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LA SALLE
would send men to the other villages to
acquaint them with our demands and to
consult with them what was to be done in
that case; that, as for the rest, they were
amazed at our having passed through so
many nations without having been detained
or killed, considering what a small number
we were.
When the discourse was ended that chief
caused meat to be set before us, as dried
flesh, bread made of Indian corn of several
sorts, and watermelons, after which he made
us smoke; and then we returned to our
house, where, being eased of all those impediments,
we gave each other an account
of our affairs at leisure, and were informed
that those people impatiently expected the
return of M. de la Salle, which confirmed us
in the resolution of concealing his death.
We observed the situation of that post, and
were made acquainted with the nature of
the country and the manners of those people,
of which I shall give the following remarks.
The house we were then in was built of
pieces of cedar, laid one upon another, and
rounded away at the corners. It is seated
on a small eminence, half a musket-shot
from the village, in a country abounding in
all things. The plains lying on one side of
it are stored with beeves, wild goats, deer,
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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/m1/202/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .