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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
perience; the volunteers were restless with indefinite expectations; and, worst of all, the naval commander, Beaujeu, was deficient in judgment, incapable of sympathy with the magnanimous heroism of La Salle, envious, self-willed, and foolishly proud. Disasters lowered on the voyage at its commencement: a mast breaks; they return: the voyage begins anew amidst variances between La Salle and the naval commander. In every instance on the record, the judgment of La Salle was right. At St. Domingo, La Salle, delayed and cruelly thwarted by Beaujeu, saw already the shadow of his coming misfortunes. On leaving the island, they were Nov 25. more at variance than ever. They double Cape Anto- Dec. 12. 28. nio; they discover land on the continent; aware of the easterly direction of the Gulf Stream, they sail slowly in the opposite course. On the tenth day of January, 1685 Jan. 10. 1685, they must have been near the mouth of the Mississippi; but La Salle thought not, and the fleet s
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
disband- Chap. XXI.} ed Canadian soldiers,—embarked for the Mississippi, which, as yet, had never been entered from the sea. 1698. Happier than La Salle, the leader of the enterprise won confidence and affection every where: the governor of St. Domingo gave him a welcome, and bore Dec. a willing testimony to his genius and his good judgment. A larger ship of war from that station joined the expedition, which, in January, 1699, caught a 1699 Jan. 27. glimpse of the continent, and anchored cast anchor south-south-east of the eastern point of Mobile, and landed on Massacre, or, as it was rather called, Dau- Feb. 2. phine Island. The water between Ship and Horn Islands being found too shallow, the larger ship from the station of St. Domingo returned, and the frigates anchored near the groups of the Chandeleur, while D'Iberville with his people erected huts on Ship Island, and made the discovery of the River Pascagoula and the tribes of Biloxi. The next day, a party of Bayagoulas