,q;ures e\- 
 pressives. des moeurs, iV manieres de vivix des Sauvai^es du 
 N(;rd: cV (111 Sud, de la prise de Quebec Ville Capital la dc 
 Nonvelle iM-ance, par les .\n;;lois, iV des avantai;es (pi'un pent 
 letirei du chemin recourci de la Chine i\: dn Japon, par le 
 moien de taut de Vastcs Contrecs .V de Nouvelles Colonies. 
 Avec approbation \ dedie a sa Majeste Guillaume HI. Roy 
 de la Grande lirctaonc par Ic R. P. Louis- Hennepin, Mission- 
 
r ■.*■ I 
 
 56 
 
 aire Recollccl iV Nolairc Apostoliciiic. A. rtrccht Chez Aii- 
 toiiie Schouteii, iMarchand Librairc 169S. 
 
 S' pp. tjo.) (2.) 389. 4 plates, 1 map. This edition has the 
 star pai^cs, similar to the edition ol 1697, but is imitoiinly 
 printed as regards the headings. 
 
 CiFRMAN. 1698. N. V. * 
 
 Neue Reise Beschreihung (lurch viele Lander weit grosser 
 als gantz Europa die nenlichst zuichen Neu Mexico und dem 
 Eiss Meer in America entdecket worden. Worinn enthalten 
 cine besoiidere beschreibung der Lander Sitten und Gawohn- 
 beiten der wildcn \V)lcker in Qcm Sud und Norder Theil der 
 ncuen VV^elt, und was fiir X'ortheil man aus der Auffrichfung 
 neuer Colonien in diesen Landern schopffen konne'; Wicauch 
 eine Anweisung, (.lurch einen Kurzern VVeg als bisher ohiie 
 Pasfrung der Eciuinoctial-Linic nach China und Japan zu 
 Kommcn. [^ebst einer genauen Erzchlung von dem unter- 
 Irangen des lierne von Salle auff die Gold-Minen zu St 
 Barbe, imgleichen von der (iroberung der Stadt Ouebeck in 
 Canada burch die Engellander. 
 
 In P'ranzolischcr S])rache beschreiben, und niit Gcnehmhal- 
 tuiig Sr Konigl Majcst. von Gross Brittannien Wilhelm ill. 
 unlerthanigst uberreichet von R. F. Ludovico llennepin, 
 Missionario der Recollecten und Notario Apostol. Ins 
 Teutsche iibcrserst von M. f. G Langen, Candid Th( ol. 
 
 Bremen. 
 
 In verlegung Phil. Gottlr. Saurmans. 
 
 1698. 
 
 Dedicated to Einer Excellentzdem Herren VVeippert Ludo- 
 wig I'abricio, Einer Hochfurstl DurchI, zu Braunschweig und 
 Liineburg, wureklich geheimbten Kathe, N'ice Canzlern und 
 Hochbetrauten Ministro. 
 
 18" dedication 1^4) (j.) (9.) (26.) 2 blank leaves. 288. Should 
 !:ave maps and plates. 
 
 I 
 
 DUTCH. 1698. N. V. 
 Engraved Title. Reyse door Nieuwc Ondecte Landen. 
 
 * 
 
57 
 
 Printed Title. Acnmcrckelyckf I listorischc Keys Hcstli 
 ryvin^c Door verschcN'de Landcn veel ij^rootcr als die vaii 
 ^eheel luiropa oidmi^lis oiifdeckt. Helielsende ec;n ii.mwkeu- 
 rig'c Beschrijviii,i;e van de ii,cicf^c'nthcvd, natiuir, en \ iiiyiit- 
 baerheyd, van't Zuvdcr, cii Noorder i^cedelte van America ; 
 niitsnadcrs de i^edaeiite, aerd, niaiiieren kledinj^en.c n't. jiclDoxc 
 dcr talrijke \\ ilde Natieii. aldaei" woonendc. llet l)cle>j;- en 
 verovennj^c van Ouebek, de Ibioftstad van Canada, door de 
 ICn^elschen. Ue ji^evvigtii;^c aennierkmi^en op de ondcrnemingc 
 van de I leer de la Salle, op de (iond-Mijnen \an St. IJarhara, 
 met veel nicer andere \vaeraij;tiiie en seldsanie ,t,a'scliiedeni.ssen. 
 En in't besonder de aenwi jsiiii^-en t)md(j()r een korten wcy^ii soii- 
 der de Linic [^(luinoctiael te passceren, na China en JajKni te 
 komen ; en de i^ootc voordeelen die men hier door, als mede ■ 
 door de nieuwc Volckpiantins^en in dese vrnirhtbarre Ivanden 
 son Konnen trecken. Alles met een nette Kaert tot dese'aen- 
 wijsinij^e nodii;', en ko|)ere Platen vercierl. Met Approbatie 
 van Wilhelmns den 111. Konin<^h van Groot-Uritanie. I'>n 
 aan deselve sijne Majcsteyt opi^edraijen door Lodewyck Hen- 
 nepin, Missionaris Recollect, en Notaris Apostoliek. 
 
 Tot lltriclit, By Anthony vSchontc^n lUjS. 
 
 4' PI). (28) 14J. Last [YA^^c misprinted 242. (iS.) 4 plates 
 and map, "Carte d'un Nouvean Monde entre le Xonvean Mex- 
 icpie et. la Mer (ilaciale. Gasp, liouttats fecit. 
 
 FRENCH. 109S. N. D. * 
 
 Nonvelle Ueconverte d'nn tres grand Pays Sitne dans 
 TAmericpie entre Le Xonvean Mexicjue et la Mer Cilaciale, 
 Avec les Cartes, et l'\s Fio^nres necessaires, et de i)lns Tliis- 
 torie Natnrelle et .Morale, et les avanta«.,^es (in"on en i)ent titer 
 jtar I'etablissment des Colonies. Le tout dedic .Missionaire 
 Recollect iV Notaire Apostoli(ine. A. Amsterdam, Chez 
 Abraham van Sonieten. .MDCXCVMIl. 
 12' jjp. (70.) 506. Enj^raved title. 
 
 ENGLISH. i6()S. X. L). (jr e'ondiination. 
 
 .\ new Discovery of a Vast Country in America, extending 
 
 above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New 
 
58 
 
 MiAuo; will) a I )csci ipl ion of the- Great fvalvcs, Cafaiacts, 
 Ki\crs. riaiits. and Animals. Also, tin iiiaimcrs, ('iisti)ms 
 and I.annuaiics ()f tlio several native Indians; and tlicaiUan- 
 ta<^c of C^MnnK■rL•e witli tiiosr different. Nations. Witii a C'on- 
 tinnation, Givini:; an Acconnt ol the .Xtteinpts of the Sieur de 
 la Salle njxjn the mines of St liaibe \c. 
 
 The 'I'akin;^^ ol (hiebec: by the liinsi^li.di ; with l.lu* -\d\an- 
 ta^i'es of a Shorter C'ut to C'hiin .md japan. Both |»arts illns- 
 tratcd with maps, and iM^nits. and Dedicated to his .NTaieslv 
 K. William. Hy L. Hennepin now resident in Holland. To 
 which aie add.jd Se\ eral New Discoveries in North America 
 iiiit publish'd in the French lulition. London, i'linted lor M. 
 Bentlev. j. X^nson, H. IJonwick. l . Goodwin, and S. Man- 
 ship. i6()S. 
 
