But the discovery seemed to cnd by his peaceful death amid the Algonquins on the banks of a stream which now bears his name and sings his requiem. It was reserved for La Salle to complete this wondrous discovery. While our States in the North and in the Eastwere being settled by the sturdy emigrants from England. this hero was in the depths of our Lake wilderness. forming plans of continental proportions. Under the patronage of the great Louis he had discovered the magnitude of our inland seas. Returning to France he enlisted men of influence. like Monseigneur Colbert. in his plansamong these plans a chain of forts to connect Canada with our new teeming West.
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