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LA SALLE 55
"He was so troubled," writes Father Anastase, "that
he no longer seemed like himself. All the way he talked
to me of piety and grace, * * * * and of the debt he
owed to God, who had saved him from so many perils
during more than twenty years of travel in America."
At length they came in sight of Duhaut's camp,
which was on the farther side of a small river. La Salle
fired his gun as a signal of his whereabouts to any of his
men who might be within hearing. Duhaut heard the
shot, and guessing rightly by whom it was fired, he
and Liotot, with guns cocked, crouched down in the
long, dry, reed-like grass and waited for La Salle to
come up. When within speaking distance La Salle, seeing
some one on the river bank, asked where was Moranget.
The man answered something that could not be
understood and pointed to the spot where the two murderers
were hidden. At the same moment a shot was
fired from the grass, quickly followed by another, and,
pierced through the brain, La Salle dropped -dead
(March 19, 1687).
"The poor, dead body," writes Joutel, "was treated
with every indignity. With barbarous cruelty they
stripped it naked, dragged it into the bushes, and left
it a prey to the buzzards and the wolves."
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Littlejohn, E. G., 1862-. Texas History Stories: Cabeza de Vaca and La Salle., periodical, 1901; Richmond, Virginia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14384/m1/55/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.