 8°. Enfjiraved and printed I'itlcs. pp. (jo) jqij; pp. (;\2), 
 1/8. (Ji. 2 maps. 7 [)lates. This is the tirsi h'n^-lish Edition. 
 
 ENGLISH. \(Mji^ N. I). Combination. - 
 
 Similar Titles, with this difference. That //. /u?n is im- 
 printed on one line, and wir/,\ lollows on the next. 
 
 S" [)p. (jo) 24^. (}:) J2S. 2 maps, 7 plates. ApparentU- not 
 a Imprint of the piccedinsj;, as in the " C'ontmnation," it r'tads: 
 " Men oiiL^lit to be satisfy 'd." .\L;ain. there arc two Chapters 
 nnmbrrcd XXIi and this edition has 385 pai;es. 
 
 I^NCiidSlL io(i,s. N. D. Coinbination. 
 
 .Same title as hrst edition. Otherwise a|)p.irentlv as No. j, 
 bnl wiliiout the error m mmiberinj^ of two chapters XX H. 
 
 I'^NCiLlSIL i'H,j. N. 1). CombiiKition. 
 
 Same title ;is hi-st edition ; !)ut the imprint leads, London, 
 Printed lor IJenry Uonwicke, at tin; i\ed Lion, in Saint Taul's 
 C^imrch N'ard i'kj'). 
 
 S"". Enirraved .and printed Titles. pi>. (20) 240. (24) 216. 
 2 maps, 6 plates. 
 
 In this edition the Contimiation begins thns : "Reason 
 ought to rule Men in all cases," etc. And on the title, reads 
 
59 
 
 nil- 
 
 f 
 
 at the Kcd Lyon, etc., aii'l without the cnor in iiiimbcrin:^^ of 
 chapter XX II. 
 
 (;i:kman. 
 
 I C)i.)(). 
 
 N. D. 
 
 Neiie h'.iit.deckuii;; vieK'i sehr <4n)sseii Laiidschaften in 
 America /uischen Neu-Mcxico uiul dem Eyss-Meer <;elej;cn 
 wc'lclic bishero denen luiropdern no( h uhck.'iiu! ffewesen iind 
 an Grosse gan/ luiropa ubcrtressen. liie auc h cine dolliire 
 lk'schreidhiin<4' des (•csclichredliciien Wasser : Fallos \'on Ni- 
 a;jjara, welcher dcr s^rosseste in der <;an/en W'eltc ict, nnd dcs 
 »;r()s§en l*"lusses Mcischchapi)!, so in eincf Lan<^c von Soo 
 Meisstcnburch diese Lander Hielfet, nemlich von hesven Uhr; 
 sprnnjr l)i,ss /n sein<.'r: ICrgieffunt; in (hii (ioIlT von Mexico 
 Iniirleiclien der wildeii lunwoner Barbarischen Manieien und 
 Leliens-xMiart, sand)t \ icien Seltenbeiten. 
 
 Er Gross-Britannis, Maj. W^ilhelni dem 111., in I'l'-.inkosis. 
 
 Sprache iiberrichet nnd besehrilien Non R. I'. Lndovv lleinie- 
 
 pin, Misonario Recollect ("v Notario Aposlol. 
 
 Ins Deutsche ubersel/ bucli. 
 
 M. J. (;. Lan^en C Th. 
 
 Mit-I.and-CliartiH und Kupffcr J-'iifurcn. 
 
 Bremen. 
 
 Ill xetU'^'vini^^ Fh.ilip (i(jLtir Saurmans, Buchh 1699. 18 . 
 
 SPAXISIl. 
 
 1699. 
 
 N. D. 
 
 Relacion lie un I'ais (}nc luievamente se ha descubiei to en 
 hi America Septentrional de mas este-ndido que es La Luroj)a. 
 Y cpie saca a In/ en Castellano, debajo de la proteccion de el 
 Ex""^. Sr. L^ucpie de el infantado, Pastrana, eS:c., el Sar^ento 
 General de Batalla Don Sebastian Fernaiulez dv. Medrano, 
 Director de la Academia Real y Militarde el Exercito de los 
 Pa'ises Bajos. Emblem. 
 
 En Brussclas, 
 
 En Casa de Lamberto ALarchant, 
 
 Mercadcr de Libros. 
 
 M. DC. XCIX. 
 
r,o 
 
 ij" pp. (2.) fledicatioii to Scnr. Don jiian \)c Dios, tic 
 l'r()loi;o, pp. (4.) 86. Map and _' |)latcs, (jiic .'iniioiial ri'prc- 
 si. ntatioii ; the otlu-r rcprcsi'iUinj; luiropc, Asia, Aii i.a, and 
 Aincrita by tij^uios, suppoitiii;,'' tlu- ^dobc, etc. 
 
 l>UTriI. 1699. N. I). * 
 
 Nicuwi ()iitdckkiiii,a' \'iin ecu ^rdot. I..iiid. i,'-clci;i'n in 
 Aineric.i. tusschcii niciiw Mexico en di' Ys-Zcc. IT liel/ondc 
 de gelc^ciUlK id dcr /clvc iiiiuwi- ontdcktc l.,aiulcM : dc Riv- 
 ereii en grooti- Mecren in't /.t.lvr. I'm voor al van i\c t^iootc 
 KJN'ier Mescliasipi gcnaamd. Dc Kolimicn die lucn by di* 
 solve ti)t \ oor deel van dezeu Staat, zo ten *)p/i(dite \an den 
 Koopliandei, als tot vcr/ekerinfjfc der Spaansclie (iond-.Mijnen. 
 /on Konnen opri-chten I )e uitneeniende vruchtbaarluid 
 N.m'i Land; 'tvcTvlocd dcr \'iss(lien in den KivierCii. De 
 jj^edaanten, iniborst, geloo\e en oeffenni^en der W'ilden aldaar 
 woonende. De vreenide Dieren in liaare liossthcn en veldcn. 
 Met cell Korle aaninerl<inij;-e ov(-r de /o <.;;enaainde Stiaat 
 Aiiiani ; en't niiddel oui iloor ecn korteuei; xondei- de f.inie 
 .l''(iuin(jctiaal le passeeren, na China en .lapan te Konien met 
 vecle curicnse din^en tnccr. Alles met jj^oede Kaarten toi 
 deze aanwij/ini^e nodig, en met K(>|)eie Plaaten \ercierd. Met 
 goed-vinduiije van den Konini;- van Enjj^eland Wilhelnuis 
 den III. In't licht ges^eeven : En aan de Zelve /ijne Ma- 
 jestrit ()[)!4edraa,ti^en, door L()de\v\k ll'nnej)in, iMissionaiis 
 Recollect en Notaris Apostoliek. I'ot Am&terdam, by Abra- 
 ham van Someren. i^cv). 
 
 4' pp (^26) 220. ( 1 4). _' maps, J plates. The map is entitled 
 " Carte d'un tries j^iand pais. Che/ \. van Somerin a Am- 
 sterdam " Ameri(iue Septentrionalis. I. V . Vianen, fecit. 
 
