Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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BWENH the Chicago portage. Fate seemed to be against the adventurer, however: his ship was lost, his base was taken by Indians, and he had to spend many days looking for his men. It was not until l682 that l..aSalle's canoe floated from the Illinois River onto the broad bosom of Ole Man River, but here again he met with disaster. Ice Hoes- stopped his progressg he had to search the wild region for a lost comrade, and the Indians along the river's shore were usually hostile. Early in April he reached the Gulf of Mexico, and with great ceremony claimed the great region which he had explored in the name of the King of France. Every student of American history is familiar with the next phase of LaSalle career: how he secured the help of France and intended to establish a great French empire in this country. Again fate was cruel, for his expedition, while sailing in the Gulf of Mexico, missed the mouth of the Mississippi River and was wrecked upon the shore of Texas. While trying to make his way back to Canada overland, this brave Frenchman was murdered by one of his own men, and with him died the French hope of a vast empire in America. There were, of course, in addition to those explorers already mentioned, many other men who endured great hardships and even died in the attempt to penetrate the unknown wilds of the Mississippi region, but these are the earliest known explorers. OLIVER OLDENDORPH MISSISSIPPI Mississippi Inclomirable river, Shall you forever Sing? Interminable from your Source, you roll Seaward. Immortal, Perpetually Peerless, and Invincible. -William Kerchanske Term 7 . Twelve

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ARY, 1905 RU ARY AND FEB NU ST. LOUIS, JA AT GORGE. ICE