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La Salle’s Legacy

• Returned to France

• Left France on a huge expedition

• Missed the landing point (Gulf of Mexico)• They were lost

• Scared and worried, his men murdered La Salle

• He built a positive and trusting relationships with the Indians

• Opened waterways

• Established permanent settlements

De Tonti

• De Tonti awaited La Salle’s return to America

• Waited in St. Louis for 2 years

• Worried that he would not return, De Tonti went looking for him

Arkansas Post

• De Tonti established this fort in 1686• Poste aux Arkansas

• Very few people lived here

• Many traders and travelers would temporally stay here

• La Salle’s men found their way here

France at War

• France could not afford to send more explorers due to their revolutionary war

• French tried to limit Spanish & English claims on land