The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 2 Page: 216 of 268
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LA SALLE
of two scurvy figures drawn in red on the
flat side of a rock, about ten or twelve feet
high, which wants very much of the extraordinary
height that relation mentions. However,
our Indians paid homage by offering
sacrifice to that stone, though we endeavored
to give them to understand that the
said rock had no manner of virtue, and that
we worshipped something above it, pointing
up to heaven; but it was to no purpose, and
they made signs to us that they should die
if they did not perform that duty. We proceeded,
coasting along a chain of mountains,
and at length, on the 3d, left the Mississippi
to enter the river of the Illinois.
We found a great alteration in that river,
as well with respect to its course, which is
very gentle, as to the country about it, which
is much more agreeable and beautiful than
that about the great river, by reason of the
many fine woods and variety of fruit its
banks are adorned with. It was a very great
comfort to us to find so much ease in going
up that river, by reason of its gentle stream,
so that we all stayed in the canoe and made
much more way.
Thus we went on till the 8th, without
stopping any longer than to kill a bullock,
and one of our Indians, who had a craving
stomach, having eaten some of its suet hot
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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/m1/216/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .