Picture No | 12079457 |
Date | 19th March 1687 |
Description | Sieur de La Salle assassinated by his own men |
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On an expedition to locate the Mississippi river, Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is shot by Pierre Duhaut and three others after a large mutiny by La Salle's expedition party. La Salle lies dying in a clearing, Duhaut and the other men having shot him from some bushes further off; a monk looks on in shock.
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Source | Unattributed engraving |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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