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Audio Transcript of René-Robert Cavelier de la Salle 1680
Audio Transcript: On 5 January 1680, La Salle reached the Illinois village of Pimitoui (near the present-day city of Peoria), where he began building a fort to be called Crèvecoeur. In the Spring, he returned to the fort at the Rivière Saint-Joseph [St. Joseph River, MI], and set out from here on foot to Lake Erie “through woods so thickly intetwined with briars and thorns that in two and a half days he and his men had their clothes torn to shreds and their faces so covered with blood and slashed that they were not recognizable.” The party eventually reached Fort Niagara 21 April 1680, after walking due east from the fort at the Rivière Saint-Joseph.
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Portrait of René-Robert Cavalier de la Salle
Source: Voiceovers by Kyle Rawn, Christian Wyss and LeeAnn McLellan, Algonquin College, Ottawa. Assistance provided by Don Crockford, Coordinator, Broadcasting Radio and Media Design Sector, Algonquin College.
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