<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMkataba wa Ufaransa ulianza mwaka 1682 wakati René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, alipodai kwa ajili ya Ufaransa eneo kubwa la eneo la Mississippi.  <response>: The French connection was to begin in 1682 when Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed for France a huge swath of territory radiating from the Mississippi. 