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JOURNEYS OF
lot. The stick is then thrown again; he
who keeps it then has the second lot, and
so on to the end. The women whose husbands
have been slain in war often perform
the same ceremony, and treat the singers
and dancers, whom they have before invited.
The marriages of the Illinois last no
longer than the parties agree together, for
they freely part after a hunting bout, each
going which way they please, without any
ceremony. However, the men are jealous
enough of their wives, and when they catch
them in a fault they generally cut up their
noses, and I saw one who had been so
served.
Nevertheless, adultery is not reckoned
any great crime among them, and there are
women who make no secret of having had
to do with Frenchmen. Yet are they not
sufficiently addicted to that vice to offer
themselves, and they never fall unless they
are sued to, when they are none of the most
difficult in the world to be prevailed on. The
rest I leave to those who have lived longer
there than me.
We continued some time in Fort Louis
without receiving any news. Our business
was, after having heard mass, which we had
the good fortune to do every day, to divert
ourselves the best way we could. The In222
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Second volume of biographical accounts related to the explorations of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in North America including memoirs, accounts, and narratives of his discovery and exploration down the Mississippi River.
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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/m1/229/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .