{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "s^\\n\\\\J", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "youteP syournal of\\nLa Salle s Last Voyage", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Digitized by the Internet Archive\\nin 2010 with funding from\\nThe Library of Congress\\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/joutelsjournalof01jout", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Jouters Journal of La\\nSalle s Last Voyage\\nA reprint (page for page and line\\nfor line) of the first English trans-\\nlation^ London y IJI4; with the\\nMap of the original French edition\\nParis y 1^13 in facsimile; and\\nNotes by Melville B, Anderson\\nChicago\\nThe Caxton Club\\nmdcccxcvi\\nT^ n r cocvpi,.\\nV/c\\nk", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "COPYRIGHT BY THE CAXTON\\nCLUB, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED\\nAND NINETY SIX\\nik", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "The Publication Committee of the Caxton Club\\ncertifies that this copy of JouteT s Journal of La\\nSalle s Last Voyage is one of an edition^ consisting\\nof two hundred and three copies on American hand-\\nmade paper, and three copies on Japanese vellum,\\nprinted from type, and completed in the month of\\nNovember, eighteen hundred and ninety-six", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL\\nOf the Last\\nVOYAGE\\nPerform d by\\nMonfr. de la Sale,\\nTO THE\\nGuLPH of Mexico,\\nTo find out the\\nMouth of the Mtf/tfipi River;\\nCONTAINING,\\nAn Account of the Settlements he endeavour d to\\nmake on the Coaft of the aforefaid Bay^ his\\nunfortunate Death, and the Travels of his\\nCompanions for the Space of Eight Hundred\\nLeagues acrofs that Inland Country of America.\\nnow call d Louifiajia^ (and given by the King of\\nFrance to M. Crozat^ till they came into Canada.\\nWritten in French by Monfieur J o u T E L,\\nA Commander in that Expedition\\nAnd Tranjlated from the Edition juft publifh d at Paris.\\nWith an exact Map of that vaft Country, and a Copy of the\\nLetters Patents grzntcd by the K. of France to M. Crozat.\\nLONDON, Printed for A. Bell at the Crofs-Keys and\\nBible in Cornhill, B. Lintott at the Crofs Keys in Fleet-\\nftreet, and J. Baker in Pater- Nofter-Row, 17 14.\\nj^^sasss^s^ssmame", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE\\nFrench Bookseller\\nTO THE\\nREADER-\\nTHR M anil fcript of this Journal hapning\\nto fall into ?ny Hands and having\\n/hewn it to fome Perfons well vers d in thefe\\nAffairs^ they were of Opinio7i it deferv d to be\\nprinted; efpe daily at this Time^ when travels\\nare fo much in Requejl^ and in regard this is\\nnow feafonabky on Account of the De fcript ion\\nit gives of the famous River Miflifipi and of\\nthe Country o/ Louiliana, where it is intended\\nto make great Settlements. Befides^ this Re-\\nlation is uncommon^ curious and ingaging,\\nboth in Regard to the Honour and Advan-\\nA 2 tage", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "tage of the Nation, for as much as it contains\\nthe Attempts and the bold and glorious Un-\\ndertakings of our French Adventurers, who\\nnot fatisfied, like others, with dif covering the\\nBorders and Coafls of unknown Countries, pro-\\nceed to penetrate into the hiland, through a\\nt hou I and T) angers and Hazards of their Lives.\\nIs it not very commendable in them, to make\\nus fully acquainted with that great re??7aining\\nPart of the World, which for fo many Ages\\ncontinued unknown to our Forefathers, till\\nabout two hundred Tears ago Chriftopher Co-\\nlumbus difcover d it, and Americus Vefpu-\\nfi us going over foon after, gave it his Name,\\ncaufing it to be call d America One ofthofe\\nwhom I defired to perufe this Manufcript, has\\na little polijli d it, puffuant to the Orders I\\nreceived; and he having been a confderable\\nTraveller, was a proper Peifon to judge of and\\nput it into a Drefsft to appear in publick. The\\nLetter he writ to me, being not only in/lruBive,\\nin Relation to the fournal, but of life as\\na curious Supplement to it, I thought the in-\\nferting of it would be acceptable. It is as\\nfollows.\\nSIR,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "[iii]\\nSIR,\\nI Return you your Manufcript the\\nReading of it has reviv d the Satisfa-\\ndHon I once took in my Travels; it\\nhas obHg d me to read over again thofe\\nof feveral Perfons, who have writ of Cana-\\nda^ and carry d me in Imagination through\\nthofe vail:, barbarous and unknown Coun-\\ntries, with much more Eafe and lefs Dan-\\nger than was done by the Hero of this\\nRelation. He certainly deferves that ho-\\nnourable Title, and having read his Ad-\\nventures, I could not forbear laying with\\nthe Poet\\nrobur ces triplex\\nChxa PeBus erat.\\nFor what an extraordinary Strength,\\nwhat a Vigour of Body and Mind was re-\\nquifite for him to project, to undertake\\nand to go thro with fo unufual, fo bold\\nand fo difficult an Enterprize. A Difco-\\nvery of above eight hundred Leagues of\\nbarbarous and unknown Countries, with-\\nout any beaten Roads, without Towns,\\nand without any of thofe Conveniencies,\\nwhich render Travelling more eafy in all\\nB 3 other", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "Iv J\\nother Parts. All the Land- Carriage is re-\\nduc d to walking afoot being often with-\\nout any other Shoes but a Piece of a Bul-\\nlock s Hide wrapp d about the Feet; car-\\nrying a Firelock, a Snapfack, Tools and\\nfome Commodities to barter with the Na-\\ntives. It is true that accidentally and but\\nvery rarely a Horfe is found to help out a\\nlittle.\\nIf they muft venture upon the Water,\\nthere are only fome wretched Canoes,\\nmade either of the Barks of Trees or of Bul-\\nlocks Hides, and thofe they mull: often\\ncarry or drag along the Land, when the\\nFalls of the Rivers obftrudl making ufe of\\nthem. All the Bed is lying on the bare\\nGround, expofed to the Inclemencies of\\nthe Air, to be devour d by Alligators and\\nbit by Rattle Snakes without Bread,\\nWine, Salt and all other Comforts of Life,\\nand this for fome Years. The Diet alto-\\ngether confifts in a poor Pap or Hafty-Pud-\\nding made of the Meal of Indian Corn,\\nFifli half broil d or ill boil d, and fome\\nBeef or wild Goats Flefh, dry d in the Air\\nand Smoke. Befides, what a Trouble is\\nit to invent Signs to be underll:ood by fo\\nmany feveral Nations, each of which has\\nit s peculiar Language? All this an Ad-\\nventurer muft refolve with himfelf to go\\nthrough, who defigns to make Difcoveries\\nin Canada and it would be hard to believe\\nthis", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "I I\\nthis, did not all thofe who write of it ex-\\n;idtly agree in this Particular.\\nHowever that Country is good and\\nplea (ant, at leail: towards the South, which\\nis what is here I poken of. The Tempara-\\nture of the Climate is admirable, the Soil\\nexcellent for Tillage, and it is extraordina-\\nry fertil in all Sorts of Grain and Fruit;\\nwhich appears by thofe the Land produces\\nof it felf in great Plenty. The Hills and\\nWoods produce Timber for all Ufes and\\nFruit Trees, as well of cold as hot Coun-\\ntries. There are Vines which want but\\nlittle Improvement; there are Sugar-\\nCanes, large Meadows, and navigable Ri-\\nvers full of Fifh. It is true they are in-\\nferted with Alligators, but with a little\\nCare they are to be avoided as may the\\nRattle-Snakes, which are extraordinary\\nvenomous, but never bite unlefs they are\\nhurt. There are thoufands of wild Bul-\\nlocks, larger than ours, their Flefh good,\\nand inflead of Hair, they have a Sort of\\ncurl d Wool extraordinary line. There are\\nAbundance of Deer, wild Goats and all\\nSorts of wild Fowl, and more efpecially\\nof Turkeys. As there are Poifons and Ve-\\nnoms, fo there are immediate and won-\\nderful Antidotes.\\nWe mufl: not look there for rich and\\nrtately Cities, or lofty Structures, or any of\\nthofe Wonders of Archite(5ture, or the Re-\\nA 4 mains", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "_ vi\\nmains and ancient Monuments of the Va-\\nnity of great Men but we may there ad-\\nmire Nature in its beautiful SimpHcity, as\\nit came from the Hands of its Creator;\\nwithout having been alter d or depraved\\nby Ambition or Art.\\nBut is fo vail: and fo beautiful a Coun-\\ntry only for Beafts, Birds and Fifhes! O\\ninconceiveable Wonder! There is an in-\\nfinite Number of People, divided into Na-\\ntions, living in Cottages made of the Barks\\nof Trees, or cover d with Reeds or Hides,\\nwhen they are not abroad at War, or Hunt-\\ning, or Fifhing, almoft naked, without\\nany other Bed but a Bullock s Hide, or\\nany Houfhold-StufF but a Pot or Kettle,\\nan Axe and fome Platters made of Bark.\\nThey take their Suftenance, as it comes in\\ntheir Way, and like the Beafts; they have\\nno Care, do not value Wealth, fmg, dance,\\nfmoke, eat, fleep, hunt, fifh; are indepen-\\ndant, make War, and when an Opportu-\\nnity offers, take Revenge of any Injury in\\nthe moft cruel Manner they are able. Such\\nis the Life of thofe Savages. Tho there\\nbe fome in the Southern Parts, not quite\\nfo ftupid and brutal as thofe in the North,\\nyet they are both Savages, who think of\\nNothing but what is prefent, love No-\\nthing but what is obvious to the Senles,\\nincapable of comprehending any Thing\\nthat is Spiritual; fharp and ingenious in\\nwhat", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "I\\nwhat is for their own Advantage, without\\nany Senfe of Honour or Humanity horri-\\nbly cruel, perfectly united among them-\\nfelves to their Nation and their Allies; but\\nrevengeful and mercilefs towards their E-\\nnemies. To conclude, their Shape, tho\\nhideous, fhews they are Men; but their\\nGenius and Manners render them like the\\nworll: of Beafts.\\nA modern Author, who has liv d in\\nCanada, and in other Refpe6ls has writ\\nwell enough, has perhas fancy d, he might\\ndilHnguifli himfelf, and be thought more Hou-\\nunderrtanding than other Men in difcove- g^/\u00c2\u00a3j[\\nring the Genius of thofe People, by affign- coar/e\\nine more Ingenuity and Penetration to\\nthe Savages, than is generally allow d wherei?i he\\nthem. He fometimes makes them to argue renders\\ntoo llrongly and too fubtilely againfl: the ridiculous.\\nMyfleries of Chriftian Religion, and his\\nRelation has given jull: Occafion to fufped:,\\nthat he is himfelf the Libertine and Talk-\\ning Savage, to whom he has given the\\nartful Malignity of his Notions and Ar-\\nguments.\\nAs for the Genius of the Savages, I am\\nof Opinion, we ought to believe the Mif-\\nfioners; for they are not lefs capable than\\nother Men to difcover the Truth, and they\\nhave at leall: as much Probity to make it\\nknown. It is likely, that they, who have\\nfor an hundred Years pafl, wholly apply d\\nthem-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "ne Na-\\ntives of\\nviii\\nthemfelves, according to the Duty of their\\nFuiK^lion, to ftudy thofe poor Images of\\nMen, fhould not be acquainted with\\nthem? Or would not their Confcience\\nhave check d them, had they told a Lye\\nin that Particular? Now all the MifTion-\\ners agree, that allowing there are fome\\nBarbarians lefs wicked and brutal than\\nthe reft; yet there are none good, nor\\nthoroughly capable of fuch Things as are\\nabove the Reach of our Senfes; and that\\nwhatfoever they are, there is no relying\\non them; there is always caufe to fufpedt\\nCanada^ them, and in fhort, before a Savage can be\\nbruta/. made a Chriftian, it is requifite to make\\nhim a Man; and we look upon thofe Sa-\\nvages as Men, who have neither King nor\\nLaw, and what is moft deplorable,\\nno God; for if we rightly examine their\\nSentiments and their Adtions, it does not\\nappear that they have any Sort of Religi-\\non, or well form d Notion of a Deity. If\\nfome of them, upon certain Occafions, do\\nfometimes own a Firft or Sovereign Being,\\nor do pay fome Veneration to the Sun. As\\nto the firft Article, they deliver themfelves\\nin fuch a confufe Manner, and with fo\\nmany Contradidlions and Extravagancies,\\nthat it plainly appears, they neither know\\nnor believe anything of it and as for the\\nfecond, it is only a bare Cuftom, without\\nany ferious Refledtion on their Part.\\nA", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "I I\\nA miferable Nation, more void of the\\nLight of Heaven, and even that of Nature,\\nthan fo many other Nations in the EaJ/\\nIndies, who, tho brutal and ftupid as to\\nthe Knowledge of the Deity, yet are not\\nwithout fome Sort of Worlhip, and have\\ntheir Hermits and Fakirs who endeavour\\nby the Pradiice of horrid Penances, to gain\\nthe Favour of that Godhead, and thereby\\nIhew they have fome real Notion of it.\\nNothing of that Sort is to be found among\\nour American Savages, and in Conclufion,\\nit may be faid of them in General, that\\nthey are a People without a God.\\nOur French, who are born in Canada\\nall of them well fhap d, and Men of Senfe\\nand Worth, cannot endure to have their\\nSavages thus run down. They affirm they\\nare like other Men, and only want Edu-\\ncation and being improv d; but befides\\nthat we may believe they fay fo to fave\\nthe Honour of their Country, we advance\\nnothing here but what is grounded on the\\nReport of many able and worthy Perfons,\\nwho have writ of it, after being well in-\\nform d on the Spot. We are therefore apt\\nto believe, that there is a Diil:in6tion to be\\nmade at prefent between two Sorts of Sa-\\nvages in Canada, viz. thofe who have been\\nconverfant among the Europeans for fixty\\nor eighty Years paft, and the others who\\nare daily difcover d; and it is of the latter\\nthat", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "Strong Wo-\\nthat we fpeak here more particularly, and\\nto whom we aflign all thofe odious and\\nwretched Qualities of the Savages of North\\nAmerica; for it is well known, that the\\nlirft Sort of them, as for Inftance, the Hu-\\nrons, the Algonquins the Iroquois^ the IJli-\\nnois and perhaps fome others are now pret-\\nty well civiliz d, fo that their Reafon be-\\ngins to clear up, and they may become ca-\\npable of Inllrudtion.\\nAmazing and incomprehenfible, but at\\nthe fame Time adorable Difpofition of Di-\\nvine Providence We fee here a vafi: Trad:\\nof the Earth, of an immenfe Extent, of a\\nwonderful Soil for Tillage and Fertility in\\nall Sorts of Fruit and Grain of an admi-\\nrable Temperature as to the Air, which\\nappears by the very numerous Inhabitants\\nbeing fcarce fubjed: to any Difeafes, and in\\nthat the Sex,which among us is weak,is there\\nStrong and Vigorous, bringing forth their\\nChildren with little or no Pain, and fuck-\\nling them amidfl: Labour and Fatigues,\\nwithout any of thofe Miferies they are li-\\nable to in our Countries. Yet that vail:\\nand beautiful Country, defcrib d in this\\nJournal, fo much favour d with Worldly\\nBlefFmgs, has been for fo many Ages de-\\nftitute of the Heavenly.\\nThe infinite Numbers of People inhabi-\\nting it are Men, and have fcarce any thing\\nbut the Shape; they are God s Creatures,\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "xi\\nand do not lo much as know, much lefs\\nTerve him. Thofe who have the Courage\\nand Boldnefs to travell through the Coun-\\ntries of fuch Savages, and thofe who read\\nthe Relations of fuch Travellers, ought\\nto take Care how they make any rafli Re-\\nflections upon this Point, or pry too deep-\\nly into it; for they may chance to lofe\\nthemfelves in their Thoughts. The fhor-\\ntest and the fafeft Courfe is, in fuch Cafes,\\nto adore the inconceivable Profoundnefs of\\nthe Creator s Wifdom; to give a Check\\nto all our Enquiries and Curiofities, with\\nthe Apolfle s Exclamation, O the Depth of\\nthe Riches both of the Wifdom and Knowledge\\nof God! How unfearchable are his fudgments\\nand his Ways paf finding out! And never\\nceafmg to return Thanks to his Goodnefs,\\nfor having fo abundantly fupply d us with\\nhis Light and Grace, to conjure him to\\nimpart the fame to thofe poor diftrefs d A-\\n?nericajis,2.ndi that he who is Almighty, will of\\nthofeStones makeChildren oiAbraha7?i. Thi?,\\nall Chriftians are oblig d inceffantly to\\npray for, becaufe as Brutifh and Stupid as\\nthofe Savages are, they are ftill our Brethren,\\nfmce like us defcended from Adam and\\nNoah.\\nHow much are we then oblig d to those\\nbold Travellers, who undertake new Dif-\\ncoveries, who to the Hazard of their Lives,\\nat their own Expence, and with fuch ex-\\ntraordinary", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "traordinary Toils, go to find out for us, not\\nonly numerous Objects of our Curiofity\\nand Admiration, which were before un-\\nknown to us, but who alfo difcover to us\\na numerous Kindred, which is not ever\\nthe lefs fuch, for having been fo long un-\\nknown to us. What if it be brutal and\\nindocible, it will be the more Meritorious\\nto Labour at Civilizing of and making it\\ncapable of receiving the Lights of Reafon\\nand of Faith. We can never fufficiently ex-\\nprefs our Gratitude to thole who apply\\nthemfelves to the making of new Difco-\\nveries; the more Difficulties that attend\\nthem, the more we are beholding to thofe\\nwho undertake them. Suppofmg that\\nAvarice, Ambition, a reftless Temper, or\\na defperate Fortune, are very often the\\nOccafions of fuch Undertakings yet God,\\nwho can draw Good out of Evil, makes all\\nthofe Paffions fubfervient to his Glory, and\\nthe Salvation of his Eled:, and if long\\nTravels do not commonly make Saints of\\nthe Travellers, it is their own Fault.\\nHowever, they at leafl prepare the Way\\nto the San^lification of fo many Barbari-\\nans, beating a Road for the MilTioners,\\nwho go to inftrud: thofe People. Thus all\\nthe World is beholden to them; the Sa-\\nvages for the Knowledge of God that is\\nprocur d them; and we for finding by\\ntheir Means an infinite Number of People\\nbefore", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "I I\\nbefore unknown, who will join with us in\\nServing and Glorifying the Creator of the\\nUniverfe.\\nGranting that the laid Travellers are\\nnot fometimes exad:, or agree among\\nthemfelves in their Relations, their De-\\nfcriptions and their Maps this mull: be an\\nunavoidable Fault in Difcoverers but\\neven that is advantageous to the Publick,\\nfor as much as their Succeilbrs are excited\\nto examine thofe Points more ftridlly, to\\ncorreal, explain and afcertain thofe Mi-\\nftakes.\\nIn acknowledgment therefore of the Ser-\\nvice done us by thofe Illuftrious Adventu-\\nrers and to make them fome Sort of\\nAmends for their Sufferings, let us tranf-\\nmit their Names to Polierity in our Writ-\\nings; let us applaud their Actions when\\nwe read them, and let us commend their\\nRelations. This here, moll certainly de-\\nferves to be read and commended, for it is\\nCurious, Extraordinary and Tragical. It\\nis alfo, as has been faid before, ingaging, at\\nthis Conjuncture, when there is a Defign\\nof making Settlements in thofe Countries,\\nit mentions, the Confequence whereof\\nmay be moll Honourable and Advantage-\\nous to the Nation. The Travel thro that\\nCountry is one of the greatell and moll full\\nof Difficulties that has been perform d;\\nthe Relation of it being made by an Eye\\nWitnefs", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "_ xiv\\nWitnefs, and in a natural, plain and par-\\nticular Manner, deferves to be credited;\\nbut being only a Journal, it is not capable\\nof admitting of Ornaments or Embellifh-\\nments. The Reader will be pleas d to\\nexcufe the Repetition of the fame Words\\nin it, on Account of the ImpoiTibility of\\ndoing otherwife, and will think it enough\\nthat the Barrennefs of the Narration is made\\nAmends for by the Curiofity of the Sub-\\njects. I am of Opinion the fmall Notes I\\nhave added will not be difpleafmg, becaufe\\nthey explain fome Particulars, which are\\nnot very intelligible to fuch as are not us d\\nto read many Travels.\\nAfter having faid the Good and the Bad\\nof this North America^ mentioning the\\nBeauty and Excellency of its Climate and\\nthe Brutality of its People, and recited the\\ninfinite Hardfliips, thofe who defign to tra-\\nvel mull: refolve to undergo, I am of O-\\npinion it will be proper to fay fomething of\\nthe late Monfieur de la Sale, who is the\\nprincipal Perfon, and as it were, the Hero\\nof this Relation, tho having been murder-\\ned by his own Men, he fell the unfortu-\\nnate Vicftim of the Difcovery here treated\\nof. It is alfo convenient to make known\\nwhat went before that, which is contain d\\nin this Journal, and the prefent happy\\nConfequence of that fatal Enterprize.\\nHere", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "XV I\\nHere follows what I have of my own\\nparticular Knowledge, and by what has\\nbeen written.\\nRobert Caveliei% commonly call d Account of\\nMonfieur de in Sale, a Native of Roati, Monjieur\\nof a good Family, having been educated\\nin Piety and Learning, went over very\\nyoung into Canada and took Delight in\\nTrade, but more in Projects of new Dil-\\ncoveries up the Inland of thofe vaft Coun-\\ntries. Intending to fettle there and make\\nthat his Country, he purchafed an Ha-\\nbitation in the Illand of Mont-real, where\\nhas been built the fecond Town of Cana-\\nda, fixty Leagues above Rebeck, which\\nis the Capital, being alfo a Bifhoprick,\\nand the Refidence of the Governor, the\\nIntendant and the fupreme Council.\\nThere are but only thofe two Towns in\\nthe Country, befides fome Villages. They\\nare both feated on the great River of St.\\nLaurence, which coming from the S. W.\\nis form d or increafed by the Waters of\\nlive prodigious frefh Water Lakes, run-\\nning out one into another, and through\\nthem it pafTes to run down to difcharge\\nitfelf in the Ocean, at a very fpacious\\nMouth, making Way for the Ships that\\ndefign to penetrate into Canada.\\nMany Difcoveries had been made to\\nthe Northward, before Monfieur de la\\na Sale -i", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "I xvi\\nSale s Time; becaufe there being Plenty\\nof very good Furs, the Traders of Re-\\nbeck and Mont-real^ by Means of the Ad-\\nventurers call d Wood-Men, from their\\ntraveling thro the Woods, had penetrated\\nvery far up the Country that Way; but\\nnone had advanc d far towards the South\\nor South-Weft, beyond Fort FrontenaCy\\nwhich is on the Lake Ontario, the neareft\\nthis Way of the five great Lakes. How-\\never, upon the Report of the Natives,\\nit was fuppofed, that great and advanta-\\ngeous Difcoveries mieht be made. There\\nLi, mj^ been much Talk of the rich Mines of\\ni^^*^ ^^^^^^^y JJ^ the Kingdom of Mexico,\\nand fome were tempted to give them a\\nVifit.\\nSomething was known of the famous\\nRiver Miffijtpi, which it was fuppofed\\nmight fall into the South Sea, and open\\na Way to it. Thefe Conjectures work-\\ning upon Monfieur de la Sale, who being\\nzealous for the Honour of his Nation, de-\\nHis Cha- ^^ig^^d to fignalize the French Name, on\\nAccount of extraordinary Difcoveries,\\nbeyond all that went before him; he\\nform d the Defign and refolv d to put it\\nin Execution. He was certainly very fit\\nfor it, and fucceeded at the Expence of\\nhis Life; for no Man has done fo much\\nin that Way as he did for the Space of\\ntwenty\\nraBer,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "XVll I\\ntwenty Years he Ipent in that Employ-\\nment. He was a Man of a regular Be-\\nhaviour, of a large Soul, well enough\\nlearned, and understanding in the Mathe-\\nmaticks, defigning, bold, undaunted,\\ndexterous, infmuating, not to be dilcou-\\nrag d at any Thing, ready at extricating\\nhimfelf out of any Difficulties, no Way\\napprehenfive of the greatell: Fatigues,\\nwonderful lleady in Adverfity, and what\\nwas of extraordinary Ufe, well enough\\nverfed in feveral Savage Languages. M.\\nde la Sale having fuch extraordinary Ta-\\nlents, whereof he had given fufficient\\nProofs upon feveral Occafions, gain d the\\nEfteem of the Governors of Canada and\\nMeflieurs de CourcelleSy Talon and de Fron-\\ntenac fucceffively exprefs d the fame, by\\noften employing him in Affairs for the\\nHonour and Advantage of the Colony.\\nThe Government of the Fort of Fronte-\\nIs made\\n7iac, which is the Place fartheft advanced Proprietor\\nanions the Savages, was committed to of Port\\ny\\\\ r Fronte-\\nnim, and he going over into rrance, in\\nthe Year 1675, the King made him Pro-\\nprietor of it, upon Condition he fhould\\nput it into a better Condition than it was,\\nwhich he did, as foon as return d to Ca-\\nnada. Then came back again to Pans,\\nfull of the new Informations he had gain d\\ntouching the River Mi//i/lpt\\\\ the Country\\na 2 it", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "xviii I\\nruns through, the Mines, efpecially thole\\nof Lead and Copper, the navigable Ri-\\nvers, and the Trade that might be car-\\nried on of Furs and the fine Wooll of\\nthole wild Bullocks, whereof there are\\ninfinite Numbers in the Forefts. Being\\nalfo furnifh d with better Accounts of\\nthat Country, than the Fables that were\\nthen publifh d, by the Name of a Voy-\\nage of the Sieur Joliet^ he was well re-\\nceiv d at Court, and difpatch d with the\\nnecellary Orders for proceeding on his\\nDifcoveries.\\nHis Repu- The great Reputation Monfieur de la\\nSale had gain d, and his mighty Projects,\\noccafion d a Jealoufy in fome and Envy\\nin others. His own Countrymen thwar-\\nted his Defigns; but he furmounted all\\nthofe Obftacles and return d into Canada,\\nabout the Year 1678, with the Chevalier\\nTontyy an Italiati Gentleman, a Perfon of\\nWorth and that had ferv d, whom he\\ngain d to his Enterprize. He alfo pick d\\nup in the Country forty or fifty Perfons\\nfit for that Expedition, and among them\\nwere three Recolets, whom he carry d\\nover to try what might be done as to\\nChriflianity among the Savages; he\\nwas well acquainted with, and had a jull:\\nEfteem for the Virtue, the Capacity and\\nthe Zeal of thofe good, religious Men,\\nwho\\ntaUon\\nfnakes E-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "1 I\\nwho alone tirll: undertook the Mirtlon\\ninto that new World, and who being\\nfeconded by others, have carry d it on\\nthere, with fo much Edification.\\nMonfieur ^e la Sale having fpent two\\nYears in going and coming, ll:ill thwart-\\ned by thole who envy d him in the Coun-\\ntry, to fuch a Degree, that had it not\\nbeen for an Antidote, he mull: have dy d\\nof Poifon given him by fome Villains,\\ncould not order his Affairs and begin his\\nExpedition till the Year 1682. He fet\\nont at length, and to the End his Difco-\\nvery of the Mijjifipi might be compleat,\\nhe caus d Father Hennepin, a Recolet,\\nwith fome others, to travel to the North- Source of\\nward, that they might find out the\\nSource of that River, and they found it,\\nabout the 50th Degree of North Lati-\\ntude. For his own Part, he proceeded\\nto the Weftward and found the River of\\nthe Iflinois, which he call d the River of Iflinois\\nSeignelay, and following its Courfe,\\ncame into the MiJJiJipi, where the other\\ndifcharges it felf. He then concluded\\nhe had no more to do, but to run down\\nto its Mouth, whether in the South Sea\\nor the Gulph of Mexico. All along its\\nBanks he found many Savage Nations,\\nwith whom, by Means of his Prefents,\\nhe enter d into Alliances, and gave the\\na 3 Country\\nthe Mifii-\\nfipi.\\nRiver.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "Country the Name of Louijiana, to ho-\\nnour the Name and Memory of our Au-\\nguft Monarch, in whofe Reign thofe\\nDifcoveries were made. At length, the\\nCourfe of the MiJJifipi convey d Monfieur\\nde la Sale to its Mouths, as faUing into\\nthe Gulph of Mexico in two Streams, and\\nhe arriv d there in the Month of April\\n1682 or 1683, for the Dates of thofe\\nwho have writ concerning it, make ei-\\nther of thofe Years. He llay d there\\nfome Days, to take Obfervations and\\nplace fome Marks which he might know\\nagain, when he return d. Being fatif-\\nfied with having found fome Part of\\nwhat he fought, he return d the fame\\nWay he had gone, and came again to\\nRebeck in Canada, in order to go over\\nto France, and thence to make a Tryal\\nto find that Mouth of the Mijjljipi by\\nthe Gulf of Mexico, which he had alrea-\\ndy difcover d by the Way of Canada, and\\nto fecure it for he thought it much more\\nadvantageous to know it by the Way\\nof the Sea, than to go thither by Land,\\nbecaufe the Voyage through Canada is\\nmuch longer and more troublefome,\\nand can be perform d but once a Year,\\nwhereas by the Way of the Bay of Mex-\\nico it is not longer, but is much more\\ncommodious, and may be perform d\\nin", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": ".1.\\nin all Sealons, either going or coming.\\nHe was alfo fenfible that the laid Mouth\\nbeing once difcover d by Sea, afforded an\\neafier and fafer Communication with\\nCanaday running up that noble River,\\nthe Navigation whereof is not inter-\\nrupted by Falls, nor Torrents for above\\nfixty Leagues towards its Source.\\nThefe Confiderations mov d Monfieur\\nde la Sale to take another Voyage into\\nFrance^ where his Expedition having\\nbeen commended and his new Projed:\\napprov d of, the King order d him Vef-\\nfels to return and carry on his Enter-\\nprize, the Particulars whereof are to\\nbe found in this Journal. That Affair,\\nlb well begun, feem d to promife very\\nadvantageous Confequences but it mif-\\ncarried through the Perfidioufnefs and\\nVillany of that noble Adventurer s own\\nPeople.\\nThis is what I have iudp: d might other\\nc TJo_- T J ^rt here\\nlerve as an Introduction to your Jour- ^nenthn d\\nnal, if it fhall not be thought to difho- is at the\\nnour it, you may place it before the faid ^yfjQ^^\\nJournal, and that which follows at the\\nEnd of it, which will fhew how far that\\ngreat Enterprize of the Difcovery of the\\nU/Jilipi has been carried.\\na 4 THE", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "THE\\nPREFACE.\\nWritten by the\\nSieur de MITCH EL,\\nWho Methodiz d this |ournaL\\nNOtwith/tandbig the late Monjieur de\\nla Sale j- Voyage had a mojl unfortu-\\nnate End, as to his own Per/on, yet that will\\nnot hinder Pojlerity, from ever allowing hifn\\nthe Title of a mojl renowned Traveller.\\nThe Hi/lory of his Enterprize will be\\nacceptable to future Ages, for laying before\\nthem, the extraordinary Genius, the invin-\\ncible Courage, and the undaunted Refoluti-\\non of fuch a Man, who could contrive and\\nexecute", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "P R E F A C E.\\nexecute the Means for difcovering the re-\\nmaining Part of the World.\\nAnd in regard that the Particulars of\\nthe Difcovery of thofe large and imtnenfe\\nProvinces, will always be the ObjeB of cu-\\nrious and underfanding Perfons, it is not\\nto he wonder d, that after what has been\\nwrit by Father Hennepin, a Recolet, the\\nChevalier Tonty and fotne others, we here\\nnow publi/h an Hijiorical fournal of the\\nla/l Voyage Monfeur de la Sale undertook into\\nthe Gulf of Mexico, to the Country of\\nLouifiana, to finifi what he had projeBed\\nat his former Voyage, had not the Trea-\\nchery of his own Men cut him off.\\nThis yournal of Monfeur Joutel, where-\\nof Monfeur Tonty snakes nmition in the\\nBook that has been printed of the laf\\nDifcoveries in America, Folio 319, has\\nthis peculiar, that it exaBly contains what\\nhapned to Monfeur de la Sale, Day by Day,\\nin that fatal Voyage, fince his Departure\\nfrom Rochelle to his death, and till the\\nReturn of his Brother Monfeur Cavelier\\nthe Priefl, Monfeur Cavelier his Nephew,\\nthe Reverend Father Anaftafius, the Re-\\ncolet, and the faid Sieur Joutel, who in\\nOrder to return to France, took that long\\nJourney by Land, from the Gulf of Mexi-\\nco to Canada, being a TraB of above\\n800 Leagues.\\nMany", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nMany Adventures of all Sorts^ mojl of\\nwhich are Tragical, will pleafe the curious\\nReader; and above all he will admire the\\nProteBion of Divine Providence, in Con-\\nducting and Preferving that fmall Com-\\npany throughout thofe vajl Regions, and a-\\nmongfo many barbarous Nations.\\nWe do not here pretend to Criticife upon\\nthe Work of Father Hennepin, or that of\\nMonfeur Tonty; but even their own Fa-\\nvourers cannot take it ill, that this Author\\ndoes not fometimes fay as they do that he\\nplainly delivers what he faw, and that he\\nexpofes to publick View all the Truths he\\nwas an Eye Witnefs to, without magnifying\\nor inventing.\\nIt is neverthelefs true, that they may be\\nall exctud as to fome Particulars Father\\nHennepin and Monfeur Tonty J?tay have\\nfeen fome Things, that did not come to the\\nKnowledge of Monfeur Joutel; but there is\\na FaB of great Confequence in the Hiftory\\nof Monfeur de la Sale, which mujl not be\\npafs d over in Silence,\\nIt is, that Monfeur Tonty, in his Book\\naffirms, that Monfeur de la Sale at length\\nfound the Mouth of the Mifllfipi, and Mo?i-\\nJieur Joutel aff erts the contrary, and fays,\\nthat is fo far from being true, that during\\nhis laf Progrefs towards the Cenis, when\\nthe faid Sieur Joutel was with him, and\\nhad", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "P R E F A C E.\\nhad never been parted, Monjieiir de la Sale x\\nprincipal Care was to efiquire of all the Na-\\ntions they pafs d through^ where the MKllli-\\npi waSy and could never hear any thing of\\nit; that this is evidently made out, becauje\\nif Monjieur de la Sale had found the Mouth\\nof that River y he would infallibly have\\ntaken attother Way, and other Meafures, and\\nall the Appearances are on this Side, as may\\nbe feen in this Relation.\\nHowever, this mujl be J aid in Behalf of\\nMonfeur Tonty, that he deliver d it upon\\nthe Report of Monfieur Cavelier the Prieft,\\nand Brother to Monfieur de la Sale which\\nMonjieur Cavelier might have Reafons to\\ngive out they had dif cover d the Mifllfipi,\\nupon the fame Views as obligd him to con-\\nceal his Brother s Death.\\nNow in regard we fi all fee Monfeur de la\\nSale, for fome time ranging along the Coafs\\nof North America, to fnd out the Mouth\\nof that River, it will be proper to inform\\nthofe who have not feen his fir fi Voyage, and\\nJliew them how it liapned that his Search\\nprovd in vain, and he was obligd to land\\nin another Place.\\nAfter Monfeur de la Sale had dif cover d\\nthat vafi Continent, which is a Part of\\nNorth America, from Canada, by the Way\\nof Montreal, going up the River of St.\\nLaurence, then through the Country of the\\nIroquois,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIroquois, the Illinois and others^ all which\\nhe caird Louifiana, his Dejign was to find\\na Jhorter and a fafer Way, than that he had\\nTravelled by Land.\\nFor this Reafon it was, that having upon\\nhis fir /I Difcovery found the great River,\\ncaird by the Barbarians MifTiiipi or Me-\\nchafipi, according to Father Hennepin,\\naftd to which he gave the Name of Colbert,\\ngueffmg by its Cou?fe that it fell into the Bay\\nof Mexico, he refolvd with himfelf to find\\nout the Mouth of it.\\nIn fiorty he ran down that River, with\\nmore Danger and Toil than can be imagind,\\nfound it parted into two Streams and follow d\\nthat which was mojl to the Northward, to the\\nPlace where it is lofi i?2 the Sea. He took\\nthe Latitude that Mouth lay in, and found\\nit was between 28 and 29 Degrees North, as\\nMonfieur Joutel afiirms he heard him fay.\\nHe left Marks there, return d the fatne\\nWay to Canada and thence into France,\\nwell pleafed with his Difcovery, which would\\nhave been very glorious, had he fucceeded in\\nhis fecond Voyage.\\nBut whether he did not take his Meafures\\nright, when he made his Obfervations a/liore,\\nor whether that River dif gorges it felf at a\\nflat Coafl, and only leaves fome inconfde-\\nrable Mark of its Channel for fuch as come\\nby Sea; it is mqfl certain, that when he\\ncame", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\ncame into the Bay o/ Mexico, lie fought for\\nthe fame Month in Vain^ during the Space\\nof three Weeks, and was obliged to go ajhore\\nto the S. W of the Place, where it really\\nwas.\\nMojijieur Tonty, his Book, Fol. 192.\\ntells us, that he was present when Monjieur\\nde la Sale took the Latitude of the Mouth of\\nthe Mill ill pi, at his firjl Voyage, and fays it\\nwas between twenty two and twenty three\\nDegrees North; but that is a Mifake,\\nwhich inujl be afigned either to the Printer,\\nor Tranfcriber, for in the Map the f aid Mon-\\njieur Tonty has added to his Book, he places\\nthe faid Mouth in about twenty fix De-\\ngrees and a Half of North Latitude, and\\nthere is Reafon to believe he errs in that\\ntoo.\\nMonfieur Joutel and fome others are of\\nOpinion, that the Mouth of that Branch\\nMonfieur de la Sale went down, is in the\\nBay of the Holy Ghoil;, and aBually between\\nthe twenty eighth and twenty ninth Degrees\\nof North Latitude, as Monfieur de la Sale\\nfound it. As for the other Channel, the\\nfa?ne Sieur Joutel believes it is farther to-\\nwards the S. W. and about the Shoals they\\nmet with about the 6th o/ January, 1685,\\nbetween the twenty feventh and twenty eighth\\nDegrees of North Latitude, when they were\\nfailing", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nfailing along the Coaji of the Bay of Mexi-\\nco, and that thofe Shoals were the Marks\\nof a River dif charging it felf there which\\nthey negleBed to inquire into. If that be\\nfo, Monfeur de la Sale was very near it,\\nand even pafs d along before both the Mouths,\\nbut unfortunately, without perceiving them,\\nwhich was the main Caufe of his Death and\\nthe Ruin of his Enierprize.\\nTo conclude, it mujl be granted, that as\\nthe Return of that fmall Number of Perfons,\\nfrom a Country fo remote and through fo ma-\\nny Dangers, is a vifible EffeSi of the Di-\\nvine Protest ion; Jo it is alfo an EffeB of\\nHeavenly fujlice to have preferv d thofe\\nWitnefjes, and to have brought them Home\\ninto Monfiuer de la Sale j Country, to re-\\ntrieve his Reputation, which had been fully d\\nby his Enemies.\\nMonfeur de la Sale would have been ta-\\nken for a Dreamer, and even for an Im-\\npojlor; his Enterprize had been condemned,\\nand his Memory blajled; but God would not\\npermit the Honour of a Man of fuch fngu-\\nlar Merit to fuffer; it pleas d him to\\npreferve and bring Home unquefionable\\nWitnefjes, who, by Word of Mouth and other\\nundoubted Proof of the notable Difcoveries\\nmade by Monfeur de la Sale, have fopfd\\nthe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "P R E F A C E.\\nflic Mouths of his EnemieSy and made out\\nthe Truth of what has been ajj erted at the\\nBeginning of this Difcourfey viz. that Mon-\\nJieur de la Sale only wanted good Fortune to\\nfecure him the Title of a great Man and a\\nrenowned Traveller.\\nisf^i", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "Advertifement, to the Britijh Gentry,\\nWHereas all Gentlemen ought to fit themfelves be-\\ntimes for thofe Employments which naturally fall\\nto their Share, preferable to their Fellow Subjefts and\\nthat they who defign in particular to ferve their Prince\\nAbroad, are obliged to underftand the Interefts and Pre-\\ntentions of Foreign States, as well as the Laws and Con-\\nftitution of their own Country: It has been judg d very\\nferviceable, by Perfons of great Experience, to have\\nthe mo ft celebrated Monfieur Wicquefort s Ambaflador\\ntranflated into the Englifh Tongue, as being the onh\\nBook that perfeftly exhaufts this Matter, little being\\nwritten on the Subjedl by other Nations in Comparifon\\nof the Italians, whofe Books are too defeftive and ab-\\nftrafted for common Praftice. Propofals will Ihortly be\\npubliflied, for printing the faid Book by Subfcription,\\nby the Undertaker Bernard Lintott between the two\\nTemple- Gates\\nThe Tragedy of Jane Shore, written in Shakefpear s\\nStyle, by Nicholas Row Efq; as it is afted at the Queen s\\nTheatre in the Hay-Market, pr. i s. 6 d.\\nThe Rape of the Lock, an heroick comical Poem, in\\n5 Canto s, with 6 Copper Plates, by Mr. Pope. pr. i s.\\nThe Works of Monfieur de Moliere, tranflated, in 6\\nVols. 1 2s. printed on fine Paper and new Elziver Let-\\nter.\\nThe Clergy-man s Recreation, ihewing the Pleafure\\nand Profit of the Art of Gard ning. By John Lawrence.\\nA. M. Reftor of Yelvertoft in Northamptonfliire, and\\nfometime Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge.\\nMifcellaneous Poems and Tranilations by leveral\\nHands, particularly, the firft Book of Statins his Thebais\\ntranflated. The Fable of Vertumnus and Pomoua, from\\nthe 14th Book of Ovid s Metamorphofis. To a young\\nLady with the Works of Voiture. On Silence. To the\\nAuthor of a Poem entituled Succeflio. The Rape of\\nthe Lock. An Ode for Mufick on St. Cecilia s Day.\\nWindfor Foreft. To the Right //onourable George Ld.\\nLanfdown. An Eflay on Cridcifm. An Epigram upon\\nTwo or Three. All written by Mr. Pope.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "A N\\nHistorical J a u. r n a l\\nOF THE\\nLate Monfieur de la Salens\\nLAST\\nVOYAGE\\nINTO\\nNorth America,\\nTo Difcover the\\nRiver MISSISIPI.\\nAT the Time when Monfieur de la Sale jt js Mr.\\nwas preparing for his lafl: Voyage into Joutcl\\nNorth America, I happen d to be at that /peaks\\nRoan, the Place where he and I were both born,\\nbeing return d from the Army, where I had J\\nferv d fixteen or feventeen Years.\\nThe Reputation gain d by Monfieur de la Sale,\\nthe Greatnefs of his Undertaking, the Natural\\nB Curiofity", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "2 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJuly 1684 Curiofity which all men are pofTefs d with,\\nand my Acquaintance with his Kindred, and\\nwith feveral of the Inhabitants of that City,\\nwho were to bear him Company, eafily pre-\\nvail d with me to make one of the Number, and\\nI was admitted as a Voluntier.\\nOur Rendezvous was appointed at Rochel,\\nwhere we were to imbark. Meffieurs Caveliery\\nthe one Brother, the other Nephew to Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale, Meffieurs Chedevilkj Planteroze^\\nThibaulty Ory, fome others and I, repair d thi-\\nther in July 1684.\\n^roTTo Monfieur de la Sale having provided all\\n^2^gl Things neceffary for his Voyage, furmounted all\\nthe Difficulties laid in his Way by feveral ill-\\nminded Perfons, and receiv d his Orders from\\nMonfieur Arnoult^ the Intendant at Rochel, pur-\\nfuant to thofe he had receiv d from the King,\\nwe fail d on the 24th of July^ 1684, being\\ntwenty four Veffels, four of them for our\\nVoyage, and the others for the Iflands and\\nCanada.\\nPerfons T\\\\\\\\Q four Veffels appointed for Monfieur\\nthat went. Sale s Enterprize, had on Board about\\ntwo hundred and eighty perfons, including the\\nCrews; of which Number there were one hun-\\ndred Soldiers, with their Officers, one Talon,\\nwith his Canada Family, about thirty Volun-\\ntiers, fome young Women, and the reft hired\\nPeople and Workmen of all Sorts, requifite for\\nmaking of a Settlement.\\nShips. The firft of the four Veffels was a Man of\\nWar, call d le Joly, of about thirty fix or forty\\nGuns, commanded by Monfieur de Beaujeu, on\\nwhich Monfieur de la Sale, his Brother the\\nPrieft, two Recolet Fryars, Meffieurs Dain-\\nmaville", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 3\\nmaville and Chedeville^ Priefts, and I imbark d. Jf^h 1684\\nThe next was a little Frigate, carrying fix ^V)\\nGuns, which the King had given to Monfieur\\nde la Sale^ commanded by two Maflers a\\nFlyboat of about three hundred Tuns Burden,\\nbelonging to the Sieur Mafftot, Merchant at\\nRochel, commanded by the Sieur Aigron, and\\nladen with all the EfFeds Monfieur de la Sale\\nhad thought neceffary for his Settlement, and a\\nfmall Ketch, on which Monfieur de la Sale had\\nimbark d thirty Tuns of Ammunition, and fome\\nCommodities defign d for Santo Domingo,\\nAll the Fleet, being under the Command of\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu^ was order d to keep to-\\ngether as far as Cape Finifterre, whence each was\\nto follow his own Courfe but this was prevent-\\ned by an unexpected Accident. We were come\\ninto 45 Degrees 23 Minutes of North Latitude,\\nand about 50 Leagues from Rachel^ when the\\nBoltfprit of our Ship, the Joly^ on a fudden,\\nbroke fhort, which oblig d us to fi:rike all our Boltfprit\\nother Sails, and cut all the Rigging the broken H^-\\nBoltfprit hung by.\\nEvery man reflected on this Accident ac-\\ncording to his Inclination. Some were of Opi-\\nnion it was a Contrivance; and it was debated\\nin Council, Whether we fhould proceed to Por-\\ntugal^ or return to Rochel^ or Rochfort\\\\ but the Return to\\nlatter Refolution prevail d. The other Ships Rochfort.\\ndefign d for the Iflands and Canada^ parted from\\nus, and held on their Courfe. We made back\\nfor the River of Rochfort^ whither the other\\nthree Veffels follow d us, and a Boat was fent\\nin, to acquaint the Intendant with this Acci-\\ndent. The Boat returned fome Hours after,\\ntowing along a Boltfprit, which was foon fet in\\nB 2 its", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "Aug. 1684\\nCape Fi-\\nnifterre.\\nMadera.\\nDifference\\nbetweenthe\\nComman-\\nders.\\nMonjieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nits Place, and after Monfieur de la Sale had\\nconfer d with the Intendant, he left that Place\\non the firft o^ Augufl, 1684.\\nWe fail d again, fleering W. and by S. and\\non the 8th of the fame Month weather d Cape\\nFinijierre, which is in 43 Degrees of North La-\\ntitude, without meeting any Thing remarkable.\\nThe 1 2th, we were in the Latitude of Lisbon^ or\\nabout 39 Degrees North. The i6th, we were\\nin 36 Degrees, the Latitude of the Str eights^\\nand the 20th, difcover d the Ifland Madera,\\nwhich is in 32 Degrees, and where Monfieur de\\nBeaujeu propos d to Monsieur de la Sale to an-\\nchor, and take in Water and fome Refrefh-\\nments.\\nMonfieur de la Sale was not of that Mind, on\\nAccount that we had been but twenty one Days\\nfrom France, had fufficient Store of Water,\\nought to have, taken aboard Refrefhments\\nenough, and it would be a Lofs of eight or ten\\nDays to no Purpofe besides, that our Enter-\\nprize requir d Secrecy, whereas the Spaniards\\nmight get fome Information, by Means of the\\nPeople of that Ifland, which was not agree-\\nable to the King s Intention.\\nThis Anfwer was not acceptable to Monfieur\\nde Beaujeu, or the other Officers, nor even to\\nthe Ships Crew, who mutter d at it very\\nmuch, and it went fo far, that a Pafl!enger, call d\\nPaget, a Hugonet of Rochel, had the Infolence to\\ntalk to Monfieur de la Sale in a very paflionate\\nand difrefpeftful Manner, fo that he was fain\\nto make his Complaint to Monfieur de Beaujeu,\\nand to ask of him. Whether he had given any\\nIncouragement to fuch a Fellow to talk to\\nhim after that Manner. Monfieur Beaujeu\\nmade", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "NORTH AMERICA.\\nmade him no Satisfadion. Thefe Mifunder- g- 1684\\n(landings, with fome others which happen d be-\\nfore, being no Way advantageous to his Maje-\\nlly s Service, laid the Foundation of thofe tra-\\ngical Events, which afterwards put an unhappy\\nEnd to Monfieur de la Sales Life and Under-\\ntaking, and occafion d our Ruin.\\nHowever, it was refolv d not to come to an plying\\nAnchor at that Ifland, whereupon Monfieur de Fifi.\\nBeaujeu faid. That fince it was fo, we (hould\\nput in no where but at the Ifland of Santo Do-\\nmingo. We held on our Courfe, weather d the\\nIfland of Madera^ and began to fee thofe little\\nflying Fiflies, which to efcape the Dorados^ or\\nGilt-Heads, that purfue them, leap out of the\\nWater, take a little Flight of about a Pifl:ol\\nShot, and then fall again into the Sea, but very\\noften into Ships, as they are failing by. That\\nFifli is about as big as a Herring, and very\\ngood to eat.\\nOn the 24th, we came into the Trade Wind,\\nwhich continually blows from Eafl: to Wefl:, and\\nis therefore call d by fome Authors Ventus fub-\\nfolanus^ becaufe it follows the Motion of the Sun.\\nThe 28th, we were in 27 Degrees 44 Minutes of\\nNorth Latitude, and in 344 of Longitude. The\\n30th, we had a Storm, which continu d violent\\nfor two Days, but being right aftern of us, we\\nonly lofl: Sight of the Ketch, for want of good\\nSteering, but flie join d us again a few Days after.\\nThe 6th of September we were under the Tro-\\npic of Cancer^ in 23 Degrees 30 Minutes of North\\nLatitude and 319 of Longitude. There Monf. Ducking;,\\nde la Sale s Obftrufting the Ceremony the Sailors\\ncall Ducking, gave them Occafion to mutter\\nagain, and render d himfelf privately odious. So\\nB 3 many\\nTrade\\nWind.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "6 Monjteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nSept. 1684 many have given an Account of the Nature of\\nthat Folly, that it would be needlefs to repeat\\nit here it may fuffice to fay, that there are\\nthree things to authorize it, i. Cuftom. 1.\\nThe Oath adminifter d to thofe who are duck d,\\nwhich is to this EfFedt, T hat they will not permit\\nany to pafs the Tropics or the Line^ without obliging\\nthem to the fame Ceremony. And 3, which is the\\nmoft prevailing Argument, the Interefl accruing\\nto the Sailors upon that Occafion, by the Re-\\nfrefhments. Liquors or Money given them by the\\nPaffengers to be excus d from that Ceremony.\\nMonfr. de la Sale, being inform d that all\\nThings were preparing for that Impertinent Ce-\\nremony of Ducking, and that a Tub full of\\nWater was ready on the Deck [the French Duck\\nin a great Cask of Water the Englifh in the Sea^ let-\\nting down the P erf on at the Yard Arm) fent Word,\\nthat he would not allow fuch as were under\\nhis Command to be subjed: to that Folly,\\nwhich being told to Monfr. de Beaujeu^ he forbid\\nputting of it in Execution, to the great Diffa-\\ntisfadlion of the inferior Officers and Sailors,\\nwho expeded a confiderable Sum of Money and\\nQuantity of Refrefhments, or Liquors, becaufe\\nthere were many Perfons to Duck, and all the\\nBlame was laid upon Monfr. de la Sale.\\nOn the nth of September we were in the\\nHifpani- Latitude of the Ifland of Santo Domingo^ or Hif-\\nola IJland. paniola^ being 20 Degrees North, and the Lon-\\ngitude of 320 Degrees. We fteer d our Courfe\\nWeft, but the Wind flatting, the enfuing Calm\\nquite ftopp d our Way. That fame Day Monfr.\\nDainmaville, the Prieft, went aboard the Bark\\nla Belle^ to adminifter the Sacraments to a Gun-\\nner, who died a few Days after. Monfr: de la\\nSale", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "/w/o NORTH AMERICA. 7\\nSale went to fee him, and I bore him Company. Sept. 1684\\nThe 2 1 ft, the Ketch, which we had before VVJ\\nloft Sight of, join d us again and fome Com-\\nplaints being made to Monfr. de la Sale, by fe-\\nveral private Perfons that were aboard the Fly-\\nboat, he order d me to go thither to accomo-\\ndate thofe Differences, which were occafion d\\nonly by fome Jealoufies among them.\\nThe 1 6th, we fail d by the Ifland Sombrero, Sombrero\\nand the i8th had hard blowing Weather, which IJland.\\nmade us apprehenfive of a Hurracan. The foul\\nWeather lafted two Days, during which Time,\\nwe kept under a main Courfe and loft Sight of\\nthe other Veffels.\\nA Council was call d aboard our Ship, the\\nJoly, to confider whether we fhould lie by for\\nthe others, or hold on our Courfe, and it was\\nrefolv d, that, confidering our Water began to\\nfall fhort, and there were above five Perfons\\nfick aboard, of which Number Monfr. de la Sale\\nand the Surgeon were, we fhould make all the\\nSail we could, to reach the firft Port of the I-\\nfland Hifpaniola, being that call d Port de Paix,\\nor Port Peace, which Refolution was according-\\nly regifter d.\\nThe 20th, we difcover d the firft Land of\\nHifpaniola, being Cape Samana, lying in 19 De- Cape Sa-\\ngrees of North Latitude, and of Longitude 308. mana.\\nThe 25th we fhould have put into Port de Paix,\\nas had been concerted, and it was not only the\\nmoft convenient Place for us to get Refrefh-\\nments, but alfo the Refidence of Monfr. de Cuf-\\nfy. Governor of the Ifland Tortuga, who knew\\nthat Monfr. de la Sale carried particular Or-\\nders for him to furnifh fuch Neceffaries as he\\nftood in Need of.\\nB 4 Not-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "8 Monjteur de la S a l e*j- Second Voyage\\nSept. 1684 Notwithflanding thefe cogent Reafons, Mr.\\nde Beaujeu was pofitive to pafs further on in the\\nTortuga Night, weathering the I (land Tortuga^ which is\\nfome Leagues diflant from Fort de Paix and the\\nCoafl of Hifpaniola. He alfo pafs d Cape St.\\nNicolas, and the 26th of the faid Month, we put\\ninto the Bay of Jaguana, coafling the Ifland\\nGuanaboj which is in the Middle of that great\\nBay or Gulph, and in Conclufion, on the 27th\\nwe arriv d at Petit Gouave, having fpent 58 Days\\nin our Paffage from the Port of Chef de Bois,\\nnear Rochel.\\nThis Change of the Place for our little Squa-\\ndron to put into, for which no Reafon could be\\ngiven, prov d very difadvantageous and it will\\nhereafter appear, as 1 have before obferv d,\\nthat thofe mifunderllanding among the Officers\\ninfenfibly drew on the Caufes from whence our\\nMisfortune proceeded.\\nAs foon as we had dropt Anchor, a Piragua,\\nor great Sort of Canoe, came out from the Place,\\nwith Twenty Men, to know who we were, and\\nhail d us. Being inform d that we were French,\\nthey acquainted us, that Monfieur de Cujfy was\\nat Port de Paix with the Marquis de St. Laurent,\\nLieutenant General of the American Iflands, and\\nMonfieur Begon the Intendant, which very much\\ntroubled Monfieur de la Sale, as having Affairs\\nof the utmofl: Confequence to concert with\\nthem but there was no Remedy, and he was\\noblig d to bear it with Patience.\\nThe next Day, being the 28th. we fang Te\\nDeum, in Thankfgiving for our profperous\\nPaffage. Monfieur de la Sale being fomewhat\\nrecover d of his Indifpofition, went Afliore with\\nfeveral of the Gentlemen of his Retinue, to buy\\nfome", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "hito NORTH AMERICA. 9\\nfome Refrefhments for the Sick, and to find 0\u00c2\u00ab^- 1684.\\nMeans to fend Notice of his Arrival, to Mef- ^VNJ\\nfieurs de St. Laurent^ de Cujfy and Began, and fignify\\nto them, how much he was concern d that we\\nhad not put into Port de Paix. He writ particu-\\nlarly to Monfieur de CuJfy, to defire he would\\ncome to him, if poiTible, that he might be af-\\nfdling to him, and take the neceffary\\nMeafures for rendring his Enterprize fuccefsful,\\nthat it might prove to the King s Honour and\\nService.\\nIn the mean Time, the Sick fufFering very\\nmuch Aboard the Ships, by Reafon of the Heat,\\nand their being too clofe together, the Sol-\\ndiers were put Afhore, on a little Ifland, near\\nPetit Gouaves, which is the ufual Burial-Place of\\nthe People of the pretended Reformed Reli-\\ngion, where they had frefli Provisions, and\\nBread baked on Purpofe, diftributed to them.\\nAs for the Sick, I was order d by Monfieur de\\nla Sale, to provide a Houfe for them, whither\\nthey were carry d, with the Surgeons, and fup-\\nply d with all that was requifite for them.\\nSome Days after, Monfieur de la Sale fell dan-\\ngeroufly ill, mofl of his Family were alfo fick.\\nA violent Fever, attended with Lightheaded-\\nnefs, brought him almofl: to Extremity. The\\nPoflure of his Affairs, Want of Money, and the\\nWeight of a mighty Enterprize, without know-\\ning whom to trull with the Execution of it,\\nmade him ftill more Sick in Mind, than he was\\nin his Body, and yet his Patience and Refolution\\nfurmounted all thofe Difficulties. He pitch d\\nupon Monfieur le Gros and me to a6t for him,\\ncaus d fome Commodities he had Aboard the\\nShips to be fold, to raife Money and through\\nour", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "onpo\\nKetch ta-\\nken by the\\nSpaniards.\\nlo Monfteur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nNov^ 1684 our Care, and the excellent Conftitution of his\\nBody, he recover d Health.\\nWhilfl he was in that Condition, two of our\\nShips, which had been Separated from us on the\\n1 8th oi September J by the ftormy Winds, arriv d\\nat Petit Gouave on the 2d of Oifober, The Joy\\nconceiv d on Account of their Arrival, was\\nmuch allay d by the News they brought of the\\nLofs of the Ketch, taken by two Spanijh Piraguas\\nand that Lofs was the more grievous, becaufe\\nthat VelTel was laden with Provifions, Ammu-\\nnition, Utenfds and proper Tools for the fetling\\nof our new Colonies a Misfortune which\\nwould not have happen d, had Monfieur de\\nBeaujeu put into Port de Paix, and Meflieurs\\nde St. Laurent, de Cuffy, and Begon who arrived\\nat the fame Time, to fee Monfieur de la Sale\\ndid not fpare to fignify as much to him, and to\\ncomplain of that Mifcarriage.\\nMonfieur de la Sale being recover d, had fe-\\nveral Conferences with thefe Gentlemen, rela-\\nting to his Voyage. A Confult of Pilots was\\ncalled to refolve where we fhould touch before\\nwe came upon the Coafl of America, and it\\nwas refolved to (leer dire6tly for the Western\\nPoint of the Ifland of Cuba, or for Cape St. An-\\ntony, diftant about 300 Leagues from Hif-\\npaniola, there to exped: the proper Seafon, and\\na fair Wind to enter the Gulph or Bay, which\\nis but Two hundred Leagues over.\\nThe next Care was to lay in Store of other-\\nProvifions, in the Room of thofe which were\\nloft, and Monfieur de la Sale was the more pref-\\nfing for us to imbark, because moft of his Men\\ndeferted, or were debauch d by the Inhabitants\\nof the Place and the VefTel calFd Aimable,\\nbeing", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "NORTH AMERICA. ii\\nbeing the word Sailer of our little Squadron, Dec. 1684\\nit was refolv d that lliould carry the Light, and VNJ\\nthe others to follow it. Monfieur de la Sale^ Mon-\\nfieur Cavelier his Brother, the Fathers Zenobrius\\nand Anajiajius, both Recolets, Monfieur Chede-\\nville and I imbark d on the faid Aimable and all\\nfail d the 25th of November.\\nWe met with fome Calms, and fome violent\\nWinds, which neverthelefs carry d us in Sight\\nof the Ifland of Cuba^ on the 30th of the fame\\nMonth, and it then bore from us N. W. There\\nwe alter d our Courfe and (leer d W. and by N.\\nThe 31(1, the Weather being fomewhat clofe,\\nwe loft Sight of that Ifland, then flood W. N. W.\\nand the Sky clearing up, made an Obfervation\\nat Noon, and found we were in 19 Degrees,\\n45 Minutes of North Latitude by which we\\njudg d that the Currents had carry d us off to\\nSea from the Ifland of Cuba.\\nOn the firft of December we difcover d the\\nIfland Cayman. The 2d we fteer d N. W. and by Cayman\\nW. in order to come up with the Ifland of Cuba Ifland.\\nin the Northern Latitude of 20 Degrees 32 Mi-\\nnutes. The 3d we difcover d the little Ifland of ijiand o/\\nPineSy lying clofe to Cuba. The 4th, we wea- Pines,\\nther d a Point of that Ifland, and the Wind\\ngrowing fcant, were forc d to ply upon a Bowl-\\ning, and make feveral Trips till the 5 th at\\nNight, when we anchor d in a Creek, in 15\\nFathom Water, and continued there till the\\n8 th.\\nDuring that fliort Stay, Monfieur de la Sale\\nwent Afliore with feveral Gentlemen of his Re-\\ntinue on the Ifland o{ Pines, fliot an Alligator\\ndead, and returning Aboard, perceiv d he had\\nloft two of his Voluntiers, who had wander d\\ninto", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "1 2 Monjteur de la S a l eV Second Voyage\\nDec. 1684 into the Woods, and perhaps loft their Way.\\nWe fired feveral Mufquet Shots to call them,\\nwhich they did not hear, and I was order d to\\nexpe6t them afhore, with 30 Mufquetiers to\\nattend me. They return d the next Morning\\nwith much Trouble.\\nIn the mean Time, our Soldiers, who had\\nAll? good Stomachs, boil d and eat the Alligator,\\neaten. Monfieur de la Sale had kill d. The Flefh of it was\\nwhite and had a Tafte of Musk, for which Rea-\\nfon I could not eat it. One of our Hunters\\nkill d a wild Swine, which the Inhabitants of\\nthofe I Hands call Mar on. There are of them\\nWldS Ifland of Santo Domingo^ or Hifpaniola^\\nthey are of the Breed of thofe the Spaniards left\\nin the I Hands when they firft difcover d them,\\nand run wild in the Woods. I fent it to Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale, who prefented the one Half to\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu.\\nI^and of That Ifland is all over very thick wooded,\\nthe Trees being of feveral Sorts, and fome of\\nthem bear a Fruit refembling the Acorn, but\\nharder. There are Abundance of Parrots, lar-\\nger than thofe at Petit Gouave, a great Number\\nof Turtle Doves and other Birds, and a Sort\\nof Creatures refembling a Rat, but as big as a\\nCat, their Hair reddifh. Our Men kill d many\\nof them and fed heartily on them, as they did\\non a good Quantity of Fifli, wherewith that\\nCoaft abounds.\\nWe imbark d again, as foon as the two Men\\nwho had ftray d were return d, and on the 8th;\\nbeing the Feaft of the Conception of the Blefled\\nVirgin, fail d in the Morning, after having\\nheard Mafs, and the Wind fliifting were forc d\\nto fteer feveral Courfes. The 9th we difcover d\\nCape", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "Into NORTH AMERICA. 13\\nCape CorrienteSy of the Ifland of Cuba where we Dec. 1684\\nwere firfl becalm d; and then follow d a ftormy ^vXj\\nWind, which carried us away five Leagues to p^P^^\\nthe Eaftward. The loth we fpent the Night, T c-,\\nmaking feveral Trips, i he nth, the Wind Antony,\\ncoming about, we weather d Cape Corrientes^ to\\nmake that of St. Antony and at length, after\\nplying a confiderable Time, and founding, we\\ncame to an Anchor the 12th, upon good Ground,\\nin fifteen Fathom Water, in the Creek form d\\nby that Cape, which is in 22 Degrees of North\\nLatitude and 288 Degrees 2S Minutes of Lon-\\ngitude.\\nWe ftay d there only till next Day, being the\\n13th, when the Wind feem d to be favourable\\nto enter upon the Bay of Mexico. We made\\nready and fail d, (leering N. W. and by N. and\\nN. N. W. to weather the faid Cape and profe-\\ncute our Voyage: But by that Time we were\\nfive Leagues from the Place of our Departure,\\nwe perceiv d the Wind Ihifted upon us, and not\\nknowing which Way the Currents fate, we\\nflood E. and by N, and held that Courfe till\\nthe 14th, when Monfieur de Beaujeu^ who was\\naboard the Joly, join d us again, and having\\nconfer d with Monfieur de la Sale about the\\nWind s being contrary, propofed to him to re-\\nturn to Cape St. Antony, to which Monfieur de\\nla Sale confented, to avoid giving him any Caufe\\nto complain, tho there was no great Occafion\\nfor fo doing, and accordingly we went and an-\\nchor d in the Place from whence we came.\\nThe next Day, being the 15th, Monfieur de\\nla Sale fent fome Men afliore, to try whether\\nwe could fill fome Casks with Water. They\\nbrought Word, they had found fome in the\\nWood,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "14 Monfieur de la Sale^j- Second Voyage\\nDec. 1684 Wood, which was not much amifs, but that\\nthere was no Conveniency for rowling of the\\nCasks; for which Reafon Rundlets were fent,\\nand as much Water brought in them, as fill d\\nfix or feven of our Water Casks.\\nThe fame Men reported, that they had found\\na glafs Bottle, and in it a little Wine, or fome\\nother Liquor, almofl: dead. This was all the\\nProvifion we found in that Place, by which it\\nMiftake in appears, how much Monfieur I onti was mifin-\\nMonfieur form d, fince in his Book, Fag. 1^1^ he fays,\\nTonti s ^g found in that Ifland feveral Tun of Spanijh\\nthisFoya^e. ^^^^j good Brandy and Indian Wheat, which\\nthe Spaniards had left or abandon d; and it is a\\nmeer Invention without any Thing of Truth.\\nThe 1 6th, the Weather being ftill Calm, the\\nMen went afliore again for five or fix more\\nCasks of Water. I was to have gone with them,\\nhad not an Indifpofition, which I firft felt in\\nthe Ifland of Pines, and afterwards turn d to a\\ntertian Ague, prevented me. Therefore I can\\ngive no Account of that Ifland, any further\\nthan what I could fee from the Ships, which\\nwas Abundance of that Sort of Palm-Trees, in\\nFrench call d Lataniers, fit for nothing but\\nmaking of Brooms, or fcarce any other Ufe.\\nThat day we faw fome Smoaks, far within the\\nIfland, and guefs d they might be a Signal of\\nthe Number of our Ships, or elfe made by fome\\nof the Country Hunters, who had loft their\\nWay.\\nThe next Night preceding the 17th, the\\nWind freflining from the N. W. and ftarting\\nup all on a fudden, drove the Vefi el call d la\\nBelle upon her Anchor, fo that flie came foul of\\nthe Boltfprit of the Aimable, carrying away the\\nSprit-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 15\\nSpritfail-Yard and the Spritfail-Top-Sail-Yard, 1684\\nand had not they immediately veer d out the\\nCable of the Aimable., the VefTel la Belle would\\nhave been in danger of perifhing, but efcap d\\nwith the Lofs of her Mizen, which came by the\\nBoard, and of about a hundred Fathoms of\\nCable and an Anchor.\\nThe 1 8th, the Wind being frefh, we made\\nready, and fail d about Ten in the Morning,\\n(landing North and N. and by JV. and held our\\nCourfe till Noon; the Point of Cape St.Anthony\\nbearing Eajf and JVeJJ with us, and fo continu d\\nfleering North-Weft^ till the 19th at Noon, when\\nwe found our felves in the Latitude of 22 De-\\ngrees 58 minutes Norths and in 287 Degrees\\n54 Minutes Longitude.\\nFinding the Wind fhifting from one Side to\\nanother, we diredied our Courfe feveral Ways,\\nbut that which prov d advantageous to us, was\\nthe fair Weather, and that was a great Help,\\nfo that fcarce a Day pafs d without taking an\\nObfervation.\\nThe 20th, we found the Variation of the Needle\\nwas 5 Degrees Wefl^ and we were in 26 Degrees\\n40 Minutes of North Latitude and 285 Degrees\\n16 Minutes Longitude. The 23 th it grew very\\ncloudy, which threaten d ftormy Weather, and\\nwe prepar d to receive it, but came off only\\nwith the Apprehenfion, the Clouds difperfing\\nfeveral Ways, and we continu d till the 27th in\\nand about 28 Degrees 14 Minutes, and both\\nby the Latitude and Eftimation it was judg d,\\nthat we were not far from Land.\\nThe Bark call d la Belle was fent out to\\ndifcover and keep before, founding all the Way;\\nand half an Hour before Sun-set, we faw the\\nVeffel", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "1 6 Monfteur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nDec. 1684 VefTel la Belle put out her Colours and lie by\\nfor us. Being come up with her, the Mafler\\ntold us, he had found an Owzy Bottom at\\nthirty two Fathom Water. At eight of the\\nClock we founded alfo, and found forty Fa-\\nthom, and at ten, but twenty five. About\\nMidnight, la Belle founding again, found only\\nfeventeen, which being a Demonftration of the\\nNearness of the Land, we lay by for the Joly^\\nto know what Monfieur de Beaujeu defign d,\\nwho being come up, lay by with us.\\nThe 27th, Monfieur de Beaujeu fent the Che-\\nvalier d Aire^ his Lieutenant, and two Pilots to\\nMonfieur de la Sale^ to conclude upon the Courfe\\nwe were to fleer, and it was agreed we fhould\\n(land Weft North Weft till we came into fix\\nFathom Water; that then we ftiould run Weft,\\nand when we had difcover d the Land, Boats\\nftiould be fent to view the Country. Matters\\nbeing thus agreed on, we fail d again, founding\\nall the Way for the more Security, and about\\nten, were in ten or eleven Fathom Water, the\\nBottom fine greyifti Sand and owzy. At Noon,\\nwere in 26 Degrees 37 Minutes of North La-\\ntitude.\\nThe 28 th, being in eight or nine Fathom\\nWater, we perceiv d the Bark la Belle, which\\nkept a Head of us, put out her Colours, which\\nwas the Signal of her having difcover d Some-\\nthing. A Sailor was fent up to the Main-Top,\\nwho defcry d the Land, to the N. E. not above\\nfix Leagues Diftance from us, which being told\\nto Monfieur de Beaujeu, he thought fit to come\\nto an Anchor.\\nThere being no Man among us who had any\\nKnowledge of that Bay, where we had been\\ntold", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "mfo NORTH AMERICA. 17\\ntold the Currents were ftrong, and fate fwiftly \u00e2\u0096\u00a0O^ 1684\\nto the EaJJwardj it made us fufped: that we\\nwere fallen off, and that the Land we faw mufl\\nbe the Bay of Apalache^ which oblig d us on\\nthe 29th to fleer JV. N. W. dill keeping along\\nthe Land, and it was agreed that the Joly fhould\\nfollow us in fix Fathom Water.\\nThe 30th, the Chevalier d Aire and the fe-\\ncond Pilot of the Joly came aboard us to con-\\nfer and adjufl: by our Recknings what Place\\nwe might be in, and they all agreed, according\\nto Monfieur de la Sale s Opinion, that the Cur- Currents.\\nrents had fet us to the Eaftward^ for which Rea-\\nfon we held on our Courfe, as we had done the\\nDay before to the N. W. keeping along the\\nShore till the firfl of January 1685. when we\\nperceiv d that the Currents forc d us towards\\nthe Land, which oblig d us to come to an An-\\nchor in fix Fathom Water.\\nWe had not been there long, before the Bark la\\nBelle made a Signal that (he had difcover d\\nLand, which we defcry d at about 4 Leagues\\nDiftance from us. Notice was given to Mon-\\nfieur de Beaujeu^ who drew near to us, and it was\\nrefolv d to fend fome Perfon to difcover and\\ntake an Account of the Land that appear d\\nto us.\\nAccordingly a Boat was man d, and into it\\nwent Monfieur de la Sale, the Chevalier de Aire\\nand feveral others another Boat was alfo put\\nout, aboard which I went with Ten or Twelve\\nof our Gentlemen, to join Monfieur de la Sale\\nand the Bark la Belle was order d to follow al-\\nways keeping along the Shore to the End that\\nif the Wind fhou d rife, we might get aboard\\nher, to lofe no Time.\\nC Some", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "1 8 Monfieur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nJan. 1685 Some of thofe who were in Monfieur de la\\nSale s Boat, and the foremoft, went aftiore and\\nFir/t Lan- ^^w a fpacious plain Country of much Failure\\nding. Ground but had not the Leifure to make any\\nparticular Difcovery, because the Wind frefh-\\nning, they were oblig d to return to their\\nBoat, to come aboard again which was the\\nReafon why we did not go quite up to the Shore,\\nbut return d with them to our Ship. All that\\ncould be taken Notice of was a great Quantity\\nof Wood along the Coaft. We took an Ob-\\nfervation and found 29 Degrees 10 Minutes of\\nNorth Latitude.\\nThe Second, there arofe a Fog, which made us\\nlofe Sight of the Joly. The next Day, the\\nWeather clearing up, we fir d fome Cannon-\\nfhot and the Joly anfwer d, and towards the\\nEvening we perceiv d her to the Windward of\\nus. We held on our Courfe, making feveral\\nTrips till the Fourth in the Evening, when be-\\ning in Sight and within two Leagues of the\\nLand, we came to an Anchor to expe6t the Joly^\\nfor which we were in Pain.\\nMonfieur The Fifth, we fet Sail and held on our Courfe\\nJoutel /5^- j^^ j^^ keeping along the Shore till about Six\\nr the Evening, when we flood away to the\\nwas one of 1 i -vt- 1 r t-- 1\\nthe Mouths Southward and anchor d at JN ight m tix r atnom\\nof the Mif- Water. The Sixth, we would have made ready\\nfifipi. See to fail, but the Pilot perceiving, that the Sea\\n^^S ^^l^ b^o^^ aflern of us, and that there were fome\\n^fllo 7 Shoals, it was thought proper to continue at\\nAnchor, till the Wind chang d, and we accor-\\ndingly (laid there the Sixth and all the Seventh.\\nThe Eighth the Wind veering about, we flood\\nout a little to Sea, to avoid thofe Shoals, which\\nare very dangerous, and anchor d again a League\\nfrom", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "info NORTH AMERICA. 19\\nfrom thence. Upon Advice, that the Bark /a 7^ 1685\\nBe/k had dilcover d a fmall Ifland, which ap- VNJ\\npear d between the two Points of a Bay, Mon-\\nfieur Je la Sale fent a Man up to the round Top,\\nfrom whence both the one and the other were\\nplainly to be feen, and according to the Sea\\nCharts we had with us, that was fuppos d to be\\nthe Bay of the Holy Ghojf.\\nThe Ninth, Monfieur de la Sale^ fent to view\\nthofe Shoals. Thofe who went reported there\\nwas a fort of Bank, which runs along the Coaft\\nthat they had been in one Fathom Water and\\ndifcover d the little Ifland before-mention d,\\nand as for the Sand Bank there is no fuch\\nthing mark d down in the Charts. Monfieur\\nde la Sale having examin d the Recknings, was\\nconfirm d in his Opinion, that we were in the\\nBay of Apalache^ and caus d us to continue the\\nfame Courfe.\\nThe Tenth, he took an Obfervation and found\\n29 Degrees 23 Minutes North Latitude. The\\neleventh, we were becalm d, and Monfieur de\\nla Sale refolv d to go afliore, to endeavour to\\ndifcover what he was looking for but as we\\nwere making ready, the Pilot began to mutter\\nbecaufe five or fix of us were going with Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale, who too lightly alter d his De-\\nfign, to avoid giving Offence to brutifli People.\\nIn that Particular he committed an irretrieve-\\nable Error for it is the Opinion of Judicious\\nMen, who, as well as I, faw the reft of that\\nVoyage, that the Mouth of one of the Branches\\nof the Mijfijtpi River, and the fame whofe La-\\ntitude Monfieur de la Sale had taken, when he\\ntravel! d to it from Canada^ was not far from\\nC 2 that", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "20 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJan. 1685 that Place, and that we muft of NecefTity be\\nnear the Bay of the Holy Ghojf.\\nMonfieur It was Monfieur de la Sales Defign to find that\\nde\\\\^ Sale j g^^.^ ^j^^^ having found it, he had refolv d to\\nhave fet afliore about thirty Men, who were to\\nhave follow d the Coafl on the Right and Left,\\nwhich would infallibly have difcover d to him\\nthat fatal River, and have prevented many\\nMisfortunes but Heaven refus d him that\\nSuccefs, and even made him regardlefs of an\\nAffair of fuch Consequence, fince he was fatis-\\nfy d with fending thither the Pilot, with one\\nof the Mafters of the Bark la Belle^ who re-\\nturn d without having feen any Thing, becaufe\\na fog happen d to rife only the Mafter of\\nthe Bark faid he believ d there was a River\\noppofite to thofe Shoals, which was very likely,\\nand yet Monfieur de la Sale took no Notice of\\nit, nor made any Account of that Report.\\nThe Twelfth, the Wind being come about\\nwe weigh d and directed our Courfe S. W. to\\nget further from the Land. By an Obferva-\\ntion found 25 Degrees 50 Minutes North La-\\ntitude, and the Wind fiiifting, and the Cur-\\nrents, which fet from the Seaward driving\\nus afiiore, it was found convenient to anchor\\nin four or five Fathom Water, where we\\nfpent all the Night.\\nThe Thirteenth, we perceiv d our Water\\nbegan to fall fliort, and therefore it was requi-\\nfite to go afliore to fill fome Casks. Monfieur\\nde la Sale propos d it to me to go and fee it\\nperform d, which I accepted of, with fix of\\nour Gentlemen who offer d their Service. We\\nwent into the Boat, with our Arms, the Boat\\nbelonging to the Bark la Belle follow d ours,\\nwith", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "/W^ NORTH AMERICA. 21\\nwith five or fix Men, and we all made diredly J^^- 1685\\nfor the Land. V-^ V^O\\nWe were very near the Shoar, when we dif-\\ncover d a number of naked Men marching a-\\nlong the Banks, whom we fuppos d to be na-\\ntive Savages. We drew within two Musket\\nShots of the Land, and the Shore being flat, the\\nWind fetting from the Offing, and the Sea\\nrunning high, dropt our Anchors, for Fear of\\n(laving our Boats.\\nWhen the Savages perceiv d we had ftopp d,\\nthey made Signs to us with Skins, to go to\\nthem, fhew d us their Bows, which they laid Savages\\ndown upon the Ground, and drew near to the came to the\\nEdge of the Shore; but becaufe we could not ^o^t-\\nget Alliore, and (till they continued their Sig-\\nnals, I put my Handkerchief on the End of\\nmy Firelock, after the Manner of a Flag, and\\nmade Signs to them to come to us. They\\nwere fome Time confidering of it, and at laft\\nfome of them ran into the Water up to their\\nShoulders, till perceiving that the Waves over-\\nwhelm d them, they went out again, fetch d a\\nlarge Piece of Timber, which they threw into\\nthe Sea, plac d themfelves along both Sides of\\nit, holding fad to it with one Arm, and fwim-\\ning with the other; and in that Manner they\\ndrew near to our Boat.\\nBeing in Hopes that Monfr. de la Sale, might\\nget fome Information from thofe Savages, we\\nmade no Difficulty of taking them into our Boat,\\none after another, on each Side, to the Number\\nof five, and then made Signs to the reft to go\\nto the other Boat, which they did, and we car- earned\\nry d them on Board. Aboard,\\nC 3 Mon-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "Jan. 1685\\n22 Monjieur de la Sale Second Voyage\\nMonfieur de la Sale was very well pleas d to\\nfee them, imagining they might give him fome\\nAccount of the River he fought after but to no\\nPurpofe, for he fpoke to them in feveral of the\\nLanguages of the Savages, which he knew, and\\nmade many Signs to them, but flill they under-\\n(lood not what he meant, or if they did com-\\nprehend any thing, they made Signs, that they\\nknew nothing of what he ask d; fo that having\\nmade them fmoak and eat, we fhewed them\\nour Arms and the Ship, and when they faw at\\none End of it fome Sheep, Swine, Hens and\\nTurkeys, and the Hide of a Cow we had kill d,\\nthey made Signs that they had of all thofe Sorts\\nof Creatures among them.\\nWe gave them fome Knives and Strings of\\nReturn A- Beads, after which, they were difmifs d, and\\nJbore with Waves hindring us from coming too near\\nthe Shore, they were oblig d to leap into the\\nWater, after we had made faft about their\\nNecks, or to the Tuft of Hair they have on\\nthe Top of the Head, the Knives and other\\nfmall Prefents Monfieur de la Sale had given\\nthem.\\nThey went and join d the others who expelled\\nthem, and were making Signs to us to go to\\nthem; but not being able to make the Shore,\\nwe flood off again and return d to our Ship.\\nIt is to be obferved, that when we were carrying\\nthem back, they made fome Signs to us, by\\nwhich we conceiv d they would fignify to us\\nthat there was a great River that Way we\\nwere pafs d, and that it occafion d the Shoals\\nwe had feen.\\nGifts.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\n23\\nBulloch.\\nThe Wind changing, the fame Day, we J in- 1685\\nweigh d Anchor and ftood to the Southward, V^^\\nto get into the Offing, till the 14th in the Morn-\\ning, when we were becalm d. At Noon, we\\nwere in 28 Degrees 51 Minutes of North Lati-\\ntude. The Wind frefhned, and in the Evening\\nwe held on our Courfe, but only for a fhort\\nTime, becaufe the Wind fetting us towards the\\nShore, we were obliged to anchor again, where-\\nupon Monfieur de la Sale again refolved to fend\\nAfhore, and the fame Perfons imbark d in the\\nfame Boats to that efFed.\\nWe met with the fame Obflacles, that had\\nhinder d us the Day before, that is, the High-\\nSea, which would not permit us to come near\\n11 1 11*1 A 1 D\u00e2\u0080\u009e/7^-i,\\nthe Shore, and were obliged to drop Anchor m\\nfourteen Foot Water. The Sight of Abundance\\nof Goats and Bullocks, differing in Shape, from\\nours, and running along the Coast, heighten d\\nour Earneftnefs to be Afhore. We therefore\\nfounded to fee whether we might get to Land\\nby Stripping, and found we were on a Flat,\\nwhich had four Foot Water, but that beyond\\nit there was a deep Channel. Whilfl we were\\nconfulting what to do, a Storm arofe, which\\noblig d Monfieur de la Sale to fire a Gun for us\\nto return Aboard, which we did againfl our\\nInclination.\\nMonfieur de la Sale was pleas d with the Re-\\nport we made him, and by it, feveral were en-\\ncouraged to go Afhore to hunt, that we might\\nhave fome frefh Meat. We fpent all that Night,\\ntill the next Morning, in Hopes of returning\\nfoon to that Place; but the Wind changing,\\nforc d us to weigh and fail till the Evening,\\nwhen we drop d Anchor in fix Fathom Water.\\nC 4 The", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "24 Monjteur de la S a l e*j- Second Voyage\\nJan. 1685 The Land which we never departed from very\\n^^^^t^ far, appear d to us very pleafant, and having\\nlain there till the i6th, that Morning we fail d\\ntV. S. W. We weather d a Point, keeping a large\\nOffing, becaufe of the Sea s beating upon it,\\nand flood to the Southward. At Noon, we\\nwere in 28 Degrees 20 Minutes of North Lati-\\ntude, and confequently found the Latitude de-\\nclin d, by which we were fenfible, that the\\nCoafl tendred to the Southward. At Night we\\nanchor d in fix Fathom Water.\\nThe 17 th, the Wind continuing the fame,\\nwe held on our Courfe S. W. and having\\nabout Ten difcover d a Sort of River, Monfieur\\nde la Sale caus d Ten of us to go into a Boat,\\nto take a View of that Coafl, and fee whether\\nthere was not fome Place to land. He order d\\nme, in Cafe we found any convenient Place, to\\ngive him Notice either by Fire or Smoke.\\nWe fet out, and found the Shoals obflruded\\nour Defcent. One of our Men went naked into\\nthe Water to found that Sand Bank, which lay\\nbetween us and the Land and having fhewn\\nus a Place where we might Pafs, we, with much\\nDifficulty, forc d our Boat into the Channel,\\nand fix or feven of us landed, after ordering the\\nBoat to go up into that which had appeared to\\nus to be a River, to fee whether any frefh Wa-\\nter could be found.\\nAs foon as we were landed, I made a Smoke\\nto give Notice to Monfieur de la Sale^ and then\\nwe advanc d both Ways, without flragling too\\nfar, that we might be ready to receive Monfr.\\nde la Sakj who was to come, as he did, foon\\nafter, but finding the Surges run high, he re-\\nturn d\\nSecond\\nlanding.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 25\\nturn d, and our Boat finding no frefh Water, J^ 1685\\ncame back and anchor d to wait for us. ^-0 ^V)\\nWe walked about every Way, and found a\\ndry Soil, tho it feem d to be overflow d at fome\\nTimes; great Lakes of fait Water, little Grafs,\\nthe Track of Goats, on the Sand, and faw Herds\\nof them, but could not come near them, how-\\never we kill d fome Ducks and Buftards. In the\\nEvening, as we were returning, we mifs d an\\nEnglilli Seaman, fir d feveral Shot to give him\\nNotice, fearched all about, waited till after\\nSunfet, and at lafl: hearing no Tidings of him,\\nwe went into the Boat to return Aboard.\\nI gave Monfieur de la Sale an Account of\\nwhat we had feen, which would have pleas d\\nhim, had the River we difcover d, afforded frefh\\nWater: He was alfo uneafy for the loft Man;\\nbut about Midnight we faw a Fire Afhore, in\\nthe Place we came from, which we fupos d to\\nbe made by our Man, and the Boat went for him\\nas foon as it was day on the i8th.\\nAfter that, we made feveral Trips, ftill\\nfteering towards the S. W. and then enfued a\\nCalm, which oblig d us to come to an Anchor.\\nWant of Water made us think of returning\\ntowards the River, where we had been the Day\\nbefore. Monfr. de la Sale refolved to fet a\\nconfiderable Number of Men Aftiore, with fuf-\\nficient Ammunition, and to go with them him-\\nfelf, to difcover and take Cognizance of that\\nCountry, and order d me to follow him. Ac-\\ncordingly we fail d back, and came to an An-\\nchor in the fame Place.\\nAll things neceftary for that End being or-\\nder d on the 19th, Part of the Men were put\\ninto a Boat; but a very thick Fog rifing, and\\ntaking", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "26\\nJan, 1685\\nCommand-\\ners at Va-\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\ntaking away the Sight of Land, the Compafs\\nwas made ufe of, and the fog difperfmg as we\\ndrew near the Land, we perceiv d a Ship mak-\\ning diredly towards us, and that it was the\\nJoly^ where Monfr. de Beaujeu commanded,\\nwhich rejoic d us, but our Satisfa6tion was not\\nlafting, and it will appear by the Sequel, that\\nit were to have been wifhed, that Monfieur de\\nBeaujeu had not joyn d us again, but that he had\\nrather gone away for France^ without ever fee-\\ning of us.\\nHis Arrival difconcerted the Execution of\\nour Enterprize. Monfr. de la Sale^ who was\\nalready on his Way, and thofe who were gone\\nbefore him, return d Aboard, and fome Hours\\nafter, Monfr. de Beaujeu fent his Lieutenant,\\nMonfr. de Aire, attended by feveral Perfons, as\\nwell Clergymen as others, among whom was\\nthe Sieur Gabaret, fecond Pilot of the Joly.\\nMonfieur d^ Aire complain d grievoufly to\\nMonfieur de la Sale, in the Name of Monfr. de\\nBeaujeu, for that faid he, we had left him defign-\\nedly; which was not true, for as I have faid,\\nthe Joly lay at Anchor A-head of us, when we\\nwere feparated from her; we fired a Gun to give\\nher Notice of our Departure, as had been con-\\ncerted, and Monfr. de Beaujeu anfwer d it; be-\\nfides that, if we had intended to feparate from\\nhim, we fliould not have always held our Courfe\\nin Sight of Land, as we had done, and that had\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu held the fame Courfe,\\nas had been agreed, he had not been feparated\\nfrom us.\\nThere were afterwards feveral Difputes be-\\ntween the Captains and the Pilots, as well\\nAboard Monfieur Sale, as Aboard Monfieur\\nde", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 27\\nde BeaujeUj when thofe Gentlemen return d, a- Jan- 1685\\nbout fettling exadly the Place we were in, and ^^^t^j\\nthe Courfe we were to fteer; fome pofitively\\naffirming we were farther than we imagined, and\\nthat the Currents had carry d us away; and\\nothers, that we were near the Magdalen Ri-\\nver.\\nThe former of thofe Notions prevail d. They pafs\\nwhence, upon Refledlion, Monfieur de la Sale the Mouth\\nconcluded, that he mud be pad his River, f^^/^\\nwhich was but too true; for that River empty- P\\ning it felf in the Sea by two Channels, it fol-\\nlow d that one of the Mouths fell about the\\nShoals we had obferv d the fixth of the Month\\nand the rather becaufe thofe Shoals were very\\nnear the Latitude that Monfieur de la Sale had\\nobferv d, when he came by the way of Cana-\\nda to difcover the Mouth of that River, as he\\ntold me feveral Times.\\nThis Confideration prevail d with Monfieur\\nde la Sale to propofe his Defign of returning to-\\nwards thofe Shoals. He gave his Reafons for\\nfo doing and expofed his Doubts; but his ill\\nFortune made him not be regarded. Our Paf-\\nfage had taken up more Time than had been ex-\\npelled, by Reafon of the Calms; there was a\\nconfiderable Number of Men aboard the Joly,\\nand Provifions grew fhort, infomuch that they\\nfaid it would not hold out to return, if our De-\\nparture were delay d. For this Reafon Mon-\\nfieur de Beaujeu demanded Provifions of Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale-, but he asking enough for a long\\nTime, Monfieur de la Sale anfwer d, he could\\nonly give him enough for a Fortnight, which\\nwas more Time than was requifite to reach the\\nPlace he intended to return to and that befides\\nhe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "28 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJan. 1685 he could not give him more Provifions, without\\nrummaging all the Stores to the Bottom of the\\nHold, which would endanger his being cafl\\naway. Thus nothing was concluded, and Mon-\\nfieur de Beaujeu return d to his own Ship.\\nIn the mean Time, Want of Water began to\\nJ^ ^f pinch us, and Monfieur de la Sale refolv d to\\nfend to look for fome about the next River. Ac-\\ncordingly he order d the two Boats that had\\nbeen made ready the Day before, to go off. He\\nwas aboard one of them himfelf, and dired:ed\\nme to follow him. Monfieur de Beaujeu alfo\\ncommanded his Boat to go for Wood. By the\\nWay we met the faid Sieur de Beaujeu in his\\nYaul, returning from Land, with the Sieur\\nMinet, an Ingenier, who told us, they had been\\nin a Sort of fait Pool, two or three Leagues\\nfrom the Place where the Ships were at Anchor,\\nwe held on our Way and landed.\\nOne of our Boats, which was gone ahead of\\nus, had been a League and a half up the River,\\nwithout finding any frefli Water in its Channel;\\nbut fome Men wandering about to the right\\nand left, had met with divers Rivulets of very\\ngood Water, wherewith many Casks were\\nfill d.\\nWe lay afliore, and our Hunters having that\\nDay kill d good Store of Ducks, Buftards and\\nTeal, and the next Day two Goats, Monfieur\\nde la Sale fent Monfieur de Beaujeu Part. We\\nfeafted upon the refl:, and that good Sport\\nput feveral Gentlemen that were then aboard\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu^ among whom were Mon-\\nfieur du Hamely the Enfign and the King s Clerk,\\nupon coming afliore to partake of the Diverfi-\\non; but they took much Pains and were not\\nfuccefsfull in their Sport. In", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "//o NORTH AMERICA. 29\\nIn the mean Time many Casks were fill d J^^*- 1685\\nwith Water, as well for our Ship as for Mon- ^^J\\nfieur de Beaujeus. Some Days after Monfieur\\nd Aire the Lieutenant, came afhore to confer\\nwith Monfieur de la Sale^ and to know how he\\nwould manage about the Provifions but both\\nof them perfi fling in their firft: Propofals and\\nMonfieur de la Sale perceiving that Monfieur de\\nBeaujeu would not be fatisfied with Provifions\\nfor 15 Days, which he thought fufficient to go\\nto the Place where he expected to find one of\\nthe Branches of the MiJJiftpi^ which he with\\ngood Reafon believ d to be about the Shoals, I\\nhave before fpoken of, nothing was concluded\\nas to that Affair. Monfieur d Aire return d to\\nhis Captain, and Monfieur de la Sale refolv d to\\nland his Men which could not be done for\\nfome Days, becaufe of the foul Weather but\\nin the mean Time we kill d much Game.\\nDuring this little Interval, Monfieur de la\\nSale being impatient to get fome Intelligence of\\nwhat he fought after, refolv d to go himfelf up-\\non Difcovery, and to feek out fome more ufeful\\nand commodious River than that where they\\nwere. To this Purpofe he took five or fix of\\nus along with him. We fet out one Morning\\nin fo thick a Fog, that the hindmofl could not\\nperceive the Track of the foremoll, fo that we\\nlofl Monfieur de la Sale for fome Time.\\nWe travel d till about three in the Afternoon,\\nfinding the Country for the moft Part Sandy, Account of\\nlittle Grafs, no frefh Water, unlefs in fome the Country\\nSloughs, the Track of abundance of wild Goats,\\nLakes full of Ducks, Teals, Water-Hens, and\\nhaving taken much Pains return d without Suc-\\ncefs.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "30 Monfteur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nJan. 1685 The next Morning, Monfieur de la Sale s In-\\n^t^ dian^ going about to find wild Goats, came to\\na Lake, which had a little Ice upon it, the\\nWeather being cold, and Abundance of Fi{h dy-\\ning about the Edges of it. He came to inform\\nus, we went to make our Provifion of them, there\\nwere fome of a prodigious Magnitude, and a-\\nmong the reft extraordinary large Trouts, or\\nelfe they were fome Sort of Fifh very like them.\\nWe caufed fome of each of a Sort to be boil d in\\nfait Water, and found them very good. Thus\\nhaving Plenty of Fifh and Flefh, we began to\\nufe ourfelves to eat them both, without Bread.\\nWhilft we liv d thus eafy enough, Monfieur\\nde la Sale expedied with Impatience to know\\nwhat Refolution Monfieur de Beaujeu would\\ntake that he might either go to the Place,\\nwhere he expeded to find the Mijfiftpi^ or follow\\nfome other Courfe but at laft, perceiving that\\nhis Affairs did not advance, he refolv d to put\\nhis own Defign in Execution, the Purport where-\\nof was to land one hundred and twenty, or\\none hundred and thirty Men to go along the\\nCoaft and continue it, till they had found fome\\nother River, and that at the fame Time the Bark\\nla Belle fhould hold the fame Courfe at Sea, ftill\\nkeeping along the Coaft, to relieve thofe Afhore\\nin Time of Need.\\nHe gave me and Monfieur Moranget, his\\nNephew, the Command of that fmall Compa-\\nny, he furnifh d us with all Sorts of Provifions\\nfor eight, or ten Days, as alfo Arms, Tools and\\nUtenfils we might have Occafion for, of which\\nevery Man made his Bundle. He alfo gave us\\nwritten Inftrudions of what we were to do, the\\nSignals", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 31\\nSignals we were to make; and thus we fet out 1685\\non the Fourth of February. ^vNj\\nWe took our Way along the Shore. Our j,\\nfirfl: Day s Journey was not long, we encamp d ia\u00e2\u0080\u009ed\\non a little rifing Ground, heard a Cannon fhot, to difco-\\nwhich made us uneafy, made the Signals that\\nhad been appointed, and the next Day, being\\nthe 5th, we held on our March, Monfieur Mo-\\nranget bringing up the Rear, and I leading the\\nVan.\\nI will not fpend Time in relating feveral per-\\nfonal Accidents, inconfiderable in themfelves,\\nor of no Confequence, the mod confiderable of\\nthem being the Want of frefh Water but\\nwill proceed to fay, that after three Days\\nMarch we found a great River, where we halt-\\ned and made the Signals agreed on, encamping\\non a commodious Spot of Ground till we could\\nhear of the Boat, which was to follow us, or of\\nour Ships.\\nBut our Provifions beginning to fall fhort,\\nand none of our Ships appearing, being befides\\napprehenfive of fome unlucky Accident oc-\\ncafion d by the Difagreement between Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale and Monfr. de Beaujeu^ the Chief\\nof our Company came together to know what\\nRefolution we fhould take. It was agreed, that\\nwe fhould fpare our Provifions to endeavour to\\ngo on to fome Place where we might find Bul-\\nlocks but it was requifite to crofs the River,\\nand we knew not how, becaufe we were too\\nmany of us, and therefore it was decreed to\\nfet fome Carpenters there were among us at\\nWork to build a little Boat, which took them\\nup the eleventh and twelfth of February.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "ver.\\n32 Monfteur de la S ale j- Second Voyage\\nFeb. 1685 The 13th, we were put out of our Pain by\\ntwo VefTels we difcover d at Sea, which we\\nknew to be the Joly and la Belle^ to whom we\\nmade our Signals with Smoke. They came not\\nin then, becaufe it was late, but the next Day\\nbeing the 14th in the Morning, the Boat, with\\nthe Sieur Barbier and the Pilot of the Bark la\\nBelle come up, and both founded the Mouth of\\nthe River.\\nThey found on the Bar, from ten to twelve\\nFoot Water, and within it from five to fix\\nA fine Rt- jT^thom the Breadth of the River being about\\nhalf a Quarter of a League. They founded\\nnear the Ifland, which lies between the two\\nPoints of the Bay, and found the fame Depth.\\nThe Boat of the Joly came and founded on the\\nother Side of the Channel, and particularly a-\\nlong the Shoals, I know not to what Purpofe.\\nThe fame Day, Monfieur de la Sale, for whom\\nwe were much in Pain, came alfo, and as foon\\nas he arrived, he caus d the Boat to be laden\\nwith fuch Provifions as we flood in Need of,\\nbut the Wind being contrary, it could not\\ncome to us till the next Day, being the 15th.\\nThat fame Day, Monfr. de la Sale came Afhoar\\nto view the Place and examine the Entrance\\ninto the River, which he found to be very\\ngood. Having confider d all Particulars, he re-\\nfolv d to fend in the Bark la Belle and 1 Aimable,\\nthat they might be under Shelter, to which\\nPurpofe, he order d to found, and to know whe-\\nther thofe two Vefi^els could both come in that\\nfame Day. Monfieur de Beaujeu caus d alfo the\\nPlace to be founded, and lay Aflioar on the o-\\nther Side of the River, where he took Notice\\nthere were Vines which run up the Trees, like\\nour", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "^^\\\\r\\\\)\\n7/o NORTH AMERICA. 33\\nour Wall Vines, fome Woods and the CarcafTes ^eS^ 1^85\\nof Bullocks, which he fuppofed to have died\\nwith Third:.\\nThe 1 6th, the Pilots of the Jofyy FAimable\\nand la Belle, went again to found, they found\\nthe Entrance eafy, and gave it under their\\nHands. The 17th, they fix d Stakes to mark\\nout the Way, that the Veflels might come fafe\\nin. All Things feem d to promife a happy\\nEvent.\\nThe 1 8 th, the Chevalier y^/r*? came afhore,\\nto confer with Monfieur de la Sale, who being\\ndefirous to have the Fly-boat V Aimable come in\\nthat Day, order d the mod weighty Things in\\nher to be unloaded, as the Cannon, the Iron\\nand fome other Things. It was my good Fortune\\nthat my Chefl flood in the Way, and was alfo\\nunloaded, but that Unlading could not be done\\ntill the next Day, being the 19th. That being\\nperform d, the Captain affirm d it would go in\\nat 8 Foot Water.\\nThe 20th, Monfieur de la Sale fent Orders to\\nthat Captain to draw near the Bar, and to\\ncome in at high Water, of which a Signal fhould\\nbe given him; he alfo order d the Pilot of the\\nBark la Belle to go aboard the Fly boat, to be\\naffifling when it came in. The Captain would\\nnot receive him aboard, faying, he could carry\\nin his Ship without his Help. All thefe Pre-\\ncautions prov d of no Ufe; Monfieur la Sale\\ncould not avert his ill Fate. He having taken\\nNotice of a large Tree on the Bank of the Ri-\\nver, which he judg d fit to make a Canoe, fent\\n7 or 8 Workmen to hew it down, two of whom\\nreturn d fome Time after, in a great Fright,\\nand told him, they had narrowly efcap d being\\nD taken", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "34\\nFeb. 1685\\nA Company\\nofSavages.\\nTheir\\nFriendly\\nBehaviour.\\nMonjteur de la S A l e*j Second Voyage\\ntaken by a Company of Savages, and that they\\nbeliev d the others had fallen into their Hands.\\nMonfieur de la Sale order d us immediately to\\nhandle our Arms, and to march with Drums\\nbeating towards the Savages, who feeing us in\\nthat Poflure, fac d about and went off.\\nMonfieur de la Sale being defirous to join thofe\\nSavages, to endeavour to get fome Information\\nfrom them, order d Ten of us to lay down our\\nArms and draw near them, making Signs to\\nthem, at the fame Time, to come to us. When\\nthey faw us in that Poftureand unarm d, moft\\nof them alfo laid down their Bows and Arrows\\nand came to meet us, carrefling us after their\\nManner, and ftroaking firfl their own Breafls\\nand then ours, then their own Arms and after-\\nwards ours. By thefe Signs they gave us to un-\\nderftand that they had a Friendlhip for us,\\nwhich they exprefs d by laying their Hands\\non their Hearts, and we did the fame on our\\nPart.\\nSix or feven of thofe Savages went along with\\nus, and the refl: kept three of our Men, in the\\nNature of Hoflages. Thofe who went with us\\nwere made much of, but Monfieur de la Sale\\ncould learn nothing of them, either by Signs or\\notherwife; all they could make us underftand\\nwas, that there was good hunting of Bullocks\\nin the Country. We obferv d, that their Yea\\nconfifled in a Cry, fetch d from the Bottom of\\nthe Throat, not unlike the Call of a Hen to\\ngather her Chickens. Monfieur de la Sale gave\\nthem fome Knives, Hatchets and other Trifles,\\nwith which they feem d well pleafed, and went\\naway.\\nMonfieur", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "m/0 NORTH AMERICA. 35\\nMonfieur de la Sale was glad to be rid of F^^- 1685\\nthofe People, becaufe he was willing to be pre- vVJ\\nfent when the Flyboat came in; but his ill Fate\\nwould not permit it. He thought fit to go him-\\nfelf along with thofe Savages, and we follow d\\nhim, thinking to have found our Men in the\\nfame Place where we left them but perceiv d on\\nthe Contrary, that the Savages had carried\\nthem away to their Camp, which was a League\\nand half from us, and Monfieur de la Sablonniere^\\nLieutenant of Foot, being one of thofe the Sa-\\nvages had taken with them, Monfieur de la Sale\\nresolved to go himfelf to fetch him away, an\\nunhappy Thought which coft him dear.\\nAs we were on our Way towards the Camp\\nof the Savages, happenning to look towards the\\nSea, we faw the Flyboat V Aimable under Sail,\\nwhich the Savages who were with us admir d,\\nand Monfieur de la Sale obferving it narrowly,\\ntold us, thofe People fteer d wrong, and were\\n(landing towards the Shoals, which made him\\nvery uneafy, but flill we advanc d. We arriv d\\nat the Camp of the Savages, which flood upon 1,\\nan Eminence, and confifled of about Fifty Cot-\\ntages made of rufh Mats, and others of dry d\\nSkins, and built with long Poles, bow d round\\nat the Top, like great Ovens, and mod of the\\nSavages fitting about, as if they were upon the\\nWatch.\\nWe were (lill advancing into the Village,\\nwhen he heard a Cannon Shot, the Noife\\nwhereof (Iruck fuch a Dread among the Savages,\\nthat they all fell flat upon the Ground; but\\nMonfieur de la Sale and we were too fenfible it\\nwas a Signal that our Ship was aground, which\\nwas confirm d by feeing them furl their Sails;\\nD 1 however", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "36 Monjieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nFei.i6S^ However we were gone too far to return; our\\nMen mufl be had, and to that Purpofe, we mufl\\nproceed to the Hut of the Commander in\\nChief\\nAs foon as we arrived there, Monfr. de la\\nSale was introduc d; many of the Indian Wo-\\nmen came in, they were very deform d and\\nall naked, excepting a Skin girt about them,\\nwhich hung down to their Knees. They would\\nhave led us to their Cottages, but Monfr. de la\\nSale had order d us not to part, and to obferve\\nwhether the Indians did not draw together, fo\\nthat we kept together, (landing upon our Guard,\\nand I was always with him.\\nThey brought us fome Pieces of Beef, both\\nTheir En- fj-gf}^ and dry d in the Air and Smoke, and\\ntertatn- Pieces of Porpois, which they cut with a Sort\\nof Knife, made of Stone, fetting one Foot upon\\nit, and holding with one Hand, whilft they cut\\nwith the other. We faw nothing of Iron a-\\nmong them. They had given our Men, that\\ncame with them, to eat, and Monfr, de la Sale\\nbeing extraordinary uneafy, we foon took Leave\\nof them to return. At our going out, we ob-\\nferv d about forty Canoes, fome of them like\\nthofe Monfr. de la Sale had feen on the MiJJiJipi,\\nwhich made him conclude he was not far from\\nit.\\nWe foon arrived at our Camp, and found\\nL Aima- ^j-^g Misfortune, Monfr. de la Sale had appre-\\n^^J hended, was but too certain. The Ship was\\nftranded on the Shoals. The ill Management\\nof the Captain, or of the Pilot, who had not\\nfleer d by the Stakes placed for that Purpofe;\\nthe Cries of a Sailor polled on the Main-top,\\nwho cry d amain, Loof, which was to (leer\\ntowards\\nway", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 37\\ntowards the Paflage marked out, whilll the FeLi6%t^\\nwicked Captain cry d, Come no nearer^ which was\\nto (leer the contrary Courfe; the fame Captain s\\nCarelefnefs in not dropping his Anchor, as foon\\nas the Ship touch d, which would have pre-\\nvented her flicking aground; the Folly of low-\\nering his Main-Sheet and hoilling out his Sprit-\\nSail, the better to fall into the Wind, and fe-\\ncure the Shipwreck; the Captain s refufing to\\nadmit the Pilot of the Bark la Belle, whom Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale had fent to affifl: him; the found-\\ning upon the Shoals to no Purpofe, and feve-\\nral other Circumflances reported by the Ship s\\nCrew and thofe who faw the Management,\\nwere infallible Tokens and Proofs, that the\\nMifchief had been done defignedly and advife-\\nably, which was one of the blacked and mod\\ndeteftable Aftions that Man could be guilty\\nof\\nThis Misfortune was fo much the greater,\\nbecaufe that Veffel contain d almofl all the Am-\\nmunition, Utenfils, Tools and other NecelTaries\\nfor Monfr. de la Sale s Enterprize and Settle-\\nment. He had need of all his Refolution to\\nbear up againfl it; but his Intrepidity did not\\nforfake him, and he apply d himfelf, without\\ngrieving, to Remedy what might be. All the\\nMen were taken out of the Ship; he defir d\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu to lend him his long Boat,\\nto help fave as much as might be. We be-\\ngan with Powder and Meal. About thirty Hog-\\niheads of Wine and Brandy were faved, and\\nFortune being incens d againft us, two Things\\ncontributed to the total Lofs of all the reft:\\nD 7 The", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "38 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nFel .i6Ss The firfl: was, that our Boat, which hung at\\nthe Stern of the Ship run A-ground, was maU-\\ncioufly llav d in the Night, (o that we had none\\nleft but Monfieur de Beaujeus. The fecond,\\nthat the Wind blowing in from the Offing,\\nmade the Waves run high, which beating vio-\\nlently againft the Ship, fplit her, and all the\\nlight Goods were carry d out at the opening,\\nby the Water. This lafl Misfortune happen d\\nalfo in the Night. Thus every Thing fell out\\nmod unhappily, for had that befallen in the\\nDay, Abundance of Things might have been\\nfaved.\\nWhilft we were upon this melancholly Em-\\nployment, about an hundred, or an hundred and\\ntwenty of the Natives came to our Camp, with\\ntheir Bows and Arrows. Monfieur de la Sale\\norder d us to handle our Arms, and fland upon\\nour Guard. About twenty of thofe Indians\\nmix d themfelves among us, to obferve what we\\nhad faved of the Shipwreck, upon which, there\\nwere feveral Sentinels, to let none come near\\nthe Powder.\\nThe reft of the Indians ftood in Parcels, or\\nPelotons. Monfr. de la Sale, who was acquaint-\\ned with their Ways, order d us to obferve their\\nBehaviour, and to take Nothing from them,\\nwhich neverthelefs did not hinder fome of our\\nMen from receiving fome Pieces of Meat. Some\\nTime after, when the Indians were about de-\\nparting, they made Signs to us to go a Hunt-\\ning with them but befides that, there was fuffi-\\ncient Caufe to fufped: them, we had enough other\\nBufinefs to do. However we ask d, whether they\\nwould barter for any of their Canoes, which\\nthey agreed to. The Sieur Barbier went along\\nwith", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "NORTH AMERICA. 39\\nwith them, purchas d two for Hatchets and F^b. 1685\\nbrought them. ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2VNJ\\nSome Days after, we perceiv d a Fire in the\\nCountry, which fpread it felf and burnt the\\ndry Weeds, Hill drawing towards us where-\\nupon, Monfr. de la Sale made all the Weeds\\nand Herbs that were about us, be puU d up, and\\nparticularly all about the Place where the Pow-\\nder was. Being defirous to know the Occafion\\nof that Fire, he took about twenty of us along\\nwith him, and we march d that Way, and even\\nbeyond the Fire, without feeing any Body.\\nWe perceiv d that it run towards the fV. S. W.\\nand judg d it had begun about our firft Camp,\\nand at the Village next the Fire.\\nHaving fpy d a Cottage near the Bank of a\\nLake, we drew towards it, and found an old\\nWoman in it, who fled as foon as fhe faw us; but\\nhaving overtaken and given her to underftand,\\nthat we would do her no Harm, fhe return d to\\nher Cottage, where we found fome Pitchers of\\nWater, of which we all drank. Some Time af-\\nter we faw a Canoe coming, in which were two\\nWomen and a Boy, who being landed, and\\nperceiving we had done the old Woman no O^^ ^^l^-\\nHarm, came and imbraced us in a very particu-\\nlar Manner, blowing upon our Ears and ma-\\nking Signs to give us to underfland, that their\\nPeople were a hunting.