CHAPTER XXVII.

1687. ASSASSINATION OF LA SALLE. His Followers.--Prairie Travelling--A Hunters' Quarrel--The Murder of Moranget.--The Conspiracy.--Death of La Salle: his Character. [Sidenote: LA SALLE'S FOLLOWERS.] The travellers were crossing a marshy prairie towards a distant belt of woods that followed the course of a little river. They led with them their five horses, laden with their scanty baggage, and, with what was of no less importance, their stock of presents for Indians. Some wore the remains of the clothing t…