Marquette and Jolliet I The Beginning of the Voyage to the Mississippi

[@michaeldauzvardis6742]

Watching this brought me a great joy I cannot express. As a teenager I worked summers mowing grass at St. James cemetery where apparently the Voyageurs stopped to hold mass or eat a possum or something. I have also canoed the Des Plaines River for decades---and now live in Channahon--which means "Where the waters meet"--the confluence of the Illinois, Dupage, Kankakee, and Desplaines rivers--rich with native American history and certainly a stopping point for the explorers. Look forward to part 2

[@e.m.svideos6632]

Thank you E.J. ~ Both Tom and I watched the story, the Journey of Marquette together. What beautiful illustrations and the Tiffany etchings!! Quite an arduous and determined voyage this was. Your story-telling voice and intonations was riveting ~ Our Love and Thanks for your detailed research and the telling of this Journey. Tom & Beanie Medlicott

[@susanhammond599]

Thank you, EJ. I really can see and I appreciate all the work you put into this.

[@julieverhagen3746]

I’m related to Louis Jolliet

[@planetetelios9748]

Merci pour cette vidéo. Très intéressant. On comprend mieux la toponymie de cette région des États-Unis. 👍

[@commonwealthhealing5354]

Thank you for this informative video. Here is a video which shows a recent ceremony done this year to relocate Marquette'ss bones you may be interesteed to view.

[@bigaslandaslusers1907]

I am deaf and don't understand what your video said. Please add a closed captioning to these videos. Thank you !

[@oldfarmer9004]

I guess if they were just looking around and not really trying to hornswoggle the people that were already living there…it would still be an amazing trip to take today!