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JOURNEYS OF
served at the upper end and thrust down
lower as others come in.
He who treats does not sit down with the
company, nor does he eat, but performs the
part of a steward, taking care of the dressing
and of the placing of the meat served
up; and to the end he may appear the finer,
he never fails to besmear himself with clay
or some red or black coloring they make
use of.
The 29th we set out from that village
and embarked on two canoes to cross the
Mississippi. The chief and about a score
of young folks bore us company to the next
village, called Tonningua, seated on the
bank of that river, where we were received
in the chief's cottage, as we had been in the
others. The elders treated us in their turns,
and the descriptions before given will serve
for this place, there being but little difference
between them and their neighbors.
The 3oth we set out for Cappa, the last
village of the Accanceas, eight leagues distant
from the place we had left. We were
obliged to cross the River Mississippi several
times in this way, because it winds very
much, and we had some foul weather, which
made it late before we could reach Cappa.
A great number of youths came to meet us;
some of them conducted us to the chief's
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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/m1/209/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .