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The Mississippi River's upper reaches were sighted by French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet and French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette. They traveled downriver by canoe to a point near the mouth of the Arkansas River.

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Why did Marquette decide to return home after walking 1000 miles down the Mississippi River?

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