The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 2 Page: 207 of 268
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JOURNEYS OF
of penance, we took leave of them, excepting
the Sieur Couture, who went to conduct
us a part of the way.
We embarked on a canoe belonging to one
of the chiefs, being at least twenty persons,
as well women as men, and arrived safe,
without any trouble, at a village called Toriman,
for we were going down the river.
We proposed it to these people, or rather
demanded it of them to confirm what had
been granted us by the others, and they deferred
giving us their answer till the next
day, for they do nothing without consulting
about it; and we having brotight a sack of
Indian wheat from the Frenchman's house,
desired the chief to cause women to pound
it, for which we would give them something.
Immediately he made a sign to his
officers to go call them, and they went as
readily.
There were seven or eight of those officers
always about him, stark naked, and besmeared,
some after one fashion and others
after another. Each of them had three or
four calabashes, or gourds, hanging at a
leather girdle about their waists, in which
there were several pebbles, and behind them
hung a horse's tail, so that when they ran
the gourds made a rattling noise, and the
tail, being borne up by the wind, stood out
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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/m1/207/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .