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JOURNEY OF
some of the same he had seen upon his first
discovery, That same native had a very
fine goat's skin, which I purchased of him
for four needles, after I had shown him how
to use them, and that skin was of good use
to make us shoes instead of raw bullock's
hides.
Some time after M. Moranget returned,
gave M. de la Salle an account of his short
journey, and said that one of the natives
who saw us the night before came to meet
and conduct him to the chief's cottage,
where forty ancient Indians were, by whom
he had been kindly received; that the chief
had in his hand a reed, at the end whereof
was made fast a leaf of a French book,
which he had extraordinary respect for; that
they had been made to sit on bullocks' hides
and treated with dried beef.
That after these first ceremonies the chief
had given them to understand that some of
their people had been conducted by a man
like us to our habitation, and that the said
man had promised to bring them to talk
with us, in order to treat of peace; but that,
on the contrary, we had fired on them and
killed one of their men, which obliged them
to kill the man that led them, and that then
they returned. It is not improper here to
put the reader in mind that I have before
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Second volume of biographical accounts related to the explorations of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in North America including memoirs, accounts, and narratives of his discovery and exploration down the Mississippi River.
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Cox, Isaac Joslin. The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 2, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6103/m1/125/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .