In 1693 Tonti gave warning of the progress of the Carolinians. 3 The Canadians, Louvigny and Mantet, urging the continuation of La Salle's project, referred to English efforts among the Iroquois and the menace of Albany to the western trade. 4 In his notable memoir, Sieur Argoud recounted a rumor that Penn had sent explorers to the Ohio, and said that in the South, also, the English were seeking to make themselves masters of the Mississippi.