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La Salle gives instructions for Le Griffon …
Years: 1679 - 1679
September
La Salle gives instructions for Le Griffon to off-load merchandise for him at Mackinac Island that would be picked up on the return trip.
Le Griffon rides out a violent storm for four days and then on September 18, the pilot Luc and five crew sail under a favorable wind for the Niagara River with a parting salute from a single gun.
She carries a cargo of furs valued at from fifty thousand to sixty thousand francs ($ten thousand to twelve thousand dollars) and the rigging and anchors for another vessel that La Salle intends to build to find passage to the West Indies.
La Salle will never see Le Griffon again.
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- Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe)
- Odawa, or Ottawa, people (Amerind tribe)
- Potawatomi (Amerind tribe)
- New France (French Colony)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
Topics
- North American Fur Trade
- Colonization of the Americas, French
- Beaver Wars, or French and Iroquois Wars
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Mystery
- Finance
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Years: 1679 - 1679
September
Locations
People
Groups
- Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe)
- Odawa, or Ottawa, people (Amerind tribe)
- Potawatomi (Amerind tribe)
- New France (French Colony)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
Topics
- North American Fur Trade
- Colonization of the Americas, French
- Beaver Wars, or French and Iroquois Wars
Commodoties
Subjects
- Commerce
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
- Mystery
- Finance
Regions
Subregions