 DUTCH. 
 
 :o: 
 
 N. D. 
 
 E: .-v^.v.... .,. 
 
 Printed ritle. Nienwe Ontdekking^e in America (iedan 
 Dooi" L. Hennepin, t Amsterdam B\- Andries van Damme, 
 Bockverkoper 1702. 
 
 Printed Title. Nieuwe ( Mitdekkhig van een groot Land, 
 gelegen in \merica, tusschen nieuu .NIexico en de N's Zee. 
 
6i 
 
 lU'hoI/iMule (lcj;cl('^ciilici(l dcr /clvc niciiw ontdc-kli' LaiwU^n. 
 (Ic Kivieren en jjroott; Mcercii, en voor al de ^rootc River 
 Mi'scliasipi jLjciiaaiiul ; dc Ccjlonirn die men by de selve lot ver- 
 zi'keriii^e del" Spaansche (lOiulMijneii, /on konnen oprecliten ; 
 irnitnceineiulc viuctlihaarlieid van'l F.and : overvloed der 
 \ issclien in de Kivieien: ^edaanle, itiborst, y^eloove, en oet- 
 fenin^eii der W'ildcii aldaar \v()oi\endc : de vreeiiule Dieren in 
 liaarc Uossehen en Velden, i\c. Met een korte aanrnerkiiiije 
 over de zo •jenaatnde Straat. i\niain ; rn't. middcl oin door een 
 Korte wej^, bonder de Linie .l\(|Minoctial te passeeren, na 
 China en Jai)an te konien. i\lles met i;()ede Kaaiten tot dezc 
 aanuij/inLje nodijj;', en met, Koi)eie I'laaten vereierd. Door 
 Lodewyk I lennepin, Missionaris Kecolleel en Notaris Apos- 
 tolick. Henevens een .Vanlianj^sel, bthelzende een Uei/e door 
 een (iedeelte van de Spaansche West-lndien, en een V'eihaal 
 van d'lvxpeditie der Fransclien op Carta<i[ena Door L. (ouis) 
 de ('.(a|)in). Rmhlein. I'ot Amsterdam l)v Aiulries van 
 i)amme, lioekverkooper o|)'t Kokkiii bezyden de Benis 1702. 
 8" pp. (i I.) (13.) 220.(14). 2 maps, 2 plates. Anniianirsel. 
 I i)lan, 47. 
 
 DUTCH. 
 
 I tied 
 Am- 
 
 .and, 
 ; Zee. 
 
 1704. 
 
 N. I). 
 
 Printed Title. Aenmerkelyke voyaj^ie (je(hian na't (iede- 
 elte van Noorder America, I3ehel/ende een nieuwe ontdi'k- 
 kinfj^e van een seer groot Land, gele^i^en tusschen Nieuw 
 Mexico en de \'s-Zee. Vervattende de gelegentheid der 
 nienw ontdekte Landen : de Rivieren en groote Meeren in't 
 zelve. En voor al van de groijte Rivier Meschasipi ginaamd. 
 De Kolonien die men by de selve tot voordeel van dezan 
 Staat, zo ten opziehte van ilen Koophandel, ais tot \ erzekeringe 
 ier Spaansche (lond-Mijnen, zon kunnen oprechten. De nit- 
 nemende vruchtbaarheid van't Land ; overvloed der X'isschen 
 i'l de Rivieren. De gedaanten, inborst, geloovc en oeffennin- 
 gen der Wilden aldaar woonende. De vrcemde Dieren in 
 haare IJosschen en Velden. Met een Korte aanm^rkinge over 
 de zo genaamde Straat Aniam ; en't middel om door een 
 korte weg zonder de Liiiie ^Ecpiinoctial te passeeren, na 
 
C>2 ' 
 
 China on .l.ipan tc komtMi met vcck* anderc- b^'soiulcriu-dtn 
 nieer. Door Lodewyk Hennepin, Missionaris Recollect (mi 
 Notariiis Apostolick. Desen laatstcn Druk is niet alleen ver- 
 cierd, met noodige kaarten niaar ook met vcrscheide Kopere 
 Print-verbeeldins^en, voyt te VDorcni soo jj^estc ii. Rmblem. 
 
 Te Leyden, Bv Fiet(M- van dei Aa. 1704. 
 
 8-" pp(8)(i2)2i9.(i3.) 
 
 DUTCH. 
 
 1 704. 
 
 N. I). 
 
 Aanmerkelyke voyasi^ie jj^edaan na't <i^edeelds \an xMoorder 
 America, behelzende een uieuwe ontdekkini^e van een seei 
 jj^rootland, i^eleg'en tussclien Nieuw-Mexico en de ^'s-/ee, «S:c. 
 (Same as edition of 1704, with imprint of I'ieter van der Aa ) 
 Rotterdam: IJarent lies. 1704. 
 
 \2' pp (22) 200. (14). 2 majis, 6 plates. 
 
 FRENCH. [704. N. D. 
 
 W'/uge Curieux !)u R. P. I.ouis llenncpin, Missionaire 
 Recollect, tS: Notaire Apostolicjue. Oui contient, une Nonvelle 
 Decou\erte D'un Tres-Crr:'nd I'avs, situe dans I'Ameriqne, 
 Entre le Nouveau Mexique iS. la Mer Glaciale, Avec Toutes 
 les i)articnlaritfv de ce Pavs. iS: Ics avantag'es (jn'on en pent 
 tirer par I'etablissment des Colonies, enrichi de Cartes iV 
 augmentc de queUiues figures entaille donee necessaries. 
 Outre cela on a aussi ajonte ici un V^oyage Oui contient une 
 Relation exacte (.le TOrigine, ^Iouers, Coutumes, Religion, 
 Guerres iV \'oyag<;s des Caribcs, Sauvages des Isles Antilles 
 de I'Ameriqne, Faite par le Sieur De La i»orile, luiiidoyc a la 
 Conversiou et des Caribes, Et tiree du Cabinet de M. liion- 
 del. A La Haye, Che/ Jean Kitto, Maichand Libraire, dens 
 le Spuy-straet. 170].. 
 
 i2mo. Two titles, onv engi-.ived, (Mie printed, jtp (32) On.^.. 
 (^2). 2 maj)^, 6 plates. 
 
 FR1-:XC11. 1704. N. D * 
 
 Same titles, with the imj^nnt A Lenle: Chv/. Pierre \ :iii d^r 
 Aa. M D CC 1\ . 
 
• ^'3 
 
 FRKNCH. 1704. N. D * 
 
 Voya.^re on Nouvelle Decouvei te dun tres ^^rand pavs, dans 
 1 A.nenquc c.itrc ic Nouveau Mexique et la Mer ('ilacialc 
 har le K. I\ L„u.s Hennepin, Avec toutes les part.cularit/ de 
 CO \ ais, cS; de celui connu sons le nom de La Louisiane • les 
 advantages ciu'on en pent tirer par retablissement des G^lo- 
 n.es ennchie de Cartes (ieographKiues. Augmente de quel- 
 qi.es hgures en taille douce. Avec un voyage Oui contient 
 une ivelation exacte de TOrigine, Moeurs. Contnmes, Reli<rion 
 C.ucn-es c^ \^)yages des Caraibes, Sauvages «les isles Antilles 
 de 1 Anienciue, Faite par ie Sieur de la Borde, Tiree dn Cabi- 
 net de Monsr Blondel. ^ Emblem. A Amersterdam, chez 
 
 Adnaan Braakman. AFDCCIV. Marchand Libraire pres le 
 Dam. ^ 
 
 • --, pp{34) 604.(32) 493- Printed 293. 2 maps, engraved 
 and printed titles. plat( s and maps. 
 
