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LA SALLE
he had to make him shoes, which he would
go fetch and return to us, pointing to us
with his hand which way we were to go,
and telling us we should soon come to a
river.
This sudden change in the Indian was
somewhat surprising and very much perplexed
us; however, we held on our way
and soon came to the river he had mentioned
to us, which was very pleasant and
deep. We crossed it the next day on a sort
of float, which we made with much toil and
labor, and our horses swam over. Some
time after we were passed we saw the Indians
coming who had promised to bear us
company, and were glad to find our float to
cross the same river, as they did, and proceeded
on our journey all together.
The 4th, 5th and 6th we did the same,
crossing a very fine country, but watered
by many brooks, streams and rivers. We
found abundance of wild goats, turkeys and
other wild fowl, whereof our Indians killed
many.
On the 6th, whilst we halted on the bank
of a river to eat, we heard the tinkling of
some small bells, which making us look
about, we spied an Indian with a naked
sword-blade in his hand, adorned with
feathers of several colors, and two large
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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/m1/190/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .