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JOURNEYS OF
lake and lose the glory he had acquired by
his long and happy navigations on the
ocean. When the wind abated we hoisted
our sail, and the next day arrived at Missilimakinak.
On the 2d of September we weighed anchor
and sailed to an island at the mouth
of the Bay of Puans [Green Bay], forty
leagues from Missilmakinak. The chief
among them, who had been formerly in Canada,
received us with all the civility imaginable.
M. de la Salle, without asking any
other body's advice, resolved to send back
the ship to Niagara, laden with furs and
skins, to discharge his debts. Our pilot, and
five men with him, were therefore sent back,
and ordered to return with all imaginable
speed to join us towards the southern parts
of the lake, where we should stay for them
among the Illinois. They sailed the i8th,
with a westerly wind, and fired a gun as taking
leave. It was never known what course
they steered, nor how they perished; but it
is supposed that the ship struck upon a
sand and was there buried. This was a
great loss for M. de la Salle and other adventurers,
for that ship with its cargo cost
above sixty thousand livres.
We continued our voyage in four canoes,
being fourteen men in all, and departed the
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Cox, Isaac Joslin. The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6104/m1/106/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.