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LA SALLE
and others, wherewith the country abounds,
would become exquisite if the same industry
were used; and other sorts of fruit we
have in France would thrive well if they
were carried over. The earth produces a
sort of hemp, whereof cloth might be made
and cordage.
As for the manners and customs of the
Illinois, in many particulars they are the
same as those of the other nations we have
seen. They are naturally fierce and revengeful,
and among them the toil of sowing,
planting, carrying of burdens and doing
all other things that belong to the support
of life appertains peculiarly to the
women. The men have no other business
but going to the war and hunting, and the
women must fetch the game when they have
killed it, which sometimes they are to carry
very far to their dwellings, and there to
parch or dress it any other way.
When the corn or other grain is sown
the women secure it from the birds till it
comes up. Those birds are a sort of starlings,
like ours in France, but larger, and fly
in great swarms.
The Illinois have but few children, and
are extremely fond of them; it is the custom
among them, as well as others I have
mentioned, never to chide or beat themn but
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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/m1/226/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .