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JOURNEYS OF
well. He had confessed and fulfilled his
devotions just before we started. He had
still time to recapitulate a part of his life,
and I gave him absolution. During his last
moments he elicited all the acts of a good
Christian, grasping my hand at every word
I suggested, and especially at that of pardoning
his enemies. Meanwhile his murderers,
as much alarmed as I, began to strike
their breasts and detest their blindness. I
could not leave the spot where he had expired
without having him buried as well as
I could, after which I raised a cross over his
grave.12
Thus died our wise commander, constant
in adversity, intrepid, generous, engaging,
dexterous, skillful, capable of everything.
He who for twenty years had softened the
fierce temper of countless savage tribes, was
massacred by the hands of his own domestics,
whom he had loaded with caresses. He
died in the prime of life, in the midst of his
course and labors, without having seen their
success.
Occupied with these thoughts, which he
"This and the circumstances of Moranget's
death are denied by Joutel. [See Vol. II., page
Il8. The spot where La Salle was murdered is
usually supposed to be a southern branch of the
Trinity. HENNEPIN, New Disc'y (T WA TES, ed.),
II., 426.]
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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/m1/276/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.