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JOURNEYS OF
and raw, was taken very ill and died of it,
as I shall mention in its place.
The 9th we came into a lake, about half
a league over, which we crossed, and returned
into the channel of the river, on the
banks whereof we found several marks of
the natives having been encamped there
when they came to fish and dry what they
caught. The loth we crossed another lake,
called Primitehouy, returned to the river,
and the I th saw Indians before us, encamped
on the bank of a river, whereupon
we stopped and made ready our arms. In
the meantime one of them came towards us
by land, and we put on our canoe towards
him.
When that Indian was near he stood gazing
on us, without speaking a word, and
then, drawing still nearer, we gave him to
understand that we were sent by M. de la
Salle and came from him. Then he made
signs to us to advance towards his people,
whom he went before to acquaint with what
we had said to him, so that when we were
come near them they fired several shots to
salute us, and we answered them with our
firelocks.
After that mutual salutation they came
into our canoe to signify they were glad to
hear news of M. de la Salle. We asked
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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/m1/217/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .