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 MonGeur de la S A L L E's 
 
 LAST 
 Expedition and DISCOVERIES 
 
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 JNorth A AMERICA 
 
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 pan from the Publtck : and therefore thinks 
 p would be fuferfluoiis to make a longer 
 Preface, ^ 
 
 MonHeur Qanjelier de La Salle ^^ Na. • e 
 y^Roanm Normandy^ the chiet Under- 
 taker of the Difcoveries in the Northern 
 Amertca^ \\A\\d\ make the Subjca-Mat- 
 [er of this Book, was a Man of extra- 
 prdinary Parts, and undaunted Cou^ 
 Pg^- ^^ was the firft that formed 
 |hej)efign of Travelnncr from the Lake 
 ^itrontenac m Canada^ to theGulph of 
 
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 Mexico, through a vaft unknown Coun-i 
 try, in order to bring the luhabiMnrJ 
 10 the Knowledge ot t1,e Chdftian r ' 
 igion, and Extend the Dominions ot 
 he King of i=-r.«.. This Gentleman 
 having duly weighed all the Difficulties 
 that were like to crofs fo Noble a De- 
 iign, came to Court to acquaint his 
 Majefty uith it, who was pread-d not 
 only tu approve his Enterprize, but al- 
 lo to bncourage it, by the Liberal Af- 
 AA^^h ,^"'1 the Power he gave to 
 M. L<t Salle, todifpofl- of his New Dii: 
 coveries as he Diould think Ht 
 
 I W'as then at the Court of France to 
 lollicit foine Employment, havin- 
 ferved his Majelty both by Sea an§ 
 Land, and loft one Hand in Sicily by a 
 Granada, and as M. La Salle was upon 
 his departure, the Prince of Co»ti was i 
 pleafed to recommend me to him, as fit 
 to accompany him in his Undertakine 
 whereupon I was eafily admitted, the 
 Patronage of His Highnefs having been 
 very ufeful to M. La Salle. Every thine 
 being ready for our departure, we fet 
 rail from Rachel, July ,4. 1678. to the 
 number of 30 Men, amongfl whom 
 were Pilots, Carpenters, Smiths and 
 other ufeful Artifts, and arrived at 
 
 Quebec 
 
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 lie. 
 
 nknown Coun- 
 ■le Inhabitants! 
 Chriftian Re- 
 Dominions ot 
 fiis Gentleman 
 he Difficulties 
 
 NobJe a De 
 
 acquaint his 
 spleafed not 
 prize, butal 
 I Liberal Af^ 
 
 he gave to 
 lis New Dif 
 Ht. 
 
 of France to 
 It, having 
 57 Sea and 
 
 Sicily by a 
 '<? was upon 
 
 Qomi was 
 'hini, as fit 
 idertaking, 
 nitted, the 
 laving been 
 'Very thing 
 ire, we fet 
 78. to the 
 git whom 
 nichs and 
 rrived at 
 Quebec 
 
 M.De la Salle. 
 
 \uehec upon the 1 5th oiSeftemher folio w- 
 
 g; we remained there fomc days, after 
 
 inch liaving taken our Leave of Count 
 
 Wrontemc Governor-General of Canada^ 
 
 ve failed up the Rivei' ^t. Latireme to 
 
 ^'oit Frontenac^ where we landed. 
 
 That Fort l}'es within 120 Leagues 
 ii'om Qiijber^ about tlie 44th Degree of 
 ILatitude, on the Mouth of a Lake caU 
 kCi likcwife FromenacQvO/itario^ which 
 is near po Leagues about, and has a 
 communication with four other Lakes 
 much of the fame extent. All thofe' 
 Lakes arc Navigable, and plentifully 
 ftorcd with Fifij; The Mouth, or en- 
 trance of this Lake is defended by a 
 Fort with four large Ballions, which 
 might protc-a a great number of Velfeis 
 againft the attempts of any Enemy 
 As M. La Salle had Ercaed this EorV 
 the King had given him the Propriety 
 thereof, and of all the Lakes there- 
 abouts with their dependencies. The 
 Country about it is fb Charming that 
 It isimpoffible iodefcribe its Beauties - 
 The vallMear'-.ws are intermixed with 
 Woods and 1 orefts, full of all forts of 
 Fruit- Irees^ and watered with fine 
 Brooks and Rivers. 
 
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 jor then- OblLrv.ationsVs /o my „w ' 
 
 toft and impolite, I l,a\,c no otiiei 
 
 cont.aited fome thing from the Com- 
 
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 rope 
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 rioiii 
 
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 took 
 
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 Fruit 
 iiave 
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 withe 
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 after 
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 --* ^VA', but 
 and Burthen 
 'ious Enter- 
 ic untimely 
 lie Ac- 
 fiicPub/ick, 
 "al I kept, 
 as tlieyao- 
 f am fome- 
 
 vvav's with 
 '/>' convin- 
 
 advanced 
 er as ucl! 
 my own. 
 »';^-^ cxpeft 
 icriptions, 
 orn their 
 ImpJicity, 
 tile fcciTis 
 no other 
 lay have 
 he Com- 
 merce 
 
 M. De La Salk. 
 
 «r.Tce of the Savages of ^,,/,.,„, .^itl, 
 wl orn I l,avc fb long convcrfai. 
 
 Who oeyc- conflJc.s tl.is Juitcrpri/c- 
 'n It f. f, the diilkulccs it wasa - fi 
 •^d with, ami the adva.uagcs I a f " 
 
 tnoic valK.ounrncs, whicli arc ^Lv,^ 
 
 X > ^^"' ^ 'ope at'lLO Inf n., 
 
 .ict aceoimt thereof is worthy of the Cn 
 'Whty of the Reader >"rt'>eCu- 
 
 the'n'ame of A'^°r"''"y '^. "°"' ^'^"'-•'1 ^7 «' ' 
 took polTcffion thereof in the ^Z %''''■ 
 
 ]^^ that N.tnre .nld. t ^^'..^ ' ! 
 nave much nH'-» ^,-^ ^ • ^^ . . '-'^^j-.^'^ncf 
 
 the Care of hI H T ^'P^^"' «'^'t'''"'>t 
 Fruit fe«i,"^f;;'''r" ' ^"^' ^"<-- 
 after th:,?>^"^the "a^-^^.^ eve"" |^"'^ 
 temperate; the cluL-^ ^ "''"^''^ 
 
 ^Brooks and KivuIeL ard H 'rr":' 
 ;1 w,th Forefts and Z^o^t t^tf 
 a With ai! forfc ^f T>.-,1 ^ 2. '^ "" "ocKt 
 
 f ----.- w. ..cairs, as iiuiis, Ow- 
 
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 nM\ Wolves, Lines, Wild AlTes, Stags, 
 Goats, Sheep, Foxes, Hares, Beavers, 
 Otters, Dogs, and all forts of Fowls, 
 which afford a plentiful Game for the 
 Inhabitants. They have difcovered 
 Iv^incs of Lead and Iron, and 'tis not 
 doubted but there are alfo Mines of 
 Gold and Silver, if they would give 
 themfelves the trouble to look for them, 
 but the Inhabitants of thofe Countries 
 valuing things only as far as they are 
 necelTary for Life, are yet unacquaint- 
 ed with the Fanciful Value we put 
 lipon thofe Metals, and have not dig'd 
 jup the Earth to look for them. | 
 
 The Uxn. Thofe Inhabitants have nothing of ' 
 S/^^''^^^" but the Shape and the Name; 
 uml' ^h^^y ^l^^e without any Laws, Rehgion, 
 Superiority, or Subordination, Indepen« ^ 
 dency and Liberty being their Summum 
 Bomm^ or the ultimate end they pro- i 
 pofc to thcmrdves. Their Life isal-l 
 ways wandering, having no fctlcd Fof- 
 feflions; they take feveral Wives, if 
 they pleiift', whom they quit when they 
 wih, and leave tliem to others, jull as 
 tliey do tlieir Habitations, for after 
 having toi- fbmc timccultivared a piece 
 oj- GiGUiid, they quit it without anv 
 Qccafion to Cultivate another, and the^ 
 
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 I k^^s^ Stags, 
 res, Beavers, 
 ts of Fowls, 
 lame for the 
 difcovered 
 and 'tis not 
 b Mines of 
 would give 
 ok for them, 
 fe Countries 
 as they are 
 unacquaint- 
 iJue we put 
 ve not dig'd 
 n. 
 
 nothing of 
 the Name; 
 ;, Rehgion, 
 n, Indepen« 
 ;ir Summum 
 1 they pro- 
 Li fe isal- 
 )fetlcdFof- 
 Wives, ifj 
 • when they 
 srs, jull as 
 for after 
 ^ed a piece 
 ithout any 
 T, and thei 
 firft 
 
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 firft comer takes poffeffion thereof, To 
 
 u^ J. 7. ^'■^ perpetually changing 
 their Habitations, and by tliis continual 
 motion.every thing becomes in a manner 
 common amongft them : they know no 
 Superiority and think the World is 
 made only for them, 
 
 Ifaid they have no Religion, tho'lt?*^'' V'- 
 leems they have an obfcure Idea of God/'"'- 
 becaufe they live as if they though 
 there was none. They believe in le- 
 neral that there is a Gocl, but who dSs 
 not concern himfelf in what they do 
 Some Worfliip the Sun, and others^fan 
 cythattheWodd is full of certains^. 
 
 and' t£" P^'r'"' ""''' ''"^"- ^^ions, 
 lieve tlL"'" ''^ ^«^^^^g-n£ as to be- 
 lieve, that every thing m the WorM 
 has a Spirit, and that they are GoS 
 
 Idon'tbelie^fthSetTSecar 
 ned their Refleaions fo far TtLr^ 
 
 on the Nature of their stlsrS^'S 
 !^ ^'f y/^^m to believe the r iSmo^ 
 j^Iity and a kind of Metemprycho^L 
 fTranfmigrationof Souls; bufXft °' 
 
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 fo many extravagant fancies upon this 
 
 poflible to difcover their true Opinio^ 
 
 Imayfayingeneral, thatthey^arefo 
 ftupKl in mattersof Relig.on, that th J 
 are not convinced ot their own Belie/ 
 noro what others believe, and there- 
 
 Siffio^ats." '"^ '"'^'-"'^'^"^ °f "- 
 
 ^^S"'tim cemoer'"' ^f ''''^^"^ing that bru- 
 ' tiui temper, they have as good a Senfe 
 
 as therertofMankind, to know their 
 true Interefts, and therefore are capable 
 of Negotiations, Commerce, and Coun- 
 lej. ihey know how to weigh and 
 confider the Confeqi.ences of an Entcr- 
 tT^ ''"'' 'Z'^ejult Meafures to com- 
 pais It. When they meet together t6 
 coiilult about fome great Dcfign, thev 
 It in a private plkce, ,n a profound Si- 
 icucc, Imoking Tobacco, and everv 
 one Ipeaks gravely in his turn. It is to 
 beobkrved by the by, that they never 
 make any 1 reaty, Conventionor Agree- 
 m with any body, till they have 
 ftrlt ot all, mutually exchanged Pre- 
 leiits. I liey give commonly Collars as 
 he Symbol ot Union ; they have apar- 
 
 iorWar. Ihey proclaim Peace with 
 
 ' the 
 
 gaai 
 ^ nour. 
 
 mak( 
 with 
 their 
 tranfl 
 (even 
 excel] 
 
 of tll( 
 
 of fev 
 the v( 
 pents 
 
 bed M 
 
 carry 
 
 i^ained 
 
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 ' -.■^(fet'T!?^^^' 
 
xlk. 
 
 :ies upon this 
 manner im- 
 true Opinion, 
 t they at e fb 
 on, that they 
 rown Belief; 
 e, and there- 
 (itions of our 
 
 ling that bru- 
 good a Senfe 
 ► know their 
 •e are capable 
 :e,and Coun- 
 3 weigh and 
 of an Entcr- 
 Jres to corn- 
 t together to 
 )efigf], they 
 profound Si- 
 
 and every 
 n. It is to 
 t they never 
 on or Agree- 
 
 they have 
 anged Pre- 
 y Collars as 
 have apar- 
 nd another 
 Peace with 
 the 
 
 M. J)e A^a Salle. 
 he Calumet, and War by great Out- 
 -ies, or rather dreadful Howiings 
 
 They Vnow likewife how to Incamp, Udr sd. 
 ncl tor ^ ic their Canips with Intrench- '''''''' 
 iicnts am! Pallifadocs. 7'hey obferve """'' 
 lio lome Order in their Attacks 
 This Soil produces indifferently all Ueir Jiu 
 ts ot Corn and Plants, but as thev ^'^'^ 
 liave obferved, that fome among them 
 are more proper for their Nourifhment 
 
 Ithanothers, they take care to Sow and 
 Cultivate them, and therefore they have 
 great Crops of hdUn Corn, of which 
 they^kea fort of very delicious an 1 
 
 male their C.f^^.,ai)d Turneps, where- 
 With they n,ake 0/.^.V.. ^thefe a,^ 
 
 tianllated. There are m their Countrv rA • .. 
 feveral forts of Trees frnm «;?, i! ^J^f' ^^-^• 
 evrpllpntRjr J ' ?^ much anM 
 excellent Balfam drops, the ufe where^ 
 of the Savages know very well, la fo 
 of feveral Plants againif Wounds and 
 the venomous bitings or llinginrof Ser 
 pents and other Crc^atures 
 
 beJuii^'rV'^S" '' "°^ circumrci>r..>^^, 
 carrv r f ^'^^i^'™^ ^^""^^. they-'"^. 
 
 earned a fufficic^nt Knowledge of tl^e 
 
 Courfe 
 
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 ing 
 
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 M. De La Salle. 
 
 CourfeoftheSun, Moon and Planets 
 and pretend thereby to foretel f^J 
 changes of the Weather, Winds StormI"'' 
 a<,d other things of this'nature!' ™F''^ 
 
 tiohed, they have a wonderful dexterit'^" ' 
 
 ty at feveral beautiful and ufeful Worksf^" 
 
 borne of them make extraordinary (mty 
 
 Mats for their Coverings, and ador J "' 
 
 ing their Cabins ; others have foun,*^' 
 
 the way to Drefs Leather to mak. 
 
 Waftecoats and Shoes ; but their greatJ 
 
 eft dextei-ity appears, in my opinion, ij 
 
 the ftrufture ot their Camo^ wfeh cal 
 
 never fink. They make them with tiief'-- • 
 
 Barks of Elm, \^alnut.trees oi Elde^'^y " 
 
 trees, about lo or 12 Foot long, thefidl"^'' ^^ 
 
 bemg a little turned inward ^sGondol2^''^h 
 
 Inftead of Oars they make ufe of twol"° ^'■ 
 
 pieces of Wood, like two Bakers Peals |"^J°' 
 
 and term Swimming what we call Ron\^'^'> ^' 
 
 '»|. As their Canoos draw verv littleT^^^'^* 
 
 Water, becaufe of their lightne/s theT^" "^ 
 
 Savages Smm with an extraord'inarvl"'' ■"' 
 
 Iwiftnefs, even againft the ftream oif^°°''- 
 
 Kivers, and undertake very long Vov-l "^^^ 
 
 ages without fearing Rocks or StormsFnie pi 
 
 neirTri.^ Iho there are neither Road nor Patlify *'^'' 
 
 u«l! '" J.'i" Country, they Travel through!"' ^''^' 
 
 thefe vaft Forefts and- Wildernefles,r" of 
 
 wit!ist^''°»s' 
 
I 
 
 •n and Planets 
 to 
 
 M. T)e La Salle. 
 
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 ,s, and adorn 
 "s have foun 
 :her to mak 
 ut their great 
 ly opinion, ir, 
 
 — foretel tha- t t i t r 
 
 Winds Stormsr P °^ ^^''^^^" -^^^^^ ^'^^y 
 
 nature/ 1^^^^ "P°" ^^^^ ^^"^ ^^ Tr-^es from place 
 
 5 already menf ^^^^^^ ' ^"^ ^-^ ^^^^^^ means, the Wo- 
 iderful dexterif ^" ^"^ Children are able to find the 
 • ufeful Worksl?^" ^^^^" ^^^^ S^ a Hunting, or upon 
 aordinary finli ^ Expedition. They very feldome 
 - ^ *ring home what they kill, and it is the 
 ffice of their Wives to fetch it and 
 refs it. 
 
 I think fit to add, in this Place, a3n&«v Ca, 
 ■J ^^«..v.., u '^^''"^ Account of their Cabins, Houf-^''^^- 
 
 OS wi5*di'Wri^^^^'^^^°^^' ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^^' ^a^y of 
 
 hem with thef '^'^^ ^^^ wandring in Woods, where 
 ees or ElderJ ^^'^' lie^upon the Ground as Beafts ; but 
 long, the fidC^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ together,make Cabins, or 
 \^sGondola4^^^^^^ ^^'i'^h Branches of Trees driven 
 e ufe of twor ^^ ^^^^ ground, interlaced with others, 
 takers Peals 1"^ ^^^"^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^°P ^^ ^^^^^ as poffi- 
 we call /^e7n;.f ^^' ^"^ covered with Reeds, or large 
 w very Jittler^^^'^^ of Trees. The infide looks fome- 
 ^htnefs, ther^^^^^"^'*' ^^^^ ^^^^"^"o^gh Matted, 
 xtraordinaryl"^ "^^^ of them have a fort of curious 
 le ftream off ^^°^- . 
 
 ylong Voy-l ^^^^?^ Bedfteads are made up withTi&wV^d.. 
 s or Storms.fr"^^ pieces of wood, upon which they 
 )ad nor Pathfy ^^^^^"^^ ^^^^ o^ Wool or Straw ; but 
 tvel throught^ ^^^^^^ Covering, they ufe the fineft 
 i^ildernelTeSjfr^^ ^^ Skins, or elfe Mats finely 
 ^mjIjS' rough t. 
 
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^--c 
 
 ^i* M. De La Salle. have 
 
 .*<>%>"■ They haveCeliars, or rather Holcl>'' 
 M. ^opreferve ti. ,ir Corn, their Wooc!, an*"'" 
 oherProvifions;butal!thdrKidu, 
 
 Earthen-Ware, wl)ich tiiey n.ike win 
 R, 7' ^«^ harden it with the Dung d 
 ^ulls They liave no forts of mTiIs 
 but mftead thereof; u(e to grind the 
 Corn between two Stones, with a -rea 
 
 foit of iharp Stones inftead of Knives 
 Dutthtsmufibeunderflo'jdof (hch Si 
 
 *"^" .rea?Y "^^. «°-^ and Arrows witi 
 
 fhef. ^'^'^".^y' ^"^ t!>c extremity oP - 
 tl^i. Arrow ,s arm'd, inftead of Iroi™''' 
 ^ith a fliarp Stone, or the Tooth or ^^} 
 
 heavy Clubs or ftarp Sticks, inftead o| 'l'"' 
 Swords or Halberds. Thev ufe air,'''^' ' 
 wooden Corflets againft Arrows anf '^'=" ' 
 make Bucklers with feveral skins ftitc ifc'"'"^ 
 ed together. ""■^"Id as h 
 
 ^;- Moft of them go ftark Naked, anf'""' f 
 are fo inured to Rain, and other Hard!'' '°,''' 
 Slf^'^f'^^heir bodies are almoft iulerk''^'"* 
 fible ; and the foles of their Feet 1^^^ ' 
 hard, as to refift the fharpnefs 01''"^' 
 1 horns and Stones. Their Wn^ J 
 
 havf 
 
 eir 
 
 fon 
 'cak 
 emf 
 the 
 IdC 
 insc 
 
 iio II 
 v'iljiz 
 iimai 
 lives \ 
 IPhe 
 on i\ 
 
 Their 
 
'!alle: 
 
 M, De la Salle. 
 
 •? 
 
 piec__ , 
 iiey nuke wit, 
 ■'» the Dung fj 
 forts of Miil. 
 to grind thei 
 es, with a grea| 
 make ud; of 
 ;ad of Knives 
 
 ;cak ot thofe Savages who Inhabit a 
 cmperatcUmate, for thofe who ite 
 'tl.. Northward of ^,^,,,3„,1^;/^^ 
 
 'Id Countries, coverThcmfelve wUh 
 
 ,,r"^^-^'Sf^g',Ellends, andthe 
 . .m.a obferve al(c,, that thofe 
 
 ,,! ' . ''" °','1«=" ; for tho' their 
 
 ad of fijcii Sail""'"': ''""' ot'ici-s; tor tho' their 
 Arrows witCJ-a^e^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 l-bs,andotherthing^i!if!^^„'S 
 
 'lave befidel 
 ks, inftead o( 
 hty ufe all 
 
 Arrows, ani,,;:"' "7 ^ovayu is come back fiom 
 
 .1 skins ft.tcC""f ' '^ ^^ ^^--^ firft of ail hif P ^ 
 
 Id as he fmoaks, tell, his Wife wlS 
 
 Naked, anl'^^^J^^"^'' .«"'| ^vhat he would have 
 
 !f^^ ^^^^^^ feS^tf '' ^^^ ^^^" ^ great a.... 
 fliarpnefs of ^^^^'^"^ Auiiioruy, and in Women '^'^''''' 
 eir Wnmpi '''''' -^^^c'x. 
 
 iiayj 
 
 ■'lij 
 
1 4 ' M.DeLaSaUe. 
 
 an extraordinary Complaifance j 
 their Husbands, and as they follow then .v . 
 Natural Inftinft in every thing they d.. .I^-T- 
 their Behaviour is always finccre andf, /^ 
 without any affcftation j and one mayf!^ j 
 truly fay, That the conjugal Union be 
 tween them, is the efFeft of a NaturaMj^. 
 Inclination, which is common to Me.*j, 
 and to Brutes, and not founded upon al] ^P 
 true Friendfhip. * 1 Th 
 
 The Savages being perpetually ir||^^ ■ 
 
 of Wo- 
 
 Tcukr^' Aftion, they'are free h'om leveral Dif 
 eafes that the European are fubjed to 
 and 'tis obfervable, that thefe Wome 
 have not that natural Incommoditytha 
 ours are liable unto, and that, wl>ic! 
 is nill more to be wonder'd at, tnejj 
 
 ow a 
 ley u 
 tir f 
 ereb 
 untir 
 catic 
 atura 
 leafts. 
 Ifhc 
 
 bring forth without any Pain, or a 
 leafl: without any ceremony as they g( 
 along, making no other Provifion for ir 
 than their own girdle, and lome Skinlj^j^'^^j' 
 to wrap up the Child into. i^n . 
 
 'Jhi Breeds They have a very extraordinary walh;„i, , 
 c& to bring up ti,e.r Children, for tJ^ougf '^1 
 they have no Clouts or Swath-Bands|]|,\ygj 
 they have found a way to keep thcJ^f^^y 
 
 Lt Troublelfk : 
 
 igenc 
 
 fe 
 
 very clean without any great 
 They provide themfelves with a gooI^Q^',^ 
 quantity of Dull of rotten Wood, w^hicf ^^^^ 
 is as foft as any Doun whatfoc ver^ and j^ j^ j|^^ 
 
 layadi 
 
 ver 
 
alle. 
 
 nplaifance foi \A n j « , , 
 
 ley follow then., '^- iJe La Salle. ,j 
 
 thing they d..^i'7S°°d to preferve them againftHu- 
 ^s finccre andfl, ?^ a ^^l '^^ ^^'■'' <^'"ldren upon 
 ; and one mayf ^^ R,nc ' a ^'l'^ '^"" '"^^ Tome 
 igal Union bcX", ^Zk '"'a'H"' P'^^T f^ft, and 
 
 mmon to M,M'^J^^"S^, t''", Duft, by means 
 
 Dunded upon Jii !., °* ''^■^y Jjeep them always clean, 
 
 f if '^y ^""^ able to walk about. ' 
 
 perpetually iiitii Z/^'^ '''"" ^"'' ^^P' made//™ tk, 
 n l^vera! Di(C /ff ^°1""' '"'^ S'^^ them a/'"* '*"»• 
 
 are fubjed to^ ulT 'r f '"'^ "^ ^^''^ ' ^^ '^at 
 thefe Womeif 2 T t'^mlelves to ftoot, and follow 
 
 mmodity thai' ' u,''f"" ""° ^'le Woods, learning 
 
 that, wljicir' Jy ^''ff' the uftal Places for 
 
 ler'd at, tnel " "§ ; and having no manner of E- 
 
 ' Pain, or ifatulTj 7 ^ '•'' ""'^ 8"'''^'^ ^y their 
 ly as they gOs ^"^''nation and Senfuality, as 
 
 •ovifionforitjT n," ,1. 
 
 1 lome Skini;J,°"l'; f ^^.'- •"^'^'e ="1 End, fhould 
 K I I fr A ^'^' a particular Account 
 Di-dinary walSk f , r', ?^ ''^^. S^^^g« J but 
 ,, for tLugf3j;"!L'''o^''^''=^'''''''«'ffi<^ient 
 Iwath-Bandl, °";'"^!,^« Read^'-, that tlieir In- 
 
 5 keep thclrlv ir r""*' ""'^ '^ ^'^^' '^ >^^e- 
 eat IVoubll e7,X/"PP°r,t'"S, their xVatural 
 with a goolo'n"?ji".'^they have any Law 
 
 A^ood, w4ncrBfnl.TA "/ '" "'''^'■^^ "°"^ 3t 
 ^efcTvr^^A'lf^ft-Vto which 
 
 « 
 
 1/ I 
 
 ^^yadd War,Quands, andC 
 
 rueity. 
 which 
 
 b/' 
 
 / 
 
■ • '-J^. 
 
 1 
 
 '4 
 
 i6 
 
 wlk' 
 
 Mr, La 
 
 i|H| 
 
 Safle w;/. 
 
 i^n 
 
 denakes 
 
 iflP' 
 
 with 30 
 
 ^H 
 
 ■Mtf« ro 
 
 'IB 
 
 Travel 
 
 IB' 
 
 ' through 
 
 hB 
 
 thofe Nd- 
 
 PI^HjK i' 
 
 tiorts. 
 
 flP 
 
 
 ■-I-:. 
 
 
 V. 
 
 
 M.DeLaSa/Ie. , 
 
 winch is fuch, that they .nulhuintlu" ^'' 
 
 Arms aga.nit harnilefs Bcaih S^f 
 
 theywant Pretences or Oppor u.nttti ' 
 
 to ule them againft Men. '"""'^|lier 
 
 It was throilgli thofb Wild Narlnnf.''"" 
 
 that Mr. U Salle undertook to tSSm^ 
 
 and difcover a Way to the Gn nh l"^'- 
 
 Mexico ; and whofceier wSJlJ^pt , |--,;; 
 
 confider that Enterprife, mult agr Zn 
 
 Preparations he made for that P,el . 
 Journey He had only r/4 mI fc 
 IhaveaheadylaKl, without any oth Cnfc'' 
 Provihons, but Powder and Shot. wJiKf 
 ;^^-'^'°i"PP'y Wm during his VoyaX 'i, 
 We had firft of all a Ba?k, and fof|"f ' 
 Canoos, but uc were Toon denrived X? ' 
 that help and torc'd to rlv'fe 
 
 Jaige Riveis upon Rafts, or Treel verv 
 having no other Guide through tholommu 
 
 a"d the'cer "T'''^' ""''' 'ornpXrT, 
 and the Genius of our Commander, whir of th( 
 
 (according to the variation of tKl 
 
 A tronomy) was able to guefs at thfw. : 
 Chmate we were in, and what couri ' 
 we were to follow. 
 
 ThelS 
 
inuiHurnthcii 
 Bcalis, whcf 
 
 Opportunuic 
 
 M. Ve La Salle, 
 
 Wild Nation, 
 ook to 7'ravci 
 
 the Gulph 
 nJl imparriaJl 
 I muit agreti 
 
 a^aue. 17 
 
 Thefe Difficulties, the Armies oFS,*- 
 
 ges, which we were obliged to Fi-fi: 
 
 lorceoLirway, Hunger, lfiir(}, .-nid 
 
 her Wants and Perils, were however 
 
 rmounted by our Courage and Con- 
 
 incy, fbthat wearriv'd atthe Gulph 
 
 [ Mexico, and after feverdl iMislbrru/ics 
 
 turned Home. But before I prote-d 
 
 ly further, I think fit to give an Ac- 
 
 anfider'S '1^^''>> 'i^^hove the 47 Degree of «v.;;. 
 
 "dm Orel"''"'''' ^""^^«l'«l%^'-^-^^^,o.-ot-^-. » 
 7 \, Sieafw^irw^f and may be 80 ] ev.n-.'/'f' " 
 
 Snfol'hct""' -^3oo.nJ,cuit. '^.t^C^""- 
 
 ?k and foS r '"'^'■^"P^^^^ hy a Fall of 600 Foot 
 'K, and loniligli, known iinderthe Name of F,'/nf 
 
 -age c,offin| Or/..„., by a Canal or ftream ul ic^ 
 
 rough thoflommunication to the Sorah xvith , 
 "" ^ompafs*«w/,, called, T/.. Lake of the m^o^ 
 
 fX. I /T'''^-M with another Lake, larger 
 
 guels at t)mo„k ; but we did not fee it ^ 
 
 what couril 
 
 Theli ^ Havir-g. 
 
 :^ 
 
 ;'^ 
 
 yh 
 
 i*H 
 
 1 II 
 
 J 
 
i8 
 
 M. De la Salle. 
 
 ;ncii 
 
 Pom Voit ,, ^^^^^"g Refrcnicd our (elves about <i.^ii 
 
 J-'rontcnac. l^orrniglit at Fort Frontemc, we errlear 
 
 b.imucd on the i%th, oF Novembt^ov, 
 
 1678. on Board a VellU of 40 TumMM 
 
 ro croL the firft Lake I have mentioned foirc 
 
 and this was the Fir/t Ship that evcind 
 
 Sail d upon this Frefh Water Sea. T[.#ree 
 
 Wind being very contrary, we fpent f c 
 
 who e Month before we could arrives great 
 
 a Village called St. Omomua^t, wh'^rCour 
 
 Mr. U Salle fcnt fume Canoos tofetcifeain 
 
 Indian Corn for our (ubUn-ance ; arP^hei 
 
 rrom thence we continued our CourSian i 
 
 towards Niagara, but the Stream beinf y-m 
 
 too rapid, and tiie Wind contrary, ulive i 
 
 were obliged to cad an Anchor aboiffthe 
 
 9 Leagues horn that Place, whither v*rueli 
 
 went by Land, mtgara is a Villagfrecai 
 
 oitliQlroquots, fituued upon the Lal#xper 
 
 oi Conti, near tlie wonderful Fall f Thi 
 
 have taken Notice oK Is I ha 
 
 An A^ This Nation, the moll Warlike a nJery \ 
 
 rlf' iro.^ 9"'i''^r^'^^ ^^^ Americans, is poiTelTef leir \ 
 suois. ^^^ iractof Land ivom Montreal, orfO vie^ 
 rather from the place where the Tw(ieagu( 
 Rivers, which iorm that of St. Laui^vnm 
 rence^ meet, 10 t.!ie further end cF tli(ion, I 
 Lake of C(?/;'tv wLich is ^oout Twcfnofit 
 Hundred Leagues to the South, Tiii. Wpon it 
 Nation is very Ambitious tocommari(!l''tthe 
 
 thei: t 
 
 I 
 
'^'-'^- U.De la Salle, i^ 
 
 iriclves about jllicir Neighbours; and when they 
 mtepm, we errJpear of any oth r Nation when tows 
 
 ot A^(?T/fw^ffou'errul,cither by the Number of^rl.eir 
 el of 40 1 unnlgiuing xMen, or by the extent of thVir 
 nave mentioneif oirelTiuns, tliey maieh ro fubdue them 
 
 Ship that cv(incl they make iometimes iixciir/ions 
 Abater Sea. Th|j|iree or four hundred Leagues. Tivy 
 •ary,wefpent#e indefatigable, undaunted in thii 
 'could arrivecgreatcft danger; and of fuch a lieae 
 oMtouam, wher^ouragt and Conftancy, as to be proof 
 Janoos tofetc|fcainfl: the molt cxquifite I'orments 
 ibllilance • arlvhen taken by their Enemies, rather 
 ui our Cour#an beti ay the Defigns of their Coun- 
 c Stream beinjy-men: They never ask, and feldoi 1 
 I contrary, ui've Quarter. They drink the Blc^oc 
 Anchor aboiiif their Enemies, and add to their o a n 
 e, whither uCruelty,all the Stratagems, Subtilty^and 
 * is a Villagf recaution, that one might expcd from 
 jpon the Lal#xperienc'd Soldiers. 
 
 derfui Fall I This Nation, tho' Fierce and Cruel, iiy re. 
 |s I have reprefented them, recciv'd us ' ''"-^ '^•'"^- 
 
 Warlikeanffery kindly. We laid one Ni^hc in ^^ ' '- 
 Sj IS polTcircdheir Village, and went the nex^'c Diy '"'"" 
 \ Montreal, oto view a proper place, above 'Jhrc- 
 lere the Tw(ieagues higher, to Build a Fort, and 
 t of St. L^/^.|aving found an advantagious Situ--^- 
 U' end of tlitiion, M, De ia Salle V^id the Foundati- 
 
 doout Twc f n oi- it, and ordered his Men to Work 
 '^outh. Thmon It with all imaginable Diligence • 
 to commandf ut the "Jroquois taking fomejealoufie at 
 their I C 2 it 
 
 L 
 
 'I 
 
 m 
 
 Ml 
 
 III 
 
^o 
 
 ii 
 
 M.DeLaSal/e. 
 
 it; it was thougI)i: fit to defill, toavoi^ ^ 
 
 giving Offence to fo dangerous an Ent^o 
 
 my ; and therefore we contented ourfp^^ 
 
 ieives to fortifie our Maeazine witjiie( 
 
 f^rong Palil^does. # i 
 
 M. la SJe had given orders for Build ft<^ 
 
 3ng a new Ship or great Bark, and oul*// 
 
 Mm workt about it with ail the dilifi 1 
 
 gence that the Seafon of the Year coulc#id( 
 
 jpermit ; but the cold was fb exceflivefie 
 
 that not only Rivers, but even tho[tiav< 
 
 vafi: Lakes were frozen all over, infb^w 
 
 much that tliey look'd Jike a Plain pav#e \ 
 
 y'iXh fine poiKh'd iMarbie. We tradecl"^ 
 
 in the mean time wit h the Natives, ancl^^ I 
 
 got a great number of Purrs ; but fevel^^^. 
 
 jral tilings being wanting to continue ou*^^*^ J 
 
 Voyage, this couragious Gentlema4^'on 
 
 refoiv'd to return by Land to Fort FrorA^"^^^^ 
 
 ieriAc^ and come back again in th| '^^ 
 
 Spring witli a new ilipply of Ammunil-y^^e 
 
 tion and Merchandiie, to trade wit#^-^> 
 
 the Nations he intended to vifit. H(J^^<^^ 
 
 lent like wife filteen h\m further mto th#^" ^^^ 
 
 Country, w\x.\\ orders to endeavour tJ ^^^ ^^ 
 
 JTindoutthe lli'mok^ and left his Fort ol^^^'^ 
 
 A%^^^and fifteen Men under my comf ^^<^ ti 
 
 mand. One of the Recollelts contineucl^'^^^V 
 
 wth lis. iclici( 
 
 'ilie Winter bei:ngover,a Bark arriveJ'^^ ^"o 
 
 fronl^''ee. 
 
M. De La Salk. 
 
 •■ Salle. 4 
 
 todefift, toavnif ----v^-^tt. 
 
 angeious an Hnefom Fort F.,«,«,,^ w.th Ammunition 
 /e contented oufid JWcrchandifes, but it was ftav'd to 
 Magazine witlfieces aga.nft the Cuaft, by the fau/c 
 
 I orders for Buildfas «erefav'd ; and foon after, M U 
 It Bark and oufj^^amved, who immediately rencw- 
 ath all the d.i.jd his Conimerce with the /nWx, and 
 f the Year coulc#deavourcd to give them feme Idea of 
 A'as fo exceffivefie lower of the King, that they micht 
 
 but even tho#vefomererpca for hisSuhicds. l^,is 
 1 ali over, infolew Ship be,ng near (inifted, he fent 
 live a Plam pavVme with hve Men to view the Coafi 
 e. We tradetand the Country to the North fide of 
 he Natives, anctlie Lake above 120 Leagues from Nu- 
 Jrrs ; but fevc^''^;'. We Embarked in" our Canoos 
 ; to continue ou»JW having rowed twodavs, or rather 
 ous Gemlemaf'-om,to ufe the rtileof thcSavaoes ar- 
 id to Fort Fr.*l ved to the Ifraightof the Lake HeWc. 
 
 again in tliel /'us Ihaight or Canal, by which the r, 
 'ly of Ammunii ai<e Ikr^ ,o,„s M-ith tllat of the >£ rie! 
 to trade witll^"^, '^ about 'ilii, ty Leagues lonn- 1 
 . to vifit. ttl'ided to Che North fide, and ena^-cd 
 lurtherintothf '■ ' le Wen M./4 W/. had fent before 
 I endeavour t|« hearing they were gone hi<.her f 
 eft h,s Fort ofv^anced u.co the Country i„ h'pes 'to 
 .ndermycomJ''dthcm ,nd,,,i,g^^^^ 
 
 ^as contineuJ'inicy to take an exaft fhrvev of hat 
 Jc. Clous I'eninfula, which has almoft 
 al>arkarr.ve| jonriotan Uca,t, by tea (on of the 
 iromW^^ Lakes alreacW fnpf.rio,,,..! 
 
 2i 
 
 ric- 
 
 1 
 
 a! 
 
 ■J. 
 
 !' ''' \ 
 
 IV 
 
 riaviag 
 
 s^t. 
 
 ^r>^ 
 
.-i •..:'\ 
 
 2 2 M. Vela Salle. 
 
 Having made all the Obfervations ^^ ^^ 
 thought neceflary both as to the Cana^ *^^^ ^ 
 between the two Lakes, and the natur^fi'^^s 
 of the Soil, I returned to give an ac?¥> ^ 
 count thereof to M. U Saiie, who, befoi#">^s 
 my arrival, was gone back to Fort Fron^* 
 tenac with a confiderable quantity o: ^' ^ 
 l^ui t s, from whence he returned to Nia^^ ^f 
 g^ira^ on the Seventh o^ Jugufi^ ^<^79l^ ^ 
 With a frefh fupply ol Ammunition anSj^ ^° 
 riovifions, and three RecoUe^s, 1 ^'fl?' ^ 
 Spring and mod: part of theSummer wei#^^^' 
 tl^.us ipciit in frequent goines and coinff^^^' 
 ingh, which however area ofolutely re|P ^ 1 
 cclTary in order to make a good andlail^"^^^ 
 ing Settlement. 
 
 Our Bark being finifhed, and evenf 
 thing ready for our departure, we faiPc 
 towards the middle of Atigu^^ and liaj 
 ying liappily crofTed the Lake Herte^ gol 
 into that of the Htnons^ which, as if 
 has been already (aid, is much largeL - 
 than the other two. We met there witll, \ f 
 a dreadful Storm, as great as any that 
 ever heard of upon the Ocean, or ani 
 other Sea, but we had the good For! 
 tune to find a good Road called MijfA 
 niAchindc, It is an Ifllmnis^ or neck of 
 Land about Twenty Leagues broad, anL 
 I20 lontTj betv^ecn the Lake of the H^ J^^^ 
 'i Yom 
 
 U, M 
 
 faL 
 
 c chi 
 
 ^t Ri 
 
 rd ver 
 
 r Pre 
 
 h m 
 
 
-••w-akifapo.^ .w>,».«- 
 
 alle. M.De La Salle. 
 
 Obfervations "^ ^"^ that of the Illinois^ which is one 
 as to the Cana^ *h^ ^^^^ fituations in the World ; and 
 and the nature^W^^ ^^^ prodigious fertiHty of the 
 to give an ao^^* ^"^ ^^^ forts of Game, the Inha- 
 lle, who, befoi#"^^s have an extraordinary plenty of 
 :ktoFortFra*^ 
 
 2:? 
 
 'le quantity o:#^- ^ ^^ foo^< an exaft furvey of^'^^>^'' 
 -turned to Nia^ ^H^ Countiy, and having marked ^^' 
 Auguft, 16791 a ^ort for our fecurity, fent me, 
 nmuniticn aniW^^ fo"^^ others, towards the North- 
 Xmlk^s. Tli#' toobferve the FalUV.M^rj, and 
 leSummer weiP^^vour 50 difcover {onie of our De. 
 )in2s and comP^^^- '^ his Fall forms two Canals^ 
 caofolutely ne# ^ pretty large liland, which being 
 . good and lal#"^te<^^ ma^^e a very Rapid River^ 
 
 M which the Lake nK flip A//...^«. F,o. 
 
 ■M' 
 
 ! ■■'■] 
 
 led, and ever'j 
 :ture, we fail 
 tigufl^ and lia 
 ^ake Herte^ goi 
 which, as i 
 
 which the Lake of the Hurons has 
 munication with another much lar- 
 than ail the relf. I went a-lhore 
 n tlie Northern Coafi: of the Lake 
 ron^ and advanced through a molt 
 icious Country, as fas as the River 
 
 ; much largeff'*> wJuch coming out of that great 
 met there witir^ f>'^^? ^^out a Hundred Leagues, 
 
 tas any that! 
 cean, or an 
 
 falls into the River St, Lmreme. 
 e charming Profped of the Banks of 
 
 he good Foift^ "^i^^x, made the Fatigues I fuf- 
 called M#i^y/'T.earie to me, tho I had no 0- 
 
 iS 
 
 or neck W Pfovifions than what I could kill 
 ues broad, anS^l "^X ^"^- I ^P^^nt Eight Days in 
 ake oftheTV/?* J^^^'^^y? and from thence wcnc ju^ 
 
 YQfM * ^ 4 to 
 
 i 
 
 V ■■' 
 
 li 
 
 
 '..,! 
 
 \ i .' 
 
 
 i I ■ 
 
" i V ' n ' f 'i *■■ 
 
 ~w^„ 
 
 I' f 
 
 ^l 
 
 Wi 
 
 24 
 
 Fuans. 
 
 to tlie Southern Canal I have fpokfc f, 
 of where I Landed. Idifcover'd the* 
 aia-'ge Plain between tlie I^ke of tft,^ 
 
 ftnc bettJement belonging to the JefuiiTi 
 I found there aifb our Dererters: vvid !' 
 
 Waffiaed, but were at laft perl-wadl 
 o leturn with me to MF/W.aJ«« 
 
 where I uudeMlood that M. iaSaUehUu 
 Sailed rom tiicnce towards theendiabo 
 
 of 1 his Bay of P^.«, is fo,„,,d bvHc? 
 overflowins of the Lake of the ///^^A 
 
 .-totlT.^rS'-;^f'''^^'''^^''"'^''4h^ 
 "ito this Lake. 1 his Rivertall'd 0, 
 
 conctng comes from another Lake ab( 
 
 1 00 Leagues diftaot ; from which com 
 
 another River, wliich fyll<; inrn A 
 
 be lookt upon as a Communication T 
 iween C^j^W^and tlie Guiphof MeA 
 ssonemay (l^cby the Map. 
 M /4 Salle being arrived in that Bai 
 
 tooK lome new mcalijres, and feiu ba 
 'lis BaiK, aden with Furs, to M> j 
 
 andemba:kedagaminCanoos with 
 venteen Men and a /^f«//«7, to goi 
 
 .^^,?b^. ..,^ 
 
 
'tW; 
 
 25 
 
 f f f • i M. De La Salle. 
 
 ru fVnLk ' "'• -*'= ■''S'^'^^ ^^ Latitude ; ,s bom.dcH ^ '='«>•■ 
 ' y '^unborn .0 tl,. £,/ b)- /^.../«. and Florida ,„., '? "/ '*' 
 itJaft periwadjoii.P r.fh„,. r. I 1 1 "'^""^'""t and ;.i,amis. 
 T n^,/ff/; / f °^"'^' "'^'^ "y the /roa»(p^ and the 
 
 the" ll n tl/'^r'' ^'^'=^"''«!'i^^nts,and find! 
 
 ivcr u'hirhr-il^kr "'t^ iiidiiagca this 1 rade 
 
 llvert 'd of *° ""''''' P' "^'^"'^'^ and dexterity 
 
 the. Lake abj advantage for tiiem to T rade"vv,ch 
 
 : Iremhzhm witli tlie %////, or the 
 
 However, as he obftrved tliat this 
 "ion was inconftant, and ea(ilu im- 
 
 cd upon he thought fit to biiild a 
 nH If ^' ^''*^"':'ty'. ^">tl to make there 
 
 urtherj>.hg„,c, which was accord- 
 
 3m whicli CO 
 1 falls into t, 
 tliis Lake ri 
 municatioii 
 ^ulphof M'jt 
 lap. 
 
 /ed in that B 
 t, and fan ba 
 Jrs, to Niapa 
 ^anoos with 
 
 'otkci^ 
 
 to gOi 
 
 /Iv ' ^'^''^"^\^^^^^^^^^^ 2n advantage 
 
 |s Situation at the iMouth of 
 
 
 y 
 
 ••I1' \ 
 
 !.'/ 
 
 f I 
 
 J. 
 
 If' 
 
 t t 
 
 IP' 
 
 Tlie 
 
 f] 
 
m: 
 
 %6 M. De La Salle. 
 
 The impatience I had to re-join M. 
 U Salle with the litteen Men I had 
 brought back to their Du:/,obHgedme 
 to make all the naftt polTible, but the 
 want of ProvifionS; and the contrary 
 Winds obliged us to land within Thirty 
 Leagues of our Fort, where we found 
 Acorns and (bme Scaggs, wherewith 
 wc refrefhed our felves. My Men were 
 fbharafled, that I could never perfwade 
 them to imbark again the fame day, 
 which obhged me to imbark alone with 
 our Pilots, promifing them to return 
 fpeedily. The Weather being very 
 ftormy, we fpent fix days before wc 
 could reacli the Fort MUmis^ where I 
 gave an Account to M. larSdle of my 
 Difcoveries. He received me very kind- 
 ly, but told me withal, that he had been 
 better pleafed to fee me arrived with ail 
 his Men. 
 
 Thefe laft M'ords ieem'd to me aCom- 
 mand, and therefore after havin^>^ re- 
 freflied my {k\i, I went again into my 
 Canoo, but I was hardly Fifteen 
 Leagues off, that I was met by a vio- 
 lent Storm, in which our Cahoo was 
 overturned and then fet to rights again, 
 and at laft driven upon the fliore, fromj 
 whence we went over Land to meet 
 
 |r Men j 
 rived tl 
 [ving fp 
 :m tog( 
 [me in 
 Vamis, 
 M.laS 
 
 en toge 
 
 uit as a 
 
 Is Defig 
 
 (appoint 
 
 t anenc 
 
 fe, fb th 
 
 groundi 
 
 ufe of a] 
 
 m,ando 
 
 M. k S. 
 
 onths pi 
 
 Defence 
 
 id Canoo 
 
 e Native 
 
 ^ed the 
 
 iterelb, r 
 
 e Illimis, 
 
 'as ^bove 
 
 The onl; 
 
 Imbark Uf 
 
 bm a Hill 
 
 lake of th( 
 
 iQve Fort 
 
 ourl 
 
%. ' 
 
 re-join M. 
 ^en I had 
 obliged me 
 
 ie, but the 
 le contrary 
 tliia Thirty 
 
 we found 
 
 wherewith 
 
 JMen were 
 
 r perfwade 
 
 fame day, 
 
 alone with 
 
 to return 
 •eing very 
 before we 
 , where I 
 die cf my 
 very kind- 
 i had been 
 d with all 
 
 me a Com. I 
 laving re- 
 ti into myi 
 ^ Fiftceni 
 by a vio- 
 ^anoo was| 
 ;hts again, 
 lore, from! 
 \ to meet| 
 our 
 
 
 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 r Men at the piace appointed. We 
 rived there the next Morning, and 
 ving fpent the reft of tlie Day to get 
 -m together, embarked again, and 
 Ime in lefs than one day to Fort 
 iiam/s, 
 
 M. la Salle was very glad to fee his 
 
 en together, looking upon this Re- 
 
 uit as a nccelTary Supply to carry on 
 
 IS Defigns, and yet thefe very Men 
 
 Ifappointed them, and fome time after 
 
 |it anendtohisDifcoveries, andtohis 
 |ife, fb that the Men alone, upon whom 
 ^grounded his hopes, were the only 
 ufe of all the Misfortunes that befell 
 m, and of the Tragical end of his Life. 
 M. la Salle having in Icfs than two 
 bnths put his Fort in a good pofture 
 Defence, as well to proted his Barks, 
 id Canoos, as to defend himfelf againft 
 le Natives on the Land fide, and in- 
 iged the chief of the Nation into his 
 terefts, refolved to advance as far as 
 le Illmois, whofe neareft Habitation 
 as ^bove loo Leagues from our Fort. 
 The only way to go to them, was to . 
 mbark upon a River, which fprmging Sf ^ 
 pm a Hill within Cik Leagues of the 
 lake of the Illmois^ becomes Navigable 
 
 ^OVe Fortv Lea erne'; frnm n^v Ror«- '•>p^ 
 
 falls 
 
 II 
 
 I V 
 
 
 I! 
 
 m 
 
2® M. De La Salle. 
 
 falls into xh^ MtJlSft, alKracourfe 
 200 Leagues. Wc left our Fort a. 
 the Country of the MumU m the bei-ii 
 lagofDecemicr, leaving only ten JVl 
 to fecure our Magazine. , and hav, 
 earned our Canou. and Equipage ov 
 
 Land, arnved lour day. a aer upon t 
 Kiver 01 tne///«,^, vvliere we Embai 
 
 ed to the numbci- of i-orty four Perfoi 
 
 Weiell down the faid River, by ea 
 Journeys, the better to obferve tl 
 t.ountrcy, and lupply our felves wi 
 Piovif.ons. The Banks of that Ri J 
 ai e as chartning to the Eye, as ufclul t 
 i"^ a iV'-'^d'^ws, Fruit-Trees, at 
 i orelts, affording every thing that 
 necelTary for Men and B.afts, fo tii 
 being amuled by that agreeable variet 
 we pent fix days from the Pom.e (J 
 
 iLfiA^.r, .'"'"'■'-: '^'^ Embarked) 
 ^^%"/p T; ^ '"''S^ °^ ''=e mmis, call 
 ti,minohjy«tda/ama, confilling of above < 
 
 Cabins, where we found nolnhabitaii 
 We wentanioie, and viewed their Q 
 b'ns or Cottages, whichareniadc wi 
 great pieces of Timber, interlac'd wii 
 ^ranches, and cover'd with Bark. Ti 
 inudeis more neat, the Walls or lid 
 as well as tiic Floor,bting finely matt) 
 
 Ev 
 
i? 
 
 ft our Fort. a 
 ^U in tlie begi 
 gonly ten M 
 " ; and havi 
 Equipage ov 
 » alter upon t 
 
 Salle. I ^- ^^ ^^ Salle. 
 
 atteracourrer4f?f;S'=,l'^^ t)^o Appartments, 
 
 It our Fort a| 'l''^""' ^«™'''" might lodge 
 
 , , • W under every one o^ them there t a 
 
 c or Vault, wherein they preferve 
 
 .•./W/4«-Corn, ofwh.chwetooka 
 ■acnt^quantity, becaufe we wanted 
 
 =re we Krnba£' 7"^"'^^, °"'- Voyage.and above 
 •tyfourPerfofc>;h3^5.'°*<^r ^11 into a Lake 
 l>ree /<W/.Ce ' ; '^^''" ^'?8"« ,n Circuit, 
 
 River, by eaCi„r,he <#''' '''? 'f"^ ^'"'i and 
 o obferve tl^^ '^^^^^^^^ '"^H again into the 
 
 ur reives wifcl^ ^ ^""■' ^"^ fo^nd our 
 
 of that Rivr;,t,e'lpv. '''"/°''f °f Savages, 
 
 uit-Trees, afh"; .„ ^ -^ ",° '°°"^'' diftovered 
 
 Biafts lb t J"' V'^^ V" °"^^'' "'■ ^atte, after ha. ™'^ /"« 
 ' , ' '° .'^Ig (ent the r Wives nnrl <^i,u • '^^yi/^w 
 eeable varie|V,wlc \u Children into in cid.r ./ 
 
 e /V/:,.f (til, i °°„ • . ^^ P"f o""- ftlves like- ^««'- 
 Embarked) t '" ,f "^'^ Pf "'•^' and brought our 
 
 of above <|rIrS.''°''*-'^"^liat order. The//, 
 lolnhabita t;tm,^'"8 .0"r. Countenance, and 
 
 ■ved their Cfli" "' 'S '"'''" '^ '? P^^^^' ^on- 
 ue made w£l ' w^*^':^" ^° f ^ us, who we 
 itcrlac'd wifH;,, ^^anfwered by our Interpre- 
 tl. Bark, -li " *^ ^^"-^ Subjeas to the King of 
 /alls or /idrM;ft'"'^„'?S' '° '"^''^ ^'^^'n know 
 finely niattj^''""^ of Heaven and Earth, and 
 
 Ev 
 
 
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 30 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 offer tlicm the Proteaion of our g, 
 Monarch; adding, that if they wo 
 put themlelves under his Prote<^i 
 tliey fliould live happily, and free fri 
 tlie Infults of their finemies. We ti 
 them befides, that thougli their Cq 
 try was plentiful, they wanted In 
 ftry to enjoy the Advantages of it, 
 therefore olfcr'd them our own, 
 vided tliey would have Commerce 
 us. The Illinois having heard our 
 fwer and Propofals, received usnoi 
 JJf Pr;T Savages ufe to do, but as Men w, 
 /^/,. ' bred and civihz'd. They exprefs'J 
 much as they could, their Venerat 
 for our King; they prefented us 
 Calumet, the Signal or Badge of Pe 
 among all thofe Nations, as it has b 
 already obferved. They ufe the W( 
 0^ Singing or Lhming the Calumet. Wli 
 they ling it, they drive a Pole into 
 Ground, and every one brings in t 
 .; place what he hath taken from the 
 my, of which they make a kind of . 
 phy, and fing about it their War. 
 Expeditions and glorious Feats. T 
 call Dancing the Calumet, when t 
 Dance about that Trophey after 
 Singing is over. 
 
 '•f, we 
 
 eat Hi 
 
 to Ci 
 
Jl 
 
 M, De La SatU. 
 
 Wcanlwer'd their Ceremonies and 
 
 Draplements by all the demonrtrations 
 
 Joy we could think on, and fomc 
 
 refentsastokensofourFn^ndlhiiwe 
 ild them, that Neceffity liad forc'd u! 
 > take fomc Mian Cor/ out oT the" %"».. 
 
 P^.f c""''>'- '^■'"'' Convinc'd 
 em of our Sincerity, and fending for 
 eir W.ves and Children, made Spa 
 itions to entertain us widi all the sl" 
 mn.ty and Magnificence they are c^ 
 fWeof, with Beef and Stag; and a1 
 rts of Venifon and Fowls. ^We werl 
 by liberal on our fide of our Brand v 
 
 ;thattheFeafl lafted three wholdayl- 
 Jung which, we made feveral Difchar' 
 
 s of our Arms, at which they were 
 
 <gl.t^, but our good Words and Sd 
 
 preffionsconfirmedthem in thegood 
 
 jitles of Brothers, Friends, and Com- 
 deswere not forgotten and eS 
 Imeof us were Adopted into theclS 
 f mihes amongft them ; fo that tKS 
 hatural Inconffancy of the S 
 K we difcover'd in the im„ou, a 
 
 hoSiSt;"'^^°°'^'^^°'^^^- 
 
 ■t '. m 1 
 
 nri_ 
 
 111 
 
 er 
 
 ^^-.^l*!**-*"**^ 
 
 n 
 
I 
 
 lilpl 
 
 3« U. Ve La Salle. 
 
 .m'.. '^'"^,'y'' ""!"■''.">' <-"a'<--«ing, Flattif d E 
 
 ""''• r!i V^" t^oniplailant, but on the ochcfhc 
 
 lidcCunnii;iT, and cicxtc-ious at all fxf '"a 
 
 ercies. 1 hey arc generally [peakiii 
 
 wdlfhapcd, Ihong.and oF a Drou 
 
 or tawny Complexion. Hunting isthu 
 
 great Delight, which makes tliem ii 
 
 doable. Ihcy love Women with eifiie . 
 
 eels, and Boys above Women, fo thJlicii! 
 
 they become by that horrid Vice, verlvhic 
 
 erfeminate. ' r,s obliivable howeveleint 
 
 that notwithftandingthat vitiousInclf''w« 
 
 nation, they fiave feveral Laws to pjue tl 
 
 . nilJi that infamous Vice. For as fooin J 
 
 as a Boy has prolhtuted himiell, he Jiat t 
 
 degraded in a manner oHiis Sex, beiiJot on 
 
 lorbidden to wear the Apparel or NanJut lik 
 
 Of Man, and to make any Office Jiat ii 
 
 Funaionhtfor Men, even norfomucfaaec 
 
 as to be RifFered to go a Hunting. [hMuoi, tl 
 
 arc- therefore look'd upon as Woraefort w 
 
 and confin'd to their Employments, |ie bes 
 
 whom they are even more flighted anlace o 
 
 ^^f^ranhy Men; infomuch thalonfed 
 
 thefe Wrctclies become, by their Crmify font 
 
 the Icorn and contempt of both Sex Jether 
 
 i hus without any hclp.but natural Reliedy, 
 
 Ion they are fenfible of their Crimfre/eni 
 
 and have rnade thefe Laws as aBnditheir 
 
 tomafter t, -u- brutifli finCuality, thcf 
 
>alle. 
 
 'arc/Ting, Flattc 
 but on thcotlu 
 ;rous at all Ex 
 tTally fpeakiii 
 (.1 of a Drow 
 iLinting is the 
 nakes them ii 
 omen with e.. 
 ^oinen, (6 thaj 
 •rid Vice, ver' 
 able howevcj 
 it vitiousIncJ 
 il Laws to pLii 
 For as fooi 
 himleh, he 
 his Sex, beiii: 
 parel or Nanii 
 any OiEce c 
 ennorfbmuc 
 [unting. i'hc 
 n as Womej 
 ployments, 
 ■e flighted ani 
 nfomuch th 
 y their Crini 
 of both Sexci 
 t natural Rei 
 their Crimi 
 ys as a Bridj 
 ifuahty, thol 
 
 3P 
 
 idEmbafTadorarriv'd in the Camp of 
 Ihc y/W during £,,o xNi^ht, and ha- 
 ^ing gain'd the ciiief of them,theCoun. 
 ji was called, where Mxujole^ iiavina 
 i^iavcd ins Prefenrs, acquainted the 
 U eniDly with the motives of his Em- 
 liie. He told them that it was not 
 , be Interell alone of his Nation and 
 tlicirs, but rather of all the Americans "''' ""^f 
 vhich had occafion'd his Depuration! '""'•^'• 
 ;emg that they were informed that the 
 re^ch were come w.rh a Di,[]2,n to ihb. 
 uetlie whole Country of the North- 
 \mJmertca to the Gulph of Me:cicoi 
 lat to f uccced therein, we pretended 
 ot only to make ufe of our own Forces 
 ut likewjfe of the ^w/r4;;nhcm (elves! 
 
