History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 39
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MUTINY AND MURDER.
La Salle ordered Duhaut, Heins, Lietot, L'Archeveque, Tes-
sier, Saget, and Nika, to go and bring away the corn and beans.
They went to the place, but the provisions were spoiled. In
the meantime, Nika had killed a supply of buffalo-meat, and
Saget was sent to get horses to carry it into the camp. La
Salle directed his nephew Moragnet and De Marne to return
with horses in company with Saget for the meat-to send back
one load for immediate use, and to remain with the balance till
it was dried. It appears that for some time there had been no
good feeling between Moragnet and Duhaut ; at any rate, the
former reproached the latter for having laid aside some pieces
of the meat for himself and his company, and took them from
him. Duhaut, having determined on revenge, brought Lietot,
Heins, Tessier, and L'Archeveque, into the conspiracy. The
next night, when Moragnet, Saget, and Nika, were asleep, Lie-
tot with a hatchet knocked them on the head. The Indian and
Saget died immediately. As Moragnet was not yet quite dead,
the conspirators compelled De Marne to finish him. Having
gone thus far, the murderers were uneasy. They feared the
just vengeance of La Salle, and immediately deliberated on the
necessity of taking his life. Chance-gave them an opportunity.
Two or three days had elapsed, and La Salle became anxious
on account of the absence of the party. Perhaps they had
been cut off by the savages, or had got lost, or had quarrelled.
He inquired if there had been any ill feeling between his
nephew and any of the party. Such, at length, were his fore-
bodings of evil, that he went himself, with Father Anastase, and
two of the natives for guides, in search of them, leaving the
camp under the command of Joutel. At a distance of some
six miles he found the bloody cravat of Saget, and saw buz-
zards flying about the locality. Concluding the party were
near, he fired his gun. The conspirators, on the opposite sidem rd. ,_ . _ _. _
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/47/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.