 Besides the plates of the Falls of Niagara, the Buffalo, (hr 
 Monstrance, taking goods from a Cache, the view of the 
 building ol the - Griffon - appears for the f^rst time, a. an en- 
 gravmg. Hennepin ends at page 516, and then the " \'ova<re 
 qui Content," ending at page 604. , " 
 
 FRENCH. ,711. N. D. * 
 
 Voyages Curieuvc et Nouveauv de Messieurs Hennepin c\ 
 J)ela Borde. On Ton voit une Description tres Farticuliere 
 d'un Grand I'ays dans TAmerique, entre le Nouveau Mexicpic,' 
 A: la Mer Glaciale. avec une Relation Curieuse des Caraifx's 
 Sauvagrs des Isles Antilles de rAmeriquc, leurs Moeur.. 
 Contemes. Religion ^c. Le toute accompagae des Cartes cV 
 hgures necessa.res. I-mblcm. A Amsterdam. Aux depens de 
 la Compagnie. MDCXl. 
 
 1J-. Title oblong, and i)rinted. Same misprint, 20; for 
 493- 
 
 * 
 
 FRENCH. 1712. N. D. 
 
 Voyage on Nouvelle Decouverle d'un ties grand Pais, dans 
 
 I Amcnque cntre la Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale. 
 
64 
 
 Par R. I'. l.Duis Hennei)in. Avec touts les particularitez dc 
 cc Pais, iV dc cclui connu sous le nom de la Louisian ciu'on cii 
 pcuL tircr par I'etahlissiiK'nt dcs colonies ciirichic dcs cartes 
 Cieo^'rapliiques. Aut^mentc de quekpies t'lj^ures en taille 
 douce avec un N'oya'^'c (]ui contient nne relation exacte de 
 r()ri<;ine, iMoenrs, Coutumes, Reli^^ion, Ciuerres et voyaj^es 
 des Caraibcs, Sauvages de? isles Antilles dc I'Anierique. 
 Faite par Ic Sicur de la Borde. Tirce du Cabinet de Mousr 
 Blondcl. Pmbleni. Amsterdam, cbez Jac(]ues Desbordes, 
 Libraire vis-a-vis, la Grande Porte de la Bourse. 1712. 
 ' 12^. Title, dedication ( 1 1.) avis an lecteur f 13) table (9) pp 
 604. Table de matieres 32. Map, 6 plates. 
 
 GERMAN. 1720. N. D. * 
 
 Aussfuhrliclie Ilistorische und (ieo^raphische Besclirei- 
 buni; dess am deni grossen Flusse .Mississipi in Nord America 
 gelen<;-en herrlichen Landes Louisiana: In welches die neu- 
 auli^erichtete Fran/osicshe grosse Indianische Compat^nie 
 C'olonien /u sebicken augesangen : worbed /ui^leich Reflex- 
 ionen iibei' die weitliinans schende Detfeins gedachter com- 
 pajj;nie, und des d.aiiiber cnt standen action. Ilandelserdffnet 
 werden 
 
 i")ritte aushiiT mil neuen Benlas^cn und Anmerchnugen per- 
 mehner. Leipsi/ 1720. 
 
 12^ pp (2) 80. Map of Lovisiana am Fluss Missisippi, with 
 a cut of " Dcr C(jmpa<^nie Wappen." 
 
 FRENCH. 1720. N. D. * 
 
 Relations de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississipi. ou Ton 
 voit I'etat tie ce i^raiid Pais iS: les advantai^es (pi'il pent i)ro- 
 diure &.C. 
 
 A Amsterdam. Chez Jean Frcdcricli Bernard. 
 M D CC XX. 
 
 / 
 
 ENGLISH. 
 
 1 720. 
 
 N. D. 
 
 A Discovery ol a Larjj^e, Rich and Plentiful Country in the 
 North America; extending above 4000 Leagues. Wherein, 
 
/ 
 
 65 
 
 By a very short, P;issagc, lately found out. thro' the Mor-Bar. 
 inejo into the South Sea; by which a considerable Trade 
 nii^irht be carryVl on, ;is well in the Northern as the Soutliern 
 Tarts of America. London: rrinteii for W. Borehani, ;ii 
 the An<i:el m I'ater-Nostei Row. 
 
 ^^ PP <-•) PP 24, then comes 17 to 22 inclusive (2) list of 
 new books by W. Boreham. 
 
 I FRENCH. 1720. La. * 
 
 La Nouvellc France, on la description de la Louisiane, 
 connue sous le iio!->i de Mississipi, nouvellement deouverte par 
 ordre du Roy Avec les incurs et la maniere de vivre des 
 Sauvages, et les premieres habitations de nos Francois. A 
 Paris. Chevclier Bon Reposa. 
 
 12". i)p: 5-89-80. 
 
 DUTCH. 
 
 172. 
 
 N. D. 
 
 Nieuwc Ontdekkinj;-, van <;roote Lande in Amerika, tuss- 
 chcn Nieuw-Mexico en de Ys-Zee. (Same as the Edition of 
 1702, to the word Capin.) Met Kaarten en Kopere j'laat. 
 Amsterdam 1722. 4to. 
 
 FREN(MI, 
 
 '/-?• 
 
 D'un !*ays Plus grand (|ui I'Europe situ(' dans I'Amerique 
 (\'ol. 5, 3d V.(l.) 
 
 Amsterdam. Chez Jean Fr-cderich Bernard. 1725. 
 
 11<I-:NCIL 1727 N. L). « 
 
 Dec()u\ert d'wi Pays plus grand due ITinrope, situe dans 
 rAmerKpie cntre le Nouveau Me\i(|uc iS: la >[er (Tlaciale. 
 Tome V. A Amsterdam jean Frederich Bernard. 
 
 12'' pp (2.) 461 (10.) map. 
 
 FRENCH. 
 
 1727. 
 
 N. D. 
 
 Nouvellc DecouverL Dun I 'ays plus grand de I'Europe, 
 situedans 1' Amerique. A Amsterdam, chez Jean Frederich 
 
66 
 
 Bernard. Printed in \\)1 11. Ciarcilaso dc la \ tga, llistoiic 
 des Incas. 
 
 4' PP- 48. (3)- 
 
 FRENCH. ,;34. N. V. 
 
 X'oyagc en uii I'ays pluN i^rand que I'Europc, entre la Mcr 
 (ilacial ilv^ le Nc»uveau Mexi(]ue. Far le P. Hennepin ; Printed 
 in Kecuil de Voyages an Nord, coiiteiinnt Divers Menioires 
 tres ntiles an loninierce A: a la Navigation. Tome \^. Trois- 
 ienu' Edition angniente d'nn Relatit)n. 
 
