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At the end of October La Salle decided to undertake a longer expedition and reloaded the La Belle with much of the remaining supplies. [25] He took 50 men, plus the La Belle's crew of 27 sailors, leaving behind 34 men, women, and children. The bulk of the men traveled with La Salle in canoes, while the La Belle followed further off the coast. [25]
As conditions deteriorated, La Salle realized the colony could survive only with help from the French settlements in Illinois Country to the north, along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. La Salle's last expedition ended along the Brazos River in early 1687, when he and five of his men were murdered during a mutiny. Although a handful of men ...
Fort Saint-Louis, Texas, was founded in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle and members of his expedition, including Jesuit missionary Zenobius Membre, on the banks of Garcitas Creek, a few kilometers inland from the mouth of the Lavaca River.
La Salle won the Division I state basketball championship in 2011 with help from Brett Wiebell's senior leadership. Wiebell died in 2022 at age 29.
De La Salle — which is nearly 100 years old and markets itself as "Builders of Boys, Makers of Men" and is run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a religious order — has distinguished ...
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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
The family was last seen on Sunday when they set sail for Fort Myers from Sarasota, Florida, in a 29-foot (9-meter) sailboat. ... in an effort to determine what happened. ...