Note 62 — AN Historical Journal OF THE Late Monsieur de la Sale’s LAST VOYAGE INTO North America To Discover the River MISSISIPI.

Though evidently not altogether satisfied in his own mind that he had reached the mouth of the Mississippi, La Salle, desirous to relieve himself of the many complications and annoyances arising from the strained relations between himself and Beaujeu, decided to land his soldiers at a place which he named St. Louis Bay (now known as Matagardu Bay), thinking to send them northward along the coast until they should come to the principal outlet of the “fatal river” as Joutel frequently calls the Mississippi. While here the loss of the Amiable and its valuable stores, the sickness of many of the company, and finally the departure of the Joly with Beaujeu, left La Salle in a sad plight. (See note concerning the relations between La Salle and Beaujeu, in Parkman’s La Salle, ii, 133 Champlain edition).