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95.Founding of Louisiana.
95．創建路易斯安那
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. La Salle was murdered, the stores were destroyed, the Spaniards and Indians came and killed or captured nearly all the colonists. A few only gained the Mississippi and made their way to Canada. In 1699, another French expedition appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. This time the mouth of the Mississippi was easily discovered. But the colonists settled on the shores of Mobile Bay. It was not until 1718 that New Orleans was founded.
為了紀念法國的國王， 拉薩爾把這片廣袤的地區命名為路易斯安那。 拉薩爾迅速在密西西比河兩岸開辟殖民地。 他率隊駛入墨西哥灣，他們錯過了密西西比河的入海口， 并在得克薩斯海岸登陸。這次令人不快的遠征霉運連連， 拉薩爾被謀殺，儲藏的供給被毀掉， 西班牙人和印第安人過來并殺死或抓獲了幾乎所有的殖民者， 只有少部分人回到密西西比河并設法去往加拿大。1699年， 另一只探險隊出現在墨西哥灣， 他們毫不費力地發現了密西西比河入海口。 這些殖民者居住到莫比爾海灣的岸邊， 直到1718年新奧爾良才得以創建。
96.Struggle for the Ohio Valley.
96．俄亥俄流域的爭斗
At the close of King George's War the French set to work to connect the settlements in Louisiana with those on the St. Lawrence. In 1749 French explorers gained the Alleghany River from Lake Erie and went down the Ohio as far as the Miami. The next year (1750) King George gave a great tract of land on the Ohio River to an association of Virginians, who formed the Ohio Company. The struggle for the Ohio Valley had fairly begun. Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia learned that the French were building forts on the Ohio, and sent them a letter protesting against their so doing. The bearer of this letter was George Washington, a young Virginia surveyor.
喬治國王之戰結束之際， 法國就著手建立路易斯安那聚居地與圣勞倫斯聚居地之間的聯 系。1749年，法國人從伊利湖找到奧利哈尼河， 并沿著俄亥俄河下行到達邁阿密。第二年， 喬治國王將俄亥俄河沿岸的一大片土地送給弗吉尼亞的一伙人 ，這些人組建 了俄亥俄公司。俄亥俄流域的爭斗已經完全開始。 得知法國人正在俄亥俄修建要塞， 弗吉尼亞的總督丁偉戴發出一封信抗議他們這么做， 送信人是一位年輕的弗吉尼亞測量員喬治o華盛頓。
97.George Washington.
97．喬治·華盛頓
Of an old Virginia family, George Washington grew up with the idea that he must earn his own living. His father was a well-to-do planter. But Augustine Washington was the eldest son, and, as was the custom then in Virginia, he inherited most of the property. Augustine Washington was very kind to his younger brother, and gave him a good practical education as a land surveyor. The younger man was a bold athlete and fond of studying military campaigns. He was full of courage, industrious, honest, and of great common sense. Before he was twenty he had surveyed large tracts of wilderness, and had done his work well amidst great difficulties. When Dinwiddie wanted a messenger to take his letter to the French commander on the Ohio, George Washington's employer at once suggested him as the best person to send on the dangerous journey.
喬治o華盛頓出生在一個傳統的弗吉尼亞家庭中， 他逐漸形成一個想法--必須自己謀生。喬治·華盛頓的父親是一個小康殖民者，但是，奧古斯丁·華盛頓才是長子，按照當時弗吉尼亞的習俗， 他繼承了大部分財產。奧古斯丁對他的兄弟非常的好， 供應他接受良好的實踐教育--做一個土地測量員。喬治·華盛頓是一個大膽的運動員，喜歡研究軍事戰役，他一身是膽 、勤奮誠實，并且善于與人相處。不到二十歲時，喬治·華盛頓就測量了幾塊大片的荒野， 他突破重重困難以優異成績完成自己的工作。 當丁偉戴需要一名信使將他的信送達俄亥俄的法國司令時， 喬治o華盛頓的雇主馬上推薦他為完成這次危險之旅的最佳人選。
