USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By the time La Salle left the colony in January 1687 to seek relief, less than 50 colonists remained of the 180 who had landed two years previously. Such was the settlement that has come to be called Fort Saint Louis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The settlement on the right bank of Garcitas Creek in southern Victoria County has been called Fort St. Louis, but in fact it had no name, only a description. La Salle himself referred to it as “the habitation on the riviére aux Boeufs [Buffalo River] near the baye Saint-Louis."

Detailed explanation-3: -The LaSalle Expedition and Fort Saint Louis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Six of the men who had left the settlement with La Salle continued moving north to Canada and returned to France. Only 20 people were left at the settlement. Most were women, children, and physically handicapped men. The Indians heard about La Salle’s death and the weak settlers and they attacked the settlement.

Detailed explanation-5: -This new colony, moreover, would prevent the English from expanding westward. Fort Saint Louis, built in the winter of 1682 would become the bulwark of this new empire. The Iroquois Indian Confederacy of upper New York State understood La Salle’s plan clearly.