\\nA few Minutes after, feven or eight of the\\nIndians appeared, who, it is likely, had hid\\nthemfelves among the Weeds when they faw\\nus coming. Being come up they faluted us, after\\nthe fame Manner, as the Women had done,\\nwhich made us laugh. We (laid there fome\\nTime with them. Some of our Men barter d\\nD 4 Knives", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "o^WJ\\n40 Monfieur de la Sale*j- Second Voyage\\nFeL 1685 Knives for Goats Skins, after which we returned\\nto our Camp Being come thither, Monfieur\\nde la Sale made me go aboard the Bark la Belle,\\nwhere he had imbark d Part of the Powder,\\nwith pofitive Orders not to carry, or permit\\nany Fire to be made there, having fufficient\\nCaufe to fear every thing, after what had hap-\\nned. For this Reafon they carry d me and\\nall that were with me, our Meat every Day.\\nDuring this time it was that V Aimable open-\\ning in the Night, the next Morning we faw\\nall the light Things that were come out of it\\nfloating about, and Monfieur de la Sale fent Men\\nevery Way, who gather d up about 30 Casks\\nof Wine and Brandy, and fome of Flefli, Meal\\nand Grain.\\nWhen we had gather d all, as well what had\\nbeen taken out of the Ship-wreck d Vefl!el as\\nwhat could be pick d up in the Sea, the next\\nThing was to regulate the Provifions we had\\nleft proportionably to the Number of Men we\\nwere and there being no more Bisket, Meal\\nwas deliver d out, and with it we made Hafl:y\\nPudding with Water, which was none of the\\nbefl: fome large Beans and India Corn, part of\\nwhich had taken wet and every thing was di-\\nflributed very difcreetly. We were much in-\\ncommoded for want of Kettles, but Monfieur\\nde Beaujeu gave Monfieur de la Sale one, and he\\norder d another to be brought from the Bark\\nla Belle, by which means we were well ferv d.\\nWe were ftill in want of Canoes. Monfieur\\nde la Sale fent to the Camp of the Indians to\\nbarter for fome, and they who went thither\\nobferv d, that thofe People had made their Ad-\\nvantage of our Ship-wreck, and had fome Bales\\nof", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 41\\nof Normandy Blankets, and they faw feveral F^^- 1685\\nWomen had cut them in two and made Petti- ^VNJ\\ncoats of them. They alfo faw Bits of Iron of\\nthe Ship that was caft away, and return d\\nimmediately to make their Report to Monfieur\\nde la Sale^ who faid we mufl endeavour to get\\nfome Canoes in Exchange, and refolv d to fend\\nthither again the next Day. Monfieur du Hamel,\\nEnfign to Monfr. de Beaujeu^ offer d to go up in\\nhis Boat, which Monfieur de la Sale agreed to,\\nand order d Meffieurs Moranget^ his Nephew,\\nDeJlogeSj OriSy Gayen, and fome others to bear\\nhim Company.\\nNo fooner were thofe Gentlemen, who were\\nmore Hot than Wife, landed, but they went up\\nto the Camp of the Indians, with their Arms\\nin their Hands, as if they had intended to force Indifcre-\\nthem, whereupon feveral of thofe People fled, p\\nGoing into the Cottages, they found others, to\\nwhom Monfieur du Hamel endeavour d to figni-\\nfy by Signs, that he would have the Blankets\\nthey had found reftor d but the Misfortune\\nwas, that none of them underftood one another.\\nThe Indians thought it their befl Way to with-\\ndraw, leaving behind them fome Blankets and\\nSkins of Beafts, which thofe Gentlemen took\\naway, and finding fome Canoes in their Return\\nthey feiz d two, and got in, to bring them\\naway.\\nBut having no Oars, none of them knowing\\nhow to manage thofe Canoes, and having only\\nfome pitiful Poles, which they could not tell\\nthe right Ufe of, and the Wind being alfo a-\\ngainfl them, they made little Way which the\\nSieur du Hamel, who was in his Boat perceiving,\\nand that Night drew on, he made the befl of\\nhis", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "42 Monfieur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nMarch his Way, forfook them and return d to the\\nThus Night came upon them, which oblig d\\nthofe unexperienc d Canoe Men, being tho-\\nroughly tir d, to go afliore to take fome Reft,\\nand the Weather being cold, they lighted a\\nFire, about which they laid them down and\\nans take afleep the Sentinel they had appointed\\nRevenge, doing the fame. The Indians returning to their\\nCamp, and perceiving our Men had carry d away\\ntwo Canoes, fome Skins and Blankets, took it\\nfor a Declaration of a War, refolv d to be\\nreveng d, and difcovering an unufual Fire, pre-\\nfently concluded that our men had halted\\nthere. A confiderable Number of them re-\\npair d to the Place, without making the leaft\\nNoife, found our carelefs People faft afleep,\\nwrap d up in their Blankets, and fliot a full\\nVolley of their Arrows upon them all together\\non a Sudden, having firft given their ufual\\nShout before they fall on.\\nSieurs The Sieur Moranget awaking with the Noife,\\nOris and and finding himfelf wounded, ftarted up and\\nPf-f, fir d his Piece fuccefsfully enough, fome others\\ndid the like, whereupon the Natives fled. The\\nSieur Moranget came to give us the Alarm,\\nthough he was fliot through one of his Arms,\\nbelow the Shoulder, and had another flanting\\nWound on the Breaft. Monfieur de la Sale im-\\nmediately fent fome arm d Men to the Place,\\nwho could not find the Indians^ but when Day\\nappear d, they found the Sieurs Oris and Tief-\\nloges dead upon the Spot, the Sieur Gayen\\nmuch hurt, and the reft all fafe and found.\\nThis", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 43\\nThis Difafter, which happen d the Night of March\\nthe 5th of Marchy very much afflided Monfieur ^l^^l\\nde la Sale\\\\ but he chiefly lamented Monfieur\\nDeJJoges a fprightly Youth, who ferv d well;\\nbut in fhort, it was their own Fault, and con-\\ntrary to the Charge given them, which was to\\nbe watchful and upon their Guard. We were\\nunder Apprehenfions for MefTieurs Moranget\\nand Gayerij left the Arrows fhould be poifon d.\\nIt afterwards appear d they were not, how-\\never Monfieur Morangefs Cure prov d difficult,\\nbecaufe fome fmall VeiTel was cut.\\nThe Confequences of this Misfortune, toge-\\nther with the Concern, mofi: of the befl Perfons\\nwho had follow d Monfieur de la Sale were\\nunder, fupported the Defign of thofe who\\nwere for returning to France and forfaking\\nhim, of which Number were Monfieur Dain-\\nmaville, a Pried of the Seminary of St. Sulpice^\\nthe Sieur Minety Engineer and fome others.\\nThe common Difcourfes of Monfieur de la\\nSale s Enemies tending to difcredit his Condu6t,\\nand to reprefent the pretended Raflinefs of his\\nEnterprize, contributed confiderably towards\\nthe Defertion; but his Refolution prevailing,\\nhe heard and waited all Events with Pati-\\nence, and always gave his Orders, without\\nappearing the lead difcompos d.\\nHe caus d the Dead to be brought to our\\nCamp, and bury d them Honourably, the Can-\\nnon fupplying the Want of Bells, and then\\nconfider d of making fome fafer Settlement.\\nHe caus d all that had been fav d from the\\nShipwreck, to be brought together into one\\nPlace, threw up Intrenchments about it, to\\nfecure his Effeds, and perceiving that the\\nWater", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "44\\nMarch\\n1685\\nDebates\\nbetween\\nthe Com-\\nmanders.\\nMr. de la\\nSale much\\nwrong^ d.\\nMr. de\\nBeaujeu\\nleaves him\\nMonfieur de la Sale*j- Second Voyage\\nWater of the River, where we were, roul d\\ndown violently into the Sea, he fancy d that\\nmight be one of the Branches of the Mifjijipi,\\nand propos d to go up it, to fee whether he\\ncould find any Tokens of it, or of the Marks\\nhe had left, when he went down by Land to\\nthe Mouth of it.\\nIn the mean Time, Monfieur de Beaujeu was\\npreparing to depart The Chevalier de Aire\\nhad many Conferences with Monfieur de la Sale\\nabout feveral things, the latter demanded of\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu., particularly the Cannon\\nand Ball which were aboard the Joly., and had\\nbeen defign d for him; which Monfieur de\\nBeaujeu refus d, alledging that all thofe things\\nlay at the Bottom of the Hold, and that he could\\nnot rummage it without evident Danger of\\nperifliing; tho at the fame time, he knew we\\nhad Eight Pieces of Cannon and not one Bullet.\\nI know not how that Affair was decided be-\\ntween them; but am fure he fuffer d the Cap-\\ntain of the Fly-boat V Aimable to imbark aboard\\nMonfieur de Beaujeu.^ tho he deferv d to be mod\\nfeverely punifh d, had Juflice been done him.\\nHis Crew foUow d him, contrary to what Mon-\\nfieur de Beaujeu had promis d, that he would\\nnot receive a Man of them. All that Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale could do, the fo much wrong d,\\nwas to write to France., to Monfieur de Saignelay^\\nMinifter of State, whom he acquainted with alll\\nthe Particulars, as I was inform d, when I re-\\nturn d, and he gave the Packet to Monfieur\\nde Beaujeu., who fail d away for France.\\nHaving lofl the Notes I took at that time,\\nand being forc d to rely much upon Memory\\nfor what I now write, I (hall not pretend to be\\nany", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "mfo NORTH AMERICA. 45\\nany longer exadt in the Dates, for fear of Mnr. 168$\\nmillaking, and therefore I cannot be pofitive\\nas to the Day of Monfieur ^e Beaujeus Depar-\\nture, but believe it was the 14th of March,\\n1685.\\nWhen Monfr. de Beaujeu was gone, we fell\\nto Work to make a Fort, of the Wreck of the j port\\nShip that had been cad away, and many Pieces built.\\nof Timber the Sea threw up and during that\\nTime, feveral Men deferted, which added to\\nMonfieur de la Sales Afflidion. A Spaniard and\\na French Man Hole away and fled, and were ne-\\nver more heard of. Four or five others follow d\\ntheir Example, but Monfieur de la Sale having\\ntimely Notice, fent after them, and they were\\nbrought back. One of them was condemn d to\\nDeath, and the others to ferve the King ten\\nYears in that Country.\\nWhen our Fort was well advanc d, Monfr.\\nde la Sale refolv d to clear his Doubts, and to go\\nup the River, where we were, to know whe-\\nther it was not an Arm of the MiJJiJlpi, and ac- Monfr. de\\ncordingly order d fifty Men to attend him, of 1^ Sale\\nwhich Number were Monfr. Cavelier, his Bro- S f\\nther, and Monfr. Chedeville, both Priells, two ^g^^^i^g^\\nRecolet Fryars, and feveral Voluntiers, who\\nfet out in five Canoes we had, with the necef-\\nfary Provifions. There remain d in the Fort a-\\nbout an hundred and thirty Perfons, and Monfr.\\nde la Sale gave me the Command of it, with Or-\\nders not to have any Commerce with the Na-\\ntives, but to fire at them if they appear d.\\nWhilft Monfr. de la Sale was abfent, I caus d\\nan Oven to be built, which was a great Help\\nto us, and employ d my felf in finifhing the\\nFort, and putting it in a Pofliure to with-\\n(land", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "46 Monjieur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nMar. i6S^ fland the Indians who came frequently in the\\n^^t^ Night to range about us, howling like Wolves\\nand Dogs but two or three Mufquet Shots put\\nthem to Flight. It happen d one Night, that\\nhaving fir d fix or feven Shot, Monfieur de\\nla Sale who was not far from us, heard\\nReturns them, and being in Pain about it, he return d\\nwith fix or feven Men, and found all Things\\nin a good Poflure.\\nHe told us he had found a good Country,\\nfit to fow and plant all Sorts of Grain, a-\\nSets out a- bounding in Beeves and wild Fowl that he\\ngain. defign d to ere6t a Fort farther up the River,\\nand accordingly he left me Orders to fquare\\nout as much Timber as I could get, the Sea\\ncarting up much upon the Shore. He had\\ngiven the fame Orders to the Men he had left\\non the Spot, feven or eight of whom, de-\\ntach d from the reft, being bufy at that Work,\\nand feeing a Number of the Natives, fled,\\nand unadvifeably left their Tools behind them.\\nMonfieur de la Sale returning thither, found a\\nPaper made faft to a Reed, which gave him\\nNotice of that Accident, which he was\\nconcern d at, becaufe of the Tools, not fo\\nmuch for the Value of the Lofs, as becaufe it\\nwas furnifliing the Natives with fuch Things\\nas they might afterwards make Ufe of againft\\nus.\\nAbout the Beginning of Aprils we were a-\\nA Spanijh larm d by a Vefi^el which appear d at Sea, near\\nFejfel ap- enough to difcern the Sails, and we fuppofed\\npears. they might be Spaniards, who had heard of our\\nComing and were ranging the Coaft to find us\\nout. That made us ftand upon our Guard, to\\nkeep within the Fort, and fee that our Arms\\nwere", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 47\\nwere fit for Service. We afterwards faw two ^f 685\\nMen in that Veflel, who inftead of coming to\\nuss, went towards the other Point, and by\\nthat Means pafs d on, without perceiving us.\\nHaving one Day obferv d, that the Water\\nwork d and bubbled up, and afterwards per-\\nceiving it was occafion d by the Fifh skipping ^.n J^^J^\\nfrom Place to Place, I caufed a Net to be\\nbrought, and we took a prodigious Quantity of\\nFifh, among which were many Dorados^ or\\nGilt-Heads, Mullets and others about as big\\nas a Herring, which afforded us good Food for\\nfeveral Days. This fifhery, which I caufed to\\nbe often follow d, was a great Help towards\\nour Subfi fiance.\\nAbout that Time, and on Eafter-day that\\nYear, an unfortunate Accident befel Monfieur\\nle Gros. After Divine Service he took a Gun\\nto go kill Snipes about the Fort. He fhot\\none, which fell into a Marlh, he took off his ^^j^\\nShoes and Stockings to fetch it out, and re- j^ q^^^\\nturning, through Carelefsnefs trod upon a Rat-\\ntle Snake, fo call d, becaufe it has a Sort of\\nScale on the Tail, which makes a Noife. The\\nSerpent bit him a little above the Ankle, he\\nwas carefully drefs d and look d after, yet\\nafter having endur d very much, he dy d at\\nlaft, as I Ihall mention in its Place. Another\\nmore unlucky Accident befell us, one of our\\nFifhermen fwimming about the Net to gather\\nthe Fifh, was carry d away by the Current,\\nand could not be help d by us.\\nOur Men fometimes went about feveral ^^^1685\\nlittle Salt Water Lakes, that were near our\\nFort, and found on the Banks a Sort of flat\\nFifhes, like Turbots afleep, which they flruck\\nwith", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "48 Monfteur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nMay 1685 with fharp pointed Sticks, and they were good\\nFood. Providence alfo fhew d us that there\\nSalt found ^^g g^j^ made by the Sun, upon feveral Httle\\nSalt Water Pools there were in divers Places,\\nfor having obferv d that there grew on them\\na Sort of white Subflance, like the Cream upon\\nMilk, I took care every Day to fend and fetch\\nthat Scum off, which prov d to be a very white\\nand good Salt, whereof I gathered a Quanti-\\nty, and it did us good Service.\\nSome of our Hunters having feen a Parcel\\nof wild Goats running as if they were frighted,\\njudg d they were purfued by the Indians, and\\ncame for Refuge to the Fort, and to give me\\nNotice. Accordingly fome Time after, we difco-\\nTndians ver d a Parcel of Natives, who came and po-\\ncome to the themfelves on an Eminence, within Can-\\nnon Shot, fome of them drew off from the reft\\nand approach d the Fort by the Way of the\\nDowns. I caufed our Men immediately to\\nhandle their Arms, and wet Blankets to be\\nlaid on our Huts, to prevent their being burnt\\nby the Fire the Savages fometimes fhoot with\\ntheir Arrows. All this Time thofe who had\\nfeparated themfelves from the reft, being three\\nin Number, ftill drew nearer, making Signs\\nfor us to go to them but Monfieur de la Sale\\nhad forbid me having any Commerce with them;\\nhowever, fmce they had neither Bows nor Ar-\\nrows, we made signs to them to draw near,\\nwhich they did without hefitating.\\nWe went out to meet them, Monfieur Mo-\\nranget made them fit down, and they gave us\\nto underftand by Signs, that their People were\\nhunting near us; being able to make no more\\nof what they faid, Monfieur Moranget was for\\nknocking", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA\\n49\\nknocking out their Brains, to revenge their y\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb^ 1685\\nhaving murder d our Companions, but I would\\nnot confent to it, fince they had come confiding\\nin us. I made Signs to them to be gone, which\\nthey did as faft as they could, fome fmall Shot\\nwe fir d into the Air making them run, and a\\nCannon Shot, I pointed towards the rifmg\\nGround, where the reft were, put them all to\\nFlight.\\nThefe Accidents made us double our Guards,\\nfince we were at open War with that crafty\\nNation, which let flip no Opportunity to fur-\\nprize us, and therefore Penalties were appoint-\\ned for fuch as (hould be found afleep upon Sen-\\ntinel; the Wooden-Horfe was fet up for them\\nwithout Remiffion; and by Means of fuch Pre-\\ncautions we fav d our Lives.\\nThus we fpent the reft of the Month, till\\nthe Beginning of June. In the mean Time,\\nMonfieur de la Sale had begun to make another\\nSettlement, in the Place he before told us of,\\nlooking upon it as better, becaufe it was fur-\\nther up the Country. To that Purpofe he fent\\nto us the Sieur de Villeperdry with two Canoes Second\\nand Orders for the Sieur Moranget to repair to Settlement\\nhim, if he were recover d, and that all the Men\\nftiould march, except 30 of the ableft to make\\na good Defence, who were to ftay with me in\\nthe Fort. The reft being feventy Perfons, as\\nwell Men and Women as Children, fet out\\nwith the Sieur Moranget and we being but a\\nfmall Number remaining, I caufed the Fort to\\nbe brought into a lefs Compafs, to fave pofting\\nfo many Sentinels.\\nOur little Company began to take Satisfafti-\\non in the Eafe of getting and the Nature of our\\nE Provifions", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "50 Monfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nJuly 1685 Provifions, which a greater Number has more\\nDifficulty to be fupply d with, and which we\\nA Con/pi- j^^^ Plenty of, by Means of Hunting and Fiftiing,\\n^ve d being our principal Employments, and\\nwe liv d well enough contented, expecting to be\\nremov d. However there were fome Malecon-\\ntents, who refolv d to defert but finding a\\nDifficuly to put it in Execution, for that they\\ncould neither get Arms, nor Powder nor Ball,\\nbecause the Sieur le Gros and I kept all lock d\\nup, and were very vigilant, that none might be\\nlavilhly fpent, they took the cruel Refolution\\nto rid themfelves of us.\\nThat bloody Maflacre was to begin by me,\\nwhen I was afleep, and then to proceed to the\\nSieur le Gros, who lay in the Magazine, or\\nWarehoufe, and was in no Condition to defend\\nhimfelf, becaufe his Leg was flill fwolen, and\\nput him to much Pain. The Execution was to\\nbe by ftabbing. One of the Confpirators re-\\nveal d this to the Sieur Davaulf, a Hunter, who\\nimmediately came and accquainted me. I did\\nnot juft then take Notice of what I had been\\ntold; but in the Evening, when they return d\\nfrom hunting, I caufed one to be fecur d, who\\nprefently confefs d all. His Accomplice was\\nalfo feiz d, and it was very troublefom to fe-\\ncure them till the Time when we fhould re-\\nmove.\\nAbout the Middle of July, the Bark la Belle\\ncame and anchor d near us. An Order was\\nbrought me from Monfieur de la Sale^ diredling\\nme to put aboard it all the Effefts that were in\\nour Fort, to make a Float of the Timber I had\\ncaufed to be fquar d, if Time would permit, if\\nnot to bury it in the Ground. Every Man fet\\nhis", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 51\\nhis Hand to the Work, with all polTible Dili- J^^h 1685\\ngence, and our two Prifoners were put aboard,\\nas was alfo Monfieur le Gros and his Surgeon,\\nwith all our Effedls.\\nThe Float was begun with immenfe Labour;\\nbut the Weather proving very Stormy, and\\nholding very long, I was oblig d to caufe what\\nhad been done to be taken in Pieces, and to\\nbury the Timber in the Sand, the beft we could,\\nthat the Natives might not find it.\\nWe then fet out towards the Place where 77,^ ^w?\\nthe Indians had been encamp d, when Monfieur Fort aban-\\nde la Sale went the firfl: time to fee them. We don^ d.\\nfound no Creature, and lay there that Night,\\nand fo proceeded along the Sea Coaft, without\\nany Accident, to the Camp of the Sieur Hurie,\\nwhich was a Pofl in the Way, where Monfieur\\nde la Sale had order d all our Effedts to be laid\\nup. It had no other Inclofure but Cherts and\\nBarrels but there was nothing to fear from\\nthe Europeans.\\nWe fpent the Night at that Port, and two\\nCanoes coming thither the next Morning, I f Mft\\nwent aboard one of them, with Part of my f^^^/j^^^,^/\\nCompany, and join d Monfieur de la Sale the\\nnext Day, at the Place where he had refolv d\\nto make his new Settlement. I gave him an\\nAccount of all that had happen d, and was\\namaz d to fee Things fo ill begun and fo little\\nadvanc d. As for the Plantation, the Seed\\nand Grain put into the Ground, was either loft\\nthrough Drought, or eaten by Birds or Beafts.\\nThere were feveral Dead, and among them the\\nSieur de Villeperdry\\\\ many fick, and of that\\nNumber Monfieur Cavalier the Prieft; no Shel-\\nter but a little fquare Place ftak d in, where the\\nE 2 Powder", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "52 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJuly 1685 Powder was and fome Casks of Brandy; many\\n^^i^ other Inconveniences there were, which made\\nall Things appear in a miferable Condition.\\nIt was requifite to think of building a large\\nLodgment, Monfieur de la Sale defign d it, but\\nthe Difficulty was to get proper Timber for\\nBuilding. There was a little Wood, where a\\ngood Quantity might be had, but it was a\\nLeague up the Country, and we had neither\\nCarts nor Horfes to carry it; however Monfr.\\nHard La- ^e la Sale fent Workmen thither, with others\\nhour. to guard them. The Trees were cut down\\nand squar d, but the Carpenters were fo igno-\\nrant, that Monfr. de la Sale was forc d to ad\\nthe Mailer Builder, and to mark out the Pieces\\nfor the Work he defign d. Some of thofe\\nPieces of Timber were dragg d to the Camp,\\nover the Grafs and Weeds the Plain was co-\\nver d with; afterwards the Carriage of a Gun\\nwas made ufe of; but all cod fo much Labour,\\nthat the ableft Men were quite fpent.\\nThis exceffive Toil, the poor Suftenance the\\nlabouring Men had, and that often retrench d\\nas a Penalty for having fail d in doing their\\nDuty; the Uneafmefs Monfieur de la Sale v/?is\\nunder to fee nothing fucceed as he had imagin d,\\nand which often made him infult the Men,\\nwhen there was little Reafon for it; All thefe\\nthings together afflidled very many fo fenfibly,\\nthat they vifibly declin d, and above thirty\\nCarpenter dy d. The Lofs of fo many Men was follow d\\n^\u00c2\u00b0f* by that of the Mafter Carpenter, who was re-\\nturning one Evening with me; but I happening\\nto ftep afide to kill fome wild Fowl, when I\\ncame to our Habitation I found him not, and\\nit was never known what became of him an\\nAccident", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nAccident which added to our Vexation, for tho\\nhe had but little Skill at his Trade, yet we\\nflood in Need of him.\\nNotwithftanding all thofe Difappointments,\\nenough Timber was carry d or rather dragg d,\\nto build the Houfe Monfieur de la Sale defign d,\\nand he was himfelf the Architeft. He mark d\\nout the Lengths, the Tenants and Mortifes,\\nand made good the Defed; of the Workmen\\nand calling to Mind that I had bury d feveral\\nPieces of Timber at our firfl: Habitation, which\\nmight be of Ufe, he order d me to take two\\nCanoes and 20 men, to go fetch them, in the\\nBark la Belle, which was with us.\\nBeing come to the Place, we found the Na-\\ntives had difcover d our Timber, and carry d\\naway fome Planks, to pick out the Nails there\\nwere in them, which they value very much,\\nto point their Arrows. We labour d to make\\na Float, loaded the Bark la Belle with the reft\\nof the Planks and other EfFeds, and fet out\\nagain. Some of the Natives appear d whilft\\nwe were at Work, but feeing us advance to-\\nwards them, with our Arms in our Hands, they\\nfled.\\nWe return d fafe to Monfieur de la Sale, who\\nwas glad to fee us, tho we had loft one of the\\nCanoes, for want of its being well made faft\\nto the Float but the Timber we brought was\\na mighty help towards carrying on his Defign,\\nand much fitter than that we had hew d in the\\nWood, with fo much Labour; fo that this\\nTimber occafion d the raifing another Strudure\\ncontiguous to the former. All was cover d with\\nPlanks, and Bullocks Hides over them. The\\nApartments were divided, and all of them well\\nE 3 cover d.\\n53\\nAug. 1685\\nSecond Set-\\ntlement.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "54 Monjieur de la S al e j- Second Voyage\\nSep. 1685 cover d. The Stores had a Place apart, and\\nthat Dwelling had the name of St. Lewis given\\nit, as well as the Neighbouring Bay.\\nThe Sieur le Gros^ who had remain d aboard\\nthe Bark le Belle, ever fince the firft Voyage Ihe\\nmade to our former Habitation, was carry d\\nMr. le afhore to the new One, and his Leg flill fwell-\\n^d th ing, the Surgeon was apprehenfive of a Morti-\\nfication, and advis d him to confent to have it\\ncut off. He did fo, tho with Regret, the Ope-\\nration was made, but a Fever follow d imme-\\ndiately, and he liv d but two Days, dying on\\nthe Feafl: of the Decollation of St. John Baptijf,\\nmuch lamented by all Men, and particularly by\\nMonfieur de la Sale, to whom he was very fer-\\nviceable, by reafon of his general Knowledge,\\nand his particular Fidelity towards him. Mon-\\nfieur Carpentier, Son to the Mafter of the Works\\nand the Sieur Thibault, both of Roan, and fome\\nothers, dy d about the fame time.\\nMonfieur de la Sale being defirous to take a\\nProgrefs, to find his fatal MiJJiftpi River, and\\nonly expedting the Recovery of his Brother\\nMonfieur Cavalier, who was to bear him Com-\\npany, he began to make fome Preparations\\ntowards it, and in the mean time, took fome\\nfmall Journeys of four or five Leagues about,\\nbut could learn nothing further, than that it\\nwas a very fine Country, hem d in on one\\nSide by a fmall Mountain, which appear d at\\nabout Fifteen or Twenty Leagues diflance;\\nbeautify d with very fine Trees, and water d\\nby many little Rivers, whereof that, on which\\nwe had built our Habitation was the leaft.\\nRiver of We call d it la Riviere aux Boeufs, that is the\\nBullocks. River of Bullocks, by reafon of the great Num-\\nber", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "NORTH AMERICA. 55\\nber of them there was about it. Thefe Bui- ^^P- 685\\nlocks are very like ours, there are Thoufands vSJ\\nof them, but inftead of Hair they have a very\\nlong curl d Sort of Wool.\\nMonfieur de la Sale Studying all Ways to\\nfind out the River Mijftjipi, imagin d it might\\nfall into the adjacent Bay, and refolv d to go\\nview all the Coafts about it, and to make ufe\\nof the Bark la Belle. Accordingly he order d\\nme to repair to the faid Bark, with five Men\\nand a Canoe, into which he put his Cloaths,\\nand other EfFeds in feveral Chefts.\\nThat fhort Voyage was very troublefome to\\nus, by reafon of the foul Weather, with contra-\\nry Winds and Storms, which had like to have\\noverwhelm d us, and what was dill worfe,\\nwe did not find the Bark, where we had left\\nher. We went on a League further, to no\\nPurpofe, and Provifions beginning to fall fhort,\\nbecaufe we had been fix Days on the Way, in-\\nftead of three, we resolv d to return to the\\nPlace from whence we came.\\nMonfieur de la Sale feeing us return at a di-\\nftance, came to meet us. Our Report troubled\\nhim for the Bark, which he ftood in need of,\\nfo that he refolv d to go himfelf to feek her,\\nimbark d in a Canoe, and fent me another\\nWay, in another. After having wander d about ^gat of\\nall that Day, the next Night and the Day fol- the Bark\\nlowing, we at laft perceiv d her, where flie lay ^oft.\\nunder Shelter in a little Creek, having been in\\nDanger of Perifliing by the foul Weather we\\nhad been in, and had loft her Boat, which was\\nnot well made faft.\\nE 4. The", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "oa. 1685\\n56 Monjteur de la S al e j Second Voyage\\nThe Bark wavS alfo difcover d by Monfieur\\nde la Sale, who was on the other fide, which\\nmade him draw near and land, whence he fent\\nhis Canoe to the faid Bark, and Monfieur\\nMoranget who commanded it, went aboard to\\nmeet him. The Lofs of the Boat troubled Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale^ I fent a Canoe to bring him,\\nbut to no Purpofe; however the Trunks were\\nput aboard the Bark.\\nMonfieur Cavalier the Priefl, being recover d.\\nWhat Monfieur de la Sale prepar d to fet out with all\\nStores they Speed. He was pleas d to Honour me with the\\nhad. Command, during his Abfence, and left me an\\nInventory of all that was in our Habitation,\\nconfining of Eight Pieces of Cannon, two\\nHundred Firelocks, as many Cutlaces, an Hun-\\ndred Barrels of Powder, three Thou fand Weight\\nof Ball, about three Hundred Weight of other\\nLead, fome Bars of Iron, twenty Packs of Iron\\nto make Nails, fome Iron Work and Tools, as\\nHatchets and the like.\\nAs for Provifions, all that were left me amoun-\\nted to twenty Casks of Meal, one Cask and a\\nhalf of Wine, three Quarters of a Cask of Bran-\\ndy, and for living Creatures fome few Swine, a\\nCock and a Hen; which is very fliort of what\\nhas been Publifli d by the Author of a Book en-\\ntituled. The firJJ Effablijhment in New France but\\nthe Reafon of it is, that he compiled his Work\\nupon the Credit of Relations, which were as\\nfalfe as to the Point of the Ammunition and\\nProvifions, remaining in our Habitation, when\\nMonfieur de la Sale fet out that Time, as con-\\ncerning the Fort well condition d, and the\\nMagazines or Storehofes under Ground, which\\nare all imaginary, there being Nothing but the\\nHoufe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. ^y\\nHoufe I have mention d, pallifado d, with fome 1685\\nold Stakes. -Orv)\\nMonfr. de la Sale farther order d me not to\\nreceive any Men of thofe he took along with\\nhim, unlefs they brought an Order from him in\\nWriting nor to hold or admit of any Com-\\nmunication with the Natives, but rather to fire\\nupon them, and fome other Particulars he\\nthought fit to be obferv d. He had made him-\\nself a Coat of Mail with fmall Laths, to fecure\\nhimfelf againft the Arrows, which he took a-\\nlong with him, he alfo took the Canoes, and\\npromis d to fend me one back. Five Cannon\\nShot were the Signal of his Departure.\\nHe took his Way along the lower Part of\\nthe River, to march by Land along the neigh- f^-\\nbouring Bay, which was call d of St. LewiSy the gj^^^f^\\nCanoes keeping within Sight. I was left cover.\\nin the Habitation with thirty four Perfons, Men, ^^.Lewis j\\nWomen and Children, and of that Number ^^y-\\nwere three Recolet Friars, the Sieur Hurley who\\nwas to command in my Abfence, one of the\\nSieurs Duhautj the Sieurs Thibault and a Sur-\\ngeon.\\nOur Provifions being very fmall, and it being\\nrequifite to fpare them, for the Sick, we were\\noblig d to apply our felves to Fifliing and Shoot-\\ning. Both of them at firft prov d very unfuc-\\ncefsful, efpecially the latter; becaufe we were\\nnot yet well vers d in them, and Monfieur de\\nla Sale had taken our Huntfman along with him;\\nbut at length, NecefTity made us more expert.\\nWe kill d Beeves, fome of which I caus d to be\\ndry d, and they were a confiderable Help to\\nfubfift us.\\nSome", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "58 Monjieur de la S A l e j Second Voyage\\nNov. 1685 Some Days after, the Canoe Monfieur de la\\nSale had promis d me, arrived with three Sol-\\nHunter diers, who brought us the News of the Lofs of\\nthe Huntfman Monfieur de la Sale had taken\\nalong with him, and who had been found dead\\nwith Cold in a Ditch, where he had lain down\\nto reft: after hunting, which troubled us all ve-\\nry much. They alfo inform d us, that Monfr.\\nde la Sale advancing towards fome Dwellings\\nthe Natives had abandon d, after a fmall Re-\\nfiftance, fome of whom had been wounded as\\nthey fled, they had taken and brought a Girl\\nand a Woman, who was (hot thro the Thigh,\\nof which fhe dy d.\\nDec. 1685 The Canoe was a great Help to us to carry\\nwhat we kill d, which being brought to our Ha-\\nbitation, found Employment for all Perfons,\\nfome to flea, others to cut up, and others to\\ndry it. At other Times, I fet fome of our\\nMen to throw up a Trench about our Habi-\\ntation.\\nThus we fpent our Time, till about the\\nJan. 1686 Middle of January, 1686, when being all, one\\nEvening, in our Manfion, the Sentinel came in\\nto acquaint me, that he heard a Voice towards\\nthe River; fome men ran thither immediately,\\nand found a Man in a Canoe, crying, Dominick,\\nwhich was the Name of young Duhaut, who\\nwas with us. The Sight of that made me appre-\\nhenfive left fome Difafter was befallen Monfr.\\nde la Sale. I drew near, and perceiv d it was\\nDuhaut the Elder, that was return d.\\nI ask d, him whether he had any Letters\\nfrom Monfieur de la Sale, he anfwer d, he had\\nnot. It gave me some Uneafinefs, confidering\\nI was forbid admitting any Man without an\\nOr-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "Six Men\\nkilled by\\nNORTH AMERICA. 59\\nOrder in Writing, and I was almofl refolv d to 7 j686\\nfecure him; but the Account he gave me of the V\\nOccafion of his returning wholly clear d him. I^^haut\\nI admitted him, and he told me the whole ^f i,\\nfrotn M.T.\\nMatter as follows. de laSale.\\nMonfr. de la Sale^ having ftaid fome Time on\\nthe Sea Shore, near the Place where the Bark\\nwas at Anchor he refolv d to try the Anchor-\\ning Places of the Coafts round about, to know\\nhow near the Bark le Belle might come. To that\\nPurpofe he fent the Pilot with 5 of the bed Men\\nto found.\\nThe Pilot did as he was order d, he founded\\nand obferved the proper Places to come near fe-\\nveral Coafls. At Night he and his Men be-\\ning in all likelyhood tir d, they thought fit to go i^atives.\\nAiliore and lie upon the Land. They made a\\nFire, perhaps to drefs fome Meat but ne-\\nglecting to fland upon their Guard, they were\\nfurpriz d, and all fix of them kill d by the Sa-\\nvages; who alfo broke their Canoe, and thus\\nreveng d themfelves for the Irruption Monfr. de\\nla Sale had lately made among them.\\nMore Time being elaps d than Monfieur de\\nla Sale had allotted thofe Men to return, he\\ngrew uneafy, and went himfelf along the Coaft,\\nto fee if any News could be had of them, and\\nkeeping along the Shore, he found the fad Re-\\nmains of thofe unfortunate Wretches, whofe\\nCarcajTes fcatter d about, were torn and almofl\\ndevour d by Wolves or Wild Dogs, a Spedacle\\nwhich went to his Heart.\\nHowever this Lofs, which afHifted him, and\\nparticularly for the Sake of the Pilot, who was\\nan able Man, did not quite caft him down; but\\nexerting himfelf againfl: his Misfortunes, he\\ncaus d", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "6o Monjteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nJan. 1686 caus d Flelh to be dry d, and with that and the\\nother Provifions he viduall d the Bark la Belle.\\nHe caus d it to advance into the Bay, put a good\\nNumber of Men on Board to fecure it, among\\nwhom were Monfieur Chedeville^ the Prieft, and\\nPlanterofe of Roan^ and order d them not to ftir\\nfrom that Place till they heard from him, and\\nnot to go Afhore, unlefs with a good Guard and\\nneceffary Precautions.\\nNext, he chofe out Twenty Men, imbark d\\non two Canoes he had left, and being come\\nAfhore, caus d the Canoes to be funk in the\\nRiver, and every Man to take up his Bundle,\\nconfifting of Arms, Tools, fome Utenfds for\\nthe Kitchin, a few Goods, to trade with the\\nNatives, if he fhould find any fociable, and\\nfo advanc d into the Country, to try if any\\nNotice could be had of the Mtjfifipi.\\nAfter feveral Days March, they came to a\\nLa Ma g^\u00c2\u00b0^ pleafant River, which they afterwards\\nligne Ri- call d la Maltgne. Monfieur de la Sale marching\\nat the Head of the Company, and having or-\\nder d Monfieur Moranget to keep in the Rear;\\nit happen d that Duhaut flopping to mend his\\nSnapfack and his Shoes, which were in a bad\\nCondition the Sieur Moranget coming up, com-\\nmanded him to March, he defired him to flay\\na little. Moranget would not, but held on his\\nWay Duhaut follow d fome Time after, but\\nhaving flay d too long, he could not overtake\\nthe Company, and found himfelf about\\nNight fall in a Plain full of Weeds, where there\\nwere feveral Tracks of the Way Cattle had\\ngone, but knew not which of them to take.\\nHe fir d his Piece feveral Times, without hear-\\ning\\nver.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 6i\\ning any thing of his Company, and was oblig d P^^- 686\\nto pafs the Night in that fame Place. vxJ\\nIn the Morning he iliot again, fpent the Day\\nand Night again in that Place, fo that not W\\nknowing what to do, he return d the fame\\nWay he had gone, and after a Month s March,\\nfor he travell d only by Night, for Fear of\\nmeeting with the Savages, living upon what\\nhe kill d with much Difficulty and Danger, ha-\\nving before fpent all his own Provifions; at\\nlength after moft unaccountable Hardfhips and\\nSufferings, he arriv d at the Place where the Ca-\\nnoes had been funk. He took one of them up,\\nwith incredible Labour, and too long to relate,\\nand fo came to our Habitation of St. Lewis.\\nThus it pleas d God that he who was to be one\\nof the Murderers of Monfieur de la Sale, fhould\\ncome off fafe, and furmount almoft infinite\\nDangers.\\nThis Account, which feem d to carry\\nthe Face of Probability, prevail d with me to\\nreceive the Sieur Duhauty and in Reality I could\\ndo no otherwife, and I made it my Bufmefs to\\nexamine into his Behaviour, but could find\\nNothing to lay to his Charge. We con-\\ntinued fome Time longer as we had been be-\\nfore during the which, I caus d another lit-\\ntle Wooden Stru6ture to be made, of Timber,\\nI had got together, and in it I lodg d the Wo-\\nmen and Maidens by themfelves. Having hi-\\ntherto faid Nothing of the Situation of our\\nDwelling of St. Lewis, nor of the Nature of the\\nCountry we were in, I will here venture upon a\\nplain but true Defcription.\\nWe were in about the 27th Degree of North\\nLatitude, two Leagues up the Country, near\\nthe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "62\\nFeb. 1686\\nDefcripti-\\non of the\\nCountry\\nand Dwel-\\nling at St.\\nLewis.\\nTheLand.\\nLiving\\nCreatures.\\nFtp.\\nMonjteur de la S a l eV Second Voyage\\nthe Bay of St. Lewis and the Bank of the Ri-\\nver aux Bceufs^ on a little Hillock, whence we\\ndifcover d vaft and beautiful Plains, extending\\nvery far to the Weftward, all level and full of\\nGreens, which afford Paflure to an infinite\\nNumber of Beeves and other Creatures.\\nTurning from the Weft to the Southward,\\nthere appear d other Plains adorn d with feve-\\nral Httle Woods of feveral Sorts of Trees. To-\\nwards the South and Eafl was the Bay, and the\\nPlains that hem it in from the Eafl to the\\nNorthward, was the River running along by a\\nlittle Hill, beyond which there were other large\\nPlains, with fome little Tufts of Wood at fmall\\nDiflances, terminating in a Border of Wood,\\nwhich feem d to us to be very high.\\nBetween that little Hill and our Dwelling,\\nwas a Sort of Marfh, and in it Abundance of\\nwild Foul, as Curlies, Water-Hens and other\\nSorts. In the Marfh there were little Pools\\nfull of Fifh. We had alfo an infinite Num-\\nber of Beeves, wild Goats, Rabbits, Turkeys,\\nBuflards, Geefe, Swans, Feldifares, Plovers,\\nTeal, Partridges and many other Sorts of Fowl\\nfit to eat, and among them one call d le grand\\nGofter, or, the great Gullet, becaufe it has a\\nvery large one; another as big and Flefhy as a\\nPullet, which we called the Spatula^ becaufe it s\\nBeak is fhap d like one, and the Feathers of it\\nbeing of a pale Red, are very beautiful.\\nAs for Fifh, we had feveral Sorts in the Ri-\\nver and in the Lakes I have mention d. The Ri-\\nver afforded a Sort of Barbies, differing from\\nours in Roundnefs, in their having three Bones\\nflicking out, one on the Back, the others on\\neach Side of the Head, and in the Flefh, which\\nis", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\n63\\nFeb. 1686\\nis like Cod, and without Scales. The River fup-\\nply d us with Abundance of other Fifhes, whofe\\nNames we know not. The Sea afforded us\\nOyfters, Eeles, Trouts, a Sort of red Fifhes\\nand others whose long, (harp and hard Beak\\ntore all our Nets.\\nWe had Plenty both of Land and Sea Tor-\\ntoifes, whofe Eggs ferv d to feafon our Sauces. Tortoifes\\nThe Land Tortoifes differ from thofe of the\\nSea, as being fmaller, round, and their Shell\\nmore beautiful. They hide themfelves in\\nHoles they find or make in the Earth. It\\nwas looking for these Tortoifes, that one of\\nour Surgeons, thrufl his Arm into a Hole, and\\nwas bit by fome venomous Creature, which we\\nfuppos d to be a Sort of Toad, having four Feet,\\nthe Top of his Back fharp and very hard, with\\na little Tail. Whether it was this Crea-\\nture, or a Snake, his Arm fwelled very much,\\nhowever he was cured by fuch Applications as\\nwere made Ufe of; but it cofl him a Finger\\nwas cut off.\\nAmong the venomous Sorts of Snakes, as\\nVipers, Afps and others, whereof there are\\nmany, thofe call d Rattle-Snakes are the mofl\\ncommon. They generally lye among the Bram-\\nbles, where they make a Noife by the Motion\\nof two Scales they have at the End of their\\nTail, which is heard at a confiderable Diflance,\\nand therefore they are call d Rattle-Snakes.\\nSome of our Men had eaten of them and found\\ntheir Flefh was not amifs, and when we had\\nkill d any of them, our Swine made a good\\nMeal.\\nVenomous\\nCreatures.\\nRattle-\\nSnakes.\\nThere", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "64\\nFeb. 1686\\nAlligators, g^jj^\\nTrees.\\nDange-\\nrous Fruit.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nThere are alfo many Alligators in the Rivers,\\nfome of them of a frightful Magnitude and\\nI kill d one that was between four and\\nfive Foot about, and twenty Foot in Length,\\non which our Swine feafted. This Creature\\nhas very (hort Legs, infomuch that it rather\\ndrags along than walks, and it is eafy to follow\\nthe Tra6l of it, either among the Weeds or on\\nthe Sands, where it has been. It is very rave-\\nnous, and attacks either Men or Beads, when\\nthey are within Reach in the River, and comes\\nalfo afhore to feek for Food. It has this parti-\\ncular Quality, that it flies from fuch as purfue,\\nand purfues thofe who fly from it. I have fliot\\nmany of them dead.\\nThe Woods are compofed of Trees of feveral\\nSorts. There are Oaks, fome of them ever\\ngreen and never without Leaves; others like\\nours in Europe^ bearing a Fruit much like our\\nGalls, and lofe their Leaves in Winter, and a-\\nnother Sort not unlike ours in France., but the\\nBark of them thicker, thefe as well as the fe-\\ncond Sort bear an Acorn, differing from ours\\nboth in Taflie and Bignefs.\\nThere is a Sort of Tree, which bears fmall\\nBerries, which, when ripe, are red, and indif-\\nferent pleafant. It bears twice a Year, but the\\nfecond Crop never ripens. There is another\\nTree, bearing a Fruit not unlike Cajfta^ in Tafl:e\\nand Virtue.\\nThere are others of the Sort I had feen in the\\nIflands, whofe Leaves are like Rackets, whence\\nthe Tree bears the Name. The Blofl!bms grow\\nout about the Leaves, and of them comes a\\nFruit fomewhat refembling Figs, but the Leaves\\nand the Fruit are full of Prickles, which muff\\nbe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 65\\nbe carefully rubb d and taken off, before it is Feb. 1685\\neaten, elfe they dangeroufly inflame the Mouth ^VX)\\nand the Throat, and may prove mortal, as\\nhappen d to one of our Soldiers, who had eaten\\nof them too greedily, and without that Precau-\\ntion.\\n1 have feen fome Trees refembling the Palm,\\nwhofe lofty and long Branches fpread like that\\ncall d the Latanier^ bearing a Fruit, faid to be in-\\ndifferent good. Others the fame Sort, but whofe\\nLeaves are like Gutters, harfh and fo (harp\\npointed, that they will pierce the thickefl Stuffs.\\nThis Tree has a Sprout on the Top, which fhoots\\nout Flowers in the Shape of a Nofegay, of a\\nwhitifh yellow, and fome of them at the Top\\nof that Sprout have fixty or eighty Flowers\\nhanging down, not unlike the Flower de Luce,\\nand after thofe Flowers follows a Fruit as long\\nas a Man s Finger, and thicker than the Thumb,\\nfull of little Seeds, fo that there is fcarce any\\nThing but the Rhind fit to eat, the Tafte\\nwhereof is fweet and delicate.\\nThere are Abundance of creeping Vines yi\u00e2\u0080\u009ees.\\nand others, that run up the Bodies and to the\\nTops of Trees, which bear plenty of Grapes,\\nflefhy and fharp, not to compare to the Deli-\\ncacy of ours in Europe but we made Verjuice\\nof them, which was very good in Sauce. Mul-\\nberry Trees are numerous along the Rivers,\\ntheir Fruit is fmaller, but fweeter and more\\ndelicious than ours their Leaves are beautiful\\nand large, which would be of good Ufe for\\nfeeding of Silkworms.\\nThe Plains are flrew d with a Sort of fmall Plana.\\nSorrel, the Leaf whereof is like Trefoil, and\\nthe Tafte of it fharp like ours. There are A-\\nF bundance", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "66 Monjieur de la S al e j- Second Voyage\\nFeb. 1686 bundance of fmall Onions, no bigger than the\\nTop of a Man s Finger, but very well tafled,\\nand when the Heat has fcorch d up the Plains,\\nthat Plant fhoots out firft, and produces Flowers\\nwhich look like an agreeable Enamel. Nothing\\nis more beautiful than to behold those vafl\\nPlains, when the BlofToms appear; a thoufand\\nSorts of different Colours, whereof many have\\nan agreeable Scent, adorn thofe Fields, and af-\\nford a mofl charming Objed: to the Eye. I have\\nobferved fome that fmelt like a Tuberofe, but\\nthe Leaf refembles our Borage. I have feen\\nPrimrofes, having a Scent like ours, African\\nGilliflowers, and a Sort of purple wind Flowers.\\nThe Autumn Flowers are almofi: all of them\\nyellow, fo that the Plains look all of that Colour.\\nThe Climate is mild and temperate, tho we\\nwere in about 27 Degrees of North Latitude,\\nand yet the Seeds I caufed to be fow d did not\\nthrive whether it was becaufe they had been\\nfoak d in the Sea Water, or for any other Rea-\\nfon. Some came up pretty well, as Pompions,\\nMelons, Parfnips and Endive but the\\nBeafls and the Infedls, left us not much.\\nWhen we come to the Cents and have traverfs d\\nfo many Nations as lay between us and them,\\nI fhall fpeak of the Religion, Manners, Cloath-\\ning, Houfes and Cufloms of the Natives, wher-\\nin they differ but little from one another, tho*\\nof feveral Countries.\\nMonfieur de la Sale had been now long gone,\\nand we began to be in Pain for him, when a-\\nbout the Middle of March 1686, hapning to be\\non the Top of the Houfe, I fpied feven or eight\\nPerfons coming towards us. I prefently order-\\ned eight arm d Men to follow me, to\\ngo", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "ifito NORTH AMERICA.\\ngo meet them and as foon as we drew near\\nthem, we knew Monfieur de la Sale^ Monfieur\\nCavelier, his brother, Monfieur Moranget, his\\nNephew and five or fix Men with them, the\\nrefl: being gone another Way to find out the\\nBark la Belle^ to give Notice of Monfieur de la\\nSales Arrival.\\nThey were in a bad Condition, their Cloaths\\nragged, Monfieur Caveliers fliort Cafix)ck\\nhung in Tatters mofl: of them had not Hats,\\nand their Linen was no better; however the\\nSight of Monfieur de la Sale rejoyc d us all.\\nThe Account he gave us of his Journey reviv d\\nour Hopes, tho he had not found the fatal\\nRiver, and we thought only of making ourfelves\\nas merry as we could. Only the Sight of the\\nSieur Duhaut interrupted it for fome Time.\\nMonfieur de la Sale ask d me in an angry Man-\\nner, why I had receiv d him, and Duhaut hav-\\ning given his Reafons, as I and my Men did,\\nwe were all fatisfy d.\\nThe next Day, the Sieurs le Bar bier, Bihorel,\\nle Petit, Cavelier, the Nephew, the Surgeon\\nand others, whom Monfieur de la Sale had fent\\nto find out and carry Advice to the Bark la Belle,\\nreturned, and faid they could not find her, which\\nwas another frefib Caufe of Much Uneafinefs to\\nMonfieur de la Sale. He had been guilty of the\\nFault of putting aboard her, his Cloaths, his\\nLinen, his Papers and all his befl EfFedls, of\\nall which he was then in the utmofl: Need. Be-\\nfides, that Lofs broke all the Meafures he had\\nconcerted during his laft Expedition, becaufe\\nhe had refolv d to caufe the faid Bark to go up\\none of the Rivers he had difcover d, to advance\\ntowards thofe Nations with whom he had\\nF 1 con-\\n67\\nMarch\\n1686\\nMonfieur\\nde la Sale\\nreturns.\\nThe Bark\\nla Belle\\nloft.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "68\\nMarch\\n1686\\nMonfieur\\nde la Sale\\nfets out\\nupon ano-\\nther Expe-\\ndition.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\ncontraded fome Friendfhip, and to fend me in\\nthe fame Bark, with his Nephew Morangety to\\nthe Iflands to feek for fome AfTiftance, or elfe\\nto return by Sea to look for his River.\\nAll thefe Defigns being difappointed, he re-\\nfolv d to fet out a fecond Time, and travel by\\nLand, to find out his River. He (laid to reft\\nhim a while, and to provide for his Departure,\\nbut having neither Linen nor Cloaths, I fup-\\nply d him with fome I had I alfo afforded fome\\nLinen to Monfieur CavelieVy his Brother and\\nMonfieur Moranget^ his Nephew. All I had was\\nat their Service, and I depriv d myfelf of all\\nthat was fit for them, even to ten or twelve\\nPounds of Strings of Beads and fome Knives and\\nNails, which Monfieur de la Sale took.\\nThe Sieur Duhaut, having feveral EffeAs, as\\nLinen, Hatchets and other Tools and Com-\\nmodities, which had been fav d from the Ship-\\nwreck, Monfieur de la Sale took Linen to make\\nShirts, for fuch as wanted, as alfo the Tools\\nthey ftood in Need of. The Cloaths belong-\\ning to Meffieurs Thibault, le Gros and Carpentier,\\nwho were dead, were alfo diftributed. A great\\nBelt I had, ferv d to make Shoes for Monfieur\\nde la Sale and Monfieur Cavelier.\\nAll Things being thus provided, Monfieur\\nde la Sale took twenty Men along with him,\\namong whom were Monfieur Cavelier his Bro-\\nther, F. Anaftaftus a Recolet, Monfieur Moran-\\nget his Nephew, the Sieurs Bihorel, le Clerk^ Hu-\\nrler, Duhaut the younger, Hiens his Surgeon,\\nand his Servants. He left behind thofe, who\\nwere not fit to undertake that fecond Journey,\\namong whom were little Monfieur Cavelier his\\nNephew, the Sieur Barbier, Canadien and fome\\nothers.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 69\\nothers. Each of the Travellers made up his 1686\\nPack, and they fet out towards the latter End\\noi April 1686, after having given me the necef-\\nfary Orders, and we parted without Ceremony,\\nMonfieur de la Sale defiring it iTiould be fo.\\nSome Days after he was gone, I heard a\\nVoice towards the lower Part of the River,\\ncrying twice ^i vive, or who are you for. I\\nmade that Way, and perceiv d the Sieur Chede-\\nville a Prieft, the Sieur de la Sablonniere^ and\\nfome others of thofe who had been put aboard\\nthe Bark la Belle, and were now in a Canoe. I\\nask d abruptly what was become of the Bark,\\nand was inform d, our continual Misfortunes\\nftill purfuing us, that it had run aground on the tVhat was\\nother Side of the Bay. I caufed the Canoe to f\\nbe unloaded, there being in it, among other jf\\nThings, Monfieur de la Sale s Cloaths, Part\\nof his Papers, fome Linen, a fmall Quantity of\\nBeads and thirty or forty Pound of Meal, which\\nwas all they had left.\\nThe next Day, Monfieur de Chedeville told How the\\nme the Particulars of that Misfortune, and faid,\\nThat having been fome Time with the Bark, in\\nthe Place where Monfieur de la Sale had ap-\\npointed them to wait, their Water falling fliort,\\nthey had thought fit to fend the Boat afliore,\\nwith four or five Casks to fill that the Sieur\\nPlanterofe went in it with fix of the beft Men.\\nThat towards the Evening they faw the Boat\\ncoming back, but the Wind being contrary and\\nNight coming on, they put out a Light, which\\ngoing out and the Captain negleding to put up\\nanother, in all Likelyhood the Boat could not\\nfee the Bark, and they never heard of it after,\\nF 3 nor", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "7\u00c2\u00a9 Monjieur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nMay 1686 nor of any of thofe in it, who it was probable\\nhad all periih d.\\nThat neverthelefsj they continued fome Days\\nin the fame Place, during which Time three or\\nfour of their Men died; and at laft, having no\\nWater, they eat up their Swine, before they\\ndied with Thirft, and refolv d to weigh Anchor\\nand draw near to the Dwelling; but having\\nfew Hands and thofe fpent, and to add to their\\nMisfortune the Wind proving contrary, they\\nwere drove to the other Side of the Bay, where\\nthey run aground.