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LA SALLE
mourned his death with all ceremony; the
chief's wife herself neatly wound him in a
beautiful cloth, while the young men dug
the grave, which I blessed the next day,
when we buried him with all possible solemnity.
The Indians admired our ceremonies,
from which we took occasion to give
them some instruction during the week that
we remained in this fatal place. Our friend
was interred on an eminence near the village
and his tomb surrounded by a palisade,
surmounted by a large cross, which we got
the Indians to raise, after which we started
on the 2d of July.
This tribe is on the banks of a large river,
on which lie three more famous nations, the
Natchoos, the Natchites, [and?] the Ouidiches,
where we were very hospitably received.
From the Coenis River, where we
began to find beaver and otter, they became
very plentiful as we advanced. At the Ouiaiches
we met three warriors of two tribes
called theCahinnio and theMentous, twentyfive
leagues further east-northeast, who had
seen Frenchmen. They offered to guide us
there, and on our way we passed four rivers
on rafts. We were received with the calumet
of peace and every mark of joy and esteem.'
'Joutel calls this village Cahaynahoua. See
Joutel's journal published in French's Hist. Col..
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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/m1/283/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.