 A 'i' ""'"^f • .'^'^''^""^^' we had con. 
 ^adted a llrid Alliance with the ho^ 
 ms their commoii Enemies : I'hat the 
 ort we had erected on their River,was 
 le beginning of our 7'yranny, and a 
 
 aceotRefuge>till the Arrival of our 
 Confederates; That if theyexpededa- 
 ly ongcr, and gave us time to join to- 
 lether, their Milenes Jliould be paft re- 
 ledy, and therefore advifed them to 
 
 'reventus,andde(lroyuswliiIftitwas 
 1 their power. 
 
 1^1 
 
 V 
 
 M' 
 
 D 
 
 Tiieic 
 
 w 
 
4« U.De La Salle. 
 
 ne.afy Thefe Calumnies of Maufiiea made , 
 varfce of gieauniprtiTion on the credulous 7/7/» J 
 r^rfiimois. and fo much tlie more, becaufe his Ac 
 culation agreed exaftly with what ou 
 own Men had told them. But doubtl 
 lels the Reader cxpeds an Account c 
 the Realon that put the ho^r^oss upo 
 this Villainous trick ; and iFue remem 
 berwhat has been already faid of th 
 
 Charaaerofthat barbarous Nation 't 
 
 eafie to difcern, that they were a/rai, 
 
 that the Ilhmu wouid grow too poM! 
 
 ^rtul by tlicir Commerce with us, an 
 
 be enabled by the nfe of Fire-arms ti 
 
 make head againll tlicm, and uhercton 
 
 they made ule of this Mai^fo/ea to A ' 
 
 cufe us as he did, in order to incen 
 
 the l/iim;.s agamli: our Nation, and pre 
 
 vent tlieitby our Settlement in tlii 
 
 Country. ' 
 
 M U Sa/Ie, wlio relyed upon th 
 Faith of the late Reconciliation, kne^ 
 notningofthisncw Storm; and havin 
 no otlicr 1 ]ioug!)ts than to fettle his Ul 
 monwith the III f mis, role ^jcy ca 
 ly, and went diredlly to the Camp t 
 the llltf2on wirh his be/1: Friend, when 
 he was mightily furpnz'd tofecageni 
 ral Uproar, and that no body woul 
 ipeak vvidi him. i he Conjunfture vv 
 
 vei 
 
 I 
 
 ler 
 
 iv 
 In i 
 
 ion, 
 (rev 
 ityc 
 
 imor 
 
 ftc 
 
 nd 
 
 rolli 
 
 ne . 
 
 hik 
 
 rou) 
 
 oun 
 
 hicl 
 
 lerfcc 
 
 ains i 
 
 eco 
 
 M. 
 
 reng 
 
 lothir 
 
 hemi 
 
 ime tl 
 
 elves ; 
 
 ore h( 
 
 ■ifing 
 
 as in 
 
 owe' 
 
 '% 
 
 T^. 
 
Salle. 
 
 Maufotea made 
 :redulous lUimL 
 becaufehis Ac] 
 with what ou, 
 m. But doubi 
 : an Account 
 le hoquois upoi 
 id if u e remecri 
 ady fa id of tli 
 ous Nation, \ 
 C7 were afrai 
 grow too poM; 
 e with us, an 
 'f Fire-arms, ti 
 , and [hereto 
 laufolea to A 
 dcr to incen 
 ition, and pi 
 lenient in tli 
 
 33 
 
 yed upon thj 
 ihation, kne 
 ^ ; and havinj 
 
 fettle his ul 
 ie ^/jry ca 
 
 the Camp 
 ^^riend, wheij 
 
 1 to fee a gem 
 body wouij 
 
 njunfture w 
 verj 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 I have ^id before, they iiate all man- 
 
 r of rcftiaint ; they marry feveral 
 
 Jives and to preferve Peace and tJni. 
 
 n in their Families, they marry com- 
 
 lonly Snlers or near Relations. Thev 
 
 t n'f7, J''\",^^ '"^ Pumlhthelnfide. 
 i y of their Wives with a great fevcri- 
 /. Hermaphrodites are very common 
 
 imongftthem, but whether it bean ef. 
 
 'J^f'^^^^^^'^^^teorno, Idonotpre- 
 nd todetermme. Women, and the 
 
 ;roftitutedBoysIhavcrpokenof,wS 
 
 'Z!^Vf ^'' ^^^"ging their Cottages; 
 
 .'hilc Mengoariuntingortill the 
 .round for fowing of 7;.^;.^ Corn.Thcir 
 
 ^hich bears their Name, and are difl 
 'erfcd in feveral Villages. Th,s con- 
 ains about 1 500 Souls, amongft whom 
 
 M^^T^r-^Sl^^^^gMe". 
 M. U Salle being knCibk of the 
 rength of this Nation, thought tlm 
 jothing was to be neglefled'^to keep 
 
 ■hem in amity with us; but at the fame 
 ^me that It was necelTaryto provide our 
 elves againft their InconLncy. The'e' , , 
 Pore he ordered a Fort to be built upon a ^i.'^" 
 ifing ground near the River, which 
 ^as in a iittle time in a pofture of defence 
 owever lie was in great pain for his' 
 
 ^ Bark, 
 
 I \ 
 
 n 
 
 i 
 
 »\ 
 
rmAntxm.: ■ ^mm 
 
 \ i 
 
 
 34 M. De La Salle. 
 
 Bark which he had lent back from the 
 l^SiyoiPuans toM'4^tfr4,of which he hadi 
 no manner of News. This, together! 
 with the malice of fome of our Men 
 made him (b melancholy, that the Pale 
 nefs of his Face betrayed the grief of hi 
 Heart ; but as he was very Couragious 
 he concealed it as well as pofTible, con 
 tenting himfelf to manifeft it by th 
 Name of Crevecceur (breaking Heart 
 which he gave to his Fort. 
 
 We had however hitherto no great 
 caufe of Complaint; we had happil^ 
 carried on our Difcovery to 500 League, 
 beyond ¥ovtFrontenac^'2i[\(\ made leve 
 ral Forts for the Communication anc 
 Security of our Settlements. Moft a 
 the Savages were entred into our Alii 
 ancc, and the fierceil: among them, hai 
 not fb much as offer'd to Itop our Pre 
 grefs,^ ih that we found no Enemies bui 
 our (elves, and our own Divifions, 
 which proved at lafl a fatal fburce 
 great Misfortunes and Miferies. 
 niumu- -Moll: of our Men being difcourage 
 «V-:j/>kby a long and tedious Voyace, th 
 ^''^'^' end whereof they could not ke, ani 
 weary of a wandring Life in Foreft 
 and Defarts, where they had no othe 
 Company but Brutes, and Savages, with 
 
 ar 
 
 tprid 
 
 his 
 
 s? J 
 
 hert 
 
 nt t 
 
 rils, 
 
 a me 
 
 icesl 
 
 orld 
 
 '^ fror 
 
 ns or 
 
 lall be 
 
 e wa 
 
 out 
 
 .-Wt^.K 
 
'^^- I U.T)eU Salle. 
 
 back from theft any Guide, Carriage, and Provifi- 
 of which he hadps could not forbear murmurino- a- 
 This, togethei Jkinil the Author of fo tirefome "^and 
 le ol- our MenJ^nllous an Enterprife. M. U sJie 
 ^ that the Palc-vhofe penetration was extraordinaW 
 I the grief of hilicover'd immediately their diifatisfa- 
 iry Couragiousiion, and tryVl ail poffible means to 
 s poffible, coii^cv-ent the confequences thereof. The 
 ifeft it by th(|ory of the Enterprife, the exemple of 
 •eaking Heartfe Sf^mnrds, the hopes of a great B jo 
 rt. |, and every thing d^k that may en- 
 
 herto no greatlge Men, we made uk of to incou. 
 'e liad happil Jbe them,and infpire them with better 
 to 500 Leaguefntiments ; but thefe Exhortations iike 
 nd made levcfl poured upon Fire, {'qvvqA on\y to 
 unication anjfcreafe their difTatisfaaion. What laid 
 ^nts. Moft oPy ? muft wx alwavs be Slaves to his 
 into our A\\iWprichw\ and be continually bubbi'd 
 3ng them, hacf his Vifions, and fooIiOi Expeclati. 
 I Itop our Profs .^ and muft the Fatigues we have 
 Enemies buftJierto undergone be ufed as an Av^u- 
 vn Divifionslent to oblige us to go through more 
 ital fource ofnls, to gratifie the Ambition or Follv 
 iferies. [a mercilefi Man, who upon fair pre- 
 
 ig difcouragecfices has tranrplanted us into this new 
 Voyage, thf orld amohgft Brutes. We are very 
 not ke, anJ^tromour Coui..rry, without Provi 
 ife in Foreft|ns or any other help ; but our cafe 
 had no otheJ^li be ten times worfe, if we follow 
 lavages, withje wandring Inclinations of a Man, 
 o"i D 2 who 
 
 3J 
 
 
 
 ;_ f"f^'M»kiiL^...li.j^7^ 
 
f 
 
 3^ M. De La Salle. 
 
 who is refolved to go to the further en 
 of the World. He has made himft 
 Rich by our Perils, and to- our own lo 
 what then have we to do, but to put 
 ftop, by his Death, to our further JMi 
 leries, and take poireffion of what i 
 has gained by our Fatigues ? Thefe wq 
 the Arguments thefe ViJlains ufed to 
 courage themfelves to the horriu Crin 
 they had refolved upon ; but haviii 
 upon fecond thouglits, confidered ti 
 confequences of their violent Defi^q 
 they thought it would be more faff 
 incite the Illmois againft him, that 
 might pcrifli by their Hands. 
 m jirtij\. To compafs that villainous Defigi 
 
 Mj:ot'l}^y Tn^^ ^ fhewofan extraordin^ 
 i^ncndniip to the Savages, and let the 
 Know, that by reafbn of tliegood E 
 tertainment they had received fro 
 them, they thought themfelves oblig 
 to acquaint tliem with the dangers th< 
 were chreatncd with. They t'old the 
 that M. L^ Salle was in a ilnOt A\ 
 ance with the Iroqewif, their ancient a 
 implacable Enemies ; that he was a 
 vanced into their Country to diicov 
 their Situation and Strength ; that t' 
 Fort he had built was to^bi idle the 
 and that the Voyage he pretended 
 
 tOIti, 
 
 rty-i\ 
 
 ike 
 
 [ua< 
 
 ai 
 
 y t( 
 
 'inf 
 
 |oty 
 
 ing 
 
 [ns c 
 
 [theii 
 
 :afur 
 
 irS( 
 
 lis 
 
 Infuc 
 
 eak J 
 
 |ved 
 
 atev 
 
 \ity b 
 
 with 
 
 ion 01 
 
 ies, a I 
 
 Sdli 
 
 iftruli 
 
 r he 
 
 ow fr 
 
 uiagc 
 
 Id tru 
 
 nt bo 
 
 's, and 
 
 h an ; 
 
 lith hin 
 
 4^... .. 
 
 -jfc- .^ 
 
Salle. 
 
 3 the further cni 
 IS made himfcj 
 1 to- our own lo! 
 do, but to put 
 our further M\ 
 ion of what . 
 ues ? Thefe we 
 lains ufed to i 
 ^e horriu Cri 
 i; but haviu, 
 confidcred tlj 
 aolent Deiigm 
 be more fafe 
 : him, that 
 fands. 
 
 llainous Defigi 
 1 extraordina 
 
 ;s,and let thei 
 P tlie good E 
 received fra 
 Tifelves obhg 
 e dangers th( 
 liey told thei 
 a ihidi A\ 
 eir ancient a 
 at he was a 
 ry to dilcov 
 ^rh ; that t 
 biidle the 
 pretended 
 
 
 M. IDe La Salle. 
 
 ke to Fort Fronten/tc^ was in order to 
 
 |uaint ih^ Iroquois with their Conditio 
 
 , and condutt them into their Coua- 
 
 , to defiroy altogether ti}eir Nation, 
 
 /ing agreed together to iliare tiie 
 
 loty amongft them ; concluding, that 
 
 ^ing revealed to them the wicked De. 
 
 |ns of thejr Commander, they left it 
 
 their own prud<ince, to take what 
 
 lafures they fhould think neceiFary for 
 
 iir Security. 
 
 rl'is very eafie to guefi wliat imprcfl 
 In fuch a Difcovery wrought upon a 
 eak and Credulous People, who be- 
 ved without any further Inquiry, 
 atevcr our Villains had told them, 
 e}' broke ofFimmediatcly their Socie* 
 with us, and lookt upon us,but chiefly 
 Ion our Chief, as their greatefl Ene- 
 :es, and rdolved upon our Ruin/jVf. 
 \ Salle fulpecfcd the caule of their 
 iftruf}, and was Icnhble of the dan- 
 r he was expofed to, but did net 
 'ow from whence it came. His fri^^at 
 )urage was not hou'ever call down 
 Id trufting to his good Confcicnce! 
 snt lx)idiy to the Chief of the Sava- 
 is, and told them, That lie oblerved 
 ch an alteration in their proceeding's 
 ith him, that he could not but be con^ 
 
 37 
 
 ^^ 
 
 cerned 
 
 
 I 
 
 --««H^^^ 
 
ffS 
 
 8 
 
 M. Ve La Salle: 
 
 cerned at it ; and therefore defir'd th 
 to tcJl him the Motives of their A 
 Ifruft, and to confider whether th. 
 were well grounded, or only an A 
 tJhce of their common Enemies, wl 
 were jealous of the good Correfpoi 
 dence that was between them. 
 
 ^^^ ^ororJlf^^^l!!''' "T^'^"''i refufethatr 
 tko -^cr, onable Demand, and therefore tol 
 iijcovend. hini, that his own Men had difcove 
 his Defigns againft them, in conjun 
 on with the Iroquois. M. USalie, t 
 furpnz'd attheFcrfidioufnefsand Ta 
 chery of his Men, made ufe of fiich co 
 vincing i^rguments, to prove the A 
 iice of his Accufcrs and his Innocen. 
 together with the impoilibility of 1 
 League with a Cruel Nation, who 
 bound by no Law nor Senfe of Hun 
 fliry ; tliat the lllhjois wei'e perfwad 
 o^ the (incerity of his Intentions, and 
 theMorive of his Enemies, and the; 
 fore we became Friends again. 
 Tbedrrhai '^^^ Calmwas hardly fetled,but that 
 j)^^Maurc^was difturbed by a more danger 
 itorm than the former, by the arri 
 oi one Maujolea, a fecret EmifTary 
 the Iroquois, of the neighbouring Na 
 on of tfie Mafcontins, 2l Cunning Sedii 
 pus and Eloquent MaOo This pretc, 
 
 tb 
 
 hei 
 
 \quoi 
 
 iiin: 
 
 was 
 
 iquoi 
 
 'I'he 
 
 ith t 
 
 I ufe 
 
 of 
 
 mfefs 
 
 lofe . 
 
 rpofi 
 
 ;ainfl: 
 
 le IB 
 
 :nded 
 
 ipon t] 
 
 ftatic 
 
 lever i 
 
 |ar an3 
 
 iommc 
 
 Thii 
 
 eing t 
 
 urn'd 
 
 nterp 
 
 reat f 
 
 ide hi 
 
 •ifcov 
 
 \iM^- — 
 
Salle, 
 
 Fore defir'd th 
 of their 
 
 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 
 4J 
 
 ;s 
 
 whether tli 
 
 n them, 
 refufethatr 
 therefore tol 
 1 had difcove 
 n, in conjuncllQ: 
 
 therefore exhorted to weigh every 
 Ing, and enquire into the Hmbaffie, 
 he fufpefted Maufolea was fcnc by the 
 or only an Mquois^ and not by his own Nation ; 
 Enemies, uifcii ing them, in the mean time, that 
 ood Correfpol was come to protedl them againfi: the 
 
 oquois and their other Enemies. 
 '1 hefe Reufons being accompanied ^^^ #^ 
 th the affurednefs which a goodfj^r^'-^' 
 ufe infpires, had all the expcfted ef- ' 
 I ; infbmuch that Maufole.t himfeif 
 A. LaSalie^ tl#t of Fear, or remorfe of Confcience' 
 fnefs and Treinfers'd, that the Iroquois \\^A fpread 
 ufe of fuch colofe .eports among the Mafco^uns, on 
 prove the iVArpoieto excite a general Infurredtion 
 his Innocencpainft us, and owned that the fafety of 
 )ilibility of Imc lUimis^ and of his own Nation, de- 
 lation, who fended on their Union with us ; v/here- 
 enfe of Hunipon the J/Iwois made us all the Pro^ 
 ere perfwadftftations in the World, that they would 
 entions, andlever renounce our Alliance, nor give 
 ^es, and theilar any more to the Suggeliions of our 
 igain. lommon Enemies. 
 
 tledjbut that| This Peace and good Correfpondence ^- 'a Sai- 
 
 ingthus happily reifor'd, M. /^ <^4//f j,^, ^^f * 
 urnM all his Thoughts towards his 
 ^ interprife, and finding himfeif near the 
 bouring Nafereat River Milfiffip, he refolved to di- 
 unning Sedijfide his Men to carry on at once his 
 This preteJPifcoveries to the North and to the 
 
 I 
 
 '» 
 
 . ' 
 
 ! , 
 
 sbOfitti. 
 
4 
 
 k 
 
 M 
 
 44 M. m La Salle: 
 
 Sf ' ^J "^T^ °'" f''" Rive, rcfe, 
 
 and to fend fome body elfe toward t 
 fource of the R.ver/ But as he w 
 thus preparing himfelf, his Treacherof - 
 Men plotted to put a ftop both to h|"S 
 Journey and to his Life, and to poJiSr^ 
 h.m and hisbett Friends at once. T? 
 
 thK Villainy, and found means to 3 
 fume Poifon ,nto the Pot, to cut ofl^ 
 one blow all fuch as might haveave 
 ged the Death of their Captab a J 
 .kew,(e to remain the fole Malhrs ' 
 tf'e tort, and of all the Effefts th 
 
 »'»?r.w'i'.-'^''« Dinner was hardly over tha 
 
 UsmjM. U S.Ue and his Friends "found heJ 
 
 felves very ill. They fell in o S 
 
 XS°"^'".'' o^'>er Symptoms, whic 
 difcover'd the true caufe of them; whd ' 
 Dpon they took a Dofe of go r - 
 Treacle, and by this quick remed^f "^^ 
 prevented the effcd of tl"e Foi b^ i| ^h" 
 fomuch that all rcxover'd. ^ethei 
 
 *^Ju^^ V^ '°° P'^'" £0 bedenyed,anf''='"^" 
 too hornd to be forgiven, therefore ^ ^m 
 
 ^^r run 
 
 Kogues ran away to avoid the luft - 
 
 fibi 
 
 pol 
 
 Ibil 
 
Salle: 
 
 lat River, rcfe. 
 down to the Si 
 elfe toward t 
 
 But as he m 
 , his Treachero, 
 ftop both to hi 
 ', and to poifq 
 Is at once. Jh 
 s-day for aftii; 
 id means to n 
 ot, to cut off 
 ight have ave. 
 
 Captain, an| 
 fole Makers 
 be Effefts th 
 
 'dly over, thj 
 ds found thei. 
 ^ell into Co! 
 ptoms, whici 
 f them; whdre 
 ^ofe of goo 
 ^uick remedjj 
 le Foifbn, ij 
 d. 
 
 )e denyed, ai. 
 
 therefore thj 
 J the juft pu! 
 and tho' 
 
 was not pof 
 
 4y 
 
 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 ro overtake them, the thick Forefis 
 cmg them a fair opportunity to 
 e their clcapc. The defertion of 
 fe Villains weakcn'd our Band, but 
 were fbon recruited by fcveral 
 ng Savages, who engag'd them- 
 es into our Service, and likewife 
 fome French Men who were ^[{i 
 s'd and wandering in the Woods, 
 that our number was in a little time 
 fiderably increafed. 
 Things being thus fettl'd, M. la Salle 
 iy'd himfelt to the execution of his ^''.i^an 
 ►jeft, and appointed Mr. Dacan for ^fTSl 
 Difcovery of the Country along the c^very J' 
 Wpij to the North-eaft, with four'^^^'^" 
 'nch Men, two Savages, and Father 
 m a RecoUe6l, He gave 'em Arms, 
 iimunirion, and fome Merchandife 
 trade with the Nations. They Em- 
 ^ked on the 28th of February 16S0, 
 ' fell down the River of the lUifwis 
 the Midiififi^ and from thence went 
 that great River for 450 Leagues 
 ^ether to the North^ and came with- 
 t;ven Leagues of its Source, landing • 1 
 
 "f and then on both fides to view the 
 mtry, and h^ what Nation it was 
 •^bited. 
 
 I 
 
 H-r 
 
 r 
 
 
 
 • >-.«,; -'-.is^ifii,. 
 
 > Miiiafi 
 
t 
 
 I F 
 
 I, m' 
 
 'n 
 
 A6 M. ])e La Salle. 
 
 •M^Mif? ^^"^ ^^*^'" ^^'"g^ o"t of a Fo 
 fifTipi. ^a»" on tile top of a Hill in the Couni 
 of the IjfAti^ about the 50 ^';gree of 
 titude : It receives fo many Rivol 
 that it becomes Navigable for B 
 within fix Leagues from its Source. ',, 
 Country along its Banks is Inhabiti 
 by feveral Nations, as the Hmetons, 
 fati\ Om, Tintonha, zndi Nadoueftt 
 who received Mr. Dacan with all . 
 Ivindncfs imaginable. He traded wi 
 them, and increafed his number \<\ 
 feveral Savages, who offered to ace 
 panyhim. He let up likewife the Ki 
 Arms about two Leagues from , 
 iburcc of the River, upon a great Ti 
 in fight of thofe Nations, as a Ms 
 that they became Subjefts to his I 
 fbr. He made alfo feveral Settlemei 
 and one, among the refl, among the 
 fan's where fome French Men defii 
 to remain. 
 
 ul?s7of. , '^^'^^ Gentleman, charmed with 
 fcjjion of aocility of thele Nations, and engaj 
 thit Coun. by the advantagious Trade that he l 
 '^^- ' with there, advanced to the Lakq 
 the Arfenifaits^ which is about Thil 
 Leagues in Circuit. That Nation 
 ceived cur Men kindly, notwithfta 
 ing their natural fiercenefs, and t 
 
 foul 
 
 ide< 
 
 ar 
 
 IS 
 
 rs 
 
 ^hi 
 
 Ui 
 
 re ol 
 
 iten, 
 
 len 
 
 'lew 
 
 ts, i 
 
 fen 
 
 fch h 
 
 [out I 
 
 ree c 
 
 the . 
 
 id an 
 
 )rder 
 
 imisj 
 
 ; ar 
 
 ^<efui 
 
 pri 
 
 rcver 
 
 lence: 
 
 avin 
 
 houg 
 
 rney, 
 
 the 
 
 Men, 
 
 're to 
 
47 
 
 Salle I M.DeLaSalU. 
 
 mZMc ^""^''^^ there an Habitation, and ano- 
 il .nthe Counw among ti.e Cho>,g,skahees, or Na- 
 , 50 ^ ;gree ot^s of Strong Men, who are Neigh- 
 many R.vol.„s of the Arfempoits. ^ 
 
 >m Its Source. T| Difcoveries, M. /« Sal/etook his'' "'" 
 
 inQi^amo;js,§,fe;2ac, in order to get a new fupply 
 
 4en and Ammunition, and likewiie 
 lew m wiiat condition were his 
 s, Magazines and Settlements, and 
 m the building of a new Ship 
 
 ^. -r .u ^. r^^^ ^^^ '^^^^ order'd to be made. He 
 <ewifetheKufoutthe8thofiV..;,«,^.., ,680, and 
 agues from fee days after arrived to the Village 
 
 efts to hi. 1 Z"""'^''' ^^'^ ^^^ " '''''-^S g^«""d, 
 etts to his i\|rder to command dm Miamis, Qui 
 
 eral Settleme|«„>, Kjk.fous, J^fnous, and M.fcou. 
 
 '/Tr^^^rr ^"^^olervelikewife for a Place 
 '^^ MendefAefugetotheFr.;..;^. This Defign 
 ■' prudent and advantagious, was' 
 ever attended with fome fatal Coa- 
 liences, as we fhall fee hereafter, 
 'aving taken all the obfervationsthat 
 
 and Nadouefti 
 iCAn with all 
 
 He traded wi 
 lis number 
 offered to ace 
 
 M' 
 
 armed with 
 s, and enga 
 ade that he 
 
 
 I X 
 
 \l 
 
 i-rs ,h» T , lr""o"'»'^"d»'-ncoDiervationsthat 
 
 if, h . ruT''°"Slit neceffary ; he continued his " ?■•**'■ 
 
 I ' vf .^'^tn^y- a"d met, about two Leagues 1^Z°^ 
 
 , notwithfta|Men,whom he had fcnt two Months 
 neis, and tifcre to Mifilimaehimc, to endeavour 
 iQum 
 
 to 
 
 m 
 
 'S^ 
 
I 
 
 48 M. De la Salle. 
 
 to get Intelligence of his new S 
 
 I tide Rogues pretended to have di 
 
 tlieii- utnioll, without having been a 
 
 to D. cover what was become of 1 
 
 tho they had burnt it themfelves, a 
 
 having (old the Elfefts that were 
 
 board to the Iroq„o/,, M. /a Sdle (ufp, 
 
 ed prt-fcntly that it was loft, but '•- 
 
 ever, appeared as unconcern'd as t 
 
 and lent me in a Letter a Draught, 
 
 the Fort he h.ad marked out, order 
 
 me to work thereupon immediately. 
 
 ihefcV,llains, who had already!, 
 us to the Iroquois, made a great L 
 in order to unprove the ablince of 
 Commander to their advantage, and, 
 liver'd me the Letter oiWiMiaL wh 
 being very prefllng, I went immedii 
 'y to the place I was commanded 
 exhorting my Men to Peace and Uni 
 and leaving the Fort under the Cc 
 mand of the moft Faithful. The pi 
 M./;, Salle had pitched upon, wai 
 Rock verv high, the top of which v 
 even and of a convenient fpace. fot' 
 It commanded the River, and the Co 
 
 trv rnunH iK^,,- r • i . , . 
 
 ^ft me 
 threa^ 
 
 Our Fort 
 
 Our Fort'J —""*««» 'cu uic Kiver, and the Cot 
 i>Mr'j. try round about. J had already dra 
 lome Lines, and made other preparJ 
 
 Tu'^'^l'^i'^' ^'ht^nlheardihatthl 
 Villains had fcduc'd and perverted 
 
 ^ave • 
 
 'nder i 
 
 aSled 
 
 you , 
 
 mercj 
 
 Speed 
 
 ►It pe 
 
 told 
 
a Sdl/e, 
 
 of his new S 
 dcd to have d, 
 i: iiaving been a 
 J> become of 1 
 rhemfelvcs, a 
 ^s that were 
 VI. U Salle lu/pL 
 as loft, but hoi 
 ncern'd as befq 
 tcra Draught] 
 ed out, orderij 
 immediately, 
 had already f 
 e a great ha 
 le ab(cnce of 
 vantage, and 
 SA, la Salle, wh, 
 i^ent immediai 
 commanded 
 -ace and Unic 
 inder tlic Co| 
 iful. The pi 
 d upon, wa! 
 p of which V 
 c fpace, fbt 
 ", and tlie Co 
 i already dra 
 )ther prepan 
 leard that thi 
 perverted 
 
 41 
 
 M.DeLaSi//e. 
 
 nice, and therefore M./j<W/# was 
 
 'teat perplexity, and did not know 
 
 to do. Some ^yere of Opinion to re- 
 
 hto the ^ort 'till this ne^rreach;^^^ 
 
 I difcover'd, but he would not hear- 
 to this Advice, left his Retreat 
 jld confirm the Accufarion of his E- 
 ries; and took a Refulution more 
 ^'^yof himfclf tho' more da^ge! 
 
 led himfelf as well as he could in 
 ^ own Language, and much to this 
 
 Friends, 
 
 W Ija wonder tt your I»ro«jt^„ey- ^, ,, 
 "f'rted very good Friends /aft k2%% 
 
 ^his Mornwg I fi„d)o„ dmoft i„ Arm, '"''^ 
 K "" ' "' H Ji^eaks to me, and every '""■ 
 threatens me . Wh,t ne,v Crime have 
 'mitted? or ratherby what new Impo. 
 'ive you w« i„ce„fed again ft me ? / 
 •Wfr y ,df, and therefore if ever I 
 ■ ilte.i againft the Interefi of jour Na- 
 
 yily-:o^hatyoufkafe,l amat 
 Cr\' ^jif. Savages confidcring 
 ^Peech andJiis Countenance, werl 
 
 IcK u'^^^'t *"'' ^'^ Innocence, 
 told him the Subjeft of tJie Km- 
 
 SaU 
 
 peech 
 
 
 m 
 
I 
 
 42 M. De La Sal/e. 
 
 baffic ofMaufo/ea, who was at that! 
 prcfent, whereupon M. /a Sa//e dii 
 ^•d his Speech to him in this maj 
 Tew accufe me of m AllUnce with a\ 
 htrmsmd Treacherous Nation, but 
 »re your Proofs rif you have any? 
 out ; hut if you have none^ do you n 
 the IlHnois will believe your mal\ 
 Contrivances. 
 
 Maufolea had certainly no Proof, 
 endeavoured to make out his Accud 
 by fome Circumlhnces ; as his foi 
 Commerce with tiie Iroquois; the 
 he had built upon the River of th 
 Itnois; and his return to Fort Fronts 
 condading that tliough thefe were 
 direa Proofs, yet they were fubft 
 al Indications of his Defign It 
 very eafie for M. la Salle to anfwcr 
 Arguments, and to fhew that the 
 quois.h^ing jealous of their good G 
 Ipondence, andfenfible that their Ui 
 would enable them to make head aa; 
 them ; had hir'd this EmilTary to ci 
 thefe Divifions. He advifcd thei 
 confider every thing, and how the 
 fftw/hadfubdued, by their Artifices, 
 Miamis^ the Qjiiaquons, and the Ma] 
 Unsy who fent this pretended Adv| 
 
 aqi 
 [her J: 
 It for 
 
 by 1 
 |ey n: 
 lisDi 
 
 exac! 
 dfuf 
 
 I re 
 
 re ar 
 
 •rrefp 
 
 thei 
 
 near 
 
 le nun 
 
 Mr 
 
 ---- -^^ 
 
M Salk. 
 
 /ho was at that 
 M. la Salle d\ 
 im in this ma 
 Alliance with a 
 f Nation^ but 
 ou have Any} 
 nonSy do you 
 ieve your mdk 
 
 inly no Proof, 
 out his Accufa 
 es ; as his fo 
 ^roquois-^ the 
 2 River of thi 
 to Fort Fronti 
 gh tiie(e wei\ 
 :y were fubfta 
 Defign. It 
 ^lle to anfwci 
 lew that the 
 their good C 
 2 that their Ui 
 lake head ajz 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 our men, infomuch that thev had 
 undered our Fort, and carried Wav 
 
 m vvasmoft valuable, nit/ I retS 
 I immedrntelu and found onk £ 
 
 eight W Men in the Fort, who 
 'd been fo iioneft as to deteft the vir 
 
 ny of their Comrades, but no ab^e 
 
 Sio te' :e;c"in '°""f"''' ''"' 
 •In o^' a r/ ^ '"' without any 
 ' P amongft Savages ; but having 
 
 e C.I r? '" '/'" ^^°'"^ I thought- 
 
 le Caufe was not altogether DerDerfr/ 
 
 'd encouraged my wfn, by th7l S ' 
 
 aqu,ckreturnofM.£.L/.,and'aJ 
 
 er Arguments that 1 could think on 
 
 hv f "'"§ J'T g'°^y ^''ey liad gam-' 
 by the.r Fidehty, and the Reward 
 y m.ght cxpeft, if they iLpported 
 
 ex^fc ^''".^^"■•^S'^- 'took 
 
 1 redoubled m the mean time mv 
 
 or efpondence with the ///,„«,, and 
 thefe means we put our felvesve 
 
 nnmh ^' P.";* ^ P"'*"""*^ ^s before, 
 ^number ot Men excepted. 
 
 *"• •^■'"^ "aving received thefe 
 
 ^ difmal 
 
 49 
 
50 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 hat 
 
 Th^ Tro- 
 qiiOii i.o>-ie 
 to mdck 
 the Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ur 
 
 01 
 
 dtl 
 
 cm 
 emfi 
 
 difmal Tidings, made a great fcarch Mis, 
 ter thofc Rogues, and purftied them lie ( 
 clofely, that part of them lurrendr 
 tiiemielves, and tlie reft were take 
 He caufed the moft Seditious to 
 Hang'd, and pardon'd the reft. ld\ 
 fent the Meffenger back to me, wi 
 a promife of a quick Supply, and 
 ders to tarry for him in the Fort, 
 whole Year however elapfed in thlliis 
 expedation, but our number being iilcerii 
 creafcd, by the arrival of fome Fre^m-Q tF 
 Men, and the conjunQion offomeSavJc o^ 
 ges, we would have wanted nothinfc, ar 
 at ail, had not a fad and unforefeeln. 
 Accident difappointed our Meafures. jThe 
 Ourlofs was hardly repaired, whcfto tv 
 we fell into a greater danger ; for in tlma^cc 
 Montli of September 1687, we difcovld Jo 
 red, within a quarter of a League #0 ex 
 the Camp of tlie Illinois, about 6 
 Iroquois armed wiih Bows, Swords, H 
 herds, and a great many of them wi 
 Fire-arms. '1 !iis uaexpefted Arn 
 flighted tlic Illirwis, and revived thelepth( 
 fuipicion of our CorrefJDondence wilrted 1 
 their Enemies ; and I muft confefs, letcr, 
 was in a great perplexity, knowing nidadvj 
 what to do in (b nice a ]un£ture. Ho\§ft W 
 ever liaviiig dcierminM my felf, I d 
 
 whatev 
 
 nots ^ 
 t upv 
 -m, ( 
 urage 
 
•v^ 
 
 ,, 'M.De La Salle. 
 
 ^^^^' whatever I could to encourage the ///i- 
 
 > great fcarch a#/V, and told tliem that I would so to 
 
 uriued them lie Camn of rhr- Tm^,.^;. .^j „5i_. 
 
 purfiied them 
 hem lurrendr 
 sft were take 
 Seditious to 
 1 the reft. }\\ 
 :k to me, wi 
 upply, and 
 n the Fort. 
 
 ic Lamp oi the Iroquois, and endea 
 bur to bnng tliem to Terms ; alRi- 
 ig them, that if I could not fucceed 
 vould ftare the danger they were 
 ; but that they had no time'to lofe 
 id therefore advisM them to fend their 
 ^'omen and Children away, and put 
 1 CA ' X J5"^^^^^s in good pofture of defence, 
 elapied m tliBiis Propofal convinced them of the 
 imber being i|cerity of our Intentions, and there- 
 oi lome Fren^Q they aave me an Interpreter, and 
 .n oifomeSavle of their chief Men to accompany 
 wanted nothint and be Witnefs of my Ne-otia- 
 and untoreiecln. ^ 
 
 )LirMeafiires It Army of the Iroquois divided 
 •epaired, whcto two Bodies, and commanded bv 
 ngcr;torintll..;;f.,,r^,, Chief of Tfomontoual 
 7 wedifcovld Agouftop Chief of the Defomta^es 
 )t a League f o experienc'd Generals. That ot the 
 ns about 6^nois was not 500 ftrong, and we were 
 s, bwords, Hft upward of 2 5 French iVIen amoncxft 
 ^ot them wilem, divided in their BattaIions,tom- 
 peded Arnlurage them by our Example, and 
 ; revived thelepthem in the beft order we could I 
 )ondence wiirtcd fi om our Army with my Inter- 
 nuit confefs, leter, an Illirwis^ and two Fremh W^n 
 r, knowing nld advanced toward the Iroquois, \xho[l 
 jnaure. Hofft Wing moved^at the fame time, to- 
 
 "y ^^S ^4 E 2 ward 
 
 whatev 
 
 5t 
 
 
5* U.de La Salle. 
 
 ward our Right, where our Men ap. 
 peared very refolute, and prepar'd to 
 
 obferv'd a. ^^ lOOH as I Came near them, theyi)ated 
 
 mor,gji the Ihot at US, but by chance none wasiourai 
 
 "^^^^^s. wounded, whereupon I fent back thelas I 
 
 Il/i/jois, and the two Frewh.mQn, takingihreat 
 
 upon my icif all the peril attending fuchi thci 
 
 a Deputation. As foon as I came at afn of 
 
 convenient diftance, I ihewed a CoIlar,leir a 
 
 It being the Cuftom amongft the Sa-o attac 
 
 vages, to make all their Propofals witli^dcrac] 
 
 Collars, the fame being the Symbol oifie Kinf 
 
 reace, Union, and Alliance. I advan-Jrc I ini 
 
 ced upon the publick Faith of the|y had 
 
 Badge, but I was no fooner in the Camp/id that 
 
 but I wasfeized by thofe Villains, one«^/^ as 
 
 ot whom took my Collar, whilft anouimted 
 
 ther dcfign'd to ftab me with a Knifeled th 
 
 but it pleafed God, that the Knife fli-li. I 
 
 ded along one of my Ribs, which favedlht to 
 
 my Life. The moil Rational, or ratheiferprifi 
 
 the leaft Brutifhof 'em, refcued me froni|dred 
 
 their Hands, and after having ftopt thJ ; and 
 
 Blood with a kind ofBalfom, condualation i 
 
 ed me to the middle of their Campiy Fe^ 
 
 with my Interpreter; where they askf, that 
 
 €d me the Subjeft of my coming. 
 
 Tho 
 
 e witi] 
 
 ler ; ar 
 
 ie lofs I 
 
 to fu( 
 
•F*i»»i«*i-J 
 
 J3 
 
 lie. 
 
 our Men ap._ 
 
 d prepar'd tol M. J)e La Salle 
 
 r them, theylate? b^hf /nff ^ f""' confiderabJy ^ "^ 
 :e none wXragelS^^if ^^^^^ Kvn'°°''- ^--S^ 
 fent back thelas I daunted by tl el, m ' u"^"''^"" '"I""''- 
 *-men, takingfhreats. I comnl ,^"?''^'' and 
 
 ttending fuchf their unmrfc.- '''''■^^°';^' ^^ft 
 s I came at a|n of thei PubjLk p '".S'' '".'' ^^°'3- 
 weda Collarfeir comii ^ ' ,,^'''' ' '"^ ''^^"of 
 .ngft the Saf attacka jfadon " . 7 P'-o^ocation, 
 roVals withferacy, and Sen /? '"l"'"' A" <^°"' 
 le Symbol oiKing of /w J'L^'?'^^'°" of 
 :e. ladvanfelinLatedXmT^ ''^''L' "^^'■^- 
 Faith of the'y had any rSn^a fn"7"" ^T^^ '^ 
 inthcCamp/id that thev 3? ,^°1 ''''' P""ce; 
 I'lllains, oneWi. as thS Friend; r "^ -" '^^ ^'■ 
 whilft anc united with u rt\ ^f ^f ''"^y "'ere 
 'ith a Knitefcd their De {,'51^ '^''''^"/.^<^'- con- 
 lie Knife flili. I told t ,eml^°^ 
 which favejht to confider rlt f "' "''J ^''^>' 
 nal,or rathelerprife ; the i'W t"^'' ?^ ^''^■'• 
 uedmefroJdred men and d e X^ /''T^^ 
 ng ftopt thJ ; and that my M djaSn '^T 
 m, conduafation to Peace w^r^ , ^"1^^" 
 :heir Camply Fear u? had for T '''" '^^^« 
 
 eretheyasa^hat r"i^,!;tt/7t&'toT:l" 
 
 ■ "Inrl .1 1?^"' ^'""''"''ck their 
 lorroft^i,f.^-!i- complain 
 
 ofmyBJood, ifl 
 
 urac C» l>- 
 
 ^oiucceedinmyNegotktioT^ 
 
 Ej 
 
 While 
 
r 
 
 
 54 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 )n; ar 
 
 ck to 
 ere dif 
 
 WA 
 
 [on, gP 
 /;, as a 
 oteftec! 
 e in Ft 
 on the 
 hildren 
 hich tl 
 The c 
 d cicaj 
 ound, i 
 return 
 If the ^ 
 
 While I was thus arguing, the two 
 fheSuccefs >^rmies were skirmilliing ; and fomc 
 ^^ '^' time after, an Iroquois came to give Ad- 
 vice to the General ; that their Right 
 Wing began to give ground, and that 
 they liad oblei'ved fume French men a- 
 mong th.e Illinois^ who liad made a great 
 fire upon tbem. This Advice came very 
 unluckily for me ; for the Savages were 
 fb incenfed aga-infl: me, that they prc-j 
 fcntly talk'd of kilHng me. I was pie 
 paring my leU to fulTer every thing, bm 
 obierving a young rafli Iroquois iiand 
 ing behind me with a Razor in hi: 
 Hand, and knowing the Cuftom of thafr'^"^^^".^ 
 Cruel Nation, which is to cut oiTthcil^^Y 
 Enemies fkad, and then take of? th*^ there 
 Hair and Skin Uke a Cap, whicli is 2§y^"^y ' 
 mongft them the grcatelf IVophy, 
 did not doubt but this young Warri 
 had a great fancy to my Hair, wliici 
 he touchM now and tiien, and lell: 
 - ihould do it too fbon, I told Iiim, tli 
 lie ought^ at kail, to expeQ theOrdc 
 of his Mailers. Tagancourte woxAAh^'i^ 
 me put to death, but Jgoujlot beingi^^^^^^^g 
 particular Frknd of M.L^ 6V/^, oppfl^''^^^ ^^'^^ 
 fed the other General, and by a kirlj'^*^^""^.'^ 
 of Miracle, Mercy perhaps, for the iiff^^' ^ ^^^ 
 
 rimf nreunU'rl \A/ifli fliic Ra« '^i^t'^'i*: ^ 
 
 ent togt 
 delivcr'c 
 It ad vis 
 much 
 r I coulc 
 Cruel 
 ould" ret 
 ( 
 
 » ft^vka v^xst^ *• ■ 
 
 m 
 
g, the two 
 and fomu 
 to give Ad- 
 :heir Right 
 , and tliat 
 'mh men a- 
 lade a great 
 ccame very 
 IV ages were 
 t they pre 
 I was picj 
 y thing, bu:j 
 squats Hand 
 azor in hi 
 llom oF tha 
 cut oiTthci 
 take of? tl 
 which is 
 IVophy, 
 ig Wank 
 iair, whici 
 and lell 1 
 I him, th 
 1; the Ordc 
 would hiay 
 fot being 
 Sdle^ opp 
 I by a ki 
 , for the ii 
 
 irharniK \ 
 
 tioi 
 
 M.De La Salle, 
 
 nj and it was rcfolved to fend me 
 ck to the Illinois, and tell them they 
 ere difpofed to a fnicere Peace and U- 
 ion, giving mc a firic Collar of Porce^ 
 ^n, asa Token of their fmcerity. They 
 ocelfed that they would for the future, 
 t'ti in Peace with the Illimis, and look 
 on them as Brethren, fmce they were 
 liildren of the Govei'nour of Cn^iada, 
 hich they did not knov/ before. 
 The confideration of the danger I 
 d elcaped, Cured me almofl: of my 
 'ound, and gave meiufficient flrength 
 return to our Camp. I met about 
 \^ the Way, Father Gabriel de U Ri^ 
 ^nde^ and Father Z^emhle Memhre, who 
 Imon: difpaired of feeing me any more 
 id therefore could hardly exprcfs the 
 lyrhey had for my hpppv return. We 
 'ent together to the Ulimis, to whom 
 delivcrM the Mellagcof the Ircimis, 
 Lit advis'd tliern wirhal not to truft 
 10 much to their Vv^ords and PrcFents; 
 r I could not perf vadc my lilF, that 
 Cruel and Ambitious a Nation 
 ould return Home witiioucany otlicr 
 dvantage, but that of liavin^T ni:idc 
 bee with the lllifwi^, wiiom they 
 '•etended to fubdue ; which was ra- 
 ler a diflionour, and tliciefore I lookt 
 
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pr—rww^iBUB 
 
 1 i" 
 
 If ^ 
 
 ill : \ 
 
 5<f M.De La Salle. 
 
 upon all theirProteftationsasan A 
 
 .«»>r& . \ "^ -'Www were fully perfwad 
 
 Illinois, with what I rold them, of the InfiJ 
 
 r„7 ^P^^^J^oi"ois; and yet theyl 
 
 "'"' ''«> t. ,v "^^ '■^^"''" tlJePrefent bv an eJ 
 
 D,-„,„„, baflle. They called, in the mean tij 
 
 a Council, to take the neceffary mJ 
 
 gres for their Defence ; but their youJ 
 
 "^ arnors bemg (atisfy'd with the Gil 
 
 ry they had gamed in the fi,ft Attacl 
 
 whejein they repulfed their EnemiJ 
 
 would not venture a fecond Fieht a] 
 
 molt of them k-fc their Camr' tI 
 
 o^iiers bcuig thus weakened by thj 
 
 Defcrnon. ran away upon the approa J 
 
 Camp. ^''^"''"' ""''^ l''""dered th | 
 
 Being thus forfaken by our new Cof 
 
 uJ ^'"PS reinforced by frej 
 
 Men, appeared again two days^fte 
 "pon a nfiug ground in gool Ord J 
 and refolved to fight; whereupon t 
 ^''l'""' thinkmg they were more nj 
 me,ous than at firft, 'and havfng try"! 
 S Jf"'- "' f he former Atta^ck7d1 
 
 a Pea« rW^' -"^ -nediation' fcl 
 a Peace, winch I accepted • and rh.J 
 
 gave me one of their cEs' as an H J 
 
 ftagcj 
 
■^*''??«* 
 
 ions as an A 
 nemies. 
 uliy pcrrwad 
 I of the Infi 
 ^ yet they 
 rent by an E 
 the mean tir 
 neceffary m 
 )ut their you 
 with the G\ 
 e firft Attac 
 heir Enemi 
 id Fight, a 
 Camp. T 
 ■ned by thel 
 I the approac 
 Jndered thei 
 
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 [age. I went to the Illinois with Father 
 
 5T 
 
 our nQw Co; 
 >ur Fort, bi 
 ced by frei. 
 > days after 
 good Order 
 ereupon thj 
 re more ni 
 laving tryei 
 Attack, de 
 sdiation foj 
 ; and the^ 
 J as an He 
 ftagej 
 
 , Af J 1 V . *''*''^*^ wiin ratiier 
 ^noble, and told them the Propofals of ^''* ^'" 
 le Iroquois ; and that I had brought nnr T """ff' 
 their Chiefs for Homage K ??/ "'" 
 j^ were very well pleafed with my 
 leffage, andaffured me thatthcy were 
 incerely difpofed to make Peace witfr 
 le iroquots', then they gave me a full 
 ower to niake it upon what Terms I 
 hould pleafe, and promis'd to fend 
 
 ^S''A'r^^^?.Se for confirming 
 Ifljo"W %. Both Parties bein| 
 ) well difpofed, I took fome refrefh- 
 Z' f ^,/et"^ned to the Iroquois, 
 horn I told that I was empowered to 
 eat with them, and defir'd that we 
 iignt immediately enter upon the 
 reaty. ^ 
 
 They were pleafed with it, and the/-A^«^.».. 
 ioitage of the Illimis b^ing arrived at '^ '* ^"^* 
 le fame time, confirm'd cverv thin?"°''' 
 
 ould have been concluded in few 
 ours, had not the Imprudence of this 
 imts broken all my meafures. This 
 ^^onfiderate Fellow began to praife the 
 alour of his own Nation, Ind their 
 
 frHi ' .^."^ ''7'''^^^ '^^^ being 
 irdly 400 Men, they lookt upon their 
 
 opofals of Peace as a favour, which 
 
 they 
 
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 58 U.D€ La Salle. 
 
 they would acknowledge by fbme Pr 
 
 fents of Beavers and Slaves. This fod 
 
 lifli ConfeiTion undeceived the lroqu2 
 
 who having believed what I hacf to! 
 
 them ofthc number of the ////.7f?//, wci] 
 
 glad to make Peace, and in fbme feal 
 
 of their Enemies. They began then t| 
 
 fper^k very big, and complamed in vJ 
 
 n hard \- ords, I hnd deluded thcil 
 
 and doviQ them a great injury, fayjs J 
 
 tliat thc7 wcii'J have got n cnfl'^l 
 
 rablc Booty, ii they iiad not i.. ■ I 
 
 me. I 
 
 I mud confefs I was put to a plun-' 1 
 
 but having recovered my icif, I a J 
 
 Iwer'd, That vvh;!t [ had (kid befoitf 
 
 and what the 111 wots fa id then was tiuc 
 
 for the lilmoii u'erc above 600 xMen url 
 
 on their Arrival, and at the fiiil Hghrj 
 
 but that a great niimber having cicfcrrl 
 
 edfincc that time, it mny be t'^atthcJ 
 
 .Number was reduced to 400. 'i'JiJ 
 
 I had no other iuiention but to brinJ 
 
 both Parties to a rif^ht uiiderftancHnai 
 
 i hat they were Mafteri^of the Caml 
 
 ot their Encmics,and miglu mipofe unoj 
 
 them what Condicicns they pleafkUincJ 
 
 they offer'd themfclves to buye tlJ 
 
 I eace. They approved, or at lea/i 
 
 teemed to approve my Reafons, anl 
 
 feiifl 
 
die, 
 
 3 by fbme Pr 
 'c<^. Thisfc 
 ;d the /rt^d^r/^? 
 lat I hacltol 
 
 tr 
 
 M. \)e La Salle. 
 back the Illinois^ to acquaint tlie 
 
 .fcr»r flic \^iftrkn • rliaf ^ll»>l/ Hf'fir'rl 
 
 55> 
 
 fsofhis Nation ; that they defir'd 
 ethcm the next day in their Camp, 
 ^Illinois, wcJonckide the Treaty. 
 in fbme feal'hey came accordingly the next n^i^t^-'^l^ 
 hpa«n .u.r. ^* ning, with a great quantity of Bca- f;7iro. 
 Skins, and iuveral Slaves, which roquois. 
 
 began then ti 
 plamed in \ 
 iciuded thcii 
 njury, fay. 
 
 not 
 
 prefentcd to the Iroquois, who re- ''"'^ '^^"^ '^* 
 
 linois. 
 
 i>w 
 
 : to a piun 
 / feif, I ail, 
 
 r 1 a| 
 
 \\ them very kindly, and promis'd 
 cftore them their Camp and Habi- 
 ons, which they confirmed by ibme 
 lents of tiiree Collars of Porcelain 
 1 Furrs. The firll Collar fignifying 
 ^ ^t the}*- begged Pardon of the Go- 
 laid bebitlraour of Cafuda, lor having attacked 
 len was triic^'ation who was under his ProrecHon ; 
 iecond fignifying the lame civility to 
 .L/iSai/e', and by tl'.e Third, the /• 
 Jiv-JFig dcfcrtt,vfvi fwore an eternal y\lliance with 
 be that tlicilc I/hmus. Thcih Prelcnts beinsi mu- 
 ally cxchangul, both Parties retired. 
 VVhillt thele two Nations were gi- Tke Trad- 
 ing each other mutual Mai-ks of a '^'^^y^i}^'' 
 ncere reconciliation, I dilcover'd that 
 impofc upoiftc Iroquois were fecretly making 
 plealed^fincitanoos, to follow the Illimis along the 
 > buye thAiver,and exterminate them ; and being 
 or at ieafMsked^by one of the Chiefs of tl e lllinoUy 
 eafbns, ancMvhat I thought of their Reconciliation? 
 fenM told him verv franklv. that the Pro- 
 
 miles 
 
 f)oo Men up 
 ic Hiil: ^^^^\i 
 
 400, Th;.' 
 ?ut to brin 
 'er/tandin[' 
 f the Cam 
 
 i > I 
 
 'k\ 
 
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 miles and words of fh^». .. i 
 
 tion were not to £ re Jed'f ''''™"^'j 
 
 IJd not doubt but St "R' 
 which thev u7Pr« ^"^ ^anJ 
 
 them ; that the^r'eS adg^.f^ai 
 retire into another rL,° ^^^^\ 
 Families. .nAhnit^T'L"^^'^ 4 
 
 'Idvice. a!:,d weVtZrt?hirM°'" 
 and I retired into our Fon^""" 
 
 <i->isZ.thIt/7rf '-aving confider'd ho, 
 ^>f/««fr/"y "ad ufed nr-, thoutrhf c. ° 
 '^French. US Tome fatisfaftion anH ,f /'' '° 8" 
 
 arrival, thev d/fir'^^ ^^^* after the, 
 
 being fat, they°t,,f^f;^' who 
 
 Bever-skins, and tnll .^'^^^ ' 
 
 N«ion offe'r'd us TrJ^'' i'^" the, 
 defir'd us to eive ,7, ^'^'^"t^' an< ^ . 
 in their NaLllr ^"^^ ^'•'^ PackJ ^"le'^ 
 Father and affJ^L""',^^'''''^*-th J' 'l^" 
 trouble' no .^J^^Vr/irt'7 woufc" 
 
 they were h.s CWdret ;,''"°^'"10rde 
 gave me the thirH ^ r' ^''^t thep"*^"^^ 
 
 PJaifterfor^KnifhTr^^^^' 
 was Oil to rub our S dnri ""' *°"«''i 
 
 »ge. BythefilthX'Sr;rT 
 
 l/hlp 
 
 lired 
 
 and 
 
 • 
 
 [rctur 
 
 le of 
 
 had 
 
 goo 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 ifelve: 
 
 whe 
 
 »tot 
 
 life. 
 
 and 
 
 told I 
 
 they 
 
 woul 
 
 I'd fbn 
 
 ofth 
 
 :ood tl 
 
 Prefe 
 
 that 
 
 fit. 
 ig hea 
 us tb 
 
 Wori] 
 
 lip 
 
 •i 
 

 t treacherous 
 ^ed upon; t 
 'fiat the Cani 
 jng ready u' 
 Jehgned agai 
 advis'd them 
 
 nirelvesinfor, 
 le Iroquois we 
 
 Pprovedofn 
 ^o his Natioi 
 art. 
 
 onfider'd iio 
 iht fit togi 
 lerefore on tl 
 
 ays after the, 
 f^d Father 2U 
 )uncii, whe 
 fix Packs c 
 ■» that theii 
 'refents, an 
 3 firft Pack; 
 ""ontefjac thei^ 
 ■they would! 
 ^•f, knowing 
 tiiat theyj 
 ^^ me as a 
 t the fourth 
 g our Voy. 
 
 •-- - -_-wi tiO IvJj 
 
 Woril]ip 
 
 M. De Itf Salle. 
 
 jlhip the Sun ; and by the laft, they 
 
 jircd us to march away the next 
 
 and retire to our French Habita- 
 
 €i 
 
 returned them our thanks, in the Their An. 
 le ot our Nation, fbr the refpefts >""''''• 
 had exprtfTcd for the Count de 
 nenac, and Mr. U Salle, and for 
 ■ good Entertainment, and Jikc- 
 for their Oil and Plaifter, but I 
 Ight fit to ask tliem when thev 
 ^fclves defigned to march away 
 when they would reltore that 
 ptothe/////;^//,ar:ordiV)'T to their 
 ^ile. This Queft.o: d\d lot pleafe 
 , and after agenef 1 grumbhnF, 
 told me, that hnce J was fo curi- 
 they would fatisfie me, and that 
 would depart, after having de- 
 [ a lome oi our Brethren, or clfe 
 ; of the Illinois. As foon as I un- 
 ood this Anfwer, I thrufted back 
 Prefent with my Foot, and told 
 I, that feeing they had fuch a De- 
 I would accept none, adding with- 
 hat I would march away without 
 ^ Order or Leave, when I fhoul^ 
 fit. The Chiefs of the Iroquois 
 ig heard my reply, flood up, and 
 us that we mi^ht retire. There 
 
 . 
 
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 .f 
 
 TTmw 
 
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mmm 
 
 hicli 
 
 ^^ M.De La Salle. 
 
 was ainongfl: them one Jhemouis^ 
 whom I had been acquainted, who 
 n'le, tliac they were very much an 
 widi mc, and advisM us to retire u 
 liil tiie halte we could to our F 
 which wc did accordingly, and it 
 all the Night long upon our Gum 
 being rcfolved to defend our relvcsl^"^ , 
 tiic utmoll extremity. ■ ^^^^ 
 
 When we faw our fclves fafe, Fa 
 Z^nohk and I madcleveral Refiedi 
 on the Diirimulation and Infidelitv 
 thatNatioii,and hkewile on'the dan: 
 we had been expoied to in their C 
 cil ; and I 'cmcaiber that that < 
 Father blaiu'd my proceedings; 
 laid, x'hat in thoic nice occafions, 
 ought to be more phant, in liopcs 
 'tiiMX a more favourable opportunity, 
 agreed with him in general, but inl 
 cd, that this Principle admitted offo 
 exceptions, and that ailurednefs and 
 gour w ere more prevaihng upon 
 barous men,than a more prudent vv 
 ne\xt^z\\ I'l < he mean time we advifed what \i 
 ^M/f ihc iic to be done in this junfture; and 
 ing unable to defend us againft fo 
 aemies, we refblveci to quit 
 Foi L die next day. I Embarked the n 
 
 .0 
 
 ion. 
 
 Muiiiing with iwo Recollecfs and 
 
 X r- 
 
 T our 
 tl 
 wc 
 \hriel 
 valk 
 id hit 
 ie w 
 imies ; 
 t Col 
 r, h ti 
 bega 
 into 1 
 lej* 7^m 
 oods I 
 Ifcover 
 thflanc 
 dc all 
 give i 
 'e expe 
 ce, th; 
 vages c 
 
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 M. De La SalU. 
 
 inch men ; the others who were in 
 J Fore, having cJiofcn to go and live 
 long the Illinois rather than to return 
 mc. 
 
