The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1 Page: 150 of 330
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JOURNEYS OF
cially after the risk I had already run; nevertheless,
I made up my mind, and God preserved
me from all harm. I spoke with
them; they treated me very kindly, and at
last told me that the reason of their approach
was that they had nothing to eat. I
made my report to the Ilinois, who gave
them their fill, and even offered to trade for
beaver and other furs, very abundant in
those parts. The Iroquois agreed, hostages
were given and received, and I went with
an Ilinois to the enemy's camp, where we
slept. The Iroquois came in greater numbers
into that of the Ilinois, and even advanced
to their village, committing hostilities
so far as to disinter the dead and destroy
their corn; in a word, seeking a quarrel,
under show of peace, they fortified themselves
in the village. The Ilinois, on the
first announcement of war, had made their
families draw off behind a hill, to put them
out of sight and enable them to reach the
Mississippi, so that the Iroquois found the
village empty. The Ilinois warriors retired
in troops on the hills, and even gradually
dispersed, so that we, seeing ourselves abandoned
by our hosts, who no longer appeared
in force, and left alone, exposed to the fury
of a savage and victorious enemy, were not
long in resolving to retreat. The reverend
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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/m1/150/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.