La Salle was attacked by pirates during his third trip to the New World in which he was accompanied by about three hundred settlers.
René Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687) was a French explorer who stood out for venturing into North America on several occasions, specifically in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, the Lawrence River and the Mississippi Delta.
During their third voyage the expedition suffered attacks from pirates and hostile Indians causing the loss of one of their ships. However, the other ships that made up the expedition passed the mouth of the Mississippi and continued for two more weeks along the coast to the west, arriving near Texas Bay.
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