 [Having equally divided our Arms 
 pmunition, and Goods, we Embark- 
 I the Eleventh of ^^-z^/f-w^^r, 1687, ve- 
 early, and about ^'imq Leagues 
 m the Fort, wc went afhore to re- 
 r our Canoo, and dry fome Furs 
 Inch the Water would have fpoiled! 
 we were bufie about it, Fathir 
 Wiel told me that Jie would take ^'*'^'^' Ga- 
 Kvalk along the Shore; and I ad.,t!fj/r 
 ed him to keep in our fight, be-rtll 
 We we were furrounded witn E.^"'- 
 jmies ; but the charming Prolpecl of 
 bt Country ingaged him a little too 
 r, 10 that Iccing 'lie did not return 
 ^ began to millruft that he was hi 
 ^ into the Hands of the Savages. Fa- 
 jcr Tumble and I advanced mto the 
 foods to look for him, but could not 
 kover whar was bccom- oFhim,not-. 
 phftanding we Hr'd our Arms, and 
 *ade all rhc >:iglit lo ig a great Fire 
 give him notice of clic place where 
 [e expeded him. We undejfbod 
 *ice, that he was met by a Band of 
 ^ii^^-y^^/j who murrlier- 
 
 ed 
 
 / 
 
 :| 
 
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^4 Ai. De La Sa/k 
 
 cd him, and fold, fomc time after. 
 Breviary to a Jefuit, from whom i 
 learned thefe particulars. Thus dy 
 
 !•" .y ^^"' '" ^^^ feventieth Year 
 V!f ^§^> .''y the Hands of thofe-.J 
 Men tor the fake of whom he had l| 
 his Native Country, and fuffer'd 
 many Fatigues. 
 
 We waited for him 'till the ne 
 
 day about Noon, but having no hoo 
 
 of his Return, we Embarlced agai 
 
 and after one Months Navigation, Ian 
 
 ed within two days Journey of t 
 
 Lake of tlie Mim,u, into which we ca 
 
 ried oyer Land our Equipage. We ei 
 
 barked again on the 20th of Oaokr, ar 
 
 ten days after, were forced to land I 
 
 contrary Winds, within 20 League's, 
 
 a great Village, called PctavaiaJ 
 
 where we found no other Provifio 
 
 out Acorns. 
 
 Iwasfickofan Ague, and my le^ 
 
 loth of November. Wefound no bod 
 '^,^T ^"^ Provifions, ? ut having, J 
 good chance, advanced into the Coui 
 try, we met with a good quantity 
 Mtan Corn, which enablecf us to In 
 bark again. The Winds were fo crol 
 
?*¥!'^'«^«4<lS^:' 
 
 Salle. 
 
 time after, 
 rom whom 
 s. Thus dyi 
 entiech Year 
 
 S of thofe .'VC! 
 
 iom he had 1 
 [id fuifer'd 
 
 'till the ne 
 iving no ho 
 barked aga 
 vigation, iaii 
 >urney of t 
 A^hich we c 
 ige. We e 
 nO^ohr, a 
 ed toJand, 
 20 Leagues 
 
 icr Provifio 
 
 and my Jej 
 uld notreac 
 fi of 'till ri 
 jnd no bodj 
 Jt having, bj 
 ro theCoui 
 quantity 
 sd us toll 
 v^ere fb crol 
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 M. De La Salle, 
 lat we were oblig'd to come a Shore 
 ■-' days after, where having found 
 le frefli foot-fteps, we followed the 
 rack, and came to another Village of 
 le PontouAlamis^ which was likewife 
 )andoned, but however afforded us 
 me Provifions, which were fufficicnc 
 » maintain us 'till our arrival at tlic 
 lay of Puans^ which was towards the 
 tter end of November, 
 Having already deicribed this Bay, 
 need not repeat it now, but I muil 
 Id, that there is a Creek in it called 
 le Creek of the Sturgeons, becaufe of 
 ie prodigious quantity of that fort of 
 lili that IS catch'd in it. We rcfrelh- 
 ' our felves in that place for icvcral 
 lays with the PonfoudUms, who en- 
 ertained us with fcorched Beef and 
 itagg. We diverted alfo our felves in 
 hunting of Beavers, which afforded 
 s a great fatisfaftion. 
 The Country about the Bay, being 
 'atered by an infinite number of Ri- 
 ^ulets, lined with great Trees, and the 
 7oods being full of Alpcntrccs, 
 le Branches and Leaves whereof are 
 he dainty food of Beavers, 'i'hofc 
 features are very numerous in thole 
 'arts. 
 
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 ,;w^'' 
 
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 ;f 
 
 
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 M. Jk La Salle. 
 
 Beaver,, i^nows, Amphibious Creatures, wh 
 cannot live without Air, Water, an 
 Land. They are near as big as Sheed 
 but not fo tall, their legs being verj 
 Ihort, but fb nimble, that they corai 
 nothing fliort of Apes for dexteritfl 
 They have a Muzzle or Nofe, an( 
 ftrong Teeth ; their Body is covere 
 with thick Hair, and pretty fine, bi 
 their Tail is made up of a kind q 
 twifted Hair, which forms a figure lild 
 that of a Triangle, and ferves ther 
 as a Trowel to beat the foft Eart- 
 they make ufe of to build their hJ 
 bitations. I 
 
 The Inftinft or Induftry of tliofJ 
 
 Creatures isalmoit incredible, and therel 
 
 lore I am fenfible that many will que] 
 
 ihon the Trutli of what I have to fa| 
 
 about it, however, I may alTure th 
 
 Reader that I do not Romance in th 
 
 leaft. When they have a mind to mak 
 
 a new Settlement or Habitation, am 
 
 have found a proper place for it, wliid 
 
 is commonly in the JChannel of a Ril 
 
 ver, provided it be not too deep 
 
 or too broad, they look for a Tree 
 
 on tlie Bank of the fiid River, lean^, 
 
 iiig a Jitcle towards the Water. They 
 
 meetf 
 
 ,,#!««> 
 
V ] 
 
 le. 
 
 ivcry bod 
 •eatures, whi 
 , Water, am 
 5 big as Shee^ 
 ;s being verj 
 It they com 
 for dexterity 
 3r Nofe, am 
 ly is cover( 
 tty fine, bi 
 3f a kind i 
 5 a figure life 
 ferves the 
 e foft Ear 
 ild their Ha 
 
 try of thof] 
 le, and there 
 iny will que- 
 have to & 
 y alTure thl 
 lancc in tin 
 undtomaki 
 
 meei! 
 
 U.Ve La Salle. 
 
 et together in a Circle, and becaufe 
 ^ir number is always odd, it feems: 
 
 i^^ they hold a cLcil, \o know 
 
 t IS fit to be done. The firft thin- 
 
 Ibe done, is to cut down the TreS 
 
 y have pitched upon, but not hori. 
 
 Ts\ • V^ ^"^^ ^ '"^^^"er that it 
 n^n into the very place tlicy have a 
 Id to, that is crofs the River, to 
 I' ""' ^^ ^^f, fo abate the Rapiditv 
 !ie ftream If the Branches hinder tiie 
 "oUhe free to lye in the Water 
 
 cut them likewife, and then make 
 neftDike or Bank with Mud and 
 ^cl togetlier, leaving now and then 
 ' places open for tha Water, left 
 iVQv Ihould overflow their Bank 
 5 I rec cannot, reach the other 
 J e, they fell another Tree over a- 
 lit It to join that, and make a per- 
 Cauiey or Bridge. This Work 
 jcompleated, they build their Ha- 
 ■ions or Caves near that place, and 
 oy nothing but mud in the fol- 
 Ing manner ; they lay a Lay of ir 
 beat It very hard with their Tails' 
 then another, and fo on fucceflive! 
 :ill It IS aboMt three Foot high ; thev 
 ^itandPolifliit very handlomlv', 
 |-«T«4v iw uAw liiicg icverai Apart- 
 P 2 raenti, 
 
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 f if 
 
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 ments, which have communication off^ ^^^ 
 with the other ; one of them is to iie J^^. ^ 
 the iecond for their Provifions, andw^" ^ 
 third lervcs them for a neceflary HouB^^ ^ 
 They make a Canal or fubterrani "^^^ 
 Aquediid from the River to one"^" 
 their Apartments, m whicii tlicy ha 
 a kind of Pond, wherein thfjy h 
 their Tail, for Oiheiwife they co 
 not live,, This Canal (erves alfb for 
 tiother uje, for when they hear 
 noife, they ii^ake their elcape thro 
 that place into the River. Every 
 is obliged to work, b-it if any one 
 hv> Tail excoriated or other wife h 
 he lays it flat upon his back, to ilii 
 that lie is unab?e to work. 
 
 When the Savages go a Hunti 
 "they follow the Rivers, and as fo 
 as they difcovcr any Cauley, Bri 
 or Bank, they may be fure that 
 Beavers are not far' off. I'hey o 
 j?5 near as they can, but as fbon as 
 Beavers lee or hear them, they 
 tfirougli tiieir Canal into the Rivjl^^^^^, 
 but as they mull: breath from timelj^ , ^ 
 rime, the Savages (bon fiioot them,K^^ ^ ^^ 
 It be ia Summer time ; for in Wifll? ?^»pj 
 t>jey ufe another Art to catch the|^-^^ ^"^ 
 '\\\t-'^j fna?<c \v-^t^ 
 
 'rovific 
 ventc 
 
 bad 
 vages 
 imc Pr 
 
 y muc 
 four J 
 hat pi 
 uch. 
 remit y, 
 cnde; 
 it plea 1*1 
 avages 
 
 '4^, wl 
 
 lelongii 
 'e me I 
 hat plac 
 licceivM 
 le 
 
 
 'I--, fir i VV i 
 
 tALi\Z 
 
ilk. 
 
 municationoi 
 hem is to lie 
 /ifions, and 
 xeifary Hou 
 r filbterrani 
 cr to one 
 
 M. J)e La Salle. 
 
 ing beat out the Beavers from their 
 
 ;abitations into the River, they muft 
 
 me to breatli througli thofe Holes, 
 
 d then the Savages catch them a- 
 
 [vc by the Tail. 
 
 Having refreflied our (elves above 
 
 irh tlicy ha«^°^'^^°"^' ^^'^ Mmbarked again on the 
 
 tlicv^ jicjeventeenth ol' December for Miffilima^ 
 
 f/nac^ but eight days after were forc- 
 
 * back by a contrary Wind. The 
 
 vages were gone away, but had left 
 
 ime Provifions, which ue wanted ve- 
 
 y much; for the Ice and the malady 
 
 if our Men obliged us to continue in 
 
 Ihat place, where we fbrfer'd very 
 
 iuch. Finding our felves in that ex- 
 
 remity, I advanced into the Woods 
 
 endeavour to find Ibme relief, and 
 
 plea led God tliat 1 met with two 
 
 avages, oF the Nation of the Outno- 
 
 as^ who conduced me to a Village 
 
 elonging to the PoNtouaUmis^ where 
 
 /e met fcveral Fremb-n\ti\ (ctled in 
 
 hat place, by whom we were kindly 
 
 :m tlicy 
 (e thry CO 
 rves alio for 
 they hear 
 licane thro 
 r. Every 
 if any one 
 )tlierwife h 
 back, to 
 rk. 
 
 ;o a Hunti 
 , and as 
 auley, Bri 
 
 furc that 
 I'hey c 
 
 as (bonas 
 ^m. they 
 
 Savages. Father 
 
 the Riv»c^^'*^'<^»^salfo by tlic S 
 
 {Yomimm^"^^^^ wnderftanding tliat the Jefuits 
 iioot theml^^^ ^ Settlement in tlie bottom of the 
 or in Win|^?y» '^^^"g^^*^ ^^ ^^'^^ ^^^^ becoming . 
 
 catch thj^'^^ CharaiSter, to pafs the Winter a- 
 
 inp 
 
 tnA 
 
 V I 
 
 m'onLft 
 
 69 
 
 I'Si^t 
 
 t 
 
 1 
 
 ir 
 
 
 ii 
 
 j 
 
 Ik 
 
 1« 
 
JO 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 mongft them, than 
 
 o , ..,„„ „, company ( 
 
 savages, and went thither two da] 
 ahcr our arrival ; but we continu 
 till the next Spring in that place, a 
 iiv cl very comfortably. 
 mw ,;■ T^,^ diverted our fcl ves atHuntJng wi 
 mmBuL. ^""^ in the beginning of March, tl 
 Orals being already grown. Th 
 Bulls are near twice as big as ou 
 the Hair looks like a fine Fleece, a 
 IS very long ; their Horns are be> 
 backwards, and extraordinary lonsl 
 their Eyes are likewife larger and W 
 ger than thofe of our European Buli 
 which make them look terrible. Tin 
 go always by Droves of three or foi 
 Hundred in each. When the Savan, 
 
 e9^n""f'"g. they encompals a Drov 
 of thcfc Bulls, and one of them come 
 creepmg as near as he can, and thei 
 itands up, making an Out-cry, whic 
 trightens away the whole Drove : t" 
 Savages being in a Circle, they cannc 
 cfcape without being fliot ; but as the 
 become very fierce and dangerous whei 
 they are wounded, the Savages fl:oo 
 
 them m the Thigh or the Shoulder, to 
 prevent their coming upon them, an] 
 
 hS" y^'A. ^.°^"' '''«y break their 
 Heads with Clubs. As they are eJ 
 
 cellem 
 
rompanyoftl 
 her two da 
 we continui 
 hat place, a 
 
 tHuntingwii 
 of March^ t! 
 own. Tho! 
 i bic as ouri 
 e Fleece, a 
 )rns are bd 
 dinary long 
 rgerand bi| 
 urofeAn Bull 
 irrible. The 
 three or foii 
 the Savagi 
 pafs a Drov 
 tlicm coma 
 1, and the 
 t-cry, whici 
 Drove ; t 
 they cann. 
 1 but as the 
 jerous whei 
 vages fliooi 
 ►houlder, to 
 them, and 
 break their 
 
 jcnt Markfmen, they never mifs, 
 
 "S S}\s 
 
 never 
 ibmetimes kill' 
 
 IS 
 
 the 
 
 ley are ex. 
 
 ceJIeml 
 
 twenty Men will 
 •rty and Fifty Bulls. 
 [That which is wonderful 
 
 havock, which the Shot i.xit uy tn( 
 vages makes; for befides the ex' 
 
 tnefs and fwiftnefsof the Stroke, the 
 ce ot it x^ very furprizing, and fo 
 ich the rather, bccailfc it g' noSng 
 - but a Stone, or a Bone, or fome- 
 
 \Ll .^^^hx^ a""^'"^ ^'^'^ Wood, 
 n^ ^^'r"""^ to the end of an 
 row with fome Fiflies-gluc, that 
 ifesthis terrible e/Fea. When the 
 .ages go to War, they poif6n the 
 int, or extremity of thei/ Dart, fo 
 It It that remains in the Body, Death 
 lows of necefTity ; the on^y Re 
 py in this cafe, is to dravv out 
 
 Wound; ifit goes quite thorough, 
 er 7t . f r^' ^n aperture on the 
 er fide, and fo to draw it through; 
 
 rjiich they know by inftina^clr: 
 
 Herbs, the application of which 
 
 1 draws out the Venom, and Cures 
 
 ft^ycd all the Month of M,rch m 
 
 place: Father ^«.^/, came ba<;k 
 roe at bprin^. anH wo ».« u„„i. 
 
 ^ 4 ing 
 
 7« 
 
 k 
 
 \ 
 
 m 
 
 »> a\ 
 
 i 
 
 m 
 
 i % 
 
 •f 
 
 r 
 
 J/ 
 
 If ■ 
 
 
7% U.De La Salle. 
 
 ing at the Creek we had left, ca 
 to Land at Mi(filimAchinAc in t 
 bcginingof^/^r/V, with a defign to ftaj 
 thcic lor M. ^> It Salle, trom r 
 lith cF Ss ft ember ^ i68f, when ui 
 5^^'v our leaves of the Illinois^ tot 
 .. of Jj)ril, Seven Months were (1i 
 away ; during wliich time, M di 
 Salle ^ upon the Advice that I had 
 yen him by my Letter, was co 
 dow . :.u two Ill/.^ois with a good R 
 Cruit, with intention to help us. T 
 irojuois having Advice of his Delccrj 
 and being afraid oi being hemm'd 
 between two Armies, were retii 
 and tlie lllimis were again entred jE^vith o 
 to their roircflK)ns. However M.ppr fo k 
 U Salle found but (bmc few, the leBDelign, 
 being gone to winter ' the WooiW^ 6W/^ J 
 he exiiorred thole that remained,! '^-^j Fai 
 .call their Country-men, aOL, igthAwirhhii 
 
 finois 
 
 ard u 
 
 ort, J 
 
 couts, 
 
 ards 
 
 gain 
 
 oldicn 
 
 Olt, t( 
 
 end th 
 Hec 
 bout t 
 ear ii 
 ures to 
 egun. 
 
 Cvrvl'^ '•' he w^ould build a Fort tliat 
 
 them fiom the Liv 
 eir Enemies ; he viflted the 
 eveca 
 
 Cre\'e 
 
 "c^ur. flielrcr 
 
 fhoL 
 afion 
 Fort 
 
 winch was Hill in the far 
 condition, and placed therein a fini 
 
 ixteen Frei 
 LiTimunitio 
 
 Ganifop of Fif^:cen or S 
 f\nd a Commander, wjth 
 
 and Am-,, After thi% he went 
 gain 'p ^'le Pviver to ihe great Vl 
 
 fi' da\ 
 
 d Tr 
 M. de L 
 fpme SJ 
 to flay 
 '^^enoble^ 
 for pre 
 Bark re 
 bundanc 
 
 W^ 
 
1 left, ca 
 inac in t 
 defign to fta 
 From t 
 f, when w 
 llinois^ to t 
 lis were (li 
 inc, M ^ 
 at I had 
 , was CO 
 a good K 
 elp us. T 
 \ his Dcke 
 ^ heminM 
 verc retii 
 iin entred 
 wcver M. 
 zWy the r 
 the Wootp 
 remained,^ 
 ifli^i ig tk 
 tluit fhou 
 Invafion 
 the Fort 
 in the fa 
 rein a fin 
 ^teen Fre 
 Ammuniti 
 he went 
 5 c.cat Vi 
 ■ la 
 
 • M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 age, whither many FamiHes of the 
 Winois were returned; *ie laboured 
 lard upon the inclofure oi his New 
 'ort, and having underftood by fome 
 couts, that I had taken my way to. 
 ards Miftlimachmac, he fet forward 
 gain to join me, having left fome 
 oldicrs and Pioneers at the intended 
 ort, to continue his Work and de- 
 bd that Poih 
 
 He came not to Miffilmnchinac 'till 
 
 bout the Fifteenth of Augufi^ in the 
 
 'ear 1682. There wc took new mea- 
 
 iircs to perfea tli^ Difcovery wc had 
 
 ^ legun. We muft needs think forth- 
 
 pith of making fome new Provifion 
 
 for fb lonf^ a Voyage. It was with this 
 
 Delign, tiiat after Six Days reft, y[,de 
 
 'i Sdle fet out in a Canoo for Fronte- 
 
 '4r, Father Z^nohU Zl^A I going along 
 
 vv Jrh hua \ having failed happily the 
 
 ^ da\% we landed at a Village cal- 
 
 d Ir -'ou, belonging to thu Iroquois. 
 
 y[, de c^, Safle Traficked there with 
 
 fome Skins, and having ordered me 
 
 to flay for Iiim there, with Father 
 
 yenoble^ he went on board the Can^ 
 
 tor Frontemc, There he found his 
 
 Bark ready, and ftored her with a- 
 
 bundancc of Ammunition md Provifl- 
 
 73 
 
 it 
 
 /t 
 
 IM 
 
ill 
 
 * II I 
 
 
 74 M. De La Salle. 
 
 ons; he lifted there fome ncwSouIdierJ 
 jincl eight days after, lint me his Bark 
 
 chand.fc, and fuel, things as were 
 moft necctTary. The Father and I 
 went on board, and landed the firll 
 Uay at NUgara, bciow the Fail rf 
 the River : Iliere we were forced] 
 nni'^Q."'/'' ^'Sgage and McrcIiandifJ 
 
 theLkete•'"^'^ '°"''"^ '^'^ ^0 
 inc Lake Hene, where we reembark'd 
 
 in a Canoo to the number of Twen- 
 ty Perfons, as well Souldiers as JVlari- 
 ."iffe'' '°|f"i^,^ith our beftMerchan. 
 « ;^ ff''='"T'"ee days Sail, weland- 
 f at the ,dc of the River of the 
 
 ;-~' ,^'^<=''«^ '"ving lodg'd our 
 (elves in Huts, I had titSc to reaffer^I 
 bic there iome Fremh and fome Sa- 
 vages, Jbmiguis, Loaps, QaUxpom 
 and others. There I augmtlTted ou 
 Wifions by Hunting, ^and I bar! 
 tcrd feme otour Commodities for h. 
 dan Corn. 
 
 There it was that M. de U Salle came 
 to rcioin us towards the end of No. 
 vemher ; the day of his Arrival we 
 
 tell down the River of the M4«.« in 
 a Canoo, to the Mouth ot another 
 River named Chicuo,, ; and wc went 
 
 up 
 
M. De La SalU. 
 
 p it again to a fmall Harbour, which 
 1 but a League horn the great Ri. 
 cr of the ////*«,. Having^ put on 
 tore ,n th^ place, we palff the 
 J.glu with a ycrv great Fire ; ?or 
 K Cold was fo fWp, that the nc« 
 ktl« Rivers were Vrozc and un- 
 W.gable. We were obliged til to 
 bve rccourfe to the Sledge, to car 
 ^ our Baggage to the Village of the 
 i*«/, where we found things in he 
 me ftate that M. d, U Sail? had left 
 ^"",;°"'y,."'« Village was better 
 led; which gave us opportunity 
 I defer our Intrigues a litti^ and to 
 cnew our Provifions. 
 The Rivers being fti|| block'd up 
 f itli Ice, we found our felves oblig'd 
 
 helhirddayof74««*rr, ,/g ^^ 
 m puliit on our way to thirtv 
 
 eagues below. There the Weather 
 rew rnild, and the Ice melted, fo 
 
 at Navigation appearing commodi- 
 A we went on Board a Canoo, 
 [ Twenty i-ourth oi January, and 
 
 the River MJUffffi, where we arri^ 
 W the fccond of Ff^rw^rj-. 
 
 The 
 
 rs 
 
 E^S 
 
f 
 
 IJ 
 
 ¥ 
 
 f- 
 
 ir 
 
 yi M. De La Salle. 
 
 ^hf\\v ^^^ River of the Illinou^ rcckofh 
 
 m\^ ' i"g ^^^^""^ *^^ ^^'ft Carriage to its (li[| 
 emboguing into the River, is at leal 
 1 60 Leagues Navigable. The ad)?j 
 cent parts are as pleafant a^j fruitful, 
 one ices there Animals of all Ion 
 Stags,Hinds, Linces, Wild Bulls, Goat^ 
 Shet'p, Hares, and infinite more, bi 
 few Beavers. As to the Trees, they ai 
 nothing but Forefts of High Trees 
 with great Walks, M'hich feem drawi 
 by a Line ; bcfuies Elms, Beech, Plant 
 trees, Cedars, Walnut and Chefnutj 
 trees ; one lees there whole Plaini 
 cover'd over with Pomgranate-trecj 
 Orange-trees, and Lemmon-trees ; ad 
 in one word, with all kind of Friiit| 
 ^rees. 
 
 In many places there are to be fd 
 large Vines, whole tendrcls beiiij 
 twilled about the Branches of hiigj 
 Trees, bear Bunches of Grapes oi 
 extraordinary bignefs. 
 
 P>eing Itmbarked upon the Miffii 
 we followed the Courie of this gid 
 River; fix Leagues from the Mout; 
 of the River Ulinots^ we met witl 
 
 iyt*f07athat of the 0^4cj<r/,thc Banks of wliic! 
 
 s*"®' and places thereabouts, are no k(s 
 greeablc and Fertile ; 'tis true, 
 
 Watt 
 
 vers; a 
 is very 
 up tQ\s 
 inhabiti 
 in Skin 
 the Mo 
 The 
 Ten D 
 lage of 
 with no 
 retired 
 made t 
 ki 'em 
 After I 
 we arri^ 
 at the J 
 
 throws 
 ty Lea^ 
 It is b) 
 come tc 
 ons of 
 
 
 .Mn'' 
 
U.De La Salle. 77 
 
 ^ater carries fo great a quantity of 
 lud along with it, as to change that 
 ii Miffiffifiy and make it all Muddy 
 '^ K more than Twenty Leagues. Its 
 [Brinks arc bordered with great WaU 
 Iflut-trees ; one fees tliere an infinite 
 number of Foot-fteps made by the Bea- 
 vers ; and tlie Hunting tor them there 
 is very great and common. Going 
 up towards its Source, its Banks are 
 inhabited by Savages, who trade much 
 in Skins; we palTed one Night at 
 [the Mouth of this River. 
 
 The next day, after we had (ailed 
 'Ten Leagues, we came to the Vil- 
 lage of the Tamaoasy where we met 
 with no body at all, the Savages being 
 retired into the Woods to Winter ; wc 
 made there however (bme Marks to 
 let 'em know that we had pafs'd by. 
 After tliat, continuing our Voyage, 
 we arrived, after a Courfe of ^ Days, 
 at the Mouth of the River of the Ou- 
 ddchi^ that comes from the Eaft^ and JflhJoZ 
 throws it (elf into the Miffifftfi^ Eigiv bachi. 
 ty Leagues from that of the lUmois : 
 It is by this River that the Iroquois 
 come to make War upon the Nati- 
 ons of the South, In this place we 
 
 fov/ arm U<<«i«^ <^r«.a^ ^Ti<vl«fc ^ .-> J ^ C^^^ — 
 
 ~^j Hi. iiUii UiiW i.>i«^Ul, tiilU ciiiCi d 
 
 Courle 
 
 IF: 
 
 ftiifr'i 
 
 
 '*jsif'jSTr. 
 
78 
 
 M.tteU Salle. 
 
 Courfc of Sixty Leagues, following flij) 
 01^ great River, wc came to land at 
 a Bank Iniiabited by Savages, who 
 are called Chkacha, ficre it was that 
 we ioft a Fremh-mdm of our Compa- 
 ny, named Preudhomme, I'he iearcli 
 we made for him during Nine days 
 gave us an opportunity of difcoverint: 
 leveral Nations, and of Building a 
 t^ort m this place, to fcrve as a Rel[ 
 and Habitation for the Fremh in thai 
 hne Country. 
 
 r,!nT o ^"''"S this Interval, Two of our 
 €tivu of Wunters met with two of the Sava- 
 tbc SAVA-gts Chicacha, who ofterM to conduft 
 ^..,«ch.-em im Our Men, M 
 
 by a Spirit ot Curiofity, followed them- 
 they were very well received, and af.' 
 ter laden with Prefents, and were in- 
 treated by the Principal among them, 
 to procure that our Commander will 
 honour them with a Vifit. Our People 
 being very well fatisfied with their 
 reception, made their report of it to 
 M. de U Sdle^ who the next day went 
 himfelf with Ten of his Company; 
 he received there all the good treat- 
 ment that could be expeftcd from 
 People the molt civilrz'd ; and had 
 no trouble to infpire 'cm wirli Senti. 
 
 ments 
 the Ki 
 freely i 
 Thi< 
 ')s, able 
 Men \ 
 Plates, 
 for a fl 
 Realbn 
 Viiage 
 blets of 
 their F 
 with Bi 
 Sei She 
 Ihvery 
 Itliem ; i 
 ame He 
 . de h 
 |good ill 
 lade '( 
 lent, 
 
 [Hatchets 
 
 'eople. 
 
 [peflatior 
 
 imfclf i 
 
 [lived up 
 
 ■bund us 
 
 d him 
 
 'ort, wl; 
 
 ad gav 
 
 ments 
 
79 
 
 . J^. ^i l,<t.Sa//e. 
 
 he King. 1 hefc Savages alfo confcntcd 
 freely to the fininiing Sf our Fort. 
 I 1 Ills Nation is very numerous, and 
 
 Men, tliev liave all Faces flat likc''^''"^'"- 
 Plates, wiicli is reckoned among tliem "'"• 
 for a ftrofce of Beauty ; it is iSr S 
 Reafon they take care to make the 
 
 X 'f^%°w""!J'" ^'''''^'■'^" "^^ ^^itfi ta- 
 blets of Wood, which they apply to 
 
 their Foreheads, and gi.d^ ve f L.d 
 ivml. Bands: .111 thef? Nation^to tJ,2 
 
 F.trv ^T-S'"''- ''"-""^f^!^" this Figure, 
 [them. Corn, Fruits, Grapes, Olives 
 
 M ^' >^"'' ^"'^'''" "'="'• Buflards, &c 
 
 ;oocl Refrcftmcnt there, and having; 
 nade cm by way of acknowlcde- 
 lent a Prefcnt of Ibme Knives and 
 ptchets, lie returned to hi, own 
 people. At laft, after Nine days ex- 
 ^ettation, Pnudhomme, who had lolt 
 f imleU m the Woods, where he had 
 liived upon nothing but Wild Fowl 
 Pourjd us again; M. de U SM entruil-' ';'^;;|™;; 
 f him with the care of fininiing the >*' ^J., 
 Joit, which he called after his N^mc T'" "" 
 "Hi gave liim the Command of it • " ' 
 
 »•;( 
 
 ttipcr 
 
So 
 
 An Al*rm 
 ciufei by a 
 
 m 
 
 
 / : , 
 
 7be good 
 treatrrtm 
 vrhich the 
 
 III 
 
 Suvigts 
 Cappa 
 gave the 
 French. 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 after which he took his CouiTc upon 
 the fame RiVer^ towards the end. of 
 the Month of February. 
 
 We were three Days without dif- 
 embarking: The fourth after having 
 made Fifty Leagues, we came to a 
 Village of the Cappa : We had fcarcc 
 fet foot on Land, but we heard a Drum 
 beat , forthwith fancying wefaw the E- 
 nemy at our Me wis, wc threw our 
 Iclves into our Canoos, and went o- 
 ver to the other fide ; and lb \\x 
 immediately made a Redoubt to fc- 
 cure our (elves from any fiirpri-'c. 
 
 The Savages came to view u^ in 
 a Canoo; we lent Tome of our Mcii 
 to 'em, to prefent them with the Ca- 
 lumet ; they accepted it freely, and at 
 the iame time otfered tlicmfelves to 
 condutl us to their Habitations, and 
 promifed us all manner of afllltancc. 
 M. ^'" la Salle was very ready to go 
 thither ; in tlic mean time one of the 
 two Savages went before, to give no- 
 tice of our arrival to tliole of his own 
 Nation. Tiieir Prince, accompanied 
 with fbme of the chief of 'em, came 
 forward to receive us. As foon as lie 
 law M. de U SaHc^ he falutcd him in 
 a very grave and rcrp?ftful manner; 
 
 
 't 
 
fl^ 
 
 mrfe upon 
 
 the end. of 
 * • 
 
 ithout dif. 
 "ter having 
 came to a 
 had fcarcc 
 id a Drum 
 faw the E- 
 threw our 
 lI went 0. 
 md ib we 
 Libt to fc- 
 •pri'c. 
 lew u^ in 
 our Mcii 
 th the Ca- 
 ily, and at 
 mfelves to I 
 tions, and! 
 aflUtance.i 
 x\y to go I 
 ^ne of the I 
 
 give no- 
 )f J lis own 
 :oinpaniedj 
 L^m, came 
 [oon as he 
 eel him in I 
 
 1 manner; 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 )fferM him any thing that depended 
 ipon him or his Nation, and taking 
 him by the Hand, led liim towards 
 his Cottage. M. de U Salle walkin^r a- 
 long with him, teftified to him h'ow 
 fcnfible he was of his Civihties, and 
 let him underftand his Defign and In- 
 tentions, which tended to nothing elfe 
 i>at the glory of the true God, and 
 to make known to him the Power of 
 the French King. Being arrived at 
 the Village, we faw a very great mnV 
 |tmideof People, in the midft of whom 
 |Were fome Archers drawn up in a 
 Line. The Prince making a little halt, 
 Ideclared to all the AiTembly, that we 
 were fent by the King q{ FvAme, to 
 Dilcover North Jmeriea, and to re- 
 ceive its People under his Proteaion. 
 Then there follow'd a general Accla- 
 mation, by which the People feemM 
 to teftifie their Joy: As Toon as the 
 Prince had afTur'd M. de U Salle, of the 
 perfea fubmiffion of all his People to 
 the Orders of the King, he conduft^ 
 ed him into his Cottage, and gave 
 nim, and thofe of his Company, all 
 the good treatment pofTible. Befides 
 this, he made him very conllderable 
 Preients, namci.. ahundnnri> nf /w,^- 
 
 *^» Corn, 
 
 8 
 
 mi 
 
8i M.DeLaSal/e. 
 
 Corn, and other nccelTary Provinonsj 
 witli wliicli M. de U Salle was very 
 weii (atisricd, as well as with all h\ 
 other Civilities. This Nation vvaJ 
 Lr^;;:;- t^'^f e any thing of lavage ; they give 
 Ctt//(jn;i<?/ judgment according to their Laws and 
 «^^capj)a.CuItoms; every one there eujoys hisl 
 own Goods in particular. i 
 
 The Nation Eight Leagues from hence are the 
 4 tly A.Jkameas, wlioic Land is above fixtv 
 ''"'"^- Leagues over: They arc divided iiiJ 
 to leveral Villages, almofi at equal 
 diftances. The Cappa gave us tuul 
 Guides to carry us to the Firfl, which 
 they call Togef7gan', it /lands uponl 
 the Bank oF a River, and there wc 
 were very well received. 'I\vo Leagues 
 irom this Town, we fell down in a| 
 Caiioo to that of Torimmt ; and fix 
 Leagues from this lail, to another 
 caiicd 0:,otQni. Wc were equally weii 
 received i;i every place; and as our 
 arrival had already made a noife in 
 all the Country, wc found a very nu- 
 inerous Alfembly of People in this 
 place, which caufed M.de U Salle to 
 JU Ar,M ^^l\^l^tJ Arms of the King, with a 
 •M-A:>;^bhot 0^ our Artdlcry. 1'he iSJoifeand 
 
 \l li'-^^'V"^ ^^^' '^'"^^ imprefs'd fuch a re- 
 4th^ A^^^^ tipon all the Multitude, and threw 
 
 filler ^. 
 
 cm 
 
'^ 'V^ 
 
 ' Provifions, 
 
 '/e was very 
 with all \m 
 Nation wa5 
 ; they give 
 r Laws and 
 e eiijoys las 
 
 nee are the 
 above fixty 
 divided in 
 il at equa 
 ve us tv\u 
 'irfl-, which 
 ands upon 
 tiicre wc 
 ^vo Leagues 
 down in a 
 - ; and fix 
 :o another 
 ^ually weli 
 md as our 
 1 noife in 
 a very mi- 
 le in this 
 /a Salle to 
 )g, with a 
 Noife and 
 fuch a re- 
 uid threw 
 
 'CUi 
 
 83 
 
 M.DeLaSa//e. 
 
 Vm into fuch a Conllernatlon, that 
 rhe Prince, on the part of his Nation, 
 Iworc to us an inviolable Ailinncc. ,, Jf'/f 
 This Climate and that of the Crw-., CcuSj. 
 is the fame; it is about the j.^^h 
 Degree of Latitude. The Couucrv 
 jthruughout does generally abound m 
 Grain, Fruits,and Wild Fowl of all lorts.. 
 The temperature of the Air is won. 
 derful, there is never any Snow to be 
 [een, and but very httle fee : Tiicir 
 ^.ortages are boilt of Cedar, all mat- 
 L'd u'ithin : They have, no dcrer- J.f f'* * 
 iin\i Worfliip- they Adore all loiis WJA* 
 f Animals, or rather tliey Woriliip 
 ;ut one Divinity, which difcovers its 
 lell in a certain Animal, llicli as k 
 'lail pleafe their Jo^glef^r^ovVvlQi;^^ to 
 itch upon; fothat.it will be {6mc- 
 imes an Ox, fbrnetimes a Bjr^ or 
 Ionic other. When this viliblc"' G 1 
 s dead, there is an univerlal Mour.'i- 
 ing; but which is prefently cliaiificd 
 into a great Joy, by the cliOice t\v:v 
 iiakc of a new Mortal Deit) , wliich 
 Is always taken irom arnoiij-il t.'ic 
 ^rutes. 
 
 About Sixiy Leagues below tlii.Na- 
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 for Force or Beauty of Climate. The 
 Jkanceas gave us Guides to condud 
 us thither, and going on Board a 
 Canoo, we ftill followed the Courle 
 CrocodiksQi^ the great River. After our firft 
 mmbcn. ^^ys Voyage, \N'e began to fee fomc 
 Crocodiles along the brink ; They arc 
 in a very great number upon thefc 
 Banks, and of a prodigious bignels, 
 fomc being Twenty or Thirty Foot 
 long. To lee (b monftrous an Ani- 
 mal, who would believe that it comes 
 into tlie World but like a Chicken, 
 being hatched of an Egg.' only it is 
 obftrved, that it grows as long as it 
 lives. We took notice that they fled 
 when we purfia*d 'em, and that when 
 we fled they purfued us; we difper- 
 led them with our Fulces, and killed 
 fome of 'em. The day following be 
 ing arriv'd over againlf the firif Vil-I 
 lai.;c of tlic T:te»caSy M. de U Salle (cnt 
 me to the Prince, to give him notice 
 of his Arrival, and gave me two Guides 
 of the Ak^meAs^ and two Jbenagum 
 to be my interpreters. 
 
 As this Village Ibnds on the otherl 
 fide of a Lake, which is Eight LeagiiesI 
 in Circumference, and iialf a Leaguel 
 over, we were forced to take a CaJ 
 
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 imatc. The 
 to condud 
 ►n Board a 
 the Courle 
 ^r our firft 
 to fee fomc 
 ; They are 
 upon thefc 
 us bignefsi 
 hirty Fool 
 us an Ani. 
 lat it comej 
 a Chicken, 
 
 only it IS 
 ; long as it 
 t they fle( 
 that when 
 wc difper- 
 and killed 
 [owing be 
 e firll Vil. 
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 iim notice 
 two Guides 
 
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 100 to crofs ir, which we performM 
 in two Hours. As f()on as v\'c iand- 
 !d, I was furpriz'd to fee the Gran- 
 lurc of the Village, and the Order of 
 the Cottages ; they are plac'd in d\. 
 rers rows, and in a ftrcighc Line, 
 found about a iargc ipace, being all 
 nade of Earth, and covered over witli 
 lats of Cane; We prcfcntly tookneCr^n, 
 itice of two tairer th.an the rell one '^''''' '^"'^ 
 .as the Princes Palace, the othcrS^J: 
 he Temple ; each of then; was a- '^"^'^^ •^•'• 
 fout forty Foot fquare, the Walls ten ^'^'' 
 ^"pot high, and two loot thick; tlie 
 loof, ni the form of a Cupilo, was 
 ;over'd with a Mat of divers Colours- 
 'efore the Prince's Palace flood a Do- 
 :n Men Armed with llalf.pike,. As 
 on as wc came up, an Old Mim ad- 
 irelled himlelf to me, and takmg me 
 •y the \^?^^'^^ led me into a jMeac 
 juarc Hall, the Floor and lldes of 
 'hich were covered witli a very iinc 
 lat; at the further end of the Hall 
 'veragainll the Knrrance, was a verJ 
 landfome Bed, with Curtains of a line 
 •tuft, made and woven of the Bark of* 
 4ulberry.trecs. We f.uv the Prince m ..v.. 
 ^^]ll *^^°P'^ "P^" this Bed, as upon ^/' ^^'^ T*. 
 IIS Ilirone, in the middle (>f four'"'''* 
 
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 handfbmc Wom^n, and cncompaiTcJ 
 with above Sixty Old Men, Ainud 
 with lV)\vs and Arrjv\s ; they were a.J 
 CloathVi with very- iinc White Gar- 
 i' -lits ;that ot" tic Prirce was adornJ 
 c.i V. ith certain 'Julh 'A Wool of ditj 
 icrcni: Colours ; the rell w tie all [iLiiii 
 ^li/ili^: rrjnce had Uj on hiS Head i 
 
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 s, and rais'd v, iili a li 
 
 iiric 
 
 of varioL!:, Feathers; all that were 
 hoiic him were hurc-headed : 'Jliel 
 Women were dlel^\l in Cioaths ol 
 the fame Stuiy; rky had upon thcir[ 
 -Heads little Ruih .Mnts, adorned wi 
 ^evcral Feathers, Piid jiad all Ntck-I 
 laces uf I'earJ, aiul line Far- Fend.: 
 
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 V. oven Hair, and leveral oihcr Jew- 
 
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 \eere not quite JM.sck, but Brown 
 tlieir Vilages fbmething Hat, their l{ycs| 
 i^liiek, Iparkling, and pietty large ; theirj 
 S]ia|-,e line iind free; and they all ap 
 pear'd to me of a liniling and v 
 plea fane Air, 
 
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 addrefs'd m.v %.ch to the vene- 
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 .avu,g the Honour to be /c„t by tl^tMiZ 
 \mgoi Irame, tlie moll ;iotcnt of all *'"'*'■'"«■*' 
 he Kings upon liartli, to make aDiC ""^"• 
 overy of all the Nations of Jmer.ca 
 nd £0 nivite them to hve undc 'le 
 .oveinnient of To gix .it a Prince c 
 ame to offer them our Frienc.iip 
 ind Protcaion ; to whicli the unner 
 .ountrics had all freely fiibmittcd: 
 lliat it we did pretend to fettle our 
 Wvcs in the Country, it was not fo 
 iiucl) to bring them under a rigorous 
 lokc, as to maintain for thi'm, by the 
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 to Eftabliih a Brotherly Friendfhip with 
 them. 
 
 The Prince all this while hearkenMI 
 with great Attention, fand one of our 
 Ahemguis having given him to under- 
 ftand what I faid) embraced me, and| 
 with a IiTiiling Countenance, told me, 
 That after the Account I had given! 
 him of our great Monarch, he could 
 not but conceive the greateft RefpeS 
 and Veneration for him; that he 
 fhould the next day fee M. ^e UMi\ 
 and that he would give him more par- 
 ticular aflurances of it. Whereuponl 
 Iprefented him in M. de U Sailed Name,! 
 with a Sword inlaid with Gold and! 
 Silver, Ibme Cafes of Razors, Cizars,, 
 and Knives, and fome Bottles of / 
 qua vit£. I cannot exprefs the Joyi 
 and fatisfaclion he received thefe fmall 
 Prefents with. But I took notice at| 
 the fame time, that one of his Wives, 
 who had a pair of the Cizars in her| 
 Hand, admir'd very much the neat- 
 nefs of the Work, and would now! 
 and then give me a Smile, which 1 
 fancied might be a modeft way of 
 asking me for a pair too. I took anl 
 opportunity to draw near to her, and 
 pulling out of my Pocket a fmall fled 
 
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 Cafe of Filligreen.work, wherein was 
 I a pair of Cizars, and a Jitde Tor- 
 toile-lhell Knife, and pretending to ad- 
 mire the whitenefs and finenefs of 
 her Garment, I flipt the Cafe into 
 her Hand, and fhe received it, fqueez- 
 mg my Hand pretty hard. Which gave 
 me reafon to think, tliac thefe Women 
 have not Hearts altogether i:o Savage, 
 but that they might cafily be tamed' 
 by us, and taught the Pohter Arts of 
 Converfation. Another of the Com- 
 pany, who was not lefs pretty, and 
 neatly accoutred, drawing nearer to 
 us, gave me to under/land by the 
 Thorns flie fliewed me, which fhe 
 made ufe of to fallen her Train, that 
 fome Pins would be very acceptable 
 to her. I gave her a paper of 'em, 
 together with a Cafe of Needles and 
 a Silver Thimble. Thefc little Trin- 
 kets fhe received with a wonderful 
 joy; and then I gave as much to the 
 two others. She who was the finell: 
 and the mort agreeable of 'em, hav- 
 ing taken notice that I admir'd a 
 Collar of large Pearl that fhe had a- 
 bout her Neck, took it off, and made 
 an Offer of it to me, with abundance 
 of civility. I refus'd it a good while. 
 
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 but reflefting upon the plenty of FearK 
 that is among them, and that the 
 filhing for 'em was iri the Seas thcic- 
 abouts, I made no fuiMier di/Ticiiltv. 
 and after a few more oiIIts, 1 accept 
 ed of it. Bur. in return, I gave her 
 t^n Yards of Blew Ribbon, v/hich /]!.■ 
 vahi^ed, at Icaft, at as lngh a rate. 
 
 The Night now drawing on, I was 
 going to take my leave of the Prince, 
 but he very earnelliy defircd nie to 
 ftay 'till tlie next day, and gave the 
 charge of me to an Officer, to ki 
 me want for nothing. I did not wan^ 
 much Cuurtfhip, an J the defirc I had- 
 to fee a little of their Manners and 
 Behaviour, made me readily cno-jah 
 accept of the kind offer. l' was co"?!- 
 dufted into an Apartment furniOvj!] 
 much after the rate of that the Prince 
 was m. There they broiigl^r -^^ a 
 Collation of Wild-fowl, and F.. ..,-and 
 fome Liquors, of which I tailed.' k\\ 
 that while there was an Old Gentle- 
 man with me, who was very good 
 Company, and efpecially bcc.uife he 
 refolved me all the C>ucinons T put to 
 bim.Asfor what concerns their Politicks, 
 he mform'd me, that they were in- 
 
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 intiiely govein'd by their Prince's Ab- 
 flilntc Will. Tim they obcy'd hiin 
 js their Sovcraigtij that they own'd 
 his Ciiihiren liis lawful SuccefTurs ; 
 that when he died, they fkcrificcd his 
 Mi or Chief Wjfc, the firfl Steward 
 and twenty Men of his Nation, to be 
 liis Retiouc aud wait upon hira in 
 the other VVo; iu. That during his 
 Lite, no Man drunk in iiis Cup, nor 
 eat out of his }yii\ or walk'd as 
 he was palling by ; that care was al- 
 ways taken, not only to clean the 
 Way for him, but aJfc to ftrew it 
 with fweet Herbs and Flowers. I 
 obferv'd in that little time I was in 
 his Prelencc, that when he fpoke to 
 any body, they made a loud kind of 
 humming before they anfwer'd him ; 
 and I bcggM tliis Old Gentleman to 
 tell ' me the Pvcafon of it ; lie told 
 mc that: tliis was lookt upon as a 
 token of admiration and relpeci As 
 to their Religion, lie told mc that 
 they Wuriliip the Sun ; that they liad 
 their Temples, their Altars, and 'their 
 Priells. I'hat in that Temple, there 
 was a Fire which burnt perpetually, 
 as the proper Emblem of the Sun. 
 
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 That at the Decreafe of the Moon, 
 they carried a great Difh of their 
 greatelt Dainties to the Door of the 
 Temple, as an Oblatory Sacrihce; 
 which the Priefts ofFei'd to their God, 
 and then they carried it home, and 
 feaftcd themfelves with it. 
 
 As to their Cuftoms, every Spring 
 they go in a Body to fome retir'd 
 place, and there turn up a large fpacc 
 of Land, which they do with the 
 Drums beating all the while. After 
 this, they take care to call it the De. 
 farty or the Field of the Spirit, And 
 thither they go in good earneft, when 
 they are in their Enthufiaftick Fits, 
 and there wait for Infpiration from 
 their pretended Deity. In the mean 
 while, as they do this every Year, 
 it proves of no fmall advantage^ to 
 them, for by this means they turn 
 up all their Land infenfibly, and it 
 becomes abundantly more fruitful. In 
 Autumn they gather their Indian Corn, 
 and they keep it in great Baskets 'till 
 the New Moon in the next Month 
 of June: Then the Famihes get to- 
 gether, and every one invites his Friends 
 
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 md Neighbours, to come and eat 
 ;;akes, and fome Meat they get like- 
 
 Iwife; and thus they fpend the Day 
 
 [in Feafting. 
 
 This is all I could learn that Day 
 jcf their Rehgion, their Government 
 land Cuftoms. The next Day I had 
 the Curiofity of feeing their Temple, 
 land the Old Gentleman had me thi- 
 Itlier. The Strudure of it was exad- 
 I7 the fame with that of the Prince's 
 JHoufe. As to the out-fide, it is en- 
 [compaffed with a great high Wall, 
 the fp'ice betwixt that and the Tem- 
 Iple forming a kind of Court, where 
 Feople may walk. On the top of the 
 Wall are i'evcral Pikes to be leen, up- 
 on which are ftuck the Heads of their 
 own moll notorious Criminals, or of 
 their Enemies. On the top of the 
 Frontifpiecc, there is agreat Knob rail- 
 ed, all covered round with Hair, and 
 above that, an heap of Scalps inform 
 I of a Trophy. 
 
 The infide of the Temple is only a 
 Nave^ painted on all fides, at top with all 
 forts of Figures ; in the midlt of it is an 
 Hearth inflead of an Altar, uoon 
 
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 which there is continually three great 
 Billets burning, landing up on end; 
 and two Priefts dreft in White Veil' 
 ments, are ever looking after it, to 
 make up the Fire and fupply it. 
 It is round this that all the People 
 come to fay their Prayers, withftrange 
 kind of Hummings. The Prayers are 
 three times a Day ; at Sun rife, at 
 Noon, and at Sun fet. They made 
 me take notice of a fort of Clofet 
 cut out of the Wall, the infide of 
 which was very fine. I could fee 
 only the Roof of it, on the top of, 
 which there hung a couple of fprcad'j 
 Eagles, which look'd towards the 
 Sun. I wanted to go into it; but 
 they told me that it was the Ta- 
 bernacle of their God, and that it 
 was permitted to none but their High 
 Prieft to go into it. And I was told 
 that this was the Repofitory of their 
 Wealth and Tteafures ; as Pearls, 
 Gold and Silver, precious Stones, and 
 fbme Goods that came out of Etdrope, 
 which they had from their Neighbours. 
 
 After I had feen all thefc Curiofi-l 
 ties, I took my leave of all thofel 
 
 that! 
 
 towar( 
 Barge, 
 Womc 
 on a 
 
 them 
 I others 
 of it. 
 'a refpi 
 that gt 
 fiderin* 
 thankei 
 him, a, 
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 that were witli me, and went back 
 with my two Interpreters, to U,de 
 /4 ^alle-, to wliom I gave a faithful 
 Account ot tlie good Hntertainmcnt I 
 liad received from the Prince of the 
 Uucas ; of his MagniHcence, and ef- 
 pecially of his good Indinations to 
 acknowledge the King's Authority. 
 Some time after we faw iiim coming 
 towards us in a very magnificent 
 Barge, witli Drums beating, and the 
 Women that attended Iiim plavin^ 
 on feveral Inflruments : Some ot 
 them were in his own Barge, fbme ia 
 others that went along by the fide 
 ol It. M. de la Sulle received iiim in 
 a refpedful manner, and vet with 
 that gravity as bed became him, con- 
 hdering the Charafter he bore. He 
 thanked liim for the iionour he did 
 him, and told him lie did not receive 
 u: but in the Name of the Prince 
 his Mafter ; and that as he did not 
 oouht but lie was wilHng to acknow- 
 ! ledge his Power, fo he might fafely 
 allure Iwm of his Royal Friendlliip 
 and Proteaion. The Prince of the 
 W/s made Anfwer, That what 
 ne had heard of the Grandure of the 
 
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 King, and of tlie Valour of his Sub- 
 jedls, would noc permit him to hefi. 
 tate, in paying him in Perfon the 
 Hommage which he was perfwadcd 
 was due to him whom he rcprefcnt 
 cd I and that tho' he was a Soveraign, 
 he chearfully fiibmittcd to our great 
 King's Power ; and that he fliould be 
 glad to merit our Alliance and Pro- 
 tcftion by his Services. After thefe 
 mutual Protcllations of Friendfhip, 
 they made each other their Prefents. 
 M. de U Salle prefented him with two 
 pieces of Ribbon, and feme Trinkets 
 for his Wives. The Prince gave him 
 fix of his richeft Robes, a Collar of 
 Pearl, a Piroque or Barge filled with 
 Ammunition and Provifionj after which, 
 there was brought a Dozen of Bottles 
 of Jfix vit£, picpar'd with Sugar and 
 Almonds, and Apricock Kernels. Then 
 the King's Health was drunk, with a 
 difcharge of all our Guns, after that of 
 th^ Prince of the Tacuca's in hke man- 
 ner; after which he went again in- 
 to his Piroque, and went away veryi 
 well fatisfied. ' 
 
 We continued all that Day on that 
 
 Shore, 
 
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 Shore, where we took the Altitude 
 and found our fclves at the 2 5tli 
 Degree of Latitude, the next day 
 being the 2 2d of M^rch iSc/^, we 
 went and lay ten Leagues oft 
 
 M. de la ^dle perceiving a P/- 
 ro({ue^ that made up towards us, to 
 fee wh^t we were, gave me or- 
 jders to chafe it ; which I did ; but 
 as I was juft going to lay hold of hei*, 
 above aHundrcdMcn llraight appear- 
 [ed on the Sliore, with their Bows 
 I ready to flioot us. M. de U Salle, 
 with Joud calling after me, made 
 roe flop; and being come back to 
 his Company again, we went all 
 and ftood over againft them with 
 our Muskets ready prefented. This 
 pofture of ours frighted them, and 
 made them lay down their Arms ; 
 and I was immediately ordered to 
 go and carry them the Calumet. Be- 
 ing come up to chem, I offer'd rhem 
 the Collar of Peace; they accepted 
 it very civilly ; they embraced me, 
 and gave me to underifand, that 
 they would be Friends with us. 
 M. de U ^^//eieeing in what an ob« 
 
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 liging manner they had received 
 «ic, came to join us on the fame 
 Shore ; and as foon as tliofe Sa- 
 vagcs perceived him to be our 
 Chief, they paid him all kind ot^ 
 Honours and kefpeft. He told them 
 that he did not require any thing 
 from them, but a chearful Acknow- 
 Jedgment and SubmifTion. to our 
 great King's Orders ; to which he 
 added, for their encouragement, the 
 Example of the other greater Na- 
 tions, and made u(e oi the Argu- 
 ments he before ufed on hke occa- 
 fions. They anCwer'd him, than 
 they had their Prince, and that| 
 they could determine nothing with- 
 out his Orders, and offer'd either 
 to bring him to us, or to condud| 
 us 10 his DweUing. M. deUSdk^ 
 who was always glad of an Op- 
 portunity of feeing the Situation,] 
 Manners, and Faculty of thole Na- 
 tions, cliofe the latter. Their Vil-I 
 lage was four great Leagues off from 
 the Shore. We were no fboner 
 come into it, but the Prince came 
 to receive us ; he had us into his 
 Cottage, where he treated us very| 
 
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 all kind ot^ 
 hie told them 
 
 2 any thing 
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 ^cment, the| 
 greater Na- 
 
 the Argu- 
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 , and that I 
 •thing with- 
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 handfomly, ic was the Prince of 
 the Nation of the Naches, This 
 People is divided into two Provin- 
 ces ; this was the lead of the two. 
 Their Territories are icldom above 
 Twenty Leagues compals, and their 
 greatclt Revenues is tlie I'earl Fi- 
 Ihery which they have in the Sea 
 about them. 
 
 There is a great many Divers 
 of that Nation, who dive to tiic 
 bottom of tlie Water, and fetch up 
 thefe precious Sliells from the lowei-- 
 moft part of the Rocks. On a fair day 
 you may fee the Shells on the Rocks 
 open themfelves to receive the Dew 
 of Heaven. Which Dew breeds 
 the firft Seeds of the Pearl wirhm 
 the Shells, wdiich appear like little 
 white Grain that fticks faft totlie 
 Shell. Thefe fmall foft Grains do 
 in time become h.^rd and white, 
 as we fee they are. It is obferved 
 that the Pearls which are fctch'd 
 from the bottom of the Sea, arc 
 fairer than thofe which are found 
 on the Rocks, becaufe the Sun 
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 tarniflies thefe, and the Thunder 
 is deftruciive to theii* Seeds. 
 
 This little Prince prefented M. 
 de U Sallt with fome Dozens of 
 'em, of a confiderable bignefs ; and 
 in return, we gave him a Hatchet, 
 a Kettle, and iome Knives. They 
 gave us bcfidcs thefc, fbme Provi- 
 sions; and having ll:aid there the 
 whole Day, we went away the 
 next very well iatisfied with each 
 other. They gave us a couple of 
 Guides, to iliew us the way into 
 the otherlNationof the fame Name, 
 which is Ten Leagues farther in 
 the Country. In the mean time 
 M. de U Salle lent two of our Men 
 to cany Ibme frefh Frovifions to 
 dio(e that waited for us by the 
 Wster dde, together with Orders 
 to h\l Ten Leagues lower down 
 the River, and to ftay for him 
 tlierc 
 
 Thu'i we went under the Con- 
 dacl of our Guides, and came that 
 Night to the great Village of Na- 
 shei. This Nation is able to {^i 
 
 out 
 
 v^ 
 
U.J)e La Salle. 
 
 °1 "^fe T'>°"^«'''^5 Mm in any 
 t.me of War. Then- Land i. ve% 
 wdJ Cutivated, and henrs /S 
 Corn, aJI forts of Fruit-T ee/T 
 J've-trees, and Vines. T'-.l' 1" 
 vaft Meadows to be fen j here 
 
 F.lhing and Hunting being all their 
 Employment and their U'ealth 
 
 The Prince received us with =. 
 
 great deal of Joy; made Jsllat 
 imaj Prefents both of Pearl" „d 
 Provifions and treated us vt-y ot 
 neroufly. The next ^.:,y wc plant 
 £d there the King's /x/nw d in; 
 
 aVoeyofShotfafter";',ucT f 
 took our leaves of the Prince, ^, io 
 Jred us of his intire Subm'.ffi ,n; 
 and we went to meet our M>n 
 |*ith new Piovifions. 
 
 , Being got aboard our Canoov 
 fe went forward, and about Eioht 
 '';eagues off, we came to the ViUar^-- 
 ys, where the Prince rcceivM 
 
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 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 The next day being the 27th of 
 March^ 1685. we planted our Huts 
 at the Mouih of a great River, 
 which comes from the fVefi, and is 
 called La Sahlonmere) Ten Leagues 
 from hence, as we continued our 
 Courfe, we found the River di- 
 vide it fclf into three Channels^ I 
 took the Right- hand- ft ream, M. di 
 la Forejt took the left, and M. di 
 la Salle the middle way ; we fol- 
 lowM each our Courlc for about 
 Ten Leagues, and in a little time 
 after, we found our ielves re-join'd 
 by the uniting of the Three Streams 
 again into one. We were hardly 
 got together again, and gone for- 
 ward Five or Six Leagues, but we 
 cfpied fbme FiOier-men by the Wa- 
 ter-fide, who were Quinififfa's, As, 
 Ibon as they faw us come near 
 they allarmed all the reil of their! 
 Men, and ftraight the Drum fell a 
 beating, and the Shore was in an 
 inftant lined with Savages, all 
 armed with Bovis and Arrows; 
 we were willing to fend Four Frenm 
 Men to treat with 'em, but they 
 
 were 
 
 were 
 of Ar< 
 Savage 
 jthey < 
 lii) like 
 [M. de , 
 Iny fur 
 lleave t 
 lour M 
 
 Tw( 
 
 m(fa\ 
 
 Ithe V 
 found 
 [great I 
 |on am 
 lighty 
 |ing tha 
 there, 
 iTen ] 
 ;un to 
 he She 
 xtendc 
 [Shells c 
 Ifome li 
 ISnails ( 
 and all 
 ty of C 
 land afb 
 
 f^\ 
 
lie. 
 
 he 27th of 
 
 ;iclour Huts 
 
 rcat River, 
 
 ^^eft^ and is 
 
 fen Leagues 
 
 itinued our 
 
 River di- 
 
 ^Hiannelsj I 
 
 liam, JVl. de 
 
 and M. dt 
 
 ; we fol- 
 
 for about 
 
 little tioie 
 
 Jts re-join'd 
 
 iree Streams 
 
 k^ere hardly 
 
 I gone for- 
 
 ;ues, but we 
 
 by the Wa- 
 
 nififfa^s. As 
 
 ;ome near ,| 
 
 i{k of their 
 
 Drum fell a 
 
 was in anl 
 
 avages, all 
 
 d Arrows ; 
 
 Four Frenchl 
 
 1, but they 
 
 M.De La Salle. 
 
