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LA SALLE
leagues to Fort Crevecceur, the whole route
presenting a very easy navigation. A Shawnee
named Turpin, having perceived us
from his village, ran on to the fort to carry
the news to the Sieur de Belle Fontaine, the
commander, who would not credit it; we
followed close on the Indian and entered
the fort on the I4th of September. We
were conducted to the chapel, where the Te
Deum was chanted in thanksgiving, amid
the noise and volleys of the French and Indians,
who were immediately put under
arms. The Sieur de Tonty, the governor
of the fort, had gone to the Iroquois to conciliate
the minds of those Indians; we, nevertheless,
received a very cordial welcome,
the commandant neglecting nothing to show
his joy at our arrival, to console us in our
misfortunes and restore us after our hardships.
Although the season was advanced, we
had, nevertheless, set out in hopes of reaching
Quebec soon enough to sail for France;
but, head winds having detained us a fortnight
at the entrance of Lake Dauphin, we
had to give it over and winter at the fort,
quently to this, mentions (see Hist. Coll. of Louisiana,
Vol. I., p. 182) Father Marquette, and,
though he saw nothing extraordinary in the
painted figures, does not make any of the charges
here brought by his companion on the voyage,
whom he contradicts directly on two other points.
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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/m1/293/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.