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CHAPTER II THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI1 JACQUES MARQUETTE was
a Jesuit2 priest who in i666 was sent to the missions of Canada.
The traits of his character are unmistakable. He was one of the
brotherhood of the early Canadian missionaries, the true
counterpart of Gamier3 or Jogues,4 who were martyrs for their
faith. A subtile element of romance was blended with the fervor of
his worship, and hung like an illumined cloud over the harsh and
hard realities of his daily lot. Kindled by his religion, his
gentle and noble nature knew no fear. He burned to dare and to
suffer, discover new lands and conquer new realms for its sway.
Louis Joliet,6 the son of a wagon-maker and a fur-trader by
profession, was sent with orders from Count Frontenac,8 the
governor of Canada, and M. Talon, the intendant,7 to joinFather
Marquette at Michilimackinac, and accompany him on the visit which
he proposed to make to the nations of the Mississippi. " I was
delighted," wrote Marquette in his journal, " because I saw my
plans about to be accomplished, and found myself in the happy
necessity of exposing my life for the salvation of all these
tribes." The outfit of the travellers was very simple. They
provided themselves with two birch canoes, and a supply of smoked
meat and Indian corn; embarked with five men, and began their
voyage on the i7th of May.1 Their course was westward; and, plying
their paddles, they passed the Straits of Michilimackinac, and
coasted the northern shores of Lake Michigan, landing at evening to
build their camp-fires at the edge of the forest, and draw up their
canoes on the strand. They soon reached the river Menomonie, and
ascended it to the village of the Menomonies, or Wild-rice Indians.
When they told them the object of their voyage, they were filled
with ast...
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