 Iwcrc fevereiy fent back by a fhole 
 of Arows ; after which, four of our 
 ISavages offer'd to go to ^ce ^v.<iat 
 Ithcy could do, but tiicy ere uled 
 ill like manner ; in fo much that 
 m,de la Salle, not willing to run a- 
 Iny furtlier rifque here, he bid us 
 jleave them in quiet, and trouble 
 [our felves no further with them. 
 
 Twelve L'eagues from the ^^ 
 nffa\ we M[ to the Right, on 
 Ithe Village cali'd Tangibao-^ wc 
 'ound it pillag'd, fack'd, and a 
 jgreat Heap of dead Bodies one up- 
 [on another. This fight ftruck a 
 lighty horrour in us, and conclud- 
 ing that it was not good ihying 
 :here, we went on \ and about 
 |Ten Leagues further, we be- 
 ;un to find the Water brackilh; 
 lie Shore fecmed fbmewhat more 
 TOnded, and all ftrewed with 
 'Is of different fhape and figure, 
 fome like drinking Cups, fomc like 
 Snails ending in a fpiral point, 
 and all of a molt agreeable varie- 
 ty of Colours. We kept on flill, 
 and after an Hours failing, we put 
 
 H 4 our 
 
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 104 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 our felves into a Canoo, and kept! 
 along the Coaft, the better to takj 
 our Obfervation of the Shore, and 
 fb came back to land at the River's 
 Mouth. 
 
 This was on the Seventh ofl 
 prily 1685. The firft thing wj 
 then took care to do, was to re- 
 turn our humble thanks to Almigli. 
 ty God, for our good Succefs,an(i 
 for that he had carried us in fafe- 
 ty to the end of our Voyage, after 
 more than Eight Hundred Leagues, 
 failing and rowing with fo fmall a 
 handful of Men, and fo little Am 
 munition ; and that through fb ma- 
 ny barbarous Nations, which we 
 had not only difcover'd, but in fome 
 meaiitre made fubjea: to us. We 
 Sung the fe Deum; after which, 
 taking our Canoos, and our Equi- 
 page upon Sledges, we went and 
 planted our HutF a little above the 
 Shore, to be out of the reach of the 
 Sea, which wholly overflows it af- 
 ter fix Hours Ebb, during which 
 it's left quite dry. 
 
 M. ^ 
 lacquaini 
 he WO! 
 bin til. 
 liabitcd, 
 "nundad 
 
 Having 
 
 t 
 
 >^' 
 
M.VeLaSa/k. 
 
 Having pitched Iiere our New 
 Camp wc faftned a Crofs to the 
 top of a large Tree, and fee up 
 the Arms of Fra»ce : After which 
 we ra.fed three or four Huts more 
 tpT E:";'<="ched our felves there.' 
 Then M. ^e U Salle took the Alti- 
 
 rh. ';i^°^^"°'*' ""''"^''^ '^^ -Mouth of 
 
 i f¥^' '*"'• . 'I'''^ Spaniards, 
 who had attempted to find it out! 
 tho in vain, had already given it 
 the Name of Del Rh JfiM, "^^- 
 cording to M. ^e U Halle's CaJcu- 
 iation. It IS between the Twentv 
 [fecond and Twenty third Degree 
 ot Latitude; that it throws it felf 
 into tlie- Gulph oi Mexico, with a 
 arge Channel wliich is Twenty 
 Leagues wide, and very deep and 
 Navigable. ^ 
 
 M. de la Salle would be a little' 
 acquainted with its Shores, before 
 f. ^^'"'W kave them. It is cer- 
 Itain tut they are not fit to be in- 
 Viabitcd, by reafon of the frequent 
 I'lundatwns by the Spring-Tides, 
 
 and 
 
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 lOJ 
 
 lij. 
 
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 1 06 M. De La Salle. 
 
 and theBarrennefi of the Shore ; here 
 is nothing but Canes and Reeds, and 
 Woods overthrown. But about a 
 League and a half within the 
 Country, it is the moft pleafant in 
 the World, fine large Meadows, 
 fair Woods full of Mulberry- trees, 
 Nut-trees, and Chtfnut-trees. The 
 Fields are covered Wi^h all Ibrtsofl 
 Fruit-Trees, as Orange, Lemmon, 
 Pomegranate, and the fides of the I 
 Hills with Vines, and the Fields! 
 bear Indian Corn twice a Yeani 
 We faw in all their Ponds and Ri-I 
 vers vaft quantities of Water- Fowl,! 
 Gecfe, DucI^s, and Teal, Moor-hensJ 
 8fc. and in the ■ Woods and Fields, 
 Partridges, Phealants, Quails, and! 
 other kind of Fowl ; of four Foot- 
 ed Creatures all forts, efpecially 
 one large fort of Oxen, which they| 
 call Cihol^s ; thefe are much larg- 
 er than any hath been mention'd,! 
 and are railed like a Camfnel from 
 the Chine to the middle of the! 
 Back j they feed among the Canes,! 
 and go together fometimes no lefsj 
 in number than Fifteen Hundred.! 
 
 They 
 
M. De La Salle. 1 07 
 
 hiey Hunt them theai atter a par- 
 'cular cnanner. When they arc in 
 c midll: of tlicle Cancv, where 
 ke is no coniing at tl-cni, thvi 
 mgesget round ?bout ihcrn, and 
 k fire to 'em m ieverai places, cf: 
 ecially when the Wind is foVne- 
 bg liigh, which makes at ^x& 
 mighty ilnoke, v/hich x\x:x,i ail 
 fa fudden into a Flam., and this 
 Tikes fo great a terroiir into ^he 
 ^erd, that they all difpeifc thcfn. 
 Idves, and the Savages, who he m 
 Vait upon Trees, fhoot fbme witli - 
 Mws, fome with Bullets, and 
 nake an incredible Slaughter amon?- 
 tiem. By good Fortune, the Sa^ 
 hges Tangibao, flmmfiffas, and Na^ 
 lb, had been a Hunting when w« 
 W there (for they always join 
 vhen tliey Hunt them) and they 
 left us three fine large ones, which 
 ive feiz'd, and having dreft them 
 Uy feafted us all for three Days,' 
 iid we had fbme kk the day we 
 I'ent away from thence. 
 
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 iiMfitIr 
 
loS 
 
 M. De La Sa//e. 
 
 f i ! 
 
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 M. dj la Salle, having a mind m 
 
 go and give an Account of hJ 
 
 Difcoveries to Count Fro»te»ac, aJ 
 
 to confirm the Nations he had anr 
 
 through in the good tfteem o?m 
 
 relolved to go up the lime Km 
 
 back again to tia; ///,„«,>, a^ 
 
 thence tor tiie LaJjss, in order t 
 
 get to ^/f^«^, ,nd li-om thenci 
 
 let Sail for Frame, and give tha 
 
 Court a true account of Ins Sue] 
 
 The Eleventh of ^.r// of tht 
 fame Year ,68j, we got in a Q.i 
 noo on the faid River; we were 
 about S.xty of us. As this River 
 
 about Fifty Leagues from the Sea 
 we came the firft day to the place 
 Vjhere they met together, and inl 
 Six days after that, to the Pointl 
 where it divides it felf; There 
 our Viauals failing, it was highly 
 
 cai% •? ^°°^ 2^out us. y 
 firft Relief we met with, were 
 lome Crocodils ; we kill'd two of 'em | 
 
 • in 
 
M. Be La Salie. i op 
 
 . a littie whilt ,hat were pretty 
 rge : The flefh of them is good, 
 'hite, firm, and very well talied. 
 [t is as firm as Tunny, and near 
 " tafte ff) Salmon, and we fearted 
 it for f6me rlays. The Stream 
 our River began now to grow 
 •onger againft us, io that we 
 ere forced in get on Shore, and 
 " our Sledges, as far as Qmm- 
 ^ys. As this People had given 
 IS a fcurvey welcome as we came 
 o\vn, we were fi^rced to confult 
 \m we fhould do to make tliem 
 little more tradable, wherefore 
 e fent two Aknaguis^ and two 
 '> towards them. They met 
 1 four Women only, which they 
 •ought to us that Night. This 
 •ze pleafed us very well, hoping 
 t by their means, we fhould 
 ill compafs our Defigns. We ufed 
 lofe Women with all the Civility 
 id Prudence imaginable; and 
 ;ing come near to their Village. 
 le next morning we fent one of 
 ""^ home with fome fmall Pre- 
 
 its 
 
 to fliew that we did not 
 
 m 
 
 come 
 
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IIO' 
 
 M De La Salle. 
 
 '( 'I / 
 
 I 
 
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 come in an Hoftile manner, on 
 
 wanted their FriendfJiip, and w. 
 
 was chiefly neceffary, fbme Recru. 
 
 ofourProvifions. She fliewed the 
 
 all the little Gewgaws we had givi 
 
 her, and related to them what g 
 
 Entertainment fhe had receiv 
 
 from us, and what Defigns 
 
 came upon. Immediately they fe 
 
 four of the Chief of their Nation 
 
 us, who brought along with th 
 
 fbme Provifions, and invited us 
 
 come and be merrv with the 
 
 We then reftored the Three W 
 
 men into their Hands, and we ca 
 
 nearer to them, but ftill ftandin 
 
 upon our Guard. When we we 
 
 come into their Village, they pr 
 
 fented us Ibme of their Fruits, am 
 
 &me Water- Fowl pretty well dre 
 
 After this Refrefliment, we retiri 
 
 about a Hundred Paces from the 
 
 and lodged in our Huts thatNight,b 
 
 tween the Village and the River. B 
 
 break ofDay thefetreacherousRogu 
 
 furrounded, and attacked us: Bu 
 
 they mill of their aim ; fo 
 
 we had fet Sentinels all that Nigh 
 
 an 
 
 
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M. De La Salle. 
 [and with their firft Approach, we 
 were prepartdto receive them. Wc 
 killed five or Hx the very* firft 
 blow, upon which the reft fled • 
 and we purfued them a little way' 
 and having killed three or four 
 more, we thought that was enough, 
 and we took their Scalps with us 
 I to ferve for a Trophy. 
 
 From thence we went forward to 
 Itlie Naches ; we had hid fome /«- 
 Um Corn there, as we went down 
 land we found it again in very 
 good condition. The Prince came 
 ftraightway to receive us ; M. de U 
 \yie, after the firft Compliments 
 pafs'd, prefented him with the 
 Scalps of the Quimpiffa's we had 
 Ibrought with us, who were his 
 greateft Enemies. Which made it 
 the more grateful, and ferved to 
 Ihew him that we were not Men 
 |to be fool'd with. 
 
 The firft thing he^did, was to 
 give order for fomething to be 
 |fctch'd to refrefh us^ which we 
 
 freely 
 
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 w 
 
 fi 
 
 m 
 
 I 
 
 7 
 
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Ill M. De La Sa//e, 
 
 fVeely accepted of. All this while 
 we oblci ved that vvc law no Wo- 
 nen in tiic Village, which made 
 us fu(p(-6l fbmc Jloguery. Nor- 
 withlbuiding wc kept eating and] 
 drinking, and never fcem'd to take 
 any notice of t'ly thing, but vvc 
 kept our Arms all the while. A 
 little while after we fpicd a great 
 number ol' Men in Arms drawing 
 towards us, and we in an inftant 
 put our (elves in a poflure of de- 
 fence. But the Prince bid us fear 
 nothing, and aflurcd us that we 
 never needed to entertain any M- 
 picion of them ; he went up to 'cm 
 and commanded them to halt. Af- 
 ter which, he told us, that it was 
 a Party of his Men who had been 
 againft the Iroquois^ but that they 
 for their own part were reiblved 
 ever to maintam a firm Friend fhip 
 with us. His words he conlirmed 
 by feme Prefents that followed, as| 
 alio fome Provifions, which wei 
 heartily and thankfully received,! 
 leaving them, hy way of .retji?,| 
 fome of our Canoos, which indeed[^ 
 
 wcr; 
 
 not 0, 
 and a^ 
 brough 
 them 
 On 
 wc lefi 
 forwan 
 ver of 
 went c 
 to the 
 M. de 
 Father 
 a good 
 was CO 
 ty of 
 
this while 
 aw no Wo- 
 vhich made 
 ery. Not- 
 eating and 
 niM to take 
 ig, but vvc 
 
 while. A 
 ied a great 
 Tis drawing 
 
 an inftant 
 lure of de- 
 bid us fear 
 IS that we 
 lin any M- 
 t up to 'cm 
 halt. Ai- 
 that it was 
 had been 
 It that they 
 :e reiblvedl 
 
 Friend fhip 
 
 ; confirmed 
 
 ollowed, as 
 
 which wei 
 
 y rfocivcd,] 
 
 of retjvv 
 iich iudeedl 
 
 M.DeLaSa/k 
 
 were but cumberfomc to us ; and 
 that we came off fafe and fbum', 
 but wc attributed our iafety to 
 our care and watchfuaicfs. 
 
 After this, we continued ( ur 
 Courfe toward thcTaa/cas, and the 
 Jkancea'iy who received us very 
 handfbmiy at our Landing. 
 
 Thus, paffing througli fo many 
 different Mations„ we made try. 
 al of the taithfulncfs of fome, and 
 the trc'vhery of others; ;ind by a 
 !duc mixture of mildnefs and leve- 
 rity, and a conftant ca-e, we did 
 I not only fruftrate their Dcfigns, 
 and avoid their Ambulh, but we 
 brought them to Terms, and made 
 them fubmit to us. 
 
 On the Twelfth of Maj, i6S^, 
 wc left the Akamea\ and puflied 
 forward to the Mouth of the Ri- 
 ver of the Illinois ; after which we 
 went on along the Shore, quite up 
 to the Fort Preudhomme^ whci'e 
 M. de U Salle fell dangeroufly ill. 
 Father Gabriel ftaid v^'ith him, with 
 a good many of his iMen ; and I 
 was commanded to go with Twen- 
 ty of his Men to Milfiiamachinac^ 
 
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114 M.DeLa Salle. 
 
 to look after his Affairs. I left 
 him there the Fifteenth of May, 
 
 I went the firft Day to lie at 
 Ouabaches ; where I was made very 
 welcome. 
 
 Twenty Leagues further, I met 
 with feme Iroquois. Thefe Sava. 
 ges, who are the moft barbarous 
 of all others, are fneakingly fub- 
 miflive when their Party is the 
 weakeft, but moft unmerciful when 
 they have an advantage. There 
 was but Five of them that met 
 us ; and they told us we fhould 
 not go far e're we fhould meet a 
 Company of above Four Hundred 
 Men well Armed. This Advice 
 made us take care to ftand upon 
 our Guard, for truly it is not very 
 fafe to fall into the Hands of thefe 
 Barbarous People when they march 
 in a Bodj^\ We had not gone a 
 quarter of a League, but we fpied 
 a little Army, which we took at 
 firft to be Iroquois, but they were 
 TAvaroah who had joined themfelves 
 with fbme Illinois. They feeing our 
 Fire-Arms, took us for Iroquois^ 
 and were going to furround us, 
 with a Defiga to burn us, lor that 
 
 is 
 
 ons. 
 
 
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 M. De La Salle. 
 
 ]& the ufual way of dealing with 
 thofe barbarous Fellows, whenfoe- 
 ever they get any of them; fo 
 great is the abhorrence which all 
 Nations have againft them. But 
 the Mnois having difcover'd who 
 we were, they unbent tlieir Bows, 
 and gave us part of their Provifi- 
 ons. We purfued our Road to the 
 River Chkacou, and after Twenty 
 Days Journey, we at length arri- 
 ved at Mtffilimachinac^ in the begin- 
 ing of July ; where we ftaid for 
 M. de U Sa/ie, who came and join- 
 ed us in September the fame Year. 
 He flayed there but three Days, to 
 give fome necelTary Orders. He 
 gave me the command of Fort 
 St. LofiUy witli orders to fee it fi- 
 nifhed, and a full power to dif- 
 pofe of the Lands adjacent, and left 
 all his Men under me, except fix 
 Fre;jch Men he took with him to 
 Quekck. We went away the fame 
 Day, he for Capiada^ I for the //- 
 lims, 
 
 I went direSIy to Miamis^ at the 
 head of Forty Men, Fre^tch and 
 Savages* I came to it on the 6th 
 
 I 2 of 
 
 MJ 
 
I 
 
 vi 1 6 M. Ve La Salle, 
 
 o( Jaf?ftarj/y 1684, and vifited the 
 Fort, which was in a very good 
 condition. There I kit Ten of 
 my Men well Armed, and purfu- 
 ing my Journey, I got, by the end 
 of the Month, to Fort St. Louis. 
 I fet Men at work about it imme- 
 diately, and in lefs than two Months 
 time I compleated it. Prefently af- 
 ter this, I invited all the Neigh- 
 bouring Nations to come to it. 
 
 There needed no great pains or 
 Art to get them thither. The 
 beauty of the Country, the fruit- 
 fulnefs of the Land, the conveniens 
 cy of a fine Navigable River; the 
 nearnefs of about a Hundred diffe- 
 rent Nations, and of thole httle 
 Lakes, or rather httle Seas, which 
 make it a fit Seat of Commerce 
 for all North America ; and reach 
 from the River St. Laurera to the 
 Gulf of Mexico, In fhort, the ad- 
 vantagious Scituation of this Fort, 
 which wasdefign'd asa Bulwark for 
 all the Nations that fliould come 
 to fettle there, againft all irrupti- 
 ons of the barbarous Nations, was 
 a fuificient Invitation and Induce- 
 ment 
 
 -M 
 
 '.1 
 
'**>! 11 IMllMill TiT 
 
 M.DeLaSai/e. 
 
 ment to them to come and dwell 
 there. So that in a little time, 
 there was above Five Hundred 
 Huts made up, and in lefs than 
 two Monthsj there was a wonder- 
 ful great concourfc of People of all 
 Nations. By this it is cafie to be 
 feen, with how httic difficulty tlie 
 Savages might be tdmcd and po- 
 liihed, by planting here and there 
 ibme Colonies of Eurofeam, For 
 how few foever they be, they arc, 
 as it were a ciment of Concord and 
 civil Society amongfi the moil bar- 
 barous iSlations. 
 
 In th^ mean while M. de la Sde 
 being arriv'd at Quebec, hadthedif- 
 ratisiaftion not to meet with M. 
 k Comte de Frontenae ; for he had 
 been re-manded to Fr.mce by an 
 Order from Court, ;\(\i\ was gofie 
 thither. After his Arrival, he did 
 not fail to acquaint all the City 
 with the Difcoveries he had made, 
 and with the News of fo many 
 Nations yielding themfelves fubjedt 
 to the King's. Power. The Te De. 
 m was fung, as an acknowledg- 
 ment of this happy Addition of 
 
 1 3 glory 
 
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 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 glory and Honour to the Crown. 
 The earneft defire which M. de U 
 Salle had, to go to giv«. the King 
 and his Minifters an Account of 
 the fuccefs of his Travels, made 
 him haften his Departure. He went 
 from Canada in the beginning of 
 OBobeTj 1684. But before he fet 
 Sail, he fent the Chevalier de Bogu 
 to me, as a Perfbn that had been 
 highly recommended to him. He 
 came to me to St. Louish Fort. I 
 received him as well as I could, 
 and gave him the befl: Entertain- 
 ment that my Condition would per- 
 mit me. 
 
 On the Twentieth of March, in 
 the lame Year *, having received Ad- 
 Vice, that the Iroquois^ being jea- 
 lous of our new Eftablifhment, 
 were coming againft us with con- 
 fiderable Forces ; I fent an Exprefs 
 to M. de U Durontaiy Governour of 
 the Fort Mijjilimachwac , for fbme 
 affiftance. In the mean while I 
 raifed new Fortifications, and by 
 means of good Ditches, Rampires, 
 and other. Works, I put the Vil- 
 lage into a good poilure of De- 
 fence, 
 
 ..^««» 
 
 V -i 
 
t^-i 
 
 :he Crown, 
 ch M. de h 
 , the King 
 Account of 
 /els, made 
 . He went 
 ^ginning of 
 bre he fet 
 ler de Bogu 
 i had been 
 
 him. He 
 f's Fort. I 
 s I could, 
 
 Entertain- 
 would per- 
 
 March, in 
 :ceived Ad- 
 being jea- 
 ablifhrnent, 
 
 with con- 
 an Exprefs 
 )vernour of 
 
 for fbme 
 n while I 
 s, and by 
 Rampires, 
 : the Vil- 
 ire of De- 
 fencCa 
 
 M.DeLa Salle. 
 
 fence. They came or the 28th 
 of March^ and lay before us, to the 
 number of Five Hundred ; we beat 
 them back bravely in their very 
 iirft Attacks ; at laft , after Six 
 Weeks, we raifed the Siege, and 
 forced thf.m to retire with the lois 
 of Fourfcore of theirs, and not of 
 one of ours. They took a few 
 Slaves in the Neighbourhood, that 
 they might have fomething to Brag 
 of, and might not be thought to 
 come back empty ; but as they 
 were jufl a going to flea their 
 Scalps, the poor Wretches were 
 happily fb cunning as to get away, 
 and came to us in our Fort. 
 
 About the 15 th of Jfril^ M. de 
 U Durontai^ and Father de Lay a 
 Jefuit, with Sixty French came to 
 alfift me, but it was needlefs then. 
 In the mean while M. de U Bane 
 was come to Queheck^ to fucceed 
 the Count de Frontemc, This 
 Change was a dreadful blow to 
 New France in general, which 
 look'd upon Count de Fro^femc as 
 their Patron. But it proved no lefs 
 fevere, in refpeft to my own par- 
 
 I 4 ticular. 
 
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 m^ 
 
 Wf 
 
 m 
 
 m^'- 
 
 IBS^jJI'^^' 
 
 ^0<fi^^M 
 
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 120 M. De LaSa/U, 
 
 ticulai'. For no fooner was this 
 new Governour come over, who 
 was a Friend and Relation of the 
 Chevalier de Bogia^ but he gave 
 him the command of St. Louisas 
 Fort; the rife and perfeftion of 
 wliich were all owing to me. He 
 dircfted his Orders to M. de U D«. 
 rontAt^ to deliver to me ; who in- 
 formed me with the new Gover- 
 nour's Orders, to give up my 
 Command of the place, and to in- 
 veft the Chevalier thercvi^ith. I 
 could do no other but obey the 
 Orders. Heft feme confiderable Ef. 
 fefts in the Fort, whereof I made an 
 Invcntory,which the Chevalier wasfo 
 kind as to fet his Hand to ; and I left 
 the place the fame day, taking with 
 me what was of moft moment and 
 ufe. I firft took the Road of 
 Montreal^ and thence went to Quebeck^ 
 where I arriv'd in the beginning of 
 July, I could do no lefs than go and 
 wait on the Governour, and give him 
 a faithful Account of the Condition 
 and Importance of the place, which 
 I had left by his Order, and of the 
 ftate of the Country in general. He 
 
 hward 
 
 came hi 
 \^July 
 to lean 
 receptic 
 at Cour 
 
 ,1 ' 
 
M. De LaSMe. 
 
 \\t heard me very courteoufly, and 
 very civilly oflFer'd me any other Pofl 
 I fhould defire in America. I thank- 
 ed him for his kind Offers, and told 
 him, I was not willing to take any 
 Employment until M. de U Salle 
 came back; and (b we parted. 
 
 As foon as I arriv'd, I did not fail 
 to write toM de U Salle^ and give him 
 an Account how I was ferved, and 
 how T thought my fclf wronged, by 
 being thus put out of the Command 
 he had given me. Adding, that I 
 really thought there might be Ibme 
 Danger of the Peoples fitting unealie 
 under a new Governour, and forla- 
 l&g their new Habitations, or com- 
 mitting fome Diforder. I writ befides 
 \ toM.de la Foreft^ a Friend of mine, 
 to fupport mv Intereft s with our com- 
 I mon ProteQor. Thefe Letters had all 
 the good efFed I could wifli or hope 
 for. I received an Anfwer to my Bu- 
 finefs by M. de U Forefi himfelf, who 
 came back to Quebeck in the latter end 
 V^^July 1684. [had the fatisfaftion 
 to learn from him what a gracious 
 reception M. de U Salle had met with 
 at Court, and what confiderable for- 
 ces 
 
 121 
 
 « \W^', 
 
112 M. De La Sal/e. 
 
 CCS the King had granted him to fet. 
 tie the Colonies in the New-found- 
 lands ; and withal that he was im- 
 bark'd for the Gulf of Mexico ; but 
 what compleated my joy was, that 
 I triumphed over mine Enemies, by 
 my reftitution to St. Louisas Fort, in 
 the Quality of Governour, and Cap- 
 tain; for which this Gentleman 
 brought me the Letters which M.de 
 la Salle had obtainM from the King 
 in my favour. ^ 
 
 I equipp'd my felf ftraijhtway 
 with Arms and all Materials neceffa- 
 ry, as well for the Fortification of 
 tne place, as for the raifmg of my 
 Company. And after we had ipent 
 fbme days together at Queheck M. k 
 la Forefi and I, went away toge- 
 ther the Firft of Novehmer^ he for 
 'Frontenacy of which place he was go- 
 ing Governour, and I for the Mnok 
 
 The Ice putting a ftop to our Voy- 
 age on the River ofSt.Laure/tce, we 
 were forced to ftay and Winter at 
 Montreal^ until the next Spring, in 
 1685. 
 
 In the beginning of Jpril, we got I 
 up the River again as far as the Fort I 
 
 Fron' 
 
M. De La Salle. 
 
 iFrofftenac, where I took my leave of 
 M. UForeft. I went in a Canoo on 
 the ftrft Lake to Magara, whereaf- 
 ter I had fhot the fall of the R iver> I 
 got to MiJIilimichinaCy and then to 
 mUmis^ and being come to the Mouth 
 of the River of tlie Illwot!^ I went to 
 Fort St.Loms^ about Ju/te 15 in the 
 I fame Year. 
 
 The Chevalier de Bogh, immedi- 
 ately entertain'd me with all pof 
 fible marks of Joy, Friendfhip, and 
 Refpeft ; and I endeavour'd to make 
 afuitable return to his Kmdncfs; 
 put at laft, after having informed him 
 [of M. de U Salle's Embarking, and of 
 jail other News then ftirring ; I found 
 Imy felt oblig'd to fliew him the Let- 
 Iters Patents, to be Commander in 
 iChief, and Governourof Fort St„L^«- 
 k with which the King thought lit 
 Ito honour me. He receiv'dthis Or- 
 [der with a great deal of fubmiflion, 
 land put me again in pofleffion of the 
 Iplace, with all the Effcfts with which 
 jihad entrufted him, alluring me, 
 |at the fame time, that neverthelefs 
 jhe fbould flill be ready to do me (er- 
 I'/ice upon all occafions, and always 
 
 to 
 
 123 
 
 ^1 
 
 
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 m 
 
 m 
 
124 M. DeLa Salle. I 
 
 to perform the Office of a faithfull 
 
 Friend. We fpent the reft of the dayiig'Jt S! 
 
 together in amicable Converfation.ln<^ tha 
 
 and the next Morning he departed aPave an 
 
 third time for the Town oi Quthukmi h'h(j 
 
 In the mean while the MiAmis and! '^ l^i^ 
 
 the ////;iwV,neighbouring Nations andfce Earr 
 
 our Allies,being at variance about eer-P^bmuc 
 
 tain trivial pretcnfions ; I endeavour'd Jre to | 
 
 to reconcile them ; having receiv'dPr l^ini 
 
 from both Parties Hoftagcs andl^^and 
 
 Pledges of their Fidelity. In the be-Pynew 
 
 ginning of Auguft^ being much di-BMonth 
 
 fturb'd that I had heard no News ofifter hav 
 
 M,deUSde, I pafs'd overto M/i^/Jleft th 
 
 machinac^ to make fome Enquiry aitei|pe ^ieut 
 
 him. There I was inform'd that thefcid w] 
 
 Jl'nviiie' Marquefs d'Enonville fucceeded M. im Mexico 
 
 mmitiAtU U Barrey in quality of Governour ol*iver ir 
 
 iyh^pi^c<: jYew France ; and I had alfo the Ho- 
 
 •f M, QC la ^ . _. f, . . 
 
 Barre. f^^"^ 'o receive a Letter from him; 
 in which he was pleas'd to exprel 
 his defire of entring into a Conference 
 with me, about the Defign he had to 
 make War with the Iroquois ; at tlie 
 fame time he gave me to underftand, 
 that M, de U Salle^ having been for a 
 long time at Sea, had, without doubt, 
 already enter'd the Gujf with four 
 
 . i 
 
 tight 
 
 r % 
 
 I 9 i 
 
 t 
 
 V 
 
 bllow'd 
 
 ent abi 
 
 g this ' 
 
 Upon 
 
 lot meet 
 
 lor any 
 
 ny Info 
 
 lent ou 
 
 ifiy and 
 
 endea 
 
 y; The 
 
of a faithful ^' ^^ ^^ '^^''^• 
 
 :rt of the dayligiit Ships, given him by the King, 
 ConverfatioainiJ that apparently he muit needs 
 \Q departed alave arrivM at the Moutli of tlie Ri- 
 ^n oi Quebeckm^ M'lJiJJifi, or in fome other Fort, 
 e Miamis andl ^ his Letter ferv'd only to increafe 
 
 Nations andpe Earneft defire I had to meet him, 
 ICC about ccr.lnromuch that I immediately took 
 ■ endeavouiwe to provide what Supplies I could 
 nng receiv'dloi' him ; fitted out Twenty Camdt- 
 oftagcs and^j and returning to the lllwois^ with 
 . In the be.Py new Recruits ; I arriv'd within 
 ng much dilMonth, at«St.Lo«/;f's Fort: Where, 
 
 no News Oliver having given necefTary Orders, 
 erto A//;^/.lleft the Command of the Place to 
 inquiry aite:Pe6VV«r de Bellefomaim ; and fct for- 
 mM that ihfftaici with Forty Men for the Gulf 
 ceeded M. imMexico, Thus we pafs'd down our 
 Jovernour ofPiver into the great one of Miffiffipi^ 
 alfb the Ho-PlowM its Courfe to the Sea, and 
 
 from him;pent about tv/o Months in perform- 
 
 i £0 expreii 
 1 Conference 
 
 ig this Voyage. 
 
 Upon our Arrival on the Sea fhore, 
 
 ;n he had tolot meeting with what I fought lor, 
 
 lor any; Perfbn who could give nie 
 
 ny Information about the matter, 
 
 fent out two Boats, viz, one to the 
 '4i and the other to iht South- n eft, 
 endeavour to make fome Difcove- 
 y ; They row'd up and down about 
 
 Twen- 
 
 luois \ at tlie 
 I underftand, 
 I been for a 
 thout doubt, 
 r with four 
 tight 
 
 125 
 
 i 
 
 }\ 
 
1 2 6 M. De La Salle. 
 
 Twenty Leagues from one fide toaj 
 nothcr, along the Coall, and havina 
 (Icfcry'd nothing, were obligM 
 iland ill for fomc Pore for want oi 
 Frefh Water, and return'd to joi 
 
 unloa< 
 that y 
 lution 
 we ca 
 Bef( 
 
 our Fieet,aftcr a Courie of two days I ferv'd, 
 without being able to get any notio 
 of what Icxpefted. All thatlrcceiv 
 cd from them by way of Confolation 
 was only a Porpoife, and fome ver 
 fine Shells of Mother of Pearl, whic: 
 they took on a Rock. 
 
 I'hcrefore perceiving that it woul 
 be to no purpofe to wait there an 
 longcr5ladvis'd with the moftprudcn 
 Men of our Company, about th 
 Courfe we ought to fteer at our n 
 turn. I was inclin'd to follow 
 Coaft as far as Menada^ho'^in^ by thalthe Ri\ 
 means, continually to difcover foni On tl 
 new Country, or to take fome goolthe Cot 
 Prize : But the mofl: part were ol'tlComma 
 contrary Opinion ; affirming it wlus, and , 
 fafer to keep a known Road, rathlbegg'd ] 
 than to take one that was not fo, ajus, duri 
 
 ie k S 
 Kings 
 to be 1 
 nef s of 
 up a 111 
 refted ; 
 upon it 
 Frame, 
 fame p 
 being 
 wefet 
 veiling 
 
 which otherwife could not but be 
 very difficult paflage ; as well by re 
 fon oftheHighLands along the Coal! 
 as for the great number ofRiversth 
 
 unloi 
 
 ing us 
 admit 'e 
 lies. I 
 Tubmiffi^ 
 ly, and 
 
\IU. 
 
 one fide to a 
 :, and havin 
 e obligM t 
 for want c 
 urn'd to joi 
 of two days 
 ;et any notict 
 that I rcceiv 
 ?" Confolatioi 
 id fome ver 
 • Pearl, wliic 
 
 that it woul 
 Lit there an 
 moftprudcn 
 ^, about 
 ;er at our r 
 follow t! 
 oping by th 
 liicover fo; 
 ie fome go 
 t were oft 
 rming itw 
 Road, rath 
 as not fo, an 
 not but be 
 s well by re 
 ng the Coal! 
 31 Rivers th 
 unloi 
 
 M.J)e La Salle. tgj 
 
 unload themfelvcs into the Sea ; fb 
 that wt were obiigM to take a lUfo.^ 
 lution to return the fame way that 
 we came. 
 
 Before our Departure, having ob- 
 ferv'd, that the iVce en winch M, 
 dela Salle h^d causM a t' rols, with the 
 Kings Arms to be let jp, was ready 
 to be thrown down by the boillroul- 
 nefsofthe Winds and Waves, we got 
 up a little higher, where having E- 
 refteda large Pillar, we fixt a Crofs 
 upon It, and underneath the Arms of 
 France, We lodg'd that Night in the 
 fame place, but the next Morning 
 being E^/^r Monday, AD. 1685 
 we fit forward on our Journey, tra- 
 velling by Land along the Banks of 
 the River Miffiffifi- 
 
 , On the Sixth day, being arriv'd in 
 |the Country of the J^ipiffas ; their ^^9^'"'^ 
 Commander in Chief came to meet Sj' 
 us, and having ofFer'd us the Qdumet ^'''^^ '^'' 
 Ibegg'd pardon for their ili ufagc of ^''"'^' 
 us, during our laft Voyage ; entreat- 
 ing us that we would vouclifafe ro 
 admit 'em into the number of our Al- 
 lies. However we anlwer'd their 
 rubmiflive Addreffes very magiilerial- 
 ty, and having refrelh'd our feives a 
 
 ijtiie 
 
 n 
 
 '• '*' .1^^ 
 
♦t» 
 
 Ouma'j 
 
 Savage 
 
 Teopk. 
 
 H f : .14 
 
 I 
 
 ^1 
 
 128 M. Ve La Salle. 
 
 little ainong 'em, we pnrfu*d our 
 Journey. Four Leagues above, we 
 ^ difcoverM in the Country a certain 
 Nation, that had efcapM from us 
 at our firft Defcent, I mean that of, 
 the Ouma\ who are the mofl: valiant 
 of all the Savages ; akho' it be true 
 indeed, that as loon as they faw us 
 and our Arms, tlrey were ftruck with 
 a kind of Aftonifhment, accompani- 
 ed with a panick Fear, that quite 
 curb'd their fierceneft, and obligM 
 them to promife an entire Obedience 
 to our Injunftions: They offer'd 
 us fbme new Refrefhments, and 
 to ferve us to the utmoft of their 
 Aftrange power. In t' )(e Territories we ob- 
 ^cAfi. (ervM an extraordinai y rare Animal, 
 that partakes of the nature of a Wolf 
 and a Lion ; as having the Head and 
 fize of a large Wolf, but the Tail and 
 Claws of a Lion : He devours all 
 forts of Beads, yet never fets upon 
 Men : He fometimes carries his Prey 
 on his Back, eats part of it, and kides 
 the relt under the Leaves of Trees; 
 but the other Animals have fb great 
 an Antipathy againft this Beaft,whid lo'culnv 
 is caird Michihichi, that they never ^^^ ^^"^ 
 touch what he leaves. \\^^^ ^j{|* 
 
 kC... 
 
 i i 
 
 Aft( 
 Akanci 
 arefb | 
 rich'd 
 
 that u 
 
 >„, ^- t 
 cm : 
 
 are of i 
 to be ai 
 Soil b] 
 great v 
 fields 
 forts 
 Hound 
 liugc V 
 thing t 
 Men cb 
 Climati 
 there 5 
 was to 
 render 
 on, I r 
 quefl-. 
 of a Hoi 
 i(is^ am 
 Retinue 
 on the 1 
 Licenfe 
 tiv 
 
 ..j*-***^ 
 
tile. 
 
 pnrfu'd our 
 s above, we 
 y a certain 
 'd from us 
 
 M. De La Salle. i Sp 
 
 ^ After the Onmas we met with the AVmaas 
 Akanceas. Indeed all thefe Countries '^ ^'^^'-«. 
 are fo pleafant, and fo extremely cn- 
 'rich'd with the Produaions of Nature 
 
 pan fhaf of! iiicrruuucuonsor fsiature, 
 
 mnft v.llnri;'''' "^'^^"^^ "°' fufficiently admire 
 cm : The Trees m the Woods, which 
 
 moft valiant 
 o' it be true 
 :hey faw us 
 ; ft ruck with 
 
 accompani- 
 that quite 
 and obhgM 
 e Obedience 
 hey offer'd 
 nents, and 
 loft of their 
 Dries we ob- 
 •are Animal, 
 re of a Wolf 
 be Head and 
 the Tail and 
 
 devours all 
 ^r fets upon 
 •ies his Prey 
 it, and kides 
 5sof Trees; 
 ave fo great 
 Beaft:,whicli 
 
 they never 
 
 are of an extraordinary hei^th, feem'd 
 tobe artificially planted in Kows: The 
 Sail brings forth good Grain, wrth 
 great variety of Fruit-Trees, and the 
 fields are every where ftor'd with all 
 forts of Game, both for Hawk and 
 Hound; but there is alfo abundance of 
 liugc wild Cats, uhich devour every 
 thing that they can find. Our French 
 Men charm'd with the Beauty of this 
 Climate, defir'd leave of me to fettle 
 there 5 and forafmuch as our Intention 
 was to civilize the Savages, and to 
 render 'em fociable by our Converfati- 
 on, I readily confented to their Ke- 
 que.Q^. Whereupon I made theDraught 
 of aHoufe for my felf among the Ai^an- 
 (eis, and kfz I'cn Fn;ub Men ot my 
 Retinue with Four Savages, to carry 
 
 AibS 
 
 on the Building of ir; granting 'cm a 
 Licenfe to lodge there themfclves, and 
 to cultivate as much Land us they could 
 grubup, and clear of Trees; Infbmuch, 
 that this fmall Ccbnv wss in Prnr^d 
 
 'i^ of 
 
 M ,1 
 
 /n 
 
1 f 
 
 
 i 3 o M. De La Salle. 
 
 of Time fo extremely increas'd and 
 improv'd, that it ferves as a Place of 
 Rendezvous to the French, who travel 
 into thofe Parts. 
 
 From thence I continued my Courfe 
 along the River of the J/linohj and af- 
 ter Three Days Journey' arrived at 
 St. Lewis's Fort, on the Feftival of St. 
 Joh»^ being leQ tir'd with the Fatigues 
 of my Travels, than perplexed about 
 the Uncertainty of M. De La. Salle s De- 
 ftiny. Forafmuch as I had not as yet 
 paid my Refpefts to our new Gover- 
 nour ; after having pafs'd fbme Days 
 in refrelhing my felf, I lefc the Iflinoh 
 in the end of the Month of "Jtme^ and 
 diVvWd 2iX. MontreAl^ July i^j. Then I 
 went forthwith to falute the Gover- 
 nour, and receiv'd Orders from him to 
 
 ,-.,'4 'the ^^"^ ^^^ ^^^ againft the Iroquois to 
 Iroquois, be declar'd amongft our Allies, and to 
 fummon 'em to appear at St. Lewii\ 
 Fort, to carry on fuch an Expedition. 
 Having receiv'd this Commiiiion, I 
 foon took leave of Monfieur D' Emn- 
 7jilie, and arriv'd in the Country ofth 
 JJlmois, Septetnh,^. from whence I fpee 
 dily difpatch'd divers Couriers from a 
 Parts, to give notice to the Neighbour 
 ing Nations of our Defign, and to ex 
 
 Wa-' dc 
 clard 
 
 gai 
 
 
 \i^" 
 
 '• W--'^ 
 
 hort « 
 of/?e, 
 Peop!< 
 Mont 
 
 Ijiinoi. 
 whole 
 
 4C0 ^ 
 
 Men 
 iheFc 
 De Li 
 encam 
 of the 
 the wl 
 I dcch 
 and x\ 
 ing 'en 
 to exei 
 the Inl 
 mon E 
 
 Thi: 
 
 general 
 wherei 
 at the ] 
 to the < 
 of the 
 that PI 
 Name I 
 to defe 
 De U 
 of it, £ 
 
i 
 
 icreas*d and 
 as a Place of 
 ',' who travel 
 
 d my Courfe 
 inois^ and af- 
 * arriv'd at 
 "eftival of St. 
 I the Fatigues 
 plexed about 
 La Salle s De- 
 id not as yet 
 
 new Cover- 
 i fbme Days 
 c the Iflinoh 
 of 'Jttne.i and 
 I*). Then I 
 
 the Cover- 
 from him to 
 ^Iroquois to 
 .llles, and to 
 t St. Lewii' 
 Expedition, 
 ommiffion, I 
 eur D* Emn 
 ountry ofth 
 ,' hence Ifpee 
 I tiers from a 
 i Neighbour 
 n, and to ex 
 
 iiUi 
 
 31 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 hort *em to appear betimes at the place 
 o{ Rendez vous. Whereupon all the 
 People met together in the end of r^e 
 Month o{' March, A. D, 1686. as\vejl 
 Ifmots, as ChUnous and iV»;^«. The 
 whole Mtilntu'Je confi^d of about 
 4C0 Men ; to \yhom I joyo'cj 60 French 
 Men of my Company, Icaying 40 in 
 the Fort under the Commancl of xM. 
 De Btlkfontaim, This ftiail Arrif^jc 
 encamp'd within a quarfQf Qif a[ League 
 of the Village ; where ' having caufed 
 the whole Body to Hand to their Arras, 
 Idcclar'd to 'em the Kings Pleafure, 
 and the Governour's Orders; exhort- 
 ing 'zm to fignalize their Valour, an4 
 to exert their utmoft Force, to reprefs 
 thelnfolenceof the Iroquois, our com- 
 mon Enemies. 
 
 This Speech was follow'd with the 
 general Acclamations of ail the People ; 
 whereupon 1 immediately puc my ielf 
 at the Head of'em, and began to march 
 to the Canal that joyns the two Lakes 
 of tiie Stivrons and the Ijlimis l\x 
 that Place ftands a Fort that bears the 
 Name of St. Jofeph, and which ilrves ^;;^^^''' 
 to defend thofe fmall Sea?. Monfkur 
 De la Duroniay was i\v^ Commander 
 of it, to whom I Tent one q^quv French- 
 
 ^ -1 
 
 
 
 m 
 
 111 : 
 If 
 
 
 
 y 
 
n 
 
 ?r^_ -jf . 
 
 H i 
 
 ■I 
 
 n^ M.DeU Salle. 
 
 Men to give him notice of our Arri 
 val. Upon which Information he im- 
 mediately commanded his Lieutenant 
 to meet rne with jcMen, and the next 
 day he himfelf led up the like num 
 
 The 
 
 thus c 
 march' 
 mchim 
 Party 
 
 ^^'o^g*' - ^». «. ...,. 
 
 Two Days after M, de U Font, Govcr. 
 nourof the Fort oiFrontenac, and MJt 
 Lude^ Commander of that of the Af/4. 
 wts, each at the Head of his Company 
 march'd to joyn our Army. All the 
 Forces bemg thus afTembled, we heia 
 a Council of War, to confult what 
 Meafures ought to be taken, and it 
 was determine, to divide the Army in- 
 to two Bodies, one of which fhould be 
 commanded by the Skurs de U Duron- 
 
 ''?''.5"/r;'^'^f'^'> tofecure the Avenues 
 ot Mtmimachmac, and to defend the 
 Coalts of the Uk^Heru, as far as NU- 
 gar a-, where we defign'd to ereft a 
 frort, which was already begun to be 
 built, to curb the Iroqtms, who always 
 niade ome Oppofition on that itde: 
 
 And that M, de U Foret and my felf 
 
 fliould be Commanders of the other W^^^^^ 
 Kcdy, to mvade the Enemies Country, r^^^' 
 
 way, t 
 tain a 
 
 gag'd 
 and atti 
 above h 
 fpot ; (i 
 the reft 
 On 
 Leagues 
 to mee 
 Efigli/b, 
 under t 
 ivere C( 
 Brandy, 
 !^erchai 
 the Iroqii 
 ifter ha 
 the Iroqt, 
 ive feiz'( 
 
 The 
 
 
:)f our Arri. 
 ation he im- 
 s Lieutenant 
 and the next 
 s like num 
 on the Banks 
 vifions were 
 m all Parts. 
 oret, Govcr- 
 
 «ii 
 
 of the MU- 
 lis Company 
 y. All the 
 'd, we helii 
 'nfult what 
 :en, and it 
 be Army in- 
 h fhouldbe 
 le la Duron- 
 he Avenues 
 defend the 
 far as NU- 
 to erea a 
 egun to be 
 V'ho always 
 
 that (icle; 
 id my felf 
 
 the other 
 s Country. 
 
 The 
 
 M. De U Salle. 
 
 Tlie management of Affairs being 
 thus difpos'd of, M. de U Dnronta; 
 march'd along the Coafts of Mifili^ 
 mchinac, and met with a confiderable 
 
 i "Party of the Enemies, composed of a- 
 bove 5C0 Men, as well Englifi as Iro- 
 mis, (here it may be obferv'd by the 
 way, that thofe two Nations main- 
 tain a ftriO: mutual Amity, when en- 7>^, En- 
 gag'd together againft the Fremh)^''^^^ ^nd] 
 andattack'd 'em fb vieorouflv, thu^'''^""" 
 above half oMem were kill'd on the^tW to 
 fpot ; fbmePrifoners were taken : and '"''^' ^^'"' 
 the reft were put to flight. K^nchf 
 
 On our fide, at the diftance of 20 
 Leagues from Niagara^ we found Means 
 to meet with a numerous Party of 
 hglifh, Irof/ouy and Onahches, who 
 under the Condufl: pf Major Gre^or;^^ 
 ivere conveying a great quantity of 
 Brandy, Provifions, Ammunition, "and 
 Merchandizes, to the Inhabitants of 
 ^Qlroqtwu. We fell upon em; and 
 ifter having kill'd the greatcft part of 
 the Iroquois^ and of the other Savages, 
 ive feiz'd on their Baggages and Mer- 
 chandizes, took a great number of 
 llavcs, and carry'd away above 2«; 
 F»?///^ Men Prifbners. After this 
 ^=all Viwory we continued our March 
 
 K :5 to 
 
 
 'n 
 
 I ,<til :i ' 
 
 ^?1 
 
h 
 
 ir 
 
 134 M.De La Salle. 
 
 to Niagara, where we compleated the 
 Building of the Fort in fight of the 
 Iroquois, and even at the very Foot ofl 
 their tlabitations. ' 
 
 Tlie profpcrous Succcfs of our Arms 
 in the beginning oblig'd ns to iciki a 
 MeiTenger to tlie Gove^rtcnr, to give 
 liim an Account of every tHirig tliatliad 
 pafs'd, and M. de !i Font,\h\\o ^-as very 
 defirous to accept of this Comniilli. 
 on, fet forward with all poflible fpced. 
 M. D'Emfivillevtc&:'d the infcrmati. 
 on with a great deal of Satisfaeiion 5 
 caiis'd it to be commiiriicated to the 
 whole C:ontinent of CmacU 5 and Tent 
 usfrefh Supplies oiHurons, Vlomntm. 
 and OtiiitoHiCs ; who came to meet us 
 at tiic Rife of the Cataraa, <vith a 
 Bark very well mann'd. 
 
 Thus being re-enforc'd with thefe 
 new liecruits, I raarch'd further \m 
 the Territories of the Enemies 5 bUt we 
 ^ntertain'd in our Camp a certain ho- 
 ^tmis, who feigning to be difgufled ^r 
 the Proceedings of his own "^Nation, 
 fceafd to be extremely wellaffeaed i^i 
 ours ; ncvertheleii this treacherdos Re- 
 negado took an Opportunity to aband^il 
 us to return ioi\\tEnemiesArmy.;6indig^n 
 
 e/'^T nOfir/'* nfrNpi* \Jlri^r^U ri~ Jf- -T ^L- 
 
 MarlisI 
 
i i 
 
 le. 
 
 npleated the! 
 fight of the 
 very Foot of 
 
 of our Arms 
 :is to (cik! aj 
 oDi', to give| 
 iirig tliat hat 
 •hoii'as veryi 
 i ConiiTiiOi. 
 afllble fpced.l 
 e -•nfcrmati. 
 SatisfadiionJ 
 ited to the 
 I A 5 and fentl 
 
 ! to nnieet usj 
 iO:, <vith a[ 
 
 with fhefe 
 further imo] 
 ies 5 blic (id 
 cehairi ho' 
 difgufled ^-r 
 vri Nation, 
 Isfftacd to 
 cherdas Re- 
 ' to abandoil 
 //^j'jandgav 
 
 > iliiU Oi iii 
 
 1 
 
 M. De JL<« Salle. 
 
 \Iarks of our Savages, fo as they might 
 be certainly difcover'd. Thus as we 
 were continually advaiicing forward, 
 m arriv'd on the other fide of a Mo- 
 'rafs, at the diftance of Three Leagues 
 from the Camp of the Iroqms 5 where 
 ibme of *em lay in Ambufli, expeft- 
 ing our Approach, and kill'd Seven of 
 Qur Men, among Avhom was my 
 Sub-Lieiiteriant : However we foon 
 raily'd, repulsed 'em vigoroufly, and 
 after having 'cut off* above Thirty of 
 their Party, purfu'd 'em to the Woods j 
 hilt not being able to come up with 
 'em, and not judging it fafe to ad- 
 vance any further, IcH: we fliouid fall 
 into another Arhbufcade, we contented 
 our felves to plunder their Villages, 
 where we put to the Edge of the Sword 
 every one whom we met in our 
 way. 
 
 We encamped for (bme Days in that 
 Place, and the Army under the Com- 
 mand of M. de Lude and M. de U D«- 
 rontay canie to joyn ours. The next 
 day after their Arrival we did not fta](r 
 a moment, e're we .took a Refolution 
 to force the Enemies Camp^ who 
 being informed of our Defign, by their 
 
 AiA r\r\t rViirtlc fif tn U7;iil- for nnr 
 
 '35 
 
 jirl 
 
 Q 
 
 nifc 
 
 Marlisl 
 
 K4 
 
 Ap* 
 
1/ 
 
 'if *" 
 
 ;l ,:! 
 
 I I 
 
 »5^ M'DeLaSa/U. 
 
 Approach, but decamped with great 
 Precipitation. We found in their I 
 Camp fomc Remainders of//^^/^^ Corn 
 iind other Provifions, which we made' 
 ufe of to our Advantage, and we fpentl 
 the Ni.>ht in their Tents, or rather 
 H'Jts; theSeafon being already very fan 
 advanced. The next Morning we (l-nt 
 back all our Allies to their feveralTer- 
 ritorics, with Orders to meet together 
 again upon the firft Summons; while i 
 the S^eurs de U Lude and.^e UDuronta) ' 
 repair d to their Refpeftive Stations. 
 
 As I was marching to mine, I met 
 with certain Hurons, who gave me to 
 Uiiderftand, that I was ready to be fur- 
 rounded with the ;yhok Army of the 
 hoquois. There war no longer any 
 Means to have recourfe to M, de Luk, 
 and de U Duront^y, who were already 
 embark'd in Canoos ou the Lakes: 
 infomuch, that I was oblig'd to caufu 
 rpy fmall Band of Men to halt, and 
 inltantly to difpatch a Courier to Niu 
 j^ra to demand fpeedy Succours of the 
 Commander of the new Fort. It hap- 
 pened accidentally, that M. de U l^U 
 rome the Governour of it, fuppofing 
 us to be engagd with the/m/, was 
 leading up Fifty Fufiieers to our Relief, 
 
 and 
 
»37 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 r '° '^'i mean u hilc the Meffcnger 
 
 n orm d him of our p,e(ent Diftrefs 
 
 teS'^'^-^.j^-'aften his March! 
 pis Arrival infpir'd ks with new Cou- 
 
 fage. fo that the Enemies appearing 
 
 k fet our fmall Army in BatteUrray- 
 
 Z '"^^l.'^\^/'i advanced towards 
 ^m wuh.n Musket- fhot, they had 
 lot the Courage to ftay for our com- 
 |ig up, but fuddeniyturn'd their Backs 
 Ipon us : Whereupon we | urfued 'em 
 
 teVT'r'"^''°"''°''°f'hem 
 l^rilhdon the fpot, and the reft found 
 pns to efcape into the Woods. Then 
 
 immediately caus'd a Retreat to be 
 lunded 5 and having convoy'd M. de 
 hlrome m part of his way, I judgy 
 [expedient to take up our Winter- 
 frKrs umii^achimc, and tore- 
 Mhere till the next Campaign, in 
 
 fe the War ffiould continue. 
 
 The Scene of Affairs began now to be '^'" '«. 
 «aog d j for the Iroquoh refign'd to us Tt 
 «r Habitationsthat were neir A%"!&1" 
 I; made a Prefem of their beft Skins 
 
 the Governourj and engag'd that for 
 e tuture they ftoqld not difturb the 
 fanquillity of the Nations that were 
 m our Proteftion. anH ,.,!,,, .„<..„ 
 
 our 
 
 'i^. 
 
 \i 
 
 ■]■ 
 
ijS 
 
 M. De La Salle* 
 
 As \ 
 
 [was ext 
 iwltli M 
 
 our Allies. A Treaty of Peace being 
 
 thus concluded, I fee forward in my 
 
 Journey to the Country of the 7/7/;?^/5 in 
 
 the Month of ^/'r/V, 1687. and IhouMfcrothei 
 
 have been very well fatisfied vvith thein hisC 
 
 SuccefsoFthe Campaign, if I had no 
 
 been continually troubled, by reafo 
 
 of M,DtU Salk's long Abfence, no 
 
 knowing what might have befallen him 
 
 For he fet oytfrom America, A,D,\6% 
 
 and we did fo in 1687. To that Fou 
 
 Years wcrealmoft paft, without h'avin' 
 
 ariy otfier News of )iim, than that 0] 
 
 l^is re-embarking, or his Departure froij 
 
 Rochel for the Gulph of Mexico^ bii' 
 
 without getting the lead: Informatio 
 
 concerning his Return. Indeed Iknei 
 
 not what to think. Did he not fer/Mf, ^e; 
 
 (faid I to my felQ h SUfmeck, ^r rljinens ; 
 
 the'r did he not land on fome Co^ftf i^moncQil 
 
 bited hy Barbarians^ tvho. perhaps w^mi feCi 
 
 have dijpatch^d him out of the way ? TMt very 
 
 being perpiex'd with fuch diftraQifhis Brc 
 
 thoughts, i could take ho Keft, nJbut th^ 
 
 ther coiiid I 5tcer any certain Courl tion ha 
 
 but fuffering my felf to be qonduSed 1 that he 
 
 my Att^ndahts, rathef than leadir nue hl"^ 
 
 'em my fclf, I arriy'd at St. Lewis's Fo (tnill i 
 
 in the end of the Month of May, tridlHg 
 
 whom° 
 
 Air,v 
 
 leeflrjj 
 
 rvil 
 
 'rdnfpi 
 
 leto r 
 
 ineritly 
 
 ' e ti 
 
 IrotKei-' 
 
 le appe 
 
 ind^ 
 
 'en, ad 
 
 hich I 
 
M.i:icLaSa/U. 
 Peace being I As Toon as I eHtef'd mh koiife I 
 ward in myivasextremely iiifprtz'd, there toiheet 
 
 . and i ;ou!d|rother, and indeed, I did not dilijrn 
 fied vv.th the|h.sC(.ntenancctfatfreeihd \prSC 
 
 , by realo*(ett rig of twoFriends,aftei- a long In- 
 Vbfence, no|rvil ot Separation : However.thlfirft 
 
 r^,^.D.i683l,eto make long kgfletiioni tlncdii- 
 fo that Foujcritly embWc;d him. and a °Ke 
 .thout hav.n»tt,e t.rhfe enqblFd '6i hirti abdiit his 
 than that olrother's Welfare. U|)on this AdJrefi 
 le appbar'd to be altogether put to I 
 land ^ fo (-hat a fad Look iip to ttea- 
 ?.' ^ ^eeP S'gH, aiid a cfertaip JBffdrr, 
 Aich he feem'd to ttiake witlilri him- 
 fje not ?e.|lf were take.n bj. ifie as fo Sanv ill 
 
 r^^^":; jmehs ; ! eafileril> etitreated hi,fi to 
 »e ro4/Z, «/>i^ »ncea nothirig from me, and aher he 
 Mrhafs ?ni a recokr'a himfelf a little, le told 
 ffl S "^y^'"yP°fl"YeJy.'Thatii^iei'i^^<; 
 ch diftraflii his Brother was in jjferfea. kealth- 
 but th^l the 111 Sllfcceis of his Naviga- 
 tion had ft far pull'd down his Spirits, 
 ffiat he liad fcarCe Coiifage ib coiiti- 
 nue his Courfe; that lii returriiHg by 
 ''"^», voyages, he took deliglit in 
 tridiHg with the different Nations, 
 whom he met with ; and that ha- 
 
 ch diftraflii 
 10 Reft, nf 
 srtain Cour: 
 ; qonduSedl 
 than leadii 
 )t. Lewis's Fo 
 of Maj/, 
 
 '3p 
 
 hi 
 
 T 
 
 '!?! 
 
h 
 
 fi 
 
 140 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 * ving charg'd him to go before, ta| 
 
 * give me notice of his Arrival, he de- 
 
 * terminM ftill to rcfide among theAraJ 
 hes and Al^anceas for (bme time, to 
 
 t' 
 
 Hone 
 'iiuthc 
 'That 
 
 24 
 
 J. 
 
