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JOURNEYS OF
provisions and, among the rest, some Spanish
wine,4 which they took, and, after two
days' repose, left to continue the voyage to
the Gulf of Mexico.
The Sieur de la Salle, although very
clear-headed and not easily misled, had,
however, too easily believed the advice
given him by some persons in St. Domingo.
He discovered, too late, that all the sailing
directions given him were absolutely false;
the fear of being injured by northerlywinds,
said to be very frequent and dangerous
at the entrance of the gulf, made them twice
lie to; but the discernment and courage
of the Sieur de la Salle made them try the
passage a third time, and they entered hap-.
pily on the ist of January, I685, when Father
Anastasius celebrated a solemn mass
as a thanksgiving; after which, continuing
the route, they arrived in fifteen days in
sight of the coast of Florida, when a violent
wind forced the Joly to stand off, the storeship
and frigate coasting along, the Sieur
de la Salle being anxious to follow the
shore.
He had been persuaded at St. Domingo
that the gulf stream ran with incredible
rapidity toward the Bahama channel. This
['This is contradicted by Joutel. Cf. MARGRY
III., 113.]
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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/m1/242/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.