 A Amsterdam chez Jean I-'redericli liei iiard. 
 WDCCXXXIW 
 1-° pp. 19;. 370. 
 
 FRENCH. 1737. 
 Same title, and |>ul)lisiied as N. I), of i7--'7. 
 
 FRI-NCH. 1737 and 17VS. 
 Same title, and published as N. ! ). ol 17J7. 
 
 GERMAN. 1739. N. !). 
 
 Nene Reise neschreibuMi^ nai. h Aniei ic;i, nnd drrcr bisher 
 n:/(.h nnbekaiidten Landei nnd \'()lcker. vornemlicli von der 
 Landscliallt LtA'isiana. nnd den Sittcn und Lebcns .\rt dew 
 Wilden in selbiger Landsehalft. Aus dem l"raiiz(>sischen 
 iibersetzt und mit Kupfern ge/iert. 
 
 Niirnberg, Ini \'erlag Christ. Fried. I' .-is/e. 1739. 
 
 iS', i)p 4J5. 2 maps. 
 
 GERMAN. 1 742. N. D. * 
 
 Reisen nnd seltsahme Begebenheitcn ; Oder sonderbare 
 Enldeekung vieler sehr grossen Liinder in America. W'elche 
 bis;^hero no(4i unbeckrmnt gcwcsen. nnd an Grosse gani/ 
 Ivaropa iibert lessen, aus dem b'ranzosischcn iil)erert/A. Mit 
 Land-charten und K\i[)fern. 
 
 Bremen, l)e\ Nathanael Saurmaim. 1742. 
 
 18' PP (jo) 3^'-:. 2 maps, and plate of the Falls of Niagara. 
 Maps dated Bremen, 1698 and K'kjq respectively. 
 
6- 
 
 1 8o4 
 
 Andrew EUicott's Journal, publ'slu-d in 1S04. In the preface 
 speaks of Ifennepinand La Salle, also (piotcs from the Lon- 
 don edition of iTkjS. 
 
 l.Sij. 
 
 Ill Major Amos Stoddard's " Sketches of Louisiana," T'liila. 
 1812, pp 15 to 24, in a historical desciiption of Louisiana, 
 i;ives extracts from Hennepin's work Svo. 
 
 1820. * 
 
 Tn volume I of " ArchoeIou;ia Americana," puhlislied at 
 Worcester, Mass.. pp 61 to 104. inc., extracts are m;ul(- !rom 
 "New \'ovair(>;' etc.. and isthelii>t pa|)er in the volume. 8vo. 
 
 1834. ^ 
 
 A ALanua! for the use of \'isitors to the Falls of Niai^-ara. 
 etc., by Joseph Wentworth luirraham. Buffalo, N. \'., 
 Charles I^\a.\'on. Pa. iS. iS"". 
 
 '^35- * 
 
 A (uiiilc to Travelers visitin^^ the Falls of Niaj,^ara. bv Mo- 
 ratio A. I^arsons. Fa. 5.->. 2(\ Edition. F>iiffalo/N. N'., (). G. 
 Steele. 18'. 
 
 ■ 1836. 
 
 Tlie Bo(jk o( Niaj^ara I'alls, bv II. A. Parsons. 
 Edition. HnMalo, N. V., (). G. Steele. 18'. 
 
 * 
 
 ^.(1 
 
 1838. * 
 
 The Tourist, or pocket Manu.i! for tiavelcrs. etc. X(>u- 
 \'ork. Pa. 56. iS\ 
 
 The Falls of Nia^-ara, or f.ravelers uinde, etc., bv Samuel 
 l)e \'e:iu\-. Buffalo, N. V. Pa. 20. 18 \ 
 
r.s 
 I S40. * 
 
 Steele's Book of Nia.s^ara Falls. Buffalo, N. V., (). G. 
 Steele. Pa. 54. fth lidition. iS', , 
 
 1841. * 
 
 The Travelers own IJook, etc. Buffalo, N, V. Fa.xon \ 
 Read. Pa. i n,. 18". 
 
 1842. * 
 
 Pictorial Ciuide to the Falls of Niaj^ara, etc., by J. \V. Orr. 
 Buffalo, N. Y. Salisbur) <S: Clapf). Pa. 201. 18^. 
 
 1844. 
 
 Every Man his own Guide to the Falls of Niat^ara, by T. 
 G. Hulett. 4th Edition. Buffalo, N. Y. Faxon cS: Co. Pa. 
 11. 18". 
 
 1845. * 
 
 Pictorial Guide to llie Falls of Niaij;ara, etc , bv J. W . Orr. 
 Buffalo, N. Y. Salisbury & Clapj). Pa. 201. 18'. 
 
 1845. 
 Description of Niagara, from various sources, etc., l)y Wil- 
 liam Barliam. Gravesend, England. Pa. 86. 410. 
 
 1845. 
 Travels in ^Jortli America in the years 1841-42, by Charles 
 Lyell, F. R. S. \'ol. i. pa. 28. With a fac-similie view of the 
 Falls, from edition of i'')97. New York. Wiley iV Putnam. 
 
 12°. 
 
 1848. * 
 
 Steele's Book of Niagara I'\'ills, etc. Buffalo, N. Y. Oliver 
 G. Steele. Pa. 56. 12'. 
 
 1848. * 
 
 Niagara, a Poem, by Rev. C. II. .\. Bulkley. New York. 
 Leaviit. Trow .'v Co. Pa. i;/). 8^ 
 
 1849. * 
 Pioneer History of the Ilc'land Puichase, by O. Turner. 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. Pp. 134. 193.4. 4to. 
 
Gj 
 
 iS^o. 
 
 Minnesola Historical Collections. \',.l. i, pp. ^oj. :;! :;. ^t... 
 
 1850. 
 
 New Guide Book of Niaoaia Falls, lor Stran-crs, bv (too. 
 11. Ilackstaff (editor of the " Iri.-,,' of Niauarai. NiaL-ara 
 Falls. X V. I 'a. jy. l2^ ' 
 
 1.S51, 
 
 Louisiana, its Colonial liistMry and Romanic, hv diaries 
 (Jayarrc. New \\)ik. Pp. z^j. 35. 4to. 
 
 1851. « 
 
 History (^f the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and (i(,rii: 
 Purchase, by (). Turner. 1^.24.29. 410. 
 
 im 
 
 1851. * 
 
 New Guide Book of Nia^rara Falls, for Strano-ers, bv Geo. 
 H. Hackstaff (editor of tlie "Iris," of Niauani) Nia^-ara 
 Falls, N. Y. Pa. 29, i2\ ^' "" 
 
 1851. * 
 
 Peck's Tourist's Companion to Nia<;-ara, etc. Buffalo N \' 
 VV. B. cV C. E. Peck. Pa. 135. 12"-. 
 
 1S52. '^ 
 
 History of Buffalo, b\ Chas. \\ Dwyer. Hall tV Mooney 
 Pp- 1 I. iT). 8\ 
 
 1852. * 
 The Ontario .S: St. Lawrence Steam Boat Co.'s Hantl I5ook 
 
 for Travelers to Nia^rara, etc, l)y J. Van Cleve. Bulfalo, N. 
 Y. Jewett, Thomas cV Co. Geo. H. Derby \- Co. Pa. 59. 
 12'. 
 