 * pnrchafe certain Merchandizes of bothl^'^^y ^ 
 
 * thofe Nations. iceffary 
 
 The Affurance, with which hel^^^^^^^ 
 fpoke to me, joyn'd with a Shew ofl^^^^^' 
 downright Integrity, which was nal^^^P 
 tural to him, befides the Deference duel ^'^^^^ 
 to a Perfon of his Charader ; for heP^^^s, 
 wasaPriefl-, would not fuffer me inl^°"^» ^ 
 the !eaft to call in Queftion the veraJ^'^^ ^^ 
 city of his Relation, and ferv'd a k\^^^ ^u 
 tie to encourage me againft my fadi P^raft 
 Prefages. Therefore I entreated him 
 to give me an Account of his Voyage, 
 and to let me know when they reem- 
 bark'd, and at what time they landed. 
 Since then I gave him a great deal of 
 Scope, to deliver his Mind ingenuoufly, 
 and without Conftraint, he began to 
 relate the particular Circumftances 
 with fbmuch the more Freedom. 
 He told meat firft, * That the whole 
 
 * Court of Franccj being charm'd with 
 ' the great Difcoveries made by M, k 
 
 * U Salle^ the King made no fcruple atf. 
 
 * all to grant him the Supplies he de-r^^^s, 
 
 ' fir'd 5 not to mention the Titles off^'^oiis B 
 
 'Ho-, 
 
 TofTes I 
 mid no 
 >be ini 
 their . 
 vdier 
 ?e from 
 ition, t( 
 *^hich c 
 he Lat 
 vere fuc 
 Sto 
 fieir Shij 
 the vaJ 
 
 ""^1^ 
 
le. I ^'De La Salle J 
 
 \o before, to|"°"0"r' '''at procur'd him preaeer 
 rival. h<= d J J^thomy i„ ,.i, P,a„S 
 
 nong theWj []>« they fet out from Frs^ce. -July 
 
 idizcsof bothr'",y well provided of all thines nc' 
 
 which he|S?Wjers as Artificers of all fomo 
 1 a Shew of '"««. and that neverthelefs by a 
 ich was na.| Complication of Misfortunes their 
 )efere£ice duel "'hole Fleet was rcduc'd to a few 
 ler; for helSoats, and that great number of Pe^ 
 fuffer me ialfons, to Seven or Eight French £t 
 m the vetaJf ojeryd as a Convoy ,0 his Bro 
 ferv'd a litl'Jft dunng his Return 
 
 '"'^ '"/^'^IroffefE A/'''^^' Remarkable 
 [treated him '""es ^forded Matter of Wonder T 
 
 their 7J"'' '^ ^" "'^ P'^'CS 
 tfleir Adventures; Whereupon M 
 
 Itjrfr^ his former Narr?: 
 
 ron told me, ' That after a Calm 
 
 hich continued for fome D , Ta 
 
 Je Laffude of St. Do«,„' they 
 
 ^re fuddenly furpriz'd w.V a vio^ 
 
 eUv™,' '"^^•""ch, that one of 
 
 treated him 
 his Voyage, 
 they re- era- 
 they landed 
 ;reat deal of 
 ingenuoufly, 
 le began to 
 ircumftances 
 edom. 
 atthewhok 
 larm'd with 
 de by M, dt 
 
 the value ofaboveThirty Thoufand 
 wes was hurry'd away with a 
 
 nous Blaft of Wind, and afterit 
 ' Hoi c ^-"i -■ 
 
 141 
 
 
 in 
 
 taken 
 
 i.fi 
 
142 
 
 t Piroijues. 
 
 I' 
 
 % 
 
 M 
 
 'delay 
 * degrc 
 
 M. Ve La Salle* 
 
 taken by certain Spamfh '{ Rove 
 That the reft of the Fleet caft Anch 
 before the fame Ifland, where thej* the I 
 were Ibon refitted, and fupply'd mw to av( 
 frefli Provilions, which with the Mer great 
 chandizes there bough", jferv'd fbril'land 
 Cargp of thefe Veflels, but that iw Leagi 
 greateft part of the Mariners, by § for: 
 
 ving fomewhat too licentioufly, co*difcov 
 tra^ted'very dangerous Difeafes. W Ships 
 
 ' That they cruis'd about from then!' to fte 
 to\yarcfs the Iflands of Caimant^ a J Rock* 
 took'in frcfh Water on that of Cul^ 
 where, having found many Tuns 
 Canary, good Brandy, Sugar, a 
 Indikn (I^orn left unguarded, thi 
 feiz'd on the whole Cargo,' and g| 
 fuch Reprifals as were fufficient 
 make 'em amends for the lofsof ev 
 thing that the Sfamards had taki 
 frbni therh before; That after war! 
 
 riv'd 
 afrerM 
 St, La 
 venier 
 'tis da 
 by re; 
 ^ncon 
 which 
 • Indi 
 of the 
 have b 
 
 being fiipply'd with all manner 
 Provifions, they fet Sail again ; a 
 that having always had a favouralf for aft€ 
 Ga'leofWirtd, they would haveel'MoutF 
 ter*d the Gulph of Mexico 5 but ti'to defc 
 
 perceiving the Currents to be ve 
 
 rapid, and the Shelves to be nijn|* to forr 
 rous, they were obhg'd to ftand 
 from the Shoar, vv hich hindcr'd 
 
 * wards 
 
 ventN^ 
 ven to 
 
 i.1 .^^ - . -^ ^ a 
 
alle. 
 
 ifb \ Roveri 
 et caft Anch( 
 I, where the 
 fupply'd m 
 with the Mei 
 , fervM for i!i 
 , but that I 
 Mariners, by 
 sntioufly, CO! 
 Difeafes. 
 )ut from then 
 ' Caimafit^ a 
 that of Cd. 
 many Tuns 
 
 Sugar, a!| 
 guarded, thi 
 argo,' and g| 
 2 fufficient 
 lie lofs of eve 
 rds had taki 
 iat afterwari 
 ill manner 
 il again ; i 
 id a favoura 
 ould have e 
 xico 5 but t 
 Its to be ve 
 :s to be nuni 
 d to ft and 
 1 hinder'd 
 
 U.De La Salle. 
 de la Salle from h'ghting on the exaft 
 degree of Latitude, for the Mouth of 
 the River Mijjifflpi', infomuch, that 
 to avoid the expofing of ftie Men to 
 greater Dangers, he order'd em to 
 land at the Bay of Spiritu Santo, to 
 Leagues below the River they fought 
 for: But two Days after, hoping to 
 difcover it, they got on Board their 
 Ships again, and always taking care 
 to fleer into the Main, to ftiun the 
 Rocks and Shelves, they at laft ar- 
 riv'd a great deal higher in a Bay, 
 afterwards known^-^ the name of 
 %t. Lewis. This Bay is of a very con- 
 venient Depth for a Harbour, but 
 tis dangerous landing there, as well 
 bj^ reafbn of the Shelves of Sand that 
 ^ncompafsit^ as for the Rocks with 
 which 'tis befet on all Hdes. 
 ' Indeed the miffing of the Entrance 
 of the River (continued he) would 
 have been no great Detriment to us ; 
 for after having once arrived fo near its 
 Mouth, it would have been difficult 
 to defcry it, at leafl: by Land ; after- 
 wards to convey our Ships thither; 
 to form a kind of Harbour, to pre- 
 vent Miftakes far the future 3 and e- 
 ven to build a regular Port 3 but ill 
 
 *Luik 
 
 '45 
 
 H ^ 
 
 /'«! 
 
 V\ M 
 
»44 
 
 i ' 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 ^ Luck would have it, that after M, dt 
 
 * Beaujeii^ who commanded one of the 
 
 * three Vcffels, was come on Board our 
 
 * Ship ; the two others were loft, as 
 
 * well by the ill Management of ths 
 
 * Pilot, as by the Carelefnefs of the 
 'Mariners; for the firft ran upon a 
 ' flielf of Sand in the Mouth of the 
 
 * Bay, from whence it was impoffible 
 
 * to get her off, notwithftanding our 
 
 * utmoft Endeavours ; altho* indeed 
 ' we were fb fortunate as ro fave the 
 
 * Men, and the bed of our Effefts. The 
 
 * other Ship was dafh'd in pieces a* 
 
 * gainft a Rock, even in the very Har- 
 ^ hour, with the lofs of the moft part 
 
 * of the Mariners; but we had luc* 
 ' kily unloaded it of all our Pro- 
 
 * vifions and Merchandizes : Befides, 
 
 * that the greateft part of our Compa- 
 
 * ny and Goods were fet afhoar by M 
 
 * de Beaujeu^ who after having been a 
 
 * Witneis of our Misfortunes, fet Sail 
 
 * to return for France. 
 
 M. Cavelier having thus related the 
 Dilafters that bciei their Fleet, pro 
 ceedcd to give the following Narration 
 of the other Adventures and Occurren 
 ces that happen'd during their Voyage. 
 
 H A.D. 
 
 A.D. 
 ture fi 
 nextY 
 at St. 
 were | 
 having 
 ments 
 ving ( 
 tuatioi 
 a very 
 
 that i 
 a greai 
 and th 
 theena 
 Abund 
 rous h 
 duc*d t 
 for hinr 
 firft m; 
 delinea 
 Orders 
 his Def 
 the nee 
 ments 1 
 ency ol 
 ter con 
 on oft! 
 ly con 
 Two h 
 
 \ 
 
after M, ch 
 \ one of the 1 
 
 1 Board our 
 ire loft, as| 
 ent of th( 
 efs of the 
 an upon a 
 )uth of the 
 
 impoffible 
 ending our 
 ho* indeed 
 fave the 
 Pfeas. The 
 n pieces a* 
 very Har- 
 moft part 
 
 2 had luo 
 our Pro- 
 
 s : BeGdes, 
 ur Compa- 
 hoar by M. 
 ing been a 
 es, fee Sail 
 
 related the 
 
 Fleet, pro- 
 Narration 
 Occarren- 
 
 ;ir Voyage. 
 
 II J»iJ ^^■ 
 A.D\ 
 
 M. De La Salle. 1 45 
 
 A, D, 1684. the Day of our Depar- 
 ture from Rachel, to FeL 18. in the 
 nextVear 1685. when wed ifim bar k'd 
 at St. Lew/s's Bay,about Seven Months 
 were pafs'd ; at what time my Brodier 
 having gather'd together the Frag- 
 ments of our Veffels, and after ha. 
 ving difcover'd the advantageous Si- 
 tuation of the Country actheMouchci' 
 a very fine River, cMd the River ofne K:ze> 
 Com, in the midft of many others ^^c^^'*- 
 that fall into the fame Bay, with 
 a great number of populous Nations, 
 and the delightful Profpefts caus'd by 
 theenamell'd V^erdure of theLands,the 
 Abundance of Fruit, and the nume- 
 rous Herds of Cattle, was foon in- 
 duc*d to caufe a fir- Seat to be built 
 forhimfclf in the Parts, having at 
 firft made the Draught of a Fort, and 
 delineaced the Compafsof ic^ giving 
 Orders at the fime time for putting 
 his Defign in Execution : And indeed, 
 the necetiity of building fomc Ap^irc- 
 ments for Lodging, and the convcni- 
 ency of procuring Timber and Mor^ 
 ter contributed fo far to the carrying 
 on of the Work, that it was entire- 
 ly compleated within rhc Ipace of 
 Two Months. 
 
 m 
 
 ! •.ft 
 
 Ld.lf 
 
 I 
 
♦ / 
 
 1 45 M. De La Salle. 
 
 *• In the mean while, Af. de U Sallt 
 growing more impatient than ever 
 to recover the tliver of NhffilJtpi^ made 
 Incur fions on all fides to defcry it. 
 Forafmiich as that whole Country 
 is divided by a great number of Ri- 
 vers that empty themfelves at divers 
 Intervals into the Bay ; he fometimes 
 trav^iird by Land, and fometimes in a 
 Canoo, accompanied with Ten or 
 Twelve JFre^ff^ Men, arm'd with good 
 Fu(ees: At every one of thofe Di- 
 flances he met with feveral Habita- 
 tions of the Savages, and every where 
 abundance of all forts of neceiraryPro- 
 vifions, even (b much as tame Fowl. 
 
 ' Ac lift after Fifteen Days fearch 
 he met with a fpacious River, and 
 follow'd the Courfe of it for Seven or 
 hight Leagues to the Place, u here it 
 roils into the Sea, and perceiv'd it to 
 be reaUy that which he had fo long 
 (ought for, and the Mouth of which 
 he was not able to difcover : There- 
 fore he cook an ObiervatLou of its La- 
 tifucic a'c?,ain, t'iat \\z might not mifs it, 
 ill cafe iicfhould have occafion to pafs 
 chro' thci .'ulph at any other time. Thus 
 
 be ill 
 
 friiisfied with thisDilcovc- 
 
 >» 
 
 
 
 Fruitfi 
 
 ries, h( 
 
 )tjt as 2 
 
 brtune: 
 
 i> Mer 
 
 hofe lii 
 
 lad cor 
 
 hat abi 
 
 lated b 
 
 remely 
 
 lut hav 
 
 inmode 
 
 liat wei 
 
 id not 
 
 m, anc 
 
 hat by t 
 
 ual Cor 
 
 efpondt 
 
 ^ight m 
 
 hat Na 
 
 lundanc 
 
 ' Since 
 
 ries app 
 
 bmany 
 
 egard t 
 
 iiitain f 
 
 ount, ii 
 
 hat was 
 
 eavour'( 
 
 lie Hop; 
 
 m 
 
 %, 
 
 Fruit- 
 
. de U Salle 
 
 than ever 
 WPh made 
 
 defcry it. 
 s Country 
 ber of Ri- 
 ;s at divers 
 
 fometimes 
 lecimes in a 
 h Ten or 
 I with good 
 
 thofe Di- 
 al Habita- 
 rery where 
 ceiFaryPro- 
 me Fowl. 
 ays fearch 
 liver, and 
 »r Seven or 
 , \\ here it 
 ceiv'd it to 
 lad fo long 
 I of which 
 r : There- 
 1 of its La- 
 not mils it, 
 Hon to pafs 
 
 cime.ThiiS 
 iisDilcove- 
 
 A t..l^l■« eriM 
 
 Fruit- 
 
 M. De La Satle. 
 
 Fruitfulnefs of the adjacent Territo- 
 ries, he return'd to his new Colony; 
 )utas an addition to bis fornier Mis* 
 brtunes, he fbon found tbat fome of 
 liiMen died, quite WQi^iid qwi witl> 
 hofe lingering Difcafes,, which thev 
 !acl con traded at St. Dr?v^i/;^(^^ and 
 hat above Forty of them werQaffaiTi- 
 lated by the Savages. He. was ex* 
 remely afflifted at fo g^^at a lioik; 
 lut having fortify'd himkli agaitift 
 immoderate Grief, he fumnioft'd thofc 
 kt were left (the number o| whom 
 id not amount to lOo) eflcottrag'd- 
 m, and exhorted '.em to take caice 
 hat by the Me^ins of their Laboi*r,ma- 
 ual Concord, Induftry and good Cor- ' 
 efpondeuce with tlie Barbana»j,\hQy 
 night make Advantage of the Riches 
 hat Nature afforded 'em, in great 
 )undance. 
 
 Since the ncwlv difcovctM Conn- 
 ries appear'd to M. d^iU Sulk, to be 
 bmany conquer'd Provinces; and in 
 egard that all the Lodes he might 
 liliain feem'd to him to be of noac- 
 ount, in comparifon of one Nation, 
 hat was voluntarily fubdu'd ; Iieen- 
 eavour'd to comfort himlcii" with 
 ic Hopes of better Surccls in the Un- 
 
 47 
 
 t:'l*\\ 
 
 L 2 
 
 certaKino: 
 
 a 
 
 I 
 
in 
 
 i 
 
 f, y. 
 
 >48 M.De La Salle. 
 
 ' dertaking of fome other Vovascs ani r- 
 
 • uc aecermind to ducover thofe val 
 
 ' Territories which are fituated betweJl Pn 
 
 'the Kmr mffifi, and thcGulphK 
 
 ' iWeA:«.,to the South-eaft. On the z,!!' ° 
 
 Day of ^^„/. ,685. he fetout from fon 
 
 ' f«p// s Bay for this new Voyage, talet ' 
 
 ; mg along with him oniy' T;en| „ a^ 
 
 Perfons, among whom were our t«f ,nner 
 
 Nephews, C4z,.Aer and De Mcra^JE^, 
 
 fPy 5'f- , Our whole Equipage X we' 
 fifted only in two Canoos,"and &€ 
 
 'On the firft Day we pafs-d above llVof 
 Rivers, the Territories lying roulSarc 
 about which, appear'd to us''tobef thT" 
 It were an inchanted Countrv, aloS 
 converfed with a very obliging fort Kp 
 People, who deny -d us nothing. 'T eanso 
 alfo reniarkabic that in. thofe Parts; S ° 
 mong the horned Bcalh, i„ theMei rfSfto 
 
 «es. but fo wild, that one canni heir vil 
 'come near 'cm he 
 
 ' our^hSi'^"!^''''' '"'* ''^San toge Ldly'; 
 «.oe.Buck,and lay chatNight,in thco 
 
 ' M 
 
149 
 
 etncn. 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 Ipcn Fields, in the middle of a finall 
 jRetrenchment : Ever fince that time 
 Iwe made an Agreement to ufe the 
 like Precaution in every Place, where 
 k fhouid have occafion to take up 
 bur Lodging. 
 
 ' On the third Day, about Noon, we m Meet. 
 
 Imet with Four Booted Horfe-men, %"/>«»• 
 
 I'ho accofted us in a very refpeaful ^orf^ 
 
 Danner, asking us who we were, and 
 
 chere we were going ? We declar'd 
 
 ko'em, that we were I^rench Men, 
 
 m we were only Travelling through 
 
 Ihofe Countries, with aDefign tcdif- 
 
 lover the feveral Nations oi America^ 
 
 m to offer 'em theProteaion of the 
 
 ting of the French^ one of the greateft 
 
 Monarchs in the Univerfe : AnA thax 
 
 If they were willing to liibmit to his 
 
 fower, they fhouid foon be lenfible 
 
 ptheEflFeds of his Favour, by ihe 
 
 beans of his numerous Fleet: They 
 
 h the other fide immediately entreat- 
 
 W us to accept of a Lodging in their 
 
 Cottages, and to accompany em to 
 
 Jieir Village : We readily confented 
 
 |o their Requefl-, and were very 
 
 pindly entcrtain'd by them. 
 
 ts 
 
 i. 
 
 i;i» 
 
 !'! ■( 
 
 r 
 
 7 
 
 This 
 
f, t 
 
 150 
 
 Qjioaquis 
 ^ Ni'iofi 
 cj the S,u 
 'Vagis. 
 
 Their Wo- 
 men. 
 
 M. D^ La Salle. 
 
 This was the Nation of the Qmaii 
 Or Mahis : The Men are ol: a V( 
 fwarthy Complexion, neither aret 
 Women more fair ^ they have V( 
 fine bl r!ck Hair ; their Eyes bci 
 alio black, their Face and Nofc 
 and their I'eeth very white: Oil 
 wife, their Carriage is free and u 
 fefted. The Men in thofe Pans 
 cloath'd with Corflets oF double 
 ther, which are Arrow- proof; w 
 ihg from the Wafte to the Kn 
 kind of Pantaloon breeches, made 
 the Skin of a Bear, Stag, or VV 
 and their Head is cover'd withal 
 of Turban of the fame Skins: T 
 havealfo Boots or Buskins of the S 
 of an Ox, Elk or Horfe, Very ar 
 cially drefs'd. For the Horfe-Fii 
 ture, befides their Corflets, Bus 
 and Bucklers, cover'd with the!) 
 eft Skins; they have Saddles mad 
 -many pieces of Leather^ fitted 
 glu'd one upon another ; as 
 Wooden Stirrups ^ Bridles like 
 and Bits made of the Teeth of a I 
 or Wolf. As for their Women, t 
 v\ car inilead of a Bonnet a Contex 
 of Ru flies or Reeds, of divers Coiu 
 their Hair being (omctimes brai 
 
of the Qmaci 
 \ are ot a V( 
 
 neither arei 
 they have Vf 
 tir Eyes bci 
 ; and Nofc f] 
 white: Oi 
 J free and ur 
 
 thofe Pans 
 
 of double L 
 A'- proof; wt 
 to the Kne( 
 xhcs, made 
 Stag, or VVi 
 er'd with a (1 
 z Skins: Tl 
 [ins of the SI 
 rfe, Very ari 
 le Horfe-FiiJ 
 )rflets, Busi 
 
 with the ha 
 addles mad( 
 lefi fitted 
 nher ; as 
 idles like ol 
 Teeth of a 
 r Women, t 
 ict a Context 
 divers Coli 
 ^times hrai( 
 
 M. De La Salle. 1 5 1 
 
 and fometimes tied in Knots.* Their 
 Body is cover'd with a Veft of very 
 fine Wool, reaching hali way down 
 their Thighs- : They are fliod almoft 
 after the fame manner as the Men, 
 and wear Buskins on their Legs. 
 ' We only lodg d with 'emoneNight, 
 but always flood upon our Guard, 
 watching by Turns from time to time. 
 The next day, the chief Commander 
 came to meet us with certain Prefencs, 
 as/»^i4wCQrn,and to affure us,d^f. Thac 
 they (houid be always very u illing to 
 keep an amicable Correfpondence 
 with us, and to live under the Laws 
 of that Prince, whom we acknow- 
 ledged : On the other fide we made 
 'em a Prelent of fbme Knives, with 
 Glaffes, and other Toys, for their 
 Wives 5 after which we took Leave 
 of 'em, and continued our Journey. 
 ' About Tv\o Leagues from thence 
 we found our felves on the Banks of 
 a very fine River, which we call'd j^.^^^^ ,^^ 
 Ribtr from one of our Retinue, (b v\r] Jhl 
 nam*d, who was drownM therein. >*^.'^''^ 
 There were numerous Herds oxCtbo- 
 las^ feeding along the fidt^s of this 
 River, of which we inflantly kili'd 
 three, and caus'd 'em to be* i'llted,* 5,„,^;;,x 
 
 L 4. to 
 
 rvi 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 K" 
 
!'i 
 
 rii 
 
 '^iW-'^ 
 
 
 M2 U.De La Salle. 
 
 * to ferve for our Provifion. At the 
 
 * diftance of a League from the fame 
 ^^ River we get up another, iliatis more 
 
 / ' Riwr \ ^^P^^' ^"^ *^" which we impofed the 
 lif-uv. ' ^nameof H/t7/i, from that of a certain 
 ^ Gfrw4;i of our Company, whocon- 
 ^ tinued Three Days loft thereabouts, 
 ' having ventured to go too far into 
 ^ the VVoods, by reafbn of the great 
 ^ Deh*^^ht he took in hunting. 
 n*i>arnn- ^ Thus in purfuing our Journey, 
 
 5-r.',/S;'^?"i^«^''"c^ '" ^he Plains, and fome- 
 sjvnges, ^ times acrofs the Torrents and Rivers 
 ^ which we pafs'd in our Canoos, we 
 
 < arriv d in the midft of a very extra- 
 
 < ordinary Nation, call'd the Bijca- 
 
 < toffg^s, to whom we gave the 
 
 * Name of Weepers, in regard that 
 
 * upon the firH: Approach of Strangers, 
 
 ' all diefe People, as well Men as Wo- 
 
 ' men, ufuaiiy fall a weeping bitterly; 
 
 'Thereafon of their Pradice is very 
 
 ^ particular^ for thefe poor People i- 
 
 ^Ta[;ining that their Relations cr 
 
 ^ Friends dcceafed are gone a Journey, 
 
 ^ and continuallyexpc6^ingtheir return^ 
 
 ' the remembrance cf em is reviv'd 
 
 * upon the Arrival of new Paffcngers ; 
 
 ^ but forafinuch as they do not find 
 
 ^ in itheir Perfbns thaf^ whofe Lofs 
 
 *they 
 
 :hey h 
 
 [kit C 
 
 remarl 
 
 reafbn; 
 
 they V 
 
 loftheii 
 
 |becauf( 
 
 cm as 
 
 from w 
 
 the Ex] 
 
 hey lo 
 
 ilnlet h 
 
 Misfori 
 
 fill, t[ 
 
 Dg ono 
 
 imong 
 
 People, 
 
 engagir 
 
 Hefpeft 
 
 luts th 
 
 hey ofti 
 
 'enifbn 
 
 rdinarj 
 
 vith a c 
 
 ng a kir 
 
 alh'd, 
 
 er, th( 
 
 hich b 
 
 We, bu 
 
 h adde 
 
 :%i 
 
on. At the 
 Ti the fame 
 
 that is more 
 impofed the 
 
 of a certain 
 , who con- 
 thereabouts, 
 30 far into 
 f the great 
 
 ir Journey, 
 anu fome- 
 and Rivers 
 'an cos, we 
 /ery extra- 
 the BifcA' 
 gave the 
 egard that 
 ' Strangers, 
 fen as Wo- 
 g bitterly: 
 ce is very 
 r People i- 
 lations cr 
 a Journey, 
 leir return; 
 is reviv'd 
 ^affcngers ; 
 > not find 
 hofe Lofs 
 *they 
 
 M.De La Salle. ,53 
 
 Ithcy lament, it fcrvesonly to encrcafc 
 (heirGncf. That which is yet more 
 remarkable, and perhaps even very 
 reafonahle in that Cuftom, is, that 
 they ueep much more at the Birth 
 of their Children, than at their Deaths 
 becaufc the latter is edeem'd only by 
 cm as it were a Journey or Voyage, 
 Ihom whence the)' may return alter 
 the Expiration of a certain time ^ but 
 they look upon their Nativity, as an 
 Inlet into an Ocean of Dangers and 
 Misfortunes. Let the ca/e be how ic 
 [will, this firfl: Torrent of Tears be- 
 ing once over, nothing was to be feen 
 ^mong the whole Multitude of the/e 
 People, but a ferene Afped, and an 
 engaging Air, full of Kindnefs and 
 Refpea: : They condufted us into their • * 
 luts that were neatly matted, where 
 heyoffer'd us fbmepowder'd Beef and 
 i'enifon, with fome Sagavite, their f?aRn ire. 
 rdinary Bread 5 u hich they make "■'''' '^^ 
 mh a certain Root, call'd To^uo, be- '''''"^' 
 nga kind of Bramble. After having 
 valh'd, dryy, and beaten it to Pow- 
 
 1!er, they make ic up into a Pafte ; 
 vhich being bak'd, is of a very good 
 ajle, but of an Aftringent Qaality. 
 Ve added to their Treat a lirrle nf nnr 
 
 — — - -^t5»- 
 
 ^ Brandy, 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 -Hf^^ 
 
P > 'LH 
 
 fV 
 
 i 
 
 Iff! 
 
 
 '' H' 
 
 III 
 
 I i 
 i I. 
 
 
 54 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 i Brandy, and gave *cm a Couple 
 (, Bottles full oFtbat Liquor ; Wlicrei 
 
 < on they made us a Prcfcnt of div. 
 i Skins, ^elldrefs'd, which fcrv'd 
 
 i make us good Shoes. Thefe \hcj\ 
 i worlhip no other Deity but the Su 
 i and that is the pecuhar God of aim 
 
 < all thole Nations : Upon which ccc 
 
 < fion we told 'em, That our Prince u 
 
 < the Son of other Kings ^ that his Lull 
 
 < was fprcad abroad throughout 
 
 * whole Continent of Europe, and cv 
 
 * in divers Parts of America : That 
 
 < they would fubmit to his Anihor 
 ^ they (hould ere long be fenfiblc 
 
 < fome of the Effefts of his Grand 
 *and Generoiity. Whereupon tl- 
 
 * readily fubmitted, and took an 
 ^ to maintain a mutual Fricndfhip 
 
 * us for ever. 
 
 ' H iving fpent two Days amongt 
 ' weeping Nation, we let forwan 
 ' gain in our Journey. On the 
 
 * Day we travelled Ten large Ixag 
 ^ almoft continually in the Wn^ 
 
 * and afterwards \vc al-riv'd wii 
 
 * fight of a great VWkgHy ihthc 
 
 * trance of which we ^fpy a h 
 
 * Koe Buck, which a C^touunou^ ol 
 ' Rerinue, aim'd ar, and kill'd with 
 
 ' 1 
 
tile. 
 
 I a Couple 
 lor : Wlicreuf 
 cfcnt of divu 
 'liich fcrv'd 
 Tliefe Pcoj 
 y but the Su 
 r God ofalnK 
 ion wliicliocc 
 tour Princtw 
 » that his Luli 
 hroughout 
 ^Mrop€f andcv 
 Citric a : That 
 
 his A"ihor! 
 ; be fcnfiblc 
 f his Grande 
 hereupon tl 
 d took an 
 Friend[hip w 
 
 3ays among t 
 e let forwan 
 ^ On the 
 
 1 large Leag 
 in the \V(i< 
 
 afriv'd svH 
 lljige, ihthc 
 e 6ipy a h 
 
 dkill'dv\ith 
 ' 1 
 
 U.De LaSa/h 
 
 »55 
 
 Fufee-ftiot. The Report of the Gun, ^ ^«># 
 and the Flame that accompany'd it i'^/^* 
 appear'dfo dreadful to tholc Inhabi- wl, 
 taiitSjthat at tlie very fight ot our Com- 'i"" ^'"'^' 
 pany and Arms» they were all «x- v.gt! ^*' 
 tremely terrify'd, and betook them- 
 felves to flight. The chief Comman- 
 der, and three of his Sons, having 
 fhew'd moreKefolution, brought 'em 
 out of their Fanick Fear 5 fo that they 
 advanc'd towards us, to offer us 
 fome Refrefliment, and tfie nfc of 
 fomeof their Huts for our D dicing 
 during the Night. But my .^rofhci 
 not judging it convenient to trull *€oi, 
 we took up our Quarters a Jittle far- 
 ther off, according to our ufual Cu- 
 Itom. It was well for us that we 
 were fo cautious ; for the next Morn- 
 ing, at break of day, we difcern'd a 
 great number of that Rabble, lying 
 in Ambufli among the Reeds, and 
 arm*d with Bows and Arrows. M. 
 De la Sa/k immediately caused em to 
 be rudely attacked, andobl^'d 'em to 
 call for Quarter. But they were re- 
 leafed for a certain quantity of Indian 
 Corn, which the Son of their Com- 
 mander brought to us, and we im- 
 mediately tookarefolutiontodecamn. 
 
 'At 
 
 r 
 
 ii 
 
 1-1 
 
 fj 
 
 If 
 
I.; 
 
 
 j" /;c 
 
 156 M.De La Sa//e. 
 
 ^ At the dillance of fix Leagues from 
 
 * thence we came to another Village, 
 ' confiding of above 300 Huts, uihabi- 
 
 Cbi' * ted by the Chinonoas, who receivd us 
 "r\. ! ^^^y favourably. All thefe Countries 
 .'.; Mfiin- are lituatcd almoft on the Eaftern 
 ihilzh' *^^^^^^^'^^Seaot71/ejcrV(?; fo that the 
 from the * ^pAi^Ards frequently make Inrodes in- 
 Spaniards. < to them, aiid abufe the Natives after 
 
 * a moll outragious manner : Infomuch 
 ^ that thefe Savages knew how to di- 
 ^ ftinguifh us from them, by the Air of 
 
 * our Countenance, our Language and 
 
 * Deportment; and the Antipathy they 
 
 * had againfi: all thofe of that Nation, 
 
 * fervid only to encreafe their Friendlliip 
 
 * and Kindnefi towards us. 
 
 ^ ' We Toon gave em to underftand, 
 
 * that there was no manner of Corre- 
 
 * fpondence between tlie Spanhrds and 
 
 * us, and that they were our declar'd 
 
 * Enemies: Whereupon having offer'd 
 
 * us every thing that was in their Pof- 
 ^feflion, they entreated us to unite with 
 ^ them, inordcr to maintain a vigorous 
 
 War againft the Spani/b Nation : 
 ^' We reply 'd, That ..e werenot atprc-^ 
 
 * lent in a condition to do it, but that 
 ' we would fpeedily recurn, withgreat- 
 ' er iiumbers to allii'l 'em, infomuch, 
 
 ' that 
 
 ■ ■'M ■ J ^^'.j ,-: 
 
 r -.^-s 
 
 [ that 
 
 * peac 
 *depa 
 ' great 
 'fine! 
 
 ' W 
 'the I 
 
 * our 
 'bya^ 
 
 * deou! 
 'halfc 
 'fweir 
 'over 
 
 ! ^arge 
 
 bathii 
 
 ' Viper 
 
 ^fo th; 
 
 ' feftiy 
 
 'Th 
 
 'and af 
 
 * on th( 
 
 'It wa 
 
 'were 
 
 ' thofe \ 
 
 ' leaky, 
 
 'on al 
 
 ' to Iea\ 
 
 ^ viceab 
 
 find m 
 
 *a ^ lit 
 
;agues from 
 ler Village, 
 Jts, iijhabi- 
 receivd us 
 b Countries 
 lie Eaftern 
 
 Co that the 
 Inrodes in- 
 itives after 
 : Infomuch 
 low to di- 
 
 the Airof 
 guage and 
 pathy they 
 lat Nation, 
 FriendOiip 
 
 inderftand, 
 
 of Corre- 
 »hrdf and 
 Jr declar'ci 
 ing offer'd 
 
 their Pof- 
 unite with 
 I vigorous 
 
 Nation ; 
 [lot at pre- 
 
 but that 
 
 I'ithgreat- 
 
 infbmuch, 
 
 ' that 
 
 M, De La Salle. 
 that having fpem the Night very 
 
 157 
 
 t^^i 
 
 peaceably among tholb People, we 
 i^extday, laden with « 
 Indian 
 
 dep, 
 
 Corn, and very 
 
 great deal 
 fine Skins. 
 
 ^ ' We had fcarcc march'd aLeagueon 
 ^ the Road, when a certain Perfon of 
 our Company found himfelf ftung ' 
 by a Viper, and fuddenly made a hi- -^ ^^» 
 ^ deous Outcry : Within lefs fpace than ^Z '' 
 half a quarter of ao Hour, his Body 
 Iwelld prodigioufly, and became all 
 over hvid We immediately made 
 ^ large Incihons on the part affefled, 
 bathing it with Brandy and Salt of 
 Vipers, and gave him ^om^OrvtetMn- 
 To that after Two Days he was per- 
 feftlycur'd. ^ 
 
 Then we continued our Journey "^"^ M 
 \ ^n^ ^fter 7\vo Days march we arriv'd ^;;:'; 
 on the Banks of a very rapid River • ^i^'r. 
 ^ It was requifite to pafs ir, and we 
 ^ were then deft itute of Canoos 5 for 
 ^ thofe we made ufe of before wero fo 
 ( '^3'fy;, th^u they took in Water 
 on all fides, and we wereforc'd 
 to leave *em, as being no longer fcr- 
 ^ viceable to us. Therefore we could 
 ^hnd no other Expedient, but tomake 
 
 a * lifrlf* Roq^ 
 
 
 n 
 
 ; ara many • ^^.^^,_ 
 
 ^ . ' 
 
 ' Tv» igs 
 
!i i M 
 
 \m 
 
 
 11 
 
 J 
 
 
 158 M.T)e La Salle. 
 
 Twigs of Trees, twifted one within 
 another, and covcr'd with our belt 
 Skins. My Brother and our two Ne- 
 phews firft went on board with two 
 Savages to rteer it, whilft I ftay'd 
 with the reft of our Company on the 
 fide of the River. They were Ic-jrcc 
 got into the middle of the Current, 
 when the Swiftnefs of the Strcamhur- 
 ry'd'em away in a moment, and took 
 em out of our fight : But by fingular 
 good Luck the Boat was ftopt about 
 half a large League from thence, by a 
 great Tree that floated on the Water, 
 being half pluck'd up by the Eloots; 
 fo that grappling the Branches, by 
 the means of certain Poles, they at 
 laft made a (hift to get over to the 0- 
 ther fide, other wife the extreme Swift- 
 nels of the River would undoubtedly 
 have carry'd *em into the Sea. 
 * In the mean while,we were very fol- 
 licitous to know what was become of 
 em; we inceffantly followed the 
 Courfc of our Bank, looking forward 
 as far as poffibly wc could, and cry 
 ingout with all our force to endea- 
 vour to recall, or to difcover *em. We 
 fpent a whole Day and a Night in this 
 Anxiety, and the next Day s\c begin 
 
 ' ihcl 
 
 the fa 
 
 anfvv e; 
 
 rheotl 
 
 fary tc 
 
 Were 
 
 to t 
 
 fore \\ 
 
 new I 
 
 ed, an 
 
 any ti 
 
 ftrong 
 
 veral t 
 
 could I 
 
 pany b 
 
 our Cc 
 
 rothc 
 
 to ftee 
 
 mean \ 
 
 iing t 
 
 hiai a 
 
 Mornii 
 
 with t' 
 
 kill'd a 
 
 leff it a 
 
 a L 
 
 ing giv 
 
 attcndc 
 
 the oth( 
 
 ieaftcd > 
 
 vifion. 
 
V V 
 
 Dne within 
 ch our belt 
 ur two Nc- 
 d with two 
 ift I Iby'd 
 )any on the 
 were ic.ircc 
 le Current, 
 Stream hur- 
 t, and took 
 
 by fingular 
 ftopt about 
 hence, by a 
 I the Water, 
 
 the [loots; 
 anches, by 
 es, they at 
 er to the o- 
 remc Swift- 
 indoubtedly 
 Sea. 
 
 ere very foi- 
 ls bt^conae of 
 )l!ow'd the 
 log forward 
 id, and cry 
 l; to eadea- 
 cr *em. Wc 
 ^igluinthis 
 
 U. He La Salle. 
 
 he fame Toil again, till at laft th?y 
 lanfvver'd us, and we defcry'd em on 
 rhe other fide. Twas abfblutcly necef- 
 fary to joyn em, and to that end we 
 
 «59 
 
 Were forcM to 
 
 to the 
 fore we 
 
 expofe 
 
 our lelves 
 fame Danger. Vhere- 
 fet about the making of a 
 new Boat, (for tlie firil was ujdjoynt- 
 ed, and no longer capable of holding 
 any thing) and having provided 
 ftrong Poles, we ail pafs'd over at fe- 
 deral times, with as much fafcty as 
 could be wilh'd for. Our whole Com- 
 pany beingthus re united, wepurfu'd 
 our Courie under the Condud of my 
 Brother, who had no other Compals 
 to fteer by than his Genius. In the 
 tnean while one ot our Hunters ftrag- 
 'ing to follow liie Game, we loll 
 liun a whole Day. But the next 
 Morning, we faw him again laden 
 with two lloe-Bucks; He had alfb 
 kiird another at the fame time, and 
 Icfr it at the Didance of half a quarter 
 a League; Therefore, after hay- 
 ing given us the two, he went back, 
 attended with an <^hetuguis, to fetch 
 ^liii.i lu LU'. ^.^^ ^^^^^^' ^'^^ having brought n, we 
 IV s\c beftin ^^^P^^ ^"'' ^^^^^^s wiih part of his Vc- 
 ' ih* ""'""* '"^^ r*wi>!. }.n\i iwii iur uur rru- 
 
 v'ifion. ' Hav- 
 
 pi *1 
 
 It 
 
 t\ 
 
i6o 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 (If A 
 
 % 
 
 A Savage < Haviflg pafs'd froiTi thence into tbJ'he wc 
 Zck'T ' moft delightliil and mod populouf ofthe 
 tnaudswho ' Countrics of all the others, alter 
 ""'"''*• 'March of Six or Seven Leagues, wj 
 ' (aw making up towards us a certaii 
 ' Savage on Horfe-bcick, with hisVViti 
 
 * behind him, attended with four Slaves 
 ^ who were well mounted. This Ma: 
 
 * accofting us, enquir'd who we were 
 ' and what we fought for in that Coun 
 *try ? My Brother gave him t( 
 
 * underftand , as well by his owi 
 
 * Mouth, as by that of the Savages o 
 
 * Men, and that our Defign was onl 
 
 * to offer to all the People of their Con 
 
 * tinent, as far as the Gulph oi Mexit 
 
 * his Retinue, that we were trem^^ho, n 
 
 with 01 
 ted on 
 forts 
 port ni 
 ing, of 
 had rec 
 arecall'i 
 bitation 
 pafs, an 
 tuated n 
 
 !■' ft 
 
 * our Alliance, and the Prote£licn o 
 ^ t\\QK\t\gQ^ Frame. Whereupon th 
 
 * fame Savage immediately alighted 
 
 * presented his Horfc to my Brother 
 'and even confirain'd him by his ear 
 
 * neft Entreaties to accept of it, and t( 
 
 * go to the Place of tlicir Habitation 
 
 * alluring him, that he lliouid be verjp!;^ 40 
 
 * welcome, aild that his Propofal °^ ^'^'cl? 
 ' (boiild be favourably heard. Mj "meeting 
 
 * Brother, after having return'd hin :°J^"^ a 
 
 * many Thanks for his Kindncfs, toli '"'^dc ol 
 
 iiiiii, ifiHi ruiUiJ- iiw pruvCvirvU i.s> "i-m. 
 
 i 111 ion. 
 
 an En 
 
 pole, 
 fwer \ 
 plufag 
 one oi 
 Brothe 
 his Ne 
 nous, 
 Horfe 
 Slaves, 
 that w 
 
'^^- I U.De La Salle] 
 
 icnceintothihe would very willingly beinform'd 
 -ft populouf of the Opinion of his wholeNation by 
 
 
 
 hers, atrcr 
 Leagues, w( 
 s us a ccrtaii 
 with hisWifi 
 :h Four Slaves 
 . This Ma: 
 ho we were 
 n that Conn 
 ave him t( 
 )y his owi 
 je Savages o 
 were trem 
 gn was on 
 of their Con 
 ph oiMexic 
 ^ote£licn o 
 lereupon th 
 :Iy alighted 
 my I3rother 
 m l)y his ear 
 of it, andt 
 Habitation 
 ouKi be ver 
 is 
 
 Itfl 
 
 heard. M 
 
 ndncfs, tol{ 
 
 
 I an Envoy, fent to them to that pur- 
 ^ pofe. The Savage received this An- 
 Iwer very favourably, and by a Sur^ 
 plufage of Civility left his Wife and 
 one of his Slaves for Hoftages : My 
 Brother on the other fide gave him 
 his Nephew Cavelkr and two Chaoua^ 
 nous. The Savage mounted on a 
 Horfe that belonged to one of his 
 Slaves, and my Nephew Cavelier on 
 that which was given my Brother. 
 1 he next Day our Envoy returned 
 wjth our two ChaoHAnous, both moun- 
 ted on fine Horfes, Jaden with all 
 lorts of Provifions, and made a Re- 
 port no lefs agreeable than furpriz- 
 mg, of the kind Entertainment he 
 had receiv'd from thofe People, who 
 arecall'd Cems. The place of their Ha^ ^^^'s. - 
 bitationis extended 2C Leagues in com-Tr '^ 
 pafs, and divided into manyHamlets/,- %^''" 
 tuated near one another. ThtirCotuoes 
 are 40 or 50 Foot high, being made 
 
 Propofal ^^ thick Branches of Trees, which 
 rd. Ml meeting together in a pointatthe top. 
 
 etiirn'd hin [or"! a kind of arched Roof: the 
 
 inHdc of *em is well matted, and al- 
 
 IVaVS kenf irpn; n/-"i»- -«.».._ ^„ 4 1 
 
 ^r' 
 
 ion. 
 
 M 
 
 M. 
 
I I 
 
 <\ 
 
 1 - 
 
 1 62 M.De La Sal/e. 
 
 * M. ^e L<« 64//^ being inform^ of 
 their good Intentions, did not fail to 
 convey himlelf thither the next Day, 
 a id law the principal Elders of the 
 Nation, who wero all adorned with 
 
 ¥ 
 
 pcencj 
 the / 
 call'd 
 and t 
 
 Plumes of Feathers, and cloathcl wkL | ^^:fj'^ 
 their richeft Skins, coming to nnxi |, ^l r. 
 him, at the diftance of 2co Paces frr in I Ig^^^^." 
 the Village. My Brother i'^ceiv jj, u:r-.^ * 
 'em at the Head of his Con^^p^nyJ'thef^ 
 andthefirfl Salute being given withi ■ 
 Reciprocal Compl'tnenis, /le ^'-fngJe 
 condiiflted to the Village by theCom-i ^^^ 
 maiKkr in chief a-crofs a very ^R^fjoner 
 Body of Vv)'m£ Men, drawn up inlri- ' 
 
 Body or y >'ing rvien, arawn up 
 Arms,&jid thro* a very great concourle 
 of People: Afterwards he and his 
 Company were led into a Quarrer 
 whieh feem'd to conftitute a ieparar 
 ed Hamlet, and were there nobly en 
 tertain'd. The Commander was coq 
 vinced of the Magnificence of ou 
 Prince, by the CharaSer he receiv'i 
 of him from M. de la Salle^ acknow 
 ledg'd Ixim as his Sovereign, and mad 
 my Brother a Prefcnt of (ix gooc I J" 
 Horfes,and of his fineft Skins *, who orj ^'^ ^^ ' 
 the other fide prefented the faid Com 
 mander with divers Hatchets, Sizers 
 Knives, and Razors, which he ac 
 cepted With a great deal of Coir 
 
 /hip w 
 ' The 
 at the ( 
 the Ct 
 pa(s in 
 receiv' 
 ing wi 
 and th( 
 And inc 
 equal A 
 Tlie Pa 
 
 <x'nti 
 
 Horfes, 
 longing 
 to be 1 
 Pullets; 
 could di 
 
 '3^.1 
 
• f u ,M M.DeLaSa//c. ,^, 
 
 inform d o{|(..„.„ .„, c .■ r n- . . ^ 
 
 ,d not fail to I, Tl'lifT^'^'r- ^''^'' '™^ 
 e next Day, I I'n^^'^^''^^" °* ^ ^^f"'" Nation ^ 
 Iders of the I . . ''^ ^*'"'*'"'-'' '■eWed there -:"''*<^- 
 Sor?d wuhl^"^/J^ occafion of their EoibaOiewasTcL. 
 ;loath-dwkL "■^'T'^ ''>^ ""="'^'"8 of a League 
 ing to n<«!|*"''.^'"' ^'^"'■r "na War againft 
 
 1 I 
 
 m.ins. 
 
 , Company,! V:r:'"V"'"'-']? '° '"'" '"" 
 given with! Zl^"^.^. ^^^^g"^ 5 _.n[omuch, chatwe 
 
 s ;:e w.j.PT''''''"?'^''* '■"' after we had 
 :.ythsComl!f ^^''', end of our Voyage; and 
 a verv iinsi ^ ^ ^°°^ ''" °"''' ^' 'he others had 
 •awn up inl l°"*='"?™'"ta'n an inviolable Friend- 
 ;atconcourfef'^'P«'"f!°7 Nation 
 
 e and hisl,,},''^.M''»'^ have their Habitations 
 a Quarter J ^ '''^ dtftance of a Days Journey from ^.^^ . 
 
 tea fcpa4 J,r-^'''"\"'?''r '''°"S''' '^^ alfotoS^ 
 .^^^^, P,ilP^^^>"to their Territories, where we ^^'Sava* 
 
 :re nobly en 
 derwascoQ 
 ince of ou 
 he receiv' 
 7e, acknow 
 n, and mad 
 
 of fix eooc f"^^^i^"resintnoiel'artsattordFod< 
 ins : who or r^^ l^ numerous Herds of Oxen and 
 
 le faid Cora 
 hets, Sizers 
 
 receivM the hke Entertainment, meet^ ^"* 
 ing with the fame Acknowledgments, 
 and the fame Proteftations of Amity! 
 And indeed, all thefe Nations have an 
 tqual Antipathy againit the Spaniards. 
 The Pafturesin thofe Parts afford Fod< 
 
 Horfes, and in all the Enclofures be- 
 longing to their private Families arc 
 hich he zzV^^^ fecn many fat Capons, Hens, 
 
 j^jcould dilccrn among them, as well as 
 
 M 2 * among 
 
 i '! 
 
 n 
 
^4 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 ^ ! '( 
 
 Sa<i Dif. 
 
 A.J 
 
 ther 
 of the 
 Ceftk 
 
 ' as f be 
 'Poflef 
 
 among the Cenis^ fome TinClure of the 
 Chriftian Religion. For fome of em 
 made the Sign of the Crofs, and others 
 exprefs'd to us by certain Marks the 
 manner of celebrating the Mafs^ in 
 fomuch, that we clearly percciv'd iac 
 to be the Effeft of fome Spanijh Mifltll"^^^^ 
 ons: But 'tis not to be doubted, th"^'^^^^^ 
 Increafe would be much greater ; 
 thefe firft Seedsof Religion were (bw' 
 among 'em by Perfons, to whom the 
 have lefs Averfion. And indeed ou 
 Father RecoUf, by the means of fern 
 Images, Croffes and Jgms Dei'} 
 which he diftributed up and down 
 eafily made em comprehend and be 
 lieve every thing that he taught 'em 
 
 8 
 to ret 
 
 any -] 
 time. 
 ^As 
 was u 
 occafic 
 his Ati 
 24. ii 
 three 1 
 200 L< 
 
 fo great is the Docility of the Peopli ?? ^ 
 
 of that Country. 
 
 ^ Notwithftanding the great fatisfa 
 dioa we had among thofe Savage: 
 yet we met with two fad Difafters 
 one of which wastheDeiertionofFou 
 of our Frefjch Men, and the other wa 
 my Brother's Sicknefs. As for th 
 four Defcrters, it is not known wk 
 ther they were excited by the Plea 
 fantnefs of thofe Countries, to cndea 
 vour to fettle themfelves among foin 
 of the Neichbouring Nations; or whe 
 
 *the 
 
 fame ti 
 
 ourNe 
 
 Affliai 
 
 iind ar 
 
 that CO 
 
 rofe^ e> 
 
 every t 
 
 particul 
 
 Pigeons 
 
 ^\\ forts 
 
 for Pott 
 

 e. 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 r fome of eml^^'''' Savage J^s, they returned to the 
 .fs, and other! XrT'.^'^^^f'^^^ they rctir'd to the 
 n Marks thl ^T^''* However, 'tis certain, that 
 
 r percciv'd jF^^^^^'fion. they did not any longer 
 SpamJhMmT^'''^ themfelves to be among the 
 doubted, thl'^^^^S^.^ ', '^ ^hat we were not able 
 h greater; ir^ '"^^^l,^" ^"^^ "hither could we have 
 )nwererow'( ,^"^ Tidings of em ever fince that 
 
 ' As for my Brother's IndiTpofition, it 
 was undoubtedly the Effed of Grief 
 occafion'd by the Defertion of ibme of 
 his Attendants. He fell fick, i^ngujl 
 24. in the fame Year 1685. After 
 three Months travelling, and within 
 
 )f the PeopllJ^? H?g^^^ ?^ St. Lewts\ Ba) . His 
 Ibicknels was follow'd almoft at the 
 
 i great fatisfaf^"^^,^^"^^ '^"^^ that of De Morm^^tt, 
 lofe SavageJ°"'tX^P'^^^^- However, during that 
 id Difafterslc *V'^^*°"» ^^^ ^^^ the good Luck to 
 lertionofFou^l"^ ^"^°'^g the Savages all the Help 
 the other wa ^"^^ ^^"'^ ^^^^^^ ^een procui 'd in Eu^ 
 rope, except Phyfitians: For we had 
 every thing that we could willi for, 
 particularly Veal, Mutton, Pullets, 
 ngeons and Ring-doves ; beHdes, 
 aluortsof wholefome Herbs, as well 
 for Pottage, as for Ptifans^Decoaions, 
 
 M I and 
 
 :o whom the) 
 d indeed ou 
 leans of fora 
 Agnus Dei'} 
 3 and down 
 lend and be 
 e taught 'em 
 
 As for th 
 known whe 
 by the Plea 
 ies, tocndea 
 
 among fbm 
 
 ionsi or whe 
 
 * the 
 
 i(f5 
 
 *-. \ 
 
 I 
 
 m-, 
 
 ;,! 
 
 I, « 
 
 
 I 
 
 'm- 
 
!;i" 
 
 ll 
 
 l6^ M.DeLaSal/e. 
 
 and other Remedies necefTary for (ick 
 Pcrfons. Our two Surgeons were al- 
 io preicnt, and were very ferviccabic 
 to us upon this occafion, nay, the 
 very Savages themfclvcs, as well iM'Jii 
 as Women, gave us Meat, Fowl, and 
 otherforts o* Venifon^ in(bmuch,that| 
 atlart frVuiii'; lOthe DivincProviJ 
 dence) by the Means of our diligent 
 Care, both our Patients recovcr'd iTicir 
 Health, after a Months Indifpofition. 
 ^ As loon they h 1 ic^.iin'f^ theiH 
 Strength, my Brother being of OpiJ 
 nion that he ought to improve his Idill 
 Difcoveries ; and not being able to go] 
 any farther, without entring the Terl 
 ritories of the Spamards^ from whencJ 
 according to all probability,we flioull 
 never have come back; took a RefoluJ 
 tion to return to his new Colony! 
 Therefore we fet forvvard again in ou 
 Journey in the end of the Month o 
 Sepiemkr, 1685. But wc had this Ad 
 vantage, that wc were now m a ca 
 pacity to return on Hnrfeback, w here 
 as we cc -.e o-^ Foe ; That whid 
 was mod lurprizing in our new Fur 
 niturc is, thci: our Ho^fes without be 
 ing fhod, iiad fo hard a Hoof, thr 
 they could go any whc; i; 5 and had 1 
 
 'i&' 
 
le. 
 
 Tary for {ick| 
 eons were a!- 
 y ferviceablc 
 1, nay, the 
 
 as well Men 
 t, Fowl, and 
 i(bmuch,th;K 
 Divine Provi' 
 r our diligent 
 xovcrM iTieir 
 ndifpofition. 
 c^ain'H their 
 )eing of Opi 
 iprovehisldl] 
 ng able to go 
 ring the Ter 
 from whenc 
 ty.we flioul 
 )ok a Refolu 
 lew Colony 
 I again in ou 
 le Month o 
 had this Ad 
 now m a ca 
 back, where 
 That whicl 
 lUr new Fur 
 i without be 
 
 Hoof, th:^ 
 5 and had 
 
 M. De La Salle. i ^j 
 
 * tender a Mouth, that they gave way 
 < to the Curb,as if they had been train'd 
 ' up to it : Every one of our Compa- 
 
 * ny was reafonably well mounted, 
 
 * and our fupernumerary Horfes ferv'J 
 ' either for Change, or iiiftead of Pack- 
 ' Horfes, to carry our Provifion, Ca- 
 ^ noos, and other Equipage; which 
 ] v\ as no ^Tiall Confolation to us. 
 
 'However, fince the molt ufcfiil 
 
 * things fometimes prove the mod 
 
 * fatal, it happen'd either accidentally, 
 ' or for want of Skill, that one of our 
 ' Horfes occafion'd the Lofs of a Savage 
 
 * belonging to our Retinue. For on 
 
 * the Banks of the River L^ Maltgney 
 
 *pn which my Brother run the hazard .'^/X^',^ 
 of being loft, a Horfe prancing at the /» Manimo 
 
 \ fight of a huge Crocodile, threw his ^'/2'"^' 
 Rider into .he Water. He had fcarce "vonrs lim. 
 
 'fallen, whe: ^hat ravenous Bead drag- 
 
 ' geci iJm awav and devoured him in 
 our fight. V\ c were extremely trou- 
 
 * bi'd at this iad Spc cle ; but in fuch 
 ^ Voyages 'tis difficuU to avoid the fad 
 
 Accidents, to which thofc who 
 ^ undertake 'em are fometimes liable. 
 ^ Therefore the fafefl: way for a Tra- 
 ^ veller is to prepare for fuch Dlfa/ltTs, 
 
 by quieting his Confcicncc, and by 
 
 M 4 ' put- 
 
J fc. ■ L. 
 
 ^6S M.DeLaSalU. 
 
 ' ting himrdf under the Protedlion of] 
 
 * Almighty God , who is our Guide, 
 ' and conftant Preferver, 
 
 ' Forafmuch as no Remedy could be 
 ' found for this Misfortune, we con- 
 *tinu'd our Journey 5 and after Three 
 
 * Months march, we arriv'd at St. I e- 
 
 * rv^sBay in the beginning of thcMonth 
 
 * of January, ^ 686. As foon as we came 
 ^ near our Colony, we perceiv'd that 
 
 * all thw Fields thereabouts were clearM 
 
 * of Trees, and well cultivated. We 
 
 * ther. met with a great number of 
 
 * Women, and Cottages, liU'd with 
 
 * new Families, each Family having 
 ^* its peculiar Store of Provifions, with 
 
 * a Garden, and other Apartments. In 
 
 * a word, every thing feem'd to pro- 
 mile a happy Improvement, and a nu- 
 
 ^ merous Incrcafc. My Brother was 
 ' receiv'd there as theFathcr of this little 
 ' Common- wealth, and we took great 
 ' Delight in obferving thefe beginnings 
 of the Incorporation of our Fre/tch 
 ^' Men with the Savages, and the good 
 IJfc that every one made of the Ad- 
 ' vantages of this new Plantation. 
 