\\nThat having no Boat, nor Men enough to\\nland their Effedis, they had endeavour d to\\nmake a Float with fome Casks and Planks, but\\nthat being ill made and join d together, the\\nfirfl that went upon it had perifh d. That hav-\\ning made another Float better faflned together\\nthan the firfl, they had by that Means faved\\nfome Sails and Rigging, feveral inconfiderable\\nThings, Linen, Cloaths and Papers belonging\\nto Monfieur de la Sale and others, and then\\nftay d Afhore, expelling to hear fome News, and\\nhad found a Canoe, being the fame that was\\nbefore loll on the Edge of the Bay, which had\\nbeen drove to the other Side and that Provi-\\nfions at lad beginning to fall fhort, they went\\naboard the faid Canoe and came to us fortu-\\nnate in that they had not been difcover d by the\\nNatives, during their Stay Afhore, which was\\nfor the Space of three Months, and in finding\\nthe Canoe to bring them back.\\nWhen Monfieur de la Sale went away, the\\nSieur Barbier had taken upon him to go a hunt-\\ning, as alfo to provide Bark to cover our Hou-\\nfes, inftead of Hides, becaufe the Sun drying\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "NORTH AMERICA. 71\\nand contrading them, Part of the Top of our 7^ 1686\\nBuildings was uncover d. I farther enjoyn d him ^J\\nto cut Stakes, to make a Pahfade about our\\nDwelling, and the Sieur Chedeville having told\\nme they had bury d feveral Things they could\\nnot bring away, I fent the Sieur Barbier with\\ntwo Canoes and fifteen Men to the Place, where\\nthey found fome Pedreroes, Rigging and Sails.\\nThe Natives having difcover d the Conceal-\\nment, had taken away fome Pieces of Linen\\nand Iron Tools, which they very much co-\\nvet.\\nThe Sieur Barbier after his Return, continu-\\ning his Exercife of hunting, happen d to meet\\nwith a Parcel of the Natives, fome of whom\\nhad Firelocks, which they had taken from our Encounter\\nMen, and with which they made fome Shots at\\nhim, but very weak; and he firing three or four\\nShot at them they retir d. He was then in a\\nCanoe on the River, and defign d to have gone\\nupwards but that Rancounter having oblig d\\nhim to take another Way, and the Savages\\nperceiving it, eight of them fwam over the Ri-\\nver, haflening to get before the Canoe, hid\\nthemfelves among the Weeds, near the Way\\nhe was to pafs, and when he was near enough,\\nlet fly their Arrows, which wounded feveral\\nMen. One Shot the Sieur Barbier made, put\\nthem all to Flight again; he held on his Way\\nand return d to our Habitation.\\nSome Days after, we perceiv d a Herd of\\nBullocks flying, and guefs d they were purfu d\\nby the Savages, which afterwards appear d to\\nbe true. Some of them drew near to our Ha-\\nbitation, but a Cannon Shot, I pointed towards\\nthe Gang of them, and a Musket-fhot Mon-\\nF 4 fieur", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "72 Monjieur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nJune 1686\\nThe Sieur\\nBarbier\\nAccidents\\nconcerning\\nthe Re CO lets\\nfieur Barbier fired at the neareft, made them\\nall fly farther off.\\nWhen the Sieur Barbier went out a Hunting,\\nI commonly fent with him fome Women and\\nMaids, to help the Hunters to drefs and dry\\nthe Flefh; but being inform d that he us d to\\nflip afide from the Company, with a young\\nMaid he had a Kindnefs for, and which gave\\nOccafion to fome well-grounded Railleries;\\nthe faid Barbier being told I was acquainted\\nwith that Affair, came and fpoke to me in pri-\\nvate, defiring Leave to marry that young Wo-\\nman, I made fome Difficulty of it at firft, ad-\\nvifing him to flay till Monfieur de la Sale re-\\nturn d; but at laft, confidering they might\\nhave anticipated upon Matrimony, I took the\\nAdvice of the Recolet Fathers, and of Monfieur\\nChedeville the Prieft, and allowed them to mar-\\nry. Monfieur le Marquis de la Sabloniere follow-\\ning this Example, ask d the fame Liberty, be-\\ning in Love with a young Maid, which I abfo-\\nlutely refus d, and forbid them feeing one ano-\\nther.\\nSome Time pafs d in which Nothing hap-\\npen d to us worth obferving; however, I will\\nmention two Things which befell our Recolet\\nFathers. One was. That Father Anajlafius^\\nbeing a hunting Bullocks with me, and coming\\ntoo near one I had fliot, and was fallen, the\\nBeaft, as much hurt as he was, ftarted up, at-\\ntack d and threw him down; he had much ado\\nto get off, and I to refcue him, becaufe I durfl\\nnot flioot for Fear of killing him. The Bul-\\nlock being weak, fell again the Father was de-\\nliver d, but lay ill fome Months. The other\\nwas, That Father Maximus had writ fome Me-\\nmoirs", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "Duhaut\\nE?idea-\\nvours to oc-\\nNORTH AMERICA. 73\\nmoirs concerning Monfieur de la Sales Condud:, 7 1686\\ncondemning him upon feveral Occafions. I was ^^t*^\\ntold of it, found Means to get thofe Memoirs,\\nthrew them into the Fire, and fo the Father\\ncame off.\\nAbout the fame Time, moll: of our Men\\nfeeing Monfieur de la Sale did not return, began\\nto mutter. The Sieur Duhaut, who perhaps had\\nbeen the firlt Fomenter of thofe Difcontents, cafwn a\\nback d the Complaints of the difgufted Party, Mutiny\\npromis d them great Matters under his Con-\\ndud, and ofFer d to fupply them with fuch Ef-\\nfeds as he had in PolTeffion, endeavouring, as I\\nfuppofe, by thofe Means, to gain their Affedi-\\nons, for a mifchievous Defign, which it is likely\\nhe had even then conceiv d.\\nIt was not long before, I had Intimation\\nof the whole Aiffair, and I had done Monfieur\\nde la Sale a fingular Piece of Service, had I then\\nput to Death the Perfon, who was to be his\\nMurderer; but I refted fatisfy d with giving\\nhim a fevere Reprimand, and threat ning to\\ncaufe him to be fecur d if he perfifled, being able\\nto do no other under my prefent Circumflan-\\nces. However, I talk d to all concern d, and\\nput them in fuch Hopes of Monfieur de la Sale s\\nReturn, and that Things would foon change to\\ntheir Satisfadion, that they were all paci-\\nfy d.\\nBut in Regard, that Idlenefs often occafions\\nUneafinefs and Impatience, I us d all poflible\\nMeans to keep them employ d, in the moft o-\\nbliging Manner I could, fetting fome to cut\\ndown the Bulhes about our Dwelling, others to\\nhew down Trees, that hinder d the Profped, o-\\nthers mow d the Grafs, that frefh might grow\\nup", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "74 Monfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nJune 1686 up for our Cattle, and at Night I made them\\n^o^^*^ divert themfelves with Dancing and Sing-\\ning.\\nWhilfl: we thus pafs d away the Time the\\nM de la could, Monfieur de la Sale had pene-\\nSale j Dif- trated very far up into the Country, inclining\\ncoveries. towards the Northern Part of Mexico. He had\\ntravell d through feveral Nations, the Inhabi-\\ntants whereof were, for the moft Part, fociable,\\nand had concluded a Sort of Alliance with\\nthem, and particularly with the Cenis and o-\\nthers whofe names I (hall mention. He had\\ndifcover d charming Countries abounding in all\\nThings that could be wifh d, as well for Sufte-\\nnance, as for making of eafy Settlements, and\\nafter he and his Nephew Moranget had efcap d\\ntwo Dangerous SicknefFes, he return d to our\\nHabitation, with five Horfes he had purchas d,\\nand arriv d at it in Auguft 1686.\\nHearing of his Voice, I was one of the firfl\\nHis Return that ran towards the River: We took our\\nCanoes to bring him, his Luggage and fome Pro-\\nvifions over, and the Horfes fwam. We were\\nextraordinary glad to fee our Commander in\\nChief return fafe, tho his Journey had not ad-\\nvanc d his Delign. Monfieur de la Sale had\\nnot found out his River, nor been towards the\\nIJlinois as we had hoped. Only eight Men re-\\nturn d with him of twenty he carry d out,\\nand all the vifible advantage of that Journey\\nconfilled in five Horfes, laden with Indian\\nWheat, Beans and fome other Grain, which was\\nput into the Store.\\nMonfr. de la Sale ask d me, as foon as he\\nMen loCt ^^^^j whether the Sieurs Clerc^ Hurie^ Duhaut the\\nand 4 de- younger and two others were come, becaufe\\nrert. they", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "mto NORTH AMERICA. 75\\nthey not being able to endure the Fatigue of Sept. 1686\\nthe Journey, he had given them Leave to VNj\\nreturn, and hearing they were not, he conclu-\\nded the Savages had killed them. We were al-\\nfo inform d, that the Sieur Bihorel, had ftray d\\nand was loft, fo that there had been no News\\nof him fince; that one of Monfr. de la Sales\\nServants had been dragg d down to the Bot-\\ntom of the Water and devour d by an Alli-\\ngator, and that four others had deferted and\\nabandon d Monfieur de la Sale^ when he was\\nabout the Country of the Cents.\\nThis was a very difmal and deplorable Ac- M. de la\\ncount but the even Temper of our Chief made Sale re-\\nall Men eafy, and he found, by his great Vivacity f t\\nof Spirit, Expedients, which reviv d the loweft ^^t edition\\nEbb of Hope. He rejoiced at the Return and\\nSight of M. Chedeville^ he was pleas d at the Re-\\ncovering of his Cloaths and Part of his Papers\\nand after fome Time of Reft, he propos d to-\\nundertake a Journey towards the Iflimis^ and to\\nmake it the main Bufmefs, by the Way, to find\\nthe M.ijfifipi\\\\ but it was thought proper to let\\nthe great Heats pafs, before that Enterprize\\nwas taken in Hand.\\nIn the mean Time, he gave Orders to ftake\\nabout a Place to make a New Magazine, or\\nStorehoufe. He put to that Use the Timber I\\nhad caus d to be cut, and would have more pro-\\nvided for the fame Ufe. Detachments being\\nfent to work, feven or eight of our Men, who\\nwere fent with the Sieur Barbier, were difco-\\nver d by the Savages, who being fuperior in\\nNumber, made as if they would hem them in\\nbut each of our Men having taken a Tree up-\\non their Shoulders and fir d their Pieces, which\\nmade", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "76 Monfteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nOst. 1686 made one of the Natives drop, the others took\\nhim up and withdrew. Yet it was not long be-\\nfore they were reveng d, for they kill d us two\\nyjpf^^ Men, one of them clofe by our Dwelling, and\\nthe other, who had feparated from the reft of\\nthe Company to gather Purflain, and could not\\nbe reliev d.\\nThere being every Day fome Difcourfe of\\nthe Journey to the IJlinois, Monfieur de la Sale\\nask d me one Day, whether I would make one\\nof the Company, and go by the Way of Canada\\nto France for Succours. I affured him I was\\nentirely devoted to his Will, and would faith-\\nfully attend him. Then he began by Degrees\\nto provide what he thought necefTary for that\\nExpedition. I had two Pair of Sheets, which\\nhe took, to make him Linen. Canvas Cloaths\\nwere made of the Sails of the Bark la Belle.\\nThe Sieur Duhaut having Linen, he took fome\\nto diftribute among feveral Perfons. Thus he\\nhafted on the Execution of his Defign, but an\\nAccident put it off.\\nNov. 1686 It was occafion d by a Flux which troubled\\nMonfieur de la Sale, who having told me he\\ncould not perform that Journey, as long as he\\ncontinued in fuch condition, I ofFer d to under-\\ntake it for him, if he would allow me his Indian,\\nand about fifteen Men; but he anfwer d. That\\nhis Prefence was requifite among the IJlinois, and\\nthat it was requifite his Brother ftiould go to\\nFrance. Thus he refus d my Offer, and could\\nnot ftiun the ill Fate of that Journey.\\nDec. 1 686 We fpent fome Time longer after this Man-\\nner, during the which, there arofe a Contro-\\nverfy about the Privileges the King grants to\\nthe Firft-born of the French Colonies in Ameri-\\nca.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nca. The Sieur Barbier s wife was with Child,\\nand he claim d the Privilege granted for that\\nChild. The Widow Talon had a Child born in\\nthe Paifage from France to America^ and alledg d,\\nthat her Child, tho born before our Arrival,\\nought to be preferr d; but the Sieur Barrier s\\nWife mifcarrying, the Difpute was not de-\\ncided.\\nMonfieur de la Sale being recover d of his In-\\ndifpofition, Preparations were again made for\\nhis Journey; but we firfl kept the Chrijimas Ho-\\nly-Days. The Midnight Mafs was folemnly\\nfung, and on Twelve-Day^ we cry d. The King\\ndrinks^ {according to the Cujlom of France) tho\\nwe had only Water: When that was over we\\nbegan to think of fetting out. Monfieur de la\\nSale gave the Command of the Settlement to the\\nSieur Barbier, direding him what he was to do\\nand obferve in his Abfence.\\nThere remain d in that Habitation, the Fa-\\nthers Maximus and Zenobius, Recolets, Monfieur\\nChedeville, the Prieft, the Marquis de la Sablon-\\nniere^ the Sieur Barbier^ Commander, his Wife,\\na Surgeon and others, to the Number of twen-\\nty, among whom were feven Women, or Maids,\\nand only the Sieur Barbier marry d; which is\\nmuch fhort of the Number fome have given out\\nremain d in the Dwelling, without any Ground;\\nfor the Truth is, there were no more, and par-\\nticularly no Natives, Monfieur de la Sale having\\nabfolutely forbid holding any Communication\\nwith them. As for Beafts, they amounted to\\nfeventy, or feventy five Swine, great and fmall,\\nwhich was a good Stock; for Fowl, eighteen\\nor twenty Hens; fome Casks of Meal, which\\nwas\\n77\\nyan. 1687\\nControver-\\nsy about\\nPrivilege.\\nWho were\\nleft in the\\nSettlement\\nwhen M.\\nde la Sale\\ndeparted.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "yS Monfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nJan. 1687 was kept for the Sick; Powder, Ball, and eight\\nPieces of Cannon, without any Bullets.\\nPerfons We fet out the 12th of January, in the\\nthat fet out Year 1687, being feventeen in Number, wz.\\n\\\\lt\\\\l Monfieur de la Sale, Monfieur Cavelier, the\\nPriefl, his Brother, Father AnaJJaJius, the Re-\\ncolet, Meffieurs Moranget and Cavelier, Ne-\\nphews to Monfieur de la Sale, the Sieurs Du-\\nhaut, the Elder, V Arcleveque, Hiens, Liotot,\\nSurgeon, young Talon, an Indian, and a Foot-\\nman belonging to Monfieur de la Sale, c.\\nWe carried along with us Part of the bed\\nThings every Man had, and what was thought\\nwould be of Ufe, wherewith the five Horfes\\nwere loaded, and we took our Leaves with\\nfo much Tenderness and Sorrow, as if we\\nhad all prefaged, that we fhould never fee\\neach other more. Father Zenobius was the\\nPerfon who exprefs d it to me mofl fignifi-\\ncantly, faying. He had never been fo fenfi-\\nbly touch d at parting with any Body.\\nThe Way We went that Day to the Place we calFd\\nthey tra- Boucon, becaufe there, we had often dry d\\nveil d. Flefh, {which the French call Boucanner from\\nthe Indian Word) This Place was not far from\\nour Habitation. The 13th, we crofs d a Plain,\\nabout two Leagues over, where we faw feve-\\nral Herds of Beeves and Flocks of Goats, Tur-\\nkeys, Buftards, and other Sorts of Wild Fowl.\\nWe met with Marfhy Lands, which tired our\\nHorfes, and came to a Wood that termi-\\nnates the Plain, across which, runs a Branch\\nof a River, full of Reeds, by Monfieur\\nde la Sale call d the Princefs s River. That Branch\\njoins the other, and they both fell together into\\nthe Bay of St. Lewis.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 79\\nWe kill d five Beeves at the Entrance into 7^ 1687\\nthe Wood, forded the River, and incamp d ^^f^*^\\nHalf a League beyond it, whence Monfieur iie la\\nSale fent Men with the Horfes, to bring the\\nFlefh of the Bullocks we had kill d; the Hides\\nof them, which ferv d to cover us, being very\\nufeful againfl: a violent Shower of Rain\\nthat fell.\\nThe 14th, the Rain ceafing, we travell d o-\\nver another fpacious Plain, where there is a\\nMultitude of Beeves and Wild Fowl. We\\nfaw feveral Tracks, leading every Way, made\\nby the Bullocks, of which we faw feveral\\nHerds, fome moving on haftily, and others\\nrunning out-right, which made us fuppofe they\\nwere drove by the Natives. In fhort, having\\nhalted to help up one of our Horfes that was\\nfallen, we faw an Indian following them very\\nclofe. Monfieur de la Sale caus d a Horfe to\\nbe immediately unloaded, which a Man mount-\\ning, rode after, overtook and brought the\\nIndian.\\nWhen the Savage faw himfelf among us, he\\nconcluded he was a loft Man, he quak d for\\nFear, and not without Reafon, for moft of our\\nMen had refolv d to kill him Monfieur de la\\nSale oppos d it, alledging, that we were but a\\nfmall Number, that very few were left behind\\nat the Habitation, and therefore we ought not\\nto render our felves odious to the Natives, but\\nto use them kindly, that we might have Peace;\\nan infallible Maxim, the Praftice of which\\nmight have been fortunate to him, had he fol-\\nlow d it fooner.\\nHe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "Jan. 1687\\n80 Monjjeur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nHe therefore caus d a Fire to be made, gave\\nhim to Eat and Smoke, and afterwards a Bit of\\nRoll-Tabacco, and fome other Trifles. Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale gave him to underfland, that he\\ncame not to hurt any Man, but to fettle Peace\\nin all Places, and fo difmifs d him. The Indian\\nrecover d himfelf a little of his Fright; but\\nbeing flill dubious, what his Fate might be, he\\nat firft walk d away gently, flill looking about\\nhim, and when at a good Diflance, made off as\\nfaft as he could. We held on our Way, and\\nfoon after faw another Indian running after the\\nBullocks. Monfieur de la Sale caus d him to be\\ntaken, brought to us, and treated as the firft\\nhad been.\\nWe had not gone far before we fpy d a Com-\\npany of Natives coming towards us, on our left,\\nbut we held on our Way, till they were over\\nagainfl: us, when Monfieur de la Sale caus d us\\nto halt. The Savages feeing us halt, flood flill\\nalfo, which Monfieur de la Sale perceiving, he\\nlaid his Firelock on the Ground, and advanc d\\ntowards them, making figns to him that Com-\\nmanded them, who was a handfome Man, to\\ndraw near. That Indian came forward, and\\nwas follow d by the refl, all of them Caref-\\nfing us after their Manner, which we return d\\nthe befl we were able, and then made them\\nSmoak.\\nNatives Next Monfieur de la Sale gave them to un-\\nentertaifi^ d derlland, that we were going towards the Cenis^\\nthat we defir d to be at Peace with them all, and\\nthat we would return to our own Country,\\nwhence we would bring them all they had Oc-\\ncafion for. Then we diflributed among them\\nfome Bits of Roll-Tabacco, fome Strings of\\nBeads", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\n8i\\nBeads and Knives, which they feem d to be J^ 687\\npleas d with, and all this was done by Signs.\\nThen every Man went his own Way:\\nWe advanc d half a League farther, to get into\\na Wood, where Monfieur de la Sale had en-\\ncamp d when he went that Way before; we\\ncut down Trees to fecure our Pod, and lay\\nthere that Night.\\nBefore our Intrenchment was finifh d, we dif-\\ncover d, firfl: one Indian, then two, and after-\\nwards three, coming one after another; which\\ngiving Monfieur de la Sale fome Jealoufy, he\\ncaus d us to handle our Arms, with Orders to\\nftand upon our Guard, for fear of being fur-\\npriz d, and went towards them. They figni-\\nfy d to him, that their People had told them,\\nwe did not hurt any Body, which was very well,\\nand that they were come to fee us. They were\\nentertain d as the others had been, and then\\nSigns were made them to withdraw, becaufe\\nNight drew on, and having obferv d, that they\\ntook Notice of our fortifying our felves, we\\nkept a good Guard all the Night, without any\\nDifturbance.\\nThe Fifteenth, we march d on, intending to\\nfind out a Ford, in the River call d of the PrincefSy\\nwhere Monfieur de la Sale had pafs d before;\\nbut miffing of it, and the River being fwollen,\\nwe were oblig d to go up higher, fometimes\\ncroffing curious Meadows, and fometimes\\nWoods of tall Trees of feveral Sorts, but all jfine\\nYoung of the fame Thicknefs and ftrait, look- Country.\\ning as if they had been planted by a Line. The\\nRiver running through the midfl of thofe curi-\\nous ihady Groves, which were alfo water d by\\nG feveral", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "82\\nJan. 1687\\nnick\\nWoods.\\nWild Fowl.\\nAn Indian\\nVillage a-\\nbandon d.\\nMonfieur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nfeveral little Brooks of very clear and good\\nWater, afforded a moft delightful Landskip.\\nWe alfo met with fome Woods fo thick, that\\nthat it was requisite to hew a Paffage for the\\nHorfes. Towards the Evening we kill d a\\nBullock, and went to incamp in a little Cop-\\npice, with our ufual Precautions.\\nThe 1 6th, we continued our Journey, ftill\\nfollowing the River upwards, and from Time\\nto Time meeting the fame Sort of Failure\\nGrounds and the Obftacles of Woods, where\\nwe were fain to cut our Way through, which\\nfatigued us very much; but the Plenty of wild\\nFowl, and particularly of Turkeys, whereof\\nwe killed many, was an Eafe to our Sufferings,\\nand Help to bear our Toil with more Satif-\\nfadlion.\\nThe 17th, was a very toilfome Day s Journey,\\nby Reafon of the Woods and Rivulets we were\\nto crofs; after which we came to a little Hill,\\non which there were 2 or 300 Cottages of the\\nNatives. Those Huts were like large Ovens,\\nconfifting of long Poles fluck in the Earth\\nin a Circle, and joyning above to make the Dome\\nor round Top. They had been a Dwelling of\\nthe Natives, who being gone, had carry d a-\\nway the Hides that cover d them, and the Mats\\nwhich are us d to hang the Infides, and to make\\ntheir beds of.\\nAfter a March of fome Hours, our Indian ha-\\nving found a Herd of Beeves, we kill d feven or\\neight, took the bed of the Meat, and held on our\\nWay acrofs a Wood. We ford d a Branch of\\nthe River, and proceeded to the Bank of another,\\nthe Bottom whereof being foul, we in-\\ncamp d on the Edge of it, and the Rain falling\\nat", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "NORTH AMERICA.\\nat Night and continuing all the next Day, were\\noblig d to flay there.\\nThe 19th, the Rain ceafing, we proceeded\\nthrough a thick Fog, and over Places where\\nthe Water was often up to our Knees, and\\nfometimes higher; which, together with our\\nbeing forc d to cut the Way athwart the Bufhes,\\nwith our Hatchets, gave us inexpreffible Trou-\\nble, and it had been much greater, had we not\\nrefolv d to follow the Ways beaten by the\\nBullocks, whom a natural Inftinft always leads\\nto those Parts which are eafiest to pafs.\\nWe were not free from another Inconveni-\\nency in thofe Tracks, which was their being\\nfull of Water and very rugged, a Thing no\\nWay agreeable to our Shoes, which were no\\nother than a Piece of Bullocks Hide or Goats\\nSkin quite green, whereof we made a sort of\\nBuskins, to ferve inflead of Shoes, but when\\nthofe wretch d Boots were dry d by the Heat,\\nupon our Feet, they hurt us very much, and\\nwe were often oblig d to fet our Feet in\\nthe Water to foften thofe Buskins. However,\\nwe march d all the Day, notwithflanding all\\nthofe Inconveniences, without finding a proper\\nPlace to incamp, and at lad came to a River,\\nwhofe high Bank afforded us a Spot to reft on.\\nThe 20th, a fmall Rain did not obftrud our\\nMarch, and having crofs d a Wood, half a\\nLeague athwart, and a Marfh of the fame Ex-\\ntent, we came into a large Plain, cut acrofs by\\ngreat Tracks of Bullocks, which went towards\\nthe River, and made us fuppofe there might\\nbe a Ford. We follow d that Way, but found\\nthe River fo fwollen, and its Stream fo rapid,\\nthat it was impoffible to crofs it, but were o-\\nG 2 blig d\\n83\\nJan. 1687\\nBuskins of\\nraw Hides\\ninftead of\\nShoes.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "84\\nMonfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\ni\\nHebaha-\\nmo, Indi-\\nan Nation.\\nJan. 1687 blig d to halt upon its Bank, whence we went to\\nhunt Bullocks, whereof we had no want, nor of\\nTurkeys and other wild Fowl.\\nThe 2ith, we proceeded up that River, and\\nfound a narrow deep Place, near which we\\nhew d down a Tree, making it fall fo as to\\nreach from the one Bank to the other, in the\\nNature of a Plank, and handed our Baggage\\nfrom one to another over it. The Horfes fwam\\nover and we incamp d on the other Side, near\\na very beautiful Plain.\\nWhilfl: we were hewing down fome little\\nWood to intrench ourfelves, we heard a Voice,\\nwhereupon handling our Arms and going to the\\nPlace where we heard it, we faw a Company of\\nfifteen Savages, who were coming towards us,\\nand made Signs to us to go to them, laying\\ndown their Bows, in Token of Peace. We alfo\\nmade our Sign to them to draw near, they did\\nfo and carefs d us after their Manner. We made\\nthem fit down and fmoke, after which, Monfr.\\nde la Sale began to converfe with them by Signs,\\nand by Help of fome Words of the Language of\\nthe CeniSy which he was skilful in, he underfl:ood,\\nthat thefe were their Neighbours and Allies\\nthat their Village was not far off, and that their\\nNation was call d Hebahamo. Some fmall Presents\\nwere given them, and they withdrew, promifing\\nto return the next Day.\\nThe 22th, our Horses being fpent and hurt,\\nand we much tir d, the Day was given to Refl:,\\nand the Natives did not fail to come, being\\ntwenty five in Number, fome of whom had Buck-\\nlers or Targets made of the ftrongrt Part of the\\nBullocks Hides. They gave us to underftand,\\nthat they were ingag d in War towards the NW.\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 85\\nand told us, they had feen Men like us, who 7^ 1687\\nwere but ten Days Journey from that Place.\\nOther Tokens they gave, made us fuppofe it\\nwas New Spain that they talk d of.\\nMonfr. de la Sale took feveral Words of their\\nLanguage, which Is very different from that of\\nthe CeniSy and more difficult. As for their Cu-\\nftoms, they are much alike. In fine, having fhewn\\nus, that towards the N. W. we fhould meet with\\nPlains, where the Way would be eafier, and we\\nfhould fhun the Woods, we gave them to eat,\\nand fome Prefents, and they took Leave of us.\\nA Rain falling and holding all the Night, we\\ndid not march the \u00e2\u0080\u00a224th. The 25th, we travell d\\nnot far, by Reafon of the Rains continuing, and\\nthat there were feveral Rivers in the Way\\nmuch fwoUen.\\nThe 1 6th, we proceeded on our Journey, and\\ncame to the River call d la Sabloniere^ from the\\nmany Sand Banks there are in it. The 27th, de-\\nparting from it, we came to another little nar-\\nrow River, but very deep going up higher we\\nfound a Ford, and went to incamp beyond it, in\\na little Wood, where we had a very bad Night,\\nbecaufe of the Rain which fell again, and the o-\\nverflowingof the River, which oblig d us to make\\na little Sort of Scaffold, to lay our Powder and\\nCloaths on, that they might not be wet. The\\nnext Day being the 28 th, obferving that the\\nWater was dill rifing, we decamp d to go a\\nLeague farther, to a higher Ground, where we\\nmade a great Fire to warm and dry us.\\nWe took Notice the Country was very good,\\nthe Plains extending as far as the Eye could reach,\\nand adorn d with many little Coppices, affording\\na very agreeable Proipedl. We march d over\\nPart of them the 29th and 30th, after 3 Hours\\nG 3 Travel,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "86\\nFeb. 1687\\nVillage in-\\nhabited.\\nMonjieur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nTravel, found a Way full of Water, which oblig d\\nus to incampon the Bank of a River; pafs d it the\\n31th, and incamp d in a Wood clofe by.\\nThe next Day, being the Firfl: of February\\n1687, Monfieur de la Sale left me to guard the\\nCamp, and took along with him, Monfieur Ca-\\nvelier his Brother and feven Men, to go fee\\nwhether he could find any Body in feveral Cot-\\ntages our Hunters had difcover d. He found\\ntwenty four or twenty five of them, built round\\nlike thofe I have before mention d, (landing\\non a rifing Ground, almofl encompafs d by the\\nRiver, in each of which there were four or five\\nMen, and feveral Women and Children.\\nThe Savages were fomewhat furpriz d at\\nMonfieur de la Sale s coming; however they\\nreceiv d him in friendly Manner, and conduc-\\ned him to their Commander s Hut, which was\\nimmediately fill d with People, who came to fee\\nhim. The Elders came together there. Bul-\\nlocks Hides were laid upon the Ground, on\\nwhich they made Monfieur de la Sale and his\\nCompany fit. They gave them hung Beef to\\neat, and then fignify d to them that fome\\nof their Allies had given them Notice of\\nour being in the Country, and that we were\\ngoing to the Cenis^ and they had imagin d that\\nwe would pafs thro their Country.\\nMonfieur de la Sale prefent d them with fome\\nKnives and Bits of Tabacco, and they gave him\\nBullocks Hides, very well drefs d with the Hair,\\nthey gave one for a Knife, and would have gi-\\nven many more, but that we told to them,\\nthat we had no Conveniency to carry them and\\nthat if they had any Horfes, he would give\\nthem Axes in Exchange. They anfwer d, they\\nhad but two, which they could not part with.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 87\\nIt being late when Monfieur de la Sale return d, 687\\nwe ftaid there the reft of the Day, and feveral VXJ\\nIndians came to fee us, in Hopes of receiving\\nfome Prefent, offering us Bullocks Hides dreffed,\\nwhich we would not burden our felves with.\\nThe Second, we fet out again, and halted\\nfome Time in that Village, where by the Way\\nwe barter d for fome Collars, or a Sort of Knots\\nmade of Bullocks Hides well drefs d, which the\\nNatives make Ufe of to carry their Burdens,\\nwhether of Wood, Utenfils, or the Meat they\\nkill. They prov d of Ufe both to us and our\\nHorfes, becaufe the Thongs of thofe Collars\\nferv d to make faft our Burdens.\\nWe proceeded on our Journey, through a\\nCountry pleasant enough, but Sandy, and hav-\\ning crofs d a large Plain, came to the Bank of\\na fine River, call d la Maligne^ or the Mifchie-\\nvous, becaufe in Monfieur de la Sale s former\\nJourney, an Alligator devour d one of his Ser-\\nvants, who was fwimming over it. This River\\nis as wide as the Seine at Roan^ feems to be very\\nnavigable and has a very pleafant Country a-\\nbout it. We incamp d in a little Wood adjoin-\\ning to it, and bark d the Afpen Trees to hut.\\nOur Hunters kill d Beeves, wild Goats, Tur-\\nkeys and other Wild-Fowl, and among the Indian\\nreft fome Creatures as big as an indifferent Cat, Rats.\\nvery like a Rat, having a Bag under their\\nThroat, in which they carry their Young. They\\nfeed upon Nuts and Acorns, are very fat, and\\ntheir Flefti is much like Pig.\\nHard by there, we found a Place where\\nMonfieur de la Sale, in his former Journey had\\nhid fome Parcels of Strings of Beads in the\\nTrunks of Trees, and we refted there till the\\nEighth of the Month. During that Time, no\\nG 4 Day", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "88 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nFeb. 1687 Day pafs d without feeing fome of the Natives,\\nwho fometimes fpent the whole Day with us,\\nand faid they were of feveral Nations. We\\nmade them fmoke, and always gave them fome\\nfmall Prefents. They admir d that after we\\nhad writ down fome Words they fpoke to us,\\nwe repeated them, looking on the Paper.\\nPortable Whilfl we (laid, Monfieur de la Sale fet Men\\nCanoe, at Work to make a portable Canoe, of long\\nPoles, hew d and joyn d and then cover d\\nwith Bullocks Hides few d together, having\\npull d off the Hair or Wooll, as it may be call d\\nthere. That Canoe was of great Ufe to us, to\\ncrofs Rivers as well for our felves as for our Bag-\\ngage, but the Horfes fwam over.\\nThe Ninth, we put our Canoe into the Water,\\nand pafs d the River in it, and incamp d half a\\nLeague from thence, on Account of the Grafs,\\nwhich our Horfes flood in Need of to recover\\nthemfelves a little. The Tenth, we held on\\nour Journey, crofTmg feveral fpacious Plains,\\nthe Grafs whereof was burnt, whence Monfieur\\nde la Sale concluded, that there were many Na-\\ntives thereabouts. He thought it convenient to\\nprovide Store of dry d Flefli, for Fear we fhould\\nnot find Game in the Country we were going\\nto enter upon, and accordingly caufed feveral\\nBeeves to be kill d for that Purpofe.\\nFor that Reafon, we continued there till the\\n1 2th, when we went and incamped on the\\nBank of a River, which Monfieur de la Sale had\\nin his former Journey call d d Eure. At Night\\nthere arofe a ftorm, follow d by Thunder and\\nRain, which fwell d the Streams, and obliged\\nus to (lay there. The 13 th and 14th we crofs d\\nfour or five large Rivulets, and then a fine\\ncurious", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\ncurious Country, diverfify d with feveral little\\nWoods, Hills and fmall Brooks, affording a de-\\nlightful Profped. That pleafant Country was\\nterminated by a Wood, which we were to crofs,\\nand were favour d in it by a Way beaten by the\\nBullocks, and at Night we incamped there.\\nThe 15th, we travel d along a fine Meadow,\\nthen over Plains that had been burnt, and at\\nNight went to take our Reft on the Bank of a\\nfmall Rivulet, about which we faw feveral Foot-\\nfteps of Natives, which made us conclude we\\nwere not far from them; and therefore we\\ndoubled our Guard, to prevent being furpriz d.\\nThe 1 6th, Monfieur de la Sale left me at the\\nGuard of the Camp, and took Monfieur Cave-\\nlier his Brother, and feven Men with him, to\\ngo find out the Indians. They had not gone\\nhalf a League before they fpied Horfes and a\\nNumber of Cottages, without being themfelves\\n{^Q.x\\\\ by the Savages. That Village ftood on the\\nSide of a Hill, and contain d about forty Huts,\\nftanding together, befides feveral others ftrag-\\ngling.\\nWhen Monfieur de la Sale enter d the Village,\\nthe Savages feeing him, came to meet and con-\\ndu(5l him to the Cottage of their Chief, where\\nhe and his Company were feated on Bullocks\\nHides. The Elders being come, he fignify d\\nto them the Occafion of his Coming, as he had\\ndone to the other Nations, with which they\\nfeem d to reft fatisfy d. Some Prefents were\\nmade them, according to Cuftom, and they of-\\nfer d him a Quantity of Hides, which he re-\\nfus d, telling them, that when he return d from\\nthe Cents he would trade with, and furnifli them\\nwith all they had Occafion for. They confirm d\\nwhat\\n89\\nFeh. 1687\\nA Village.\\nMonfieur\\nde la Sale\\nwell re-\\nceiv* d by\\nthe Na-\\ntives.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "9\u00c2\u00a9 Monfteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nFeb. 1687 what the others had told us, concerning a Na-\\n^^C^ tion, where fome of them had been, the Men\\nwhereof were like us, meaning the Spaniards.\\nHe nam d to them the Nations we had pafs d\\nthrough from our Dwelling of St Lewis, to the\\nRiver Maligne, which we had lately pafs d.\\nThe Names of thofe Nations are as follows.\\nNames of The Spicheats, Kabayes, ThecamonSj Theaure-\\nJf^ i mets, Kiahoba, Choumenes, Kouans, Arhan, Ene-\\npiahe, Ahonerhopiheim, Korenkake, Korkone, Omea-\\nojfe, Keremen, Ahehoen, Magbai, Tbecamenes, Oten-\\nmarhenty Kavagan and Meracouman. Thefe are\\nthe Nations that lay on our Road; those on the\\nWeft and North Weft of the faid River were\\nthe Kannehonarij Tohaka, Pehir, Coyabegux, Ona-\\npieUj Pichar, Tohan, Kiajfes, Chanzes, Tfera, Bo-\\ncretteSj Tfepehoen, Fercouteha, Panego, Petao, Pet-\\nzares, Peifacho, Peihoum and Orcampion.\\nThofe we were with then, were call d TV^o,\\nwhom we had not before hear d nam d. They\\ntalk d of a great Nation call d Ayona and Cano-\\nhatinoj who were at War with the Spaniards,\\nfrom whom they ftole Horfes, and told us, that\\none hundred Spaniards were to have come to join\\nthe Cenis, to carry on that War, but that ha-\\nving heard of our March, they went back.\\nMonfieur de la Sale gave them to underftand,\\nthat we were at War with the Spaniards, and\\nthat we fear d them not; and that he was fent\\non their Account by the great Captain of the\\nWorld, who had charg d him to do them all\\nGood, and to affift them in their Wars againft\\nfuch Nations as were their Enemies.\\nThofe Savages gave Monfieur de la Sale No-\\ntice, that he would find three of our Men a-\\nmong the Cenis, which put him in Hopes they\\nwere", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 91\\nwere thofe he had given Leave to depart at his F^f 1687\\nformer Journey, and of whom he had never fmce \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^J\\nheard. He propos d to them to barter for\\nHorfes; but they had caus d them to be con-\\nvey d out of the Way, for Fear we fhould take\\nthem away, excepting only one Bay, which\\nMonfieur de la Sale agreed for and return d to\\nus.\\nThe 17th, we pafs d a fmall River, with fome\\nDifficulty, and incamp d beyond it. The i8th,\\none of our Horfes going along the Edge of an\\nupright Bank, fell into the Water, and came off\\nwith only a Hurt on the Shoulder; but we\\nwere fain to unload him, and diftribute his Bur-\\nden among us, every one making a Pack; and\\nthus we crofs d a curious Plain, diverfify d with\\nWoods, Hills, Rivulets, and delightful Mea-\\ndows.\\nThe 19th, we travell d along the Tops of\\nthofe Hills, to avoid the Bottoms, and found a\\nDifficulty to get down, by Reafon of the Rocks\\nwe met with at the End of them, and a River\\nwe were to crofs. Whilfl: we were paffing\\nthat River, we heard Dogs hunting the Bul-\\nlocks, two of which coming near us,\\none of them was fhot dead. The Natives who\\nwere hunting fpying us, fent out two of their\\nNumber, who creeping from Tree to Tree,\\ndrew near, and then flood ftill, without daring\\nto proceed any farther. We made Signs to\\nthem to come, which they did, and we made\\nthem fmoke, till Monfieur de la Sale return d,\\nbeing gone a little Way to obferve the Body of\\nthofe People.\\nWhen come, he told them, he would enter-\\ntain Peace with them, that we were going to\\nthe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "92 Monfieur de la S ale j- Second Voyage\\nFeb. 1687 the Cents, and he believ d, that thefe very Men\\nwere of their Nation, becaufe they had their\\nAccent and fome of their Words. They told\\nhim their Village was near that Place, and bore\\nus Company to our Camp, where after fome\\nfmall Prefents given them, they were dif-\\nmifs d.\\nAccount The 20th, Monfieur de la Sale fent Monfieur\\ngiven by a Moranget and fome others to the Village of\\nNative. i^Q{^ Natives, to try whether they could bar-\\nter with them for fome Horfes. In the mean\\nTime two Savages came to us, one of them be-\\ning the fame that was with us the Night before,\\nand they exprefs d much Friendfliip for us. That\\nparticular Indian told us, his name was Pala-\\nquechaune, that they were Allies to the Cenis,\\nthat their Chief had been among the Choumans,\\nwith the Spaniards:, that the Choumans were\\nFriends to the Spaniards, from whom they got\\nHorfes, and added fome farther Particulars,\\nwhich the others had before fignify d to us fo\\nthat we had good Reafon to judge we were\\nnot far from North Mexico.\\nHe alfo told us, that the Choumans had given\\ntheir Chief fome Prefents, to perfwade him to\\ncondud us to them that mofl of the faid Na-\\ntion had flat Heads that they had Indian Corn,\\nwhich gave Monfieur de la Sale Ground to be-\\nlieve, that thofe People were fome of the fame\\nhe had feen upon his firfl Difcovery. That fame\\nNative had a very fine Goat s Skin, which I\\npurchas d of him for four Needles, after I had\\nIhewn him how to ufe them, and that Skin\\nwas of good Ufe to make us Shoes inftead of\\nraw Bullocks Hides.\\nSome", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 93\\nSome Time after, Monfieur Moranget re- 1687\\nturn d, gave Monfieur de la Sale an Account of\\nhis fhort Journey, and faid. That one of the\\nNatives, who faw us the Night before, came to\\nmeet and condud him to the Chief s Cottage, S^t s\\nwhere forty Ancient Indians were, by whom\\nhe had been kindly receiv d. That the Chief\\nhad in his Hand a Reed, at the end whereof\\nwas made fafl a Leaf of a French Book, which\\nhe had an extraordinary Refped for. That\\nthey had been made to fit on Bullocks Hides,\\nand treated with dry d Beef.\\nThat after thefe firft Ceremonies, the Chief\\nhad given them to underftand, that fome of\\ntheir People had been conduded by a Man like\\nus, to our Habitation, and that the faid Man\\nhad promis d to bring them to talk with us, in\\norder to treat of Peace; but that on the Con-\\ntrary, we had fired on them and kill d one of\\ntheir Men, which had oblig d them to kill the\\nMan that led them, and that then they re-\\nturn d. It is not improper here to put the Rea-\\nder in Mind, that I have before mention d this\\nAccident, when the Sieur Barbter crofling the\\nRiver in a Canoe, was call d upon by fome Per-\\nfon, who was among the Natives on the Bank\\nof the River, who had made two Shots, as it\\nhad been only the Priming of a Piece, which\\nthe Sieur Barbier had look d upon as an Infult,\\nand therefore he had alfo fir d, with all the o-\\nther Particulars, as mention d before; an Acci-\\ndent that happen d for want of underftand-\\ning one another; which, together with Monfr.\\nde la Sale\\\\ forbidding us to have any Commu-\\nnication with the Natives, was very prejudici-\\nal to us afterwards.\\nAfter", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "94\\nFeb. 1687\\nMonjieur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nAfter much other Difcourfe, Monfieur Mo-\\nranget having given them fome fmall Prefents,\\nthey made their return in Bullocks Hides, and\\nGoats Skins well drefs d. He ask d them for\\nfome Horfes to barter; they anfwer d, they had\\nno more than what they flood in Need of.\\nWe immediately proceeded on our Journey, and\\nthat day being the 21ft, went to in camp at the\\nEdge of a Wood.\\nThe 2 2d, we went up to an Eminence ter-\\nminated by a Rock, at the Foot whereof ran a\\nlittle River, the bottom whereof was all of flat\\nRocks, fit for Building. Thence we defcry d\\ntwo Natives driving of Bullocks, which made\\nus (land upon our Guard, and it appear d to be\\nour Indian^ who had met another, with whom\\nhe had been acquainted among the Cenis^ and\\nwhom he had brought along with him.\\nMonfieur de la Sale was very glad to fee him,\\nand remember d he was one of thofe of whom\\nMen heard j^^j purchased a Horfe. He ask d feveral\\nQuefliions of him, and among the reft, whether\\nhe had not feen the four Men who deferted in\\nhis former Journey, or heard any Talk of the\\nothers, to whom he had given Leave to return\\nto our Dwelling. He anfwer d, he had feen\\none among the Cenis^ and two others among\\nthe Ajfonis\\\\ but that he had not heard of any\\nmore, and that they must needs be dead; as\\nalfo the Sieur Bihorel^ who was likewife men-\\ntion d to him.\\nHe further told us, that there were four or\\nfive Cottages thereabouts, in which about Fif-\\nteen Men refided. At Night he went away.\\nOur Indian had kill d a Cow at a great Diftance\\nand ftiot her quite through, at which the other,\\nwho\\nThree loft\\nFrench\\nof", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 95\\nwho had been an Eye Witnels to it, flood a F^i 1687\\nlong Time amaz d, without fpeaking one ^vV)\\nWord, admiring the Effect of our Pieces. That\\nCow was fent for, and the Flefh brought to\\nour Camp.\\nThe 23d, we pafs d by the Cottages we had\\nbeen told of, where the Natives were with\\ntheir Wives and Children. Monfr. de la Sale\\ncaus d us to halt in the Village. We were well\\nreceiv d, they prefented us with dry d Beef, and\\nwe return d it in fome Knives. We faw two\\nHorfes, one of them a little grey, indifferent\\nhandfome. They told us they would foon de-\\npart that Place, to go join their Companions,\\nwho were in War with their Enemies. The refl\\nof our Men being come up, we went on to\\nincamp a League from thence, on the Bank of a\\nRivulet, and at the Foot of one of the highefl\\nMountains in the Country.\\nUnloading our Horfes, we perceiv d there\\nwanted a large Axe, which ferv d us for hew-\\ning down of Trees. Monfieur de la Sale fent\\nhis Indian to demand it, at the Village we came\\nfrom lad, the Savages faid they had not feen\\nit, and it was lofl. He brought back Word,\\nthat the Savages had told him, that if we would\\nflay for them, they would go along with, and\\nIhew us the Way.\\nHowever, we went on the 24th, and in-\\ncamp d on the Edge of a Marfh. The 25th,\\nthe Rain hinder d us from Marching. The\\n26th, Monfieur de la Sale perceiving how diffi-\\ncult and dangerous it was to crofs that Marfh,\\nfent his Indian to the others, to know whether\\nthey really defign d to go with us. They an-\\nfwer d, we mud return thither to join them.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "96 Monfieur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nMar. 1687 The 27th. we decamp d, in order to it but took\\nS another Way to go meet the Indians. The 28th.\\nwe faw them marching at a Diftance. One of\\nthem was detach d to come tell us, that he\\nwould fhew us the Way to crofs the Marfh,\\nand we went on and incamp d at the Foot of the\\nhigh Mountain I have fpoken of.\\nThe firfl: of March^ we join d the Indians^ on\\nthe Edge of the Marfh, which we had juft\\ncrofs d, where the Rains kept us till the Fifth,\\nduring which Time we went to find out where\\nwe might pass a rapid Torrent, that difcharges\\nit felf into the River call d of Canoes^ which we\\npafs d the 6th, in the Canoe we had made, and\\nwhich did us good Service, to pafs other Rivers\\nwe met with the 7th and the 8th on our Way.\\nRiver of The 9th, we did not ftir, becaufe of the Rain.\\nCanoes. fhe loth, incamp d on the Bank of a fmall Ri-\\nver, which we crofs d the nth, and the fame\\nDay another River, and incamp d on the Bank\\nof it, and found it adorn d with very fine\\nMulberry Trees. The 12th we crofs d an-\\nother River, and incamp d near it. The 13th,\\ncame again to the River of Canoes^ so call d by\\nMonfieur de la Sale, becaufe he the firft Time\\nput Canoes into it, at his former Journey. We\\npafs d it the 14th, and incamp d on the other\\nSide where we again join d the Indians.\\nThe 15th, we held on our Journey with them,\\nand found a pleafanter Country than that we\\nhad pafs d thro and Monfieur de la Sale having\\nin his former Journey hid fome Indian Wheat\\nProvifions ^d Beans, two or three Leagues from that\\nhidjpoili. Place, and our Provifions beginning to fall fiiort,\\nit was thought fit to go to that Place. Accor-\\ndingly he order d the Sieurs Duhaut, Hiens, Lio-\\ntot", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\ntoi the Surgeon, his own Indian, and his Foot-\\nman, whofe Name was Saget, who were follow-\\ned by fome Natives, to go to the Place he de-\\nfcribed to them, where they found all rotten\\nand quite fpoilt.\\nThe 1 6, in their Return, they met with two\\nBullocks, which Monfieur de la Sales Indian\\nkill d, whereupon they fent back his Footman,\\nto give him Notice of what they had kill d, that\\nif he would have the Flefh dry d, he might\\nfend Horfes for it. The 17th, Monfieur de la\\nSale had the Horfes taken up, and order d the\\nSieurs Moranget and de Male and his Footman,\\nto go for that Meat, and fend back a Horfe\\nLoad immediately, till the reft was dry d.\\nMonfieur Moranget, when he came thither,\\nfound they had fmoak d both the Beeves, tho\\nthey were not dry enough; and the faid Sieurs\\nLiototj HienSj Duhaut and the reft had laid afide\\nthe Marrow-Bones and others to roaft them,\\nand eat the flesh that remain d on them, as was\\nufual to do. The Sieur Moranget found fault\\nwith it, he in a Paffion feiz d not only the Flefli\\nthat was fmoak d and dry d, but alfo the Bones,\\nwithout giving them any Thing; but on the\\ncontrary, threatning they fliould not eat fo much\\nof it, as they had imagin d, and that he would\\nmanage that Flefli after another Manner.\\nThis paffionate Behaviour, fo much out of\\nSeafon, and contrary to Reafon and Cuftom,\\ntouch d the Surgeon Liotot, Heins and Duhaut\\nto the Quick, they having other Caufes of Com-\\nplaint againft Moranget. They withdrew, and\\nrefolv d together upon a bloody Revenge; they\\nagreed upon the Manner of it, and concluded\\nthey would murder the Sieur Moranget, Mon-\\nH fieur\\n97\\nMar. 1687\\nDifcontent\\noccafiofi d\\nby Monfr.\\nMoran-\\nget.\\nConfpiracy\\nto murder\\nMonfr. de\\nla Sale.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "98 Monjieur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nMar. 1687 fieur de la Sale s Footman and his Indian^ becaufe\\n^^CSj he was very faithful to him.\\nThey waited till Night, when thofe unfortu-\\nnate Creatures had fupp d and were afleep.\\nLiotot the Surgeon was the inhuman Executioner,\\nhe took an Ax, began by the Sieur Moranget^\\nBloody giving him many Strokes on the Head the\\nMurderers, {^lhiq, he did by the Footman and the Indian,\\nkilling them on the Spot, whilfl: his Fellow\\nVillains, viz. Duhaut, Hiens, TeiJJter and Lar-\\ncheveque flood upon their Guard, with their\\nArms, to fire upon fuch as fhould make any Re-\\nfi (lance. The Indian and the Footman never\\nflir d, but the Sieur Moranget had fo much Vi-\\ngour as to fit up, but without being able to\\nfpeak one Word, and the AfTafins obliged the\\nSieur de Marie to make an End of him, tho he\\nwas not in the Confpiracy.\\nThis Slaughter had yet fatisfy d but one Part\\nof the Revenge of thofe Murderers. To finifh\\nConfult it and fecure themfelves it was requifite to de-\\nto murder ftroy the Commander in Chief. They confult-\\nif sle Method to effed it, and\\nrefolve to go together to Monfieur de la\\nSale, to knock out the Brains of the mod refo-\\nlute immediately, and then it would be eafier to\\novercome the reft. But the River, which was\\nbetween them and us, being much fwollen, the\\nDifficulty of paffing it made them put it off the\\n1 8th and 19th. On the other Hand Monfieur\\nde la Sale was very uneafy, on Account of their\\nlong Stay. His Impatience made him refolve\\nto go himfelf to find out his People and to\\nknow the Caufe of it.\\nThis was not done without many previous\\nTokens of Concern, and Apprehenfion. He\\nfeem d", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 99\\nfeem d to have fome Prefage of his Misfortune, ^r- 687\\nenquiring of fome, whether the Sieur Liotot^ \\\\^m^J\\nHiens and Duhaut had not exprefs d fome Dif-\\ncontent; and not hearing any Thing of it, he PV\\ncould not forbear fetting out the 20th, with\\nFather Anaffajius and an Indian^ leaving me the\\nCommand in his Abfence, and charging me\\nfrom Time to Time to go the Rounds about our\\nCamp, to prevent being furpriz d, and to make\\na Smoke for him to direct his Way in Cafe of\\nNeed. When he came near the Dwelling of\\nthe Murderers, looking out fharp to difcover\\nfomething, he obferved Eagles fluttering\\nabout a Spot, not far from them, which made\\nhim believe they had found fome Carrion about\\nthe Manfion, and he fired a Shot, which was\\nthe Signal of his Death and forwarded it.\\nThe Confpirators hearing the Shot, conclu-\\nded it was Monfieur de la Sale^ who was come\\nto feek them. They made ready their Arms\\nand provided to furprize him. Duhaut paffed\\nthe River, with Larcheveque. The firfl: of them\\nfpying Monfieur de la Sale at a Diflance, as he\\nwas coming towards them, advanc d and hid\\nhimfelf among the high Weeds, to wait his\\npaffing by, fo that Monfieur ^d 2 Sale fufpefting\\nnothing, and having not fo much as charg d his\\nPiece again, faw the aforefaid Larcheveque at a\\ngood Diflance from him, and immediately ask d\\nfor his Nephew Moranget, to which Larcheveque\\nanfwer d. That he was along the River. At\\nthe fame Time the Traitor Duhaut fired his\\nPiece and fhot Monfr. de la Sale thro the Head,\\nfo that he dropp d down dead on the Spot,\\nwithout fpeaking one Word.\\nH 1 Father", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "lOO\\nMar. 1687\\nHis Cha.\\nra\u00c2\u00a3ler.\\nBarbarity\\ntowards\\nthe dead\\nBody.\\nMonCieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nFather Anaftaftus^ who was then by his Side,\\nflood ftock ftill in a Fright, expeding the fame\\nFate, and not knowing whether he fhould go\\nforwards or backwards but the Murderer\\nDuhaut put him out of that Dread, bidding him\\nnot to fear, for no Hurt was intended him\\nthat it was Defpair that had prevailed with him\\nto do what he faw; that he had long defir d\\nto be revenged on Morangety becaufe he had\\ndefign d to ruin him, and that he was partly\\nthe Occafion of his Uncle s Death. This is the\\nexad: Relation of that Murder, as it was pre-\\nfently after told me by F. Anaftafius.\\nSuch was the unfortunate End of Monfieur\\nde la Salens Life, at a Time when he might en-\\ntertain the greatefl Hopes, as the Reward of\\nhis Labours. He had a Capacity and Talent\\nto make his Enterprize fuccefsful; his Conftancy\\nand Courage and his extraordinary Knowledge\\nin Arts and Sciences, which render d him fit\\nfor any Thing, together with an indefatigable\\nBody, which made him furmount all Difficulties,\\nwould have procur d a glorious I flue to his Un-\\ndertaking, had not all thofe excellent Qualities\\nbeen counterbalanced by too haughty a Beha-\\nviour, which fometimes made him infupporta-\\nble, and by a Rigidnefs towards thofe that\\nwere under his Command, which at laft drew\\non him an implacable Hatred, and was the Oc-\\ncafion of his Death.\\nThe Shot which had kill d Monfieur de la Sale,\\nwas alfo a Signal of the Murder to the Afl~affins\\nfor them to draw near. They all repair d to\\nthe Place where the wretched dead Corps lay,\\nwhich they barbaroufly flrip d to the Shirt, and\\nvented their Malice in vile and opprobrious\\nLanguage.