returned to Quebec to announce the discoveries they had made, whilst Marquette remained to preach the gospel to the Miamis, near Chicago.

Father James Marquette having promised the Illinois Indians

THOMAS P. SHELDON,

THOMAS P. SHELDON, a leading banker of East Saginaw, Michigan, was born in White Pigeon, St. Joseph county, Michigan, in 1832. His parents removed to Detroit when he was but a child, where he remained until the spring of 1862, when he permanently located in East Saginaw, taking charge of the Saginaw Valley Bank. In 1867 he severed his connection with that institution, and organized a Savings Bank in that city, which he is still conducting with marked ability.

Mr. Sheldon is an energetic business man, well qualified to manage the

to return among them to teach them the gospel, had great difficulty in keeping his word. The hardships of his first voyage had brought on a disease which deterred him from undertaking a second. His malady, however, abating, and having obtained the permission of his superiors, he set out for this purpose in the month of November, 1674, with two men, one of whom had already made his first voyage with him. During a month's navigation on the Illinois Lake-Lake Michigan-his health became partially restored; but when winter set in, his old malady returned with increased violence, and he was forced to stop in the river which leads to the Illinois. Here he spent the winter in such want of every comfort, that his illness constantly increased. The ice breaking up on the approach of spring, and feeling somewhat better, he continued his voyage, and at length was enabled to fulfill his promise to the Illinois, arriving at their town on the 8th of April, where he was enthusiastically received. Being compelled to leave them by the return of his malady, he resumed his voyage, and soon after reached the Illinois Lake. His strength gradually failed as he sailed along the shores of the lake, and his men despaired of being able to carry him alive to the end of his journey. Perceiving a little river, with an eminence on the bank not far from its mouth, at his request his companions sailed into it, and carried him ashore. Here they constructed a "wretched bark cabin, where they laid him as little uncomfortably as they could; but they were so overcome by sadness that, as they afterward said, they did not know what they were doing." Perceiving his end approaching, he called his companions and embraced them for the last time, they melting in tears at his feet. He then directed that his crucifix, which he wore constantly around his neck, should be held before his eyes; and after repeating the profession of his faith, he devoutly thanked God for his gracious kindness in allowing him to die as a humble missionary of Jesus Christ, and above all to die as he had always prayed that he might die-in a rude

affairs of a banking institution, and the material success which he has fairly earned is alike beneficial to himself and to the place in which he has labored.

cabin in the forests, destitute of all human aid. He afterwards became silent, his whole appearance denoting that he was conversing inwardly with God. His countenance then suddenly brightened with a smile, and he expired without a struggle.

His two poor broken-hearted companions, after shedding many tears over his inanimate body, carried it devoutly to the grave, and raised a large cross near it, to serve as a mark to passers by.

Did the savages respect that cross? They did. We can pronounce no higher enlogium on Father James Marquette, than the fact that the Kiskakon Indians, to whom he had preached the gospel, returning from hunting on the banks of Lake Illinois, repaired to the missionary's grave, and, after mature deliberation, resolved to act with their father as they usually did with the best beloved of their own tribe. They reverently disinterred the remains, and putting them into a neatly constructed box of birch bark, removed them from the wilderness to the nearest Catholic church, where they were solemnly buried with appropriate ceremonies.

ROBERT DE LA SALLE-FIRST VESSEL ON LAKE ERIE-LOSS OF THE GRIFFIN- UNFORTUNATE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF THE MISSIS-MUTINOUS CONDUCT OF LA SALLE'S MEN-DEATH OF LA SALLE HIS CHARACTER FATE OF HIS COMPANIONS.

SIPPI

ABOUT the time of the death of Father Marquette there dwelt, at the outlet of Lake Ontario, Robert Cavalier de la Salle, an adventurer of good family, who was educated by the Jesuits. He was engaged in the fur trade with the Indians, in the prosecution of which he had explored Lakes Ontario and Erie. His energy and ability having attracted the attention of Frontenac, the French Governor, he repaired to France, and, aided by Frontenac, obtained a patent of nobility, a monopoly of the trade with the Iroquois, and an extensive tract of country in the neighborhood of Fort Frontenac, on the condition of his keeping the fort in an effective state. Around this stronghold soon clustered the huts of Indians and the dwellings of French traders. Their flocks and herds increased, pasture-land and corn-covered clearings opened up the forest; groups of Iroquois built their cabins in the environs; the missionaries commenced their labors; canoes multiplied upon the borders of the lake; and La Salle, but yesterday a poor adventurer, suddenly found himself invested with all the power and opulence belonging to a feudal sovereign in the wilderness.

But his ambitious spirit would not let him rest contented with what he had acquired. Having heard of the mighty river of the far West, and the discoveries of Marquette, his imagination became inflamed, and he was induced to undertake schemes of colonization and aggrandizement, which ended in disaster and death.

In 1677 La Salle sailed to France and sought an interview with

Colbert, then prime minister. To him he proposed the union of New France with the valley of the Mississippi, and suggested their close connection by a line of military posts. He proposed also to open the commerce of Europe to them both. Colbert lis

HON. JONATHAN B. TUTTLE.

JONATHAN BROWNE TUTTLE, the subject of this sketch, was born at Lodi, Medina County, Ohio, on the 15th day of August, 1841. His parents were New England people, who emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Mr. Tuttle's early life was spent in his native village, and his education obtained in the local schools and at Oberlin College. At the age of seventeen Mr. Tuttle began the study of law in the office of Wm. F. Moore, and afterwards pursued a regular course of study at the Ohio State and Union Law College, at Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in the early