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LA SALLE
necessaries for themselves; bringing to
them from France the eggs of silkworms,
for the forests are full of mulberry-trees.
This would be a valuable trade.
As for the country of Illinois, the river
runs Ioo leagues from the Fort St. Louis,
to where it falls into the Mississippi. Thus
it may be said to contain some of the finest
lands ever seen. The climate is the same
as that of Paris, though in the 40 of latitude.
The savages there are active and
brave, but extremely lazy, except in war,
when they think nothing of seeking their
enemies at a distance of 500 or 600 leagues
from their own country. This constantly
occurs in the country of the Iroquois,whom,
at my instigation, they continually harass:
Not a year passes in which they do not take
a number of prisoners and scalps. A few
pieces of pure copper, whose origin we have
not sought, are found in the river of the
Illinois country. Polygamy prevails in this
nation, and is one of the great hindrances
to the introduction of Christianity, as well
as the fact of their having no form of worship
of their own. The nations lower down
would be more easily converted, because
they adore the sun, which is their divinity.
This is all that I am able to relate of those
parts.
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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/m1/57/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.