Mississippi river. Discovery and exploration Tonti, Henri de, d. 1704. Memoir, by the Sieur do la Tonty. "Memoir sent in 1693, on the discovery of the Mississippi and the neighboring nations by M. de La Salle, from the year 1678 to the time of his death, and by the Sieur de Tonty to the year 1691." (In French, Benjamin F., ed. Historical collections of Louisiana. New York, 1846-53. 221cm. v. 1 (1846) p. (52,-83) "This Memoir forms the basis of a spurious work, printed in Paris, 1679, entitled 'Derniers d6couvertes dans 1'Amerique Septentrionale, de m. de La Salle, par chevalier Tonti'..."-Note, p. 52. The French text of the Memoir is printed in Pierre Margry's Relations et m6moirs inddits, Paris, 1867, p. 5-36. 0 (Continued on neat card) [r42d21 6-10609 Revised