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JOURNEYS OF
The sport is not there as in those countries
from whence we came, but, on the contrary,
very poor, and we found nothing but
some very lean wild goats, and even those
very rarely, because the wolves, which are
very numerous there, make a great havoc
of them, taking and devouring great numbers
after this manner.
When the wolves have discovered a herd
of wild goats they rouse and set them a-running.
The wild goats never fail to take to
the first lake they meet with. The hunting
wolves, who are used to that, guard the
banks carefully, moving along the edges of
them. The poor goats, being pierced by the
cold of the lake, grow weary and so get out,
or else the river swelling forces them out
with its waves, quite benumbed, so that they
are easily taken by their enemies, who devour
them. We frequently saw those wolves
watching along the side of the lake, and
kept off to avoid frightening them, to the
end the wild goats might quit their sanctuary,
that we might catch some of them,
as it sometimes fell out.
The 28th we arrived among the Poutouatannis,
which is half way to Micilimaquinay,
where we purchased some Indian corn for
the rest of our voyage. We found no news
there from Montreal, and were forced to
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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/m1/235/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .