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JOURNEYS OF
quois were about to attack us, we prepared
to receive them, and dispatched a canoe to
M. de la Durantaye [Durantays], Governor
of Missilimakinac, for assistance, in case
the enemy should hold out against us a long
time. The savages appeared on the 2Ist, and
we repulsed them with loss. After six days'
siege they retired with some slaves which
they had made in the neighborhood, who
afterwards escaped and came back to the
fort.
M. de la Durantaye, with Father Daloy,
a Jesuit, arrived at the Fort with about
sixty Frenchmen, whom they brought to
our assistance, and to inform me of the
orders of M. de la Barre, to leave the place.
TThey stated that M. de Bogis was in possession
of a place belonging to M. de la
Foret, who had accompanied M. de la Salle
to France, and had returned by order of
M. de la Salle with a lettre de cachet. M.
de la Barre was directed to deliver up to
M. de la Foret the lands belonging to the
Sieur de la Salle, and which were occupied
by others to his prejudice. He brought me
news that M. de la Salle was sailing by
way of the islands to find the mouth of the
Mississippi, and had at court obtained a
company for me.1 He sent me orders to
[' Cf. MARGRY II., 370-373; III., 28-36.]
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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/m1/62/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.