Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1920 — Lobs of the Griffin. [ARTICLE]

Lobs of the Griffin.

This vessel, the first to navigate the western lakes, was loaded with furs and other goods by La Salle, to the value of 22,000 livres, and sent back to Montreal, via Mackinac and Niagara, in order to pay off La Salle’s creditors. It set sail on September 18, 1679, with a crew of five men and pilot, and was never heard of again. A severe storm sprang up that night and It Is believed the vessel struck the sand and was buried In it, or it assy have been lost through the treachery of the crew.