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA\\nlOI\\nThe Surgeon Liotot faid feveral M^^- 687\\ng v^o\\nLanguage\\nTimes in Scorn and Derifion, Tbere thou\\nlieJJ^ Great Bajfa^ there thou lieJJ. In Conclu-\\nfion, they dragged it naked among the Bulhes,\\nand left it expofed to the ravenous Wild\\nBeads. So far was it from what a certain Au-\\nthor writes, of their having bury d him and fet\\nup a Crofs on his Grave.\\nWhen thofe Murderers had fatiated their Murderers\\nRage, they fet out to come to us at our Camp,\\nwith the dry d Flefh, which they had caui d to\\nbe brought over the River by the Indians^ who\\nhad been Spectators of the Murder and of all\\nthe inhuman Actions that had been committed,\\nwith Amazement and Contempt of us. When\\nthey were come to the Camp, they found Mef-\\nfieurs Cavelier^ the one Brother, the other Ne-\\nphew to the murder d Commander, whom Fa-\\nther Anaftafius acquainted with the difmal End\\nof our Chief, and enjoyn d them Silence, which\\nit is eafy to imagine was very hard upon them;\\nbut it was absolutely necefTary.\\nHowever, Monfieur Cavelier the Pried, could\\nnot forbear telling them, that if they would do\\nthe fame by him, he would forgive them his\\nMurder, and only defir d them to give him\\na Quarter of an Hour to prepare himfelf: They\\nanswer d. They had Nothing to fay to him;\\nthat what they had done was the Effed: of De-\\nfpair, to be reveng d for the ill Ufage they had\\nreceiv d.\\nI was abfent at that Time; he they call d\\nLarcheveque^ who, as I have faid, was one of the\\nConfpirators, had fome Kindnefs for me, and\\nknowing they defign d to make me away too, if\\nH 3 I Hood", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "I02\\nMar. 1687\\nThe Author\\nfav d by a\\nFriend.\\nDehaut,\\nthe Mur-\\nderer, u-\\nfurps the\\nCommand.\\nMarch\\ncontinued.\\nMonfieur de la S A l e j- Second Voyage\\nI flood upon my Defence, he parted from them,\\nto give me Notice of their mifchievous Refo-\\nlution. He found me on a Uttle rifing Ground,\\nwhere I was looking upon our Horfes as they\\ngraz d in a little adjacent Bottom. His Intel-\\nligence (truck me to the Heart, not knowing\\nwhether I lliould fly or (lay but at length, hav-\\ning neither Powder nor Shot, nor Arms, and\\nthe faid Larcheveque giving me Affurances of my\\nLife, provided I was quiet and faid Nothing, I\\ncommitted my felf to God s Prote6lion, and\\nwent to them, without taking any Notice of\\nwhat had been done.\\nDehaut^ pujflF d up with his new gotten Autho-\\nrity, procur d him by his Villany, as foon as he\\nfaw me, cry d out. Every Man ought to com-\\nmand in his Turn; to which I made no An-\\nfwer; and we were all of us oblig d to (lifle\\nour Refentment, that it might not appear, for\\nour Lives depended on it. However, it was\\neafy to judge with what Eyes Father Anaflafius^\\nMeffieurs Cavelier and I beheld thefe Murder-\\ners, to whom we expeded every Moment to\\nfall Sacrifices. It is true, we difl^embled fo\\nwell, that they were not very fufpicious of us,\\nand that the Temptation we were under of\\nmaking them away in Revenge for thofe they\\nhad murder d, would have eafily prevail d and\\nbeen put in Execution, had not Monfieur Ca-\\nvelier, the Prieft, always pofitively oppos d it,\\nalledging, that we ought to leave Vengeance to\\nGod.\\nHowever the Murderers feiz d upon all the\\nEffefts, without any Opposition, and then we\\nbegan to talk of proceeding on our Journey.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 103\\nWe decamp d the 21ft, with our Indians, and 1687\\nmarch d with fuch a heavy Rain, that we were v*\\noblig d to halt on the Bank of a great Stream,\\nwhere one of the Natives that had left us, arriv d\\nwith his Wife. We went on the 22d and 23d,\\nand pafs d the River, where Father Anaftafius,\\nMonfieur Cavelier and I, who could not fwim,\\nhad been drown n, but that the Natives affifl-\\ned and fav d us. The 24th, we went on thro a\\nmarfhy Country, never quitting a fmall Path\\nwhich led to the Village of the Cenis, till the\\n28th, when we reded on the Bank of a River Cenis Ri-\\nof the fame Name, tho about ten Leagues di-\\n(lant from the Village.\\nWe had hop d to ford that River, as Monfieur\\nde la Sale had done, when he return d from that\\nCountry; but it was fo fwollen, that there\\nwas no doing it, and we were forced to make a\\nCanoe of Bullocks Hides. Whilfl we were\\nemploy d at that Work, the Indians fwam over\\nand went to give Notice to the Cenis of our\\nArrival.\\nWe found the Country pleafant enough about\\nthat River, tho the Land did not feem to be\\nany of the bed but ftill it was delightful to\\nthe Eye, well planted with fine Trees of feve-\\nral Sorts, among which, is one that Monfieur\\nde la Sale had nam d Copal, being very beautiful, Copal\\nthe Leaves of it between those of the Maple Tree.\\nand the Lime Trees in Refemblance, and from it\\ncomes a Gum, of a very agreeable Scent. In\\nthe fame Place we faw a great Tree, on which\\nthe late Monfieur de la Sale had caus d CrolTes\\nand the Arms of France to be carv d.\\nH 4 The", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "1 04 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nMar. 1687 The Hunting of Bullocks had fail d us, and we\\n^^i^^ had feen none from the Place where our late\\nLeader had been murder d. Thus our Provifions\\nbegan to fall fhort, and it was refolv d on the\\n29th, to fend fome Men before, to the Village of\\nThe Author the Cenis^ to know, whether they had any Indian\\nfent to the Corn, and were willing to barter for it. I was\\nCenis r appointed, with the Surgeon Liotot^ the Tef-\\nProvifiom. ji^gy^^ ^nd Hiens^ who was a Buccanier, Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale had taken up at Petit Gouave,\\nto go with him upon this Expedition. I was\\nvery unwilling to undertake that Journey,\\nwith a Murderer and two of his Compani-\\nons, of whom I was fufpicious; but it was\\nvery requifite to obey, and Duhaut having\\nall the EfFefts in his PofTeffion, alledging, that\\na great part of them belong d to him, he\\ngave us fome Axes and Knives to barter for\\nIndian Corn, as alfo for Horfes, if any were to\\nbe had, and accordingly we pafs d the Ri-\\nver.\\nThe Coun- We found the Country made up of feveral\\ntryde- little Hills, of an indifferent Height, on which\\nfcriFd. there are Abundance of Wallnut-Trees and\\nOaks, not fo large as what we had feen before,\\nbut very agreeable. The Weeds which had been\\nfome Time before burnt by the Natives, began\\nto fpring up again, and difcover d large green\\nFields very pleafing to the Sight.\\nWhen we had travell d fome Time, we dif-\\ncover d three Men a Horfeback, coming\\ntowards us from the Village, and being\\ncome near them, faw one drefs d after the\\nSpanijh Fafhion, with a little Doublet, the Bo-\\ndy whereof was of blue, and the Sleeves of white\\nFuftian,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 105\\nFuftian, as it were imbroider d, with very Mar. 1687\\nftreight Breeches, white worded Stockings, \u00c2\u00ab^J\\nWoollen-Garters, a broad-brim d, flat-crown d\\nHat, and long Hair. We prefently concluded\\nhe was a Spaniard, and the rather becaufe we Si afiiard\\nhad been told, that fome of them were to come\\nto join in League with the Cents, again ft an E-\\nnemy nation, and we were at a Nonplus; for\\nif we fell into their Hands, we muft never ex-\\npect to get away, but be condemn d to ferve\\neither in the Mines, or in the Quarries, in the\\nKingdom of Mexico, for which Reafon we pro-\\nvided to give the pretended Spaniard an unkind\\nReception, and then to make the beft of our\\nWay back.\\nBeing come up to him, I fpoke fome Words\\nof Spanijh and Italian, to which he return d\\nno Anfwer; but on the contrary, made ufe\\nof the Word CouJJica, which in the Lan-\\nguage of the Cenis, fignifies, do not under-\\nftand you; which Anfwer of his remov d our\\nApprehenfions. The two others were quite\\nnaked, one of them being mounted on a\\nfine grey Mare, and on her were befides\\ntwo Panniers, handfomly made of Reeds, full\\nof very fine Meal parch d, or roafted. Af-\\nter feveral Questions, to which we had no\\nvery fatisfadory Anfwers, we lighted Fire to\\nmake them fmoke, and then they prefented\\nus with the two Panniers full of Meal, giv-\\ning us to underftand, that their Chief ex-\\npected us in the Village, and having figni-\\nfy d, that they were fent to meet us, we\\ngave them fome Knives and Strings of\\nBeads.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "io6 Monjteur de la S al e j- Second Voyage\\nMar. 1687 We ask d them, whether they had any Men\\namong them like him that was a Horfeback\\nin the Spanijh Habit, they anfwer d, there were\\ntwo in a Neighboring Nation, call d AJfonyy\\nand that he who was clad, had been in their\\nCountry, and brought thence the Cloaths we\\nfaw him wear. That Man then (hew d us a Spa-\\nnijh printed Paper, containing the Indulgences\\ngranted to the Miffioners of NewMexico. After\\nthis they left us to go on, to our People, for\\nwhich Reafon I writ a Note, giving an Account\\nof our having met them.\\nWe alighted to eat, and let our Horfes\\ngraze on the Bank of a Rivulet but it was not\\nlong before the fame Natives, who had been\\nwith us before, appear d again hard by us. We\\nmade Signs to them to draw near and eat with\\nus; which they did, and then went along with\\nus towards the Village, which we would not\\ngo into, becaufe it was Night. The Indian that\\nwas clad, flay d all Night with us, and the two\\nothers went away.\\nWhen it was Day, we held on our Way to\\nthe Village the Indian that was with us con-\\nIttt ^thf^ duding us to their Chief s Cottage. By the Way,\\nFrench in many Other Cottages, and the Elders\\nfolemn Coming to meet us in their Formalities, which\\nManner, confifled in fome Goats Skins drefs d and painted\\nof feveral Colours, which they wore on their\\nShoulders like Belts, and Plumes of Feathers of\\nfeveral Colours, on their Heads, like Coro-\\nnets. Six or feven of them had fquare\\nSword Blades, like the Spanijh^ on the Hilts\\nwhereof they had fallen d great Plumes of Fea-\\nthers, and feveral Hawks Bells; fome of them\\nhad Clubs, which they call Head-breakers, fome\\nonly", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nonly their Bows and Arrows; others, Bits of\\nwhite Linen, reaching from Shoulder to Shoul-\\nder. All their Faces were daub d with black\\nor red, There were twelve Elders, who walk d\\nin the Middle, and the Youth and Warriors in\\nRanks, on the Sides of thofe old Men.\\nBeing come up to us in that Manner, he\\nthat conducted us, made a Sign for us to halt,\\nwhich when we had done, all the old Men\\nlifted up their Right Hands above their Heads,\\ncrying out in a mod ridiculous Manner but\\nit behov d us to have a Care of laughing. That\\ndone, they came and imbrac d us, ufing all Sorts\\nof Endearments. Then they made us fmoke,\\nand brought to us a French Man of Provence^\\nwho was one of thofe that had forfaken the\\nlate Monfieur de la Sale, at his firft Journey.\\nThe whole Company conduced us after the\\nfame Manner, to their Chief s Cottage; and af-\\nter we had ftaid there a fhort Time, they led us\\nto a larger Cottage, a Quarter of a League\\nfrom thence, being the Hut in which they have\\ntheir publick Rejoycings, and the great Af-\\nfemblies. We found it furnifh d with Mats for\\nus to fit on. The Elders feated themfelves round\\nabout us, and they brought us to eat, fome\\nSagamite, which is their Pottage, little Beans,\\nBread made of Indian Corn, and another Sort\\nthey make with boil d Flower, and at lad they\\nmade us fmoke.\\nDuring our Repafl:, they entertain d us with\\nthe Difcoufe of their Defign to make War on\\na Nation, who were their Enemies, and whom\\nthey call d Cannokantimo. When it was over,\\nwe prefented them, according to Cuftom,\\nwith fome Knives and Strings of Beads for\\ntheir\\n107\\nMar. 1687\\nA French\\nMan a-\\nmong the\\nIndians,\\nIndian En-\\ntertain-\\nment.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "io8\\nMar. 1687\\nHuts and\\nFamilies\\nin them.\\nManner of\\nBuilding.\\nMonfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\ntheir Wives. We defir d them to afford us\\nfome Indian Corn, in Exchange for other\\nThings, which they promis d, and the French\\nMan who was with them, having told us,\\nthat there was a Diflrid:, which afforded more\\nCorn, than that where we were, and where\\nhis Cottage was, we refolv d to go thither.\\nWe propos d it to the Elders, who would\\nneeds go along with us, attended by a great\\nNumber of Youth, and having got ready our\\nHorfes, we fet out for that Place.\\nBy the Way, we faw feveral Cottages at\\ncertain Diflances, (Iragling up and down, as the\\nGround happens to be fit for Tillage. The\\nField lies about the Cottage, and at other Di-\\nflances there are other large Huts, not inha-\\nbited, but only ferving for publick Affemblies,\\neither upon Occafion of Rejoycings, or to con-\\nfult about Peace and War.\\nThe Cottages that are inhabited, are not\\neach of them for a private Family, for in fome\\nof them there are fifteen or twenty, each of\\nwhich has its Nook or Corner, Bed and other\\nUtenfils to its felf; but without any Partition\\nto feparate it from the reft However, they\\nhave Nothing in Common befides the Fire,\\nwhich is in the Midft of the Hut, and never\\ngoes out. It is made of great Trees, the Ends\\nwhereof are laid together, fo that when once\\nlighted, it lafts a long Time, and the firft\\nComer takes Care to keep it up.\\nThe Cottages are round at the Top, after\\nthe Manner of a Bee-Hive, or a Reek of Hay.\\nSome of them are fixty Foot Diameter. In Or-\\nder to build them, they plant Trees as thick\\nas a Man s Thigh, tall and ftrait, and placing\\nthem", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 109\\nthem in a Circle, and joyning the Tops toge- ^f- 1687\\nther, from the Dome, or round Top, then ^f^^\\nthey lalh and cover them with Weeds. When\\nthey remove their DweUings, they generally\\nburn the Cottages they leave, and build new\\non the Ground they design to inhabit.\\nTheir Moveables are fome Bullocks Hides Their move-\\nand Goats Skins well cur d, fome Mats clofe\\nwove, wherewith they adorn their Huts, and\\nfome Earthen VefTels, which they are very\\nskilful at making, and wherein they boil their\\nFlefh or Roots, or Sagamife, which, as has been\\nfaid, is their Pottage. They have alfo fome\\nfmall Baskets made of Canes, ferving to put in\\ntheir Fruit and other Provifions. Their Beds\\nare made of Canes, rais d two or three Foot\\nabove the Ground, handfomly fitted with Mats Beds.\\nand Bullocks Hides, or Goats Skins well cur d,\\nwhich ferve them for Feather Beds, or Quilts\\nand Blankets; and thofe Beds are parted one\\nfrom another by Mats hung up.\\nWhen they defign to Till the Ground, they Tillage.\\ngive one another Notice, and very often above\\nan Hundred of each Sex meet together. When\\nthey have till d that Piece of Land, after their\\nManner, and fpent part of the Day, thofe the\\nLand belongs to, give the others to Eat, and\\nthen they fpend the reft of the Day in Dancing\\nand Merry Making. This fame is pradlis d\\nfrom Canton to Canton, and fo they till\\nLand all together.\\nThis Tillage confifts in breaking up juft the Inftrument\\nSurface of the Earth with a Sort of Wooden ^.f-\\nInftrument, like a little Pick-axe, which they\\nmake by fplitting the End of a thick Piece of\\nWood, that ferves for a Handle, and putting\\nanother", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "Mar. 1687\\n110 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nanother Piece of Wood fharp Pointed at one\\nEnd into the SHt. This Inftrument ferves\\nthem inftead of a Hoe, or Spade, for they have\\nno Iron Tools. When the Land has been thus\\nWomen fow. till d or broke up, the Women Sow and Plant\\nthe Indian Corn, Beans, Pompions, Water\\nMelons, and other Grain and Garden Ware,\\nwhich is for their Suflenance.\\nIndians The Indians are generally Handfom, but\\ndisfigure disfigure themfelves by making Scores, or\\nthem/elves. Streaks on their Faces, from the Top of the\\nForehead down the Nofe to the Tip of the\\nChin which is done by pricking the Skin with\\nNeedles, or other (harp Inflruments, till it\\nbleeds, whereon they ftrew fine Powder of\\nCharcoal, and that finks in and mixes with the\\nBlood within the Skin. They alfo make after\\nthe fame Manner, the Figures of living Crea-\\ntures, of Leaves and Flowers on their Shoul-\\nders, Thighs, and other Parts of their Bodies,\\nand Paint themfelves, as has been faid before,\\nwith Black or Red, and fometimes both to-\\ngether.\\nWomen. The Women are generally well Shap d, and\\nwould not be difagreeable, did they adhere\\nto Nature; but they Difguife themfelves as\\nridiculoufly as the Men, not only with the\\nStreak they have like them down their\\nFace, but by other Figures they make on it,\\nat the Corners of their Eyes, and on the other\\nParts of their Bodies; whereof they make\\nmore particular Show on their Bofom, and\\nthofe who have the most, are reckoned the\\nhandfomeft; tho that pricking in that Part be\\nextremely painful to them.\\nIt", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. iii\\nIt is they that do all the Work in the Cot- M^ir. 1687\\ntage, either in Pounding the Indian Corn and ^VXJ\\nBaking the Meal, or making the Pottage of ^0\\nthe faid Meal, by them call d Sagamite, or in jj\u00c2\u00b0^\\ndreffing their other Provifions, or drying or\\nparching, or fmoaking their Flefh, fetching\\nthe Wood they have Occafion for, or the Flefh\\nof Bullocks, or other Beads kill d by their\\nHusbands in the Woods, which are often at\\na great Diftance, and afterwards Dreffing them\\nas has been faid. They Sow and Plant, when\\nthe Land has been broke up, and in fhort, do\\nalmoft all that is requifite for the Support of\\nLife.\\nI did not obferve that thofe Women were\\nnaturally given to Lewdnefs but their Virtue Their Be-\\nis not Proof againfl fome of our Toys, when Saviour,\\nprefented them, as Needles, Knives, and more\\nparticularly Strings of Beads, whereof they\\nmake Necklaces and Bracelets, and that Temp-\\ntation is rarely refilled by them, and the lefs\\nbecaufe they have no Religion or Law to pro-\\nhibit that vile Pradice. It is true their Hus-\\nbands, when they take them in the Fact, fome-\\ntimes do punifh them, either by Separation or\\notherwife; but that is rare.\\nThe Country of thofe Indians being generally\\nsubjed to no Cold, almofl all of them go naked; Habits.\\nunlefs when the North Wind blows, then they\\ncover themfelves with a Bullock s Hide, or\\nGoat s Skin cur d. The Women wear nothing\\nbut a Skin, Mat, or Clout, hanging round them\\nlike a Petticoat, and reaching down half way\\ntheir Legs, which hides their Nakednefs before\\nand behind. On their Heads they have no-\\nthing", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "112 Monjieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nMar. 1687 thing but their Hair platted and knotted be-\\nV^ hind\\nManners. As for their Manners, it may be faid of\\nthefe as of all other Indians of that great Con-\\ntinent, that they are not Mifchievous, unlefs\\nwrong d or attack d; in which Cafe they are\\nall Fierce and Revengeful. They Watch all\\nOpportunities to be Reveng d, and never let\\nany flip, when offer d, which is the Caufe of\\ntheir being continually at War with their\\nNeighbours, and of that Martial Humour,\\nfo Predominant among them.\\nReligion. As to the Knowledge of a God, they did not\\nfeem to us to have any fix d Notion of Him;\\nit is true, we met with fome on our Way, who\\nas far as we could judge, believ d, there was\\nfome Superior Being, which was above all\\nThings, and this they testify d by lifting up\\ntheir Hands and Eyes to Heaven, yet without\\nany Manner of Concern, as believing that the\\nfaid exalted Being does not regard at all, what is\\ndone here below. However none of them\\nhaving any Places of Worfliip, Ceremonies,\\nor Prayers, to denote the divine Homage, it\\nmay be faid of them all, that they have no Re-\\nligion, at leafl thofe that we faw.\\nCeremo- However, they obferve fome Ceremonies;\\nnies. but whether they have any Regard to a real or\\npretended Superior Being, or whether they are\\nonly popular, and proceeding from Cuftom, is\\nwhat we were not able to difcover. Thofe Ce-\\nremonies are as follows. When the Corn is\\nripe, they gather a certain Quantity in a Maund\\nor Basket, which is placed on a Sort of Seat or\\nStool, dedicated to that Ufe, and ferving on-\\nly upon thofe mifl:erious Occafions, which they\\nhave a great Veneration for. The", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 113\\nThe Basket with the Corn being placed on ^^r. 1687\\nthat honour d Stool, one of the Elders holds vv)\\nout his Hands over it, and talks a long Time;\\nafter which, the faid old Man diftributes the\\nCorn among the Women, and no Perfon is al-\\nlow d to eat of the new Corn, till eight Days af-\\nter that Ceremony. This feems to be in the\\nNature of Offering up or BlefTmg the firfl:\\nFruits of their Harveft.\\nAt their Aflemblies, when the Sagamite^ or\\nPottage, which is the moll: effential Part of\\ntheir meal, is boil d in a great Pot, they place\\nthat Pot on the Stool of Ceremony above men-\\ntion d, and one of the Elders ftretches out his\\nHands over it, muttering fome Words between\\nhis Teeth for a confiderable Time, after which,\\nthey fall to eat.\\nWhen the young Folks are grown up to be\\nfit to go to the Wars, and take upon them to\\nbe Soldiers, their Garment, confiding of fome\\nSkin, or Clout, together with their Bow, Quiver\\nand Arrows, is placed on the aforefaid Stool,\\nan old Man fl:retches out his Hands over them,\\nmutters the Words as above, and then the Gar-\\nments, Bows, Quivers, and Arrows are given\\nto the Perfons they belong to. This may be\\ncompar d to Something of a Ceremony of\\nKnighting among them. The fame Ceremo-\\nnies are us d by them in the cultivating of their yr^^^^^^\\nGrain and Produdl, but particularly of the Ta-\\nbacco, whereof they have a Sort, which has\\nfmaller Leaves than Ours it is almofl: ever\\ngreen and they use it in Leaves.\\nThis is what we obferv d among the Cenis,\\nwhose Cufloms and Manners differ very little\\nfrom those of other Nations, which we had feen\\nI before.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "114\\nMar. 1687\\nNation,\\nwhat is\\nmeant\\nhere by it.\\nNames of\\nNations.\\nMonjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nbefore and faw afterwards. As to the Point of\\nReligion, it is not to be infer d from what I\\nhave faid above, that there is none throughout\\nthat vafl Continent: The Account I have given\\nonly regards thofe Nations we faw; there may\\nbe others that have fome Worfliip, and I re-\\nmember I have heard Monfieur de la Sale fay,\\nthat the Nation call d Taken/a^ neighbouring\\non the IJlinois, ador d the Fire, and that they\\nhad Cottages which they made ufe of, as Tem-\\nples.\\nBefore I conclude this fhort Account of the\\nReligion, Cuftoms and Manners of the Cenis,\\nwhich belong d properly to this Place, it is\\nfit here alfo to obferve, that the Word\\nNation, is not to be underflood, among thofe\\nIndians, to denote a People pofreiTmg a whole\\nProvince, or vafl: Extent of Land. Thofe Na-\\ntions are no other than a Parcel of Villages,\\ndifpers d for the Space of twenty or thirty\\nLeagues at mofl, which compofe a distindl Peo-\\nple or Nation; and they differ from one ano-\\nther rather in Language than in Manners,\\nwherein they are all much alike, or at leall\\nthey vary but little, as has been mention d\\nabove. As for the Names of them, here fol-\\nlow thofe of fuch as we travel d through, or\\nwere near the Way we held from our leaving\\nour Habitation near the Bay of the Holy Ghoft,\\ntill we came among the Cenis.\\nThe Spicheats, Kabayes, Thecamons, Thearemets,\\nKiabaha, Chaumenes, KouanSj Arhau, Enepiahe,\\nAhonerhopiheim, Koienkahe, Konkone, Omeaojfe,\\nKeremen, Ahekouen, Meghty, Tetamenes, Otenmar-\\nheUy Kouayon and Meracouman. All thefe Na-\\ntions are on the North of the River called la\\nMaligne.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 115\\nMaligne. Those that follow, are on the Weft tr. 1687\\nand North-Weft of the fame River. ^/VV)\\nThe Kannehouan^ Tohaha^ Pihir^ Cagabegux,\\nOnapien, PickaVy TokaUy Kuajfes^ Chancres^ Tefe-\\nrabocreteSy Tfepehoueriy Fercoutehuy PanegOy Petao,\\nPetzarCy Peifachoy Peihoun^ Orcan and Piou. This\\nlast Nation borders upon the Cenis^ at the En-\\ntrance into whofe firft Village I left my Reader,\\nto give an Account of the Inhabitants, and\\nthither I return, to proceed with my Relation\\nand our Journey to the Village, the French Man\\nwho liv d among the Natives was to condu(5l us to.\\nWe arriv d there at Night, and found other\\nElders coming out to meet us, much after the\\nfame Manner as the others mention d before.\\nThey led us to their Cottage, made us fit down\\non Mats and fmoke, but not with fo much Ce-\\nremony as the others. That done, it was Time\\nfor us to take our Reft, having given them to\\nunderftand that we were weary.\\nThe French Provencal would needs have us\\ngo to his Cottage, that is to the Hut where he French\\nhad his Dwelling; for, as I have faid, there Entertain-\\nare feveral Families in one of them, and that ^^4y\\nwas one of the greateft in the Canton, having\\nbeen the Habitation of one of their Chief s,\\nlately deceafed.\\nThey allotted us a Place there, for our Goods\\nand Packs, the Women immediately made Sa-\\ngamite or Pottage, and gave it us. Having\\neaten, we ask d the French Man whether we\\nwere fafe, and he anfwering we were, we lay\\ndown, but yet could not fleep found.\\nThe next Day, being the firft of April, the\\nElders came to receive and conducted us to the\\nCottage where we had been the Day before.\\nI 1 After", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "1 1 6 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nApr. 1687 After the ufual Ceremonies, we traded with\\nthem for Corn, Meal and Beans, giving in Ex-\\nchange for the fame. Needles, Knives, Rings\\nuf and other Toys. We also purchafed a very\\nJO for an Stone Horfe, that would have been worth\\ntwenty Piftoles in France^ for an Ax.\\nThe Day was fpent in driving our small Bar-\\ngains and gathering Provifions, which the Wo-\\nmen brought. When that was done, it was\\nagreed, that I fhould remain there, to lay up\\nmore Store, and that the others fhould return\\nto our Company, which we had left near the\\nRiver, to carry the Provifions and fatisfy\\nthem they might come fafely.\\nTho I thought my felf not over fecure a-\\nmong the Indians., and befrdes had the DifTatis-\\nfadlion of underftanding none of their Lan-\\nguage; yet was I not unwilling to flay, that I\\nmight have an Opportunity of feeing the two\\nother French Men, who had forfaken the late\\nMonfieur de la Sale., when he firfl travell d into\\nthat Country, that I might enquire of them,\\nwhether they had heard no talk of the Miffijipi\\nRiver, for I ftill held my Refolution of parting\\nfrom our wicked Murderers.\\nAs foon as they were gone, I gave a young\\nIndian a Knife, to go bid thofe two other\\nFrench Men come to me, and whilft he was go-\\ning I drove on my little Trade for Provifions,\\nand had frequent Vifits from the Elders, who\\nentertain d me by Signs, with an Account of\\ntheir intended War; to which I ftill anfwer d,\\nnodding my Head, tho very often I knew not\\nwhat they meant. It was fome Difficulty to\\nme to secure my fmall Merchandize, efpecially\\nat Night, for the Natives were covetous of them.\\nThis", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nThis Care, which kept me from Sleeping\\nfound, was the Occafion, that one Night I heard\\nfome Body moving near my Bed, and opening\\nmy Eyes, by the Light of the Fire, which ne-\\nver goes out in those Cottages, perceiv d a\\nMan (lark naked, with a Bow and two Arrows\\nin his Hand, who came and fat down by me,\\nwithout faying any Thing. I view d him for\\nfome Time, I fpoke to him, he made me no An-\\nfwer, and not knowing what to think of it, I\\nlaid hold of my two Piflols and my Firelock,\\nwhich the Man perceiving, he went and fat\\nby the Fire. I follow d, and looking (leadfaftly\\non him, he knew and fpoke to me, throwing his\\nArms about and embracing me, and then made\\nhimfelf known to be one of the French Men\\nI had fent for.\\nWe fell into Difcourfe, I ask d him for his\\nComrade, he told me, he durft not come, for\\nFear of Monfieur de la Sale. They were both\\nSailors, this Man, who was of Britany, was call d\\nButer the other, of Rochelle, Grollet. They had,\\nin that (hort Space of Time, fo perfeftly enur d\\nthemfelves to the Cuftoms of the Natives,\\nthat they were become meer Savages. They\\nwere naked, their Faces and Bodies with Fi-\\ngures wrought on them, like the rest. They had\\ntaken feveral Wives, been at the Wars and\\nkill d their Enemies with their Firelocks, which\\nhad gain d them Reputation; but having no\\nmore Powder nor Ball, their Arms were grown\\nufelefs, and they had been forc d to learn to\\nfhoot with Bows and Arrows. As for Religion,\\nthey were not troubled with much of it, and\\nthat Libertine Life they led, was pleaf-\\ning to them.\\nI 3 I\\n117\\nApr. 1687\\nThe Author\\nmeets ano-\\nther French\\nMan among\\nthe Indians.\\nFrench\\nturn d fa-\\nvage.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "1 1 8 Monfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nApr. 1687\\nIndian\\nMaid\\nbrought to\\nthe Author.\\nI acquainted this Man with the unfortunate\\nDeath of Monfr. de la Sale, his Nephew and the\\nreft, at which, he was furpris d and concern d,\\nat leaft in outward Appearance. I ask d him,\\nwhether he had not heard talk of the Mijftjipi;\\nhe told me he had not; but only that there was\\na great River forty Leagues from thence to-\\nwards the N. W. where the Natives faid there\\nwere many Nations along its Banks. That\\nmade me believe, it was the very River we were\\nin Search of, or at leaft that it muft be the\\nWay to come at it. I gave him to eat, and we\\nwent to Reft.\\nThe next and the following Days, I conti-\\nnu d trading, and the Elders their Vifits, and\\ntheir Difcourfe by Signs, concerning their in-\\ntended War. Some of them gave me to under-\\nftand, that they had been among the Spaniards.,\\nwho are neverthelefs about two hundred Leagues\\nfrom them. They fpoke some Words of bro-\\nken Spanijhj as Capita^ inftead of CapitaUy a Cap-\\ntain, and Cohavillo inftead of Cavallo^ a Horfe,\\nand fo of fome others. Buter, the French Man\\nreturn d to his Dwelling, I gave him fome\\nStrings of Beads for his Wives, and defir d\\nhim to send the other French Man to me.\\nIn the mean Time my being alone, as to a-\\nny Perfon I could converfe with, grew very\\nirkfome to me, and I know not whether an old\\nMan did not perceive it; for he thought it\\nwould be proper to bring a Companion, to di-\\nvert me, and at Night I was furpris d to fee a\\nyoung Maid come fit down by me, and to hear\\nthe old Man tell me, he had brought her to be\\nmy Wife, and gave her to me; but I had far\\ndifferent Thoughts to difturb me. I fpoke not\\none", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\n19\\none Word to that poor Maid; fhe (lay d fome ^pf- 687\\nTime expeding I would take notice of her, and ^\u00c2\u00ab^^r\\\\i\\nperceiving I did not ftir, or fpeak one Word,\\nfhe withdrew.\\nThus I continu d, without hearing any News, French\\ntill the Sixth o{ Aprils when the two French Men, Men like\\nI have fpoken of, came both, in the Indian Indians.\\nDrefs, each of them having only a Clout about\\nhim, fome Turky Feathers on their Shoulders,\\ntheir Heads and Feet bare. The latter of them\\nwhofe Name was Grollety had not confented to\\nhave his Face mark d like the other, nor to\\ncut his Hair after the Indian Manner; for those\\nPeople cut off all theirs, except a fmall Lock\\non the Crown of the Head, like the Turks,\\nonly some of them have fmall Treffes on the\\nTemples.\\nI repeated to them the Narrative of Mon-\\nfieur de la Sales unfortunate Story. They con-\\nfirm d what I had been told before, that the\\nNatives had talk d to them of the great River,\\nwhich was forty Leagues off, towards the N. E.\\nand that there were People like us, that dwelt\\non the Banks of it. This confirm d me in the\\nOpinion, that it was the River fo much fought\\nafter, and that we mud go that Way to return\\nto Canada or towards New England. They\\ntold me, they would willingly go with us. I\\ndefired them to keep it fecret, which they did\\nnot, for being inform d that Monfieur Cavelier\\nand the others were coming, they went to meet\\nthem, and I was again left alone.\\nThe 8th, three Men came to me, one of\\nwhich was the French Man of Provence, with\\neach of them a Horfe, fent by our People to\\ncarry away all the Provifions I had got together,\\nI 4 having", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "I20\\nApr. 1687\\nThe Mur-\\nderers re-\\nfolve to re-\\nturn to the\\nHabition\\no/St. Le-\\nwis.\\nThe Author\\nand others\\nrefolve to\\npart from\\nthe Mur-\\nderers.\\nMonfieur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nhaving taken a Refolution, as thofe Perfons\\nthey had fent told us, to return to the Dwel-\\nling of St. Lewis^ about the Bay of the fame\\nName, from whence we came; defigning, as\\nthey pretended, to build a Boat there, to car-\\nry them over to the Iflands oi America; an im-\\npradicable Notion, for all our Carpenters were\\ndead, and tho they had been alive, they were\\nfo ignorant, that none of them would have\\nknown which Way to go about that Work;\\nbefides that, we were deftitute of all NecelFaries\\nfor that Effedl. However we mud obey, and\\nfet out with our Provifions. The Rain having\\ndetain d us the 9th on the Way, we could not\\ncome up to them till the next Day, being the\\nTenth.\\nFather Anajlajius gave me the Confirmation\\nof that Design, and farther told me how rough-\\nly they had been treated by thofe Murderers\\nfince my Departure. I know not what it was\\nthat mov d them to it, but they had refolved to\\nfeperate themfelves from thofe Villains, and\\nthat we should eat apart, viz. Monfieur Cavelier\\nthe Priefl, F. Anajlajius^ young Cavelier and I,\\nwhich was very agreeable to us, becaufe at leaf!\\nwe could talk freely, which we durft not do\\nbefore; but at the fame Time they allow d us\\nno more Provifions than would fuffice to keep\\nus from ftarving, without giving us Share of any\\nFlelh, tho they often kill d.\\nOur Tyrants flill holding their Refolution to\\nreturn to their former Habitation, thought they\\nhad not Horfes enough, and therefore deputed\\nfour of their Number, one of which was the\\nFrench Man half turn d Indian, to return to the\\nVillage of the Cenis and endeavour to barter for\\nfome", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 121\\nfome. At the fame Time we agreed together Apr. 1687\\nto let thofe Gentlemen know, that we were too mVJ\\nmuch fatigued to return with them to the faid\\nHabitation, and were refolved to remain in\\nthe Village of the Cenis. Monfieur Cavelier\\nundertook to be our Speaker, and to defire Du-\\nhaut, who was Mafter of all, to give us fome\\nAxes, Knives and Strings of Beads, Powder and\\nShot, offering to give him a Note of his Hand\\nfor the fame.\\nTo conclude, Monfieur Cavelier made the Deftgn of\\nPropofal to Duhaut, difguis d it the befl he was Mur-\\nable, and Duhaut took till the next Day to re-\\nturn his anfwer. He confulted with his Com-\\npanions, and acquainted us, that they would\\ndeal handfomely by us, and give us half the Ef-\\nfects and all the Axes, intending to make the\\nmod Speed they could, to get to our former\\nDwelling, and to put in Execution what they\\nhad before defign d, as to the Building of a Bark.\\nBut in Cafe they could not fucceed, for want\\nof Neceffaries, they would immediately return\\nto us and bring F. Zenobius along with them,\\nwho would be serviceable to us, becaufe, having\\nbeen with Monfieur de la Sale upon his firfl: Dif-\\ncovery, he underfl:ood the Language of the Na-\\ntions about the Mijftjipi River. That whilft\\nthey were upon that Journey, we fhould take\\nCare to gather a Stock of Provifions, and that if\\nthey fucceeded in building the Bark, they would\\nfend us Word, that we might repair to them.\\nMonfieur Cavelier approv d of all they faid, tho\\nwe had other Defigns. However it prov d we\\nwere all Miftaken, for Providence had order d\\nAffairs otherwise.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "122\\nApr. i68y\\nMurderers\\nchange\\ntheir Mind.\\nMonjieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nWe ftay d there fome Time, expeding thofe\\nwho were gone to the Cenis, they (laying longer\\nthan was requifite for that Journey. The over-\\nflowing of the River was their Pretence, but\\nthe true Reafon was the Women, who as I have\\nfaid, are not fo forward as to offer themselves,\\nbut on the other Hand will not be over difficult\\nin complying for fome little Prefent, and thofe\\nwho were fent did not grudge their Time. In\\nthe mean while the Poflure of our Affairs chang-\\ned, as follows.\\nOne of our half Savage French Men, whom I\\nhad acquainted with our Defign to go find the\\nMijftjipiy communicated it to Hautot^ telling\\nhim all the particulars he had before acquainted\\nme with; whereupon Duhaut chang d his Mind,\\nas to the Defign of going to the Habitation of\\nSt. LewiSy refolving to follow our intended\\nWay and execute our Projed. He imparted his\\nThoughts to his Companions, who were of the\\nfame Opinion, and all of them acquainted us, that\\nthey were ready to put in Execution the Enter-\\nprize we had form d.\\nThis Change troubled us very much, there\\nbeing nothing we coveted more than to\\npart with thofe Mifcreants, from whom we\\ncould at a long Run exped no better Ufage\\nthan they had afforded our Commander and his\\nFriends. However, it was flill requifite to dif-\\nfemble, there being no other Remedy at that\\nTime: But God s Juftice provided for and ref-\\ncued us. We continued in that Camp all the\\nremaining Part oi Aprils expeding the Perfons\\nthat had been fent to the Cenis^ and Duhaut in-\\ntending to begin to put in Execution his Defign\\nof going to find out the MiJJlfipi^ with us, made\\nus", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "/;//o NORTH AMERICA. 123\\nus advance towards the River that was near, in ^^y 1687\\norder to pafs it as foon as fallen, and repair to VVJ\\nthe Village of the Cents.\\nWe flaid three Days longer in that Post, at Murderers\\nthe End whereof, he we call d LarchevequCy one ^ifer in\\nof thofe that had been fent out, crofs d the 0/\\nRiver. He was Duhaut s Creature, and an Ac-\\ncomplice in the Murder of Monfieur de la Sale.\\nHe inform d Duhaut^ that one they call d HienSy\\nwho was alfo one of our Meffengers, and had\\nflayed on the other Side of the River, had\\nheard of Duhaut and the reft altering their Re-\\nfolution, and that he was not of their Mind.\\nHiens was a Buccaniery and by Birth a German.\\nMonfieur de la Sale had brought him from Petit\\nGouavey and he was alfo accefTary to the late\\nMurders.\\nAfter we had been fome Days longer in the\\nfame Place, Hiens arriv d with the two half\\nSavage French Men and about twenty Natives.\\nHe went immediately to Duhauty and after\\nfome Difcourfe, told him, he was not for go-\\ning towards the Mijfijipiy becaufe it would be of\\ndangerous Confequence for them, and therefore\\ndemanded his Share of the Effects he had feiz d\\nupon. Duhaut refufing to comply, and affirm-\\ning, that all the Axes were his own; Hiens y\\nwho it is likely had laid the Defign before to\\nkill him, immediately drew his Piftol, and fired\\nit upon Duhauty who ftagger d about four Paces j^^^ j^^_\\nfrom the Place and fell down dead. At the haut, and\\nfame Time Rutery who had been with HienSy Ruter\\nfired his Piece upon Liototy the Surgeon, and Liotot.\\nIhot him thro with three Balls.\\nThefe Murders committed before us, put me\\ninto a terrible Confternation for believing the\\nfame", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "124\\nMay 1687\\nMore Mif-\\nchief pre-\\nvented.\\nMonfteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nfame was defign d for me, I laid hold of my\\nFire-Lock to defend my felf; but Hiens cry d\\nout to me, to fear nothing, to lay down my\\nArms, and afTur d me he had no Defign againfl\\nme; but that he had reveng d his Mailer s\\nDeath. He alfo fatisfy d Monfieur Cavelier and\\nFather Anajiajius, who were as much frighted\\nas my felf, declaring he meant them no Harm,\\nand that tho he had been in the Confpiracy, yet\\nhad he been prefent at the Time when Monfieur\\nde la Sale was kill d, he would not have con-\\nfented, but rather have obftruded it.\\nLiotot liv d fome Hours after, and had the\\ngood Fortune to make his Confeffion; after\\nwhich, the fame Ruter, put him out of his Pain,\\nwith a Piflol-Shot. We dug a Hole in the\\nEarth, and bury d him in it with Duhaut^ doing\\nthem more Honour than they had done to Mon-\\nfieur de la Sale and his Nephew Moranget, whom\\nthey left to be devour d by wild Beafts. Thus\\nthofe Murderers met with what they had de-\\nferv d, dying the fame Death they had put others\\nto.\\nThe Natives, Hiens had brought with him, ha-\\nving been Spedators of that Murder, were in a\\nConflernation, and that Affair was of dange-\\nrous Confequence to us, who flood in Need of\\nthem. It was therefore requifite to make the\\nbed of it, giving them to underfland, that there\\nhad been Reafon for fo punifhing thofe dead Per-\\nfons, becaufe they had all the Powder and Ball,\\nand would not give any to the reft. They re-\\nmained fatisfy d with that Excufe, and he who\\nwas call d Larcheveque^ and who was entirely de-\\nvoted to Duhauty being Abroad a hunting fince\\nthe Morning, and not knowing what Misfor-\\ntune", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "/;z/c NORTH AMERICA.\\ntune had hapned his Protedor, and Hiens being\\nrefolv d to make away with him, Father Ana-\\nfJaftus3.nd Monfieur Cavelier took so much Pains,\\nthat they diflwaded him from it, and I went\\nout and met Larcheveque^ to give him Notice\\nof that Difafter, and to inform him, how he\\nwas to behave himfelf. Thus I requited him\\nfor having come to give me Notice of Monfieur\\nde la Sales Death. I brought him to Hiens, who\\ndeclar d he defign d him no Harm, and Larche-\\nveque gave him the fame AfTurances on his\\nPart. Thus all Things are again compos d,\\nand nothing remain d, but for us to fet out,\\nbut firft to know what we were to do, and\\nwhich Way to diredl our Courfe.\\nHereupon, Heins took upon him to fpeak,\\nand faid, he had promis d the Natives to go\\nto the War with them, and defign d to be as\\ngood as his Word; that if we would expe 5t\\nhis Return, we might by that Time confider\\nwhich Way he would move, and that in the\\nmean Time we might flay in the Village among\\nthe Cenis. This was refolv d on; we loaded\\nall our Effeds on our Horfes, and repair d to\\nthe fame Place and the fame Cottage, where\\nwe had been before, the Chief of it affigning\\nus the one Half to lodge and lay up our\\nBaggage.\\nWhen the Day for fetting out for the War\\nwas come, Hiens departed with the Natives,\\nfour of our Comrades and the two half Savage\\nFrench Men going along with him fo that there\\nwere fix of them, and each took a Horfe. Hiens\\nleft us all the EfFeds, and defir d we would (lay\\nfor him, which we promis d, not knowing how\\nto avoid it, confidering, that the Indians might\\nhave\\n125\\nMay 1687\\nSix French\\nMen go to\\nthe Wars\\nwith the\\nNatives.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "126\\nMay 1687\\nBewailing\\nthe Memo-\\nry of Men\\nkilPd.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nhave done us Harm, and even have obflrudled our\\nDeparture. Thus we refign d ourfelves to Pro-\\nvidence, and remain d fix of us together, vi z.\\nFather Anajiajius, Monfieur Cavalier^ his Ne-\\nphew young Cavelier, young Talon, another\\nYouth of Paris J and I. There alfo remain d\\nfome old Men, who could not go to the War,\\nand the Women. We were alfo join d by two\\nother French Men, who had been left on the other\\nSide the River, being the Provencal a.nd one Teijfter,\\nDuring our Stay, and our Warriors being\\nabroad upon that Expedition, the old Men of-\\nten vifited us, and told us News from the\\nArmy by Signs, which we underftood nothing\\nof. We were from Time to Time alarm d,\\nfeeing the Women weep, without any vifible\\nCaufe. The late Monfieur de la Sale had often\\ntold us, that the Women bewail d thofe that\\nwere to be kill d; but we were inform d, that\\nthey did fo, when they call d to Mind fome\\nwho had been flain in the former Wars; which\\ndifpell d our Apprehenfions. However we\\nwere uneafy, becaufe thofe old Men and Wo-\\nmen examined us every Morning and Evening\\nwhen we perform d our Devotions.\\nWe laid hold of that Opportunity to give\\nthem to underfland, that we paid our Duty to\\none God, the only Supreme Sovereign of all\\nThings, pointing to Heaven, and endeavour-\\ning in the befl: Manner we were able, to fig-\\nnify to them that he was Almighty, that he\\nhad made all Things, that he caus d the Earth\\nto produce it s Fruits to profper, and the\\nGrowth of it, which maintain d them to thrive;\\nbut this being only by Signs, they did not un-\\nderfland us, and we labour d in vain.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 127\\nThe 1 8th, we were furpriz d to fee feveral May i6Sy\\nWomen come into our Cottage, their Faces\\nall befmear d with Earth, and they fet up their\\nThroats, finging feveral Songs as loud as they \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f J\\nwere able, whereof we underftood not one\\nWord. That done, they fell a Dancing in a\\nRing, and we could not tell, what to think of\\nthat Rejoicing, which lasted full three Hours;\\nafter which we were inform d, they had re-\\nceiv d Advice of the Vidory obtain d by their\\nWarriors over their Enemies. The Dance\\nconcluded, thofe in the Cottage gave fome\\nBits of Tobacco to thofe without.\\nThe fame Day, about Noon, we faw him\\nthat had brought the News, who affirm d they\\nhad kill d at lead Forty of their Enemies.\\nAfter the Rejoicing, all the Women apply d\\nthemfelves to make ready their Provifions, fome\\nto pound Indian Corn, others to boil Meal,\\nwhich they call Grouller, and others to bake\\nBread, to carry to the Warriors. They all fet\\nout the 19th to meet them, and we thought it\\nin Policy convenient to send- Meat to our Men\\nwhich was done by the French Man of Provence,\\nwho went with the Women.\\nThat fame Day, at Night, the Vidorious Ar- Account\\nmy returned, and we were informed, that their of the Bat-\\nEnemies whom they call CannohatinnOj had fought\\nexpedled them boldly, but that having heard\\nthe Noife, and felt the EfFeds of our Mens\\nFire Arms, they all fled, fo that the Cenis had\\neither kill d or taken Forty Eight Men and\\nWomen. They had flain feveral of the lat-\\nter, who fled to the Tops of Trees, for want\\nof Time to make their Escape otherwife; fo\\nthat\\nnis.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "128 Monjieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nMay 1687\\nBarbarity\\nof the Men\\ntowards a\\nWoman\\ntaken.\\nOf the Wo-\\nmen.\\nInhumani-\\nty.\\nCruel Tro-\\nphies.\\nthat many more Women had perifli d than\\nMen.\\nThey brought Home two of thofe Women\\nalive, one of whom had her Head flead for the\\nSake of her Hair and Skin. They gave that\\nwretched Creature a Charge of Powder and a\\nBall, and fent Her home, bidding her carry\\nthat Prefent to her Nation, and to affure them,\\nthey (hould be again treated after the fame\\nManner, that is, kill d with Fire Arms.\\nThe other Woman was kept to fall a Sacri-\\nfice to the Rage and Vengeance of the Wo-\\nmen and Maids; who having arm d themfelves\\nwith thick Stakes, fharp Pointed at the End,\\nConduded that Wretch to a By-Place, where\\neach of thofe Furies began to torment her,\\nfometimes with the Point of their Staff, and\\nfometimes laying on her with all their Might.\\nOne tore oflF her Hair, another cut off her Fin-\\nger, and every one of thofe outrageous Women\\nendeavour d to put her to fome exquisite Tor-\\nture, to revenge the Death of their Husbands\\nand Kinfmen, who had been kill d in the former\\nWars fo that the unfortunate Creature ex-\\npeded her Death Stroke, as Mercy.\\nAt lafl, one of them gave her a Stroke with\\na heavy Club on the Head, and another run her\\nStake feveral Times into her Body, with which\\nfhe fell down Dead on the Spot. Then they\\ncut that miferable Vidim into Morfels, and\\noblig d fome Slaves of that Nation, they had\\nbeen long poffefs d of to eat them.\\nThus our Warriors return d Triumphant\\nfrom that Expedition. They fpar d none of\\nthe Prifoners they had taken, except two little\\nBoys, and brought Home all the Skins of their\\nHeads", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 129\\nHeads, with the Hair, to be kept as Trophies ^^y 687.\\nand glorious Memorials of their Vidory. ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i/ WI\\nThe next Day all thofe Savages met in their\\nChief s Cottage, whether all the abovemen-\\ntion d Heads of Hair were carry d in State.\\nThen they made extraordinary Rejoicings in\\nthat Cottage, whence they went to the Huts of\\nthe other Prime Men, to perform the fame Ce-\\nremony. This Rejoicing lafted three Days, our\\nFrench Companions, who had been the Caufe of\\ntheir Vidlory, bemg call d to it, and highly\\nentertain d, after their Manner. It will not\\nbe difagreeable to the Reader, that I here par-\\nticularly defcribe that Ceremony, which after\\nhaving been perform d in the Cottages of the\\nChief Men, was repeated in ours.\\nIn the firft: Place, the Cottage was made\\nvery clean, adorn d, and abundant of Mats ofReioicin?\\nlaid on the Floor, on which the Elders, and\\nthe mod confiderable Perfons fate; after which,\\none of them, who is in the Nature of an Ora-\\ntor, or Mafter of the Ceremonies flood up and\\nmade a Speech, of which we underftood not a\\nWord. Soon after that Difcourse was ended,\\nthe Warriors arriv d, who had flain any in\\nBattle, marching in their proper Order, each\\nof them carrying a Bow and two Arrows, and\\nbefore every one of them went his Wife, car-\\nrying the Enemies Head of Hair. Two little\\nBoys, whofe Lives they had fpar d, as has been\\nfaid before, one of them who was wounded\\nbeing a Horfeback, clos d the proceffion; at\\nthe Head whereof, was a Woman carrying a\\nlarge Reed, or Cane in her Hand.\\nAs they came up to the Orator, the War-\\nrior took the Head of Hair his Wife had\\nK brought", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "130 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nMay 1687. brought, and prefented it to him, which the\\n^^i^ faid Orator receiv d with both his Hands, and\\nafter having held it out towards the four Quar-\\nters of the World, he laid it down on the\\nGround, and then took the next, performing\\nthe fame Ceremony, till he had gone over them\\nall.\\nWhen the Ceremony was ended, they ferv d\\nup the Sagamite, in the Nature of Hafty Pud-\\nding, which thofe Women had provided, and\\nbefore any one touch d it, the Mafter of the\\nCeremonies took fome in a Veffel, which he car-\\nry d as an Offering to thofe Heads of Hair.\\nThen he lighted a Pipe of Tabacco, and\\nblow d the Smoke upon them. That being\\nperform d, they all fell to the Meat, Bits\\nof the Woman that had been facrific d^ were fervd\\nup to the two Boys of her Nation. They alfo ferv d\\nup dry d Tongues of their Enemies, and the\\nwhole concluded with Dancing and Singing\\nafter their Manner: After which, they went\\nto other Cottages to repeat the fame Cere-\\nmony.\\nThere was no talk of our Defign till thofe\\nRejoycings were over, and I begn to conceive\\ngood Hopes of our Succefs. The two Murderers,\\nTeiffter and Larcheveque, who had both a Hand\\nin the Death of Monfr. de la Sale, had promis d\\nto go along with us, provided Monfr. Cavelier\\nwould pardon them, and he had given them\\nhis Word fo to do. In this Expectation we\\ncontinu d till the 25th, when our French Men,\\nwho had been at the War, repair d to our Cot-\\ntage, and we confulted about our Bufinefs.\\nHims", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 131\\nHiens and others of his Gang, difapproving May 1687\\nof our Defign, reprefented to us fuch Difficul- *\u00c2\u00bb*^VNi^\\nties as they look d upon to be unfurmountable,\\nunder which we muft inevitably perilli, or at\\nleaft be oblig d to return to the fame Place.\\nHiens told us, that for his own Part, he would\\nnot hazard his Life to return into France, only\\nto have his Head chopp d off, and perceiving\\nwe anfwer d Nothing to that, but that we per-\\nfifted in our Refolution. is requifite then, faid\\nhe, to divide what Effects remain.\\nAccordingly he laid afide, for F. AnaJJaJius, Hiens\\nMeffieurs Cavelier, the Uncle and the Nephew, gives the 0-\\nthirty Axes, four or five Dozens of Knives, a-\\nbout thirty Pounds of Powder and the like ^P^J^J/^\\nQuantity of Ball. He gave each of the the reft of\\nothers two Axes, two Knives, two or three the Effe\u00c2\u00a3is.