This Country of Ours
Excerpt: ...They chose rather the possibility of death among the Indians and the wilderness to its certainty among such horrors, and some of them ran away. Depressed by this desertion La Salle resolved to camp for the rest of the winter. So on the banks of the river Illinois he built a fort which he called Creve-Coeur, or Heart-break. But La Salle's brave heart was not yet broken. And here he began to build a new ship in which to sail down the Mississippi. There was wood in plenty around, and the work was begun. But many things, such as sails and rigging, which were necessary for the ship, the wilderness could not supply. And, seeing no other…
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- ISBN: 978-1-153-72758-7
- EAN: 9781153727587
- Produktnummer: 14787583
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 168 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.9 cm 339 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 339
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