{"id":594,"date":"2015-01-04T15:03:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T22:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=594"},"modified":"2019-07-12T22:37:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T04:37:15","slug":"la-salle-expedition-louisiana-territory-1682","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/la-salle-expedition-louisiana-territory-1682\/","title":{"rendered":"La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"La<\/a>La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682<\/h1>\n

Jacques de La Metairie<\/strong> was a royal notary<\/strong> at Fort Frontenac, New France<\/strong>, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in 1678. \u00a0Notary Metairie was chosen to accompany the famous La Salle expedition<\/strong>, down the Colbert (Mississippi<\/strong>)\u00a0 River, to the Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0 Fort Frontenac was built by La Salle in 1673 and named after the governor.<\/p>\n

Notaries accompanied explorers and conquistadors<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the early exploration of North and South America.\u00a0 The first notary<\/strong> in North America, Rodrigo Escobedo<\/strong>, accompanied Christopher Columbus<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in 1492 and was Secretary of the fleet.<\/p>\n

In the 1500s, notaries accompanied Spanish conquistadors<\/strong>.\u00a0 They kept records and notarized declarations of claims on new territories.\u00a0 In addition to seeking land and treasure, the explorers were engaged in spreading the Catholic religion<\/strong> among the native Indians<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9-Robert Cavelier<\/strong>, Sieur de La Salle<\/strong>, (1643-1687 AD) was born in Rouen, France.\u00a0 An estate nearby, known as La Salle<\/strong>, was owned by the Cavelier<\/strong> family.\u00a0 La Salle<\/strong> immigrated to Montreal in 1667 and engaged in several expeditions in the region.<\/p>\n

La Salle was given a mission to explore the Colbert (Mississippi<\/strong>) River and take possession of Louisiana<\/strong>, under the orders and letters patent of King Louis XIV<\/strong> of France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Notary Metairie<\/strong> recorded the details of the expedition.\u00a0 The official account of this expedition is known as the Proc\u00e8s Verbal<\/strong>.\u00a0 The original manuscript<\/strong> is deposited in the archives<\/strong> of the Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies in Paris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Claiming Louisiana for France<\/span><\/h2>\n

The journey began in December 1681, with 23 French Canadians<\/strong> and 18 Indians, when there was ice<\/strong> on the rivers.\u00a0 Twelve canoes<\/strong> were used, and at times the canoes were dragged across the ice.\u00a0 Distances were measured in leagues<\/strong>.\u00a0 Along the way, the expedition met with many Indian tribes<\/strong> and made peace by offering gifts.<\/p>\n

On April 9, 1682, at the western mouth of the Mississippi River<\/strong> (now Venice, LA), La Salle<\/strong> solemnly took possession of the entire Mississippi Valley for France, naming the territory Louisiane<\/strong> after King Louis XIV.<\/p>\n

On a high point of ground, the expedition prepared a column and a cross<\/strong>. The arms of France<\/strong> were attached to the column with the name of King Louis and the date.\u00a0 A ceremony was held, with a salute of firearms<\/strong>, and La Salle erected the column, in the name of King Louis XIV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The territory claimed was all the land along the Mississippi River, and all the rivers that flow into the Mississippi, including all the nations, people, towns, villages, mines, minerals, fisheries, streams and rivers, ports, and harbors.<\/p>\n

Louisiana<\/strong> extended from the Gulf of Mexico, north to Canada, and from the Ohio and Mississippi River, west to the Continental Divide<\/strong> of the Rocky Mountains<\/strong>.\u00a0 (Eastern Colorado<\/strong> was part of French Louisiana<\/strong> and later Spanish Louisiana<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

A cross<\/strong> was attached to a tree.\u00a0 A lead plate was buried at the foot of the tree, with an inscription in Latin of the land claim.<\/p>\n

