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LA SALLE
ents, whilst she, by her care and kindness,
spared our provisions, which were necessary
for our journey.
A continual rain obliged us to stay there
till the I3th. During our stay the natives
made several feasts, to which we were always
invited; and at last, the rain ceasing,
we resolved to set out, notwithstanding all
M. Cavelier's and the priest's apprehensions,
which we surmounted, and directed our
course towards the northeast, with two Indians,
who were to conduct us only a small
way, and who accordingly soon left us,
whatsoever promises we could make them.
They departed to return home, promising
they would come to us again. We encamped
that night on the bank of a rivulet.
The I4th and i5th we held on our way,
frequently meeting with sloughs, which very
much fatigued us, because we were obliged
to unload our horses for them to pass and
prevent their sticking in the mire and fat
soil, whence we could not have drawn them
out, and consequently we were fain to carry
all our luggage on our own backs.
Whilst we halted about noon that our
horses might graze, as was usually done by
us, we discovered our two Assony Indians
returning towards us, at which we were
much rejoiced, because they had a better
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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/m1/178/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .