Statistics for occurrence #1 of “La Salle” in chapter 2, page 164 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition.:
...k the channel.
But of his vessel, on which his fortunes so much depended, no things came.
Weary of delay, he resolved to penetrate Illinois; and, leaving ten men to guard the Fort of the Miamis, La Salle
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