The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1 Page: 151 of 330
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LA SALLE
father Gabriel, the Sieur de Tonty, the few
French who were with us and myself began
our march on the i8th of September, without
provisions, food or anything, in a
wretched bark canoe, which, breaking the
next day, compelled us to land about noon
to repair it. Father Gabriel, seeing the place
of our landing fit for walking in the prairies
and hills with little groves, as if planted by
hand, retired there to say his breviary, while
we were working at the canoe all the rest
of the day. We were full eight leagues
from the village, ascending the river. Toward
evening I went to look for the Father,
seeing that he did not return; all our party
did the same; we fired repeatedly to direct
him, but in vain; and, as we had reason to
fear the Iroquois during the night, we
crossed to the other side of the river and
lit up fires, which were also useless. The
next morning at daybreak we return to the
same side where we were the day before
and remained till noon, making all possible
search. We entered the wood, where we
found several fresh trails, as well as in the
prairie on the bank of the river. We followed
them one by one, without discovering
anything, except that M. de Tonty had
ground to believe and fear that some hostile
parties were in ambush to cut us all off, for,
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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/m1/151/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.