Then La Salle<\/strong> said that King Louis<\/strong> would claim no land for his crown without establishing the Christian religion<\/strong> there.\u00a0 A cross<\/strong> was erected, songs were sung, and the ceremony concluded with Vive le Roi!<\/strong> (Long Live the King!)<\/p>\n

La Salle demanded an act by the notary<\/strong>, as required by law.\u00a0\u00a0 Notary Metairie<\/strong> wrote an act of possession of the territory.\u00a0 The key members of the expedition signed<\/strong> and witnessed<\/strong> the document.<\/p>\n

<\/span>French Colonists in Louisiana<\/span><\/h2>\n

La Salle<\/strong> returned to France<\/strong> in 1684 and was granted command of Louisiana<\/strong>.\u00a0 He sailed with four ships and 320 French colonists<\/strong> back to Louisiana.\u00a0 In 1685, they missed the mouth of the Mississippi River, and landed 400 miles further west on the Texas<\/strong><\/a><\/span> coast, building Fort Saint Louis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

La Salle was killed in Texas in 1687 in a mutiny by members of his exploration party.\u00a0 The colony only lasted for 3 years.\u00a0 Most colonists were killed by Indians and disease.\u00a0 Some sailed back to France.\u00a0 The Spanish destroyed the remains of the fort in 1688.<\/p>\n

New Orleans<\/strong> was founded in 1718.\u00a0 St. Louis<\/strong>, founded 1764, became a growing city and gateway to the West.<\/p>\n

In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte<\/strong> sold French Louisiana<\/strong>, a part of New France<\/strong>, to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase<\/strong>, when Thomas Jefferson<\/strong> was President.\u00a0 Zebulon Pike<\/strong> then explored Colorado<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in 1806, on a mission from Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n

From 1821 until 1880, wagon trains traveled from Independence, Missouri<\/strong> on a 900-mile, 3-month journey along the Santa Fe Trail<\/strong>, to Santa Fe<\/strong>, in New Spain<\/strong>.\u00a0 Bent’s Fort<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, in southeast Colorado, on the Arkansas River<\/strong>, was a trading post<\/strong> where travelers stopped for fresh horses and supplies, and Cheyenne<\/strong> and Arapaho Indians<\/strong> traded buffalo<\/strong> skins for goods.<\/p>\n

<\/span>French Law in Louisiana<\/span><\/h2>\n

French law<\/strong> is based on Roman Law<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 French notaries<\/strong> are empowered to prepare certain legal documents as well to notarize<\/strong> documents.\u00a0 Louisiana<\/strong> notaries<\/strong> still follow the French law and are authorized to draft certain legal documents.\u00a0 In all other states, the laws are based on English common law<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and notaries have much less legal authority.<\/p>\n

While the Spanish<\/strong> influence on Colorado<\/strong> is strong, from 1682 until 1803, eastern Colorado<\/strong> was part of Louisiana<\/strong>.\u00a0 There are places and streets with French names, including Bijou, Cache la Poudre, Florissant, Fremont County,\u00a0La Salle, Lafayette, Lamar, Laporte, Louisville, Montrose, Platte River, Purgatoire River, Saint Vrain, and others.\u00a0 Laporte<\/strong>, near Fort Collins, was first settled by French-Canadian<\/strong> fur trappers in 1828.<\/p>\n

Notary Metairie<\/strong> traveled a great distance, during winter, by canoe down the Mississippi River<\/strong> with the La Salle<\/strong> expedition and wrote important documents to record the historic journey and to claim Louisiana<\/strong> for France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Image credits
\n1. La Salle portrait from artwork [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
\n2. La Salle claiming mouth of Mississippi for France, by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin (French lithographer, fl. 19th cent.); printed by Lemercier & Cie, Paris. (Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

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La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682 Jacques de La Metairie was a royal notary at Fort Frontenac, New France, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in 1678. \u00a0Notary Metairie was chosen to accompany the famous La Salle expedition, down the Colbert (Mississippi)\u00a0 River, to the Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0 Fort Frontenac was built by La Salle in 1673 and named after the governor. 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