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1678-1679. LA SALLE AT NIAGARA. Father Louis Hennepin: his Past Life; his Character.--Embarkation.--Niagara Falls.--Indian Jealousy.--La Motte and the Senecas.--A Disaster.--La Salle and his Followers. Hennepin was all eagerness to join in the adventure; and, to his great satisfaction, La Salle gave him a letter from his Provincial, Father Le Fèvre, containing the coveted permission. Whereupon, to prepare himself, he went into retreat at the Récollet convent of Quebec, where he remained for a time in…