The Journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Volume 1 Page: 265 of 330
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LA SALLE
clothes and horses. We saw, among other
things, a bull from Rome exempting the
Spaniards in Mexico from fasting during
summer.' Horses are common; they gave
them to us for an axe; one Coenis offered
me one for our cowl, to which he took a
fancy.
They have intercourse with the Spaniards
through the Choumans [Comanches], their
allies, who are always at war with New
Spain. The Sieur de la Salle made them
draw on bark a map of their country, of that
of their neighbors, and of the River Colbert,
or Mississippi, with which they are acquainted.
They reckoned themselves six
cays' journey from the Spaniards, of whom
they gave us so natural a description that
we no longer had any doubts on the point,
although the Spaniards had not yet undertaken
to come to their villages, their warriors
merely joining the Choiimans to go
war on New Mexico. The Sieur de la Salle,
who perfectly understood the art of gaining
the Indians of all nations, filled these
with admiration at every moment. Among
other things, he told them that the chief of
Certain Mexican writers used these statements
and those of similar import given by Cavelier
(Chap. XII., XIII.) as evidence to strengthen
Spanish claims to Texas. Cf. Historia 43. Opuscuto
Cubo VI., Archive General.
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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/m1/265/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.