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LA SALLE 49
the open square of the fort packed for the march, and
the little company, those who were to go and those who
were to stay, gathered together for the final leavetakings.
La Salle, in his faded, red uniform, called
them closely about him and made them a last address
so full of feeling that all were moved to tears. Twenty
men, just half of the remnant of the colony, were
chosen to go on the expedition. Among them were La
Salle's two nephews and his brother, Cavelier; Nika,
La Salle's Indian servant; the trusty soldier, Joutel; a
priest, Father Anastase Douay; Lioto, the surgeon, and
Duhaut. These, armed and equipped for the journey,
are drawn up in front of the gate; the last farewells
are taken, and the little band of adventurers, "with
measured tread and slow," file out of the enclosure.
They cross the river and the prairies beyond; then
woods and hills come between and shut Fort St. Louis
forever from their sight.
The journey was begun oh the 12th of January, 1687,
in a northeasterly direction. "They passed the prairie
and neared the forest. Here they saw buffaloes, and
the hunters killed several of them. Then they traversed
the woods, found and forded the shallow and
rushy stream, and pushed through the forest beyond,
doo-ay' lee-o-to du-ho
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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/m1/49/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.