\\nPounds of Powder, with as much Ball, and\\nkept the reft. As for the Horfes, he kept\\nthe beft and left us the three leaft. Monfieur\\nCavelier ask d him for fome Strings of Beads,\\nwhich he granted, and feiz d upon all the late\\nMonfr. de la Sale s Cloaths, Baggage and other\\nEffe(5ls, befides above a thoufand Livres in Mo-\\nney, which belong d to the late Monfr. le Gros,\\nwho dy d at our Dwelling of St. Lewis. Before\\nour Departure, it was a fenfible Affliction to us,\\nto fee that Villain walk about, in a fcarlet Coat,\\nwith gold Galons, which had belong d to the\\nlate Monfr. de la Sale, and which, as I have faid,\\nhe had feiz d.\\nAfter that, Hiens and his Companions with- jj^^ Ca-\\ndrew to their own Cottage, and we refolv d velier and\\nnot to put off our Departure any longer. Ac- his Company\\ncordingly, we made ready our Horfes, which P^^^f^\u00c2\u00b0^\\nmuch alarm d the Natives, and efpecially the\\nK 2 Chief", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "132\\nMay 1687\\nFrench\\nMen ft ay\\nwith the\\nIndians.\\nOnly /even\\nfet out for\\nCanada.\\nMonjteur de la S ale j- Second Voyage\\nChief of them, who faid and did all he could to\\nobftrud our Journey, promifmg us Wives,\\nPlenty of Provifions, reprefenting to us the\\nimmenfe Dangers, as well from Enemies, who\\nfurrounded them, as from the bad and impaf-\\nfable Ways and the many Woods and Rivers\\nwe were to pafs. However, we were not to\\nbe moved, and only ask d one Kindnefs of him,\\nin obtaining of which, there were many Diffi-\\nculties, and it was, that he would give us\\nGuides to condud us to Cappa\\\\ but at length,\\nafter much Trouble and many Promifes of a\\ngood Reward, one was granted, and two others\\nwent along with him.\\nAll Things being thus order d for our Depar-\\nture, we took Leave of our Hofts, pafs d by\\nHeins% Cottage and embrac d him and his Com-\\npanions. We ask d him for another Horfe,\\nwhich he granted. He defired an Atteftation\\nin Latin of Monfieur Cavelier^ that he had not\\nbeen concern d in the Murder of Monfieur de\\nla SaUy which was given him, becaufe there was\\nno refufing of it; and we set forward without\\nLarcheveque and Meunierj who did not keep their\\nWord with us, but remain d among thofe Bar-\\nbarians, being infatuated with that Courfe ot\\nLibertinifm they had run themfelves into. Thus\\nthere were only feven of us that fluck together\\nto return to Canada^ viz. Father Anaflafius^\\nMeffieurs Cavelier the Uncle and the Nephew,\\nthe Sieur de Marie, one Teiffier, a young Man\\nborn at Paris, whose Name was Bartholomew and\\nI, with fix horfes and the three Indians, who\\nwere to be our Guides; a very fmall Number\\nfor fo great an Enterprize, but we put ourfelves\\nentirely into the Hands of Divine Providence,\\ncon-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "//o NORTH AMERICA.\\nconfiding in God s Mercy, which did not for-\\nfake us.\\nAfter the firft Day s Journey we incamp d\\non the Bank of the River, we had left not long\\nbefore, lay there that Night, and the next Day,\\ncut down Trees to make a Sort of Bridge or\\nPlanks to pafs over it; handing over our Goods\\nfrom one to another, and fwimming over our\\nHorfes; which Work we were frequently o-\\nblig d to repeat, and as often as we had after-\\nwards Occafion to pafs Rivers on our Way,\\nwhich we held on till the 29th, every Day\\nmeeting with fome Cottage, and at laft, a Ham-\\nlet or Village, into which we went, and the\\nIndian Inhabitants told us, they were call d\\nNahordikhey and that they were Allies to the\\nCenis.\\nWe barter d with them for fome Provifions,\\nand their Chief ofFer d to go with us as far as\\nthe AJfonys^ who were not farther off than about\\nthree Leagues, which he accordingly did but\\nit happening to rain when we came thither,\\nand the AJfonys having had no Notice before\\nhand, we found but indifferent Reception.\\nHowever, we were conducted to the Chief s\\nCottage the Elders had Notice given them,\\nthey reforted thither, and when our Horfes\\nwere unloaded, and our Goods plac d in a Cor-\\nner of the Cottage, which the Chief had al-\\nlotted us, we gave them to underftand, that\\nour Intention was to go farther, to fetch Com-\\nmodities to trade with them, at which they\\nwere pleas d. They gave us to eat, and the\\nElders ftay d fome Part of the Evening with us,\\nwhich made us fomewhat Uneafy, and oblig d us\\nK 3 to\\nM/7)i 1687\\nNahor-\\ndikhes and\\nAfFony", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "1 34 Monfteur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nJune 1687 to be upon our Guard however the Night\\npafs d without any Diflurbance.\\nThe next Morning the Elders came to us a-\\ngain. They had provided Mats without the\\nCottage, and made Signs to us to go thither\\nand fit down upon them, as we did, leaving two\\nof our Company to guard the Baggage. We\\nrepeated to them what we had faid the Night\\nbefore, and made them fome Prefents of Axes,\\nKnives, Strings of Beads and Rings. They fig-\\nnify d they were forry we would go away, and\\nendeavour d the bed they could, to make us\\nfenfible of the fame Obftacles the others had\\nfignify d to us but it was all in Vain howe-\\nver, we flay d till the first of June^ all the while\\nbartering and gathering the beft stock of Pro-\\nvifions we could.\\nThe Second, we remov d from that Cottage,\\nwhere we had fome Jealoufy, and went to a-\\nnother, a Quarter of a League from it, where\\nGood En- Chief of it gave us a very good Reception,\\ntertatn p^^ ^j^ Woman, who was either his Mother,\\nor Governefs of the Cottage, took particular\\nCare of us We were firfl: ferv d at eating, and\\nto keep her in that good Mind, we now and\\nthen made her fome little Prefents, whilfl fhe,\\nby her Care and Kindnefs, fpar d our Provifi-\\nons, which were necefsary for our Jour-\\nney.\\nA continual Rain oblig d us to flay there\\ntill the 13th. During our Stay, the Natives\\nmade feveral Feafls, to which we were al-\\nways invited and at length the Rain ceafing,\\nwe refolv d to fet out, notwithftanding all\\nMonfieur Cavelier and the Priefl s Apprehen-\\nfions, which we furmounted, and dircded our\\nCourfe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "/Vz/0 NORTH AMERICA. 135\\nCourfe towards the TV. E. with two Indians^ June 1687\\nwho were to condud: us only a fmall Way, and VNJ\\nwho accordingly foon left us, whatfoever Pro-\\nmifes we could make them. They departed to\\nreturn Hone, promifing they would come to us\\nagain. We encamp d that Night on the Bank\\nof a Rivulet.\\nThe 14th and 15th, we held on our Way, Bad Ways.\\nfrequently meeting with Sloughs, which very\\nmuch fatigued us, because we were oblig d to\\nunload our Horfes for them to pafs, and pre-\\nvent their flicking in the Mire and fat Soil,\\nwhence we could not have drawn them out, and\\nconfequently we were fain to carry all our Lug-\\ngage on our own Backs.\\nWhilfl: we halted about Noon, that our\\nHorfes might graze, as was ufually done by us,\\nwe difcover d our two AJfony Indians returning\\ntowards us, at which we were much rejoiced,\\nbecaufe they had a better Notion than our-\\nfelves of the Way we were to go. We made\\nthem eat and fmoke, and then fet out a-\\ngain.\\nThe 1 6th, we came to a great River, which\\nwe pafs d as we had done the firft, and after\\nthat, met with very bad Ways.\\nThe 17th, one of our Company being in-\\ndifpos d, we could not fet out till Noon, and\\nheld on till the 21(1, croffing feveral Sloughs and\\nRivers, and then one of our Indians being out of\\nOrder, it oblig d us to flay on the Bank of a\\nRiver we had pafs d. The other Indian feeing\\nhis comrade fick, went a Hunting, and brought\\na wild Goat; for there are many in that Coun-\\ntry. The Indians have the Art of dreffmg the\\nHeads of thofe Creatures, which they put upon\\nK 4 their", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "Art to Kill\\nGoats and\\nWildFowl.\\n136 Monfteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJune 1687 their own, and imitate them fo exadly, that\\nthey can come very near to them, and then\\nfeldom fail of killing. The fame Method they\\nufe for Turkeys and other wild Fowl, and fo\\ndraw them clofe to themfelves.\\nThe 2 2d, our Indian being fomewhat recover d\\nwe decamp d and proceeded along a better\\nWay and pleafanter Country, than that we had\\nleft behind, and as we enquir d the bed we could\\nof thofe our Indians^ concerning the Neighbour-\\ning Nations and thofe we were going towards,\\namong others they nam d to us, that they call d\\nCappa. M. Cavelier told us, he remember d he had\\nheard his late Brother Monfieur de la Sale name\\nthat Nation, and fay he had feen it as he went\\nfrom Canada towards the Mifftfipi. This put\\nus in Hopes, that we fhould fucceed in our Dif-\\ncovery.\\nFine Mea- The 23d, being near a Village, we had been\\ndows. jj^ Search of, one of our Indians went before, to\\ngive Notice of our Arrival. In the mean Time\\nwe crofs d mod lovely Plains and Meadows,\\nborder d with fine Groves of beautiful Trees,\\nwhere the Grafs was fo high, that it hinder d\\nour Horfes going, and we were oblig d to\\nclear the PalTage for them.\\nWhen we were within Half a League of the\\nVillage, we faw an Indian^ mounted on a large\\ngrey Mare, coming along with our Native,\\nto meet us, and were told, that Horfeman\\nwas the Chief of the Village, attended by fome\\nothers of the fame Place. As foon as that Chief\\ncame up to us, he exprefs d very much Kindnefs\\nand Affediion we gave him to underfland, that\\nwe did no Body any Harm, unlefs we were firfl\\nattack d. Then we made him fmoke, and when\\nthat", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nthat was done, he made Signs to us to follow\\nhim, which we did, till we came to the Bank\\nof a River, where he again dedr d us to flay,\\nwhilft he went to give Notice to the El-\\nders.\\nSoon after, a Number of them came, and ha-\\nving join d us, fignify d, that they were come\\nto carry us to their Village. Our Indians made\\nSigns, that it was the Cuflom of the Country,\\nand we mull fubmit, and let them do as they\\nthought fit. Tho we were much out of Counte-\\nnance at that Ceremony, feven of the prime\\nMen among them would have us mount on their\\nBacks or Shoulders. Monfieur Cavelier being\\nour Chief, mounted firft, and then the reft did\\nthe fame.\\nAs for my own Part, being of a pretty large\\nSize and loaded with Cloaths, a Firelock, a\\nCafe of Piftols, Powder and Ball, a Kettle and\\nother Implements, there is no Doubt but I made\\na fufficient Burden for him that carry d me, and\\nbecaufe I was taller than he and my Feet would\\nhave hung upon the Ground, two other Indians\\nheld them up for me; fo that I had three to\\ncarry me. Other Indians took hold of our\\nHorfes to lead them, and in that ridiculous E-\\nquipage we arriv d at the Village. Our Carriers,\\nwho had gone a long Quarter of a League, had\\nneed enough to reft, and we to be fet down,\\nthat we might laugh in private, for it behov d\\nus to take Care not to do it before them.\\nAs foon as we were come to the Chief s Cot-\\ntage, where we found above two hundred Per-\\nfons, who were come to fee us, and that our\\nHorfes were unloaded, the Elders gave us to\\nunderftand, that it was their Cuftom to wafti\\nStrangers\\n^37\\nJune 1687\\nM. Cave-\\nlier and\\nthe reft\\ncarrf d on\\nthe Backs\\nof Indians.\\nCeremo-\\nnies at\\ntheir Re-\\nception.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "138 Monfieur de la S A l e j- Second Voyage\\nJunei6%-j Strangers at their firfl Coming; but that we be-\\ni^^*^ ing clad, they would only wafh our Faces\\nwhich one of thofe elders did, with fair Water\\nthey had in a Sort of Earthen VeiTel, and he\\nonly wafh d our Forehead.\\nSpeeches After this second Ceremony, the Chief made\\nthem Signs to us, to fit down on a Sort of little Scaf-\\nfold, rais d about 4 Foot above the Ground, and\\nmade of Wood and Canes, where when we were\\nplac d, the Chiefs of the Villages being four in\\nNumber, came and made Speeches to us, one\\nafter another. We liflened to them with Pa-\\ntience, tho we underftood not one Word of\\nwhat they faid to us being tir d with the\\nLength of their Harangues, and much more\\nwith the violent Heat of the Sun, which was\\njufl over our Heads.\\nWhen the Speeches were ended, the Purport\\nwhereof, as near as we could guefs, was only to\\naffure us, that we were very welcome we gave\\nthem to underftand, that we were going into\\nour own Country, defigning to return fpeedily,\\nto bring them feveral Sorts of Commodities and\\nfuch Things as they fhould (land in need\\nof.\\nNext, we made them the ufual Prefents of\\nAxes, Knives, Strings of Beads, Needles and\\nPins, for their Wives, telling them, that\\nwhen we return d we would give them\\nmore.\\nTheir En- We farther fignify d to them, that if they\\ntertain- would afford US fome Corn or Meal, we would\\nment. give them other Things in Exchange, which\\nthey agreed to. After this they made us eat\\nSagamitCy or Hafly-pudding, Bread, Beans, Pom-\\npions and other Things, which we had fufficient\\nNeed", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 139\\nNeed of. Mofl of us having fcarce eaten any June ib^-j\\nThing all that Day, fome for Want, and others VNJ\\nout of Devotion, as Monfr. Cavelier^ who would\\nobferve the Fall of St. John Baptijl s Eve,\\nwhofe Name he bore. It is to be obferv d,\\nthat the Pompions are incomparably better\\nthere, than with us.\\nThe 24th, the Elders met again in our Cot-\\ntage. We gave them to underftand, they\\nwould oblige us, in furnifhing Guides to con-\\nduft us to the Village of Cappa, which was in\\nour Way; but inilead of granting it, they ear-\\nneftly intreated us, to (lay with them and go\\nto the Wars againft their Enemies, having been\\ntold Wonders of our Firelocks, which we pro-\\nmis d to do when we return d, and that it fhould\\nbe fhortly, and they feem d to reft fatisfy d.\\nThus our Hopes increas d, but the Joy it oc-\\ncafion d was allay d by a difmal Accident that\\nbefell us. Monfieur de Marie, one of the prime\\nMen of our Company, having Breakfafted, Marie\\nwould needs go Bath himfelf in the River we drown d.\\nhad pafs d the Day before, and not knowing\\nhow to fwim, he went too far and ftep d into\\na Hole, whence he could not recover himfelf,\\nbut was unfortunately drowned. Young Mon-\\nfieur Cavelier, having been told that Monsieur\\nde Marie was going to Bath himfelf, ran after\\nhim, and coming to the River, faw he was\\ndrowning, he ran back to acquaint us: We\\nhafted thither with a Number of Indians, who\\nwere there before us; but all too late, fome of\\nthem div d, and brought him up dead from\\nthe Bottom of the Water.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "140\\nJune 1687\\nHis Fune-\\nral.\\nHumanity\\nof the In-\\ndians.\\nIndian Ce-\\nremony to\\nthe Dead.\\nIndian\\nNations.\\nMonfteur de la S A l e j Second Voyage\\nWe carry d him to the Cottage, fhedding\\nmany Tears, the Indians bore Part in our Sor-\\nrow, and we paid him the lad Duties, offering\\nup the ufual Prayers after which he was bury-\\ned in a fmall Field, behind the Cottage; and\\nwhereas, during that doleful Ceremony, we\\npray d, reading in our Books, particularly Mon-\\nfieur Cavelier^ the Pried and Father Anajiafius,\\nthe Indians gaz d on us with Amazement, be-\\ncaufe we talk d, looking upon the Leaves, and\\nwe endeavour d to give them to understand, that\\nwe pray d to God for the dead Man, pointing\\nup to Heaven.\\nWe mud do this Right to those good Peo-\\nple, as to declare, that they exprefs d fingular\\nHumanity upon that doleful Accident, as ap-\\npear d by the fenfible Tedimony of their Ani-\\nons, and all the Methods they us d to let us\\nunderdand how great a Share they bore in our\\nSorrow; which we diould not have found in fe-\\nveral Parts oi Europe.\\nDuring our diort Stay in that Place, we ob-\\nferv d a Ceremony that was perform d by the\\nChief s Wife, vix. that every Morning die\\nwent to Monfieur de Marie Grave, and car-\\nry d a little Basket of parch d Ears of Corn to\\nlay on it, the meaning whereof we could not\\nunderdand. Before our Departure, we were\\ninform d, that the Villages belonging to our\\nHods, being four in Number, all ally d toge-\\nther were call d, Ajfony^ Nathofos, Nachitos and\\nCadodaquio.\\nOn the 27th, having been inform d by the\\nNatives, that we diould find Canoes, to pafs a\\nRiver that was on our Way. Father Anajiafius\\nand I went to fee whether, what they told us\\nwas", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 141\\nwas true. We found that River was a Branch June 16 ij\\nof the fame we had already pafs d, the Channel V^^\\nof it being pleafant and navigable, and faw\\nfome Canoes, in one of which the Indians car-\\nry d us over to the other Side, whether we went\\nto fee what convenient Place there was for our\\nHorfes to come alTiore. We found a very\\nproper Place, and returning, made our Report\\nto Monfieur Cavelier^ who being then much out\\nof Order with Pains in his Feet, we were ob-\\nlig d to ftay there, till the 30th.\\nDuring that Time, we were frequently vi- Janiquo\\nfited by the Indians^ both Old and Young, and\\nof both Sexes, and even the Chiefs of the Na-\\ntion, call d Janiquo^ came to see us, and with\\nthem we often convers d in dumb Show, and e-\\nvery Evening the Women, attended by the War-\\nriors, with their Bows and Arrows, reforted to Doleful\\nour Cottage, to fing a doleful Sort of Song, Enter tain-\\nIhedding Tears at the fame Time. This would\\nhave given us fome Uneafmess, had we not\\nbefore feen the fame Ceremony, and been in-\\nform d, that thofe Women repair in that Man-\\nner to the Chief s Cottage, to intreat him, fmg-\\ning and weeping, to take Revenge on thofe,\\nwho have kill d their Husbands, or Relations,\\nin former Wars, as I have obferv d before. In\\nall other Respefts, the Manners and Cuftoms of\\nthis Nation, being much the fame as thofe of\\nthe CeniSy I (hall add no more concerning\\nthem.\\nThe 29th, at Night, we gave Notice to the\\nChief, that we would fet out the next Day, we\\nmade him fome Prefents in particular, and the\\nlike to his Wife, becaufe (he had taken special\\nCare of us, and departed on the 30th. The\\nChief,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "142 Monfteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJune 1687 Chief, attended by many other Indians whom\\nwe found in the Cottages on our Way, went\\nto Condudl us as far as the River, which we\\ncrofs d in Canoes, and fwam over our Horfes.\\nThere we took Leave of our Condu6lors, to\\nwhom we gave some Strings of Beads for their\\nWives, and their Chief would needs Condudl\\nus to the next Village.\\nBy the Way we came to a Cottage, where\\nour Guide made us halt, and there they gave\\nCadoda- US to eat. Then we held on our Journey to a\\nquio Vil- Village call d Cadodaquio^ and were conducted\\n^^S^- to the Chief s Cottage, who receiv d us courte-\\noufly, being a Friend to him that went with us.\\nIt was requifite to unload our Horfes to lie\\nthere, and we lignified to the Chief, that we\\nftood in Need of Provifions. He fpoke to the\\nWomen, who brought us fome Meal, which we\\npurchafed with Strings of Beads, and the Chief,\\nwho conduced us thither, took his Leave.\\nHaving no Defign to flay there any Time,\\nwe had defired the Chief to appoint fome Per-\\nfoii to guide us to the Village call d Cahainihoua^\\nwhich was in our Way. It happen d by good\\nFortune, that there were then in that Place\\nfome Men and Women of the faid Village, who\\nwho were come to fetch fome Wood, fit to\\nmake Bows, there being Plenty of that Sort of\\nTrees they make them of, about the Village we\\nwere in. We signify d our Defign to them and\\nthey gave us to underftand they would be glad\\nto bear us Company. In the Converfation we\\nhad with them, they made us comprehend, that\\nthey had feen People like us, who had Firelocks\\nand a Houfe, and that they were acquainted\\nwith the CappaSj which was very pleafing to us.\\nBecaufe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 143\\nBecaufe they were not to depart till two Days J^f*^ 687\\nafter, we refolv d to flay for them. vXJ\\nWe obferv d, that there was a Difference\\nbetween the Language of thofe People and the f^^\\nInhabitants of the Village we were in, from v\\nthat of the Cenis^ and that they had some pecu-\\nliar Ceremonies, one whereof is, that when\\nthe Women have their Terms, they leave the\\nCompany of their Hulbands and withdraw into\\nother Cottages appointed for that Purpofe,\\nwhich no Perfon is to come near, upon Pain\\nof being reputed unclean.\\nThofe Women have their Faces flill more\\ndiffigur d, than the others we had feen before ^r- ifrgj^en\\nfor they make feveral Streaks, or Scores on them,\\nwhereas the others had but one. They adorn\\nthemfelves with little Locks of fine red Hair\\nwhich they make fafl to their Ears, in the\\nNature of Pendants. In other Respeds they\\nare not difagreeable, and neither Women nor\\nMaids are fo ill-natur d as to make their Lovers\\npine for them. They are not difficult of Accefs,\\nand they foon make a Return for a fmall Pre-\\nfent.\\nThe Men wear their Hair fhort, like our\\nCapucins, they anoint it with a sort of Oyl, or\\nGreafe, and curl it like fnails, after which they\\nftrew on it a Sort of Down, or Lint, died red,\\nas we do Powder, which is done when they de-\\nfign to be very fine, in order to appear in their\\nAfTemblies. They are very fond of their Chil-\\ndren, and all the Way of chaftifing them they\\nufe, is to throw Water at them, without ever\\nbeating or giving them ill Words.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "1 44 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJuly 1687 The Indians that were of the Village of Co-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^t^^ hainihoua and to condud us thither, not being\\nready to fet out on Wednefday the 2d of July^\\nas they had promis d, a young Indian offer d\\nhimfelf, faying, he would condudl us fafe thi-\\nther, and we fet out with him, dill direding\\nour Courfe towards the N. E. We kept clofe\\nalong the fame River we had crofs d, and found\\nit very pleafant and navigable, the Banks of\\nit cover d with fine Trees of feveral Sorts.\\nWe had not travell d above a League, before\\nour Guide gave us to underftand, that he had\\nforgot a Piece of hard dry d Skin he had to\\nmake him Shoes, which he would go fetch and\\nreturn to us, pointing to us with his Hand,\\nwhich Way we were to go, and telling us we\\nfhould foon come to a River.\\nThis fudden Change in the Indian was fome-\\nwhat furprizing and very much perplex d us\\nhowever we held on our Way, and foon came\\nto the River he had mention d to us, which was\\nvery pleafant and deep. We crofs d it the next\\nDay, on a Sort of Float, which we made with\\nmuch Toil and Labour, and our Horfes fwam\\nover. Some Time after we were paffed, we faw\\nthe Indians coming, who had promifed to bear\\nus Company, and were glad to find our Float,\\nto crofs the fame River, as they did, and\\nproceeded on our Journey all together.\\nThe 4th, 5th and 6th, we did the fame,\\ncroffmg a very fine Country, but water d by\\nPlenty of many Brooks, Streams and Rivers. We found\\nAbundance of wild Goats, Turkeys and other\\nwild Fowl, whereof our Indians kill d many.\\nOn the 6th, whilfl we halted on the Bank of\\na River to eat, we heard the Tingling of fome\\nfmall", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 145\\nfmall Bells; which making us look about, we fpy d J ^h ^^7\\nan Indian with a naked Sword- Blade in his Hand,\\nadorned with Feathers of feveral Colours, and\\ntwo large Hawks Bells, that occafion d the Noife\\nwe had heard.\\nHe made Signs for us to come to him, and\\ngave us to underftand, that he was fent by the\\nElders of the Village, whither we were going,\\nto meet us, careffing us after an extraordinary\\nManner. I obferv d that it was a Spaniih\\nBlade he had, and that he took Pleafure in ring-\\ning the Hawks Bells.\\nHaving travell d about half a League with him,\\nwe difcover d a Dozen of other Indians coming\\ntowards us, who made very much of and con-\\nduded us the Village, to the Chief s Cottage,\\nwhere we found dry d Bear-Skins laid on the\\nGround, and they made us fit on them, where\\nwe were treated with Eatables, as were the\\nElders after us, and a Throng of Women came\\nto fee us.\\nThe 7th, the Elders came to give us a Vifit,\\nbringing us two Bullocks Hides, four Otters Skins, p^^f^^f^^\\none white Wild-Goat s Skin, all of them well\\ndry d, and 4 Bows, in Return for the Prefent we\\nhad before made them. The Chief and another\\ncame again fome Time after, bringing two\\nLoaves, the fineft and the best we had yet feen.\\nThey look d as if they had been bak d in an\\nOven, and yet we had not obferv d, that there\\nwere Ovens among any of them. That Chief\\nftay d with us fome Hours, he feem d to be very\\ningenious and difcreet, and eafily underflood\\nour Signs, which were mod of the Language\\nwe had. Having order d a little Boy to bring\\nus all we had Occafion for, he withdrew.\\nL Towards", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "146 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJuly 1687 Towards the Evening, we were entertain d\\nwith aCeremony we had not feen before. ACom-\\nThe Cere- p^^y of Elders, attended by fome young Men\\nthe Pipe Women came to our Cottage in a Body,\\nfmging as loud as they could roar. The fore-\\nmofl of them had a Calumet, fo they call a very\\nlong Sort of Tabacco Pipe, adorn d with feveral\\nSorts of Feathers. When they had fung a\\nwhile, before our Cottage, they enter d it, ftill\\nlinging on, for about a Quarter of an Hour.\\nAfter that, they took Monfieur Cavelier the\\nPrieft, as being our Chief, led him in folemn\\nManner out of the Cottage, fupporting him\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2under the Arms. When they were come to a\\nPlace they had prepared, one of them laid a\\ngreat Handful of Grafs on his feet, two others\\nbrought fair Water in an Earthen Dish, with\\nwhich they wafh d his Face, and then made him\\nlit down on a Skin, provided for that Pur-\\npofe.\\nWhen Monfieur Cavelier was feated, the El-\\nders took their Places, fitting round about\\nhim, and the Mafter of the Ceremonies fix d\\nin the Ground two little wooden Forks, and\\nhaving laid a Stick acrofs them, all being paint-\\ned red, he placed on them a Bullock s Hide,\\ndryed, a Goat s Skin over that, and then laid\\nthe Pipe thereon.\\nThe Song was begun again, the Women\\nmixing in the Chorus, and the Concert was\\nheightned by great hollow Calabafhes or Gourds,\\nin which there were large Gravel Stones, to\\nmake a Noife, the Indians ftriking on them by\\nMeafure, to anfwer the Tone of the Choir and\\nthe pleafanteft: of all was, that one of the Indians\\nplac d himfelf behind Monfieur Cavelier to hold\\nhim", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 147\\nhim up, whilft at the fame Time he fhook and J^h ^^7\\ndandled him from Side to Side, the Motion v^vVJ\\nanfwering to the Mufick.\\nThat Concert was fcarce ended, when the\\nMafler of the Ceremonies brought two Maids,\\nthe one having in her Hand a Sort of Collar, and\\nthe other an Otter s Skin, which they plac d on\\nthe wooden Forks abovemention d, at the Ends\\nof the Pipe. Then he made them fit down,\\non each Side of Monfieur Cavelier^ in such a Pof-\\nture, that they look d one upon the other, their\\nLegs extended and intermix d, on which the\\nfame Mafter of the Ceremonies laid Monfieur\\nCaveliers Legs, in fuch Manner, that they lay\\nuppermofl: and acrofs thofe of the two Maids.\\nWhilfl: this Adlion was performing, one of\\nthe Elders made faft a dy d Feather to the back\\nPart of Monfieur Caveliers Head, tying it to\\nhis Hair. The Singing fhill continu d all that\\nTime, fo that Monfieur Cavelier grown weary\\nof its Tedioufnefs, and afham d to fee himfelf\\nin that Pofiiure between two Maids, without\\nknowing to what Purpofe, made Signs to us to\\nfignify the fame to the Chief, and having given\\nhim to underfi:and, that he was not well, two\\nof the Indians immediately took hold of him\\nunder the Arms, conduded him back to the\\nCottage and made Signs to him to take his Reft.\\nThis was about Nine in the Evening, and the\\nIndians fpent all the Night in Singing, insomuch\\nthat fome of them could hold out no longer.\\nIn the Morning they return d to Monfieur\\nCavelier, conduded him again out of the Cot-\\ntage, with the fame Ceremony and made him\\nfit down, fl:ill finging on. Then the Mafter of\\nthe Ceremonies took the Pipe, which he fill d\\nL 2 with", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "148\\nJuly 1687\\nCahayno-\\nhoua Na-\\ntion.\\nIndians\\nexpert Pre-\\nfe?its.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nwith Tabacco, lighted and offered it to Mon-\\nfieur Cavelierj but drawing back and advancing\\nfix Times before he gave it him. Having at\\nlafl put it into his Hands, Monfieur Cavelier\\nmade as if he had fmok d and return d it to\\nthem. Then they made us all fmoke round,\\nand every one of them whiff d in his Turn, the\\nMufick (lill continuing.\\nAbout Nine in the Morning, the Sun grow-\\ning very hot, and Monfieur Cavelier being bare\\nHeaded, made Signs that it did him Harm.\\nThen at lafl: they gave over finging, and con-\\nducted him back into the Cottage, took the Pipe,\\nput it into a Cafe, made of a Wild-Goat s Skin,\\nwith the two wooden Forks and the red Stick\\nthat lay acrofs them, all which one of the El-\\nders offer d to Monfieur Cavelier^ affuring him\\nthat he might pafs thro all the Nations that\\nwere ally d to them by Virtue of that Token of\\nPeace, and fhould be every where well receiv d.\\nThis was the firft Place where we faw the Calu-\\nmet^ or Pipe of Peace, having no Knowledge ot\\nit before, as fome have writ. This Nation is\\ncall d Cahaynohoua.\\nThis Sort of Ceremonies being never per-\\nform d among the Indians without the Expecta-\\ntion of receiving fome Prefent, and we having\\nbefides obferv d, that fome of them had with-\\ndrawn themfelves, with Tokens of Diflatis-\\nfadion, perhaps becaufe we had interrupted\\ntheir Ceremony, we thought it convenient to\\ngive them fomething more, and I was appoint-\\ned to carry them an Ax, four Knives and fome\\nStrings of Beads, with which they were fatif-\\nfied.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 149\\nWe afterwards (hew d them an Experiment J^h ^1\\nof our Arms, the Noife and Fire whereof\\nfrighted them. They earneftly prefs d us to\\n(lay with them, offering us Wives and whatfo-\\never elfe we fhould want. To be the better\\nquit of them, we promis d to return, faying we\\nwere going to fetch Commodities, Arms and\\nTools, which we flood in Need of, that we\\nmight afterwards flay with them.\\nThe 9th and loth were fpent in Vifits, and\\nwe were inform d by one of the Indians that we\\nwere not far from a great River, which he de-\\nfcrib d with a Stick on the Sand, and fhew d it\\nhad two Branches, at the fame Time pronoun-\\ncing the word Cappa^ which, as I have faid, is\\na Nation near the Miffifipi, We then made no\\nlonger Queftion, that we were near what we\\nhad been fo long looking after. We entreated\\nthe Elders to appoint fome men to condud; us,\\npromifing to reward them well, which they\\ngranted, and we fet out the 1 1 th, to the great\\nSorrow of thofe good People, who had enter-\\ntain d us so courteoufly. ney proje-\\nWe travell d feveral different Ways, which\\nwe could never have found, had we wanted\\nGuides, and fo proceeded till on the 1 2th, one of\\nour Guides pretended to be fick, and made\\nSigns that he would go back; but obferving,\\nthat we feem d to be no Way concern d, which\\nwe did on Purpofe, he confulted with his Com-\\npanion, and then came to tell us, he was re-\\ncover d. We made him eat and fmoke, and\\ncontinued our Journey the 13th, finding the\\nWay very bad and difficult.\\nL -i The", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "July 1687\\nIndians\\nwith\\nAxes.\\nMonjieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nThe 14th, our Indians^ having feen the Track\\nof Bullocks, fignify d they would go kill fome,\\nto eat the Flefh, which made us halt for two\\nor three Hours. Whilft we ftay d for our\\nHunters, we prepar d fome Sagamite, or their\\nSort of Hafty-Pudding. They return d loaded\\nwith Flefh, Part whereof we drefs d, and eat it\\nwith very good Stomachs. Then we proceeded\\non our Journey till the i8th, and by the Way\\nkill d three Bullocks and two Cows, which oblig d\\nus to halt, that we might make ufe of our Flefh,\\ndrying it.\\nThe Night between the 19th and the 20th,\\none of our Horfes breaking loofe, was either\\ntaken away by the Natives, or loft in the\\nWoods. That did not obftruct our Departure,\\ntho the Lofs was grievous to us, and we held\\non our Way till the 24th, when we met a Com-\\npany oi Indians, with Axes, going to fetch Barks\\nof Trees, to cover their Cottages. They were\\nfurpriz d to fee us, but having made Signs to\\nthem to draw near, they came, carefs d and\\nprefented us with fome Water Melons they\\nhad. They put off their Defign of going to\\nfetch Bark till another Time, and went along\\nwith us, and one off our Guides having gone\\nbefore in the Morning to give Notice of our\\ncoming at the next Village, met with other\\nParcels of Indians, who were coming to meet\\nus, and exprefs d extraordinary Kindnefs.\\nWe halted in one of their Cottages, which\\nthey call Defert, becaufe they are in the Midft\\nof their Fields and Gardens. There we found\\nfeveral Women who had brought Bread, Gourds,\\nBeans and Water Melons, a Sort of Fruit pro-\\nper", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 151\\nper to quench Third, the Pulp of it being no 7 h 687\\nbetter than Water. t VNJ\\nWe fet out again to come to the Village, and\\nby the Way, met with very pleafant Woods,\\nin which, there were Abundance of (lately Ce-\\ndars. Being come to a River, that was be- j Crofs by\\ntween us and the Village, and looking over to a River\\nthe further Side, we difcover d a great Crofs,\\nand at a fmall Diflance from it, a House, built /^.J\\nafter the French Fafhion.\\nIt is eafy to imagine what inward Joy we\\nconceiv d at the Sight of that Emblem of our\\nSalvation. We knelt down, lifting up our\\nHands and Eyes to Heaven, to return Thanks\\nto the Divine Goodnefs, for having conducted\\nus fo happily; for we made no Queftion of\\nfinding French on the other Side of the River,\\nand of their being Catholicks, fmce they had\\nCrofles.\\nIn fhort, having halted fome Time on the\\nBank of that River, we fpy d feveral Canoes\\nmaking towards us, and two Men cloath d,\\ncoming out of the Houfe we had difcover d,\\nwho, the Moment they faw us, fir d each of\\nthem a Shot to falute us. An Indian being Chief\\nof the Village, who was with them, had done fo\\nbefore, and we were not backward in re-\\nturning their Salute, by difcharging all our\\nPieces.\\nWhen we had pafs d the River, and were\\nall come together, we foon knew each other\\nto be French Men. Thofe we found were the gf pf.g^f}y\\nSieurs Couture Charpantier and de Launay, both\\nof them of Roan^ whom Monfieur de Tonty, Go-\\nvernor of Fort St. Lewis among the IJJinois, had\\nleft at that Pod, when he went down the Mif-\\nfifip", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "152 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nJulyi6%j jifipi to look after Monfr. de la Sale\\\\ and the\\n^^i^^ Nation we were then with, was call d Ac-\\ncancea.\\nIt is hard to exprefs the Joy conceiv d on\\nboth Sides ours was unfpeakable, for having\\nat lafl found, what we had fo earneflly\\nTheTravel- defired, and that the Hopes of returning to our\\nlers come ^^^j. Country, was in fome Measure affured\\nFrench Ha- ^7 happy Difcovery. The others were\\nbitation. pleafed to fee fuch Persons as might bring them\\nNews of that Commander, from whom they\\nexpeded the Performance of what he had pro-\\nmis d them but the Account we gave them of\\nMonfr. de la Sale s, unfortunate Death, was so\\naffliding, that it drew Tears from them, and\\nthe difmal Hiftory of his Troubles and Difa-\\nfters render d them almost inconfolable.\\nWe were conduced to the Houfe, whither\\nall our Baggage was honeftly carry d by the\\nIndians. There was a very great Throng of\\nthofe People, both Men and Women, which\\nbeing over, we came to the Relation of the\\nparticular Circumflances of our Stories. Ours\\nwas deliver d by Monfieur Cavelier, whom\\nwe honour d as our Chief, for being Brother\\nto him, who had been fo.\\nWe were inform d by them, that they had\\nWho the been Six, fent by Monfr. Tonty^ when he re-\\nFrenchmen turn d from the Voyage he had made down\\nwere. the Colbert or Mifftftpi River, purfuant to the\\nOrders fent him by the late Monfr. de la Sale,\\nat his Departure from France and that the faid\\nSieur I onty had commanded them to build the\\naforesaid House. That having never fmce re-\\nceiv d any News from the faid Monfr. de la\\nSale", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 153\\nSale^ Four of them were gone back to Monfr. J h ^87\\nTont)\\\\ at the Fort of the IjHnois. wOrVi/\\nIn Conckifion, it was agreed among us, to go\\naway as foon as pofTible, towards the IJlinoiSy\\nand conceal from the Indians^ the Death of\\nMonfieur de la Sale, to keep them dill in Awe\\nand under Submifl ion, whilfl we went away\\nwith the iirfl: Ships that fhould happen to fail\\nfrom Canada for France, to give an Account at\\nCourt of what had happen d, and to procure\\nSuccours. In the mean Time, the Chief of the\\nIndians came to invite us to eat. We found\\nMats laid on the Ground for us to fit on, and\\nall the Village met to fee us.\\nWe gave them to underftand, that we came\\nfrom Monfieur de la Sale, who had made a Set-\\ntlement on the Bay of Mexico that we had\\npafs d thro many Nations, which we nam d,\\nand that we were going to Canada for Com-\\nmodities, and would return down the River f[^\u00e2\u0080\u009e^ j^.\\nthat we would bring Men to defend them a- dians.\\ngainfl their Enemies and then fettle among\\nthem that the Nations we had pafs d through\\nhad appointed Men to guide us, and we defired\\nthe fame Favour of them, with fome Canoes\\nand Provifions, and that we would reward\\nour Guides and pay for what they furnifh d\\nus.\\nThe Conveniency of an Interpreter, we then\\nhad, gave us the Opportunity of making our-\\nfelves be eafily underftood, and the Chief an-\\nfwer d to our Propofals, that he would fend\\nMen to the other Villages to acquaint them\\nwith our Demands, and to confult with them\\nwhat was to be done in that Cafe that as\\nfor the reft, they were amaz d at our having\\npafs d", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "154\\nJuly 1687\\nFrench\\nHoufe a-\\nmong the\\nAccon-\\ncea j- de-\\nfer ib d.\\nProduSi of\\nthe Coun-\\ntry.\\nMonfieur de la Sale j- Second Voyage\\npafs d thro fo many Nations, without having\\nbeen detain d, or kill d, confidering what a fmall\\nNumber we were.\\nWhen the Difcourfe was ended, that Chief\\ncaus d Meat to be fet before us, as dry d Flefh,\\nBread made of Indian Corn of feveral Sorts, and\\nWater Melons after which he made us fmoke,\\nand then we return d to our Houfe, where be-\\ning eas d of all thofe Impediments, we gave\\neach other an Account of our Affairs, at Lei-\\nfure, and were inform d, that those People im-\\npatiently expeded the Return of Monfieur de\\nla Saky which confirm d us in the Refolution of\\nconcealing his Death. We obferv d the Situa-\\ntion of that Poll, and were made acquainted\\nwith the Nature of the Country and the Man-\\nners of thofe People, of which I ihall give the\\nfollowing Remarks.\\nThe Houfe we were then in, was built of\\nPieces of Cedar laid one upon another, and\\nrounded away at the Corners. It is feated on a\\nfmall Eminency, half a Musket-fhot from the\\nVillage, in a Country abounding in all Things.\\nThe Plains lying on one Side of it, are (lor d\\nwith Beeves, wild Goats, Deer, Turkeys, Bu-\\nftards. Swans, Ducks, Teal and other Game.\\nThe Trees produce plenty of Fruit, and ve-\\nry good, as Peaches, Plumbs, Mulberries,\\nGrapes, and Wallnuts. They have a Sort of\\nFruit they call Piaguimina^ not unlike our Med-\\nlars, but much better and more delicious. Such\\nas live near the Rivers, as that Houfe is, do not\\nwant for Fifh of all Sorts, and they have Indian\\nWheat, whereof they make good Bread. There\\nare alfo fine Plains diverfify d with feveral Sorts\\nof Trees, as I have faid before.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 155\\nThe Nation of the Accanceds confifls of four 7\u00c2\u00ab/y 1687\\nVillages. The firft is call d Otfotchove, near\\nwhich we were the fecond Toriman^ both of\\nthem feated on the River the third Tonginga\\nand the fourth Cappa, on the Bank of the Miffi-\\nftpi. Thefe Villages are built after a different\\nManner from the others we had feen before, in\\nthis Point, that the Cottages, which are alike\\nas to their Materials and Rounding at the Top,\\nare long, and cover d with the Bark of Trees,\\nand fo very large, that feveral of them can hold\\ntwo hundred Perfons, belonging to feveral Fa-\\nmilies.\\nThe people are not fo neat as the Cenis^ or Houfiold\\nthe AJfonis in their Houfes, for fome of them Stuff.\\nlie on the Ground, without any Thing under\\nthem but fome Mats, or a drefs d Hide. How-\\never, fome of them have more Conveniencies,\\nbut the Generality has not. All their Move-\\nables confifl in fome Earthen VefTels and oval\\nwooden Platters, which are neatly made, and\\nwith which they drive a Trade.\\nThey are generally very well fhap d and Shape.\\nadive the Women are handfome, or at leaft\\nhave a much better Prefence than thofe of the\\nother Villages we pafs d thro before. They make\\nCanoes all of one Piece, which are well wrought.\\nAs for themfelves they are very faithful, good\\nnatur d, and Warriors like the reft.\\nThe 25th, the Elders being aifembled, came T^^^ here-\\nto fee us, and told the Sieur Couture., that they \u00c2\u00b0f\\ndefign d to fmg and dance the Calumet^ or Pipe; /l^ ^j^ .g\\nbecaufe the others had fung it, fome of them to j^^ Cave-\\nthe late Monfieur de la Sale., and the reft to lier.\\nMonfieur Tonty^ and therefore it was but rea-\\nfonable they fhould do the fame to get a Fire-\\nlock,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "156\\nJuly 1687\\nCeremony\\nof the Pipe.\\nMonfteur de la S a l e *j Second Voyage\\nlock, as well as the others. Monfieur Cavelier\\nwas inform d of it, and it was requifite to con-\\nfent to it, to pleafe thofe Indians^ becaufe we\\nflood in need of them.\\nThe Ceremony began with Monfieur Cavelier^\\nwho was led under the Arms and feated on a\\nHide, without the Cottage. The Forks, the\\nSkins laid on it in Honour of the Pipe, the Sing-\\ning as loud as they cou d roar, both by Men\\nand Women, and all the other Ceremonies were\\nobferv d, as I have mention d them before fo\\nthat Monfieur Cavelier being weary of them, he\\ncaus d the Chief to be told, that he was out of\\nOrder, and defir d his Nephew might be put in\\nhis Place, which was done accordingly, and they\\nfpent the whole Night in Singing. In the Morn-\\ning they perform d fome other Ceremonies, not\\nworth relating.\\nThe Solemnity being ended, by every Man s\\nfmoking of the Pipe, the Indians took it, with\\nfome Bullocks Hides, and Goats and Otters\\nSkins, and a Collar made of Shells, all which\\nthey carry d to our Houfe, and we gave them a\\nFirelock, two Axes, fix Knives, one hundred\\nCharges of Powder, as much Ball, and fome\\nStrings of Beads for their Wives. The Chief\\nhaving given Notice of our coming to the other\\nVillages, their Deputies came to fee us we en-\\ntertain d them in the Houfe, and proposed to\\nthem our Defigns, as had been done to the\\nChief. They flood confidering a While, then\\nheld a Sort of Confultation among themfelves,\\nwhich held not long without talking, and then\\nagreed to grant us what we ask d, which was a\\nCanoe and a Man of each Village to conduft us,\\nupon the promis d Confideration, and fo they\\nwent", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 157\\nwent away to the Cottage of the Chief of the J^h 687\\nVillage. O^-NPO\\nThe 27th, the Chief and the Elders met a-\\ngain to confult about what we demanded\\nof them; the Length of the Journey made them\\napprehenfive for thofe, who were to condud: us;\\nbut, at Length, we having difpell d their Fears\\nby our Arguments, and they having again de-\\nliberated fome Time, agreed to our Re-\\nqueft. We again made them a Prefent, pro-\\nmifmg a good Reward to our Guides, and fo\\nwe prepar d to fet forwards. Little Bartholo-\\nmew the Parifian^ having intimated to us, that\\nhe would willingly (lay in that Houfe, becaufe\\nhe was none of the ableft of Body, we recom-\\nmended him to the Sieur Couture. We defir d\\nthofe that remain d there, to keep the Secret\\nof Monfr. de la Sale s Death, promis d to fend\\nthem Relief, left them our Horfes, which\\nwere of great Ufe to go a Hunting, and gave\\nthem fifteen or fixteen Pounds of Powder, eight\\nhundred Balls, three hundred Flints, twenty fix\\nKnives, and ten Axes, two or three Pounds\\nWeight of Beads; Monfr. Cavelier left them\\nPart of his Linen, hoping we fhould foon be in J\\na Place where we fhould get more and all of f^^^\\nthem having made their Peace with God, by\\nMeans of the Sacrament of Penance, we took\\nLeave of them, excepting the Sieur Couture^ who\\nwent to condud: us Part of the Way.\\nWe imbark d on a Canoe belonging to one\\nof the Chiefs, being at leaft twenty Perfons,\\nas well Women as Men, and arriv d fafe,\\nwithout any Trouble, at a Village call d l^oriman^ Toriman\\nfor we were going down the River. We pro- Village.\\npos d it to thefe People, or rather demanded\\nit\\nour-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "158\\n7\u00c2\u00ab^ 1687\\nOfficers.\\nThe River\\nMiflifipi\\nfound at\\nlaft.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nit of them to confirm what had been granted us\\nby the others, and they referr d giving us their\\nAnfwer till the next Day; for they do Nothing\\nwithout confulting about it, and we having\\nbrought a Sack of Indian Wheat, from the\\nFrench Mens Houfe, defir d the Chief to caufe\\nWomen to pound it, for which we would give\\nem Something. Immediately he made a Sign to\\nhis Officers to go call them, and they went\\nas readily.\\nThere were feven or eight of thofe Officers\\nalways about him, (lark naked and befmear d,\\nfome after one Fafhion, and others after ano-\\nther. Each of them had three or four Cala-\\nbalhes or Gourds, hanging at a Leather Girdle\\nabout their Waftes, in which there were feve-\\nral Pebbles, and behind them hung a Horfe s\\nTail, so that when they ran, the Gourds made\\na ratling Noife, and the Tail being born up\\nby the Wind, flood out at its full Length, fo\\nthat Nothing could be feen more ridiculous;\\nbut it behooved us to take Heed of ihewing\\nthe lead Smile.\\nThe remaining Part of the Day was fpent\\nin going with the Sieur Couture to fee the fa-\\ntal River fo much fought after by us, called\\nColbert^ when firfl difcover d, and Mififipi, or,\\nMechajfipi by the Natives that were near us.\\nIt is a very fine River and deep, the Breadth\\nof it about a Quarter of a League, and the\\nStream very rapid. The Sieur Couture aflur d\\nus, that it has two Branches or Channels,\\nwhich parted from each other above us, and\\nthat we had pafs d its other Branch, when\\nwe came to the firll Village of the Accanceas,\\nwith which Nation we ftill were.\\nThe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 159\\nThe 28th, the Chief and the Elders being Ju/y i68y\\nafTembled, they granted our Requefts. We VNJ\\nwere to part, in order to be entertain d in fe-\\nveral Places, where we took Notice of fome\\nparticular Ceremonies, which we had not feen\\namong the other Nations. One of them is,\\nthat they ferve up their Meat in two or four Particular\\nlarge Dilhes, which are firfl: fet down before\\nthe two principal Guefls, who are at one End,\\nand when they have eaten a little, thofe Difhes\\nare fhov d down lower and others are ferved\\nup in their Place, in the fame Manner fo that\\nthe firft Difhes are ferv d at the upper End\\nand thrufl: down lower as others come in.\\nHe who treats, does not fit down with the\\nCompany, nor does he eat, but performs the\\nPart of a Steward, taking Care of the Dreffing\\nand of the Placing of the Meat ferv d up and\\nto the End he may appear the finer, he never\\nfails to befmear himfelf with Clay, or fome red\\nor black Colouring they make ufe of.\\nThe 29th, we fet out from that Village, and\\nimbark d on two Canoes to crofs the Mifjifipi.\\nThe Chief and about a Score of young Folks\\nbore us Company to the next Village call d Ton- Tonnm-\\nninguaj feated on the Bank of that River, where y^i-Mge\\nwe were receiv d in the Chief s Cottage, as we\\nhad been in the others. The Elders treated\\nus in their Turns, and the Defcriptions before\\ngiven will ferve for this Place, there being but\\nlittle Difference between them and their Neigh-\\nbours, p\\nThe 30th, we fet out for Cappa^ the laft Vil- y^iag-e.\\nlage of \\\\}s\\\\Q,\\\\Accanced s^ eight Leagues diftant from\\nthe Place we had left. We were obliged to\\ncrofs the River MiJJiJipi feveral Times in this\\nWay,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "Aug. 1687\\n160 Monjieur 6.0, la Sale j- Second Voyage\\nWay becaufe it winds very much, and we\\nhad fome foul Weather, which made it late\\nbefore we could reach Cappa. A great Num-\\nber of Youth came to meet us, fome of them\\nconduced us to the Chief s Cottage, and others\\ntook Care of our Baggage, which was reftor d\\nto us very honeftly. We found the Elders\\nwaiting for us a great Fire was kindled to dry\\nus, and the Cottage was lighted by feveral\\nburning Reeds, which they make use of inilead\\nof Flambeaus after which we were ferv d as\\nin other Places.\\nThe 31ft, we receiv d Vifits from the Elders.\\nTheir Discourfe ran upon the War they defign d\\nto make, thinking to ingage us in it, and we\\nreturn d the fame Anfwer as we had done to\\nthe others, that we would foon return with all\\nThings we flood in Need of. We ask d a Man\\nof them, which was granted, and the Day en-\\nded in Feafting.\\nEntertain- We would willingly have fet out the First\\nment given of AuguJJ but the Chief came and told us, it\\nbythelndi- ^Quld not be, becaufe the Women had not\\npounded our Corn, which however was done\\nbut they made ufe of that Pretence to oblige us\\nto flay, and to have Leifure to give us fome\\nDiverfion, after their Manner. Accordingly,\\nabout Ten in the Morning, the Warriors and\\nYouth came together to Dance. They were\\ndrefs d after their befl: Manner, fome of them\\nwearing Plumes of feveral Colours, wherewith\\nthey adorn their Heads, others, inflead of Fea-\\nthers, had two Bullocks Horns, and were all\\nbefmear d with Clay, or Black and Red, fo that\\nthey really look d like a Company of Devils or\\nMonfters, and in thofe Figures they danc d,\\nas", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. i6i\\nas I have defcrib d it, fpeaking of the other g- 1687\\nNations. ^^^Y\\\\)\\nThe Second, we made ready to be going.\\nThe Indian given by the firft Village for our\\nGuide, would not go any farther. A Man,\\nfaid to be an Hermaphrodite, ofFer d to fupply\\nhis Place, faying, he was willing to go to the\\nIJJinois. We took Leave of the Sieur Couture,\\nto whom Monfr. Cavelier made an Exhortati-\\non, encouraging him to perfevere and have Pa-\\ntience, in Hopes of the Relief we wou d fend\\nhim, and fo we imbark d on the MiJJiJipi in a\\nCanoe, being Nine in Number, that is, five of\\nus, and the four Indians that were our Guides.\\nWe were oblig d to crofs that River very of-\\nten, and no lefs frequently to carry our Canoe\\nand Goods, as well on Account of the Rapidi-\\nty of the River, and to find it flacker on the\\none or the other Side of it, which was very\\ntroublefome to our Guides, as becaufe of the\\nlittle iflands we met with, which are form d\\nby the impetuous beating of the Water upon\\nthe Banks, that oppofe its Courfe, where the\\nChannels happen not to lie flrait there it\\nwaflies away the Earth and bears down great\\nTrees, which in Procefs of Time form little\\nIflands, that divide the Channel. At Night\\nwe incamp d in one of thofe fmall Iflands, for\\nour greater Safety, for we were then come into an Machiga-\\nEnemy s Nation, calFd Machigamea, which put mea Nati-\\nour Indians into great Frights.\\nIt is certain our Toil was very great, for we\\nwere oblig d to row in the Canoe, to help our\\nIndians to fl:em the Current of the River, be-\\ncaufe we were going up, and it was very\\nfl;rong and rapid we were often necefl itated\\nM to", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "1 62 Monjteur de la S al e j- Second Voyage\\nJug. 1687 to land, and fometlmes to travel over miry\\nLands, where we funk up half way the Leg\\nother Times over burning Sands, which fcorch d\\nour Feet, having no Shoes, or elfe over Splinters\\nof Wood, which ran into the Soles of our Feet,\\nand when we were come to the refting Place,\\nwe were to provide Fuel to drefs our Meat,\\nand provide all Things for our Indians^\\nwho would not have done fo much as go\\nfetch a Cup of Water, tho we were on the\\nBank of the River, and yet we were happy\\nenough in having them.\\nWe proceeded on, continually undergoing the\\nfame Toil, till the Seventh, when, we faw the\\nfirfl Bullock, we had met on our Way, fince\\nour coming among the Accanced s. The Indians^\\nwho had a great Mind to eat Flefh, made a\\nSign to me, to go kill it. I purfu d and Shot,\\nbut it did not fall, the Indians ran after, kill d,\\nand came to tell us it mufl be parch d, or dry d,\\nwhich was accordingly done. I mud here take\\nNotice of a Ceremony our Indians perform d,\\nwhen they came near the Bullock, before they\\nflead him.