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JOURNEYS OF
row for his misfortune, perceiving that
his presence would have settled all things
advantageously.
The day after our arrival one of the Indians
who had conducted us, having been
sick ever since he eat the raw beef suet I
mentioned before, died, and his companions
took him away and buried him privately.
We gave them the promised reward and the
part belonging to the dead man, to be delivered
to his relations. They stayed some time
in the fort, during the which we took extraordinary
care of them, and at last they,
returned to their own homes.
As far as we could gather by half words
dropped there by one or other at the fort,
something had been done there prejudicial
to the service of M. de la Salle, and against
his authority, and therefore some dreaded
his return, but more especially a Jesuit was
in great consternation. He was sick; M.
Cavelier, Father Anastasius and I went to
visit him. He inquired very particularly of
all points, and could not conceal his trouble,
which we would not seem to take notice of.
Our design being to make the best of our
way to Canada, in order to set out aboard
the first French ships that should sail for
France, we inquired how we were to proceed,
and met with several difficulties. The
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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/m1/221/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .