aubois, sans date._ _Bienville et Salmon au
Ministre, 30 Avril, 1741_, in Margry, vi. 455-468.

[382] _Instructions donnees par Jean-Baptiste de Bienville a Fabry de la
Bruyere, 1 Juin, 1741._ Bienville was behind his time in geographical
knowledge. As early as 1724 Benard de la Harpe knew that in ascending
the Missouri or the Arkansas one was moving towards the "Western
Sea,"--that is, the Pacific,--and might, perhaps, find some river
flowing into it. See _Routes qu'on peut tenir pour se rendre a la Mer de
l'Ouest_, in _Journal historique_, 387.

[383] _Extrait des Lettres du Sieur Fabry._

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