La Salle gives instructions for Le Griffon…

September 1679 CE

La Salle gives instructions for Le Griffon to off-load merchandise for him at Mackinac Island that would be picked up on the return trip.

Le Griffon rides out a violent storm for four days and then on September 18, the pilot Luc and five crew sail under a favorable wind for the Niagara River with a parting salute from a single gun.

She carries a cargo of furs valued at from fifty thousand to sixty thousand francs ($ten thousand to twelve thousand dollars) and the rigging and anchors for another vessel that La Salle intends to build to find passage to the West Indies.

La Salle will never see Le Griffon again.

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Washington Island Door Wisconsin United States View →

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René Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle View →

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North American Fur Trade View → Colonization of the Americas, French View → Beaver Wars, or French and Iroquois Wars View →

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Fish and game View → Weapons View → Hides and feathers View → Land View →

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