\\nIn the firfl: Place, they adorn d his Head\\nwith fome Swans and Bufl:ards Down, dy d red,\\nand put fome Tabacco into his Nofl:rils, and\\nbetween the Clefts of the Hoofs. When they\\nhad flead him, they cut out the Tongue, and\\nput a Bit of Tabacco into its Place; then\\nthey fl:uck two Wooden Forks into the\\nGround, laid a Stick acrofs them, on which\\nthey plac d feveral Slices of the Flefli, in the\\nNature of an Offering. The Ceremony being\\nended, we parch d or dry d the befl: Parts of\\nthe Beafl: and proceeded on our Journey.\\nThe\\nCeremony\\nat dreffing\\na Bullock.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "Houaba-\\nche River.\\n/\u00c2\u00ab/(9 NORTH AMERICA. 163\\nThe 9th, we found the Banks of the River g- 1687\\nvery high, and the Earth of them Yellow, Red VNJ\\nand White, and thither the Natives came to\\nfurnilh themfelves with it, to adorn their Bo- y^^^\\ndies, on Feflival Days. We held on our Way\\ntill the 14th, when we met a Herd of Bul-\\nlocks, whereof we kill d five, dry d Part of\\nthem, and proceeded till the i8th.\\nThe 19th, we came to the Mouth of the\\nRiver, call d Houabache^ faid to come from the\\nCountry of the Iroquois^ towards New England.\\nThat is a very fine River, its Water extraor-\\ndinarv clear, and the Current of it, gentle.\\nOur Indians ofFer d up to it, by Way of Sacrifice,\\nfome Tabacco and Beef Steaks, which they fix d\\non Forks, and left them on the Bank, to be dif-\\npos d of as the River thought fit. We obferv d\\nfome other Superflitions among thofe poor Peo-\\nple, one whereof was as follows.\\nThere were fome certain Days, on which\\nthey Faded, and we knew them, when afToon\\nas they awak d, they befmear d their Faces and\\nArms, or other Parts of their Bodies, with a\\nflimv Sort of Earth, or pounded Charcoal for\\nthat Day they did not eat till Ten or Eleven\\nof the Clock at Night, and before they did eat\\nthey were to wipe off that Smearing, and\\nhad Water brought them for that Purpofe.\\nThe Occafion of their Fading was, as they gave\\nus to underftand, that they might have good\\nSuccefs in Hunting, and kill Abundance of Bul-\\nlocks.\\nWe held on our Way till the 25th, when the\\nIndians fhew d us a Spring of Salt Water,\\nwithin a Musket Shot of us, and made us go\\nafhore to view it. We obferv d the Ground\\nM 2 about\\nc/\\nIndian\\nFaft.\\nSalt Water\\nSpring.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "164\\nAug. 1687\\nWild Fruit,\\nMiflburis\\nRiver.\\nFigure of\\na pretend-\\ned Monfter\\nMonfieur de la S a l eV Second Voyage\\nabout it was much beaten by Bullocks Feet,\\nand it is likely they love that Salt Water. The\\nCountry about, was full of Hillocks, cover d\\nwith Oaks and Wallnut-Trees, Abundance of\\nPlum-Trees, almoft all the Plums red and pret-\\nty good, befides great Store of other Sorts of\\nFruits, whofe Names we know not, and among\\nthem one (hap d like a midling Pear, with Stones\\nin it as big as large Beans. When ripe it\\npeels like a Peach, the Tafle is indifferent good,\\nbut rather of the Sweeteft.\\nThe 27th, having difcover d a Herd of\\nBeeves, we went afhore to kill fome I fhot a\\nHeifer, which was very good Meat, we put\\na Board the bed of it, and held on our Way\\ntill the Evening, when we encamp d on an\\nIfland, where we obferv d an Alteration in\\nthe Humour and Behaviour of our Indians.\\nThis put us under fome Apprehenfion, and the\\nmore, for that he who was reckon d an Her-\\nmaphrodite, told us, they intended to leave us,\\nwhich oblig d us to fecure our Arms and double\\nour Watch during the Night, for Fear they\\n(hould forfake us.\\nWith that Jealoufy we proceeded on our\\nJourney the 28th and 29th, coafling along the\\nFoot of an upright Rock, about fixty, or eighty\\nFoot high, round which the River glides. Held\\non the 30th and 3 id, and the firft of Septem-\\nber pafs d by the Mouth of a River call d Mtf-\\nfouris^ whofe Water is always thick, and to\\nwhich our Indians did not forget to offer Sa-\\ncrifice.\\nThe 2d, we arriv d at the Place, where the\\nFigure is of the pretended Monfter fpoken of by\\nFather Marquet. That Monfter confifts of two\\nfcurvy", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "mfo NORTH AMERICA. 165\\nfcurvy Figures drawn in red, on the flat Side of S^p(- 1687\\na Rock, about ten or twelve Foot high, which ^-^^iV)\\nwants very much of the extraordinary Height\\nthat Relation mentions. However our Indians\\npaid Homage, by offering Sacrifice to that\\nStone tho we endeavour d to give them to\\nunderftand, that the faid Rock had no Manner\\nof Virtue, and that we worfhip d fomething\\nabove it, pointing up to Heaven but it was\\nto no Purpofe, and they made Signs to us, that\\nthey fhould die if they did not perform that\\nDuty. We proceeded, coafting along a Chain\\nof Mountains, and at length, on the 3d, left River of\\nthe Miftftpi, to enter the River of the IJli- the mmon\\nnois.\\nWe found a great Alteration in that River,\\nas well with Resped; to its Courfe, which is\\nvery gentle, as to the Country about it, which\\nis much more agreeable and beautiful than that\\nabout the great River, by Reafon of the many\\nfine Woods and Variety of Fruit its Banks are\\nadorn d with. It was a very great comfort to\\nus, to find fo much Eafe in going up that Ri-\\nver, by Reafon of its gentle Stream, fo that\\nwe all ftay d in the Canoe and made much more\\nWay.\\nThus we went on till the 8th, without flopping Indian\\nany longer than to kill a Bullock, and one of dies ofeat-\\nour Indians J who had a craving Stomach, having i g raw\\neaten fome of its Suet hot and raw, was taken\\nvery ill, and died of it, as I (hall mention in its\\nPlace.\\nThe 9th, we came into a Lake, about half a\\nLeague over, which we crofs d, and return d\\ninto the Channel of the River, on the Banks\\nwhereof we found feveral Marks of the Natives\\nM 3 having", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "1 66 Monjieur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nSept. 1687 having been incamp d there, when they came\\nto fifli and dry what they caught. The loth,\\nwe crofs d another Lake, call d Primitehouy^ re-\\nturn d to the River, and the nth, faw Indians\\nbefore us, incamp d on the Bank of a River,\\nwhereupon we ftop d and made ready our\\nArms. In the mean Time, one of them came\\ntowards us by Land, and we put on our Canoe\\ntowards him.\\nWhen that Indian was near, he flood gazing\\nMeeting o^i US, without fpeaking a Word, and then\\nwith Ifli- drawing flill nearer, we gave him to underftand,\\nnois. that we were sent by Monfieur de la Sale, and\\ncame from him. Then he made Signs to\\nus, to advance towards his People, whom, he\\nwent before to acquaint with what we had faid\\nto him, fo that when we were come near them\\nthey fired Several Shot to falute us, and we an-\\nfwer d them with our Firelocks.\\nAfter that mutural Salutation, they came\\ninto our Canoe, to fignify, they were glad\\nto hear News of Monfieur de la Sale. We\\nask d them. What Nation they were of; they\\nanfwer d, They were IJlinois, of a Canton call d\\nCafcafquia. We enquir d whether Monfieur\\nTonty was at Fort Lewis they gave us to un-\\nderfland, that he was not, but that he was gone\\nto the War againfl the Iroquois. They invited\\nus Afhore, to go with them to eat of fuch as\\nthey had, we thank d them, and they brought\\nus fome Gourds and Water Melons, in Ex-\\nchange for which, we gave them some parch d\\nFlefh.\\nWe had not by the Way taken Notice of a\\nCanoe, in which was a Man with two Wo-\\nmen, who, being afraid of us, had hid them-\\nfelves", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "Z;//^ NORTH AMERICA. 167\\nfelves among the Reeds, but that man feeing us ^^P^- 687\\nflop among his Countrymen, took Heart, came ^VNJ\\nto us, and having told us, that he belong d to a\\nVillage near Fort Lewis^ we fet out together,\\nand one of our Indians went into that Canoe,\\nto help them to fhove, fo they call the Way of\\npufliing on the Canoe with Poles inftead of\\nrowing.\\nOn Sunday^ the 14th of September about two Fort Lew-\\nin the Afternoon, we came into the Neigh- is among\\nbourhood of Fort Lewis. Drawing near, we Illinois.\\nwere met by fome Indians that were on the\\nBank, who having view d us well, and under-\\nftanding we came from Monfr. de la Saky and\\nthat we belong d to him, ran to the Fort to\\ncarry the News, and immediately we faw a\\nFrench Man come out, with a Company of Indi-\\nans, who fir d a Volley of feveral Pieces, to fa-\\nlute us. Then the French Man drew near, and\\ndefir d us to come Afhore, which we did, leav-\\ning only one in the Canoe, to take Care of our\\nBaggage; for the IJlinois are very fharp at car-\\nrying off anything they can lay their Hands\\non, and confequently, nothing near fo honest\\nas the Nations we had pafs d thro\\nWe all walk d together towards the Fort,\\nand found three French Men coming to meet us,\\nand among them a Clerk, who had belong d to Arrival at\\nthe late Monfr. de la Sale, They immediately Lewis,\\nask d us, where Monfr. de la Sale was, we told\\nthem, he had brought us Part of the Way, and\\nleft us at a Place about forty Leagues beyond\\nthe CeniSy and that he was then in good Health.\\nAll that was true enough for Monfr, Cavelier\\nand I, who were the Perfons, that then fpoke,\\nwere not prefent at Monfr. de la Sale s Death\\nM 4 he", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "1 6 8 Monjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nSept. 1687 he was in good Health when he left us, and I\\n^^T*^ have told the Reafons we had for concealing\\nhis Death, till we came into France.\\nIt is no lefs true, that Father Anajlafius^\\nand he they call d Teijier, could have given a\\nbetter Account, the one as an Eye Witnefs,\\nand the other, as one of the Murderers, and\\nthey were both with us but to avoid lying,\\nthey faid Nothing. We farther told them, we\\nhad Orders to go over into France^ to give an\\nAccount of the Difcoveries made by Monfieur de\\nla Sale., and to procure the fending of Succours.\\nAt length, we enter d the Fort, where we\\nfound and furpriz d feveral Perfons who did\\nnot expe6t us. All the French were under Arms\\nReception. made feveral Difcharges to welcome us.\\nMonfieur de Belle Fontaine Lieutenant to Monfr.\\nTonty^ was at the Head of them and compli-\\nmented us. Then we were conduded to the\\nChappel, where we return d Thanks to God,\\nfrom the Bottom of our Hearts, for having\\npreferv d and conduded us in Safety after\\nwhich we had our Lodgings affigned us, Monfr.\\nCavelier and Father Anaftafius had one Cham-\\nber, and we were put into the Magazine, or\\nWare-houfe. All this While, the Natives\\ncame by Intervals, to fire their Pieces, to ex-\\nprefs their Joy for our Return, and for the\\nNews we brought of Monfieur de la Sale,\\nwhich refrelh d our Sorrow for his Misfor-\\ntune perceiving that his Prefence would\\nhave fettled all Things advantageoufly.\\nThe Day after our Arrival, one of the In-\\ndians^ who had conducted us, having been fick\\never fince he eat the raw Beef Suet, I mention d\\nbefore, died, and his Companions took away\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 169\\nand bury d him privately. We gave them the Sept. 16S7\\npromis d Reward, and the Part belonging to VV)\\nthe Dead Man, to be deliver d to his\\nRelations. They ftay d fome Time in the\\nFort, during the which, we took extraordinary\\nCare of them, and at lad they return d to their\\nown Homes.\\nAs far as we could gather by half Words\\ndropp d there by one or other at the Fort,\\nSomething had been done there prejudicial to\\nthe Service of Monfr. de la Sale, and againfl his\\nAuthority, and therefore fome dreaded his\\nReturn, but more efpecially a Jefuit was in\\ngreat Conflernation. He was fick, Monfieur\\nCavelier, Father Anajlafius and I went to visit\\nhim. He enquired very particularly of all\\nPoints, and could not conceal his Trouble,\\nwhich we would not feem to take Notice\\nof.\\nOur Defign being to make the befl: of our\\nway to Ccnada, in Order to fet out Aboard\\nthe firfl: French Ships that fhould Sail for France,\\nwe enquired how we were to proceed, and met\\nwith feveral Difficulties. The Navigation on\\nthat River was very Dangerous, by Reafon of Falls in the\\nthe Falls there are in it, which mufl be care- River,\\nfully avoided, unlefs a Man will run an inevi-\\ntable Hazard of perifhing. There were few\\nPerfons capable of managing that Affair, and\\nthe War with the Iroquois made all Men a-\\nfraid.\\nHowever the Sieur Boifrondet, Clerk to the\\nlate Monfr. de la Sale, having told us he had\\na Canoe, in which he defign d to go down\\nto Canada, we prepared to make ufe of that\\nOpportunity. Care was taken to gather Pro-\\nvifions", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "170 Monfteur de la S ale j- Second Voyage\\nSept. 1687 vifions for our Voyage, to get Furs to barter as\\nwe pafs d by Micilimaquinay The Vifits of two\\nChiefs of Nations, call d Cafcafquia Peroueria and\\nCacahouanous discover d by the late Monfieur de\\nla Sale, did not interrupt our Affairs, and all\\nthings being got ready, we took Leave of thofe\\nwe left in the Fort. Monfieur Cavelier writ a\\nLetter for Monfieur Tonty, which he left there\\nto be delivered to him, and we repair d to the\\nLake to imbark.\\nIt would be needlefs to relate all the Trou-\\nbles and Hardfhips we met with, in that Jour-\\nney, it was painful and fruitlefs, for having gone\\nto the Bank of the Lake, in very foul Wea-\\nther, after waiting there five Days, for that\\nM. Cave- foul Weather to ceafe, and after we had\\nlier,\u00c2\u00a33 r. imbark d, notwithfl:anding the Storm, we were\\nfetoutand oblig d to put Alhore again, to return to the\\nPlace where we had imbark d, and there to dig\\na Hole m the Earth, to bury our Baggage\\nand Provifions, to fave the Trouble of carry-\\ning them back to Fort Lewis, whither we\\nreturn d and arrived there the 7th of OEiober\\nwhere they were furpriz d to fee us come\\nback.\\nThus were we oblig d to continue in that\\nFort all the refl: of Autumn and Part of\\nthe Winter, to our great Sorrow, and not fo\\nmuch for our own Difappointment, as for be-\\ning, by that Means, obftructed from fending\\nof Succours, as foon as we had expelled, as well\\nto the faid Fort, as to thofe French of our own\\nCompany, whom we had left on the Coaft\\nof the Bay oi Mexico,\\nIt", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 171\\nIt was then the good Season for fhooting. Oa. 1687\\nThofe Gentlemen at the Fort had fecur d two\\ngood Indian Sportfmen, who never let us want\\nfor Wild Fowl of all Sorts befides we had\\ngood Bread, and as good Fruit, and had there\\nbeen any Thing to drink befides Water, we had\\nfar d well. The Leifure we had during our\\nStay there, gave me an Opportunity of making\\nthe following Remarks, as well of my own Ob-\\nfervation, as what I learn d of the French re-\\nfiding there.\\nFort Lewis is in the Country of the IJJinois Defcrip-\\nand feated on a fteep Rock, about two hundred ^i f Fo^t\\nFoot high, the River running at the Bottom of\\nit. It is only fortified with Stakes and Palifades, ^b out it\\nand fome Houfes advancing to the Edge of the\\nRock. It has a very fpacious Efplanade, or\\nPlace of Arms. The Place is naturally flrong,\\nand might be made fo by Art, with little Ex-\\npence. Several of the Natives live in it, in\\ntheir Huts. I cannot give an Account of the\\nLatitude it (lands in, for Want of proper Inflru-\\nments to take an Obfervation, but Nothing\\ncan be pleafanter and it may be truly affirm d,\\nthat the Country of the IJJinois enjoys all that\\ncan make it accomplifh d, not only as to Orna-\\nment, but alfo for its plentiful Produdlion of\\nall Things requifite for the Support of human\\nLife.\\nThe Plain, which is water d by the River, is\\nbeautified by two fmall Hills, about half a\\nLeague diflant from the Fort, and thofe Hills\\nare cover d with Groves of Oaks, Walnut-\\nTrees and other Sorts I have named elfewhere.\\nThe Fields are full of Grafs, growing up very ciayfor\\nhigh. On the Sides of the Hills is found a Bricks,^ c.\\ngravelly", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "172 Monfteur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nOa. 1687 gravelly Sort of Stone, very fit to make Lime\\nfor Building. There are alfo many Clay Pits,\\nfit for making of Earthen Ware, Bricks and\\nTiles, and along the River there are Coal Pits,\\nthe Coal whereof has been try d and found\\nvery good.\\nMines. There is no Reafon to question, but that\\nthere are in this Country, Mines of all Sorts of\\nMetals, and of the richeft, the Climate being\\nthe fame as that of New Mexico. We faw feve-\\nral Spots, where it appeared there were Iron\\nMines, and found fome Pieces of it on the Bank\\nof the River, which Nature had cleanfed.\\nTravellers who have been at the upper Part of\\nthe MiJJiftpij affirm that they have found Mines\\nthere, of very good Lead.\\nProdua. That Country is one of the mofl temperate\\nin the World, and confequently whatfoever is\\nfow d there, whether Herbs, Roots, Indian\\nand even European Corn thrives very well, as\\nhas been try d by the Sieur Boifrondet^ who\\nfow d of all Sorts, and had a plentiful Crop,\\nand we eat of the Bread, which was very good.\\nAnd whereas we were afTured, that there were\\nVines which run up, whofe Grapes are very\\ngood and delicious, growing along the River,\\nit is reafonable to believe, that if thofe Vines\\nwere tranfplanted and prun d, there might be\\nvery good Wine made of them. There is alfo\\nPlenty of wild Apple and Pear Trees, and of\\nfeveral other Sorts, which would afford excel-\\nlent Fruit, were they grafted and tranfplant-\\ned.\\nAll other Sorts of Fruit, as Plumbs, Peaches\\nand others, wherewith the Country abounds,\\nwould become exquifite, if the fame Induftry\\nwere", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nwere us d, and other Sorts of Fruit we have in\\nFrance would thrive well, if they were carry d\\nover. The Earth produces a Sort of Hemp,\\nwhereof Cloth might be made and Cordage.\\nAs for the Manners and Cuftoms of the IJli-\\nnois^ in many Particulars they are the fame as\\nthofe of the other Nations we have feen. They\\nare naturally fierce and revengeful, and among\\nthem the Toil of Sowing, Planting, carrying\\nof Burdens, and doing all other Things that\\nbelong to the Support of Life, appertains pe-\\nculiarly to the Women. The Men have no o-\\nther Bufinefs but going to the War and hunt-\\ning, and the women mud fetch the Game\\nwhen they have kill d it, which fometimes they\\nare to carry very far to their Dwellings, and\\nthere to parch, or drefs it any other Way.\\nWhen the Corn or other Grain is fow d,\\nthe Women fecure it from the Birds till it comes\\nup. Thofe Birds are a sort of Starlings, like\\nours in France^ but larger and fly in great\\nSwarms,\\nThe IJJinois have but few Children, and are\\nextremely fond of them it is the Cuflom a-\\nmong them, as well as others 1 have mention-\\ned, never to chide, or beat them, but only to\\nthrow Water at them, by Way of Chaftife-\\nment.\\nThe Nations we have fpoken of before, are\\nnot at all, or very little, addidled to Thieving\\nbut it is not fo with the IJJinois^ and it behoves\\nevery Man to watch their Feet as well as their\\nHands, for they know how to turn any Thing\\nout of the Way mofl: dexteroufly. They are\\nfubjed to the general Vice of all the other In-\\ndians, which is to boaft very much of their\\nWarlike\\n173\\nOSi, 1687\\nManners\\nand Cu-\\nftoms of\\nthe Ifli-\\nWomen do\\nall Labour,\\nChildren.\\nThieving.\\nBoafting.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "174 Monfieur de la Sale*j- Second Voyage\\nOa. 1687 Warlike Exploits, and that is the main Subjed; of\\n^^t^ their Difcourfe, and they are very great Lyars.\\nThey pay a Refpeft to their Dead, as ap-\\nCareofthe pe^j-g by their fpecial Care of burying them,\\nand even of putting into lofty Coffins the Bodies\\nof fuch as are confiderable among them, as their\\nChiefs and others, which is alfo pradifed a-\\nmong the Accanced s, but they differ in this Par-\\nticular, that the Accanced s weep and make their\\nComplaints for fome Days, whereas the Cha-\\nhouanous and other People of the IJlinois Nation\\ndo jufl: the Contrary; for when any of them\\ndie, they wrap them up in Skins, and then put\\nthem into Coffins made of the Barks of Trees,\\nthen fmg and dance about them for twenty four\\nHours. Thofe Dancers take Care to tie Cala-\\nbafhes, or Gourds about their Bodies, with fome\\nIndian Wheat in them, to rattle and make a Noife,\\nand fome of them have a Drum, made of a\\ngreat Earthen Pot, on which they extend a wild\\nGoat s Skin, and beat thereon with one Stick,\\nn r like our Tabors.\\nIrt Ci 67lt$ to\\nthe Dead. During that Rejoicing, they throw their Pre-\\nfents on the Coffin, as Bracelets, Pendants, or\\nPieces of Earthen Ware, and Strings of Beads,\\nencouraging the Singers to perform their Duty\\nwell. If any Friend happens to come thither at\\nthat Time, he immediately throws down his Pre-\\nfent and falls a fmging and dancing like the reft.\\nWhen that Ceremony is over, they bury the\\nBody, with Part of the Prefents, making choice\\nof fuch as may be moft proper for it. They\\nalfo bury with it, fome Store of Indian Wheat,\\nwith a Pot to boil it in, for fear the dead\\nPerfon fhould be hungry on his long Journey;\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 175\\nand they repeat the fame Ceremony at the O^- 687\\nYear s End. VX;\\nA good Number of Prefents dill remaining,\\nthey divide them into feveral Lots, and play at ^f^ \u00c2\u00b0f\\na Game, call d of the Stick, to give them to the\\nWinner. That Game is play d, taking a (hort\\nStick, very fmooth and greas d, that it may\\nbe the Harder to hold it fast. One of the Elders\\nthrows that Stick as far as he can, the young\\nMen run after it, fnatch it from each other,\\nand at laft, he who remains pofTefs d of it, has\\nthe firfl Lot. The Stick is then thrown again,\\nhe who keeps it then has the fecond Lot, and fo\\non to the End. The Women, whose Husbands\\nhave been flain in War, often perform the fame\\nCeremony, and treat the Singers and Dancers\\nwhom they have before invited.\\nThe Marriages of the IJJinois lafl: no longer, Marriages\\nthan the Parties agree together; for they freely\\npart after aHuntingBout, each going which Way\\nthey pleafe, without any Ceremony. However,\\nthe Men are jealous enough of their Wives, and\\nwhen they catch them in a Fault, they general-\\nly cut of their Noses, and I faw one who had\\nbeen so ferv d.\\nNeverthelefs, Adultery is not reckon d any Adultery.\\ngreat Crime among them, and there are Wo-\\nmen who make no Secret of having had to do\\nwith French Men. Yet are they not fufficiently\\naddided to that Vice to offer themfelves, and\\nthey never fall, unless they are sued to, when,\\nthey are none of the mofl difficult in the World\\nto be prevail d on. The reft I leave to thofe\\nwho have liv d longer there than L\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "1/6\\noa. 1687.\\nHow the\\nTravellers\\nliv d.\\nM. Tonty\\ncomes to\\nFort Le-\\nWar with\\nthe Iro-\\nquois.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j Second Voyage\\nWe continu d fome Time in Fort Lewis,\\nwithout receiving any News. Our Bufinefs\\nwas, after having heard Mafs, which we had\\nthe good Fortune to do every Day, to divert\\nour felves the belt we could. The Indian Wo-\\nmen daily brought in fomething frefh, we want-\\ned not for Water Melons, Bread made of In-\\ndian Corn, bak d in the Embers, and other fuch\\nThings, and we rewarded them with little Pre-\\nfents in Return.\\nOn the 27th of 05foher, of the fame Year,\\nMonfieur Tonty return d from the War with\\nthe Iroquois. Our Embraces and the Relation\\nof our Adventures were again repeated but\\nftill concealing from him, the Death of\\nMonfieur de la Sale. He told us all the Parti-\\nculars of that War, and faid. That the Iroquois\\nhaving got Intelligence of the March of the\\nFrench Forces and their Allies, had all come out\\nof their Villages and laid themfelves in Am-\\nbufh by the Way but that having made a fud-\\nden and general Difcharge upon our Men, with\\ntheir ufual Cries, yet without much Harm done,\\nthey had been repuls d with Lofs, took, their\\nFlight, and by the Way burnt all their own\\nVillages. That Monfieur d Hennonvilkj chief\\nGovernor of New France, had caus d the Army\\nto march, to burn the reft of their Villages,\\nfet Fire to their Country and Corn, but would\\nnot proceed any farther. That afterwards he\\nhad made himfelf Mafter of feveral Canoes be-\\nlonging to the Englijh, moft of them laden with\\nBrandy, which had been plunder d that the\\nEnglijh had been fent Prisoners to Montreal, they\\nbeing come to make fome Attempt upon the\\nIJlinois.\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 177\\nWe continued after this Manner, till the J^^c. 1687\\nMonth of December^ when two Men arrived,\\nfrom Montreal. They came to give\\nNotice to Monfr. Tonty, that three Canoes, la-\\nden with Merchandize, Powder, Ball and other\\nThings, were arriv d at Chic agon that there (y^\\nbeing two little Water in the River, and what\\nthere was being frozen, they could come down\\nno lower fo that it being requifite to fend\\nMen to fetch thofe Things, Monfr. Tonty de-\\nfir d the Chief of the Chahouanous to furnifh him\\nwith People. That Chief accordingly provi-\\nded forty, as well Men as Women, who fet out\\nwith fome French Men. The Honefty of the\\nChahouanous was the Reafon of preferring them\\nbefore the IJlinois^ who are naturally Knaves.\\nThat Ammunition and the Merchandize were Feb. 1688\\nfoon brought, and very feafonably, the Fort be-\\ning then in Want. We llay d there till the\\nEnd of February, 1688, at which Time we fix d\\nour Refolution to depart, tho we had no News\\nfrom Canada, as we expelled. We found there\\nwere fome Canoes ready to under-\\ntake that Voyage, and we laid hold of that Op-\\nportunity to convoy each other to the Micilima-\\nquinay, where we hop d to meet fome News\\nfrom Canada.\\nMonfieur Cavelier the Pried, had taken Care, Mar. 1688\\nbefore the Death of M. de la Sale, his Brother, to\\nget of him a Letter of Credit, to receive either a\\nSum of Money or Furs in the Country of the\\nIJlinois. He tender d that Letter to M. Tonty,\\nwho believing de la Sale was (till alive, made\\nno Difficulty of giving him to the Value of about\\n4000 Livres in Furs, Caftors and Otter Skins, a\\nCanoe and other Effects, for which, the faid\\nN Monfr,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "178 Monfteur de la S ale*j- Second Voyage\\niW 7r. 1688 Monfr. Cavelier gave him his Note, and we pre-\\npar d for our Journey.\\nI have before obferved, that there was a Je~\\nfuit^ whofe name was Dalouez at Fort Lewis,\\nand who had been very much furpriz d to hear\\nthat Monfr. de la Sale was to come in a fhort\\nTime, being under great Apprehenfions on\\nAccount of a Confpiracy intended to have been\\ncarry d on, againft Monfr. de la Sales Interefl:.\\nThat Father perceiving our Departure was\\nfix d, mov d firft, and went away foremoft,\\nto return to Micilimaquinay fo that they\\nwere left without a Prieft at Fort Lewis, which\\nwas a great Trouble to us, becaufe we were the\\nOccafion of it, and therefore thofe, who were\\nto remain in the Fort, anticipated the Time,\\nand made their Eajler, taking the Advantage of\\nthe Prefence of F. Anajiafius and M. Cavelier.\\nAt length, we fet out the 21th of March,\\nfrom Fort Lewis. The Sieur Boifrondet, who was\\nThe Travel (^gf^j-Qus to return to France, ]6ir\\\\d. us, we im-\\nbark d on the River, which was then become\\nnavigable, and before we had ad vane d five\\nLeagues, met with a rapid Stream, which oblig d\\nus to go Afliore, and then again into the Water,\\nto draw along our Canoe. I had the Misfor-\\ntune to hurt one of my Feet againft a Rock\\nthat lay under Water, which troubled me ve-\\nry much for a long Time; and we being under\\na Neceffity of going often into the Water, I\\nfufier d extreamly, and more than I had done\\nfmce our Departure from the Gulph of Mexico.\\nWe arriv d at Chicagon the 29th oi March, and\\nour firfl: Care was to go feek what we had\\nconceal d at our former Voyage, having, as\\nwas there faid, bury d our Luggage and Provi-\\nfions.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\nfions. We found it had been open d, and fome\\nFurs and Linen taken away, almofl all which be-\\nlong d to me. This had been done by a French\\nMan, whom M. Tonty had fent from the Fort,\\nduring the Winter Seafon, to know whether\\nthere were any Canoes at Chicagon, and whom\\nhe had direded to fee whether any Body had\\nmedled with what we had conceal d, and he\\nmade Ufe of that Advice to rob us.\\nThe bad Weather obHg d us to (lay in that\\nPlace, till April. That Time of Reft was advan-\\ntageous for the Healing my Foot and there\\nbeing but very little Game in that Place, we had\\nNothing but our Meal or Indian Wheat to feed\\non yet we difcover d a Kind of Manna^ which\\nwas a great Help to us. It was a Sort of Trees,\\nrefembling our Maple, in which we made Inci-\\nfions, whence flow d a fweet Liquor, and in it\\nwe boil d our Indian Wheat, which made it de-\\nlicious, fweet and of a very agreeable Relifh.\\nThere being no Sugar-Canes in that Country,\\nthofe Trees fupply d that Liquor, which\\nbeing boil d up and evaporated, turn d into a\\nKind of Sugar fomewhat brownifti, but very\\ngood. In the Woods we found a Sort of Garlick,\\nnot fo ftrong as ours, and fmall Onions very like\\nours in Tafte, and fome Charvel of the fame Re-\\nlifh as that we have, but different in the Leaf.\\nThe Weather being fomewhat mended, we\\nimbark d again and enter d upon the Lake on\\nthe 5 th of April, keeping to the North Side to\\nfhun the Iroquois. We had fome Storms alfo,\\nand faw fwelling Waves like thofe of the Sea\\nbut arriv d fafe the 15th at a River call d ^i-\\nnetonan, near a Village whence, the Inhabitants\\ndepart during the Winter Seafon, to go a Hunt-\\ning, and refide there all the Summer.\\nN 2 The\\n179\\nMtjr. 1688\\nSweet Wa-\\nter from a\\nTree.\\nQuineto-\\nnan River.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "i8o\\nApr. 1688\\nHow\\nWolves\\ncatch Goats\\nPoutoua-\\ntanni Na-\\ntion.\\nHurons\\nand Outa-\\nhouacs\\nNations,\\nMonjteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nThe Sport is not there as in thofe Countries\\nfrom whence we came but on the Contrary,\\nvery poor, and we found Nothing but fome\\nvery lean Wild Goats, and even thofe very\\nrarely, becaufe the Wolves, which are very nu-\\nmerous there, make great Havock of them,\\ntaking and devouring great Numbers after this\\nManner.\\nWhen the Wolves have difcover d a Herd\\nof Wild Goats, they roufe and fet them a run-\\nning. The Wild Goats never fail to take to\\nthe firft Lake they meet with. The hunting\\nWolves, who are ufed to that, guard the Banks\\ncarefully, moving along the Edges of them.\\nThe poor Goats being pierc d by the Cold of\\nthe Lake, grow weary and fo get out, or elfe the\\nRiver fwelling forces them out with its Waves,\\nquite benumm d, fo that they are eafily taken by\\ntheir Enemies, who devour them. We frequent-\\nly faw those Wolves watching along the Side\\nof the Lake, and kept off to avoid frightning\\nthem, to the End the Wild Goats might\\nquit their Sanduary, that we might catch fome\\nof them, as it fometimes fell out.\\nThe 28th, we arriv d among the Poutouatan-\\nnis, which is half Way to Micilimaquinay^ where\\nwe purchas d fome Indian Corn for the reft of\\nour Voyage, We found no News there from\\nMontreal, and were forc d to ftay fome Time to\\nwait an Opportunity to go down the River.\\nNo Man daring to venture, becaufe of the\\nWar with the Iroquois.\\nThere are fome French Men in that Place,\\nand four Jefuits, who have a Houfe well built\\nwith Timber, inclofed with Stakes and\\nPalifades. There are alfo some Hurons\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "/W/0 NORTH AMERICA. i8i\\nand Outahouacs^ two Neighbouring Nations, ^y 688\\nwhom thofe Fathers take Care to inftrudl, not\\nwithout very much Trouble, thofe People being\\ndownright Libertines, and there are very often\\nnone but a few Women in their Churches.\\nThofe Fathers have each of them the Charge\\nof inftructing a Nation, and to that Effed have\\ntranflated the proper Prayers into the Language\\npeculiar to each of them, as alfo all other\\nThings relating to the Catholick Faith and Re-\\nligion.\\nThey offer d Father Anajiafius and Monfieur June i68^\\nCavelier a Room, which they accepted of, and\\nwe took up our Lodging in a little Hovel fome\\nTravellers had made. There we continued the\\nreft of May and Part of June^ till after the Feaft\\nof Whitfontide. The Natives of the Country\\nabout, till the Land and fow Indian Corn, Me-\\nlons and Gourds, but they do not thrive fo well\\nas in the Country we came from. However\\nthey live on them, and befides they have Fifli\\nthey catch in the Lake, for Flelh is very fcarce\\namong them.\\nOn the 4th of June^ there arriv d four Canoes,\\ncommanded by Monfieur de Porneuf^ coming from\\nMontreal^ and bringing News from the Marques\\nd Hennonville, and Orders to fend to the Set-\\ntlements which were towards the Lake des Puans\\nand others higher up, towards the Source of\\nthe River Colbert^ to know the Pofture and\\nCondition of Affairs. We prepar d to be gone\\nwith the two Canoes. Monfieur Qavelier bought\\nanother, to carry our Baggage, and left Part\\nof his Furs with a Merchant, who gave him a\\nNote to receive Money at Montreal. I did the\\nfame with those few Furs I had, the reft of them\\nhaving been left at Micilimaquinay We", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "l82\\nJuly 1688\\nIflinois\\nand Hu-\\nrons.\\nFrench\\nRiver.\\nNipicin-\\ngue Lake.\\nArrival at\\nMontreal.\\nMonfteur de la S A l e j Second Voyage\\nWe took Leave of the Jefuits, and fet out in\\nfour Canoes, viz. two belonging to Monfieur de\\nPorneufy and two to Monfieur Cavelier, one of\\nwhich had been brought from Fort Lewis^ and\\nthe other bought, as I have just now faid, we\\nbeing twenty nine of us in thofe four Canoes.\\nWe row d on till the 24th, when Monfieur\\nde Porneuf left us to go St. Marys Fall, to\\ncarry the Orders given him. The 25th, we got\\nout of the Lake of the IJlinois^ to enter that of\\nthe Hurons^ on the Banks whereof (lands the\\nVillage, call d Tejfalon, where Monfieur de Por-\\nneuf came again to us, with a Canoe of\\nthe Natives, and with him we held on our\\nWay.\\nWe proceeded to Chehonany the 30th of June^\\nand the 3d ot July^ enter d the French River,\\nwhere we were forc d feveral Times to carry\\nour Canoes to avoid the Falls and the rapid\\nStreams, obferving as we went a barren and\\ndry Country, full of Rocks, on which there\\ngrew Cedars and Fir Trees, which take Root\\nin the Clefts of thofe Rocks.\\nThe 5th, we enter d upon the little Lake of\\nNipicinguej adjoining to a Nation of that Name.\\nWe got out of it again and enter d upon the\\ngreat River, where, after having pafs d the\\ngreat Fall, we arriv d the 13th, at the Point of\\nthe Ifland of Montreal. We landed at a Vil-\\nlage call d la Chine^ which had belong d to the\\nlate Monfr. de la Sale. Monfr. Cavelier fet out\\nthe 14th, for Montreal, where we came to him\\nthe 17th.\\nAt Montreal we found the Marques d Hen-\\nnonvilkj Monfieur de Noroy the Intendant and\\nother", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a283\\nOther Gentlemen, to whom we gave an Account ^^.f- ^88\\nof our long and painful Travels, with the Par- v\\nticulars of what we had feen, which they lifl:-\\nned to with Satisfaction, but without mention-\\ning Monfieur de la Sales Death. We told them\\nthe Occafion of our going over into France^\\nand they approv d of it, being of Opinion with\\nus, that we ought to haften our Departure as\\nmuch as pofTible.\\nWe made us fome Cloaths, whereof we flood\\nin Need. The Sieur Teijfier, who came along\\nwith us, and was of the Reform d Religion,\\nknowing the Exercife of it was forbid in\\nFrance^ abjur d it in the great Church of Mon-\\ntreal.\\nThe 27th, we went aboard a Bark to go down Arrival at\\nthe River to ^ehec^ where we arriv d the 29th, Q^^bec.\\nFather Anaflafius carry d us to the Monaftery\\nof the Fathers of his Order, feated half a\\nLeague from the Town, on a little River,\\nwhere we were mod kindly receiv d by the Fa-\\nther Guardian and the other Religious Men,\\nwho exprefs d much Joy to fee us, and we flill\\nmore for being in a Place of Safety, after fo\\nmany Perils and Toils, for which we return d\\nour humble Thanks to Almighty God, our Pro-\\ntedlor.\\nWe chofe rather to take up our Lodging\\nthere than in the Town, to avoid the Vifits\\nand troublefome Queflions every one would\\nbe putting to us with much Importunity, which\\nwe mud have been oblig d to bear patiently.\\nMonfieur Cavelier and his Nephew, whom we\\nhad left at Montreal^ arriv d fome Days after\\nus, and were iodg d in the Seminary.\\nN\\nWe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "1 84\\nAug. 1688\\nMonfteur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nWe (lay d in that Monaftery till the 2 id of\\nAugujl, when we imbark d on a large Boat,\\neighteen Perfons of us, to go down the River\\nof St. Laurence., a. Board a Ship, that was taking\\nin and fifhing of Cod. We went a Board it the\\n30th of the fame Month, and after hearing\\nMafs, made ready and fail d for our dear\\nCountry, arriv d fafe at Rochelle on Saturday the\\n9th of October 1688, whence, fetting out by\\nLand, the 15th, the fame Providence, which\\nhad protected and conduced us, brought us\\nwithout any Misfortune to Roan^ the 7th of O^o-\\nber^ the fame Year.\\nThe End of the JOURNAL.\\nThe Remainder of the LETTER, written\\nby him who revised this J o u r n A l\\nthe other Part whereof is at the Beginning\\nof ity this being the Sequel to the faid\\nJournal.\\nNote,\\nThat thefe\\nhave writ\\nof thofe\\nParts, but\\nfione of\\nthis par-\\nticular\\nVoyage.\\nrH R E E feveral Authors have given an\\nAccount of this Voyage FirJ}^ Father\\nle Clerk., upon the Relations he had from the\\nFathers Zenobius and AnaJJaJius^ Recolets, as\\nhe was himfelf and both of themEye-WitnefTes:\\nSecondly^ The Chevalier Tonty, who was alfo a\\nWitnefs to a confiderable Part of thofe Adven-\\ntures And, Lajlly, Father Hennepin^ a Flem-\\nmingy", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 185\\nming, of the fame Order of the Recolets, has\\ndone it more largely, he feems to be well ac-\\nquainted with the Country, and had a great\\nShare in thofe Difcoveries but the Truth of\\nhis Relations is much controverted. It was\\nhe who went to the Northward, and towards\\nthe Source of the MrJJi/ipi,wh.ich he calls Mecha-\\nfipi, and who printed, at Paris, an Account of\\nthe Country about the River, giving it the\\nName of Louijiana. He ought to have flopp d\\nthere, and not to have gone, as he did, into\\nHolland, to fet forth another Edition, very\\nmuch enlarg d,and perhaps not fo true,which he\\ndedicated to William the Third, Prince of\\nOrange, and afterwards King of Great Bri-\\ntain. An Adion for a Religious Man no iefs\\nridiculous than extravagant, not to give it a\\nworfe Name for after many great and te-\\ndious Encomiums given that Proteftant Prince,\\nhe exhorts and conjures him to turn his\\nThoughts towards thofe vafl Countries, as\\nyet unknown, to conquer them and fend Colo-\\nnies thither, to make known to thofe Savage\\nNations the true God and his Worfliip, and to\\npreach the Gofpel. That good Religious Man,\\nwhom many have falfly thought, on Account\\nof that Extravagancy, to have renounc d his\\nReligion, did not confider what he faid, and\\nconfequently has fcandaliz d the Catholicks,\\nand furnifh d the Hugonots with Matter of\\nLaughter;for is it likely,that they being Enemies\\nto the Roman Church, would employ Recolets\\nto go preach up Popery, 2js, they call it in Canada?\\nOr would they introduce any other Religion\\nthan their own Can Father Hennepin be ex-\\ncufeable in this Point\\nIn", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "iVl\\n1 86 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nIn fine it appears, by all that has been writ\\nby thofe feveral Perfons concerning that En-\\nterprize, that the Murder committed on the\\nPerfon of Monfieur de la Sale was the Occafion\\nof its mifcarrying; but that which obftrufted\\nthe making of fome Provifion in that Cafe was,\\nthe faid Murders being conceal d for the Space\\nof two Years, and that the Spaniards of Mexico\\nT IvB de la h^ ^^^g \\\\i^Qn inform d of all the Affair, fent\\ni\\\\ Sale s Fori Men, who carry d off the weak Garrifon Mon-\\ntaken bj fieur de la Sale had left in the Fort built by\\nSpani- him, near the Place of his Landing, before he\\n^:1. penetrated into the Country, to find out the\\n-f-^ MiJJiJipi. They alfo entirely raz d that Fort,\\nfo that Seven or Eight Years elaps d, till Mon-\\ni grf\\\\r fieur de Hiberville, a Gentleman of Canada^ and\\nO^ V^ V 3, Perfon of Capacity and Courage, famous for\\nhis notable Exploits in Hud/on s Bay and other\\nParts, refolv d to reafTume and revive that Pro-\\njedl. He came over into France upon that De-\\nfign, and made an Armament about the Year\\n1698, fet out and fail d to the Gulf of Mexico.\\nberville s Being an able Seaman, he fearch d along the\\nExpedition Coaft fo narrowly, that he found the Mouth\\nfortheMi^- of that fatal MiJJiJipi and built a Fort on it,\\nfifipi. leaving Men there, with a good Quantity of\\nAmmunition and Provifions, and return d to\\nFrance, intending to go back with a Reinforce-\\nment, as he did, and having penetrated far into\\nthe Country, difcover d feveral Savage Nations,\\nand join d Friendfliip and Alliance with them,\\nas alfo built another Fort, which he left well\\nftor d with Men and NecefTaries, return d into\\nFrance but attempting a third Voyage, he dy d\\nby the Way, and thus, for want of Relief and\\nSup-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 187\\nSupport, that noble Enterprize mifcarry d\\nagain.\\nBut God has now provided for it, and it is\\nthe Concern of Heaven, for if France is inte-\\nrefled on Account of the Temporal Advan-\\ntages it expeds, the Church is fo in like Man-\\nner, for the Converfion of the Indians it hopes\\nwill follow. Accordingly, Providence has taken\\nthe Affair in Hand, having rais d the Man,\\nwho is the fitted to revive and fupport fo im-\\nportant a Proje6i:. This is Monfieur Crozat^\\nSecretary to the King, a Man of fmgular\\nWorth, very Intelligent, Well-meaning, and\\nprodigioufly Rich, who without going out of\\nhis Clofet, has been the Occafion of many no-\\ntable Voyages by Sea, and all of them fuccefs-\\nful. To him, his Majefly, by his Letters Pa-\\ntent, bearing Date the 14th of Septemb. 1712.\\nhas granted the fole Power to trade and fettle M. Crozat\\nColonies in the Countries defcrib d in this j^\\nJournal, and which are known to us by the \\\\ig^ ^nV\\nName of Louifiana and the River MiJJifipi, from Trade in\\nhence forward to be call d the River of St. Lewis. Louifiana.\\nThe Grant is made to him for 15 Years, under\\nfeveral Conditions mention d in the faid Let-\\nters Patent, which have been made publick.\\nAnd whereas fuch a Grant cannot fubfift\\nwithout Blacks, he is alfo allow d to fend a\\nShip to Guinea to purchafe them. They may\\nperhaps find there the famous Black Aniaga^\\nBrother to a King of Guinea^ whom Captain\\nDelbee brought over into France^ above Thirty\\nYears ago. The King was pleas d to have him\\nEducated, Inftructed and Baptiz d, the Dauphin\\nbeing his Godfather then put him into his\\nTroop of Mufquetiers, and afterwards made\\nhim", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "i88\\nJ Black\\nhred in\\nFrance\\nturns to his\\nNative Cu-\\nJioms.\\nVeracruz\\nin New-\\nSpain.\\nMonfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nhim a Captain in his own Regiment, where he\\nferv d Honourably. Being defirous to fee his\\nown Country again, where he promis d to pro-\\nmote the French Trade, and the fettling of Mif-\\nfioners, his Majefty loaded him with Pre-\\nfents, and order d a Ship to carry him back to\\nGuinea but as foon as he was there, he no lon-\\nger remember d he had been baptiz d, and\\nturn d again as perfed; a Black, as he had been\\nbefore. A Friend of mine, who was an Officer\\naboard a Ship, and hapned to be on that Coaft\\nin the Year 1708, had two or three Interviews\\nwith that Black, who came aboard him. He\\nwas a great Man in that Country, for his Bro-\\nther was King. He exprefs d much Gratitude\\nfor the Kindnefs that had been fhewn him in\\nFrance^ and was extraordinary Courteous, and\\nmade great Offers to thofe aboard the Ship, and\\nto all fuch of the Nation as would go into\\nGuinea.\\nThis Navigation to Louifiana will farther pro-\\ncure us a free Refort to the two famous Ports\\nof the Gulf of Mexico, viz. The Havana and\\nVeracruz, where Strangers did not ufe to be ad-\\nmitted, and which we knew only by their Names\\nand their Situation in our Maps.\\nThe latter of thofe Towns is the Port of\\nNew Spain, at the Bottom of the Bay or Gulf,\\nin 18 Degrees of North Latitude, Seated in a\\nSandy Plain, encompafs d with Mountains be-\\nyond which there are Woods and Meadows,\\nwell Stock d with Cattle and wild Fowl. The\\nAir is very Hot, and not Healthy, when any\\nWinds blow, except the North, which rifes\\ncommonly once in Eight or Fifteen Days, and\\nholds for the Space of Twenty Four Hours,\\nblowing", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 189\\nblowing fo hard, that there is no going afhore\\nfrom the Ships, and then the Cold is very i^\\npiercing. When the Weather is clear there Ay*i^\\nplainly appear, on the Road to Mexico^ two V 1 tP^ ^y^^\\nMountains riling above the Clouds, and forty JL\\nLeagues diflant, all cover d with Snow. The\\nStreets of Veracruz are ftreight as a Line the\\nHoufes are handfome and regular the For-\\ntifications next the Land inconliderable, but the\\nFront of the Town next the Sea forms a\\nSemicircle, with a little Fort at each End.\\nDiredly before that Front, a Quarter of a\\nLeague out at Sea, there (lands, on a Spot\\nof Ground, inacceffible, by Reafon of the\\nBreaking of the Sea, a ftrong Citadel, well\\nbuilt and furnifhed with all Neceffaries, a good\\nGarrifon and double Batteries of two hundred\\nPieces of brafs Cannon. Ships cannot anchor\\nany where, but between that Citadel and the\\nTown befides that, it requires feveral Pre-\\ncautions, because it is difficult coming to an\\nAnchor.\\nMod of the Inhabitants are Mulattoes, that\\nis of a tawny dark Colour, who live mod upon\\nChocolate and Sweetmeats, extraordinary fober,\\nand eating little Flefli. The Men are haughty, the\\nWomen keep retired above Stairs, not to be\\nfeen by Strangers, and feldom going abroad,\\nand then in Coaches or Chairs, and thofe who\\ncannot reach to it, cover d with fine filk Veils,\\nwhich reach from the Crown of their Heads to\\ntheir Feet, leaving only a fmall Opening on\\nthe Right Side, for them to fee their Way.\\nIn their own Apartments they wear nothing\\nbut a Smock and a filk Petticoat, with gold or\\nfilver Laces, without any Thing on their Heads,\\nand", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "1 90 Monfieur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nand their Hair platted with Ribbons, a gold\\nChain about their Neck, Bracelets of the fame\\nand Pendants of Emeralds in their Ears. They\\ncould well enough like the Behaviour and Com-\\npany of the French, but that the jealous Tem-\\nper of the Men obftructs them. There being a\\nPidure of Philip King of Spain, now reigning,\\naboard the Ship in which my Friend was, who\\ngave me this Account, the People fwarm d a-\\nboard to fee it, they were never fatisfy d with\\ngazing at it, and there was a mod magnificent\\nFeftival kept in the Town, on Account of the\\nBirth of the Prince of Ajiurias.\\nThey underfland Trade very well, but are\\nfloathful and averfe to Labour, fond of State\\nand Eafe. They wear great Strings of Beads\\nabout their Necks, their Houfes are tull of Pic-\\ntures and Images of Devotion, decently\\nfurnifh d with Purceline and China Goods.\\nThe Churches are magnificently adorned\\nwith Plate.\\nAll Strangers are forbid Trading there, yet\\nfome come by Stealth and deal Underhand,\\nby Means of Prefents made to fuch Persons\\nas can favour them. If thofe Mulattoes call\\nthemfelves white, it is only to honour themfelves\\nand by Way of Diflinction from their Slaves,\\nwho are all Blacks, and having got much Mony\\nby their Labour, ranfome themfelves and fome-\\ntimes become confiderable Merchants.\\nThe City of Mexico, Capital of the Country\\nMexico ^^d the Refidence of the Vice-roy, is about\\nCity. eighty Leagues diftant from Veracruz, to the\\nWeftward, the Way to it very bad and ill\\nfurnifh d with Provifions. That Country\\nwould be better in fome Parts, were it well\\ncultivated", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 191\\ncultivated by the Inhabitants. They fow but\\nHttle of our Wheat, and are fatisfied with Indian\\nCorn and Cajfabi Root, whereof they make\\nCakes, as is praftis d in the Iflands. Their\\nTrees and Fruits are the fame as in other hot\\nCountries. About the Town of Veracruz^ there\\nare BuiTies of a Sort of Thorn, without Leaves,\\namong which grows an extraordinary Plant\\nfor tho it has but a fmall Stem, it fhoots out\\nLeaves of a Cabbage Green, as thick as a Man s\\nFinger, which grow out, one at the End of ano-\\nther, in the Shape of a Racket, and the Plant\\nitfelf is fo call d. From thofe Leaves there\\ngrows out a Sort of red Figs, very juicy, with\\nSeeds like thofe of the Pomgranate the Juice\\nis of a Violet Colour, but unfavoury. There\\nis a Sort of Flies that cleave to it and\\nare fo fond of the Tafle of the Fruit, that\\nthey burfl: and drop down dead. They are\\ncarefully gather d and dry d, and are the Scar-\\nlet Dye, call d Cochinilla, which is brought\\ninto Europe, and makes that beautiful Co-\\nlour. The Birds and Beafts are much the fame\\nas in other Countries of America. There is a\\nSort of Bird, all red, which for that Reafon is\\ncall d the Cardinal; this they often tame and\\nteach to fmg like a Canary Bird. This is\\nwhat I have been told concerning the Town of\\nVeracruz.\\nAs for the Havana, a Town and Port no Havana,\\nlefs famous, in the Ifland of Cuba, belonging as\\nwell as the other to the Crown of Spain, it (lands\\ntowards the Weflern End, and on the North\\nSide of that Ifland, almoft under the Tropick\\nof Cancer, and about four or five hundred Leagues\\non this Side of Veracruz, It is large and beauti-\\nful", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "1 94 Monjleur de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nful the Port good, fecur d by two Forts on\\nthe two Sides, and Brafs Guns, from twenty-\\nfour to thirty fix Pounders, the Entrance fo nar-\\nrow, that only one Vefiel can go in at once.\\nThe Town is encompafs d by a good Wall, for-\\ntify d with five Baflions, furnifli d with Cannon.\\nThe Streets are all as fl:rait as a Line, and level,\\nthe Houfes very handfome, but ill furnish d. In\\nthe Midfl of it is a fine Square, the Buildings\\nabout all uniform. The Churches are magnifi-\\ncent, and enrich d with Gold and Silver, Lamps,\\nCandlefticks, and Ornaments for the Altars.\\nThere are fome Lamps curioufly wrought,\\nwhich weigh two hundred Marks of Silver,\\neach Mark being half a Pound. The Reve-\\nnue of the Bifhoprick amounts to fifty thou-\\nfand Crowns, and he who enjoy d it in the\\nYear 1703, as I was inform d by my Friend,\\nwho gave me this Account of what he had feen,\\nwas the greatefl: Ornament of that City, for his\\nVirtues and Charity, being fatisfy d with Ne-\\nceflaries, and fpending all the reft upon the\\nPoor, and in repairing decay d Churches. Tho\\nStrangers are prohibited to trade there, yet\\nit is eafier carried on than at Veracruz. The In-\\nhabitants are more familiar the Women have\\nmore Liberty, yet they do not go Abroad with-\\nout their Veils to wrap and hide them. Many\\nof them fpeak French, and drefs after the French\\nFalhion, and fome of our Nation have fettled\\nthemfelves there. When my Friend was there,\\na magnificent Feftival was celebrated for fif-\\nteen Days fucceffively, in Honour of K. Philip\\nthe Fifth, and Monfieur du Cajfe being then\\nthere, with his Squadron, the City defir d him\\nto join with them. To that Purpofe, he set\\naihore", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 195\\nalliore five hundred Men, who perform d the\\nMartial Exercife in the great Square, which\\nwas much admir d. The Havana is the Place,\\nwhere the Galeons meet. Provilions are dear\\nthere, efpecially Bread; but the Wine is not,\\ntho it is good. Fifh and Flefh there, are un-\\nfavory. The Inhabitants are Spaniards.\\nWe have thought fit to defcribe thofe two\\nfamous Ports of the Bay of Mexico^ as well be-\\ncaufe it has not been fo exadlly done before, as\\nin Regard that the Settlement which is going\\nto be made in Louifiana^ may have fome De-\\npendance on them for the Havana lying in the\\nWay, thofe who perform the Voyage may have\\nthe Conveniency of taking in Refrefhments\\nthere, of putting in for Shelter in foul Wea-\\nther, and of careening or refitting. As for the\\nI eracruZy tho farther out of the Way, the\\nCorrefpondence there may be advantagious for\\nthe Securing of the Colony of Louifiana.