 1852. * 
 
 Every .NLin his own (hiide at Niag-ara Falls, by F. IF John- 
 son. Buffalo, N. V. Phinnev iV Co. Pa. 33. 12'. 
 
;o 
 1852. * 
 
 Discovery ami l':x()lorati()n of the Mississippi Valle\-, by 
 John Gilmary Shea. New \'ork. Redtield. 
 
 Commencinj:,'- on paoe 10;, eliding; on [)a,i,^e 163. is the narni- 
 Live of the voyage to the uj^per >iississippi, hv Father Louis 
 Hennepin, translated from iiis " Description dc la Louisiane." 
 Paris, 168^. 4to. 
 
 Every Man his own Guide at Niagara Falls. In' l\ II. John- 
 son. Buffalo, N. Y. Phinnev i?i: Co. Fa. rv i-''. 
 
 1853. * 
 
 Flackstaffs New (hiide Hook of Niagara Falls. Niagara 
 Falls, N. V. VV. E. Tunis cV Co. Fa. 63. 12'. 
 
 1856. * 
 
 A Guide for every Visitor to Niagara Falls, etc. Buffalo. 
 N. v., Fhinney cVi Co. .\nd Niagara Falls, A. IF Curtis Pa' 
 
 35- 
 
 ! 
 
 1862. 
 
 The History of Erie County, l>a., by Laura G. Sanlord. 
 i'hdadelphia. Pa. J. B. Lippincott i\- Co. Pp. 3;.5.(io) 8\ 
 
 1863. 
 
 Guide to Niagara Falls and its Scenery, etc., bv F. II. John- 
 son. Philadelphia, Pa. (Jeo. VV. Childs. Pa. .>,S. I3^" 
 
 1 864. 
 Same title and observations. Pa. j8. 12' . 
 
 * 
 
 1 864. * • 
 
 -Buffalo and the Senecas." bv William Ketchum. Vol r 
 pp. 51. 68. 4to. 
 
 1868. * 
 
 The Falls of Niagara, being a comi)lete guide, etc. Lon- 
 •lon. P. Xelson cV Sons. Pa. 6. 12 = . 
 

 7« 
 
 '1 ums's Topo^-iaphical ;ii\(l I'ii torial (luidc to Niaf^Mia l''alls, 
 cl.c. Detroit, Mii:li., and Nia,!;ai-a Fulls, N. Y. I'a. f)4, ij\ 
 
 1 870. * 
 
 Dccouvcrtfs ct Ivtablissmcnts de C^-ivclitr Dc La Salle. Do 
 Rouen. Dans L'Anuri(|ue du Nord. (Lacs Ontario. l<;rii', 
 Huron, Michigan, Vallees de I'Ohio ct du Mis.sissii)|)i, et. 
 Texas. 1 Far Gabriel Gravicr, Mcmbre dc la Sociefic de 
 I'FIistoric dc Norniandie. Faris. ^Laissoll neuvc ct cic. Li- 
 braire Editeure 15 (.Juai \Mjltaire, 1870. 
 
 I'p (4) (4) portrait de La Salle, his coat of arms j plans pj* 
 35^- (37-) ('7-) '"If' " Carte de la Louisiatic." 4to. 
 
 i87(. * 
 
 Guide to Niai^ara Falls, and its Scenery, by V. Fl. .Inhnson. 
 Fhiladeli-hia. Geo. W. Childs Fp. 27. 72. 12'. 
 
 1S72. * 
 
 Nia,i;ara, its History and Gcolo;,^-, Incidents, Foctrv, rMt., 
 byGco. W. HoUey. New York. Sheldon cV Co. Fa. 17. 12'. 
 
 1872. * 
 
 • The Early Out-Fosts of Wisconsin, by Daniel S. Durric, 
 
 Librarian State Historical Society. Paper read Dec. 26th, 
 12 pp. Faniphlct. 
 
 1874. * 
 
 Horner's Buffalo and Niagara Falls Ciuide, eic. Buil.ilo, 
 N. Y. W. T. Horner, A. M. Pa. 63. i?.\ 
 
 1874. * 
 
 Tunis's Guide Book, Niagara. Montreal, etc. F)etroit. 
 Mich. VV. E. Tunis. Fa. 64. 12 = . 
 
 1876. • * 
 
 CenteiHiial History of Erie County, New York, by Chris- 
 field Johnson. Pp. 38. 44. 8°. 
 
I 
 
 History of St. \\ni\, Minn,, by j. I- 
 ;. _'5. .S\ • 
 
 Ictchrr Williams. I'li 
 
 1 
 
 1S7S. 
 A ropular History of tlic United .States, by Win. Ciillcn 
 Bryant and Sidney Howard (iay. New York. C^liarles 
 Scribncr's Sons I'p. 511-514, Hennepin and La Salle. I'a. 
 51 1, fac-siniile of the (iriffon. 
 
 1879. * 
 Discovery and C{)n(|ucsts of the North-West, bv Knfns 
 
 Ulanchard. VVhealon, III. Pp. 24. 53. 8\ 
 
 1880. * 
 A !)escri|)li()n ol Louisiana, by Father Louis Hennepin, 
 
 Recollect .Missionary. Translated Irom the edition of i^Sj;, 
 and compared with the Nouvelle Decouverte, the La Salle 
 documents, and other contemporaneous |)apers. Hy John 
 (iilmary Shea. New York. John (1. .Shea. 
 
 8' |)p. 408. Map, fac-siniile of title to edition of 168,3. 
 Fac-simile view of the Falls of Niaii^ara, from the edition of 
 1697. 
 
 1880. « 
 
 Bi-Centenary Celebration held at Saint Paul, Minn, Satur- 
 day, July 3tl. Oration delivered by Ex-Governor Cushman 
 K Davis. Published in Sunday GloLje, Vol, 3, No. 186, July 
 4th. S'. Pamphlet and newspa])er. 
 
 :> 
 
 1880. 
 Edward I). Neill " VVritinj^s of Hennepin." A jjaper read 
 belore the Historical Society of Minnesota, in November. 
 
 1880. 
 
 hi the " Deutsche Pioneer," August and October, by H. A. 
 Rafferman. ' 
 
.« 
 
 n 
 
 I fSSi ). 
 
 Sprciiil l^t|.()ii .il tlu New \-nik St.ilc Siirvcv, .,11 (Im 
 I'lvscrvatiMii ol ihc ScciaTy ot Nia^ar.i l-'alls. cti ..hv |aMic->; 
 I". (.atdiKT, Director. Marcl) jjd. Albany, N. N'. ' Assem- 
 blv Doc. Xo. S6. s\ 
 
 1881, 
 
 The- ['reservation <.! Nia^Mra l-alls. I)v I lent v \<.n„;,„. 
 New York. ( I'a. o. I Irnnei.in^ I'aini.hlcl. Tp. V). S. 
 
 1 88 J. * 
 
 Annals ol 1-ort Mackinac, by Dwij^ht 1 1. Kelton. I'. S. 
 Army. C'hica.i^^o. I""ci-<;us rrinfint;- Co. \'y. 111. (j;., .; ^. 
 