 ' In regard that my Brother's Pre- 
 * fence in that Country, was neceilary, 
 ^ as well for the compleating of tho 
 
 ' Fort, 
 
 Laboui 
 Colony 
 
 planted 
 
 every ( 
 mh 2 
 iravcll' 
 
 the 1/li 
 
 of Alar 
 
 ' Alth. 
 
 ilefbmc 
 
 cover t 
 
 .\ hich 
 
 paffing 
 
 to give 
 
 People, 
 
 io that ' 
 
 portuni 
 
 with 'ei 
 
 River Oj 
 
 of then' 
 
 with \k\ 
 
 '.v'c pafs' 
 
 lis 
 
 
 %..4 
 
Protection of 
 our Guide, 
 
 ledy could be 
 e, we con- 
 after Three 
 'd at St. li- 
 Dft he Month 
 n as we came 
 rceiv'd that 
 were clear'd 
 ^ated. We 
 number of 
 fill'd with 
 lily having 
 fions, with 
 mcnts. In 
 n'd to pro- 
 t, and a nu- 
 other was 
 ofthisHttle 
 took great 
 beginnings 
 )ur Fremb 
 d the good 
 of the Ad- 
 itation. 
 ther's Pre- 
 neccilary, 
 ng of the 
 ' Fort, 
 
 M. De La Salle. 1 6g 
 
 Fort, as for the modelling of this new 
 katc, we fojourn'd thereabout Three 
 Mouths longer ; after the expirati- 
 on of which time, he determin'd to 
 return to Fraftce toget newSuppliesat 
 |that Court, and to procure fbme Re- 
 cruits of Tradefmen, Artificers and 
 Labourers,as wcllin favour of thislaft 
 Colony, as for all the others that are 
 planted in divers parts of Northern 
 hmicd. After having taken leave of 
 every one, he fet out, accompany d 
 with 20 French Men for Canada, and 
 iravcird by Land to the Country of 
 the 1/lwois, in the end of the Month 
 f March ^ J. D, 1686. 
 ' Altho'this Road was the moft trou- 
 plefbme, yet it ferv'd not only to dif^ 
 'cover the Courfe of the Rivers, of 
 Ahich we only faw the Mouths, in ^^*'^^'' 
 parting down the MiJ^ffipi ; but alfo '''''' 
 to give us a nearer View of all the 
 People, who inhabit along the Banks5 
 lb that we might take frequent Op- 
 portunities to contraft new Alliances 
 with 'em. At firft we crofs'd the 
 River of Ducks, ib call'd, by reafon 
 of the numerous Flocksof wild Ducks, 
 with v\ hich it is cover 'd. Afterwards 
 '.vc pafs'd L4 Sablonnkre^ or the River 
 
 ' I 
 
 '1^.*: 
 
 ■' , .1 
 
 ;l 
 
Quanoati- 
 nos, a 
 liation of 
 the Sa- 
 
 170 M.De La Sal/e. 
 
 of Sand, which only has for its Bed 
 
 vad Sandy Country ; then the Robi 
 
 the Banks of which are inhabited 
 
 certain People, who all fpeak in t 
 
 Throat, and at la ft the Malignant R^ 
 
 ver^ in the Territories lying abo 
 
 which are the QuanoAtinos^ a Pcop 
 
 as formidable to the Irofwis^ up 
 
 account of iheir Valour, as for th( 
 
 Cruelty. For befides that they fig 
 
 furioufly, without giving Quarte 
 
 they made a Law among themlelv 
 
 to caufe as many to be burnt as tlK 
 
 can take Prifbners. As we continual 
 
 went forward, we met with theT^r 
 
 has the Cappas^ and the Palaquejjom \ 
 
 declary Enemies of the Spaniards. 
 
 The Fruit, m^all not here sivealarge Defer 
 
 evtry ption or the particular Rarities of 
 
 coim^ry, t^QJe Countries and Nations; but 
 
 ihail content ray felf only to declari 
 
 that aitho' the faid Countries are ve 
 
 fine, generally fpeaking 5 yet in eve 
 
 one of em, its peculiar Nature ar 
 
 Beauty may be more efpecially ol 
 
 ferv'd. For fome abound in Indi 
 
 Corn, of which Frumenty is made 
 
 others in TofjqtWy and others in Cajfnv 
 
 of which the Natives make a kind 
 
 Bread. 
 
 ' Ani 
 
 U\ is I 
 who 1 
 There 
 vers ar 
 'cui^ t 
 Quarti 
 very i 
 As for 
 amon^ 
 hours 
 almofl 
 Staggs 
 Hams, 
 have a 
 * In 
 difcov 
 Savag 
 a grca 
 an cnt 
 our M 
 veiling 
 the /V 
 and \\ 
 to hur 
 ourNI 
 ufuall 
 pair t< 
 not cc 
 
 USg0( 
 
lie. 
 
 iS for its Bed 
 hen the Rok 
 B inhabited t 
 I fpeak in tl 
 Malignant R 
 s lying abo 
 wos, a PcopP 
 Iroqtwis^ upi 
 as for th 
 
 U.De La Salic. 
 
 ' An innumerable Multitude oxCiho' 
 Iss is to be leen amongft thofe People 
 who live njarell to the Sea-Coaft. 
 There arealfb vaft numbers of Bea- 
 vers amongll: the Ouadichss^ the^^^i;^- 
 ctdf^ the Iroquois^ and in many other 
 Quarters of America ; And Bears arc 
 very frequent in the Northern Farts. 
 AsforHorfes, they are only found 
 
 that they figl ^^"^"8 ^^^^' Nations who are Neigh 
 
 ring Quart J ^^^^'^ ^o f ^^* Spaniards, but one may 
 
 ng themielvi ^'"^^^ every wijcre (ee Qri\i;7aSj 
 
 burnt as thl^^^Se?^, Elks, Wolves, Ounces, 'large 
 
 uve continuall ^^"^^> Weathers, and Sheep, that 
 
 with ther4rl ^^"^ ^ mucli finer Wool than ours. 
 
 PaUquefjom 
 
 Spaniards. 
 
 large Dcfc 
 
 larities of: 
 
 ations; but 
 
 ly to declar 
 
 :ries are ver 
 yet in ever 
 Nature ar 
 
 fpecially ol 
 
 nd in hdu 
 
 nty is made 
 
 ers in Cajftv 
 
 ike a kind 
 
 A 
 
 ' In traverfing all thefe Plains we 
 difcover'd a prodigious Number of 
 Savages who all eiitertolii'd us with 
 a great deal of CourtLiie, and with 
 an entire Submiliicn to the Laws of 
 our Monarch. WhiKl: we were tra- 
 velling between the Palaqm-fjons^ and 
 the NouadicUs^ our Provifions faiPd, 
 and we were obliged to have recourfe 
 tohuming , fo that three or four of 
 our Men^moil expert in that Exercife, 
 ufually kit their Conipanions to re- 
 pair to the Woods, where i!j(;y did 
 not continue long, without bringing 
 us good llorc of Vcnifon. The ad- 
 
 * vantagcous 
 
 171 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^^ ^ 
 
I 
 
 i » 
 - ? 
 
 ;u 
 
 tvfeen two 
 Nations. < 
 
 172 M.De La Salle. 
 
 cointtT. ^^"^.^geo"s and moft delightful Si 
 /--r.af he. tuation of the Territories that lie b-^ 
 ^v^eentwo^^ twceo two NatioHs, who are wel 
 ^ aficaed to ours, is much to be ad 
 mir'd, the whole Country being ex 
 \ tj-emcly fertile in Mkn Corn, an 
 all kinds of Pruits,afrording alfogrca 
 variety of Game, and the Pafturesa 
 bounding in Cattel of all forts, bu 
 more efpccially in Horfes, All thcfi 
 great Advantages induced my Jirothcl 
 to endeavour to plant a Colony i^ 
 thofe Parts. In order to carry on 
 this Defign, he judg'd it expsdi- 
 ent that I fhould be fl-nt before to the 
 Ijltfiois, as well to inform you of his 
 Arrival as for (bme other Reafbrb, 
 of which f fhall hereafter give you an 
 ; Account. He gave me for my Reti- 
 nue Father >^/;4/4/Z«/, CAvdier, my 
 Nephew, M. de U Marm, four other 
 French Men, and two Slaves to ferve 
 me as rnterprcters, with two Canons, 
 two Pack. Horfis, and necelTary Pro- 
 vifion?. Wc parted May i^, A. D 
 1685. andtravcirdby [.and, as well 
 for the Conveniency of oar Horfis, as 
 tor the frequent Supplies wc m\o\v 
 get fron the Savages, who [hciv°as 
 much zaa! fur the promoting of our 
 
 * in 
 
 c 
 
 em; t 
 us all 
 would 
 Wome 
 of 'err 
 the iitt 
 ntArds^ 
 fion to 
 not giv 
 ftians f 
 vages, 
 nial, V 
 was n( 
 afTiftin 
 would 
 whom 
 the fanr 
 ihatwi 
 ''em. '] 
 the Sai 
 bundar 
 
 I' lodge i 
 
lie. 
 
 delightful sl ^^- ^^ ^^^ ^^'^^- * 73 
 
 is that lie be In^ercft, as they are the profeffed Ene- 
 vho are wel n^'csof the /r(?^«£;// 2it[d Spaniards, 
 Jch to be ad ' ^" ^^-^ fi^ft Day we took up our j^^^^^j 
 try being ex Qy^rters among the NouadUhes, whoches,*/!* 
 n Corn, an r^ceiv'd us with extended Arms, and ^''^'f" "/ 
 Jng airogrcar".^»5^^ "^ tojoyn with em, in main- 't.^'''^' 
 e Pafturcs al^^'"'"S ^ War againft the Spaniards: 
 11 forts, b!]|They affur'd us, That there was a 
 i' All thL-(lg''eat deal of Gold and Silver amongft 
 1 my iirothcl ^"^ » ^^^^ '^^V would willingly leave 
 Colony ifj"^ all their Wealth, and that they 
 would only referve to themfelves the 
 Women and Children, to make Slaves 
 
 to carry o 
 it expsd 
 >efore to the 
 1 you of his 
 ler Reafbfb, 
 give you an 
 )r my Reti- 
 tvelier, my 
 
 four other 
 vcs to (erve 
 vo Canoos, 
 efTary Pro- 
 
 15. AD. 
 tid, as well 
 Horfes, as 
 wc might 
 fliciv as 
 ng of our 
 * in- 
 
 of em; However, notwithrtanding 
 the little Refpcft we had for the Spa- 
 niardf^ we mufl: needs have an Aver- 
 fiun to that Propofal ; for we could 
 not give our Confenr, that the Chri- 
 ftians Ihould become Slaves to the Sa- 
 vages, Therefore to colour our De- 
 nial, we reply'd. That our number 
 was not fufficient to be capable of 
 afTifting'em in that War, but that we 
 would go in queft of Captain Tontij to 
 whom wc would not fail to represent 
 the fame Conditions they offcr'd us,and 
 that without doubt he would accept of 
 I* 'em. This Anfwer gaveSatisfadlionro 
 the Savages^ who fupply'd us with a- 
 
 'A 11c tr\ 
 
 'rn\;i 
 
 lodge in their bcflCottag 
 
 1-« V* J \J V5- 
 
 Kb. 
 
 The 
 
\'. t' 
 
 l§/] 
 
 •74 
 
 t>ivert 0- 
 
 M.DeLaSM. 
 
 th^r p,., , ' The next day, we purfu'dour JoirJiat t^ 
 
 p/,, ^ ney co tlie Cents and Naffonh, ^ Jwould 
 
 ' latter gave us Guides to conduft us J^^^P ^ 
 
 ' the Country oi' Nal^ari-i and thefe lal^^S^^^r 
 
 * in like manner took care to provif .' ^^'^ 
 
 * other Guides to convey us to the A! "^^""'^ 
 
 * au//. We were equally vi'ell receiv 
 ^ by all thofePoople^and we every whe 
 
 * found the fame Difpolltions to mak 
 ' an Alliance with us, and to Uvq unde 
 ^' tneProte£lionor ourPrince.TheLanc 
 
 nc fruu.[ 'h^^ea^o^fs are fruitful, and the CI 
 >«/«./} of rtiate very proper for the planting ( 
 ^V^.o««.^ Vineyards; for Vines often fpringu 
 ^ there Ipontancoufly^ fo that one ma, 
 ^' fee clufters of Grapes growing amongi 
 ^ the Elms, and flouriiliing under th 
 • fhadow of their Leaves- One canno 
 
 (ladodi 
 tain'd 
 lb that 
 l^yl'd 
 princi[ 
 forth 1 
 thro* t 
 into vp 
 our h 
 and 6i\ 
 naging 
 cal; c 
 but we 
 
 travel three Leagues without meetinf 
 
 With iome River or Brook. '1 {lerF ^"^^ °^ 
 'arc alfo Herds of Beavers: All thl^^"^^ 
 ' People are generally addifted to thI5'''^^''j; 
 " Adoration cfthc Sun, and have noo °'*^'^^ ^ 
 * therCioathsthan a certain Contexturf^"^ ^* 
 '^ ol Ruflies, or of very fine Mats, whic' 
 ' are fet out with Paintings of fevera 
 
 ^* of Ruflies, or of very fine Mats, whic' |"^^"g 
 ' are fet out with Paintings of fevera 
 
 * Colours, reprefenting the Sun, Birds, 
 I Flowers, &c. For matter of Armsa"°^ ^^ 
 ^' tliey are altogether unknown to 'cm 
 
 * cxc'.pc theBowand Arrow ; infbmuch, 
 
 * that 
 
•■ s 
 
 \ 
 
 »7Sr 
 
 alle. I M. De La Salle, 
 
 irfu'd our Joir^^^ ^^^ difcharge of a Fufee or Piflol 
 
 \faJfonfs. Tilwould appear to them, as it were a 
 
 conduft us J^^^P o^ Thunder, preceeded by its 
 
 > andthefelapg'^^"'"S- 
 
 re to provil [ Afterwards we paG'd from theTer- Cadoda- 
 us to the Al"^^'"'" °^ ^^^ Najiuft to thofe of theches,;/-... 
 well receivl^^.^^^'^^'^^^' ^'here wc were enter- ^/'^^"'" 
 /e every wheJ^,^"^'^ afrera very generous martner,rr,4h. 
 tions to maki'^^^^^ our Reception might well be 
 \ to live undl^y*'^ ^ fplendid IViumph. For the 
 — - ^principal Elders of the Nation came 
 forth to meet us, and conduced us 
 thro* two Ranks of their armed Youth 
 into very neat Cottages. The rell of 
 our Entertainment was as pleafant 
 and diverting, as the manner of ma- 
 naging it was Savage and Fantafti- 
 cal ; at firft, certain tawny Women, 
 but well fhap'd, and halfnaked/were 
 ^,,^ very officious in wafiiing our Feet in 
 i3. AW th( ^o^d^n Troughs, and then wc were 
 iiftcd to thi'^^^^^^^"^^*^^''^°''M^^^5, very well 
 id have no o|^'"^^^s*d : For befides boil'd Meat,Bi oth 
 iContexturl^"^ Vcnifon, the ordinary Mefs a- 
 Vlats, whicl"^^"S ^^ofe People; they prefented 
 gs of'feveral"^ ^^*^^* ^ '^^S^ ^*^ ^^ Roalted Tur- 
 :Sun, Birds! ^'^>'^' Q^^k, Ducks, and Ring- doves, 
 cr of Armsi"°^ ^^ ^otgtt another Di(b of broil'd 
 Pigeons. But we were diftorb'd in 
 
 ice.The Lane 
 , and the CI 
 le planting ( 
 ten fpriugu 
 that one ma 
 vingamongi 
 ig under th 
 One canno 
 hout meetinj 
 ook. '1 hen 
 :rs 
 
 iwn to 'cm 
 
 ' ; infbmuch. 
 * that 
 
 the midft of our Jollity, by a vtury fad 
 
 * Acciuenc 
 
 \ 
 
 s 
 
 \ 
 
 !■/, 
 
 m- 
 
Ml'.' 
 
 I ! V^ 
 
 175 U.De La Salle. 
 
 ^ Accident, which happened to M dt ih form 
 ' Marne-^ one of our Company : Foral' centi 
 
 * much as the Heat of the WcatheJ' a Cn 
 
 * wasexceffive, occafion'd as well bj* while 
 ^J^ ^^ ' the Climate,as the Seafon of the Yearf nefle^ 
 v>ajhtusr that unfortunate Gentleman had J' 7-^3^5 
 f'^fV ' "^^"^ ^° ^^^^^ himfelf in a River tha 
 LroW./. * runs thro' the Village. To which pur 
 
 * pore, having chofen a fliady place foi 
 
 * greater Convenience, he threw him- 
 
 * ik\^ into the Water, and unhappil 
 
 * fell into an Abyfs, where he wa 
 ^ Twallow'd up in a Trice h fome timd 
 
 * after, perceiving that he did not re 
 
 * turn, we were defirous to go to th A ['q^j^''^ 
 ' Place, where he rctir'd s but he was 'anj ^ 
 
 * not to be found, and we began to fu- 
 « fpeft that perhaps he might be de- 
 
 * vour'd by fome Crocodile : However, 
 ' the Inhabitants having feen the Place, 
 
 * where he threw himfelf in, no longer 
 ^ doubted that he was loft in thatGulph, 
 
 * And indeed,afrer having made a fearch 
 
 * at the very inftant, he was taken up 
 ' dead, and quite disfigur'd. 
 
 * I cannot fufficienily exprefs howlj^^"^"^' 
 ' much we were tranfportcd withGritf ip' n , 
 
 * at the fight o\ fo fad a Spedacle. ihe ^ L k 
 
 * VVife of the chief Governour came her « f^.^^ ,> 
 ' felf to bury him j and after having per]. ^,^^, 
 
 ' forn;'J 
 
 comf( 
 Offia 
 
 ' n 
 
 of th( 
 Leagi 
 Cabim 
 
 ' pie nc 
 
 famet 
 ' meroi 
 efpecii 
 theoa^s. 
 that I 
 
 * burn t 
 
 * vided 
 
 * hnceas 
 
 * depeni 
 
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 ^i^^^^fAtnaKt^ 
 
lie. 
 
 I'd to M. dt 
 
 pany : Fora 
 
 the Wcathe 
 
 i as well b 
 
 1 of the Year 
 
 leman had 
 
 a River tha 
 
 'o which pur 
 
 ady place (o 
 
 threw him 
 
 id unhappih 
 
 lere he wai 
 
 ; feme tim 
 
 e did not re- 
 
 to go to tht 
 
 but he wa 
 
 began to fu 
 
 night be de« 
 
 : However, 
 
 en the Place, 
 
 ti, no longer 
 
 n thatGulph 
 
 ladea fearch 
 
 as taken up 
 
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 xprefs how 
 d withGritf 
 )ftacle. The 
 ur came her 
 having per- 
 ' form'd 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 form'd the Funeral Obfequies, de- 
 cently IfHerring his Body, we fet up 
 a Crofb over his Tomb : In the mean 
 while, the Savages, who were Wit- 
 nefles ol our Ceremonies, joyn'd their 
 , Tears with ours, and endeavour'd to 
 comfort us, by doing us all the good 
 Offices that lay in their Power. 
 ' The next day we met with the ^'^^*r sa. 
 Nanhoas and the Oftadidef on theBanks '^i^' ^"^ 
 of the fame River, and about Hvq ' 
 Leagues lower we had a fight of the 
 Cabwvw's and Mentons. Thefc Peo- 
 pie not knowing what ourArms were 
 took us for the Mafters of Thunder* 
 and were m.uch afraid of us at the 
 fame time. The Reavcru are very nu- 
 merous in their Country, and more 
 efpecially in the Territory of the Ozo^ 
 theo^s, where they are io common, 
 that the Inhabitants are oblig'd to 
 burn their Skins. Tfiefe People pro- 
 vided Guides to conduct us to the A- 
 hnceas, on whole JurifiJiaion they '"'• 
 depend. There we began to 
 know our /elves ; for wc faw a 
 Oofs erefted, on the middleof whi h 
 the King's Arms were hxr, and fomc 
 fiw Paces farther we met with a fine 
 
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 * and inhabited by a certain Perfon, 
 
 * nam'd Coufiure^ who receiv'd us very 
 
 * kindly, and gave us to underftand, 
 
 * that that Seat, with all its Dependen- 
 
 * cies, was under your Juriidiaion. 
 
 * After having refted there two Days, 
 
 * we went to the Villages of the Tori- 
 
 * manSf DogingAs and Cappdfj to get up 
 
 * to the River Mil/^pi, Thefc laft Peo- 
 # ^ fon * pie accommodated us with a * Piroqite 
 •/Boat. ' for two Horfes that we gave em in 
 
 ' Exchange. 
 
 'Thus being wearied with our Tk a- 
 ^ vels by Land, I determined to pafson 
 
 * the Miffiffipi again, to the River of the 
 
 * JJliffoh^ind Father Attaftafus was very 
 ' glad that he had an Opportunity to go 
 
 * on board the fame Canoo with me. 
 ' M, Cavelier^ my Nephew, took five 
 
 * other French Men to accompany him, 
 ' and contenting himfelf with one Sa- 
 ' vage, left me another, to ferve for 
 ' an Interpreter and Rower. Having 
 
 * met at our Place of Rendcz-vous, in 
 ' the Country of the Miamisy we parted; 
 ' fo that he travell'd over the Plains, 
 
 * and I embark'd on the River Miffiffipiy 
 
 * AugufllK^, A.D.16B6. 
 
 * It were needlels to give a particular 
 
 * Arroiint t\f all the Marinnc rhaf we 
 
 met, 
 
 met, 
 
 mentii 
 
 difcov 
 
 chds M 
 
 theDi 
 
 Akanci 
 
 induiij 
 
 pie, ai 
 
 an An 
 
 canons 
 
 from ti 
 
 ten Lcc 
 
 that 01 
 
 ivhich 
 
 the Mil 
 
 two D't 
 
 difcove 
 
 Banks, 
 
 and in 
 
 Village 
 
 Pandlog 
 
 ail galla 
 
 tur'd P( 
 
 Meffes 
 
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 row'd c 
 
 to recov 
 
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 4--" 
 
lin Perfon, 
 v^d us very 
 underfland, 
 ; Dependen- 
 Jurifdiaion. 
 two Days, 
 of the Tori- 
 '/, to get up 
 lefc laft Peo- 
 1 a * Piroqite 
 gave 'em in 
 
 ithourTka- 
 'd topafson 
 River of the 
 m was very 
 tunity to go 
 a with me. 
 \ took five 
 mpany him, 
 ith one Sa- 
 to ftrve for 
 Jr. Having 
 Icz'Vtms, in 
 , we parted; 
 the Plains, 
 i^er MiffiffiPU 
 
 a particular 
 
 nc rhaf 
 
 M/e 
 
 met, 
 
 M, De La Sal/e: % j^ 
 
 met, and therefore I Ihall only make 
 mention of thofc whom we did not 
 difcover in our Defcent. The Chica^ ck,c4.h.\ 
 chds were the firft that we found at 
 the Diftancc of 50 Leagues from the 
 Akanceas: '1 iiey are a very drcil, 
 induftrious, valiant and warlike irco- 
 ple, andfufficiently numerous to raife 
 an Army of 2000 Men upon all oc- 
 cafions. We continu'd our Courfc 
 from thence to the Oudaches, within 
 m Leagues of their River, and law 
 that of the Majjourites and Ozages^ 
 ivhich is no lefs rapid and deep than 
 die Miffiffifi, Wc pafs'd on it during 
 two Days, as well with a Defign to 
 difcover the Nations inhabiting on its 
 Banks, as to get fbme frefh Provifion?, 
 and in our Paflage we defcry'd the 
 Villages of the Pamvachaj, Perar, 
 Pandhgas^ Matot antes ^ and Ozagesy 
 all gallant, numerous, and good-na- 
 tur'd People, who among the feverai 
 Meffes and varieties of Fruits, with 
 which they treated us, caus'd us to eat 
 ibme Grapes ot an admirable tafte. 
 *0n the third Day, after having 
 row'd on that River, weendeavour'd 
 to recover the Mijjifjipi 5 on which,bc- 
 '^^^ embark'd in a Canoo, we fieer'd 
 
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 ' our Courfe on it for Tome Days, evcar"g ci 
 
 * as far as the River of the ////«<?/ r ^ anifcncc ; 
 
 * after Thirty Days Navigation we ari<''<^»nR 
 
 * riv'd at the Foot of Crevec(eur Fortf nd a C 
 ' from whcflc we rcturn'd to tha^ of K ^^^a 
 
 * St. Leivi^, Indeed tve were then fo Htm ^'^s m 
 fortunate^ as not to meet with yon therh^^^t i 
 {which tpaf no fmaii troM to w):, ^Antain 
 at prefeni we have the ConfoUtion to /J^'nd a 
 )0t4 in good Health, ll! Expc 
 
 M. Cavelier having tlius concludci^* ^^^ 
 his Relation, we renew'd our Embr*^3t M 
 ces, but I continu'd for feme tinl'"y onl 
 fpccchlefs, without being able to mail-cars i 
 iiny Application to him 5 for, to fay i[f^« dui 
 Truth, I did not well know my le!f°t '^ei 
 nor in what Condition I was at th*^^^'" 
 time. On the one Ma^ the lofs of of^'^ ^ 
 Fleet, ?nd of the greated part of tl ^i^i? Oi 
 f>e//f/: Mariners, was a very gre; 'o^ ^>e p 
 Mornhcf^fion tome; andontheotln nuft fre 
 fide, the Aflurance that was given n *''thftar 
 of A/, de U Salle s Welfare, and of th ^^"^e af: 
 Succefs of (b many line Difcoverie " ^^hol 
 obligM me to turn my Sorrow int ^"^^ Gn 
 Joy. I was al(b extremely furpriz'd; ^^y^^^ ^ 
 the (Inngenef; of hi^ Adventures ; bi '^^ tha 
 at the{am.*3time, the AbfenceofaPc^^^^ens 
 Ion, for wliom I had fo particular p^ refn 
 iv^'lped, and whole Return I had fF^ canr 
 
^- I M. De La Sal/e. 
 
 s Days, evening cxpefted with the utmoft [mpa- 
 Ipnotf, anit'Cncc; befides, the Regret upon re 
 Ration we arf cting, that X was not an Eve- witncfs 
 rcz/ef(r«r Fortfna a Companion of hisTravcIs pic c'd 
 I'd to thar m ^Jt^art with fo fcnriblc a Oricf, that 
 ^e then fo //«pas not by any means able to fur. 
 mthyou r/pfr*ount it. Neitlitr could f any loneer 
 It to ,fs)', ^f nt^in my felf, or forbear cafing niy 
 foiatio^ /^/l^ind a little, by uttering thcle mourn- 
 PExpollulations. ^lafs! (faidlto 
 us conrM^M^'^av€//er) hou could it fo fall out, 
 lour Embr*"at M. de La Salk, my Patron, nd 
 r feme tirrlj^y only Support, fliould fpcndTwo 
 ; able to mai^cars in returning to (America, and 
 for, to fay tfl"« during that whole Term,I fliould 
 now my felfot be only depriv'd of he Pleafure 
 : was at th|!^-|eeing him, but alfb /hould not 
 he loft of oiif'a Means to hear any Tidings of 
 W Or how isitpolfible that I fliould 
 lot be permitted to embrace him } I 
 J on the oth^'P^ ^f^ely declare to you, that not- 
 -vas given rrf 't^^^anding the Joy which your Prc- 
 , and of t[ '^"ce affords me, I find my felf fciz'd 
 Difcoverie " beholding you, with a more In- 
 Sorrow int ^"^^ Grief, fince the more I look up- 
 ly furpriz'd; '"you, I am fb much the more trou- 
 'cntures ; bi "-'^ that I have not a fight of him. 
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32 M. De La Salle. 
 
 ' portunity to meet him, or to Tpeaj 
 ' with him? Alafsl 'tis not my Fau' 
 ' for as foon as I could judge, that 
 * had touch'd at any of the Coafts 
 ^ the Gulph of Mexico^ I made a defce 
 ' on thofe Countries ; I fearch'd abo 
 « all the Capes and Shoars of that Se 
 ' as well on the fide of Malcolim^ as 
 *• that of Mexico ; I vilited all the Pe 
 ^ pie, who inhabit thofe Coafts, viz. T 
 
 * i'ichems^ Ozemhogus, Tangthaoj^ 0] 
 ^ mos^ Maufokas^ and Mou[as^ and e 
 ' quir'd of them after M. de la Salle, b 
 ^ none could give me any manner 
 ^ Account concerning him. Her 
 ^ then you may take fome eftimate 
 ' my exceffive Trouble and Sorrow. 
 
 * How was it poflTible (reply'd M.( 
 
 * velter) for you to meet us> Youw( 
 
 * to feek for us at the Mouth of the I 
 
 * ver Miffjfjipi^ and on the adjac( 
 'Coafts, whereas we only landed 
 *' Leagues above it .• You follow'd i 
 
 * Courfe of that River, both in your I 
 
 * fcent, and at your Return ; but we 
 
 * ways kept at a diftance from then 
 "^ fleering to theSouth-eaft, and ale 
 
 * the Gulph of Mexico, By what me 
 
 * could you expeO: to meet with us, 
 
 ■MMiiii 
 
or to fpea 
 lot my Paul 
 idge, that 
 the Coafts 
 Liade a defcei 
 earch'd abo 
 s of that Se 
 alcoli^Uy as 
 d all the Pe 
 aafts, viz. T 
 tngtbaos^ Oj 
 HifASy and 
 de la Salle, b 
 ny manner 
 him. Her 
 ne eftimate 
 [id Sorrow. 
 :reply'd M.( 
 us> Youw( 
 uth of the 
 
 the adjao 
 ily landed 
 J foUow'd 
 )th in your 
 rn; but we 
 ; from then 
 ift, and ale 
 By what me 
 ;et with us, 
 
 Courfes ? 
 li 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 leafi (faidltohim) he ought to have 
 fentfome Mejjeftger, to give me t^otice of 
 his Return, ' *Tis true indeed, ((aid he) 
 and he would certainly have done it, 
 if it had lain in his Power : But who 
 of thofe new- Comers could find out 
 the Roads that lay crofs the Territo- 
 ries of (b many Barbarians^ or would 
 be willing to make fuch an Attempt 
 at fb great a diftance ? Or could he 
 fpare me, or either of his two Ne- 
 phews for that purpofe? Befides, the 
 Hopes he had ot feeing you ere long 
 in Perfonj made him continually defer 
 to inform you of his Arrival. It muft 
 be confefs'd (faid I then; there is no 
 Remedy for what is paft, that which 
 revives my Spirits is, to hear, that he 
 is in good Health, and whereabouts he 
 is : It will not be long (hy the help 
 of God) ere we Ihall go again to find 
 him out. In the mean while (conti- 
 nued I) f call to mind, that you have 
 fomewhat elfe more particular to com- 
 municate to me from him, and there- 
 fore I would entreat you to declare 
 it to me, that I may make due Prepa- 
 ration, even as foon as it's poilible, for 
 ^ my intended Voyage. 
 
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'84 U.De La Salle. 
 
 ^ Take it thus (reply'd M. Cavelkr) 
 
 * my Brother being impatient to pro- 
 ^ cure the neceflary Supplies, for the 
 ^ Eftablifhment and Mdintcnance of 
 ^* his new Colony, and to caufe two 
 
 Ports and two Havens to be hu\\t,viz. 
 ' One on St. Lmk\ Bay, and the other 
 
 * at the Mouth of the River MifJIffipi^xhi^ 
 *' bottom and fdcs of which he has veiy 
 
 * accurately obferv'd, deputed me for 
 I this Employment, only with a Defiga 
 ^ that I fliould incontinently return to 
 ^' Frame, as well to inform the Court of 
 ^ his laft Settlement, and of his great 
 ^ Difcoveries, as to prepare theirMinds, 
 ^ and to induce 'em to grant what is 
 ^ requifite upon fo emergent an occafi- 
 
 on. For that very Reafbn he alfofent 
 ' me to ^ekc, and gave me a particu- 
 ' lar Charge to wait upon you, in or- 
 ^dcr to borrow fbme Money, upon 
 ' the Receipt of w hich I will give you 
 ' an Acquinance, and my Brother will 
 ' niace it to Account. 
 
 Alter this UilLOurfe he prcfcnted mc 
 with a Letter, v.'hich was well Ical'd 
 wjth^ M. de La Salle s Seal. As for tlie 
 Writing, I did not examine it ; and be- , 
 /ides, the CliaraOers us'd by thofe two 
 Gentlcoien, who wrote aimoft the fame 
 
 Hand, 
 
 'k 
 
 ';f. Re 
 fc, that 
 ibmew 
 m Fraffi 
 mof N^ 
 ky Infta 
 5 Recei 
 iiich (ai 
 
■--«h«.'r '•.^ 
 
 M. Cavelier) 
 tient to pro-^ 
 ies, for the 
 itcnance of 
 caufe two 
 be hm\t,viz. 
 nd the other 
 
 he has veiy 
 itcd me for 
 ith a Dt{]gt[ 
 y rerurn to 
 :he Court of 
 )f his greac 
 theirMinds, 
 ant what h 
 It an occafi- 
 
 healfbTent 
 e a particu- 
 you, in or- 
 ney, upon 
 ill give you 
 rother will 
 
 :rcnted me 
 well fcai'd 
 As for the 
 t ; andbc- 
 thofe two 
 1: the fame 
 Hand, 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 and, are fo like, that 'twould bedif- 
 hcult to find out the difierence. How- 
 :^er, I read that Letter with extreme 
 delight 5 m which, the fame Requell 
 ^•as contained, with Proteflatiorfs of 
 n entire Truf}, and of a moft fincere 
 tiendftip. The Joy with which I 
 las tranfportcd, to hear Tidings of ih 
 tenate a Friend ; theCandour of the 
 crfon who ddiver'd the Letter to mcA 
 Id the Devotion I had made of every 
 ling that I poffefs'd, to the difpofai of 
 iFerion, to whom I thought my fejf 
 itinitely indebted 3 did not fuffer me 
 P take tl e matter into Confideration. 
 immediately ask'd M, Cavelkr how 
 inch Money he defir'd ? Whereupon 
 aoldme, thathebeliev'd his Brother 
 ^d mentioned the Sum of 7000 Livres. 
 liiirue indeed (faid I) but ifyott have 
 [ifton for more, you mtdonly demand it 
 ■I nee all tba J have is at your Ser- 
 Hethank'd me heartily, and told 
 that in cafe he fliould ftand in need 
 ifomewhatfmore, he might procure 
 in I^rance. Therefore I paid him the 
 'm of Money agreed upon, at that 
 ■ry Inftant, and he infifted to give me 
 ^ Receipt, according to the Order, 
 '^^ch (ab he fiid; be had from his 
 
 Brother, 
 
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 Brother. I readily confented, and fo 
 afmuch as he protefted to mc, that t 
 determin d to fet out on his Journey t 
 next day, I gave fome Refrelhment 
 his Attendants, and recruited his Pr 
 vifions. We fpent the Remainder 
 the Day as pleafantly as we could, ar 
 very early the next Morning heto( 
 leave of me,departing with a Fra^ci/c 
 Recolet, and a Slave, withadefign 
 paft into the Country of the MUmis, 
 I was al(b preparing to pafs on tl 
 River the next day, and every th 
 was difpos'd for my Departure. Ha 
 ing fpent the reft of the Day, wi 
 much uneafinefs, the next Mornin 
 was putting my fmall Cargo on boai 
 when about Nine a Clock I efpy'd ( 
 ming towards me the Sieur Couji 
 my Lieutenant, in the Country of i 
 Akumeas^ where both the CAvdn 
 the Uncle and the Nephew 
 
 frefh'd themfelves for fome time: 
 deed at firft I was very glad to 
 him, but in a moment after he thr 
 me into a terrible Confternation : 
 immediately enquir'd of him, whi 
 he \tk M. dt U SalJe ^ M.deLaSa 
 of 'm 'df f^^*^ ^^^) ^^ not you know that he isdt 
 u Saiie.^ How \ (cry'd I) is M. de La Salle d^^ 
 
 ris to 
 dead ; 
 Partjf, 
 the Pa 
 
 * Hey 
 
 * poflil 
 ' BrotI 
 'and V 
 ' thing 
 'a Le 
 
 * feem 
 'orC 
 Inform, 
 
 Tears, 
 widen 
 ajfertec 
 be the J 
 News, 
 this / 
 with( 
 I was 
 ther d 
 felf: : 
 I lofe 
 M.de 
 dead ( 
 his Aft 
 But m 
 that c 
 Blood i 
 
lie. 
 
 ntcd, and fo 
 ;o mc, that[ 
 lis Journey t 
 lefrefhment 
 uited hisPr 
 Remainder 
 we could, a 
 irning he to 
 th a Franctjc 
 ith a defign 
 the Mumis, 
 to pafs on tf 
 id every thi 
 )ariure. Hj 
 le Day, wi 
 cxt Mornin 
 argo on boa 
 ck I efpy'd ( 
 Situr Coufth 
 [Country of i 
 the Cavehi 
 B Nephew 
 bme time: 
 y glad to 
 after he thr 
 nfternation : 
 ►f him, whi 
 M.deLaSa 
 that heisdet 
 ! La Salle dei 
 
 M.De La S a/ le. 
 
 'Tis too true (reply'd he) he is certainly 
 dead ; for he was afjaffinated by his own 
 Party, in the Territories ftuated between 
 the Palaqueflbns and the Nouadiches. 
 
 * Hey ! what d'ye fay > ([aid I) is it 
 
 * poflible > Why ! M. Cavelier his own 
 ' Brother but now took Leave of mc, 
 ' and was fo far from telling me any 
 
 * thing of this matter, that he gave me 
 ' a Letter under his Hand, and did not 
 ^ feem to (hew the leaft mark of Grief 
 
 * or Concern. Str (faid he) / had the 
 Information from his own Mouth 5 his 
 Tears J and thofe of his Nephew were too 
 evident a f roof of the Truth of what they 
 ajferted ; and 1 am very forry that Ifldould 
 he the fir fl that came to bring you fo had 
 News, I was extremely ftirpriz'd at 
 this Anfwcr, and quite overwhelm'd 
 with Grief, infomuch, that for a while 
 I was not able to fpeak nor weep; nei- 
 ther did I know how to difpofe of my 
 fclf: However, fome Moments after 
 I rofe up, and fpoke to this EfFeftj 
 M. de La Salle, my only Proteffor, is 
 dead (as you fay) and nmrdefd too by 
 his Attendants ! Heavens ! can this be^ 
 But may I kpow who are thofe Mrfcrcants 
 that durft imbrue their Hands in the 
 Blood of fo excellent a Patron ^ Thev are 
 
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 hii Di.:h. "*" ''f « Lancelot. Ah .' wicked IVntd- 
 
 ex (faid I) hji what Motive, or rather, 
 hy what Demon mre they excited to com^ 
 mitfo execrable a Faa ^ Then I entreat- 
 cd him to tell me all that he knew con- 
 cerning that Matter. < AM's ! Sir 
 
 (laid he) not to ti efpafs too Jong on 
 * your Patience, I fhall proceed to give 
 ^ you an Account of every particular 
 ;Circumftance of his Death, as it was 
 
 related to me. 
 
 M.de La Salle being recovered of a 
 \ u-*"^. l^"g^^o"s Difeafe, repair'd to 
 ^ his laft Colony at Fort St. Lewn, 
 L ^"°^^^P3fted from thence, March 26. 
 
 i M n,'^^^* ^"^^ ^ '^^^^ ^0 Vifithis 
 
 Old Plantations, accompany'd with 
 ; about 30 Perfons ; among whom 
 
 were his Brother, his two Nephews, 
 'the two Larttelots Brothers, Dan, 
 
 a Savage, nam'd Choouamtr, two Em- 
 
 ItJJi Free-Booterss and one Hicus, a 
 
 Uermatj by Nation. 
 
 c IP^'j '^f K^ ^^y ^^ ^^^^^ March, 
 M. de La Salle perceiving that the 
 
 ^ younger Lancelot, being M\ weak af- 
 ter his Recovery from a violent Fit of 
 
 -^ bicknefs, was not able to follow the 
 
 . reft of the Company, determined to 
 
 ' lend 
 
 fend 
 
 could 
 
 ' mean! 
 
 llandi 
 
 by hi! 
 
 be par 
 
 ' celot \ 
 
 the pi 
 
 ings ' 
 
 and Ir 
 
 'gefted 
 
 the n 
 
 pen'd. 
 
 'on th 
 
 cut hi 
 
 broug 
 
 Broth( 
 
 Excel; 
 
 laid tl 
 
 from I 
 
 ' fportec 
 
 fwore 
 
 , given 
 
 ^ Comp 
 
 fudder 
 
 figninc 
 
 ^ greatei 
 
 ^ vourat 
 
 , follow' 
 
 but afi 
 

 ufture) nm'l 
 ickd WrcUh- 
 'f, or rather, 
 'cited to com 
 en I entreat 
 
 1^9 
 
 le knew con- 
 Ahis ! Sir, 
 too Jong on 
 cced to give 
 'f particular 
 li, as it was 
 
 :over'd of a 
 repair'd to 
 St. Lewii^ 
 , Marches. 
 1 to vifithis 
 iny'd with 
 3ng whom 
 Nephews, 
 lers, Ddn, 
 \ two Eng- 
 ' HicuSy a 
 
 eir March, 
 I that the 
 1 weak af- 
 )lent Fit of 
 oilow the 
 jrmin'd to 
 * lend 
 
 M De La Sal/e, 
 
 ' fend him back to the Bsiy ; neither 
 'could he be prevail'd upon by any 
 
 I\ means to alter his Mind, notwith- 
 Itanding the earneft Entreaties made 
 by his Brother, that they might not 
 be parted 5 infomuch, that young Lj;?- 
 ' celot was at laft obliged to return to 
 ^ the place appointed. Thefe Proceed- 
 ings which appeared to be Arbitrary, 
 and Imperious, were hard to be di- 
 gefted by a Man of Courage. In 
 \ the^mean while it unfortunately hap- 
 pened, that this young Man was met 
 on the Road by certain Savages, who-^' 
 cut his Throat, and the News wasf;"Sr 
 brought the fame Day to his elder ^^^ ^^^''^ 
 Brother, u ho could jnot retrain the t^'j '" 
 Excefs of his Grief. He immediately 
 laid the Elame on M. de La Salle, and 
 irom that very moment, being tran- 
 fported with Rage and Paffion, he 
 fwore his Defhuaion. After having 
 ^ given himfelf up for feme time tu 
 ^Complaints and Lamentations, he 
 ^ fuddenly JtiHeJ his Indiurnation, de- 
 ^ Signing to let it break forth again w irii 
 ^ greater Vehemency upon fbme fk- 
 ^ yourable Opportunity. Therefore he 
 ^Jollow'd the reil of the Company; 
 -'^^ after Two Mcnihs march, their 
 
 * Fi 0- 
 
 but 
 
 \) ' 
 
 » 
 
 i. 
 
 .>i! h 
 $' f 
 
igo M. De La Salle. 
 
 * Provifions failing, between the Tcrri 
 
 De Mo- 
 ranget 
 
 knock t on 
 the 11, ad 
 Toith a 
 Hsitchet. 
 
 naftafifi 
 neithei 
 found 
 for. ] 
 (ituatec 
 ftpi, h 
 
 ^ tories of the Palaqneffom and the Noa- 
 ^ die he s \ Dan and Ldntelot made an 
 
 * Agreement to go a hunting in the 
 
 * Woods, and foliicited the Statr dt 
 
 * Moranget, to accompany cm. The 
 *' unfortunate Gentleman, witliout nii.|f{^',.Q ^i 
 
 * n^rulting any thing, condefcendcd byLj^j -^^ 
 
 * way of Complaifance, to grant their 
 
 * Requeft. But the two Ruffians, who Xjig y 
 
 he mig 
 
 and inc 
 
 nate yc 
 
 there, 
 
 ing ov 
 
 the m€ 
 
 Wretci 
 
 their Fi 
 
 de I a Sci 
 
 man, ti 
 
 theHea 
 
 tot had 
 
 upon h 
 ' The Day being ended, and M. dt 'p^^g ^j 
 
 ' La Salle not feeing his Nephew return, ' fl^flt^ ; 
 
 ' nor his Companions, fpent die Night '^j^g £^g. 
 
 ' in a ftrange Perplexity : The next day i j^^^ ^q j 
 
 ^ he went himfelf to the Place, where (^qj. ^g 
 
 ^ he judg'd that they might have been, Scnfe a 
 
 ' and was foon follow'd by Father ^-^-ithplrr;! 
 
 * being excited as well by Envy, upon 
 « Account of hisfingular Merits, as by 
 
 < the implacable Hatred that they bore 
 
 * his Uncle, had long ago form'd a 
 
 < Defign upon his Life 5 having nou 
 ^infenfibly drawn him afide, reek'd 
 
 * their Malice upon him, to wiiich pur- 
 ^ pofe they gave him a blow on the 
 
 * Head with a Hatchet, of which he 
 'died two Hours after, like a good 
 ' Chriftian, heartily forgiving his Enc- 
 ' mies ^ of whofc Revenge this was the 
 ' firft Effort. 
 
ii 
 
 
 n the Tcrri 
 ind che Noa^ 
 iot made an 
 ning in the 
 :hc Skur cU 
 cm. The 
 without mi. 
 lefcendcd by 
 > grant their 
 jffians, who 
 Envy, upon 
 lerits, as by 
 It they bore 
 form'd 
 laving nov 
 fide, reek'd 
 which pur- 
 3w on the 
 r which lie 
 ike a good 
 ing his Enc 
 this wasthel 
 
 and M, k 
 hew return, 
 nche Night 
 'he next day 
 ace, where 
 have been, 
 Father ^^' 
 
 M.DeLaSalh 
 
 
 nafiaJJui, his Brother and his Lacquey, 
 neither was much tiqie fpcnt, ere he 
 found the Perfbn whom he fought 
 for. For being arriv'd in a Meadow, 
 fituated on the Cuie of the River Mijfif 
 ftpi, he efpy'd Lantdot's Footman 
 thro the Grafs, which was very high, 
 and inftantly ask'd him what was 
 become of De Moranget his Nephew > 
 The Villain impudently anfwery that 
 he might go look him on the Bank ; 
 and indeed the Body of that unfortu- 
 nate young Gentleman lay extended 
 there, and twoVulturs were flutter- 
 ing over it, to get their Prey. In 
 the mean while thofe two perfidious 
 Wretches lay hid in the Grafs, with 
 their Fufees ready cockt^ and as M, 
 de la Salle was drawing near the Foot- 
 man, to chaftife him, he was fhot in 
 theHead with threeBalls,which Lante- 
 lot had difcharg'd againfthim^ where- 
 upon he fell to the Ground with his 
 Face all over bloody. Father Jm- 
 ftafiti^ and his Brother having heard 
 the Report of the Gun, immediately 
 ran to him, and found him dying, but 
 not as yet altogether deftitute of 
 Senfe and Knowledge. Neither did 
 
 'him 
 
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 p2 M.De La Sallei 
 
 ^ him at his laft Gafp, at lead with re- 
 
 M de U 
 
 SallcV 
 Death 
 
 much /rt- 
 niented 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 Accol 
 that a 
 and b 
 rous ] 
 'his o^ 
 niilim 
 dcrcrs 
 tits? 
 
 fpe6l to the Salvation of his Sou! 
 
 * For he had Time and Strength fuffi- 
 
 * cient to make his ConfeCTion, and to, 
 
 * offer up himlclf to ciod, as it were a 
 ^ iolema Sacrifice. This was the lalt 
 
 * EfFed of their flat^e, and the Tragical 
 
 * end of our Illuftrious Hero, and oi 
 
 * your good Friend. . 
 
 Thefe laffc Words ftruck mctothe[|^. * 
 ^ very Heart, infbmuch, that I had not ^f '"^ 
 ' Strength left to complain : I continu'd ^ .^^^ 
 ' dumb and unmoveable for fome time^ | ^ ^ ^ 
 ^ but at laft the violence of my Grief, "V P^ 
 ' caufing me to come out of my Con- 
 
 < fternation by the means of a fuddain 
 
 < Flood of Tears ; * O Heavens ] (faid I) 
 
 < fhall I never fee M. de U Salle asain? 
 ^ Alafs ! what Hope, what Help is 
 
 * there now left me ? What will be- 
 
 * come of all thofe blooming Families, 
 ^ of which he was the common Father, 
 ^ the main Support, and the only Con- 
 ^ relation ? What a defperate Condition 
 ' are they in? How many brave Under- 
 
 * takings are no^v fpoiPd, and how 
 ' many Perfbns are ruin'd by the Lois 
 
 * of one fingle Man ? Alafs ! is it poffi- 
 •^ b|e that a Per Ion fo venerable for his 
 
 * Virtue : and fo ufefal to traficc. upon 
 
 ' Account 
 
 thougi 
 
 Guile. 
 
 did th( 
 
 or did 
 
 ThuiK 
 
 their 
 
 Thefe 
 
 *had pc 
 
 termin 
 
 'the re 
 
 any V 
 
 the tv 
 
 fpoufb 
 
 their ^ 
 
 ' don fo 
 
 'that ft 
 
 'Leave 
 
;a(l with re- 
 f his Sou! ; 
 rength fuffi.] 
 Ron, and toj 
 as it were a] 
 was the laft 
 the Tragical] 
 ero, and oi 
 
 k mcto the 
 hat I had no 
 
 Icontinu'd 
 [' fome time; 
 f my Grief, 
 of my Con- 
 of a fuddaia 
 ens i (faid I) 
 Salle again? 
 at Help is 
 at will be- 
 ig Families, 
 non Father, 
 e only Con- 
 2 Condition 
 ave Under- 
 , and how 
 y the Lois 
 ! isitpoffi 
 ble for his 
 Titficc, upon 
 
 ' Account 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 Account of liis grejt Difcovcries 5 or 
 'that a Man fb univerfally refpcfted, 
 and beloved even by the moR barba- 
 rous PcopL-, fhould be maffacred by 
 his own Followers ? Is there any Pu^ 
 
 niihmcntfevcrcenough forthefcMur- 
 dercrs; I fay, for thofc wretched Cai- 
 tifb> But where fhall we find 'cm ? 
 Oh! that I could difcover em, and 
 bring 'cm to condign PuniOimcnr. 
 Their Bulinefs is already done (then 
 'faid Coittnn) thofe Villains arc alrea- 
 dy puniOi'd, if their Death may be 
 thouglit fufficient to expiate their 
 Guilr. After what manner (fitid 1) 
 'did the Earth opcntollvallow'cm up; 
 'or did Heaven lirikc 'cm dead with 
 Thunder? No, Sir, (rcply'd lie) 
 their Comerades did em [uflice. 
 Thefe proHig.ue Wretches, afur thuy 
 'had perpetrated that horrid t-a^l, dc- 
 'termin'd in like manner todLRroy all 
 •the reft, that they might not leave 
 'any Witneflcs of Lheir\:rime j but 
 'the two EfigbP) Men feigning to e- 
 Tpoufe their Intereft, and to juftifie 
 their wicked Action, obtained a Par- 
 don for the Brother, and the Nephew 
 'that furviv'd their Kinfman, with 
 'Leave to bury tl)e two dead Bodic^. 
 
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 'I 
 
 
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 jir 
 
(I 
 
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 irs, 
 :iation,( 
 ■athcr J 
 'In 1 
 
 P4 M. De La Salle. 
 
 Whilft thefe two affliaed Rdationslomply 
 
 and the good Monk were employ'd j '- 
 
 performing their lail Devoirs to ih 
 
 Deceafed, thofe perfidious Villains ra, 
 
 to fcize on the relt of M, de La Sallt\ 
 
 Effeftss the whole Cargo confiding ir-.^«;,, 
 
 Ten Horfes, fome pieces of LinnenJin chki 
 
 Cloth and Merchandizes, to the valucjLodgin 
 
 of about 2000 Crowns. As foon as of all t! 
 
 they had taken PolTeffion of all the their PJ 
 
 Goods, the reft ot the Company was ' 
 
 oblig'd to make a Vertae of Ncceffity, 
 
 and to joyn with 'em. The Brother 
 
 and the Nephew, who had redeem'd 
 
 their Life by filence, and by a volunta- ,.,^,,^ ^ 
 
 ry Refignation of every thing, uere verthele 
 
 hkewile forc'd to follow the Torrent, fary Ac 
 
 /^fterwards they arrived at the Village to meet 
 
 oUh^Nouadiches, among whomdwelt in their 
 
 certain French Men, who had deflated 
 
 M de La Salle in his Life-time. Thefe 
 
 People perceiving the Arrival of this 
 
 new Company, very uellarm'd, and 
 
 moderately accoutred, were no lefso- 
 
 verjoy'd to fee'cm,than ih^FrenchwQXQ, 
 
 cnrertain'd 'cm very honourably; and 
 
 at thefirft Salute invited 'em to be their 
 
 Companions in tlieir Expedition againit 
 
 th^ Quoanajnim's, It being requifite to 
 
 com- 
 
 his Cod 
 the dep 
 expt 
 the Qer 
 Spoils c 
 
 "-V \v 
 
 ake Cai 
 with for 
 dition. 
 the Ltjg 
 tnands ; 
 Tecond i 
 bQ:orin 
 the Engl 
 Thou art 
 tl:y Mafli 
 
 inftant, 
 
/ 
 
 li 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 entcr^ 
 
 nation, 
 
 of 
 
 :he 
 
 md 
 
 iman: 
 
 ed Relations^ 
 employ'd ii 
 voirs to tli; 
 > Villains rai 
 ^e La Salk\ 
 confiding ii 
 s of Linnen- 
 
 to the value 
 
 As foon a 
 
 1 of all the their Pleafurc; diverted themfelves ac 
 mpany was his Cod^ and made good Cheer. Bui 
 >t N.ceffity. the departure of the Savages was dai- 
 The Brother |y expec^rcd. Tlic E.^^l^[h Man and 
 ad redeem d the GW.^;., that had no (hare in the 
 )y a volunta- Spoils of the Deceafed, and who ne- 
 "ing, u ere i^erthclefs ftood in great need of neceP 
 the 1 orrent. fary Accoutrements, went well arm'd 
 to meet their pretended Commanders 
 in their Tent, and entreated 'cm to 
 take Care that they might be fuppiy'd 
 \vith fomc Linnen for their new fcxp^-- 
 dition. Lantdot treated 'cm rudely; 
 
 t the Village 
 kvhom dwelt 
 bad defertcd 
 me. Thefe 
 ival of this 
 arm'd, and 
 'e no lefs o- 
 Vre?2ch were, 
 irably; and 
 1 to be their 
 tion a gain ft 
 requifiteto 
 c 3 and io 
 com- 
 
 95 
 
 the Efiol;(fj Man reiterated his _« 
 mands; and the former made him a 
 Tecond Denial, with much more Pvc^ 
 fraaorinefs than before. Whereupon unr^w 
 the E?}gli[l) Man upbraiding him, (aid, ^rio,n 
 Thou art a vile Tray tor '^ thou h.tsJ ktii d'^ff^"^^ 
 tl:yMa/}er afjeimme-^ and at that vcr\ Hnn^li 
 inftant, drawing a Piiiol froni his''^;'' "'^ 
 
 \f 2 Ciird'c, 
 
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 U 
 
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 J 
 
 
 
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1^5 
 
 M. De La SMe. 
 
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 '\s. 
 
 i ( iv 
 
 f 
 
 fary i 
 
 'Girdle, he fhot three Balls into hi 'J!^^ '^ 
 ' Reins, and laid him fprawiirg or 
 
 Count 
 ' the Ground. Dan immediately ral'^^^ ^ 
 
 * to hisFufee, but the German foor R^^V'^ 
 ^ ftopt his Career, broke his Head, anc \ J^^fi^^ 
 ^ ki'l'd him outright. Some of th ' '' '' 
 ^Company hearing the Noife, ra 
 ^ towards 'em forthwith, and Fathe 
 ' AnaftaCtHs found one flone-dead, am 
 \ the other dying ; He confefs'd Lank 
 
 lot, who was M de La Sallts Mur 
 ' derer, and had fcarce given him Ab 
 ' folution, when a certain French Ma 
 ' burnt his Hair with a Piftol-Shc 
 < without Ball; infomuch, that th 
 ' Fire inftantly taking hold of his Shir 
 ' which was very grealie, the mifcia 
 ' b!e Wretch expir'd amidO; the FJamei 
 Thus thofe wicked Murderers pcrifli' 
 aceording to their DefertF.whofeCrim 
 was of too deep a Dye, to remain Ion 
 unpuniQi'd, and 'tis not to be double 
 that thofc who (hall read thisNarrativ( 
 V ill conceive a ju/l Indignation again! 
 the like bloody AiTaffir.s. 
 ^^ Akerwdrds ih^ E;7^^ljflj Man nr, 
 the ijcrman made themftlves Mafter 
 
 * of their Spoils, and offer'd 'em all t( 
 ^' thedifcretion of the two M Cavdien 
 ' who only took as mu;h as was need 
 
 I had 
 
 own j^ 
 
 nefs 
 
 'they r 
 and o 
 out fo 
 given 
 '>vhat 
 beftof 
 'Ion 
 the Ur 
 as for t 
 ChaoHi 
 for M. 
 M. C\, 
 drown 
 
 ' cover 1 
 I ref]e( 
 quillitj 
 
 ' ed to I 
 of his V 
 tares. 
 
 'deep S 
 
 'call in 
 
M. De La Salle 
 
 o 
 
 fary for their J( 
 
 Jails into hi: 
 prawiii'g or 
 nediattly ni 
 German/ foor 
 is Head, anc 
 iome of th 
 Noifc, ra 
 and Fathe 
 ne-dead, am 
 ifefs'd Lank 
 Sdla's Mnr 
 iven him Ab 
 I French Mn 
 . PiftoI-ShcJ 
 h, that th 
 i of his Shir 
 . the mifcra 
 \ the FJame: 
 ^rers prrifli' 
 whofeCrim 
 remain Ion 
 be double 
 lis Narrative 
 ation againi 
 
 (Z^ Man nr 
 Ives Mader 
 'd 'em all t( 
 Al Cazidien 
 ts was necel 
 
 and havinr 
 
 IP7 
 
 ^ourney, 
 left 'ern the relt, came tome in 
 Country of the Akanceas. They were 
 the Uncle and the Nephew, accom- 
 pany'd with M. de U Mime, and M. 
 Joujlel^ and a Chmunon Savage, and 
 I had all thatl have related from their 
 own Mouth : I was alio an Eye-wat- 
 nefs of their Lamentations and Tears; 
 they relkd Two Days in yourHoufc, 
 and on the third following they fee 
 out for the Iflinois, Thus, Sir, I'have 
 given you a particular Account of 
 what you defir'd, according to the 
 beftofmy Knowledge. 
 ' I only convers'd (laid I then) with 
 the Uncle and the Father Recokt, but 
 as for the Nephew, M. Joitfld and the 
 ChaoHincH^ I Ijad no iiglit of 'em. As 
 for M.de la Mir fje, 1 remember that 
 iVf. Cj-.e/hr told me, that he was 
 drown'd^ ncverthelcfs, I cannot re- 
 cover my feirfrom my Surprizejwhen 
 I rcfledt on the Conftancy and Tran- 
 quillity of Mind, with which he relat- 
 ed to me the particu.larCir-cumftances 
 of his whole Voyage,and all his Adven- 
 tures, 'fis a common Saying, that 
 deep Sorrow is dumb, and I dare not 
 call in queftion the Sincerity of his ; 
 
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 v; 
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 for a 
 to vifit 
 \y difc 
 mentic 
 Inti 
 
 ipS M.De La Salle. 
 
 ' but I am certain, that he has made nJ^vho u 
 ^Scruple to crofs the Proverb. He haJb^t ^^^ 
 ibixiQ occafion to u(c DifTimuIation (rejpri2^e» 
 ply'd Coufture) ^ He was willing {bmeji'ol^tioi 
 ' u hat to allay his Grief, by the tellinj To ths 
 of long Stories 5 and befides, he hac 
 Tome By-ends, and fome particula 
 Reafons for fuch a Deportment at tha 
 time. 
 
 ' I very well comprehend your mean| — 
 ^ log (faidl) he was defirous to borr''om 
 ^ low Money of me, and he was afraicl Covert 
 ^' Ic/i I fhould refufe to lend him any, l^o i"fc 
 ^^ he inform'd me of his Brother's Deatlli" ^ ^ 
 ^ Butalafs! I was too much indabtedtl^y ^h 
 his Name and ramily,to deny him anl^^^^^ 
 ^ thing. Would to God i had nothinl This 1 
 ' left m the WorM, and had not loft nil ^- ^^ 
 ' honoured Proteftor, my dear PatroJ ^^^^^ 
 ^ and my moli faithful Friend/ Butalafl^^G ' 
 ' all our Lamentations are to no purpofl "^"^^ 
 ^and (ince we cannot repair fo great! There! 
 ' Lofsjct us at lead arm our felves witi ^^^7- 
 ' Patience, let us alfo endeavour tobrinl ^e"> 
 ' to Ferfedion what he has fohappill Savage 
 'begun. 
 
 At that very inftant I encouraged nij 
 ielfm myRefoIution to make anothc 
 Voyage, with a Defign not only t( 
 carry Relief to thofe poor French Men 
 
 whi 
 
 Comnr 
 firft Jc 
 Iflinois 
 back j 
 
M. De La Salle. 
 
 who were abandoiiM on the Sea-fhoar, 
 but alfo to undertake Ibmc new Hntcr- 
 prize, that might afford me fbme Coa- 
 iblatioti for the Lois I Imc! iultain'd. 
 
 'le. M. De La Salle. 199 
 
 ; has made n 
 erb. He Iia{ 
 mulation (re 
 willing fome 
 
 by the teliins To that purpofe I made Preparations 
 ^fides, hehal^'^'^ ^ "^^ Delcent to the Seas, and 
 le particuial^^ ^'^^^^ ^^^ t\\o{t Nations that were late- 
 tmeat atthall^' ^i^c^^^'"'^ ^V ^^' deLaSaHe, an. I 
 mention'd to me by his Brother. 
 
 In the mean wiiile I receiv'd a Letter 
 from the Marquis D^Enonvilk , our 
 Governour ; the Purport of which was 
 to inform me, That we were engag'd 
 in a War againll the Spaniards^ and *f^j'wv^ 
 by which he cave me free Liberty to '^' ^l^' 
 Jeny himanl^^^^^"^'^ Attempts 1 could upon 'em. 
 had nothinlThis Letter, in Conjundion with what 
 dnotloflml^' ^^"^^^^^^ had told mc concerning 
 dear Fatro J ^^0^^ Nations, who weie ready to 
 id/ Butajafl^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ '^"^' animated me fo 
 onopurporJ"^"^^ the more to haften m,y Journev. 
 lirfb great I Therefore I fet out Decemb, 5. A, D, 
 r felves wirl '^^7* accompany'd with five Frefich 
 JOUT tobrinl Men, four Chaoumous^ and fome other 
 is fohappill Savages, and left my Coufin De Uttte^ 
 \ Commander of Fort St. LewU. My 
 firft Journey ended in the Village of the 
 Iflinoisy and I found 'em lately come 
 back from an Expedition againR di- 
 
 O 4 vers 
 
 11 
 
 d your mean 
 irous to bor 
 be wasafra 
 d him any, i 
 ther's Deat 
 1 indabted t 
 
 courag'd mj 
 lake anothc 
 not only t( 
 trench Men 
 
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 i'S 
 
 i 
 
 \ 
 
 (ir 
 
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:co 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 vers Neighbouring People, from whom 
 they carry 'd away i jo Prifbncrs. 
 trom thence I pafi'd to theC 
 
 l!)!e 
 
 who 
 
 tppa's 
 pave mc very good Entertain- 
 
 as 
 
 ke 
 
 nient, and fume time after the Tcging 
 
 and iortmans receiv'd me withtheliiw 
 pemoiiflration of FriendPnip and Re- 
 ipea. Then the Ccurfe oi" rny Jour- 
 ncy brouglit mc to theO^.teej^wherc I 
 built an Houic for the Convenience of 
 Frafhck. There I fpent five or fix 
 Days, during which, I made new Pur- 
 chaces, and encreas'd my Store of Pro- 
 vifions. I departed from myHoufe in 
 the Month of Fe^r/Mr^, ,688. and after 
 lomc Days travelling I got up again to 
 tile great Village of 'r^tnjas. As we 
 were purfumg that Journey, one of my 
 IhAouanous being attack'd by three Qlu^ 
 chorm^s, kiH'd one of them, and him- 
 h\i rcceiv'd a fiight Wound on the Pap, 
 with the glancing of an Arrow. But 
 a far greater Difaflcr t)efci us during 
 thu Jourricy. For two Frcmh Men of 
 my Company ftraghng in the Woods 
 to hunt, were affaulted by a Party of 
 Aaches, and unfortunately kiil'd. W^ 
 were To much the more fenfibic of thi? 
 
 \ 
 :r 
 
 Indignity, in regard that \ 
 pyftibic for us to revenge it, n 
 
 was im- 
 
 not being 
 
 able 
 
 to 
 
 Upon 
 
 l</, the 
 ion inf( 
 lad wit 
 whic 
 'em 1 
 J me t( 
 p of th( 
 pted c 
 
 AtnfAS 
 
 ?e arriv 
 kVilla^ 
 a conft 
 hers, 1 
 \m, T 
 hree for 
 ler, th( 
 he mid 
 
 efir'd L 
 
 .iiplore 
 
 or the 
 
 lis obfer 
 
 iiin is ti 
 Tjonly ac 
 riierefor 
 ^onduQe 
 isving fa 
 
e. 
 
 from whom 
 fbntrs. 
 
 the Cnppa's, 
 I Enrertain- 
 :he Togingas 
 vith the like 
 lip and Re- 
 >f" my Jour 
 wj^wliere I 
 ivenienceof 
 five or fix 
 !e new Pur 
 tore of Pro- 
 lyHoufe in 
 I' and after 
 ip again to 
 fx. As we 
 
 one of my 
 
 three C/;4. 
 
 and him- 
 on the Pap, 
 row. But 
 
 [)!e 
 
 M. De Lit Salle. 
 to come up with thofe 
 
 -■•^ir»**^ 
 
 201 
 
 1% 
 
 Sa' 
 
 </, 
 
 Upon our Arrival among the Taen^ ^ i^<^^rrd 
 the principal Elders of that Na- ^''""'" 
 
 us during 
 ^ch Men oV 
 ■\Q Woods 
 a Party of 
 iH'd. We 
 bleof thii 
 'twas im- 
 not being 
 able 
 
 ion inform'd me of the Contefl: they fa's and' 
 iad with the Ndchitochesy about Salt, ^^^'^achi- 
 i which, the latter would not fuf' S" X 
 r 'em to have any fhare, and entreat- 
 y me to be Mediatour for the making 
 !p of their Differences. I readily ac- 
 epted of the Office^ fo that Thirty 
 "nenfas having joyn'd our Company, 
 'e arrived after Eight Days march, at 
 feVillage of the Nachitoches.This Nati- 
 n conftitutes only one State with two 
 hers, viz. the Ouafita^s and the Capi^ 
 te. The chief Commanders of thefe 
 hree forts of People being met togn- 
 ber, they caufed me to fit down in 
 be middle of 'cm; but the Thirty 
 ^i€P^fa\ before they took their place, 
 iefir'd Leave to go to the Temple, to 
 ^plore the Affiftance of their God, 
 or the obtaining a firm Peace. (Here 
 as obfervable by the way, that the 
 iun is the Deity which is mod com- 
 nonly ador'd among all thofe People.) 
 Therefore thefe Taenfas were adually 
 lOnduQed to the Temple ; and after 
 raving (aid their Prayers, were brought 
 
 back 
 
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202 
 
 W[ 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
 pare ci 
 !ur Fre 
 laroiifl] 
 ravel Ti 
 he Tej 
 initcd t 
 :hree V 
 
 back to the AfTembly, where tin 
 
 caird their God to witnefs the Sincerit 
 
 of their Intentions, as to the matter ( 
 
 Peace; made their Prefents to the thn 
 
 feveral Nations; and nominated me k 
 
 Guarantee of their Treaty. W hereuj 
 
 on I promoted their Intereft as far a ^i^^ y 
 
 it lay in my Power, making the btfce/ th 
 
 of their Claim, and at laft brougljbon as 
 
 Matters to a good Accommodationlhev a 
 
 infomuch, that the Nachitoches promisgt\d brc 
 
 to fupply 'em with Salt, in exchanglefrefh 
 
 ior their Skins and Grains. Upon tlout of i 
 
 breaking up of the Convention, thefciiiaae 
 
 took a reciproca! Oath to maintai|ain'd i 
 
 Peace and an Amicable CorrefpondencLade 
 
 one with another, and danc'd the GZ/fhat I i 
 
 mef, according to the ufual Cuftora J^^e to 
 
 the K^mericans. Afterwards I took ml, arec^t 
 
 leave of both thofe Nations. h^v h 
 
 The Nachitoches provided Fivihe ' j^: 
 
 Guides tocondua me to the Village oljors • 
 
 the Yataches, and to go thither ; I wa|Ejitreai 
 
 obliged to pafs on the River Onorojfiet^^ ^^ 
 
 about 30 Leagues. During our Courflfurnini 
 
 we found fifteen Cottages of the Nack\ vvjie 
 
 and took up our Lodging amongft'eniiapes v 
 
 that Night, continually ftanding upoJand Me 
 
 our Guard. The next day, having mel .u^ vTn 
 
 with Twelve of em apart, we did no| ^^ off 
 
 fpare 
 
He. 
 
 where tlu 
 s the Sincerit 
 the matter 
 ts to the thrt 
 [linated me k 
 ^ Whereu 
 reft as far 
 
 M. De La Salle. 
 
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 pare cm, but reveng'd the Death of 
 
 lur French Men, whom they had bar- 
 
 laroiifly alJafllnated. After having 
 
 ravcli'd for lome Days, ue arrivd in 
 
 he Territories of the Tatacfjes, who are 
 
 initcd to tv\ other Nations, that make 
 
 Jhree Villages together, viz. iheTau- 
 
 I I k r''' ^^^ Omdds, and the Ch^.yo's. As 
 
 lalt brougliQoii as they had notice of our Arrival, 
 
 Dmmodationljiey came three Leagues to meet us, 
 
 '^^i&e/ promislnd brought us good Provifions for our 
 
 m exchanJii^efrefhment. Afterwards we went 
 
 5. Upon tliout of the Champion Country to their 
 
 mention, thej^iHage, and the chief Elders enter- 
 
 to maintai|ainy us at feveral Fealts. Then I 
 
 "fjpo"Q^nfiiiade 'em fome Prefents, and deHr^ 
 
 ^i^r^ a J^^^^^ might have Guides to conduft 
 
 A J }^ Ji"e to the Quodadiquios. They m -de 
 
 rds I took mia great deal of difficuhy to gran? me 
 
 ^•A A v F"^' ^y reafon that three Days ago 
 
 h v'll l^^^y maflacred three of their Ambalfa- 
 
 ne Village oijors 5 neverthelefs, by the meai^s of 
 
 tner ; I waj^jj^^eaties and Proteftations to deftnd 
 
 er Oftoroyjim^^^^ thgy ^ere at laft prevailed upon to 
 
 \T STi^"^"^''^ "s with five. 
 ^'^^^^^^heijk vvhen we drew near the three Vil- 
 amongft ^m\^g^s, we difcern'd the Irads of Hories 
 mdmg upo|andMenon the Road, and indeed in 
 
 f ^!?'^"^^1^^^ Morning divers Horfemen appear'd, 
 wedidnoigjjj offer'd to convey us thither. I 
 
 ¥4 ' was 
 
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ao4 
 
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 n t 
 
 was attended with 20 Fufiken 
 arnVd, and Co in a Condition tc 
 thofe Savages in awe. I had no loonc 
 enter d the Village, bntaceitain VVn 
 
 .1n^^'"?^"' who held the firftKank in th. 
 
 -vemur,. Country, made an Addrefs to me, an 
 
 importun d me to revenge her 'firs '"^^ ^' 
 band's Death, who was kill'd by ih ''^^^^^^'^ 
 
 f M d 
 
 he Nam 
 ;dwitli 
 oput a 
 snce fii 
 
 I'ataclies. A little wliilV after' anotlv ^^^ ^' 
 
 Woman came tome, to make the fiffi '^'^f^l 
 
 Complaint, and they apparentlv \url ^''' 
 
 the Wives of thofe Ambaliidors, whonl''*'"''^ ' 
 
 the Tmdes had afTafiinatcd not loni*'™ ^^' 
 
 before. Ail the People ilem'd to b 
 
 concern-dat their Death; and foralinuc 
 
 as they were very follicitous about tlia 
 
 Affair, I made a Promife both to th 
 
 Widows, and to the People, to taW, . 
 
 Vengeance for the Murder of theil')'*?'""' 
 
 Husbands and Arobaliadors. TheiT ''"' ^ 
 
 they conduaed me to their Temple 
 
 waft d my Face with Water, before 
 
 they permitted me to enter; and after 
 
 having pray'd to God for the fpace of 
 
 one quarter of an Hour, they Jed me 
 
 back into the Cottage oFone of thofi 
 
 iBIood f( 
 The , 
 rher N 
 Ithc A'aj^ 
 tiirited 
 Nations 
 
 vVoxen, where I was magnificent!. 
 enterta,n'd. ^re I was inform'd 
 that the bcven f/e^,/, Men, who were 
 •eparatedfiomC-iw&T, after thcDcaih 
 
 r>l- 
 
 VillagCi 
 mote 01 
 tries ar( 
 of Gam 
 are vc 
 ma lata 
 hours ; 
 not vcr 
 ry fine 1 
 
 OS. T 
 
 Faces | 
 Parts 
 
M.De La Salle. "20 5 
 
 f M.deia Saik^ wereftill livi.ig among 
 h^Nouadiches. 1 was extremt^ly delight- 
 dvvitli tliis piece of News, and hop'd 
 pur an end to my Evils, if I could 
 ince find nneans to meet 'em again, 
 herefore having pafs'd the reft ot the 
 ay among the QuAdoiiquio's^ I cn- 
 ireatcd em to furnifh me with Guides, 
 nd adbr'd em, That at my Return I 
 l^'Ould either oblige the Tataches to give 
 ena Satisfa6lion, or I would require 
 |B!ood for Blood at their Hands. 
 The QHodddiquid s are united to two veo^h «- 
 rher Nations, 7.72:,. the Nnpgitocbt^s and ^'tedtogc 
 Itlic NaJJonis, wiiole Territories are {1- ^^"'' 
 tinted on the rc6 River. 7 hefe three 
 Nations (peak tl*e fame Language, yet 
 their Allemblics are net convcn'd by 
 Villages, but by Habitations, very re- 
 mote one from another. 'I'licir Coun- 
 tries are very fine, affording abundance 
 of Game, and variety oFFilh 5 but there 
 are very few Oxen. Thcfe People 
 maiatain cruel Wars againft iheirNei^^h- 
 bours ; infom; c!i, that their V^illagcs are 
 not very populous. They all have ve- 
 ry fine Horfes, u hich they call Cavalii- 
 OS. The Men and Women have their 
 Faces pricked, and even all the othi^r 
 Parts of their Bodies : And indeed the 
 
 Fan- 
 
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 3,i 
 
 40 
 
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 206 Mi. Ve La Salic. 
 
 FifJtiflicali ''irnoursofMcnisaltogctfief iich a? 
 un^ccountablcj/incc that which is look'AuId pr 
 upon as Deformity in one Countr,pa(f he ne> 
 fci for Beauty in another. Their Rif illag % 
 
 n ;? , ^^'' " ^^'''"^ ^^^^ ^^"^^ ^^^^"f''* itaaualily Sufp 
 
 w '*^^°^^ up abundance of Sand, whiclfief Go 
 
 renders it as red as Blood. |il to o: 
 
 I fet out from thence April 6. A, /Jls'd to 
 
 1690. withtwoSIavcs, who were mylands, ti 
 
 Guides, for the Country of the Nom- len. \ 
 
 diches. As we were traveling on the Jed in 
 
 Road, we met witli certain Savages ol lat our 
 
 that Nation a hunting, who afTur'd us, 
 
 that they had left our frefjch Men at 
 
 home, which was very joyful News to 
 
 me, but at the fame time I had the 
 
 Misfortune to lofea young Fretjc/j Man 
 
 of my Retinue ; He found means to 
 
 return three Days after, but without 
 
 his Snap-fack, where I had put the be/1 ... , .„. 
 
 part of my Provisions, which created luch as ] 
 
 iives fe 
 iderftan 
 rmanon 
 10 true. 
 Tiic IS 
 rts to c 
 e the Q 
 
 me a great deal of trouble. However, 
 not thinking fit to take any notice of 
 his Neglea:, we took up our Quarters 
 that Night within half a League ofthe 
 Village of the Noitadiches, wliere the 
 principal Elders came forth to meet us. 
 
 I inftantly fnquir^d of em after our - . 
 
 Fnmh Mc. ynd they anfwer'd, that lin that 
 they were In t ood Health -. hnr fnrc^C, hvp rhor 
 
 much 
 
 y'd 'em 
 ^/, we 
 lat threi 
 le other 
 ?oV, th 
 in fince 
 ;rtainly 
 m 5 the 
 
 "^-t^.^ll^'. 7^ 
 
M. D^ La Salle, 
 
 'uch as they were nottobcfccn I 
 ould promifc my Iclf no Good by it. 
 [he next day, being arriv'd at tlicir 
 illag % and none oF 'enn appearing, 
 Dy Sufpicion was ftill increas'd. The 
 hief Governors of the Nation did not 
 iil to offer mc the Calumet ; but I re- 
 ps'd to accept of any thing at their 
 pnds, till tliey had produc'd t\\{:French 
 len. When they p ;rceiv'd that I per- 
 Ifted in my Rcfolution, they confefs'd 
 Jat our French Men having accompa- 
 y'd *em in the War againfl the Sparti- 
 W/, wer^ furroundfcd by theHorfe^ 
 liat three of em were kilfd; and that 
 b other four retiring to the QHoanan- 
 Ws^ they never heard any Tidings of 
 Im fince that time. I reply'd, That 
 Irtainly they thcmfelves had murder'd 
 \m j they deny'd it ftiffly, and foraP. 
 bch as I inceffantly accuse! 'em, their 
 lives fell a weeping, and made me 
 Inderftand by their Tears, that the In- 
 |rmai-ion concerning their Death was 
 po true, 
 
 Tiic Lsicuadiches us'd their utrr.ofinr- 
 Irts to clear themfelves, acd clfi-rd 
 V the Calumet a fecond tim:r^ I to'd 
 [m that I would notaccept ofir rill I 
 
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 208 M.DeLaSal/e. 
 
 nocence as to that Point, and that neve 
 thelefs if I could be ferviceable to *e 
 in any thing, they fhould find my Fi 
 delity inviolable. The chief Co 
 mander anfwer'd my kind Expreflion 
 with a Prefent of Ten fine Horfes, vvej 
 harnefs'd, and I gave him feven Ha 
 chets, with a Set ofGlaffes. 
 
 We left their Country May 29. an 
 advancM within a Days Journey oft 
 Palaqmffons^ where we were inform 
 that the laft Colony eltablifh'd by .1 
 de U Salicy on the Coaft of the Gul 
 of Mexico^ not having been able 
 maintain it felf in a perfect Union, w 
 quite difpers*d ; that fome were inte 
 mixed with the Savages, and that 
 thers found Means to get to the Fre^> 
 Plantations in other Places. Ther 
 fore not judging it expedient to lee 
 for 'em where they were no longer 
 be found, I took a Refolution to r 
 turn the fame way I came. In t 
 mean while I endeavoured to pafs 
 the Village of Coroas, but a prodigioi 
 Inundation happening, by reafon oft! 
 extraordinary Rains, which continu 
 for Three Days fucceflively, u e wer 
 involved in the greateft Streight imag 
 nable: For the Water every vvher 
 
 rol 
 
lie. 
 
 2 op 
 
 M. De La Sallcl 
 
 -rofcup to the middle Lc^ at leaft; in- 
 
 nd that neye|fomuch, that we were forcd to fleep, 
 
 f fi ? ^^ ?|andtomakeFircsonthickTrces,indvve 
 
 V r / U^'^^^g^*^ o"'^ ^^^ves happy, in beingtftcn 
 
 cniet jLonlprovided with Caflkve, lieef and Vcni- 
 
 I hxprentonlfon . y^^ continu'd three or four Djys 
 ' ^ ' ^! jin this forlorn Condition, but as good 
 
 II leven Ha|Luck Vv'ould have it, we difcoverM a 
 "if Ifmall ifland, which the Waters had not 
 May 29. arjas yet overllow'd, and we retir'd thi- 
 3urney ot t|ther for a Day and a Night : Our Hor- 
 ^rru'^" u "^1^^^ were fomewhat recruited there, and 
 
 h r \X^^ Ground being fuddcniy dry'd by the 
 Dt the GulplexceirivcHeatoftheSeafon, and of the 
 Climate, we got up in a Days Journey 
 to the Village of Ccro^s, I cannot fuf- Corns ^ 
 ficiently exprefs the noble Entertain- p^,''^);' 
 ment wc met with among thofe People, "^ * 
 who employ'd feveral Perlbns every 
 day in Filliing and hunting, on pijipoie 
 to treat us, and fupply'd us with abun* 
 dance of Pullets, G^^^k, Pigeons and 
 Turkeys. But that which redoubled 
 my Joy is, that two of thofe Frcf?ch 
 Men, whom 1 fought for amonj^ the 
 Nofiadiches^ were luckily foursd licie : 
 and that I had i^o favourable an Oppor» 
 tunity to rc-unitc 'em to my Com- 
 pany. 
 
 been able c 
 I Union, \v« 
 le were inte 
 . and that ( 
 to the Fnnc 
 ices. Then 
 iient to fee 
 no longer t 
 lution to n 
 ime. In ih 
 \ to pafs t 
 a prodigioi 
 reafonoftl 
 ch continu 
 V, we wer 
 eight imag* 
 ;very vvhe 
 ro 
 
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 ii. 
 
 
2IO M.De La Salle. 
 
 I took my leave of the Corods, JhIj 
 2o^^.and arrived on the 5 u^^.in the Ter- 
 ritories of the K^k^meiCs, where I was 
 feizd with a Fever, which oblig'd me 
 to ftay there till Auguft i^. After I 
 had a little recovered my Strength, I 
 fet forward again in my Journey to 
 the Country of the JJlhois, and arrived 
 there in the Month o( Septemlfer. Thus 
 the Treaty of Peace concluded between 
 the Taejtfas and the Nachitod'ts :, the 
 pleafure of being moft kindly enter- 
 tain'd by all the Savage People , and 
 the Satisfaaion of bringing back two 
 Fre/ic^ Men, whom I had given over 
 for loft 3 were the Fruits of my la ft 
 Voyage. 
 
 By this Relation one may take an 
 eftimate of the Riches and Beauty of 
 all thofe Countries, inhabited by fo 
 many People, that are all in a manner 
 already brought under Subjeftion, and 
 who have a perfeft Idea of the Gran- 
 deur of our Monarch. It cannot be 
 conceived how much that Continent a- 
 bounds, as well in all forts of Grain 
 and Fruit, as in variety of Cattel. Tis 
 furrounded on all fides with great Seas, 
 the Shoavs of which are very deep, 
 and feem to preient us u ith naturni 
 
 Ports , 
 
 'ons; 1 
 
 lavens 
 
 [idoubti 
 
 thofe 
 snerall) 
 emfelv 
 /thing t 
 lently, 
 hat is 
 iithcr t 
 ;r, wha 
 ay be 1 
 om thol 
 ores of 
 ks, Ti 
 a- Com 
 of Cor 
 thedei 
 
 the I 
 idly, V 
 ature, 
 me Pain 
 iprovc '{ 
 ate of A 
 ant tha 
 Y loon 
 pre us ii 
 
 atdges. 
 
?.in theTer* 
 ivhere I was 
 I oblig'd me 
 ^. After I* 
 Strength, I 
 Journey to 
 and arriv'd 
 ^Ifer, Thus 
 led between 
 'Jocl'cs ^ tlie 
 ndly enter- 
 eople, and 
 back two 
 given over 
 of my lafl: 
 
 ay take an 
 i Beauty of 
 
 >ited by fb idly, to procure all the Trcafures of 
 
 1 a manner 
 -ftion, and 
 ■ the Gran- 
 cannot be 
 ontinenc a- 
 » of Grain 
 ittel. 'Tis 
 great Seas, 
 i^ery dcQp, 
 th natiiral 
 Forts ; 
 
 iM. De U Sallel 
 
 brts; inromuch, that three or four 
 [avens on theGulph q{ Mexico would 
 doubtedly fecure for us the PoflefTion 
 
 thofe Territories. The French are 
 snerally fo well belov'd, that to make 
 lemfelves Mailers of em, they have 
 irhing to do but to fettle there incon- 
 lently, and to plant their Colonies, 
 hat is wanting, may be tranfported 
 lither by our VelTels ; as in like man- 
 ;r, what is wanting in our Country, 
 ay be brought us from thence. For 
 Dm thofe Parts wc have our principal 
 ores of Skins 5 v/e might alfo get 
 ks, Timber for Ships, and divers o- 
 'dr Commodities, if there be a fcarci- 
 of Corn and VVine,'tis Ic(s occafion'd 
 the defcQ of the Soil, tlian for wane 
 
 the Improvement of Husbandry. 
 
 2II 
 
 ature, 'tis only requifite to beflour 
 me Pains in fciking tor 'en?, and to 
 iprove em when found. Sucli is the 
 ate of Affairs in that Country : God 
 ant that a happy and lading Peace 
 y loon put usin PolRfTion/andic- 
 e us in the Enjoyment of thefe Ad- 
 Qtages. 
 
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 A 
 
 RELATION 
 
 O F A 
 
 VOYAGE 
 
 Made by the 
 
 Sieur de Montauhan, 
 
 Captain of the Vrencb Privateers, 
 ON THE 
 
 Coafts of Guinea, 
 
 In the Year i 69^,- 
 
 WITH 
 
 A Defcription of the Kingdom of dpe 
 dt Lopez ; and an Account of the 
 Manners, Cuftoms and Kcligion of 
 the Natives of that Country. 
 
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 band, ( 
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 mire m 
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 \Courage 
 weighty 
 Perfon 
 unavoic 
 to Min 
 Narmt 
 his Set 
 from II 
 undirt^< 
 nvcs t 
 
 He 
 
 met cii 
 Cape ' 
 Ordna 
 
 up voit 
 
 a'^d to 
 Jftcrn 
 
J LET TEK to Monpeur 
 
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 I Have at laft received the Relation of 
 the Voyage, made hy C^pt, Montau- 
 band, commonly ca/Pd Montauban, af2d 
 I have fent it you printed. Tou will ad- 
 mire without all Doubt ^ as well as /, how 
 hy the jneans of his fingular Prudence and 
 Courage^ he extricated himfelf from thofe 
 mighty PreJfureSj under which any other 
 Perfon in his Ctrcumfiances^ would have 
 unavoidably perifi'^d : 7ou may alfo call 
 to Mind in reading the beginning of this 
 Narrative^ that you had a fight offome of 
 hh Seamen at Bordeaux, A* D. 1694. 
 from whence he fit out the next Tear to 
 undtrtake the Voyage^ of which he here 
 gives m a particular Account, 
 
 He gave chace to divers Ships that he 
 met during his Courfe^ and enga£d at 
 Cape Verd, with a Frigat of 34 Pieces of 
 Ordnance, At St. ]ohp's Cape he came 
 up mth an Englidi Ve\lel of 20 Guns^ 
 and took^ her after a [mail Engagement. 
 Jfimvards he took a Caper of Branden- 
 
 P4 burg, 
 
 
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 burg, and(leer\l his Courfe to Angola 
 JtlaH ht cUjccvtr'dthe EngliOi Guard 
 
 
 ;aw the Coaft, arid fought her during Hvt 
 cr jix Hours, till thty both came to board- 
 
 tKQ 
 
 with great Fury, But when h 
 
 fje was 
 
 jfi/l ready to maflcr her, theEn^Xi^Ca 
 
 ip- 
 
 Urn fit fire to his whole ftore of Powder, 
 arJ both the Skips were blown up into the 
 Air, with a moft dreadful Noife 
 
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 e ami 
 
 vo 
 
 Tor 
 
 h.iv^ 
 
 VI ma)> have th- Jatisfactton to take 
 avtew of fo terrible a Shipwreck in this 
 JSarrative, as it were on the Sea fhoar 
 andtoohferve how Capt. Montaiiban/^^e/ 
 histfcpe with Fifteen or Sixteen of his 
 Men. He fuftfd Hunger above Three 
 iJays, and at lafi arrived at Cape de 
 Lopck:, where he wait to vifit the Kjng 
 of the Country : He has ,^iven us a De^ 
 jcriptton of the Com and Kingdom of that 
 Prince ; treating at the fame time of his 
 Ixcltgion, and for?ning a ProjeU for the 
 iftablijhing of the Roman-Catlioliclc /// 
 thofe Parts, He jhocl Godfather to the 
 Ktn£s Grandfon, ly his Son Prince 
 Ifiomas, and embarl(d in ^ Portu- 
 guefe Veffel, to return to Europe. An 
 HnghfliM?;/ of his Acquaintance took him 
 en board his Skip, and convey d him to 
 
 Bar- 
 
 \irnour c 
 '.irds he 
 mrted tc 
 \nt at t 
 \cral oftL 
 If pafsd 
 \try doid 
 ortune < 
 All the] 
 fo plat, 
 lay clear 
 (ifty of i 
 cknoivled^ 
 ms, take 
 Maritime 
 itCy as t 
 k Land^ 
 I much C 
 mity ofc 
 More re fin 
 wiends f 
 urally a i 
 re you n 
 mid imp 
 I have oft 
 (ton of th( 
 erceive h 
 
 ' ?l 
 

 t 
 
 to Angola. 
 ,Iifll Guard- 
 of Cannon 
 during fvi 
 fc io board- 
 hen he tVi/s 
 lr)g\[(hCap- 
 of Forvder, 
 up into the 
 Noife 
 
 anci 
 
 on to takfi 
 eck in this 
 Sea Jhoar, 
 iban makes 
 teen of his 
 wve Three 
 Cape de 
 the Kjng 
 nus a De- 
 lorn of that 
 ime of his 
 B for the 
 holick in 
 her to the 
 n Prince 
 a Portu- 
 ipc. An 
 e took hint 
 i him id 
 
 Bar- 
 
 arbadces, x\iheYe he was confnd in 4 
 hmber by the Order of M. Ruflcl, GV 
 irnour of the Englifli JJland, After- 
 irds he was Jet at Liberty^ and tran* 
 forted to Marcinica, where he was pre- 
 \nt at the Death of M. de Blenac, Ge- 
 tralofthe French Iflands, From thence 
 f pafs'^d over into t ranee, and continud 
 ny dciikful rvhether he fljonld try his 
 fortune again by Sea or not. 
 
 AUthefe PArticuLiYs (^Sir) are related 
 lifo plain and natural a Stylc^ that )ch 
 uy clearly difcern the Integrity and Gene- 
 dfity of the Author* Indeed it muft hs 
 cknoivledg*d that Sailers and other Per- 
 ms, taken up with the Management of 
 Maritime Affair s, are nothing near (opo- 
 lie, as thofe that have Employments on 
 he Land^ by reafon that they do not keep 
 
 much Company^ and have ?iot an oppor- 
 unity of converfing fo frequently ivith the 
 More refin'd Wits of the Age ; but to mah 
 imends for this Defe^, they are ge- 
 maUy a great deal more (inctre. There* 
 \ore you need 71 ot fear, left a Sca^faptain 
 mid impofe on your Credulity : Be fides y 
 
 1 have often heard him mal^ng a Narra- 
 tion of the fame Voyage, yet never could 
 'erceive him to vary in the leafl Circum* 
 
 f/1tfrp* it^fnwiu/^l} flM^ th^ l^i**A/)tiy ^»?^/ 
 
 ■•Tr*vw J t trj SI Ttrtr^r^a #»/»ir tit,-.. \. ii r; l-tjiif tifikir 
 
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 free Ahy mth which he was rvout to rcU 
 
 the braved Acfions that rrcre ferformdt 
 
 the Ef!gagements^ would foon per/u.ide h 
 
 Hearers to hdievey th^t r:hat he [aid vct 
 
 certainly true. Neither did he write thi 
 
 Narrative thro Ojlentation^ fince he hrm 
 
 felf fufliciently declares in the bcgijiiiw 
 
 ofit^ that he did it only to give an Accoun 
 
 (if his Expeditions to a Minijlcr of Statt 
 
 LaHly, if yoic frill doubt of the Fight ^ i 
 
 which the Sieur dc Montauban fMffcY\ 
 
 Shipwreck-, you cannot but remcniba thi 
 
 yon have read it in the Gazettes of th 
 
 ^Mf?z?/rS f?/' September ^r Odtober, r//,' 
 
 prefeni 2car» 
 
 I am, 
 
 S I Pv, 
 
 Your nioH Mumble, and 
 molb Obedient Servant, 
 
 t 
 
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 V 
 
 Sieu 
 
 |Captai 
 on the 
 
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 and hav 
 tunc, lof 
 together 
 ihoiild tJ 
 Misforti 
 diticn 5 ' 
 ftill mor 
 Private 1 
 jelly the 
 did not 
 
 "<a»s^ 
 
rvofff to rcUi 
 e perform d, 
 '/ pcrfu.tde h\ 
 !t he faid »-, 
 he write thi 
 fince he hin\ 
 'he bcginnt)}\ 
 >e an Accom 
 iftcr of Stat 
 ihe Fipht. 
 jban fHffeY\ 
 erne whir tk 
 zcttes of th 
 tober, of tl. 
 
 nble, and 
 
 
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 B 
 
 t 
 
 ELATION 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 VOYAGE 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Sieur de Montauban, 
 
 Captain of the French Privateers, 
 on theCoaftsofG«/V;etf, A.D. 1695. 
 
 FTER having been fo often made 
 fenfiblc of the Malignant Influences 
 of the Planet that governs at Sea 5 
 and having, by the means of a crofs For- 
 tune, loft all the Goods which I had sjathcr'd 
 together, with fo great Care and Pains, I 
 Ihould take no Delight in calling to Mind the 
 Misfortunes that put an end to my laflExpe- 
 dition 5 were it not that the Defireof being 
 ftill more ferviceable to the Publick, and to 
 Private Perlbns, as alfo to teflifie to his Ma- 
 jelly the fervent Zeal I had for his Service, 
 did not oblige me to fet Pen to Paper, to 
 
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 give fomc Account of my Obfcrvations to 
 M, PhelipMttx, in which he may difccrn with 
 what Earneftnefs I penetrated into the moft 
 remote Colonies of the Enemies, to deJtioy 
 'em, and to ruin their Commerce. 
 
 I was not willing to enlarge this Relation 
 with an Account of all the Voyages I made 
 and of all the particular Adventures that be- 
 fell me on the Coafts of the New Spaw^ Car. 
 thagena, Mexico^ Florida, New-Torky New. 
 England, Newfoundland, the Canary Iflands^ 
 zvACafe Vtrd, where I cruis'd up and down 
 above Twenty Years, having begun to foj. 
 Jow the pradice of Navigation at the Age of 
 Sixtepn. 1 might alfo add the Expedition of 
 the Year 1591. in which, being Commander 
 of the Ship, call'd Ih Machine, I ravag'd the 
 Coafts of Guinea, enterM the great River of 
 Serrclion, feiz'd on the Fort of the En^lijl), 
 in which there were 80 pieces of Cannon, 
 and caus'd *em to be blown up, that they 
 might not be refitted : But I will confine my 
 felf to the Narrative of my laft Voyage, bc- 
 caufe 'tis the lateft, and that whkh isftill 
 frefh in Memory, as having been made 
 known publickly by the Report that was 
 fpread abroad in France and elfewhere, about 
 the firing of my Ship, and the blowing mc 
 up into the Ail, after fo prodigious a man- 
 ner. 
 
 In the Year 163.4. after having ravag'd 
 the Coalr of C^mici^ I got the Wind to5^;/r^ 
 Cruz, and was informed there, thataCon- 
 rof of 5hip5 vm to fet out from the Iflands 
 
 of 
 
ban.' 
 
 jfcrvations to 
 ' difccrn with 
 into die moft 
 :s, to deHioy 
 rce. 
 
 this Relation 
 'ages I made, 
 cures that bc- 
 vSdaifK Car- 
 ^•Torky New- 
 wary Ijlafids^ 
 jp and down 
 begun to fol- 
 at the Age of 
 Expedition of 
 Commander 
 [ ravag'd the 
 reat River of 
 the Enrrlif)^ 
 of Cannon, 
 ), that they 
 1 confine my 
 Voyage, bc- 
 vhlch is ftill 
 been made 
 rt that was 
 /here, about 
 ►lowing mc 
 iousa man- 
 
 ing ravag'd 
 
 nd to Santa 
 
 thataCon- 
 
 tlie Iflands 
 
 of 
 
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 Sieur De Momauban. 
 
 of Barhadoes and Nevis for Er:gland, Where- 
 upon I was obliged to go to the Latitude uf 
 Jierftmdai, with a Delign to fcizc on that 
 fmall Fleet, and in hopes of getting a good 
 Pri/e. I was no fo'oncr arrivM, but they 
 appeaiM (leering dircdJy towards mc with- 
 out any manner of Fear; but I attacjt'd the 
 Convoy, call'd the IVolf, with two other 
 Merchant-Ships, laden with Sugar ; the reft 
 having found means to efcape, during the 
 Fight. As I was carrying off this Prize, I 
 met with another E.v^lijh VcM of Sixteen 
 Guns, that came from Spain^ and was like- 
 wife failing for England: She furrender'd 
 after a flight Engagement, and I conveyM 
 her to Rochel, where the Court of Admiralty 
 adjudged her to me as lawful Prize. After 
 haying fold her, I brought my three other 
 Ships to Bordeaux, where I arriv'd in the 
 Month of Spptember, A, D. 1694. Thefe 
 were in like manner allowM to be good 
 Prize, and I immediately fought for Mer- 
 chants to difpofe of 'em. 
 
 In the mean while my Free-Booters, who 
 had not feen France for a long time, being 
 now arriv'd in a great City, in which Vo- 
 luptuoufncfs and Luxury are predominant, 
 were defirous to make themlelves fome a- 
 mends for the Fatigues they had endur'd, 
 during fo long an Abfence from their Na- 
 tive Country: Infomuch, that they rio- 
 touOy wafted vaft Sums of Money, and 
 g^ve way to all Aaions of Extravagance. 
 
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 Sieur Ve Montmhanl 
 
 lie Coal 
 lurpofe 
 le in tl 
 ov*d up 
 'ifcoveri 
 teer'd t( 
 5th. De 
 mff at 1 
 d to be 
 ris repc 
 *'ame fr 
 reat Nu 
 sy the Pi 
 ar Fouri 
 
 fcruple to truft 'era, or to fupply 'cm with 
 whatever they defir*d, upon the Reputation 
 of their Wealth, and the Report that was 
 given out in the City, with reference to the 
 great Prizes in whicTi they had a Share. 
 Thus they pafs'd all the Nights in variety 
 of Di vcrtifements, and the Davs ia running 
 about the Streets in Mafqucrade , caufin^ 
 themselves to be carry'd in Chairs, with 
 lighted Torches at Noon-day .• This Ex- 
 tefs of Debauchery deftroy'd fome of 'em, 
 and four otiiers dcferted me ^ f} that per- 
 ceiving that I loft my Men, notwithftandin^ 
 
 all my Precaution, and all the Prohibitions- 
 
 that I could make, I determined to retire f'^^^^ ^^ 
 from the City as foon as 'twas poflible, tolf^^ ^^ ^ 
 prefer ve the reft of my Comp y. ftually a 
 
 At firtl I fill'd up again the Vacancy of ■^''^ ^ ^"^i 
 thofe that were loll, by an equal number of 
 young Men of Bordeaux, who in a fiiort time 
 were as capable of playing their Farts as 
 the oldeft. And indeed, 1 always take a 
 particular Care to inftrud my Men in the 
 belt manner of firing a Piece, and the fre- 
 quent Exercife, with which C ufually train 
 *em upjwithiaa little while, tenders 'cm as 
 expert in (hooting right at a Mark, and in 
 handling their Arms as the mofl: ancient 
 Free- hooters of the Seii, and the moil skil- 
 lul Iliinters on Land. 
 
 After having victnaird rny Ship, which 
 Curry'd about 34 Pieces of Ordnance, I fee 
 out from 7?0)^^V<i//.v in ih?. Momh of t'thraa- 
 A u. 1695, v>'iLh a DclTgn tocruifeon 
 
 the 
 
 ^ V 
 
 ppomtm 
 or Cafe . 
 fhich lie 
 fSouthei 
 ^et with 
 
 the Roj 
 3v Shallc 
 !5 fhe bro 
 ateers or 
 00k a Rei 
 nd there 
 tm : But 
 of the 
 id not ft 
 >iit fnfpc(f 
 
 , leavii 
 ops on th< 
 
 m 
 
Hi 
 
 7an. I Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 ►ply 'cm withr^ Coafts of Guinea^ in Jfricn. To that 
 le Reputation |"'"P°^^ ' P^^s'd to the Illands yi?.QYcs, which 
 port that wssi^ /" ^^^^ 37th. Degree of Latitude, and 
 ference to thel?'!*^ "PanddowndiiringEightDays,withouc 
 had a Share. '<i<-0venng any thing. From thence I 
 ts in variety ^^^^'^ ^^ the Canary Iflands, fituated in the 
 ys in running "' ^ r^-"— ^.,j .i-r_.. >. . ^.. ._ 
 
 ide , caufiPL; 
 
 Chairs, with 
 / .• 1 his E?:- 
 fomc of *€m, 
 
 Co that per- 
 withflandirii; 
 
 Prohibitions 
 in'd to retire 
 5 pofliWe, to 
 
 y- 
 
 e Vacancy of 
 il number of 
 1 a fliort time 
 eir Parts as 
 tvays take a 
 Men in the 
 snd the fre- 
 
 lark, and in 
 loft ancient 
 icraoftskil- 
 
 Sth. Degree, and defcry'd the Pike of Tt. 
 mff at a very great di/lance,which is reput- 
 d to be the higheft Mountain in theWorld. 
 Fis reported that thofc Iflands took their 
 *'ame from Do^gs, cali'd Canes in Utin^ 
 ;reat Numbers of which were found there 
 )y the PortitaHefes. I fail cl round about 'em 
 or Fourteen Days, to wait for certain 
 hitch Vcflels, which ( as 1 was inform'd ) 
 ^ere to come that way ^ and indeed, they 
 dually appeared, but entered the Port be- 
 5re I could come up with 'cm ; which Dif- 
 ppointmcnt obiig'd mc to fteer my Courfe 
 ^■cCafe BUnc^ 2nd tlielilf^ndiofCrf/j^rt^-^, 
 fhich lie between the 1 4. and the 1 S.Degree 
 f Southern Latitude. Upon my Arrive 1^ { 
 5et with two £;7^//y2^ Ships riding at Anchor 
 ...« v.,v t»v- ''tbeRoadofthelflandof /^^7. Ifentout 
 fually train l^' Shallop to difcover 'em ; and forafmuch 
 ndcrs'cm as ''^ ^^ brought me word, that they were Pri- 
 ' • ateers or Interlopers, of ^^o Guns apiece, I 
 00k a Refolution to take 'em by boarding; 
 nd therefore tack'd abf/dt, to make up to 
 :m : But whilft I was ninninp; a Courfe on 
 ine of the Points of the IHand^ thofe Vt fills 
 
 hip, which 
 nance, I fee 
 \\ of Fthriia- 
 to cruifeon 
 the 
 
 ^?. 
 
 am 
 
 !idnot Hay till I had tack'd about .^...., 
 Hit fufpeaing my Der-gn, they fpecdil'v fee 
 iii, leaving iheir Cables, Anchors and Shal- 
 ops on the Road. r 
 
 II 
 
 m 
 
 rw 
 
12 
 
 hV;,l I 
 
 ( in^ 
 
 Sieur De Moyitaubaii. 
 
 I purfu'd 'em all thrit day ; but the Nigh 
 approaching, 1 loftthc iij'ht of 'em, acdie 
 turn*d to the Road, tiom whence they k 
 out, to hoift up the Gables and Anchors 
 and to fink the Shallops, to which the' 
 were faften'd. Afterwards I fteer'd m, 
 Courfe to the Ifland of St. yir.centy to pa 
 my Ship, and to take in frefh Water an 
 Wood. This Ifland is one of thofe oiCaf 
 P^erd^ or Green- Head, where I ftay'd Eigh 
 Days, and at the end of that Term, havin 
 receiv'd Information from a Tortugucfe Bar} 
 that there were two Englifl) Privateers o 
 20 or 30 Guns at the Ifland of Fmgo, on 
 of which was refitting, by reafon of an En 
 gagement flie had with another Privateer, 
 immediately weighed Anchor, and mac/ 
 that Ifland,which is not very far diftant fron 
 thofe of St. Vincent, hoping to meet with th 
 Enemies there ^ but upon my Arrival I vva 
 inform'd by the TortHgnefes, that they hac 
 left the faid Ifland de Fuogo.^wc Days before 
 in the Night, without giving any notice 
 their Courfe. Whereupon I fteer'd mine t( 
 the Coafts of Cuma, and touched firll at tb 
 Cape of three Points, where I met with t!i 
 Guard-Ship which was a Dutch Frigat of 3 
 Pieces of Ordnance, and was cruifingontli 
 Main. She did not fail to defcry me, an< 
 forthwith fail'd dire^lly towards me, 
 make a Difcovery : Forafmuch as I alfo ha^ 
 a fight of her, and wifli'd for an Opportu 
 nity to fight her, 1 caused a Dutch Flag t( 
 
 t( 
 
 mme i 
 batteri; 
 Four a 
 was I a1 
 come t 
 of my j 
 which 
 Private 
 means f 
 flieftill 
 \ under 
 points ; 
 Dntch A 
 Guns, 
 
 I wa! 
 three SI 
 me ; fo 
 whole I 
 chor w 
 that at 
 infukec 
 excite 
 front, 
 and af 
 much d 
 Engage 
 pafs'd t 
 
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 Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 but the Nighl give her Liberty to draw near within my 
 fern, and ie«Cannon-Shot. When I perceiv'd her to be 
 ence they Mnear enou^'h, I put out the French Colours 
 and Anchorsl and made a Signal to her to ftrikc Sail- but 
 D which thelfte incontinently let fly a Broad-fide a't me 
 I fteer'd ml with a great deal of Courage, and receivd 
 wcent^ to pajlmine in like manner. Thus we continued 
 h Water an* battering one another, from Morning, till 
 
 thofcofC^JFour a Clock in the Afternoon: Neither 
 I ftay'd Eighi was I able to get the Weather-gage, nor to 
 Term, bavin J come to a clofe Engagement, to make ufe 
 9rf«g«e/eBarkIof my Bucanier Fuiees to good purpofe, in 
 
 Privateers ol which confifts the principal Force of our 
 o{ Fnogo^ on J Privateers, nor to hinder her, by the 
 
 fon of an En 
 r Privateer, 
 r, and raaa 
 r diftant fron 
 meet with th 
 Arrival I vva 
 hat they ha( 
 
 2 Days before 
 any notice o 
 
 teer'd mineti 
 :h'dfirllattli 
 [ met with ill 
 
 3 Frigat of 3 
 cruifing on tin 
 jfcry me, an 
 ards me, t( 
 ii as I alfo ha( 
 
 an Opportii 
 Dutch Flag t( 
 
 ^ i>V,l , 
 
 .....1 
 
 aiivt 
 
 qn 
 
 £' 
 
 \ V 
 
 means of the Advantage of the Wind, which 
 fheftill kept over me, from cafting Anchor 
 \ under the Fort of the Cape of the three 
 Points •, where there were alfo two other 
 DutchlXzxi of War, one of which carry'd 14 
 Guns, and the ether 28. 
 
 I was apt to believe at firft, that thofe 
 three Ships would joyn together in queli of 
 me ; fo that 1 tackM ronnd about during a 
 whole Day, to v\ :ic for *em, and caft An- 
 chor within a League of the Road, hoping 
 that at la^l the Shame of fceijig themf«lves 
 infulted over, after fuch a manner, would 
 excite 'em to endeavour to revenge the Af- 
 front. But all thefe Efforts were in vain, 
 and apparently the Guard-Ship was too 
 much difabled to (land in need ofa lecond 
 Engagement. A fmall Portuguefe VclTel that 
 pafs'd by fcon after, gave me tounderft/^nd, 
 tuat th0i€ Ships were the fame, th^t had 
 
 CL obligM 
 
 «s 
 

 ■I* 
 
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 i4 Sieur De MontaubAti] 
 
 oblig'd the Sienr Roy, Commander of the 
 King's Pink, call'd the Deep, to abandon 
 the Coaft, which was afterwards confirmed 
 by the Sieur Roy himfelf, at the Prince's I- 
 fland, where we happened to meet. 
 
 Thus having perceiv'd, that the Enemies 
 refus'd to fight, and judging that it would 
 be difadvantageous to me to attack 'em un- 
 der the Cannon of the Fort j I took a Refo- 
 lution to go to Cape de Lopez., and to the 
 Iflands of the Prince, and of St. r/jow^/. By 
 the way, I went to difcover St. John's Cap^^ 
 which is on the Continent of Cninee, as 
 well as that of the three Points, and I lucki- 
 ly met with an En^lifh Ship of 20 Guns, la- 
 den with 350 Negro's, Elephants Teeth, 
 and Wax. It coft me no great trouble to 
 take her, and the Captain told me that he 
 came from uirdra, where he took on board 
 550 Negro's, fomeof whom he caus'd to 
 be put to Death, for revolting againft the 
 Ship's Crew, and others made their Efcapc 
 to Land in his Shallop, which they had ta- 
 ken away. Ardra is one of the principal 
 Towns of GHtme, fituated on the Sea-fhoar, 
 being the ufual Place of Refidence of a 
 Prince, who governs alarge Traftof Land 
 in that Country. 
 
 From thence I pafs'd to the Prince's I- 
 fland, in the light of which I took a fmall 
 Caper of Brandenburg, arm'd with Eight 
 Pieces of Cannon, and 70 Men: She was 
 wont to cruife in that Latitude, and tofeize 
 on fmall Barks that pafs'd by that way, 
 
 without 
 
 mwgo, 1 
 
 under th 
 
 \ fufficie 
 
 mt of n 
 
 bme tin 
 
 ertain I 
 
 ore the 
 
 In the 
 
 iners tc 
 
 )rders t' 
 
 le careen 
 
 had ta^ 
 
 lard h( 
 
 Month 
 
 he Coaf 
 
 ands of 
 
 lut meet! 
 
 urn'd tc 
 
 Oands, v 
 
 li'd witl 
 
 nadeevei 
 
 nd flood 
 
 ^ith a D( 
 
 )aper I h; 
 
 or Provif 
 
 ferve u 
 
 f Angola, 
 
 ir fix Mo 
 
 he EngUi}. 
 
t9i: 
 
 mder of the 
 to abandon 
 rds confirmed 
 he Prince's I- 
 leet. 
 
 the Enemie 
 hat it would 
 ittack 'em un- 
 took a Refo- 
 i, and to the 
 . Thomas. By 
 . JoWsCafi:^ 
 f Cuiftee^ as 
 , and I lucki 
 20 Guns, la 
 lants Teeth, 
 it trouble to 
 1 me that he 
 )ok on board 
 he caus'd to 
 ; againft the 
 their Efcape 
 they had ta- 
 he principal 
 he Sea-ihoar, 
 fidence of a 
 raft of Land 
 
 e Prince's I- 
 took a fmall 
 with Eight 
 i: She was 
 , and to feize 
 
 r that mjciv 
 r »»'-'■»■ --"j-j 
 
 without 
 
 Sieur De Montauhan, 
 
 without any Diftinaion of Nation or Co- 
 jlours. Afterwards I entered the Harbour 
 b caufe my Ship, which was very foul, to 
 hz cleans'd,and to difpatch thcEn^tiJh Prize 
 
 had taken juft before : I fent her to St.Dol 
 fw>^o, in America^ to be condemn'd there, 
 under the Command of the Sieur de Nave ;with 
 \ fufficient number of Men, whom I took 
 
 ut of m.y own Ship. But I was informed 
 tome time after, that fhe was retaken by 
 tertain Engliflo Men of War, who were be- 
 bre the lefler Goeree, 
 
 In the mean while, not to fufFer my Ma- 
 iners to lead an idle kind of Life, I gave 
 )rdcrs to the Officers to caufe my Ship to 
 le careen'd, and with the Brandenburg Caper 
 had taken, and 90 Men, whom 1 put on 
 loard her, we fteer'd our Courfe, during 
 Month and half, cruifing up and down 
 he Coafts of Gume^ or round about the 
 (lands of the Prince, and of St. Omer, with- 
 lut meeting any Enemy. Afterwards I re- 
 arn'd to the Road of the former of thofe 
 flands, where I caus'd my Ship to be vidn- 
 ird with all poffible fpeed ^ and having 
 Bade every thing ready, I weighed Anchor, 
 Qd flood in directly for St. r/?o;»^/s IQand, 
 ath a Defign to fell or to truck away the 
 |;aper I had taken. And indeed,! barter'd her 
 brProvifions, not having a fufficient Store 
 ferve us whilll we cruis'd along the Coafts 
 i Angola^ where I determined to pafs five 
 ir fix Months, to avoid a privaret r which 
 he Englifii were building in thofe Parts of 
 
 15 
 
 1 i 
 
 11 
 
 1 'j 
 
 I 
 
 
 

 i 
 
 } 6 Sleur De Montauban. 
 
 Cmnee: They aftually fitted out th., 
 Men of War and a FircShip, to feek f( 
 me in the Road of " "~ 
 
 re 
 
 judg'd that I was 
 
 Thomas^ where the 
 continue for fom 
 time, At my departure from that Iflan 
 I defcry'd a Ship riding at Anchor, am 
 makmg towards her, 1 gave her Chafe fc 
 a long time, but I couJd not by any meai 
 hinder her fi cm getting a-lhoar, and fallin 
 in with the Jdand of St. Omcr. I mif.*d i 
 not taking her 150 Pounds of Gold Du 
 
 ind by I 
 ifcharg" 
 draw 
 lefign, 
 p, fteer 
 lelieve t 
 hat our 
 ails, or 
 Vt pafs 
 )ay, til 
 he ince 
 )annon-i 
 tlaft th 
 ood mir 
 ithin G 
 Cannon 
 e to pu 
 iver her : 
 e Engli^ 
 
 which that Dmch Interloper had traded fc 
 on the Coail. 
 
 A^-r wards I fteerM to the Coalls of ^^^ 
 
 gola^ which are fituated above 25oLeapu< 
 
 beyond the Equincdial Line. I arriv'i 
 
 th^^Q Scptemkr 22. and got Information 3 
 
 the diflance of three Leagues from th 
 
 Port of Cahinda^ that there were two En 
 
 gliflj Veflels, Jaden with Negro's. Forafc t «^ 
 
 much as I lay under the Wind of that PorC"""^ ' 
 
 I kept off from theShoar, hoping that th|^°^^-^^' 
 
 next day the South-weft Wind, that ufualll^^^.^.^i 
 
 blows from the Main, would convey me d ^^" ^'" 
 
 redly into the Port. That Morning ver '^^^P'*' ' 
 
 early, I defcry'd a Ship with EnM Cc "'^^"S ^ 
 
 lours making up towards me,yet I did not a ^:^? '^ ^ 
 
 firll: take her to be a Man of War, but dil ""*"S to 
 
 cover'd fome time after, that ilie carrv'( "^^ \' 
 ^d. Pieces of OrHnor./^^ i .,.'j -n .•.. J lecaufe 
 
 54 Pieces of Ordnance. I us'd all the Pre 
 
 a 
 
 ace I wai 
 w 
 
ed out thrci 
 to ftek f 
 
 nue for fom 
 tn that Iflan 
 Anchor, an 
 her Chafe f( 
 by any meai 
 »ar, and fallin 
 I mif.'d 
 
 Sieur De Montauhan. 
 
 [Jd^by the Cannon- Shot, which fhc boldly 
 
 2 to time, endeavour'd 
 
 Having perceiv'd her 
 
 coming 
 
 where thel^'^'SM from time 
 
 "•"o draw near iis. \ 
 
 )efign, I feign'd to 
 
 of Gold Du^ ^^y'. "^^ ^^" ^ ^^^^^ *" ^hc Morning : 
 
 lad traded f( 
 
 Coalls of ^; 
 e 250 Leagu( 
 le. I arriv'i 
 nformation 3 
 es from th 
 
 p, fteering very llowly, to indiice her to 
 lelievc that my Ship was over-loaded, or 
 hat onr Courfe was hinder'd for want of 
 ails, or^a fufHcient Complement of Men. 
 Ve pafs'd a^ter this manner from Break of 
 
 he inceflantly maintained her Flag with 
 )annon-fhot without Balls 5 but perceiving 
 tlaft that I did not do the like to make 
 ood mine, and that we were already come 
 ithin Gnn-fhot one of another, (he let off 
 Cannon loaded with Ball, which oblig'd 
 e to put out French Colours, and .0 an- 
 /eVtwo Eft^^ ^^"^ S^\\M(i. At the fight of that Flag, 
 ^ro's. Foraff^ Efj^lijh Man of War, without endea- 
 JoftbatPorff"""^ ^^ get the Wind of us, let fly two 
 »ping that tlf''^^^'^^^^' ^^'^^ ' receiv'd without fo 
 I, that ufuailt"^^ ^^ ^''^"^ ^"^ ^""' ^^^^° ^ hadfeven 
 :onvey me d ^^^" ^'^^'^ • ^ ^^°P'^ ^^^^ being come a little 
 lorning ver ^^^^'*> ' ^^^^^^ render her uncapable of 
 1 EnM Co °^^^^'S an Efcape; ufing my utraoft Ef. 
 
 it I did not a ^':^^ '^ ^^^ ^^^'^ ^^'^^^" Fufee-fhot, deter- 
 lining to embolden her to come on Board, 
 ace I was not in a condition to board her, 
 lecaufe we were to the Leeward. At laft, 
 aving approach'd by little and little, and 
 ike up to he '^*"^ her within the reach of myFufleers, 
 r^eiiJhShw oP? *^y ^*^ underDeck,! caus'd 'em to get up, 
 fame thingf"^ ^h^V "\ade focontinjial a Fire, that they 
 ^"^on abated that of the Enemies, 
 
 0.3 la 
 
 Var, but di( 
 t ftie carry'( 
 I all the Pre 
 
 iit her away 
 
 anc 
 
 17 
 
 4i 
 
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 If 
 
 ^ 
 
Vf! 
 
