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LA SALLE
camped on one of those small islands, for
our greater safety, for we were then come
into an enemy's nation, called Machigamea,
which put our Indians into great fright.
It is certain our toil was very great, for
we were obliged to row in the canoe, to
help our Indians to stem the current of the
river, because we were going up, and it was
very strong and rapid; we were often necessitated
to land, and sometimes to travel over
miry lands, where we sunk up halfway the
leg; other times over burning sands, which
scorched our feet, having no shoes, or else
over splinters of wood, which ran into the
soles of our feet; and when we were
come to the resting place we were to provide
fuel to dress our meat, and provide all
things for our Indians, who would not have
done so much as go fetch a cup of water,
though we were on the bank of the river,
and yet we were happy enough in having
them.
We proceeded on, continually undergoing
the same toil, till the 7th, when we saw the
first bullock we had met on our way since
our coming among the Accanceas. The Indians,
who had a great mind to eat flesh,
made a sign to me to go kill it. I pursued
and shot, but it did not fall; the Indians ran
after, killed, and came to tell us it must be
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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/m1/212/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .