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40 TEXAS HISTORY STORIES
ful war whoops, and a shower of arrows fell among the
sleepers. Two of them were instantly killed; a third
was severely wounded, and Moranget received an arrow
through the arm, and another cut a deep gash in
his bosom. Faint and bleeding, he succeeded in reaching
the camp of his friends and told the terrible news.
La Salle immediately sent an armed party to punish
the Indians, knowing full well that unless he did so
more trouble might be expected.
Beaujen, captain of the Joli, who all along had been
angry with La Salle, now refused to obey his orders,
and insisted on returning to France. He took with him
sixty or seventy of the company, all of the cannon balls,
and many of the stores belonging to the colony. La
Salle and his party were left alone in the wilderness;
a single small vessel, the Belle, lying at anchor in the
bay, offered the only means of retreat or of further exploration.
Soon after Beaujen's departure, La Salle with five
boats and a well-armed party of about fifty men set out
to explore the surrounding country. He sailed up the
bay to its head, where he found a river flowing in from
the north. Taking it to be one of the mouths of the
Mississippi, he ascended it many miles. He found everything
different from what he had expected. Instead
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Littlejohn, E. G., 1862-. Texas History Stories: Cabeza de Vaca and La Salle., periodical, 1901; Richmond, Virginia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14384/m1/40/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.