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 1 8 Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 In the mean while, forafmuch as thcit 
 Company confifted of above Three Hun- 
 dred Men, and they were alfo fenfible that 
 their Delign could not be accomplifli'd by! 
 the difcharging of their Cannon, a Refo 
 lution was taken to board us, which the 
 did with hideous Outcrys, and Threats 
 to give us no Quarter, unlefs we furren 
 derd: But their Grappling-irons not being 
 able to lay hold on the Stern of my Ship 
 theirs ran in fuch a manner, that (hcdalh' 
 her Poop againft my Boltfprit, and brok 
 it m pieces. 
 
 Then my Men taking the Advantage o 
 the Hurry and Diforder, loft none of thei 
 aim, and fir'd ib furioufly for an Hour an 
 half, that the Enemy being no longer abl 
 torcfift; and having loft many of thei 
 Mariners, began to defpond, aud retir'i 
 underneath the Decks. I alfo perceiv'i 
 almoft at that very inftant that they mad 
 me a fign with their Hats to give *em Quar 
 ter. Whereupon I caus'd my Men to de 
 lift from firing, and commanded the £;?W/i' 
 to embark in their Shallops, in order tv 
 furrender thcmfelves on board my Ship 
 At the fame time I appointed fome of m 
 Attendants to leap into that of the Ene 
 raies, to feize on it, and to prevent al 
 manner of Surprize. I was already over 
 joy d at the taking of fo confiderable 
 Prize 5 and fo much the rather, in regar^ 
 that after having mafler'd that VefleL 
 which was the Guard-Ship of jingoU, ancf 
 
 tl 
 
 ver was 
 'lively R 
 ^for fince 
 After s i 
 not whc 
 not able 
 (elves h 
 the Re 
 might a 
 that ar( 
 powder, 
 tbrming 
 Fire, \ 
 Cords, 
 a deadl) 
 noife of 
 and of 1 
 fill (Ides 
 craihing 
 bles, of 
 
Sieur De Montauhan, 
 
 iP 
 
 r, m regarc 
 
 Itfce largeft that the Engli(h had in thofe 
 Seas; 1 fhould be in a condition to gee 
 better Prizes,and to attack any Man of War 
 Whatever : My Men were no k is joyful 
 than my felf ; fome of whom w.:ie going 
 'from on Board, and others were employed in 
 jveering the Cable, with a great deal offa- 
 tisfatflion, when on a fuddain Fire, having 
 taken the Powder in the Gun-room, by 
 the means of a Match, which rhe Captain 
 had left there, hoping to efcape with his 
 two Shallops i the Ships being giappl'd to- 
 gether, were both blown up into the At, 
 and made the moft dreadful Noife that e- 
 ver was heard. 'Tis impoflible to make a 
 lively Reprefentation of that fad Spectacle ; 
 for fince the Spectators were themfelves the 
 lAdtors in fo bloody a Tragedy, they knew 
 not whether they faw it or not, and were 
 not able to judge, but of what they them- 
 felves had felt : Therefore leaving it to 
 the Reader to imagine the Horror that 
 might arife from the fight of two Ships 
 that are blown up into the Air with Gun- 
 powder, above the height of 200 1 Fathoms, | 7^,,^^^ 
 forming as it were au huge Mountain of 
 Fire, Water, Fragments of the Ships, 
 Cords, pieces of Ordnance and Men, with 
 a deadly Havock 5 during which, amidit the 
 noife of the Guns that were let ofFin the Air, 
 and of the roaringWaves that fwell'd up on 
 fill fides J one might alfo hear the horrible 
 cralhing of the Ihattcr'd Mails and Ta- 
 bles, of the torn Sails and Cords-, of the 
 
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 Men 
 
20 
 
 Sieur De Montavhanl 
 
 Men 
 
 the 
 
 crying out, and of the broken Bones 
 mg all that I {ay to the Imagination oj, 
 Reader, 1 Oiall only declare here what I 
 
 I 
 
 bcfelmy fclf, and by what good Fortune 
 efcapd 
 
 When the Fire took, I f.ood on the 
 Deck of my Ship in the Fore-Cafilc, where 
 1 was giving Orders, and was blown up 
 with [ome part of the Deck fo violently 
 that (as I take iO the extreme Height to 
 which I was hurry'd, hindered me from 
 bejng mvolv'd among the Fragments of the 
 Ships, where I muft inevitably have been 
 crulh*d in a thoufand pieces: I fell back 
 into the Ssa, quite (lunn'd, and continued 
 for a long while underWater,without beins 
 able to recover my fclf i till at laft ftrug- 
 ghng in the Water, as a Man, who is a- 
 fraid of being drown'd, I got above it, and 
 caught hold of a piece of Maft that lay near 
 me. Then I cry'd out to fume of my Men 
 whom I faw fwimming round about me 
 and exhorted 'em to be of good Courage' 
 hoping that we might fave our felves if 
 we could find fome of our Shallops. But 
 that which troubrj me more than my own 
 Misfortune, was the fight of two half Bo- 
 dies, in wl)ich there was ftill fome Re- 
 mainder of Life, floating on the Water, and 
 leaving the Place where they funk ftain'd 
 with thcir Blood ; as alfo to fee round a- 
 bout me an infinite number of Limbs 
 2nd Members torn from Bodies, and the 
 greaLell pan of 'em fpitted on the Splinters 
 
 of 
 
 very om 
 5 great 
 aft our J 
 e all go 
 ur Maft 
 egs (hot 
 hree or 
 Ihat ferv' 
 le fough 
 ind a fm^ 
 lifh'd our 
 ibly coulc 
 Inc Pro\ 
 fccure oui 
 As foon 
 ny felf al 
 an out c 
 ind which 
 icing blo\ 
 br me wi 
 vith a pi( 
 [he Wour 
 ivas done 
 i^ere woi 
 without ai 
 know whi 
 
oken Bones, 
 agination of 
 c lierc what 
 d Fortune I 
 
 ood on the 
 afiic, where 
 s blown up 
 3 violently, 
 Height, to 
 me from 
 Tientsofthc 
 have been 
 I fell back 
 i continued 
 thout being 
 la/l ftrug- 
 who is a- 
 )ove it, and 
 lat lay near 
 of my Men 
 about me, 
 1 Courage, 
 r felves if 
 lops. But 
 m my own 
 3 halfBo- 
 fome Re- 
 ^ater, and 
 nk ftain'd 
 r round a- 
 of Limbs 
 and the 
 Splinters 
 of 
 
 Sieur De Montauhm. 
 
 f Wood. In the mean while, one of my 
 
 ' fi having efpy'd an entire Shallop amidft 
 
 be Wreck, that fwam on the Water, told 
 
 le that 'twas requilite to endeavour to 
 
 o\i a Hole ihcrei-, and to take out a 
 
 mall Boat, which was cnclos'd within it. 
 
 thereupon about Fifteen or Sixteen of us, 
 
 pho had efcaped, made up to the Shallop, 
 
 very one on hS piece of Wood, and took 
 
 b great Care to clear our Boat, that at 
 
 jft our Attempt prov'd fuccefsful. Thus 
 
 e all got into it, and not long after fav'd 
 
 ur M after-Gunner, who had one of his 
 
 egs fhot off in the Fight. We took up 
 
 hree or four Oars, or pieces of Planks, 
 
 hat ferv'd us for the fame ufe. Then 
 
 'c fought for fomewhat to makf? a Sail, 
 
 nd a fmall Maft ; and after having fur- 
 
 ifh'd our felvcs in the beft manner we pof- 
 
 bly could, we entirely rclyM upon the Di- 
 
 ine Providence, which alone was able to 
 
 ecure our Life and Safety. 
 
 As foon as I had ceas'd from Wof k,l found 
 
 ny felf all over befmearM with Blood that 
 
 an out of a Wound I received in my Head, 
 
 ind which was apparently occafion'd by my 
 
 icing blown up. Therefore Lint was made 
 
 or me with my Handkerchief, and a BanJ 
 
 vith a piece of my Shirt, having firft wafh'd 
 
 ihe Wound with Urine. The fame thing 
 
 ivas done for others of our Company, who 
 
 I7ere wounded, whilft our Shallop fail'd 
 
 without any fight of Land, neither did we 
 
 know whither we were fleering : but that 
 
 which 
 
 21 
 
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 -:^4 
 
 J 
 
I 1 
 
 t % Sieur De Montauiafh 
 
 which added to our Affiidion was, that w 
 bad no Provifions, and had already palV 
 three Days without cither eating or dnnk 
 ing ; infomuch, that one of our Men, quit 
 worn out with Hunger and Ihiril, dian 
 (6 great a quantity of fait Water, that h 
 burft. The greateft part of our Compan 
 vomited continually, whether they recciv' 
 any Injury from the Water they fwallow' 
 upon their falling into the Sea, as it bcfe 
 me, or from that which they were nccefli 
 tated to drink. As for ray felf, I was 
 long time indifpos'd, fo that ray Bod 
 fweird extremely, and a great number o 
 fmall Pimples broke forth throughout m 
 Body : But I am apt to believe, the cur 
 pf my Dropfie, and the Health that I havi 
 in fome raeafure rccover'd, and which i 
 by degrees more and more reflor'd, to bi 
 chiefly owing to a Quartan-Ague, that 
 feiz'd on me a little while after that Mis- 
 fortune. I do not reckon up the other In- 
 conveniences that were occafion'd by fo 
 defperate a Blow, it being impoflible that 
 they fhould not befal any Perfon under my 
 Circumflances. The Fire of the Powder 
 burnt all my Hair, my whole Face, and all 
 over one fide of my Body, and I became 
 lenfible of that Accident, which commonly 
 happens among the Cannoniers, wholerve 
 at Sea 5 that is to fay, I voided Blood thro' 
 the Nofe, Kars and Mouth. I know not 
 whether the Blaft of the Gun-powder pro- 
 daces that E^a^ byexccflively dilating the 
 
 VefTel 
 
was, that wi 
 heady pa(V 
 ing or drink 
 ar Men, quit 
 rhirft, dian 
 ater, that h 
 )ur Compan 
 they recciv' 
 ey (wallow ' 
 3, as it bcfe 
 were nccefli 
 sif, I was 
 It my Bod 
 t number o 
 oughout m 
 5ve, the cur 
 1 thatlhav 
 ind which i 
 lor'd, to bq 
 •Ague, thatj 
 :er that Mis-i 
 he other In-| 
 lon'd by fo 
 >oflible that 
 ►n under my 
 :he Powder 
 ace, and all| 
 i I became 1 
 1 commonly 
 ;, whoierve 
 Blood thro' 
 I know not 
 Dwder pro- 
 dilating the 
 
 XUCTaU I 
 
 Sieur De Montauhmu 
 
 [eflels that contain the Blood in our Body, 
 b that the ends of the Branches let it out, 
 ir whether the great Noife and Commotion 
 hat it caules in thofe Organs, obliges the 
 [eins to open : But let the cafe be how it 
 ill, 'tis of no great moment, fincc this 
 Is not a proper Place to hold a Confultation 
 f Phyfitians, as long as we are ready to be 
 arv'd with Hunger ; nor to enquire what 
 
 came of all the Enalif) Men, when wc had 
 
 uch ado to fave our felves. 
 
 We continued our Courfe by rowing up 
 the Current, becaufe we knew it came from 
 he Port of Cabinda ^ but forafmuch as the 
 
 ind was contrary, we could never reach 
 lit; and we were forcM to content our felves 
 lonly to make Cafe Corfu if it were pofTible, 
 which is diftant Twelve Leagues from that 
 of Catherftia, where wc were not able to 
 land, by reafon of a Bar, which renders the 
 Coaft inacceffible. That was our Defign, 
 but Hunger hinder'd us from putting it in 
 Execution, and 'twas requifitc to overcome 
 tjie Obftacles that Nature laid in our way, 
 by getting a-fhoar notwithftanding the Bar, 
 which we did at laft, with a great deal o. 
 Difficulty, hoping to meet with forne Ne- 
 gro, who might fupply us with Victuals. 
 Therefore one of our Company being de- 
 tached to feek for fomewhat to appeafc our 
 Hunger, had the good Luck to find in a 
 Pond that the Sea had formed hard by, good 
 ftore of Oyfters fticking to certain Branches., 
 and immediately raq to give us notice of 
 
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 24 Sieur De Mmtauhan] 
 
 this Difco very. Wliereupon we all ho 
 up the Channel, to that Pond ; and beL 
 arm d there, eat Oyfters with a very yood 
 Appetite 5 opening 'em with Knives we had 
 in our Pockets, which we lent one to -mi- 
 Eher very charitably. After having fpent 
 two Days there, I divided my Men into 
 three fmall Bands, and fent 'em to feek for 
 Provifions and Habitations farther up the 
 Und, with Orders to return to the Shallop 
 in the Evening. I alfo went forth with the 
 reft, but we did not meet with an Habitati- 
 on, nor any Footftcps of Men. We only faw 
 many Herds of Buffles, of the bignefs of an 
 Ox, which fled from us as we drew near 'era. 
 Thus the whole Day being fpent, without 
 finding any thing, we all came back to the 
 Shallop to feed upon Oyfters, and took a 
 Kelolution to depart from that Place the 
 
 ward of which is fituated a lar^e Port 
 
 take m frefli Water and Wood. The Ne-' 
 gro s who inhabit the Country as foon as 
 they are inform'd of the Arrival of any 
 VefTels by the d.fcharging of their Cannon, 
 inftantly repair to the Shoar, bringing Pro' 
 v.fions to be exchanged for Brandy, Knives 
 Hatchets, and other Toys. Theya^Je^'d 
 to take np their Habitation far from the 
 
 .nn' ^l ''?^?" ^^''^ ^" ^^^^^ Coafts are fur- 
 rounded with Marfhy Grounds. We were 
 no fooner arrival at that Cape, but wc i 
 Heard a great noife made by the Negro^^ 
 
 who 
 
.\- 
 
 we all got 
 ; and being 
 
 2 very good 
 lives we had 
 
 one to aua 
 laving fpent 
 ' Men into 
 1 to feek for 
 ther up the 
 
 the Shallop 
 rth with the 
 3n Habitati- 
 Veonly faw 
 gnefs of an 
 'W near 'era. 
 It, without 
 back to the 
 and took a 
 t Place the 
 
 the Lee- 
 Jrge Port, 
 
 1 Cruifin^, 
 The Ne- 
 
 as foon as 
 'a! of any 
 r Cannon, 
 iging Pro- 
 y, Knives, 
 arc obliged 
 from the 
 h are fur- 
 We were 
 but we 
 
 who 
 
 Sieur De Montauhan. 
 
 who came to fell Wood to the Ships that 
 lay at Anchor in the Port, and I made enqui- 
 ry among 'em, endeavouring to find one 
 fome of my Acquaintance : For fince they 
 had very frequently fupply'd me with ne- 
 ceflary Refrefhments, Wood and other Com- 
 modities in my other Voyages ^ I hop'd to 
 meet with fome Perfons that had Know- 
 ledge of me j but altho I knew many of 
 'em, neverthelefs 'twas almoft impoffiblc 
 to perfwade 'era, that I was Captain Mon- 
 tanban^ in regard that I was fo much dis- 
 figur'd^ and they all took me for an Impollor 
 that defign'd to impofe on their Credulity. 
 However, I took the Liberty to tell 'em ia 
 their Language, which I underftood a little, 
 that I was ready to ftarve with Hunger, 
 and that I entreated *em to give me fome- 
 what to eat ; But I could not prevail by 
 any means whatever, and 'twas abfolutely 
 requifitefor me to beg the favour of 'em to 
 condud me to Prince Tfco/w^j, who is the Son 
 of the King of that Country, hoping that 
 he would call to mind the good Offices 1 had 
 formerly done him. 
 
 At lail I found means to introduce my 
 whole Company into the Prefence of that 
 Prince. We pafs'd at firft thro the Habita- 
 tions of thofe Negro's, and began by lit- 
 tle and little, to make fome Impreflions on 
 their Mind 5 infomuch, that they gave iis 
 fome Bananas^ which are a kind of Fig5, 
 longer than ones Hand. The next day 
 we arriv'd at Prince TkomM\ Scat, but 1 was 
 
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 25 
 
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I '' 
 
 
 26 Sieur De Montaukm 
 
 in £o forry an Equipage, that I 
 juake him taJce any Cognizance 
 
 all the ligns I gave him, either in „. ^ 
 
 j/fc Language, or in that of the Portuguefes, 
 which he fpeaks very fluently. Forafmucl 
 
 aci in hathina tvirh him nna Anr, u^ l.« 
 
 bng wii 
 Pieces o 
 to appei 
 
 wuitn nc ipeaKs very fluently. Foralmucl ^^r^fi^^ 
 as in bathing with him one day, he hac > ?» 
 feen a Scar occafion'd by a Mufquet-fhot ] ""' 
 had receivM in my Thigh i he told me 
 that 'twas requifite at that very Inftant to 
 know whether I really were Capt. Momm. 
 hanr, and if I were not the Perfon, he would 
 take Care that I fhould lofe my Head. 
 Whereupon he ask'd me whether I had not 
 fuch a Scarj fo that after havingfliew*d it to 
 him, he immediately embraced me, and 
 told me that he was very much concern'd to 
 fee me in fo deplorable a Condition. At firft 
 hecaus'd wholfomeViauals to be diflributed 
 to all my Retinue, and caus'd 'em to be lodg'd 
 in feparatcApartments, giving particular Or- 
 ders to the Negro's, with whom they were 
 quarter'djto take all pofllble Care of 'em. As 
 for ray felf, he retained me in his Court, and 
 caus'd me continually to eat at his ownTable. 
 When I was a little refrefh'd, he acquaint- 
 ed me with his Intention to condua me to 
 his Father, whofe ufual Place of Refidence 
 was five or fix Leagues diftant from thence •, 
 that is to fay, ten or twelve from the Sea- 
 ftioar. Whereupon I gave him to under- 
 ftand, that I was very fenfible of the Ho- 
 nour he did me, with extreme Satisfaction, 
 and humbly tntrcated him at the fame time 
 to give me leave to take my Frce-Booters a- 
 
 out alto 
 up the R 
 the Coui 
 that one 
 Upon 
 a Village 
 tages , 
 where lY 
 ons, w 
 that ha' 
 his Favc 
 me in Pi 
 my Atte 
 We four 
 mentatic 
 Prieft oi 
 Pafa^ d 
 that the 
 which is 
 for Pricl 
 in great 
 thofc Pc 
 Holy Ms 
 time of 
 wasiniy 
 lick Aud 
 wait pal 
 Lodging 
 hecaufe i 
 
t I could nc 
 ice of me, b; 
 r in the Moor. 
 
 Steur De Moiitaubatu 
 
 long with me, and to beftow on us fomc 
 Pieces of Stuff to put us in an Equipage fit 
 hrpZmZU^'' appear before fo great a Monarch : He 
 . Foralmuci condefcended to grant every thing that I 
 
 day, he hac .^'^' ?' ^\^^^^ ^^'^^ Days after we fei 
 
 - - ^out altogether m a large Canoo, andpafs'd 
 
 up the River oiCape deLopez^y by rcafon that 
 
 the Country is fo full of Fenns andMarlhcs, 
 
 that one cannot travel thro* it by Land. 
 
 Upon our Arrival at the King's Court, ia 
 a Village, confifting of three Hundred Cot- 
 tages, cover'd with Palm-Trec-Leaves , 
 where the King keeps his Wives and Relati- 
 ons, with fome other Negro Families, 
 that have obtainM the greateft Share of 
 his Favour ; a Lodging was provided for 
 jne in Prince Thomas's Apartments, and all 
 my Attendants were difpos'd of in others. 
 We found the Inhabitants making great La- 
 mentation and Mourning, becaufe t-hc chief 
 
 e of 'em" As l**^*^^ °^ '^^^^ Religion, whom u;y callM 
 
 Court,'and V''^'** ^^'^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^y 5 an^ ^» regard 
 that the Funeral Pomp was to commence, 
 
 which is ufually continu'd for Seven Days, 
 for Priefts of his Quality. Indeed he was 
 in great Veneration and Efteem among 
 thofc People, who look'd upon him as a 
 Holy Man. Forafmuch as during the whole 
 time of that doleful Solemnity, the King 
 was in Mourning, and admitted none to pub- 
 lick Audience, Prince r/?ow4/ advis'dmeto 
 wait patiently, and not to ftir out of my 
 Lodging, unlefs it were to vifit his Majefty, 
 becaufe it was the Cufloai of hisNarion. 
 
 Hoy» ' 
 
 ufquet-diot 
 he told me 
 ?ry Inflant to 
 >apt. Montau 
 fon, he would 
 fe ray Head. 
 ler I had not 
 igfliew (d it to 
 'd me, and 
 concern'd to 
 tion. Atfirfl 
 le diflributed 
 I to be lodg'd 
 articular Or- 
 m they were 
 
 sownTable. 
 le acquaint- 
 ndud me to 
 >f Residence 
 *om thence •, 
 m the Sea- 
 to under- 
 of the Ho- 
 iatisfaftioHj 
 2 fame time 
 •Booters a- 
 long 
 
 a^ 
 
 1.1 
 
Z 8 Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 However, I could not forbear going t( ton-Clo 
 take a view of the Faneral Proceflion, yei with w 
 could difcern nothing but a great Concouili by fevei 
 of People round about the Corps of the Ue He w 
 ccafed Perfon. In the mean while,l was wel Amity i 
 entcrcain'd by the Order of Prince 7"/?ow^litration 
 
 told me, 
 to any i 
 Houfe, 1 
 me to b 
 the oth( 
 ftions al 
 
 who was gon to fee his Father. Indeed iher 
 was no want of Banana's^ Elephants Ftcfh 
 and River-Fifli; but we had neither Breac 
 nor Wine, noi any kind of 5awce, as i 
 may be eafily imagined. My Men wen 
 treated in like manner in their Apartmenr!; 
 during the whole time of our Abode in that King ra 
 
 ed him, 
 a War 
 whom h 
 having 
 that he 
 Cermani 
 tions th 
 was we] 
 that he 
 King of 
 Wine V 
 which v\ 
 late, an 
 with it 
 he bega 
 NegreUi 
 held up 
 it ftead] 
 an end c 
 was ma 
 
 Place. 
 
 Ac the end of Eight Days Prince Thorns 
 came to us, and introdnc'd us into the Pre- 
 fence of the King his Father -, he is a portl- 
 Negro, of a tali Stature, well (hap'd, and 
 aged about Fifty Yearsj who, to do me 
 greater Honour, upon his Son's Recommen- 
 dation, went out of his Houfe, on purpoie 
 to receive me, and advanced fome Paces for 
 ward to meet me. He leant on four oil 
 five Women, who fupported him on all 
 iides, (hewing a certain Grandeur, after a 
 very confufed and odd manner. He was 
 furrounded with a great number of Negroes, 
 arm'd with Lances and Fufees, which they 
 difcharg'd from time to time with very lit- 
 tle Order: Many Trumpeters and Drum- 
 mers marchM before him, and at the Head 
 of that Company werecarry'd divers Stan- 
 dards, of the Colour of thofe of FJoUand, He 
 had no other Cloaths than a piece of Cot. | and a V 
 
 ton- 
 
bear going t 
 *roceflion, >e 
 eat Concoiirl 
 rps of the De 
 
 hile,l was wc 
 rince Thorn a^ 
 Indeed iber 
 phants Ficfh 
 
 i'/V^r De Montauban. 
 
 Iton-Cloth, with white and blue Strlpei, 
 [with which fome Parts were only cover*d 
 by feveral Folds made round about his Body. 
 He was pleas'd to make me fenfible of his 
 l^mity and Refpeft for me,by many Dernon- 
 
 2p 
 
 Apartment 
 Abode in that 
 
 'rince Thorns 
 
 \\\ 
 
 and having fti 
 
 :hdouthisHand, 
 told me, that 'i was the firft time he gave ic 
 to any Man. When we were arriv'd at his 
 
 leither Breac Houfe, he fat down at the Door, and caus'd 
 awte, as it nie to be placed on one fide, and his Son on 
 
 y Men wt^Jthe other. Then he asii'd me feveral Qiic- 
 ftions about the Grandeur and Power of the 
 King my Mafter 5 and after I had acquaint- 
 ed him, that he alone at prefent carry'd on. 
 a War againft the Englijli and HolUnderSj (of 
 whom his Majeily had fome knowledge, as 
 
 he is a portb having often feen 'em at Gate de Lopez) and 
 flianM onri ^i^at he likewife maintained ic againfl: the 
 Germans and Spaniards^ more potent Na- 
 tions than the former, he told me that he 
 was well fatisfied with my Narrative, and 
 that he had a mind to drink a Hec^lch to the 
 King of France. Whereupon fjmc Palm- 
 Wme was immediately brought to him, 
 which was not very difagreeabie to the Pa- 
 late, and his Female Aitendf^nts ferv*d him 
 with it in a large Cryftal-Glalb. Asfoonas 
 he began to take theGlafs, the Negroes and 
 Negreir?s, who attended in great numbers, 
 held up his right Arm, and continually kept 
 it fteady in the Cime pofl:are,till he had made 
 an end of drinking. Afrerwards a great noife 
 was made with the Trumpets and Drum", 
 and a Vollcv of Musk^'t.or rather i-ufee-fhoc. 
 
 K Thea 
 
 into the Pre- 
 
 le is aportlv 
 
 (hap'd, and 
 
 10, to do me 
 
 5 Rccommen- 
 
 , on parpoie 
 
 me Paces for 
 
 on four or 
 
 him on all 
 
 eur, after a 
 
 er. He was 
 
 r of Negroes, 
 
 which they 
 
 /ith very lit- 
 
 and Drum- 
 
 at the Head 
 
 divers Stan- 
 
 HolUnd, He 
 
 icce of Coc 
 
 ton- 
 
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 5 o Sieur De Montauban] 
 
 Then Prince ThontAs ask'd me what was 
 the Name of the King of Fr4«ce 5 and after 
 I had made Aniwer that he was call'd Lewis 
 tie Great ^ he told me he was defirous that I 
 fhould (land God^father to a Child he had, 
 aged only feven or eight Moaths, and that T 
 ihould name him Lewis the Great 5 wiicrcupoii 
 I could not forbear frniling a little. He pro- 
 mis'd me likewife that at the firft Voyage I 
 fliould make to his Country he would deli- 
 ver him into my Hands, to be conveyed to 
 tyance^ and prefentcd to the King,for whofe 
 Service he defign'd him ; being well pleafed 
 that his Son fhould be educated after the 
 manner of that Nation, and in the Court of 
 fo great a Monarch. I alfo engag'd on the 
 other fide, that the very (irfl time I fhould^ 
 come back toGmnee^ I would not fail to put 
 him in mind of his Promife, to the end that 
 at my Return to France I might fet before 
 the King the greateft Prefent that could pof- 
 fibly be made; namely, the Son of Prince 
 Thomas. Pray affure him (faid that Prince) 
 that I am one of his particular Friends^ and 
 th^^ if he ft and in need of my Service I will 
 yafsover iw^o France, with all the Lances and 
 Fufees belonging to the King my Father ^ that 
 96 to fay ^ With all the Forces of the Kingdom. 
 Then the King refuming his Difcourfe gave 
 me to underftand, that he alfo would take a 
 Progrcfs thither in Perfon, if it were requi- 
 fite, and immediately all the Negroes and 
 NegrelTes made fo hideous an ODt.cry,that J 
 was extremely furprii'd: That Cry no 
 
 fooner 
 
 k 
 
 fooner 
 
 Volley ( 
 
 foundir 
 
 Lance- 1 
 
 another 
 
 Shouts 
 
 fomewt 
 
 know t 
 
 was I a 
 
 ceiv'd I 
 
 King ol 
 
 Ceremo 
 
 pledged 
 
 that we 
 
 Which 
 
 caus'd t 
 
 ')im, m 
 
 to accef 
 
 and aft( 
 
 This 
 
 Prince 1 
 
 Quarter 
 
 vitit his 
 
 we pafs' 
 
 farther 
 
 five or i 
 
 People, 
 
 vell'd t( 
 
 never bi 
 
 all part' 
 
 quantiti 
 
 and Elej 
 
 lephants 
 

 n. 
 
 le what was 
 e 5 and after 
 
 call'd Ltxou 
 sfirous that I 
 hild he had, 
 s, and that I 
 J wlicrcupoii 
 :tlc. He pro- 
 rft Voyage I 
 ! would deli- 
 conveyed to 
 ig,for whofe 
 ; well pleafcd 
 cd after the 
 the Court of 
 ;ag'd on the 
 time I fhould^ 
 >t fail to put 
 the end that 
 It fet before 
 It could pof- 
 >n of Prince 
 that Prince) 
 -rierjtls^ and 
 ervice I will 
 
 Lances and 
 Father-^ that 
 he Kingdom. 
 courfe gave 
 I ould take a 
 were requi- 
 ^egroes and 
 il-cry,that I 
 
 at Crv no 
 
 — — J — 
 
 fooncr 
 
 Sieuf De Montauhan. 
 
 fooner ceas'd, but the Fufilecrs difcharg'd a 
 Volley of all their Fire-arms, the Trumpets 
 founding, and Drums beating; and the 
 Lance- men fell a running from one fide to 
 'another backward and forward, withgrcac 
 Shouts i fo that 1 could not choofc but be 
 fomewhat frighted: And indeed, I did not 
 know the meaning of that Uproar, neither 
 was I able to recover my felf, till I pcr- 
 ceiv'd that the King drank a Health to the 
 King o( France a fecond time, with the fame 
 Ceremonies as before •, that Prmce Thomas 
 pledged his Father, and that 'twas orderM 
 that we fhould all drink at the fame time. 
 Which being done accordingly, the King 
 caus'd two Loaves of Wax to be brought to 
 Mm, made me a Prefcnt of em, defiringme 
 to accept of 'em as a Mark of his Friendfliip, 
 and afterwards enter'd hisHoufe. 
 
 This Audience being thus concluded, 
 PnuccThoma4 conduced me thro* all th« 
 (Quarters of the Village, where he went to 
 vilit his Friends, and on the following Day* 
 we pafs'd to divers other Villages, fituated 
 farther up the Country at the diftance of 
 five or fix Leagues one from another. Thefa 
 People, the grcateft part of whom never tra- 
 veli'd to the Sea- (hoar, and confcquently 
 never bad a light of white Men, ran from 
 all parts to fee us, and brought us grearcr 
 quantities of Fruit, and of Flefh, of^Bugles 
 'and Elephants, than we could eat. The &* 
 lephants of that Country arc not altogether 
 
 R 2 one 
 
 3« 
 
 
 ir^ 
 
 ff' 
 
,/*ft>w'' 
 
 3 a Sieur De Montauban] 
 
 one kind, as alfo arethofe of CofaU^ nwr 
 Zanguebar, on the Eaftern Coaffs of Ethio- 
 fia The Negroes eat 'em with a great deal 
 of Delight, and efteem their Flefhbejond 
 any other : They make their moft fumptivi 
 ous Feafts with 'cm, and thofe who were de 
 firous to do us moft Honour, prefented \m 
 to us inflead of Bufflesj on vvliich, ncvci 
 ihelefs I fet a greater Value. 
 
 Forafmuch as they were not pble to com- 
 prehend the difference of Colon; between our 
 Complexion and theirs, they Ihoak'd our 
 Faces vyith their Hands, to fee whether 
 the white Colour would pafs away ^ nay, 
 divers of our Company had theii Hands 
 fcrap'd with Knives, fometimes even til 
 they were hurt, yet wc durft not complaiil 
 of that rough ufage .- However, Prince 
 Thomas perceiving it, commanded his Ar- 
 sendants not to fuflfer 'em thus to rub and 
 fcratch our Fingers, and fpoke aloud to the 
 People that ran after us, telling 'em that all 
 Foreigners were white, and that if the Ne- 
 groes travell'd into other Countries, they 
 would appear as ftrange to thofe Natives, as 
 we did among them in Citinee. Nay, he of- 
 ten fmii'd to lee the Multitude continually 
 running after us, as if we had been feme un- 
 known Animals; and I know not whether 
 he were difplea'd tofee us thus pcfi:er'd by the 
 Importunity of the Negroes, or whether he 
 might not take (ome Delight in obferving 
 theSottiflinefsof ihofcPeople: And indeed,! 
 
 bafi fr>p"iprimf>c on /M^r>'^*-«- •»•-••«-•■• ••- "--i-- :-- 
 
 **- ■ --* •■•* • ^>" v-j-p'Ji; liiiily io IhiiCnULKi" 
 
 of all their extravagant Fopperies. Ac 
 
 Atli 
 pany'd 
 Prince 
 take lei 
 me in ; 
 the Cui 
 promif 
 to Gm 
 Canoo, 
 Thomas 
 ble Ent 
 to treat 
 deiirou; 
 aGodf 
 much t 
 had an 
 (what t( 
 fandlify 
 
 Butl 
 Prieffcc 
 or rcmi 
 pronoui 
 era men' 
 ibme of 
 guefe Vc 
 to Cafe 
 ter. 1 
 troduc't 
 fes^ alth 
 maintai 
 But the 
 on of it, 
 ficulty c 
 ren Coi 
 
CofaUy nwr 
 \ih of EihiQ. 
 ha great deal 
 Flefh bejond 
 mofl: fumptii| 
 wfio were de. 
 prefented Vm 
 Jiich, ncvci 
 
 ^ble to com- 
 
 1 between our 
 
 fhoak'd our 
 
 fee whether 
 
 away ^ nay 
 
 theii Hands 
 
 les even tii 
 lot complaii? 
 sver, Prince 
 ded his Ar- 
 i to rub and 
 aloud to the 
 g em that all 
 at if the Nc- 
 entries, they 
 
 2 Natives, as 
 Nay, heof- 
 
 e continually 
 een feme nn- 
 noc whether 
 :[l:er'd by the 
 r wherlier he 
 in obferving 
 And indeed, i 
 
 _ ^-1. 
 
 J IhivC iiUUvt 
 
 ?s. Ac 
 
 Steur De Montauban. 
 
 At lafl, after three Days Journey, accora- 
 pany'd with variety of Divertifemcnts, the 
 Prince convey;d me thro' another Road to 
 take leave of his Father. The King carefs'd 
 me in a raoll obliging manner, according to 
 the Cuilom of his Nation, and made me 
 promife to vifit him the firft time I returned 
 to Gtime, Afterwards we erabark*d in his 
 Canoo, and arrivM the next day at Prince 
 Thomases Village, where he continued the no- 
 ble Entertainments,wich which he was wont 
 to treat us. Then he told me that he was 
 delirous that I fhould perform the Office of 
 a Godfather to his Son, and I comply 'd fo 
 much the more willingly, in regard that I 
 had an Opportunity of contributing fome- 
 iwhat to the making of a Chriftian, and the 
 fancflifying of a Soui. 
 
 But forafmuch as I doubted whether the 
 Prieftof the Village knew how to baptize, 
 or rcmcmbcrM the Words that ought to be 
 pronounc'din the Adminillration of that Sa- 
 crament, I entreated the Prince to provide 
 ibme of thofe Priefts who were in the Fortn- 
 gitefe Veflels, and he accordingly fent for one 
 to Caft de Lopez,, who arriv'd two Days af- 
 ter. The Chriftian Religion was firft in- 
 troduce into that Country by the Portugue- 
 fes^ altho' it be true indeed, that they do not 
 maintain it therein as muchasitisrequilite: 
 But theObftacles that hinder thePropagati. 
 on of it, proceed without doubt from the dif- 
 ficulty of inhabiting an almoft wild and bar- 
 
 a viM ^u«Vuiiiiy, vvlivii. -^tz-^ iiii aiiU riuvlti 
 
 
 R i 
 
 are 
 
 33 
 
 • 
 
L-'r 
 
 
 'f 
 
 34 Sieur De Montauhan] 
 
 arc not natural to Foreigners : Therefore 
 in order to its firm Eflablifliment in thofc 
 Parts, 'twould be expedient for the Enrope- 
 ms to have fettled Habitations, or to build 
 Towns tliere, to inllruft the Negroes in the 
 Articles of Faith, and Myfteries of the Gof 
 pel, and to lend Miflions thither from time 
 to time j which might be done with great 
 Facility, by reafon that thofe People arc ex- 
 tremelydocil, and very capable of imbibing 
 good Principles, and of embracing any Do- 
 drine that one would go about to teach *em 
 fincethey haveliv'd for a long time without 
 any manner of Belief, or any Idea of ano- 
 ther Religion. Thefe Negroes being thus 
 converted to Chriflianity,fome of 'em might 
 be ordain'd Priefts, who might be furnifli'd 
 with Rituals, and other Books relating to the 
 Ceremonies of the Church, and a Catechifm 
 for the regulating of their Faith, till they 
 were capable of reading the New Tella- 
 ment. It would alfo be requifite to cftablifh 
 a Bifhop in that Town, who fliould take 
 care to fend Priefls into the feveral Habita- 
 tions of the Negroes throughout the Coun- 
 try, and to caule Oratories to be built in 
 the moft populous Places. 
 
 Thus the Chriltian Religion might be 
 propagated i:\Cnme, and would be lefs lia- 
 ble to be extirpated by the Wars that the 
 Natives make with foreign People. A Re- 
 formation might alfo be effedually carry'd 
 m among the Chtiftians, who refide in the 
 Kingdoms of fi.\ -^^xd Morocco^ and a mutu- 
 al 
 
 '% 
 
 ■<»»i»s*i#^**5;jn,.. 
 
 fc^- 
 
' Therefore 
 ent in thofc 
 r the Ehrofe- 
 ?, or to build 
 egroes in the 
 s of theGof 
 ler from time 
 le with great 
 cople arc ex- 
 e of imbibing 
 ring any Do- 
 to teach *em, 
 time without 
 Jiiea of ano- 
 i being thus 
 of 'emraight 
 be furnifh'4 
 -latingtothe 
 a Catechifm 
 ich, till they 
 New Tefta- 
 etocflablifh 
 fliould take 
 'eral Habita- 
 jc the Coun- 
 » be built in 
 
 n might be 
 Id be lefs lia- 
 ars chat the 
 pie. A Re- 
 jally carry'd 
 refide in the 
 and a mutu- 
 al 
 
 Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 al Corrcfpondence might be maintain'd be- 
 tween thcPriefts of that Nation, andthofe 
 oiCumty to the end that they might alM 
 one another in the Prefervation of Religion 
 throughout all the Coafts of Africa, Indeed 
 Chriftianity was planted almoft after the 
 fame manner among the CmilUy who had a 
 much greater Aver lion to our Faith, than 
 the Negroes of Cuince have at prcfent. The 
 Prieftc, who are to be found thereabouts, 
 are not for the moll part real Prielts •, not 
 having been ordainM by any Bifhop, and 
 having only fubflituted themfclvcs in the 
 room of thofe who died in their Country : 
 Neither have they retained any thing that fa- 
 vours never fo little of Chriftianity, altho' 
 they perform many Ceremonies, and have 
 fome Appearance of the Adminiltration of 
 the Sacraments. 
 
 But to return to our private Chrilleningj 
 Mpon the Arrival of the VomgHtfe Prieft, 
 Prince Thomases Son was actual ly Baptized, 
 and narn'd Lexpt^ the Great^ according to his 
 Father's Intention : A certain Negrefs of his 
 Relations ftood Godmother, and I my felf 
 was Godfather. I was told that that Lady 
 bore the name of Antonia^ which (he received 
 from the Wife of a VortHguefe Cuptain, who 
 held her at the Baptifmal Font. Two or 
 three Days after the Celebration of this So- 
 lemnity, which was performM with all the 
 Magnificence that could be cxpeded among 
 the Negroes •, fome of Prince Thomases 
 Guards, who werepoftedat Capede Lopez, 
 
 ' D < in 
 
 35 
 
 I 
 
 i1 
 
 I 
 
 
 ■8«gB«awa 
 
11. 
 
 d\i \y 
 
 3 6 Sieur De Montauhan. 
 
 to give notice of the Arrival of the SMp^, 
 came to acquaint him with that of an Etigltflj 
 Veflel. Whereupon I entreated him to give 
 me leave to embark therein, to return to 
 my native Country, in order to my perfed 
 Rec6very from that illncfs, under which I 
 ftilJ l.iboui*d. But he was not willing iliac 
 I Ihonld put my fclf into the H.indi 
 ofmyEncmiesand d^lirM me to have a little 
 Patienr , liil the Arrival of feme Portu^Htfe, 
 with whom iie would readily permit nj." to 
 go. However, he went to Cape de Lopez, to 
 truck away Elephan-s leetii, Wax, and 
 Negroes, for Iron, Arms and Brand/, and 
 returned after ten or twelve Days, when he 
 told me, that a Pmuguefe Veflcl lay at An- 
 chor at Cape de Lopez ; that 'twas requifite > 
 tocaufe my felf to be convey'd in Canoos, 
 to embark there 5 that he had recommended 
 me to the Captain •, and that I fliouid want 
 nothing that was nccefjary for me during 
 my Voyage to Europe. ' 
 
 Then 1 took care to get all my Men to. 
 gether, except two, wl om 1 did not think 
 fie to wait for, bccaufe they had taken a Pro- 
 grcfs into the Country for five or lix Days 
 and I knew not where to find 'em. There- 
 fore we embark'd in the Canoos of that 
 Prince, after having folemnly taken my 
 leave of him^ and being arriv'd at Cape de 
 Lopez., I puxeivM that the Portitgucfe Com- 
 mander was an old Acquaintance of mine, 
 w'nh whom I h^d contracted Friendfhip at 
 tlio ni-jr/J ofS;. llmu^s. Whereupon 1 took 
 
 Ship 
 
r. 
 
 f the SMps, 
 
 Df an Etf^ltjb 
 
 him to^ivc 
 
 return to 
 my per fed 
 
 Jer whi(h { 
 willing iliac 
 the H.mds 
 have a little 
 e Fortnffnefe^ 
 rmit m^j to 
 'h' Lopez, to 
 Wax, and 
 rand/, and 
 S when he 
 Jay at An- 
 as requifite ^ 
 in Canoos, 
 :ommendcd 
 liouid want 
 me during 
 
 y Men to- 
 
 1 not think 
 aken a Pro- 
 r lix Days, 
 I- There- 
 OS of that 
 
 taken my 
 at Cape de 
 \ncfe Com- 
 ; of mine, 
 endfliip at 
 pon I took 
 Ship 
 
 Sieur De Montauhan. 
 
 Ship with him, and three Days after, we 
 caft Anchor before the fame Illand ; the Go- 
 vci nour of which (hew^d me a world of kind- 
 nefs, and did the like to all my Men, during 
 a whole Month that vvc were oblig'd to flay 
 in th&c Port. At the expiration of that 
 time, an Engltjh Ship arriv'd, which had 
 been lleering her Courfe on the Golden 
 Coafts, I foon got into the Acquaintance 
 of the Captain, and at laft we became fo in- 
 timate friends, that 1 thought ray felf 
 bound in Honour to accept of the kind Of- 
 fers he made me, He entreated me to em- 
 bark with him, and aflur'd me, that ae Bar- 
 b^oes^ to which place he was bound, I fhould 
 mfct with all the Supplies, neceflary for 
 the recovering of my Health; becaufe there 
 were certain able Jewifh Phyfitians, who 
 were his particular Friends. Therefore I 
 went on board his Ship, with all my Men, 
 notwithftanding all the Reafons alledg'd by 
 the Governour of the Ifland, to induce me 
 to fufpedt the Englify Captain, who was 
 without doubt one of the mofl: courteous and 
 upright Men of his Nation : He was fo kind 
 as to refign his Cabbin to mc, and to afford 
 me all the Delights and Divertifementsthat 
 can be imaginM, to mitigate the Pains I en- 
 dur'd from time to time. 
 
 Ten Days after our Departure from Sr, 
 Thomas, having loft the Rudder of our 
 Ship, we were oblig'd to fet up a Mafl in its 
 place, which was put thro* the Port. holes of 
 the Gun room, and we were fotc'd to (leer 
 
 with 
 
 37 
 
 u 
 
 ! 
 
 i 
 
 *^^ss^#**% 
 
3« 
 
 u 
 
 Sieur De Montauhan. 
 
 with it, during the whole time of our Voy- 
 age, whkh continu'd three Months. When 
 wc flood in for Barbadoes^ our Provifionsbf 
 gan to fail, and there only remained wha: 
 was fufficient for three Days, infomuch, that 
 the Captain being much offended at his bel 
 ing overcharged with my Men,ordcr*d three 
 quarters of their Allowance to be retrench'dj 
 and as foon as we arriv'd in the Port, went 
 to falute M. Buffel^ who was Govcrnour of 
 the Ifiand. He gave him a particular Ac- 
 count of the Engagement 1 had with the 
 Guard-Ship of JtngoU^ and was very much 
 blam'd for bringing me to Barbadoes. After- 
 wards, returning to his Ship, he related to 
 me every thing that was difcoiirs'd between 
 liimand the Governour, who forbid him unv 
 dcr pain of Death, to fuffer me to land : 
 However, he did not acquaint me with the 
 Prohibition, but contenrr.d himfelf only to 
 advife me not to go a-fliore, to avoid giving 
 any caufe of Sufpicion to M- Buffell^ which 
 Order I promised pundually to obferve, 
 not being foilicitous to take any further 
 Cognizance of a Place, which was well 
 known to me a long time aj^o, and being un 
 ^"silling to give the leaft Offence to my Cap- 
 tain. 
 
 The next day, many J^n?/, who were 
 tnrn'd out of Martimca^ came to vifit me up- 
 r*« the Report of my Arrival 5 -^nd pcrceiv- 
 li-;" me to be very much indifpos'd ?ind weak- 
 en'd, they fcnt to me divert Phyiiiians of 
 tijcir Nation, who told mc that 1 could not 
 
 be 
 
 ^MAMflAjgjg^^^dpnr 
 
 *-^*^-;^Blt 
 
in. 
 
 I of our Voy- 
 nths. When 
 Provifionsbf 
 main*d whac 
 ifomuch, that 
 cd ac his be 
 prdcr*d three 
 )e retrench'dj 
 ePort, went 
 jovernour of 
 irticular Ac 
 3d with the 
 IS very much 
 !tcioes. After- 
 le related to 
 rs'd between 
 irbid him un 
 me to land 
 me with the 
 felf only to 
 3void giving 
 uffeU, which 
 to obfcrve, 
 any further 
 1 was well 
 nd being un- 
 to my Cap- 
 
 who were 
 vifitmcup- 
 md pcrceiv- 
 d and weak- 
 hv'iitians of 
 1 coald not 
 be 
 
 t 
 
 Sieur De Montauhanl 
 
 be car*d, unlcfs I were brought a-lhoar, 
 proffering at the fame time to foUicite the 
 Governour on my behalf, to give leave, that 
 ' might be convey'd into a Houfe on the 
 Port. Whereupon I drew up a Petition to 
 M, Rhjfcl^ in which I entreated him to grant 
 me fuch a Licenfe, promifing that 1 would 
 not ftir out of the Chamber that (hould be 
 appointed for my Lodging, only to re-em- 
 bark, and to caufe my felf to be tranfported 
 to Martmca, However, the Phyfitiansthem- 
 felves were obliged to be my Bail, and I was 
 at laft conduced to the Houfe of one M. Ja^ 
 cob Lewes ^ where great Care was taken of me 
 during the whole time of my Abode in that 
 Place. 
 
 Three Days after I was carryM thither, 
 theMajor-Gcncral came to fee me by the Go- 
 vernor's Order ; very gcneroufly promised 
 me his Protcdion, and offer'd his Service, 
 efpecially to procure me any thing that 
 might be necefrary for the Reftauration of 
 my Health : Yet I was vifited from time to 
 time by the fame Major, and every day by a 
 Captain of the Garrifon $ who came not fo 
 much to enquire after the State of my Health, 
 as to obferve, whether I Ihould ere long be 
 in a condition to be tranfported out of the 
 Ifland. M Ruffd himfclf came in like man- 
 ner ten or Swelve Days after my Arrival, to 
 know whether it were true that I was really 
 fo ill as it was reported : He alfo gave me a 
 feccnd Vifit fcven or eight Days after, in 
 the Evening, and caus'd me to be remov'd 
 
 from 
 
 39 
 
40 
 
 Sieur De Montaub. 
 
 'an. 
 
 from the Jew's Houfe where I lode'd 
 th^t of an EngUfj Merchant : He told ' 
 
 the fame 
 
 com 
 
 time 
 modated 
 
 that 1 ftiould be bet 
 
 to I 
 meat 
 ter ac- 
 
 there than 1 had been at M. Ja. 
 
 il n K i ^"^ '^' '''^ ^"^^"^i^" wa^that 
 I fhoiild be better guarded, and that I m/phf] 
 
 not have an Opportunity of di(cour/]ns with 
 fo many People. The next day he came a. 
 gam to fee me, and ask'd me how I lik'd 
 my new Quarters. I heartily thank'd him 
 for the good Offices he had done me, and to 
 the end that he might not have canfe to fu- 
 fpcd myiMen,! entreated him to give Orders 
 that they (hould be confined in the Cittadel' 
 to prevent them from ftraggling about the 
 Illand, and from makmg their Efcape. 
 
 Then M Rufl toid me, that he intended/ 
 to do fo 5 but that I ought to underftand that 
 they were Prifoners of W ar, as well as my 
 fclf. I reply'd. That I was not ignorant of 
 K5 and that I thought my felf happy in fal- 
 inginto his Hands; but that tht Enohfl, 
 Captain, who brought me to BarbaJoes, hJd 
 pals d his Word that I fhould not be retained 
 nor any of my Company ; That upon his 
 Protellations of inviolable Fidelity, and the 
 Otters of Service he made me, Jventur'd to 
 embark relying on the marks of Fricndliip 
 which he had already fhewn: Then I ad' 
 <ied, that my Requeft to him was only ro 
 f.rant me my Liberty, and that of my Men 
 promiling that I would ever be mindful of 
 the Favour either in reltorin.^ thr Prifoners 
 1^'hom I might carry off from ihc lOinds. if r 
 
 (hould 
 
 "*^<--#^ 
 
 ■*«<feJil,BH II " 
 
 
fhould take up Arms again, or in paying 
 him what Ranfom he (hould think fit to re- 
 quire. 
 
 Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 lodgM, to 
 le told meat 
 3e better ac- 
 
 ion' w^'t hat " ^'' ^''^ ^^'^^ ^' ^"^^'^^ ^ ""'^^ "''''^'' ^'"'"^ 
 chat I miehfl ^^'^'^ ^^^^^^•> ^^^ y^^^^ Prtfomrs ^ for^on arefo 
 ■^»^r -I gallant a Man. that yottr Mis fort utre and IIU 
 mjs cannot but be pitttdy and therefore on the 
 contrary^ I would entreat yon to accept of Forty 
 Fifioles^ of which I mak^cyoit a Prefent^ tofuf- 
 fly yoH with Necejfaries. He gave 'em me in 
 a Purfe, which without doubt he brought 
 for that very purpofe, and at his Departure 
 acquainted me that he was going to give 
 Orders, that my Men fliould be got together 
 again. The next day he fent me two of 
 'em, who told me, that they did not know 
 v^hat was become of the reft, and that they 
 had Orders from the Governor to Ray with 
 me : I had the Liberty to fend 'em abi 02d,io 
 procure any thing that I ftood in need of,and 
 at laft finding my felf fomcwhat ftrengthen'd 
 by the means of the extraordinary Care that 
 my Landlord took cf me, I acquainted the 
 Officer, who vifitcd me every dav, that I 
 would beg leave of ihe Governour to em- 
 bark in the firfl; Veflcl that fhould fet one 
 from Martinica, 
 
 Three Days after there arriv'd a Bark, 
 which tlv Count de Blerac^ Genet al of the 
 French lilands, fenr for the exchanging of 
 Piifoners. M. Rnj]U t;ave me noiiceof ir^ 
 Arrival, and that 1 O.onld prepare for n-y 
 embarking therein. Then I had the Liber- 
 
 tU 
 
 surfing with 
 
 he came a. 
 how I lik'd 
 liank'd him 
 
 me, and to 
 cauie to fu- 
 ivc Orders, 
 leCittadel, 
 I about the 
 fcape'. 
 
 le intended^ 
 rftand that 
 
 well as my 
 ignorant of 
 ppy in fal- 
 he Engltfli 
 'adoes^ had 
 be retained 
 
 upon his 
 Yy and the 
 ;ntur*d to 
 ricndliip, 
 ri:en I ad- 
 s only ro 
 
 my Men, 
 lindfui of 
 
 Pri (oners 
 inds, if I 
 
 (hould 
 
42 Sieur Ve Montauhan. 
 
 the Kindneflcs he had fhewn me. He told 
 me that he was forry he was oblig'd by the 
 Law of Arms not to alJow me more Free- 
 dom than 1 had, and that he entreated me 
 to afford a favourable Entertainment to the 
 Engltjh Men who Ihoiild fall into my Handc'i 
 Afterwards I went on board the French Bark * 
 which was commanded by the SmrConrpor! 
 formerly an Inhabitant of St. Chriftophers ; 
 but I could not regain any of my Free-boot- 
 ers, except thofe two, who were fenc to me 
 by M. Rnffel, as I have already hinted. 
 
 We difimbark'd at the Roysl Fort of 
 Martintca, and I repaired with my two Men 
 to the Town, to give a Vifit to M. de Blenac, 
 whowasfeiz'd with thelaftFit of Sicknefs, 
 ot which he died. I gave him a particular r 
 Account of all my Adventures, and I per- 
 cm d him to be much furpriz'd to hear a 
 Kelation of fo great Difafters. Forafmuch 
 as he was defirous that I fhould lodge in his 
 Houfe all the time that I ftay'd at Maninica, 
 be made me every day repeat the particular 
 Urcumftances of my Engagement with the 
 mhjh Ship ;, and at lafl: having found an 
 Opportunit) of conveying me to France, 
 he |ent to enquire after the Captain of a 
 Vellel that was bound for that Kingdom, 
 and recommended me to his Care. He de- 
 termined likewife to give me Recommenda- 
 tory Letters for M. Phelipeaux, to procure 
 me fomc Employment ; but the day before 
 my departure, he fell into fo great weaknefs, 
 that he was no longer in a condition to 
 
 write. 
 
n. 
 
 5. He told 
 
 •lig'd by the 
 
 more Free- 
 
 itreated me 
 
 ment tothe^ 
 
 )my Hand?.' 
 
 French Bark, 
 
 'cMr CoHTfon^ 
 
 7hriftophers \ 
 
 Fiee-boot- 
 
 Tenc tome 
 
 linted. 
 
 al Fort of 
 
 y two Men 
 
 )f Sicknefs, 
 particular f 
 and 1 per- 
 to hear a 
 Forafmuch 
 >dgc in his 
 MartinicA^ 
 particular 
 ; with the 
 found an 
 O France^ 
 'tain of a 
 Kingdom, 
 . Hede- 
 mmenda* 
 3 procure 
 ay before 
 veakncfs, 
 Jition to 
 write, 
 
 Sieur De Montauban. 
 
 write, and died that very Evening, June lo. 
 Indeed i had all the reafon in the World 
 to be very much concerned at bis Death ; 
 for M. De Blertac, who was a Pcrfon of fin- 
 
 ^ypular Qualities, took delight in being fer- 
 viceab^w to all Mankind ^ and more efpeci- 
 aliy had a tender Companion for thofe that 
 were in s diflrefltd Condition, or lay under 
 the Preflures of ill Fortune, as my Cafe was 
 at that time : He always endeavoured to 
 be beforehand with *€m, relieving *em in 
 their Neceffities, asfoonas they came to his 
 Knowledge, and made a voluntary Proffer 
 of the Favours he was ready to bellow, even 
 before they could well be fued for. In a 
 word, he was a Man of an Heroick Courage, 
 Ind a skilful Navigator, well vcrs'd inMa- 
 Vitim yUFairs ; knowing all the Coads and 
 Latitudes of the Continent o( jimmc4^ and 
 highly eltcem'd by the King for his Integri- 
 ty, Juftice and Prudence, and for all the 
 fignal Services he had done the State, in 
 matters relating to Trade, and the difcovc- 
 ry of thelflands. 
 
 The ncitday after his Death, I went on 
 Board the Virgin ^ a VelTel of Bordeaux^ 
 which was alfo built there, and after a few 
 
 ^ Days PafTage 5 at lalt I arrived fafe in the 
 Port of that City, with many different 
 and contrary Sentiments. I know not whe- 
 ther 1 fliall bid adieu to the Sea for ever, 
 having been fo much diOiearten'd by my lalt 
 Misfortune •, or whether 1 fliall embark once 
 aeain to revenge tho Indicnirie*; nnr unnn 
 
 me 
 
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Sieur De Montauhan. 
 
 me by the EngU^h^ or whether 1 fliall under- 
 take another Voyage, to get a fmall EOatc; 
 or whether I fhaij ftay at home in Tranquil- 
 lity, coritenrinp my felf with the peaceable 
 Enjoyment Oi ./hat my Relations have Jef^f 
 me. Howevti, 'tis certain, that Miritimi 
 Voyages are apt to create in Men almoft th^ I 
 fame PaOions as Gaming: Foe as the lofing I 
 Gamefter, notwithftandlng trie ill Luck he i 
 has fo often had before, does not believe ' 
 that he fliall always be unfortunate, hue is 
 ftill egg'd on by I know not wIku Impu!:'* 
 to venti're farther 5 fo we Mariners, whi.ce- 
 ver Difafters may haye befallen u^ at Sen, 
 are coij^i jualiy boy'd up > ith the hopes of 
 meeting mth a f^h- opportunity to indcm- 
 nifie our felves for al^ ^rv Lofe. Upon th;l| 
 whole, I am apt toVlkve^ ihat into whole 
 Hands foever my K0 native may happen to 
 fall, they will !lnd it ^ery difficult to give me 
 Advifeas to the Matttr in Debate, and even 
 to take it themfelves. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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 '1^ 
 
 
J fhal! under- 
 fmall Haatcv 
 in Tranquil- 
 he peaceable 
 ns have Jef'^f 
 lat Wiritini I 
 nalmoftth^ i 
 IS the lofing j 
 
 ill Lnck he I 
 not helicve 
 ate, bur is 
 \n Imptilf^ 
 lers, whafc- 
 
 t^ at Sea, 
 ic hopes of 
 
 to indem- 
 Oponth;l| 
 
 into whole 
 ' happen to 
 
 10 give me 
 ', and even 
 
 i 
 
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 #-^fe.