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LA SALLE
were well received; they presented us with
dried beef, and we returned it in some
knives. We saw two horses, one of them a
little gray, indifferent handsome. They told
us they would soon depart that place to join
their companions, who were in war with
their enemies. The rest of our men being
come up, we went on to encamp a league
from thence, on the bank of a rivulet, and at
the foot of one of the highest mountains in
the country.
Unloading our horses, we perceived there
wanted a large axe, which served us for
hewing down trees. M. de la Salle sent his
Indian to demand it at the village we came
from last; the savages said they had not
seen it, and it was lost. He brought back
Word that the savages had told him that if
we would stay for them they would go along
with and show us the way.
However, we went on the 24th and encamped
on the edge of a marsh. The 25th
the rain hindered us from marching. The
26th M. de la Salle, perceiving how difficult
and dangerous it was to cross that
marsh, sent his Indian to the others to know
whether they really designed to go with
us. They answered we must return thither
to join them. The 27th we decamped, in
order to do it, but took another way to meet
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Cox, Isaac Joslin. The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 2, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6103/m1/128/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .