Background
Henri was born probably in 1645 in Rouen, France. Joutel's father was a gardener for an uncle of La Salle.
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Mr. Joutel's journal of his voyage to Mexico: his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada, his account ... map of that country, with a description of...
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Title: Mr. Joutel's journal of his voyage to Mexico : his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada, his account of the great river Missasipi sic : to which is added a map of that country, with a description of the great waterfalls in the river Misouris sic. Author: Henri Joutel Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP01749600 CollectionID: CTRG95-B3634 PublicationDate: 17190101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "Translated from the French publish'd at Paris." Includes index. French original published, Paris, 1713, under title: Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le golfe de Mexique ...--Cf. NUC pre-1956. Collation: xxi, 9, 205, 5 p., 1 folded leaf of plates, : map
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Henri Joutel
Edit ProfileEducation
Henri had a fair education for his time.
Career
Joutel served for sixteen or seventeen years in the French army. He was at home in Rouen when in 1684 La Salle visited there while arranging for an expedition to form a settlement at the mouth of the Mississippi. Joutel was easily persuaded to join the party and become La Salle's confidential subordinate - "intendant" he called himself. They sailed from La Rochelle in July 1684 with four ships, carrying a contingent of colonists and plentiful supplies. After a stormy passage of over four months in which one vessel was taken by Spanish corsairs, the flotilla entered the Gulf of Mexico, but by mistaken reckoning passed the Mississippi mouth and landed on the coast of Texas in Matagorda Bay. There a colony was begun on a site on Lavaca Bay.
After the commander of the largest ship had sailed for France, La Salle discovered his mistake and made several efforts to find the Mississippi. During these journeys, Joutel was frequently left in charge of the camp and with great difficulty controlled the growing dissatisfaction of the colonists. Twice they plotted to kill him and seize the control, but the conspiracy was found out and thwarted. Finally La Salle determined to abandon the place and make a final effort to reach the Mississippi. They left January 12, 1687, and journeyed northeasterly until on March 19, after crossing the Brazos River, near the present city of Navasota, Texas.
Later, La Salle was set upon by conspirators and foully murdered. Joutel was absent from camp at the time, and when he returned and learned the facts he expected to meet a like fate; but he and a brother and nephew of La Salle were spared and allowed to escape. With a little company of six he crossed what is now Arkansas and at Arkansas Post found two of Tonty's men in charge of a hunting station. They escorted the retreating party to the Mississippi, where friendly Indians agreed to take them to Tonty's fort on the Illinois River. When Joutel and Jean Cavelier (La Salle's brother) reached Fort St. Louis on the Illinois in August, Tonty was absent on a war expedition. When he returned in October the adventurers for several reasons concealed from him the fact of La Salle's death. They passed the winter at the Illinois post, leaving in May for Quebec via the Great Lakes and Ottawa River route.
From Quebec Joutel late in 1688 sailed for France and thereafter lived at Rouen until his death. While on his arduous and adventurous journey he took notes of all that passed and on his return to France cast his notes into the form of a narrative, which was published in 1713 and appeared the next year at London as A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale to the Gulph of Mexico to Find out the Mouth of the Missisipi River. Joutel complained that his published journal was changed from the original. It was prepared by one Michel, probably Jean Michel, who in 1687 was at Lachine, Canada.
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Henri Joutel was known as the author of "Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale. .. ", where he described the last North American expedition of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, which Joutel witnessed. For fullness of detail and exactness of statement he provided the best description of La Salle's last expedition. His writting provides some of the earliest written information on the interior, natural history, and ethnography of central North America.
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Mr. Joutel's journal of his voyage to Mexico: his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada, his account ... map of that country, with a description of...
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Mr. Joutel's journal of his voyage to Mexico: his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada, his account ... map of that country, with a description of...
Personality
Joutel was simple, loyal, practical, resourceful, and prudent.
Quotes from others about the person
Charlevoix met Joutel at Rouen in 1723 and spoke of his straightforward nature - "a very upright man".
