_McMaster_, 79-80.] [Sidenote: Louisiana settled, 1699.] 95.

Founding of Louisiana .-- La Salle named this immense region Louisiana in honor of the French king.

He soon led an expedition to plant a colony on the banks of the Mississippi.

Sailing into the Gulf of Mexico, he missed the mouth of the Mississippi and landed on the coast of Texas.

Misfortune after misfortune now fell on the unhappy expedition.