<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French people">French</a> explorers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Marquette" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jacques Marquette">Jacques Marquette</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jolliet" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis Jolliet">Louis Jolliet</a> reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.