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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
Heaven and man seemed his enemies; and, with the giant energy of an indomitable will, having lost his hopes of fortune, his hopes of fame,— with his colony diminished to about forty, among whom discontent—had given birth to plans of crime,— with no Europeans nearer than the River Panuco, no French nearer than Illinois,--he resolved to travel on foot to his countrymen at the north, and return from Canada to renew his colony in Texas. Leaving twenty men at Fort St. Louis, in January, 1687 Jan. 12. 1687, La Salle, with sixteen men, departed for Canada. Lading their baggage on the wild horses from the Cenis, which found their pasture every where in tile prairies; in shoes made of green buffalo hides; for want of other paths, following the track of the buffalo, and using skins as the only shelter against rain; winning favor with the savages by the confiding courage of their leader;—they ascended the streams towards the first ridge of highlands, walking through beautiful Chap. XX.}