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René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, established a French settlement on the Texas coast in summer 1685, the result of faulty geography that caused him to believe the Mississippi River emptied into the Gulf of Mexico in the Texas coastal bend.
The La Salle expedition, as the first real European penetration of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf shore since Narváez and De Soto, had far-reaching results. Primarily, it shifted the focus of Spanish interest from western Texas—where Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and Fray Nicolás López had urged missions for the Edwards Plateau region—to eastern.
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, established a French settlement on the Texas coast in summer 1685, the result of faulty geography that caused him to believe the Mississippi River emptied into the Gulf of Mexico in the Texas coastal bend.
Such was the fate of the first European settlement in what we now call Texas—the result of an ambitious but flawed plan by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle. Though it failed, La Salle’s effort shaped the course of Texas history.
The French colonization of Texas started when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to anchor instead 400 miles (640 km) to the west, off the coast of Texas. The colony survived until 1688.
Duhaut also wrote that they killed left La Salle “six leagues” from the westernmost village of the Hasinai Indians. But where, exactly, was that? Speculation as to the spot has vexed researchers and historians almost as long as La Salle has been dead.
La Salle, a coastal community six miles south of Indianola, was established in the 1840s. It was probably named for the French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Dr. Levi Jones was a land agent for lots in La Salle.
The letter, written by Spanish explorer Alonso de León in 1689, describes the remains of the colony found by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a French explorer better known as La Salle. The letter is dated May 18, 1689, and was donated to the University by Wesley Brown.
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, established a French settlement on the Texas coast in summer 1685, the result of faulty geography that caused him to believe the Mississippi River emptied into the Gulf of Mexico in the Texas coastal bend.
Texas Time Travel website – Use the map and links below to explore La Salle Odyssey historic sites in Texas. Travel Guide – Download the The La Salle Odyssey: One Story Told by Seven Museums brochure (PDF). to learn more about the history and archaeology of La Salle's ill fated expedition to Texas.