5858116 Father Hennepin and Companions Passing Lover\'s Leap, April 1680, 1847-48 (oil on canvas) by Catlin, George (1796-1872); 37.8 x56.2 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; (add.info.: Father Louis Hennepin (1626-1704) Belgian priest sent with two others by Lasalle as an advance party to search for the Mississippi River. They followed the Illinois River to its junction with the Mississippi, passing the ???over??? Leap,??on Lake Pepin Henri de Tonti (1649/50-1704) Italian lieutenant to Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-87) French explorer and fur trader in North America).