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JOURNEYS OF
the French was the greatest chief in the
world, as high as the sun, and as far above
the Spaniard as the sun is above the earth.
On his recounting the victories of our monarch
they burst into exclamations, putting
their hand on their mouth as a mark of astonishment.
I found them very docile and
tractable, and they seized well enough what
we told them of the truth of God.
There were then some Chouman ambassadors
among them, who came to visit us.
I was agreeably surprised to see them make
the sign of the cross, kneel, clasp their
hands, and raise them from time to time to
heaven. They also kissed my habit, and
gave me to understand that men dressed
like us instructed tribes in their vicinity,
who were only two days' march from the
Spaniards, where our religious had large
churches, in which all assembled to pray.
They expressed very naturally the ceremonies
of the mass; one of them sketched me
a painting that he had seen of a great lady,
who was weeping because her son was upon
a cross. He told us that the Spaniards
butchered the Indians cruelly, and, finally,
that if we would go with them, or give them
guns, they could easily conquer them, because
they were a cowardly race, who had
no courage, and made people walk before
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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/m1/266/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.