https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz Matt en-us 2021-10-06 16:41:31 UTC 2025-11-20 19:45:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26f5.png mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808113507 Louis Jolliet was a French/Canadian explorer that was born in Beaupré, a place near Quebec city.  He was most known for exploring the midwest US and the Mississippi river. Jolliet also went with Jacques Marquette (a catholic priest and missionary) and a native American guide. (wikipedia.org, 26 August 2021)]]> 2021-10-11 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808113507 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808129865 Now one of Jolliet´s most important accomplishments was exploring and mapping the upper Mississippi river.  Even though he stopped because of armed Spanish. He still discovered the river didn´t lead to Asia as he had hoped.  (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)

]]> 2021-10-11 16:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808129865 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808144887 Because of all of Jolliet´s hard work an island was given to him.  Jolliet made a millitary base and settled with his family there for a while.  (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)]]> 2021-10-11 16:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808144887 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808192117 Jolliet was on his journey to discover, map, and see if the Mississippi river led to Asia when he came across a tribe in the Illinois area.  The chief sent his son to go with Jolliet and Marquette to guide them through their journey. The Tribe also gave them a peace pipe. (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)

 ]]> 2021-10-11 16:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808192117 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808206212 Jolliet, Marquette, and the guide were exploring the Mississippi when they encountered another tribe in what is now know as St. Louis.  The tribe was about to attack but the explorers showed them the peace pipe, saving them from danger.  (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)

]]> 2021-10-11 16:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808206212 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808215204 The tribe that was in the St. Louis area told Jolliet that there were armed eurpeans downstream.  He figured out that those were the Spanish settelers, and that the river did not lead to asia as he hoped, so he turned around to avoid conflict and danger.  (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)

]]> 2021-10-11 16:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808215204 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808230712 The guide that had gone with Jolliet showed him a way to get home faster through the Illinois river. (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)]]> 2021-10-11 16:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808230712 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808254522 Jolliet tried to get home through the Lachine rapids, but his canoe flipped.  Other passengers and the guide died.  Jolliet survived, but his notes and maps were gone. Untill they were recovered. (Biography.com, August 25, 2020)]]> 2021-10-11 16:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1808254522 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1814487223 Louis Jolliet most likely died on his way from Quebec to Anticosti Island in 1700 while being 54-55.  (wikipedia.org, 26 August 2021)]]> 2021-10-13 16:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1814487223 mollm523 https://padlet.com/mollm523/nzkm6gwo3b38nifz/wish/1814526246 -Biography.com Editors.  August 25, 2020.  Louis Joliet Biography.  Biography.com. https://www.biography.com/explorer/louis-joliet 

-Wikipedia.  26 August 2021. Louis Jolliet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jolliet 

-Wikipedia. 2 October 2021.  Anticosti Island.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticosti_Island 

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