The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1 Page: 211 of 330
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LA SALLE
may well repay the expenses of the expedition.
There never was an enterprise of such
great importance proposed at so little risk
and expense, since the Sieur de la Salle
asks only for its execution a vessel of about
thirty guns, the power of raising in France
two hundred men whbm he shall think
proper for his purpose, and exclusive of the
fitting out of the ship; provisions for six
months, some cannon to mount at a fort,
the necessary arms and supplies, and wherewith
to pay the men for the period of a year.
These expenses would be repaid in a short
time by the duties which his Majesty might
have levied on the articles which would enter
into the commerce that would be carried
on there, and respecting which a separate
memoir has been delivered.
It would not require much time to bring
this expedition to an end, since it is nearly
certain that the savages can be assembled
next winter and complete this conquest in
the spring, in sufficient time to report the
news of it by the time the first vessel returns
to France.
The Sieur de la Salle does not ask for
regular troops. He prefers the assistance
of persons of different trades, or at least a
majority of such first, because they will bei81
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Cox, Isaac Joslin. The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6104/m1/211/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.