The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1 Page: 224 of 330
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JOURNEYS OF
The Sieur de la Salle binds himself to
have this enterprise ripe for success within
one year after his arrival on the spot, and
asks only for this purpose one vessel, some
arms and munitions, the transport, maintenance
and pay of two hundred men during
one year. Afterwards he will maintain
them from the produce of the country, and
supply their other wants through the credit
and confidence which he has obtained among
those nations and the experience which he
has had of those regions. He will give a
more detailed account of this proposal when
it shall please Monseigneur to direct him.
Thirdly, the river is navigable for more
than a hundred leagues for ships, and for
barks for more than five hundred leagues to
the north, and for more than eight hundred
from east to west. Its three mouths are as
many harbors, capable of receiving every
description of ships; where those of his
Majesty will always find a secure retreat
and all that may be necessary to refit and revictual-which
would be a great economy
to his Majesty, who would no longer find
it necessary to send the things needed from
France at a great expense, the country producing
the greater part of them. We could
even build there as many ships as we should
desire, the materials for building and rig194
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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/m1/224/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.