 ;^ 
 
 l88,^ - 
 
 Allen's lllnstiated duulc to .\iai,^ara, 1)\ II. T. \\\c\\. \\\\\ 
 lalo, N. ^■. The Courier Co. I'a. .jS to 58. \i. 
 
 1S83. 
 
 Notes on Niai^-ara. lllnsfrated. Chicago. R. Lespinasse, 
 pnblisher. I'a. 21, Hennepin \'ie\v. _jto. 
 
 18S4. «• 
 
 lllustialed Uuide to Niagara I-alls. Chica<n). 111. Rand, 
 McNally cS: Co. I 'a. 15. i_-. 
 
 1885. 
 
 The Complete II lust rated Guide to Niagara Falls and \\ 
 cinitv. I'a. 11.12'. 
 
 1885. " 
 
 Tugby's Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls, etc. Niagara 
 Falls. Thomas Tngbw I'a. 40. u'. 
 
;4 
 
 1SS5. * 
 
 TlicCiicil C'.il.ir.ict llliislKitrd, hv K. Lrs|iinassr. Cliic.i;,^), 
 111. (i. W. Onilvii'. I').. i(., 1;, IS., with .1 liif-siiuiU' uf I*;iils, 
 liMiii |ti-iiiL I,, \(>i)~, 
 
 1.SS5. * 
 
 The C''iiii|.U'lc' lllustr;itcil (mule to Ni.ij^rnni l'*alls iiiul \'i 
 
 ciiiiiy. Niaj;ara Falls, N. Y. (Jazcttc rriiitiii- lloiisr. Ta. 
 I 1. IJ. ij'. 
 
 rSS;. * 
 
 Tlic Historical Wiil injurs ol Orsaimisll. Marsliaii. Alliaiiv. 
 J(.)cl Muiiscll s Sons. S' . 
 
 18S7. * 
 
 Nia^Mia and lUyoiKJ. Miclii-an C'rntral K. K. ( o. Uand, 
 
 McNally A- Co.. (/liica.uo. III. I'p. 1^5. I'a. k.,^, I IrniK.-pin 
 \'i('\v. .).t,o. 
 
 Ti-avcls in Anicrica. Dt-ni. Kt-vicw. 5: !(,(>, ,i8i. 
 (J. II. iV'ikins). N. Am., .4S: ;o, 40: J5.S. 
 (VV. F. I'oolc), Dial . 1 : J3^ 
 
 Never in Albany. I listorical Ma<;azine. 10: .?(.S, * 
 
 Wisconsin Historical Collections, i: 66. 5: 107, loN, no, 
 i.?o. 6:181. 10: jS:;, j86. ' * 
 
 I-older issued 1)\ the New \' uvk Stale Reservation, lor the 
 US'' ol N'isitors to the Falls of Nia^rara. I leiinepiu's \ic\v 
 and description. 
 
 I.S.jl, 
 
 Nia.-^^ara and Chantau'iua. Issued by the Western New 
 ^■orlv tSt I'ennsylvania Railioad Co. ihiff.llo, N. \'. illustrat- 
 ed, Wenborne-Sunnier (j), ij'. 
 
lilRLIOCKAniY OI' l..\ SALI.Ii. 
 
 IKKNC'II. ir,,,;. 
 
 I )rr nicri.'s il('i.c)ii\ crtcs dans I' \m.'iii|iic .-.ciMint i ioiialc dv M 
 (Ic Lu Salle, Miscs.iii jour pai M l.c Cluvalii'i 'lonii (ioiiv- 
 enicur (111 Ion Saint i^ouisaiiv Illinois, liniblcni. A I'.iiis 
 an I'alais, die/ .lean ( inii^iiai d. a rentree <\'' la (irand Salle, a 
 I'inia.ije Saint Jean. M . I H " L.\ X .\ .\ \' 1 1 ,\vf( Privilege 
 (in R()\. 
 
 rp i. 2. 3iv 13- ('■ '-''■ 
 
 [•:\(iLi.sii, 
 
 l'')(;S. 
 
 An account ot .Monsieur de La Salle's last (.-xpedil ion ;nid 
 (lisco\eries in North America. Pr^jsented to the hreiicli 
 Kinij; and |)id)lislied by C'tu>velier Tonti, Ciovi'rnor ol I"'ort 
 Saint l.t)uis in the Province ol thi' Illinois. Made Knglisli 
 from the Paris ori^-inal. London, publislied for J. Ton.son at 
 the Judij;-cs Head, and S. HuckU at the l)ol])hin in Meet 
 Street, and L Knajjlock ;it the Aiig'el ainl Crown in Saint 
 Pauls C'linrcli \'ar(l. KkjS. 
 
 \2'-. pp J I 1. 4.|. 
 
 Fi<E\C"ll.- 171^,. * 
 
 Journal Histoiiipie du di'rnier vovaLCe tpie feu .M.de la .Sale 
 sit dans le (iolte de iMe.viciue, pour tioii\er renibourcluiie, iS: 
 le cours dc la kiviere de Missicipi, iiommee a present la Ri- 
 \iere de Saint Loiiis, cjui tiaveise la Louisiane. Oii i'on \()it 
 I'Historie tragicpie de sa niort, iV I'lnsieurs choses (airieuses 
 du nou\eau nionde. Par .\[oiisii'iii .'ouiel, I'liii des Compai;'- 
 
nous (K I c \'()\ ayr. i i'(lii;(' i\ mis cii niili c pai' Mi (iisn'iir I )c' 
 ^IiclleI. Eiiililciii. A r.iiis, cluv [tstit nnc Kohinol, l.ihi lire, 
 ()ii;i\- iV attfiiaiil la I'oitc di' . iiiands .\iii.>,ustins. ,'i 1' Aiii^c 
 (iardic'ii. M !)('(' Xlll. Axtt Approbation i\ l\i\ilct;r 
 du Roy. 
 
 \2'. I^ccturc and approbation (.2S) License to pnblish {},). 
 I'l-il'acc ( lo) -,; I . Tablo(;.i Oiij^inal laruT loldin^- map. wilii 
 a cut ot tl'.c I'llls ()l Nia^aia in tlic ;i|ip(.'r U It hand cornel'. 
 
 I-\r.LISII. i;i4. * 
 
 A Jonrnal ol the last voyai^c perlisinied b\- Moiisr de la 
 Sale, to the (iulph ol Mexico, ti; fmd out tlieinoutli ol the 
 Missisipi Isiver; eontamini;" an account ol the sett lemeiits lie 
 endeavour'd to make on the Coast ot the aforesaid Hay. his 
 iuih)rtunati' Death, and liie Traxcls oi his Companions lor the 
 S|)ac'? t»f Kii^iti llimdred Leay'ues across that Inland Conn! r\ 
 ol America, now call'd l^oui-iana, (and i;"i\'en by the Kin<;' of 
 France to M. Cro/at.i ;ill they came into Canada. 
 
 \V;ilIen m Fieach by Monsieur loutil, a Commandei' in 
 that Iv\| ei.liiiou ; and Iranslateii Iroin the Edition just pub- 
 lish'd al Paris, with an e\act map ol tluit yast Countr\-, and .i 
 Copy Ol tiv Letters I 'ati'nts granted b\- the K. ol Iraiu'e to 
 ^L Cro/al. Ion Ion, iV'inied to;- A. Dell at the Cross-Keys 
 and Bible in (.'oiniiill, 15. Lintott a! the Cross-Keys in I'leet 
 streei. and i. Baker in Fater-Noster Row, 1714. 
 
 Syo. Tin' I'n'iich Bookseller to the reader and re|)l\ (Ji.) 
 Freface (S.i .\d\ lo tite liritish <;entr\- u .) ( )rioinal map 
 iroin ihe Faris edit lou p[) _'■ 15 index (3,) 
 
 1S38. 
 
 \'o\ai;es and enterpiises pour leu M Robert Ca\elier Sieur 
 tie la Salle. t.tc. .A'Mante. Me La Fres.M' Cjamoiss' de jean- 
 marie .Shea. Translation 01 -ame in .Shea's l<larl\- N'oyajres. 
 
 .\lliaiiy, iS')i . I 'p. 1 ^, 4j. 
 
 1X30. 
 I he lJe\ lis I lole, With .m account ol a \ isit inadr to it in 
 i'i;(j: bv Robert Cayeliei- de la .Salle, to which is added a 
 
I 
 
 I / 
 
 inomr.ir of the lilc of La Salle, |,v Ndson Colt. 4M1 Hditioii- 
 Niao-ara C'itw I'liDtcd l)\ X. T. Ilackstan. at llic Herald 
 OHicc. 1X39. 18 . \\). 16. 
 
 1879. * 
 
 The Ilurstin,-- of Pierre Mar^ry's I.a Salle Hiibhlc, 1)\- Jolui 
 (iilmaiy Shea. (Reprinted from ihe New N'oik Freeraan's 
 Joiinial.i New York. T. \\. Sidehot ham. printer, jX I5eek- 
 maii St. l'anT])hh-t. J4 ])p. 
 
 1 889. * 
 
 Ceremonies altendini,^ llie unveiiiiii;- of the Statue of 
 I'Johert Cavalier di> la Salle, at Lincoln I 'ark, Chic aj^ro, Octo- 
 ber i.:lh, 1880. Chicago. 111. Kmuhi a Leonard Co.. Print- 
 ers, .[to. I 'p. ?_-\. 
 
 This niomiiuent was erected at the expense of the Hon. 
 Lambert Tree, late minister to lli usseLs and St. Petersburi:. 
 
 I'RLNC II. 18S0. * 
 
 Le \'ieii\ Lachine el le .Massacre i\\\ ■;. .Xont H'So. Con- 
 ference donnee devant la jjaroisse de Lachine, le o .\(uit i,S8o. 
 pai- Desire (iirouaid, Con.seil fie la Reim , (K)Cteur en Droit, 
 depute. Montreal Cie d Inrprinuere et de Lithographie 
 Gebluirdt. Herthiaunie, N(<, :;;>. rue St Gabriel. I'p 76. 11- 
 hislated. 1889. >L'ip, 
 
 I'.NdLISlL 18.JO. * 
 
 Canadian Pen and I nk Sketc~hes, bv .lolm l-'iaser. Montreal. 
 Montreal ( ia/ette Pi ini ini; ( \). 1800. Pp. ( 1 )(:;)( j) ^8<;. , 
 
 RNCLISII. 1890. * 
 
 The Story i>f Tont\ . by .Mary llaitwell Catheiwood. 
 Chicag-o 111. MeCUiro- \ ( o. llUistrated P]). ?2,-. 
 
 fR. li. Clarke.) Catli. World, jo: (jqo, 833. 
 
 .\ecount of Anieric.m Indians. Mao;-. ,\in. His., J: .738. 
 
 
78 
 (I'-. Jacker.) Am. Catli. ( hiarterU-, ;, ; 404. 
 Mississippi. DclJow, J2: 13. . 
 
 f'^x|)C(liti()ii of. ((i. Ellis.) \. All)., no: 2''>o. 
 Expedition oi. ,F. l\irkmaii.) N Am. ij:; : 4J;. 
 FxploiMtion Miss. M. Am. His., _- : 551. 
 Last [-".xpedifion. West. M., i : -07. 
 Life of. (J. .Sparks.) Sparks' Am. IJioo-., ,, ; ,. 
 Memoir to l-Vontenac, 1680. His. Mair.. 5 : i</). 
 Rivers and Peoples Discovered l)v, iGSi-.\ M. Am. His., 
 
 , Settlenieul. in Te ;as,site of. ^J. (t. .Shea.) ! fis. M.. 14 : 30.'=?. 
 Robert Cavelier. (G. Gravier.) M. Am. His., S: 305. 
 Did he discover the Aiississipp, (P. Mar-rv.) Am. Anfiq 
 
 Did he discover the .Mississij^pi : M. Am. His.. 8: iS?. 
 
 D-d he discover (he Mississij)pi beiore ir.-j ' (H H Hi 
 iHTt.. M. W. His.. 5: 433. ' V -• 
 
 ir 
 
 Dal he discover the .Mississippi.' iC. W. IJmterheki.i M. 
 \y. His.. 5 : 51. ;-ji. 
 
 Discovery 01 the Ohio River, I70(>;o. (C. Whittlesee^ 
 M. W. His., 1:1. ■' 
 
 , Memoir of. ^U. H. Hurlbcrt ) .M.Am. His.. 8: 620. 
 
 Wisconsin Historical (\)llections. \'ol. i: 66. .. ,0;, n;, 
 130. 5:3^^- C': I Ml. 9*: ! 10- II J. 119. lo'^: J84, ^85'" \So' 
 }2i.^22. n*: 15,29,33,66. i-^. 
 
POSTSCRIPT. 
 
 Since the above has been pul m t Vi)e the uiidcrsiguetl has 
 disposed ol his entire iXiagurann, which includes all works 
 quoted as beini; in his possessitm in the above list, besides 
 views, maps, ^aiide books, and other historical matter rehitin^- 
 to the Fa. Is and its vicinity, to Mr. Peter A. Porter, of Niajrara 
 Fa^ - V, Y. 
 
 Ii ..^ .'ith re.y-rct that he parts with his collection, (or it lias 
 been to him a source ol L;real en!0_vment, and as an otTset to 
 the cares ol business: but he is ■.•ompeiisated in a deiiree by 
 knowiiii;- that it is now in the hands ol an enthusiast, and wlio 
 is also a descendant of one of the first proprietors of the 
 site ol Nia^-ara P'alls, on the American side. 
 
 As the writer and late owner is now Iree to express himself, 
 he assures the reader that, with the collection owned bv Mi. 
 Porter at time ol pui chasing-, he has now, without exception, 
 as lar as the writei's knowledue extends, the most complete 
 and unique collection of this kind in existence, and it is at 
 the place where it properly belonij^s, and where it is to be 
 hoped it will alway> remain. 
 
 CYi^US K. kfiMINCITON, 
 
 493 Pros[)ect Avenue. 
 rUi'FAi.o, N. v., julv 13111. iSyl.