Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1913 — Thinks Cross and Buttons Relics of LaSalle’s Party. [ARTICLE]

Thinks Cross and Buttons Relics of LaSalle’s Party.

Richard P. DeHart, who has made a long study of Indian tristory in this state, believes relics unearthed at the mouth of the Tippecanoe river were brought to this country by LaSalle, the French explorer. LaSalle and his followers went through the northwest territory in 1679 and 1680. The skeletons of five men were taken from an Indian mound, and on the breast of one of them was a large solid silver Jesiut double cross. Several large brass buttons, a large copper ornament, arrow heads and other devices were found. LaSalle is known to have passed through this part of the state.