1. Jolliet script<br />Jolliet : [he points his chest]I am Louis Jolliet and I was born in Canada Quebec <br /> in 1645. My father died when I was only [show his palm] five years old<br /> And my mother remarried a [snatch] successful wagon maker.<br /> As my stepfather possessed land on the [spread both arm land] <br /> Ile d’ Orleans, this place was a [left hand: base, right hand: point at <br /> Center] center for trade. I benefited a great deal from growing up here <br /> as I learnt about trade. I was a [make a good sign] good student who <br /> attend a Jesuit school. I studied writing but also mathematics, philosophy<br /> and Latin, etc in Jesuit school. I played harpsichord and flute too. I had <br /> [swing my arm] hazardous sprit and wanted to explore. Even though I <br /> got Society of Jesus education, I abandoned it for my exploration. I liked<br /> to discover any other commercial opportunities.<br /> I am important and famous because I and Marquette was the first <br /> European who visited the Mississippi river. I determined that the <br /> Mississippi river doesn’t flew to pacific Ocean, but Gulf of Mexico, by <br /> South Toward my observation and information that I received from Indian. And<br /> Also after that I explored [using only right handa lot] a lot of river of <br /> Of Canada. I could make it because I had [good sign] great partner, <br /> Marquette.<br /> <br /> I contributed my whole effort to our world, for finding out various places <br /> That [he makes a ‘x’ sign with his arms] ever explored. And I didn’t <br /> Refuse any hazard explore. During that time I became a great map-<br /> Maker. And all actions, I took changed our aspect of the world in a larger <br /> Way. I was instructed by the governor of New France to explore the<br /> Mississippi in the company of Jacques Marquette and five other people. <br /> If I had never been born, it would be hard to find out such a beautiful, <br /> [using two palms huge] huge river in the world. Hence my statues that <br /> honor is on St. Louis Plaza near the palace of Manfactures, at Chicago’s <br /> Columbian Exposition of 1893<br />