CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE. Born at Brouage, France, 1567; explored Canada and
New England, 1603-1607; founded Quebec, 1608; discovered Lake Champlain,
1609; died at Quebec, December 25, 1635.
NICOLET, JEAN. Place and date of both birth and death unknown.
LA SALLE, ROBERT CAVALIER, SIEUR DE. Born at Rouen, November 22, 1643;
came to Canada, 1666; set out on tour of western exploration,
discovering Ohio river, 1669; descended the Mississippi to its mouth,
1681; led a band of colonists from France, 1685; missed mouth of river,
and murdered by his own men while seeking it, March 20, 1687.
JOLIET, LOUIS. Born at Quebec, September 21, 1645; commissioned to
explore Mississippi river, by Frontenac, governor of New France, 1672;
explored Fox, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Illinois rivers, 1673; died
May, 1700.
MARQUETTE, JACQUES. Born at Laon, France, 1637; accompanied Joliet in
1673; died near Lake Michigan, May 18, 1675.
BRADFORD, WILLIAM. Born at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, 1590;
governor of Plymouth colony, 1621-1657 (except in 1633-1634, 1636, 1638,
1644); died at Plymouth, Massachusetts, May 9, 1657.
WILLIAMS, ROGER. Born in Wales about 1600; reached Massachusetts, 1631;
pastor at Plymouth and Salem, 1631-1635; ordered to leave colony and
fled from Salem, January, 1636; founded Providence, June, 1636; went to
England and obtained charter for Rhode Island colony, 1644; president of
colony until death, April, 1684.
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