\\nBut how can that fail of fucceeding, under\\nthe Conduct of Monfieur Crozat, who has the\\nCharge of that Enterprize, and whom Provi-\\ndence feems to have in a Manner ingag d to ad-\\nvance in Wealth and Honour, to the Amaze-\\nment of the World, and yet free from Envy,\\nfrom Jealoufy, and from any Sort of Complaints.\\nThere is therefore no Reafon to prefage other-\\nwife than well of the Event of this Affair; the\\nBleffiings God has pour d down upon all his\\nformer Undertakings, feem to be a Security\\nfor what is to follow. There is Reafon to hope\\nfor dill greater Bleffmgs on this Projed: of a\\nSettlement in Louifiana, as being equally advan-\\ntagious to Religion and the State; for the pro-\\npagating of the Knowledge and Service of God\\nO among", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "1 96 Monjleur de la S a l e*j- Second Voyage\\namong an infinite Number of Savages, by Means\\nof the Miffioners, who are to be fent to and\\nmaintain d in thofe vafl: Countries; the Plant-\\ning of the Faith in that new World, only the\\nName whereof is known to us, and the Redu-\\ncing of it to be a Chriftian and a French Province,\\nunder the Dominion of our Auguft Monarch,\\nand to the eternal Memory of his Reign, will\\nbe the Confequences and the Fruits of Monfieur\\nCrozafs Care and Expence, the Glory of his\\nEnterprize, the Security of the large Fortune\\nhe has made in this Life, and what is rare a-\\nmong fuch rich Men, the Earneft of much bet-\\nter in the Next. Heaven grant our Hopes and\\nWifhes may be anfwer d.\\nam^ c.\\nThe Letters Patent granted by the King of\\nFrance to M. Crozat.\\nLOUIS, by the Grace of God, King of\\nFrance and Navarre: To all who fliall\\nfee thefe prefent Letters, Greeting. The\\nCare we have alv/ays had to procure the Wei-\\nfare and Advantage of our Subje6ls having in-\\nduced us, notwithftanding the almofl continual\\nWars which we have been obliged to fupport\\nfrom the Beginning of our Reign, to feek\\nfor all poffible Opportunities of enlarging\\nand extending the Trade of our American\\nColonies, We did in the Tear 1683 give our orders\\nto", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 197\\nto undertake a Difcovery of the Countries and\\nLands which are Jituated in the Northern Part of\\nAmerica^ between New France and New Mexi-\\nco: And the Sieur de la Sale, to whom we\\ncommitted that Enterprize, having had Succefs\\nenough to confirm a Belief that a Communication\\nmight be fettled from New France to the Gulph\\nof Mexico by Means of large Rivers; This\\nobliged us immediately after the Peace of Ryfwick\\nto give Orders for the eflahlifhing a Colony there,\\nand maintaining a Garrifon which has kept and\\npreferved the Poffeffion, we had taken in the\\nvery Tear 1683 o/ the Lands, Coajfs and Iflands\\nwhich are fituated in the Gulph of Mexico, between\\nCarolina on the Eaff, and Old and New Mexico on\\nthe Wefi. But a new War having broke out\\nin Europe fliortly after, there was no Poffibility,\\ntill now, of reaping from that new Colony\\nthe Advantages that might have been exped;ed\\nfrom thence, becaufe the private Men, who\\nare concerned in the Sea Trade, were all under\\nEngagements with other Colonies, which they\\nhave been obliged to follow And whereas upon\\nthe Information we have received concerning\\nthe Difpofition and Situation of the faid Coun-\\ntries known at prefent by the Name of the\\nProvince of Louijiana, we are of Opinion that\\nthere may be eftablifhed therein a confiderable\\nCommerce, fo much the more advantageous to\\nour Kingdom in that there has hitherto been a\\nNeceffity of fetching from Foreigners the\\ngreatefl: Part of the Commodities which may\\nbe brought from thence, and becaufe in Ex-\\nchange thereof we need carry thither nothing\\nbut Commodities of the Growth and Manu-\\nfacture of our own Kingdom we have refolv-\\nO 2 ed", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "198 Monfieur de la S al e*j- Second Voyage\\ned to grant the Commerce of the Country of\\nLoidftana to the Sieur Anthony Crozat our Coun-\\ncellor, Secretary of the Houfhold, Crown and\\nRevenue, to whom we entruft the Execution\\nof this Projedl. We are the more readily\\nincHned hereunto, becaufe his Zeal and the\\nfmgular Knowledge he has acquired in maritime\\nCommerce, encourage us to hope for as good\\nSuccefs as he has hitherto had in the divers and\\nfundry Enterprizes he has gone upon, and\\nwhich have procured to our Kingdom great\\nQuantities of Gold and Silver in fuch Conjun-\\nctures as have rendred them very welcome to\\nus.\\nFOR THESE REASONS being defirous to\\nfhew our Favour to him, and to regulate the\\nConditions upon which we mean to grant him\\nthe faid Commerce, after having deliberated\\nthis Affair in our Council, Of our certain\\nKnowledge, full Power and Royal Authority,\\nWe by thefe Prefents, figned by our Hand,\\nhave appointed and do appoint the faid\\nSieur Crozat folely to carry on a Trade in all the\\nLands poffefTed by Us, and bounded by New\\nMexico, and by the Lands of the Englifh of\\nCarolina, all the EjJabliJhment^ Ports^ Havens,\\nRivers y and principally the Port and Haven of the\\nIJle Dauphine, heretofore called Maffacre; the\\nRiver of St. Lewis, heretofore called Miffifipi,/r5\u00c2\u00bb?\\nthe Edge of the Sea as far as the Illinois; to-\\ngether with the River of St. Philip, heretofore called\\nthe Miffourys, and of St. Jerome, heretofore called\\nOvabache, with all the Countries, Territories,\\nLakes within Land, and the Rivers which fall di-\\nretfly or indire^ly into that Part of the River of\\nSt. Lewis.\\nTHE", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 199\\nThe A R T I C L E S.\\nI. Our Pleafure is, that all the aforefaid\\nLands, Countries Streams, Rivers and Iflands\\nbe and remain comprifed under the Name of\\nThe Government of Louifiana, which JJ)aU be\\ndependant upon the General Government of New\\nFrance^ to which it is fubordinate; and further,\\nthat all the Lands which we polTefs from the\\nIfinois be united, fo far as Occafion requires,\\nto the General Government of New France, and\\nbecome Part thereof, referving however to\\nOurfelves the Liberty of enlarging as We ihall\\nthink fit the Extent of the Government of the\\nfaid Country of Louifiana.\\nIL We grant to the faid Sieur Crozat for\\nFifteen fucceffive Years, to be reckon d from\\nthe Day of Inrolling thefe prefents, a Right\\nand Power to tranfport all Sorts of Goods and\\nMerchandize from France into the faid Country\\nof Louifiana, and to traffick thither as he\\nlliall think fit. We forbid all and every Perfon\\nand Perfons, Company and Companies of what\\nQuality or Condition foever, and under any\\nPretence whatever, to trade thither, under\\nPenalty of Confifcation of Goods, Ships, and\\nother more fevere Punifhments, as Occafion\\nfhall require; for this Purpofe we order our\\nGovernours and other Officers commanding our\\nTroops in the faid Country forcibly to abet, aid\\nand affifl: the Diredors and Agents of the faid\\nSieur Crozat.\\nin. We permit him to fearch for, open and\\ndig all Sorts of Mines, Veins and Minerals\\nthroughout the whole Extent of the faid Coun-\\ntry of Louifiana, and to tranfport the Profits\\nthereof into any Port of France during the faid\\nO 3 Fif-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "200 Monjteur de la Sale j Second Voyage\\nFifteen Years; and we grant in Perpetuity to\\nhim, his Heirs, and others claiming under him\\nor them, the Property of, in and to the Mines,\\nVeins and Minerals which he lliall bring to\\nbear, paying us, in Lieu of all Claim, the Fifth\\nPart of the Gold and Silver which the faid\\nSieur Crozat fhall caufe to be tranfported to\\nFrance at his own Charges into what Port he\\npleafes, (of which Fifth we will run the Rifque\\nof the Sea and of War,) and the Tenth Part\\nof what Effedls he fhall draw from the other\\nMines, Veins and Minerals, which Tenth he\\nlliall transfer and convey to our Magazines in\\nthe faid Country o^ Louijiana.\\nWe likewife permit him to fearch for precious\\nStones and Pearls, paying us the Fifth Part\\nin the fame Manner as is mention d for the\\nGold and Silver.\\nWe will that the faid Sieur Crozat, his Heirs,\\nor thofe claiming under him or them the perpe-\\ntual Right, fhall forfeit the Propriety of the\\nfaid Mines, Veins and Minerals, if they\\ndifcontinue the Work during three Years, and\\nthat in fuch Cafe the faid Mines, Veins and\\nMinerals Ihall be fully reunited to our Domaine,\\nby Virtue of this prefent Article, without the\\nFormality of any Procefs of Law, but only an\\nOrdinance of Re-union from the Subdelegate\\nof the Intendant of New France, who fliall be\\nin the faid Country, nor do we mean that the\\nfaid Penalty of Forfeiture in Default of work-\\ning for three Years, be reputed a Comminatory\\nPenalty.\\nIV. The faid Sieur Crozat may vend all fuch\\nMerchandize, Goods, Wares, Commodities,\\nArms, and Ammunition as he fhall have caufed\\nto", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 201\\nto be tranfported into the faid Country and\\nGovernment oi Lomftana^ as well to the French^ as\\nSavages who are or Ihall be there fetled;\\nnor ihall any Perfon or Perfons under any\\nPretence whatfoever be capable of doing the\\nlike without his Leave expreiTed in Writing.\\nV. He may purchafe in the faid Country,\\nall Sorts of Furs, Skins, Leather, Wool,\\nand other Commodities and EfFeds of the faid\\nCountry, and tranfport them to France during\\nthe faid Fifteen Years: And as our Intention\\nis to favour, as much as we can, our Inhabi-\\ntants of New France, and to hinder the Lef-\\nfening of their Trade, we forbid him Traffick- ,a ^^^J-v-^\\ning for Caflor in the faid Country under any jsly-*\\nPretence whatfoever; nor to Convey any from\\nthence into our Kingdom or Foreign Countries.\\nVI. We Grant to the Sieur Crozat, his Heirs or\\nthofe claiming under him or them, the Property\\nof, in and to all Settlements and Manufa6tories\\nwhich he Ihall ereft or fet up in the faid Coun-\\ntry for Silk, Indigo, Wooll, Leather, Mines,\\nVeins and Minerals, as likewife the Property of,\\nin and to the Lands which he fhall caufe to be\\nCultivated, with the Manfions, Mills, and\\nStructures which he fhall caufe to be built there-\\non, taking Grants thereof from Us, which\\nGrants he fhall obtain upon the Verbal Procefs\\nand Opinion of our Governor and of the Sub-\\ndelegate of the Intendant of New France in the\\nfaid Country, to be by him Reported unto Us.\\nWe will that the faid Sieur Crozat, his Heirs,\\nor thofe claiming under him or them, fhall keep\\nin Repair the faid Settlements, Manufactures,\\nLands and Mills; and in Default thereof during\\nthe Space of three Years, he and they ihall\\nO 4 Forfeit", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "20 2 Monjieiir de la S a l e j- Second Voyage\\nForfeit the fame, and the faid Settlements,\\nManufadories, Lands and Mills fhall be Re-\\nunited to our Domaine fully and amply, and\\nin the fame Manner as is mentioned above in\\nthe Third Article concerning the Mines, Veins\\nand Minerals.\\nVII. Our Edi6ts, Ordinances and Cuftoms,\\nand the Ufages of the Mayoralty and Shree-\\nvalty of Paris^ fliall be obferved for Laws and\\nCufloms in the faid Country oi Louifiana.\\nVIII. The faid Sieur Crozat fhall be oblig d to\\nfend to the faid Country of Louijiana Two\\nShips every Year, which he iliall caufe to fet out\\nin the proper Seafon, in each of which Ships he\\nfhall caufe to be imbark d, without paying any\\nFreight, 25 Tun of Viduals, EfFe6ls and necef-\\nfary Ammunition, for the Maintenance of the\\nGarrifon and Forts of the LouiJiana\\\\ and in\\nCafe we fliould caufe to be laden above the faid\\n25 Tun in each Ship, we confent to pay the\\nFreight to the faid Sieur Crozat, at the common\\nMerchantile Rates.\\nHe fhall be oblig d to convey our Officers of\\nLotdfiana in the Ships which he fhall fend\\nthither, and to furnifh them with Subfi fiance\\nand a Captain s Table for 30 Sols per Day,\\nwhich we will caufe to be paid for each.\\nHe fhall likewife give PafTage in the faid Ships,\\nto the Soldiers, which we fliall pleafe to fend to\\nthe faid Country; and we will caufe the ne-\\nceiTary Provifions for their Subfi (lance to be\\nfurniiii d to him, or will pay him for them at\\nthe fame Price as is paid to the Purveyor-Gene-\\nral of our Marine.\\nHe fhall be furthermore oblig d to fend on\\nBoard each Ship, which he fhall caufe to fet out\\nfor", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 203\\nfor the faid Country, Ten young Men or Wo-\\nmen, at his own Election.\\nIX. We will caufe to be deliver d out of our\\nMagazines to the faid Sieur Crozat^ 10000\\nWeight of Gunpowder every Year, which he\\nIhall pay us for at the Price that it lliall cofl\\nus, and this for fo long Time as the prefent\\nPrivilege lliall lall.\\nX. The Wares and Merchandize which the\\nfaid Sieur Crozat iliall confign to the faid Coun-\\ntry oi Louifiana iliall be exempt from all Duties\\nof Exportation, laid or to be laid, on Condition,\\nthat his Diredlors, Deputies or Clerks, fhall en-\\ngage to give within the Space of a Year, to be\\nreckon d from the Date thereof, a Certificate of\\ntheir Unlading in the faid Country of Lou-\\nifmna\\\\ under Penalty, in Cafe of Contraven-\\ntion, to pay the Quadruple of the Duties, re-\\nferving to our felves the Power of giving him\\na longer Refpite in fuch Cafes and Occurrences\\nas we lliall think proper.\\nXI. And as for the Goods and Merchandize,\\nwhich the Sieur Crozat fhall caufe to be brought\\nfrom the faid Country of Loiiifiana, and up-\\non his Account, into the Ports of our Kingdom,\\nand fhall afterwards caufe to be tranfported\\ninto Foreign Countries, they lliall pay no Du-\\nties either of Importation or Exportation, and\\n(hall be depofited in the Cuflom-Houfe, Ware-\\nhoufes of Ports where they lliall arrive, until\\nthey be taken away; and when the Deputies\\nand Clerks of the faid Sieur Crozat fhall be\\nminded to caufe them to be tranfported in-\\nForeign Countries, either by Sea or Land,\\nthey lliall be oblig d to give Security to bring\\nwithin a certain Time, a Certificate from the\\nlafl", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "204 Monjreur de la S a l e V Second Voyage\\nlaft Office, containing what they Exported\\nthere, and another Certificate of their un-\\nlading in Foreign Countries.\\nXI I. In Cafe the faid Sieur Crozat be obliged,\\nfor the furtherance of his Commerce to fetch\\nfrom Foreign Countries fome Goods and Mer-\\nchandize of Foreign Manufacture, in order to\\nTRANSPORT them into the faid Coun-\\ntry of Louifiana. He fhall make Us Ac-\\nquainted therewith, and lay before Us States\\nthereof; upon which we, if we think fit, will\\nGrant him our Particular Permiffion with Ex-\\nemptions from all Duties of Importation and\\nExportation, Provided the faid Goods and\\nMerchandize be Depofited afterwards in our\\nCuftom-houfe Ware-houfes until they be Laden\\nin the Ships of the faid Sieur Crozat, who fhall\\nbe obliged to bring in one Year, to be reckoned\\nfrom the Day of the Date hereof, a Certificate\\nof their unlading in the faid Country of\\nLouifiana, under Penalty, in Cafe of Contra-\\nvention, to pay quadruple the Duties: Re-\\nferving to our felves, in like Manner, the Li-\\nberty of granting to the faid Sieur Crozat, a\\nlonger Refpite, if it be neceffary.\\nXIII. The Feluccaes, Canoes, and other Vef-\\nfels belonging to us, and which are in the faid\\nCountry of Louifiana, fhall ferve for loading, un-\\nloading and tranfporting the EfFefts of the faid\\nSieur Crozat, who fhall be bound to keep them\\nin good Condition, and after the Expiration of\\nthe faid Fifteen Years (hall reflore them, or a\\nlike Number of equal Bulk and Goodnefs, to\\nour Governor in the faid Country.\\nXIV. If for the Cultures and Plantations\\nwhich the faid Sieur Crozat is minded to make\\nhe", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "into NORTH AMERICA. 205\\nhe finds it proper to have Blacks in the faid\\nCountry of the Louifiana^ he may fend a Ship\\nevery Year to trade for them directly upon the\\nCoall: of Guinea^ taking Permiffion from the\\nGuinea Company fo to do, he may fell thofe\\nBlacks, to the Inhabitants of the Colony of\\nLouifiana\\\\ and we forbid all other Companies\\nand Perfons whatfoever, under any Pretence\\nwhatfoever, to introduce Blacks or Traffick\\nfor them in the faid Country, nor fhall the faid\\nSieur Crozat carry any Blacks elfe where.\\nXV. He 111 all not fend any Ships into the\\nfaid Country of Louifiana but directly from\\nFrance, and he fliall Caufe the faid Ships to Re-\\nturn thither again; the whole under Pain of\\nConfifcation and Forfieture of the Prefent Pri-\\nviledge.\\nXVI, THE faid Sieur Crozat fhall be o-\\nbliged, after the Expiration of the firft nine\\nYears of this Grant, to Pay the Officers and\\nthe Garrifon which fhall be in the faid Country\\nDuring the Six laft Years of the Continuance\\nof this Prefent Priviledge The faid Sieur Crozat\\nmay in that Time propofe and nominate the\\nOfficers, as Vacancies (hall fall, and fuch Of-\\nficers, fhall be Confirmed by us, if we approve\\nof them.\\nGiven at FONTAINBLEAU the Fourteenth\\nDay of September in the Year of Grace 17 12.\\nAnd of Our Reign the 70th.\\nSIGNED LOUIS\\nBy the K I N G\\nPHELIPEAUX, ^c.\\nRegilter d at PARIS in the Parliament, the Four\\nand Twentieth of September, 171 2.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "THE\\nINDEX.\\nA.\\nACancea s, Jfidian Nation, their\\nHoufhold StufF, Shape, ^c.\\np. 155.\\nAccidents befallen the Recolets 72\\nAccount given by an India?! 92\\nAdventure, a ftrange one 61\\nAdultery among the IJlinois, not\\nmuch regarded 1 7 5\\nAmiable, Ship, caft away 36\\nAlhgator eaten 1 2\\nAlligators 64.\\nApalache Bay 19\\nArrival at Fort Lezvis 168\\nArt of Indians to kill Goats and\\nwild Fowl 136\\nAJJonis, Indian Nation 133\\nB.\\nBanks of a River of feveral Co-\\nlours 163\\nBarbarity towards dead Bodies\\n100. Of Men towards Women\\nand of Women i 28\\nBarbier (the Sieur) marries 72\\nBattle fought by the Cenis 109\\nBeaujeu (M. de Commander of\\nthe Man of War, forfakes M.\\nde la Sale 44.\\nBeds of the Cenis 109\\nBelle (la) Bark loft 67. How and\\nwhat was fav d of her 69\\nBlack bred in France i 88\\nBoafting of the IJlinois 1 7 3\\nBoat loft 38, 55\\nBuilding, Manner of it among\\nthe Cenis 108\\nBullocks found aftiore 23\\nBulloch (River of) 54\\nBuskins of raw Hides inftead of\\nShoes 83\\nC.\\nCadodaquio River 14.2\\nCahaynehora, Indian Nation 148\\nCalumet, or Pipe 146\\nCanoe portable 88\\nCanoes (River of) 96\\nCappa Village i 59\\nCare of the Dead among the IJli-\\nnois 175\\nCarpenter loft 52\\nCave Her (Monfr.) with his Com-\\npany, parts from the Murder-\\ners 131. Comes to a French Ha-\\nbitation I 5 2\\nCayman Ifland 1 1\\nCenis River 103\\nCenis, their Country defcrib d 104\\nThey meet the French in fo-\\nlemn Manner 106. An Enter-\\ntainment given by them 107\\nTheir Moveables 109. Disfi-\\ngure themfelves 110. Their\\nManners, Religion, and Cere-\\nmonies 1 1 2. Battle fought by\\nthem 127\\nCere-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nCeremony of the Calumet, or\\nPipe 146, 155. Of rejoicing 129\\nAt the Reception of the French\\n137. Other Ceremonies 159\\nOf drefling a Bullock 162\\nChildren of the IjUnois 173\\nCboumans, Indians 9 2\\nClimate of the Bay of St. Lewis\\n66\\nControverfy about Privilege 77\\nConfpiracy difcover d 50. Ano-\\nther to murder M. de la Sale\\n97\\nCopal TrcQ 103\\nCorrientes Cape 1 3\\nCountry where they landed.\\nAccount of it 29. A fine one\\nSO\\nCrofs by a River 151\\nCrozat (M. de only to plant Co-\\nlonies in Louifiana 187\\nCruel Trophies 128\\nCurrents 17\\nCuftom of Indian Women 143\\nD.\\nDangerous Fruit 64\\nDead, Indian Ceremony to them\\n140. Care of them among the\\nIjiinois 1 74\\nDifference between the Com-\\nmanders 4, 26, 44\\nDifcontents occafion d by M. Mo-\\nrange t 97\\nDifcoveries made 74\\nDoleful Entertainment 141\\nDucking of Seamen 5\\nDuhaut returns from M. de la Sale\\n59. Endeavours to occafion a\\nMutiny 73. Confpires to mur-\\nder M. de la Sale 98. Murders\\nhim 99. Ufurps the Command\\n102. Is kill d by Heins 123\\nDwelling of French i 5 i\\nE.\\nEncounter with Natives 7 i\\nEntertainment of the Indians\\n134, 138, 160\\nF.\\nFalls of a River 169\\nYz^ oi Indians 163\\nFatigue of the Men 5 2\\nFigure of a pretended Monfter\\n164\\nFinifterre Cape 4\\nFifli, Plenty of it taken 47\\nFifli at the Bay of St. Lewis 62\\nFlying Fifli 5\\nFort built 45. Another 49. The\\nfirft abandon d 5 1 The Pofture\\nof the Second 5 1 All refort to it\\n53\\nFrench Men, fix kill d by the In-\\ndians 59. Seven loft and four\\ndefert 74. Two kill d 76.\\nThree that had been loft heard\\nof 94. One among the Indians\\n107. Entertain d by the Na-\\ntives 115. Some turn d Sa-\\nvage 117, 119. Six go to the\\nWars with the Natives 125\\nSome ftay with the Indians 132\\nOnly feven fet out for Canada\\nibid. Carry d on the Backs of\\nIndians 137\\nFrench River 182\\nG.\\nGame of the Stick 1 7 5\\nGoats and Bullocks found a-\\nfliore 23\\nGros (Monfr. dies, and others\\n54\\nH.\\nHabit of Indians 1 43\\nHavana 191\\nHebahamo Indians 84\\nHiberville Expedition to the\\nMijfifipi 186\\nHiem", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nHiens kills Duhaut 123. Seizes\\nthe EfFefts and gives what he\\npleafes to the reft 131\\nHifpaniola Ifland 6\\nHoly Ghoft Bay 19\\nHorfe purchas d of the Indians\\n9 1 One fold for an Ax 1 1 6\\nHouabache River 163\\nHoufe built after the French\\nManner 151. Defcription of\\nit 154\\nHunter dies with Cold 58\\nHurons Nation 180, 181, 182\\nHuts containing feveral Fami-\\nlies 108\\nI.\\nJaniquo, Indian Nation 141\\nIndian Ceremony of the Dead\\n140\\nIndian dies of eating raw Suet\\n165\\nIndians come aboard 21. Pre-\\nfented and fent afliore 22.\\nFriendly Behaviour of fome 34.\\nTheir Camp 35. Their Enter-\\ntainment 36. Affront given\\nthem 41. Their Revenge 42.\\nCome to the Fort 48. Kill fix\\nof the French 59. Some en-\\ntertain d by yi.de la Sale 80\\nOne clad like a Spaniard 105\\nExpeft Prefents 148. Some\\nmet with Axes 148\\nInhumanity I 2 8\\nInftrument for Tillage among\\nthe Cents 109\\nIntrenching with Trees 81\\nJoutel (Monfr.) the Perfon that\\nwrites this Journal i. Believes\\nthey were at the Mouth of the\\nMijftfipi and flip d it 18. Com-\\nmands a Company 30. Is fav d\\nfrom being murder d by a\\nFriend 102. Sent to the Cenis\\nfor Provifions 104. Meets a\\nFrench Man among the Indians\\nII J. Has an Indian Maid of-\\nfer d him for a Wife 1 18. He\\nand others refolve to part from\\nthe Murderers 1 20. Part from\\nthem 131. Profecute the Jour-\\nney 149. Comes to a French\\nHabitation 152. Continues his\\nJourney 157. Arrives at Fort\\nLewis 167. Sets out for Cana-\\nda, and returns again 170\\nIJlinois River 165\\nIJlinois People met with 166\\nTheir Manners and Cuftoms,\\nWomen, Children, Thieving,\\nBoafting 173. Care of the\\nDead 1 74. Game of the Stick,\\nMarriages, Adultery 175. More\\nof them 182\\nK.\\nKetch taken by the Spaniards 10\\nKin d Indians I 5 2\\nL.\\nLanding, the firft 18. The fe-\\ncond 24. The third 28\\nLataniers, Palm Trees 14\\nLezvis (Fort) among the IJlinois\\n167\\nDefcription of it and Country 171\\nLime, and Clay for Bricks 171\\nLiving Creatures about the Bay\\nof St. Lewis 62\\nM.\\nMachigamea River 161\\nMadera I ft and 4\\nMaligne River 60, 87\\nManners and Cuftoms of the Illi-\\nnois 1 7 3\\nMarie (^Monfr. de) drown d 139\\nHis Funeral 140\\nMarriages of the Iflinois 175\\nMea-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nMeadows very fine 136\\nMemory of Men kill d, bewail d\\n127\\nMen lent to difcover by Land 3 i\\nSix kill d by the Natives 19\\nMexico City 190\\nMines 172\\nMifchief prevented 124\\nMiJJiJipi River, the Mouth of it\\npafs d by 27\\nFound at laft 158\\nMijfouris River 164\\nMontreal, arrival there 182\\nMoranget (Monfr. Nephew to\\nMonfr. de la Sale 30. Wounded\\nby the Natives 43. Gives an\\nAccount of what he faw among\\nthe India?! s, he was fent to 92\\nDifcontents occafion d by him\\n97. Is murder d 98\\nMoveables of the Cenis 1 09\\nMurders committed by fome Vil-\\nlains 98\\nMurderers return to the Camp\\nloi. Refolve to return to the\\nFort of St. Lewis i 20. Their\\nDefign 121. Change their\\nMind 122. DiiFer in Opinion\\n123\\nN.\\nNahordikhe Indians 1 3 3\\nNation, what is meant by it 114\\nNations o{ Indians 90, 114, 140\\nO.\\nOfficers attending an Indian\\nChief 158\\nOris, and Dejloges (the Sieurs)\\nkill d by the Natives 42\\nOutahouaes Nation 1 80\\nP.\\nPerfons that went with M. de la\\nSale 2. Left in the Settlement\\nwhen M. de la Sale departed\\n71. Thofe that fet out with\\nhim 56\\nPines Ifland 11, 12\\nPlants at the Bay of St. Lezvis 65\\nPort de Paix 10\\nPoutouatanni Nation i 80\\nPrefents made by Indians 145\\nTo the Dead i 74\\nProduft of the Country of the\\nAcanceas 154. Of the Country\\nabout Fort Lewis 1 7 2\\nProvifions hid, fpoilt 96\\nS-\\nQuinetonan River 1 8 1\\nQuebec, Arrival there 183\\nR.\\nRats 87\\nRattle Snake bites M. le Gros 47\\nReception of Indians 145. At\\nFort Lewis 168\\nRiver, a fine one 32\\nRochelle, Departure thence 2\\nRochfort, Return thither 3\\nS.\\nSabloniere River 57\\nSagamite, Hafty Pudding 113\\nSt. Antony Cape 1 3\\nSt. Lewises Bay 57. Defcription\\nof the Country 62\\nSale (M. de la) his Reputation i\\nHis Miftake 20. Much wrong d\\n44. Goes to difcover up a Ri-\\nver 45. Returns and fets out\\nagain 46. Goes again to dif-\\ncover 57. Returns to the Fort\\n67. Sets out upon another Ex-\\npedition 68. His Difcoveries\\nand Return 74. Refolves upon\\na third Expedition 75. Well\\nreceiv d by the Natives 89.\\nConfpiracy to murder him 97.\\nGoes to feek his Men and is\\nmurder d by Duhaut 99. His\\nCharacter 100\\nSalt", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nSalt found in Pits 48\\nSalutation, an odd one 39\\nSamana Cape 7\\nSettlement, vide Fort\\nShips that went with Monfr. de\\nla Sale 2\\nSombrero Ifland 7\\nSpaniards, Indians give an Account\\nof them 92. Take Monfr. de\\nla Sale s Fort\\nSpanijb Veffel feen\\nSpeeches made to\\nthe\\nSpring of Salt Water\\nT.\\nTabacco\\nThieving of the IJlinois\\nTillage among the Cenis\\nTonningaa Village\\nTo7iti (Monfr.) Miftake\\nAccount of this Voyage\\nComes to Fort Lewis\\nTorima Village\\nTortuga Ifland\\nTortoifes\\nTrade Wind\\nTravel continu d\\nTravellers, how they liv d\\n186\\n46\\nFrench\\n138\\n163\\n113\\n173\\n109\\n159\\nin his\\nH\\n176\\n8\\n63\\n5\\n178\\n176\\n15\\n63\\n188\\n82\\n176\\n179\\nTrees about St. Lewises Bay 64\\nV.\\nVariation\\nVenomous Creatures\\nVeracruz, in new Spain\\nVillage abandon d by Indians\\nInhabited 86. Another\\nW.\\nWar with the Iroquois\\nWater from a Tree fweet\\nWay from St. Lewis s Bay to find\\nthe Mijfifipi 78\\nWays very bad 133\\nWild Fowl plentiful 28, 29, 82,\\n144\\nWild Fruit 164\\nWild Swine 1 2\\nWolves, how they catch Goats\\n180\\nWomen fow among the Cenis 82\\nDefcription of them lb. Do the\\nWork at Home, their Behavi-\\nour and Habit ill. Cuftom\\nof fome 143. Their Orna-\\nments 143. Do all Labour a-\\nmong the IJlinois 173\\nWoods very Thick 82\\nFINIS.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nIn the following notes references are made to page\\nand line of the Text the line referred to being in\\nevery case the one upon which the first words of the\\nquotation appear. After the words of the English\\ntext are placed those of the original French; then, if\\nnecessary, a correct translation; finally, in brackets,\\nany explanations that may seem necessary.\\nThe collation of the original is as follows\\nJOURNAL HISTORIQUE du dernier voyage\\nque feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique,\\npour trouver I embouchure, le cours de la Riviere\\nde Missicipi, nomra^e a present la Riviere de Saint\\nLoiiis, qui traverse la LOUISANE.\\nOu Von voit r Histoire tragique de sa mart, plu-\\nsieurs choses curietises du nouveau monde. Par Mon-\\nsieur JOUTEL, fun des Compagnons de ce Voyage,\\nredige 6^ mis en ordre par Monsieur DE MICHEL.\\nA PARIS,\\nChez EsTiENNE RoBiNOT, Librairc, Quay attenant\\nla Porte des Grands Augustins, a I Ange Gardien.\\nMDCCXIII.\\nAvec Approbation Privilege du Roy.\\nLe Libraire au Lecteur [running headline: Avis\\nAu Lecteur] pp. iii. to xxxi.\\nApprobation, p. xxxi.\\nPrivilege du Roy, pp. xxxii. to xxxiv.\\n211", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "212 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nFautes a Corriger avant que de lire, p. xxxiv.\\nMap, facing p. i.\\nPREFACE Dii Sieur de Michel, qui a mis en ordre\\nce Journal, pp. i to lo.\\nJOURNAL HISTORIQUE,\\nDu dernier Voyage que feu M. de la Sale a fail dans\\nV Amerique Septentrionale, pour la decouverte de la\\nRiviere de Missicipi, pp. ii to 362.\\nReste de la Lettre de celuy qui a revU a Journal, 6^ qui\\nen fait la suite, pp. 363 to 381.\\nTABLE De ce qu il y a de plus remarquable en ce\\nJournal, pp. 382 to 386.\\nThe French Bookseller to the Reader.\\nN. B. None of the marginal notes of this Introduction\\nare in the original, save the very last.\\nPage iv, line 5. Snapsack. French, paquet [cf.\\np. 60, 1. 25.]\\nP. V. 1. 13. There are Vines which want but little\\nImprovement. Fr. On y trouve de la vigne\\na qui il ne manque qu un peu de culture but\\na little cultivation.\\n1. 17. Alligators, but Fr.\\ncrocodiles, prodigieux lizards d eau; mais\\nenormous water lizards [omitted].\\nI. 21. hurt. Fr. hurte strike.\\nP. vi. 1. 16. a Pot or Kettle. Fr. chaudiere.\\n1. 20. do not value Wealth. Fr. ne\\nfaire cas d aucune sorte de richesse; value no\\nkind of wealth.\\nP. vii. 1. 20. the Mysteries of Christian Religion.\\nFr. nos Mysteres our Mysteries.\\nP. viii. 1. 16. and we look upon those Savages as\\nMen, who i^r. Et peut-on croire\\naussi qu un Sauvage le soit [scil un homme],", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 213\\nquand on le voit sans Loy, sans Roy, ce qui\\nest le plus d(5plorable, sans Dieu. And can one\\ndeem a savage such e. a man], when he is seen\\nto be without law, without a king, and, most de.\\nplorable of all, without a God?\\nP. X. 1. 8. civiliz d. /v. humanisez human-\\nized.\\nP. xi. 1. 14. O the depth of the Riches\\nWays past finding out [Though the translator\\nhabitually cuts across many phrases and clauses\\nof the original, he here piously inserts the entire\\nScriptural quotation, which the French writer\\nmerely suggests by the words i? Altitudoy^^\\nP. xi. 1. 23. This all Christians are oblig d inces-\\nsantly to pray for. Fr. Tout Catholique Ten\\ndoit prier avec instance; For this every Cath-\\nolic is in duty bound to pray urgently.\\nP. xiii. 1. 12. ascertain those Mistakes. Fr. per-\\nfectionner ces ebauches. Perfect those sketches\\ne. maps, etc.].\\n1. 19. let us applaud their Actions when\\nwe read them, and let us commend their Rela-\\ntions. Fr. applaudissons a leurs entreprises\\nen lisant loiiant leurs Relations let us ap-\\nplaud their undertakings by reading and praising\\ntheir narratives.\\nP. xiv. 1. 14. such as are not us d to read many\\nTravels. Fr. ceux qui n ont pas la pratique\\ndes grands voyages. Such as have not consider-\\nable experience in traveling.\\nP. XV. 1. 5. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Roan. Fr. Roiien [so throughout\\nthe book].\\nP. xvi. 1.4. Wood-Men. iv. Coureurs de bois.\\nP. xvii. 11. 3 and 11. well enough learn d well\\nenough vers d. Fr. assez lettre, assez bien\\nverse. [The translator of the phrase is, indeed,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "114 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nwell enough, and is quoted here only because\\nit suggests the remark that, later on, the French\\nadverb assez is frequently rendered by such words\\nas indifferent, extraordinary^\\nP. xxi. 1. 8. sixty Leagues. Fr. plus de six cens\\nlieues vers sa source more than six hundred\\nleagues toward its source, [This is perhaps the\\nmost considerable of the translator s slips, though\\nthere are many minor errors in the transference\\nof figures.]\\nP. I. Title of unpaged preface. Mitchel. Fr.\\nMichel.\\nP. 2, 1. 2. the remaining Part of the World. Fr.\\nles restes du nouveau Monde. The rest of the\\nNew World. Of course, the Advertisement,\\nt/ie British Gentry, at the end of this Preface, is\\nnot in the original.\\nThe Journal\\nP. 2, 1. 9. the one Brother, the other Nephew to\\nFr. I un frere les autres neveux\\nde the one a brother of M. de La\\nSalle, the others his nephews. [There were two\\nnephews, both apparently named Cavelier, the\\nname of La Salle s family; although, except in\\nthis passage and one or two others, the elder\\nnephew is called M. Moranget. Cf. p. 41, 1. 11;\\np. 68, 1. 11; and p. 131, 1. 13.J\\nP. 3, 1. II. thirty tuns of Ammunition, and some\\nCommodities design d for Santo Domingo. Fr.\\n30 tonneaux de Munitions ou Marchandises, qui\\nestoit fret^e pour S. Domingue thirty casks of\\nmunitions or commodities, which were intended\\nfor Santo Domingo.\\nP. 4, 1. 20. eight or ten Days. Fr. sept ou huit\\njours seven or eight days.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 215\\nP. 5, I. 4. laid the foundation of\\nfurent les secrettes semences, qui\\nwere the hidden seeds, which [The\\noriginal figure is much more appropriate than\\nthat substituted by the translator.]\\nP. 5, 1. 25. 44 Minutes. i^ 45 minutes.\\nP. 6, 1. 16. [The parenthesis in italics is not in the\\noriginal.]\\nP. 6, 1. 34. Dainmaville, the Priest,\\nJ^r. Dainmaville Prestre Missionaire\\nthe missionary priest.\\nP. 7, 1. 2. The2ist, i^r. LeI2\\nthe twelfth.\\nP. 7, 1. 19. above five Persons sick\\n/r. plus de 50 malades more than\\nfifty sick people.\\n1. 21. the Surgeon. J^r. les chirur-\\ngiens the surgeons.\\n1. 22. the first Port. iv-. premier Port\\nFran9ois first French port.\\nP. 8, 1. 6. the 26th of the said Month. J^r. le\\n16 du dit mois. [Here the translator rightly\\ncorrects the original.]\\nP. 9, 1. 13. Aboard the Ships. T V. dans le vais-\\nseau on the ship.\\nP. 9, 1. 17. the pretended Reform d Religion. J^r.\\nla Religion P. R. [Where did the translator\\nget the key to those letters?]\\nP. II, 1.4. Zenobrius. J^r. Zenohe Zenobius.\\n1. 13. I^r. au matin in the morning\\n[omitted].\\nP. 13, 1. 14. being the 13th [correcting the\\nwhich reads 12 the 12th].\\nP. 15, 1. 26. it grew very cloudy. J^r. il s eleva\\nun gros nuage au nord there arose a great\\ncloud to the northward.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "2i6 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nP. 1 6, 1.24. 26 Degrees. Fr. le 28^ degre\\nthe 28th degree.\\nP. 18, 1. 2. and the foremost. Fr. qui estoi-\\nent devant nous, and who were ahead of us.\\nP. 20, 1. 23. 25 Degrees. Fr. 28^ degre \u00e2\u0080\u0094the\\n28th degree.\\nP. 21, 1. 10. our Boats. Fr. notre chaloupe\\nour boat.\\nP. 23, 1. 16. in fourteen Foot Water. Fr. k\\nquatre piez d eau: in four feet of water.\\nP. 24, 1. 10. tendred [misprint for tended.]\\nP. 25, 1. 21. as soon as soon [su].\\nI. 35. Part of the Men were put into a\\nBoat. Fr. une partie s embarqua a party\\nembarked.\\nP. 26, 1. 31. same same [sic].\\nP. 28, 1. 24. Rivulets. i^ marres ponds [cf.\\nnext note.]\\nP. 29, 1. 33. Sloughs. Fr. marres [correct, but\\nsee preceding note].\\nP. 31, 1. 34. little Boat. Fr. canot [explained\\nin a marginal note as follows: Canot, es^ un\\npetit batteau fait de bois, ou d^ecorces, oic de peau\\nCanoe, is a little boat made of wood, or bark, or\\nhide.^\\nP. 36, 1. 3. Commander in Chief. Fr. Chef.\\n1. 7. deform d. Fr. laides ugly.\\nP. 38, 1. 22. several Sentinels. Fr. quatre sen-\\ntinelles four sentinels.\\nP. 39, 1. 15. Village next the Fire. Fr. village\\nprochain du lieu near the place.\\nP. 41, 1. II. Messieurs Moranget, his Nephew, Des-\\nloges, etc. Fr. Messieurs Moranget son\\nneveu, Desloges, etc. [Cf. note to p. 2, 1. 9.]\\nP. 43, 1. 13. together with the Concern, most of the\\nbest Persons who had followed M. de la Sale", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 217\\nwere under. Fr. jointes au dugout que la perte\\nde n6tre navire avoit caus^ parmi la pluspart des\\nhonnestes gens qui avoient suivi M. de la Sale,\\ntogether with the anxiety which the loss of our\\nship had occasioned among most of the people of\\nrespectability who had followed M. de La Salle.\\nP. 46, 1. 3. two or three. Fr. trois ou quatre\\nthree or four.\\n1. 13. design d to erect a Fort farther up\\nthe River. Fr. vouloit faire un Fort plus\\navant dans le pays; designed to establish a\\nfortified post farther inland.\\nP. 47, 1. 2. Men in that Vessel, who\\nFr. vaisseau, qui, ship, which\\n1. 20. Marsh. [here there should be a\\nsemicolon, as in the Fr^\\nP. 48, 1. 2. [The following sentence is awkward\\nenough, but it gives the sense intelligibly.]\\nP. 54, 1. 5. Le Belle [misprint for La Belle].\\nP. 55, 1. I. These Bullocks curl d Sort\\nof Wool. [In the original this sentence has the\\nform of a marginal note.]\\nP. 58, 1. 12. a Girl a Woman, who was shot thro\\nthe Thigh, of which she dy d. Fr. une fille,\\nune femme bless^e a la cuisse d un coup de fusil,\\ndont elle mourut. a girl, a woman wounded in\\nthe thigh by a gun-shot, who died of the wound.\\n[It is doubtful whether the gi r/ and the woman\\nwere not one and the same person.]\\nP. 59, last line, but exerting himself against his\\nMisfortunes. Fr. il seroit dit contre ses mal-\\nheurs, [The original is here simply meaning-\\nless. The sense intended is probably that ex-\\npressed by the translation.]\\nP. 60, 1.25. Snapsack. Fr. paquet. [Cf. p.\\niv. 1. 5-]", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "2i8 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nP. 62, 1. 11. To the Northward, was the River running\\nalong by a little Hill. Fr. On voyoit du cdt6\\ndu midy, vers 1 Orient, la Baye, les cam-\\npagnes qui la bordent, de 1 Orient au Septen-\\ntrion, la Riviere se presentoit le long d un\\npetit costan, To the southward and eastward\\nstretched the Bay and the fields which border it,\\nfrom the east to the north, the river appeared\\nalong a gentle slope, [The phrase, from the\\neast to the north squints both ways; the reader\\nmust determine the meaning. Perhaps, in the\\neditor s translation, the comma after the words\\nborder it should be removed, so as to make\\nthe phrase from the east to the north qualify\\nthe verb border. Although the editor s studies\\nhave not qualified him to express an authoritative\\nopinion upon this point of historical geography,\\nhe hazards the guess that this river is one of those\\nflowing into Galveston Bay.]\\nP. 66, 1. 8. Colours, whereof many\\n[The ascription of an agreeable odor to the colors\\nis found in the original. Perhaps the Fr. coul-\\neurs is a misprint for fleurs.\\nP. 67, 1. 20. as I my Men did, Fr.\\nDuhaut ayant dit ses raisons, moy les mi-\\nennes, and Duhaut having given\\nhis reasons, and I mine,\\nP. 68, 1. 16. Nails. Fr. alesnes awls.\\nP. 68, (foot) little Monsieur Cavelier,\\n[Cf. p. 2, 1. 9.]\\nP. 71, 1. 8. Pedreroes. Fr. pierriers swivel-\\nguns.\\nP. 78, 1. 9. Arckveque [misprint for Arch-\\neveque, the name of one of the men.]\\n1. II. (end of sentence) c. [not in orig-\\ninal.]", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 219\\nP. 81, 1.30. curious Meadows. Fr. belles prai-\\nries [an interesting use of the word curious, for\\nfine or beauHful?\\\\^\\n1. 31. Woods of tall Trees. Fr. belles\\nfUtayes.\\n1. 34. curious shady Groves. Fr. beaux\\nombrages. [Cf. the two notes immediately pre-\\nceding.]\\nP. 82, 1. 10. the same Sort of Pasture Grounds.\\nFr. les m^mes paisages [in 1. 2 the same word\\nis correctly translated Landskip\\n1. 24. Dome or round Top. Fr. dome.\\nP. 85, I. 18. i6th [should be 26th. as in Fr?^.\\n1.29. next Day being the 28th. ^r. le\\nlendemain 27. [The original appears to be\\nwrong, and the correction extends to the three\\nfollowing dates.]\\nP. 87, I. 8. Knots. Fr. bretelles \u00e2\u0080\u0094carriers\\nor porters knots.\\nP. 89, 1. I. fine curious Country. Fr. fort beau\\npaisage.\\n1. 3. pleasant also stands for beau.\\nCf. p. 81, 11. 30 to 34.]\\nP. 90. Kiahoba, Fr. Kiaboha\\nChoume/ies, Chaiimenes\\nArhan, Arhait\\nEnepiahe, Enepiahce.\\nAhonerhopiheim, Ahouerhopiheim\\nKorenkake, Koienkahe\\nKorkone, Konkone\\nMaghai, Meghai\\nThecamenes, Tecanienes\\nKavagan, Kavayan\\nKannehonan, Kannehouan\\nTohaka^ Tohaha\\nChanzes, Chancres", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "220 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nOrcampion, Fr. Orcampiou\\nAyona, Ayano\\nCanohatino, Canohatinno\\n[The curious may compare the notes to p.\\n107, I. 34, and to pp. 114, 115.]\\nP. 91, 1. 16. curious Plain. ^r. belle campagne.\\n[Cf. p. 81, 11. 30 to 34, and p. 89, 1. i.]\\nP. 93, 1. 6. forty ancient Indians. Fr. quar-\\nante anciens Sauvages forty old Indians.\\n[Later the translator uses the proper word,\\nElders.\\nP. 94, 1. 13. Fr. a faire de la chaux; and to\\nmake lime [omitted].\\nP. 97, 1. 13. Male. Fr. Marie [proper name].\\n1.31. Heins. Fr. Hiens [proper\\nname].\\nP. 100, 1. 15. at a Time when he might entertain\\nthe greatest Hopes, as the Reward of his La-\\nbours. Fr. dans le temps qu il y avait tout a\\nesperer de ses grands travaux at a time when\\nthere was the greatest hope of the success of his\\nenterprise.\\nP. 102, 1. 14. Dehaut [misprint for Duhaut\\nP. 103, 1. 8. drown n [misprint for drown d\\n1.30. Lime Trees. iv-. Tilleul lin-\\nden.\\nP. 104, 1. 8. the Tessieers. Fr. Teissiers [proper\\nname].\\nP. 106, 1. 27. in their Formalities, which consisted\\nin Fr. les anciens, qui venoient en\\nceremonie audevant de nous avec tous leurs ajust-\\nemens, qui consistoient en and the\\nelders, who came in ceremony to meet us in all\\ntheir trappings, which consisted in\\nP. 107, 1. I. only their Bows Arrows. Fr.\\nd autre leurs arcs deux fleches seulement,", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 221\\nothers their bows two arrows only [d autre is\\na misprint for d autres\\n1. 17 (end of paragraph). Fr. II nous fit\\nbien des caresses, il estoit tout nud, comme eux,\\nce qu est surprenant, il avoit presque oubli^\\nson langage naturel. He gave us many caresses:\\nhe was, like them, quite naked; and, what is\\nremarkable, he had almost forgotten his native\\ntongue. [All this is omitted in the translation.]\\n1.32. discouse. i^r, dessein design.\\n1. 34. Cannokantimoy Fr. Cannohan-\\ntinio. [Cf. note to p. 90, last name in list.]\\nP. 108, 1. 13. stragling up and down, Fr.\\npar halneaux. Probably a misprint for\\nharaeaux, hamlets.\\n1.15. At other Distances. iv-. d espace\\nen espace at intervals.\\nP. 109,1. 2. from the Dome form the dome\\n[misprint].\\n1. 3. lash lath [misprint].\\nI. 12. Sagamise. /r. sagamite. [Every-\\nwhere else translated Sagamite.\\n1. 18. well cur d, which serve them for\\nFeather Beds, or Quilts and Blankets. Fr.\\npassees avec le poil, qui servent de matelats\\nde couvertures, cured with the hair on, to serve\\nas matresses and bedclothes.\\nP. Ill, 1. I. all the Work. Fr. presque tout le\\ntravail almost all the work.\\nP. 114, 1. 17. a whole Province, or vast Extent of\\nLand. Fr. une Province entiere a whole\\nprovince,\\n1. 20. of twenty or thirty Leagues. Fr.\\nde quinze, de vingt, ou de trente lieiies of\\nfifteen, of twenty, or of thirty leagues.", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "222 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\npp. 114, 115. Takensa, Fr. Tahenssa\\nEnepiahe, Enepiaha\\nAhonerhopiheim, Ahouerhopiheim\\nAhekouen, Ahehouen\\nMeghty, Meghey\\nKouayon, Kouayan\\nCagabegux, Coyabegux\\nPickar, Pichar\\nTokau, Tohau\\nPeihoun, Peihoum\\n[Cf. the long list of similar errors in the note\\nto p. 90. In the transference of these singular\\nnames, the translator has industriously asserted\\nthe rights of the creative imagination.]\\nP. 116, 1. 4. a very fine Stone Horse. Fr. un\\ncheval entier et fort beau a very handsome\\nentire horse.\\n1. 12. near the River. Fr. au-dela de\\nla Riviere, beyond the river.\\nP. 117, 1. 22. Buter. Fr. Fufer [proper name].\\nP. 118, 1. 8. N. W. Fr. Nord ouest. [Cor-\\nrectly rendered, but cf. p. 119, 1. 22, where the\\ndirection is given as N. E. in original,\\nNord est.\\nP. 118, 1. 23. Buter, the French Man. Fr. Ru-\\nter s en retourna Ruter returned.\\nP. 119, 1. 22. N. E. Fr. Nord est. [Cf. note\\nto p. 118, 1. 8.]\\nP. 122, 1. 14. HautoL [Fr. the same, but prob-\\nably a misprint for Liotot.\\nP. 123, 1. I. River that was near. Fr. vers la\\nRiviere toward the river. [Words are thus\\nfrequently inserted by the translator.]\\n1.9. He inform d Duhaut. iv-. II ap-\\nprit de Duhaut he learned from Duhaut. [Here", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 223\\nthe original seems wrong and the translation\\nright.]\\nP. 125, 1. 21. which Way he would move. Fr.\\nque nous verrions de quel c6t6 nous pourrions\\ntirer, that we might see what direction we\\ncould take take information as to their\\nfuture line of march].\\nP. 126, 1. 33. produce. [There should be a\\ncomma after this word.]\\nP. 127, 1. 3. and they set up their Throats, singing\\nSeveral Songs as loud as they were able. Fr.\\nqui se mirent a chanter a pleine gorge des\\nchansons differentes, who began loudly to\\nsing various songs.\\nP. 130, 1. 24. begn [misprint iox began\\\\.\\nP. 131, 1. 10. Resolution. [After this word there\\nshould be only a comma. In Fr. there is a\\ncolon.]\\nP. 131, 1. 13, Messieurs Cavelier, the Uncle and the\\nNephew, thirty Axes. [In the Fr., after Neveu,\\nare the words, pour moy and for me.\\nThis nephew is the one generally referred to as\\nM. Moranget. Cf. pp. 2 and 68, and the notes.]\\nP. 133, 1. 16. Nahordikhey Fr. Nahoudikhe.\\n[Cf. pp. 90 and 114, and the notes.]\\nP. 134, 1, 21, Reception. [After this word there\\nshould be a period.]\\n1. 35. Cavelier and the Priests. Fr. de\\nMonsieur Cavelier Pretre. of M. Cavelier the\\npriest.\\nP. 139, 1. I. Need of. [Here there should be\\nonly a comma, as in the /r.]\\n1. 5. It is to be observ d than\\nwith us. [In the Fr. this sentence is in\\nthe form of a marginal note.]", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "224 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\np. 140, 1. 31. Nathososr Fr. JVatsohos. [Cf.\\npp. 90 and 114, and the notes.\\n1. 35. Way. [After this word there\\nshould be a comma.]\\nP. 144, 1. 2. Cohainihoua. Fr. ^Cahainihoua.\\n[Cf. pp. 90 and 114, and the notes. In a mar-\\nginal note in the Fr., this tribe is called Cahay-\\nnaho^\\nP. 145, 1. 9. caressing us after an extraordinary\\nManner. Fr, II nous fit bien des caresses\\nmany caresses.\\nP. 146, 1. 6. Calumet, so they call a very long Sort\\nof Tabacco Pipe. Fr. Calumet garny de dif-\\nferens plumages: calumet ornamented with\\nvarious feathers. [In a marginal note: Cest\\nune Pipe a Tabac, qui a la queue fort longue.\\nThis is a tobacco-pipe with a very long stem.]\\nP. 146, 1. 16. on his Feet. Fr. sous les piez;\\nunder his feet.\\nP. 154, 1. 12. impatiently expected. Fr. aspir-\\noient grandement longed ardently for.\\n1. 21. rounded away at the Corners.\\n[After this in Fr. come the words, sa couver-\\nture est d ecorce; its roof is of bark.]\\n1. 25. deer. Fr. cerfs, biches, stags,\\nhinds.\\nP. 155, 1. 17. However, some of them have more\\nConveniencies, but the Generality has not. Fr.\\nQuelques uns cependant sont plus proprement;\\nmais generalement, non. Some, nevertheless,\\nare more cleanly, but generally, they are not.\\nP. 157, 1.35. going down the River. [After these\\nwords the following sentence is omitted: Nous\\nfumes bien re^us en la Cabane du Chef, traitez\\ncomme chez les autres. We were well received", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 225\\nin the Chief s wigwam, and were treated as we\\nhad been when among the others.]\\nP. 158, 1. 2. referr d [misprint for deferr d\\nP. 160, 1. 9. several burning Reeds. Fr. des\\nCannes seiches allum^es, dry reeds aflame.\\n1. 34. or Black and Red, Fr. de noir\\nou de rouge, of black or of red.\\nP. 165, 1. 2. about ten or twelve Foot high. Fr.\\nde la hauteur de huit ou dix piez; eight or\\nten feet.\\nP. 167, 1. 6. shove, so they Poles. Fr.\\npercher; ainsi appelle-t-on la manoeuvre de la\\nperche, poling, so they term the act of working\\nthe boat with a pole.\\n1. 29. Monsr. de la Sale. [Omitted:\\nnomm^ Boisrondet, the name of the clerk.]\\nP. 169, 1. 25. dangerous. Fr. difficile.\\nP. 170, 1. 6. [Dates omitted: toutes choses estant\\nprestes le i, le 18 nous primes conge every-\\nthing being ready on the ist, we took leave on\\nthe 1 8th.]\\n1. 15. five Days. Fr. huit jours\\neight days.\\nP. 174, 1. 5. lofty Coffins. Fr. des cerceuils\\nelevez coffins placed high above the ground.\\nP. 177, 1. 6. Chicagon. Fr. ^^Chicagou.\\nP. 178, 1. I. Note. Tv-. billet reconnoissance\\nnote and receipt.\\n1.33 Chicagon. Fr. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Chicagou [This\\ndifference in the form of this famous name is\\nmaintained throughout. The translator had de-\\ntermined that it was to be Chicagon!\\\\\\nP. 178, 1. 34. what we had conceal d Fr. la\\ncache [the same word is rendered in the same\\nway on the next page, 1. 8. The translator was", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "226 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\napparently ignorant of such peculiarly American\\nterms as cache, tomahawk, wigwam, scalp, squaw,\\nwampum, none of which he uses.]\\nP. 179, 1. 15. Manna. Fr. manne. [Evidently\\nmaple sap. But were there sugar maples then at\\nChicago?]\\n1. 27. Charvel. Fr. cerfeiiil chervil.\\n1.31. 5th of April. iv-. le huit Avril\\n8th of April.\\nP. 180, 1. 22. might quit their Sanctuary. Fi-.\\nne sortissent pas de leur asyle, might not\\nquit\\n1, 28. Voyage. [Sentence omitted: Nous\\nen partimes le dernier du mois, nous arrivames\\nle dix May audit lieu de Micilimaquinay We\\nleft there on the last of the month, we arrived\\non the loth of May at the said place of Michili-\\nniackinac]\\n1. 30. River. [There should be only a\\nsemi-colon after this word, as in the T^r.]\\nP. 181, 1. 8. The proper prayers. Fr. les prieres\\nthe prayers.\\nP. 182, 1. 7. row d. Fr. Nous voguS,mes we\\nsailed.\\n1. 13. Fr. le 27 the 27th. [Date\\nomitted.]\\n1. 21, on which there grew. i^r. il croit\\nthere grow.\\n1. 26. We got out of it again. [Date omit-\\nted. Fr. le 7, the 7th.]\\nP. 184, 1. 5. Cod. [Phrase omitted after this\\nword:] Fr. pour venir en France, in order\\nto reach France.\\n1, 10. Fr. vendredy Friday. [Day\\nomitted.]", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 227\\nlast line. October. Fr. Novembre\\nNovember.\\nP. 184, 1. 4 of the Sequel, as he was himself.\\nFr. comme luy. [There should be a comma\\nafter Himself, though there is none in the Fr^\\nP. 185, 1. 2. more largely. [There should be a\\nperiod after these words.]\\n1. 3. great share in those Discoveries;\\nFr. a eu part a de grandes d^couvertes; had\\na share in great discoveries.\\nP. 186, 1. 18. notable Exploits. belles expeditions\\ndatis notable expeditions to.\\nP. 187, 1. 34. The Dauphinr Fr. feu Mon-\\nseigneur le Dauphin. [The Dauphin, eldest son\\nof Louis XIV., had died but a year or two before\\nthe publication of the Fr. original.]\\nP. 188, 1. 32. Wild Fowl. Fr. gibier, dont la\\nchair est filasseuse, sans goust; game, the\\nflesh whereof is stringy and tasteless [the words\\nafter gibier are omitted in the translation].\\nP. 189,1.32. Opening on the Right Side, Fr.\\nOverture au droit de I ceil opening opposite\\nthe eye.\\nP. 190, 1. 18. Images of Devotion, decently fur-\\nnish d Fr. images de piete; ils\\nen ont peu de veritable. Ils sont proprement\\nmeublez images of devotion, and they have\\nlittle that is real. They are decently furnished\\nP. 190, 1. 21. Plate. Fr. mais la vie ni les\\nmanieres des Ecclesiastiques n edifient point.\\nFestes Dimanches, il n est point question de\\nMatines, de Sermon, ni de Vespres: on cause\\ndans les Eglises, on y rit aussibien que dans les\\nProcessions, qui se font frequemment la nuit aux", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "228 TEXTUAL NOTES.\\nflambeaux. but the lives and manners of the\\nclergy are not edifying. On holidays and Sun-\\ndays there is no thought of matins, of sermon, or\\nof vespers: people chat and laugh in the churches\\nas well as in the processions, which are often at\\nnight by the light of torches. [All this omitted.]\\nP. 190, last line. That Country would be better\\nFr. Ce pais seroit bon en quelques endroits, si\\nles Habitans avoient I adresse le courage de le\\ncultiver. That country would be good in some\\nparts, if the inhabitants had the skill and energy\\nto till it.\\nP. 191, 1. 2. Indian Corn. Fr. du gros mil\\ncoarse millet.\\n1. 24. other countries of Fr.\\nles pais chauds de the warm\\nregions of.\\n1.32. it stands towards the Western End.\\nFr. elle est a la pointe occidentale it stands\\nat the western point. [One of the few instances\\nin which the translation corrects the Fr.^\\nP. 194, 1, 2. [Paging here jumps from 191 to 194.]\\nand Brass Guns from twenty four to thirty six\\nPounders. Fr. bonne artillerie de 24 36,\\ngood artillery of 24 and 36 [pounds].\\n1. 10. about all uniform. Fr. basti-\\nmens egaux a I entour. uniform buildings\\naround it [the plaza].\\n1. 15. each Mark being half a Pound\\n[not in the Fr.\\n1. 16. amounts to fifty. Fr. vaaplus\\nde cinquante amounts to more than fifty.\\nP. 195, 1. 4. Galeons meet. [The following sen-\\ntences are omitted here.] Fr. Par ce mot\\nn entendez pas des Navires d une grandeur ex-\\ntraordinaire; car la pluspart ne sont que des ba-", "height": "3372", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "joutelsjournalof01jout_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "TEXTUAL NOTES. 229\\ntimens fort inediocres, que la vanity Espagnole\\nenfle grossit par un nom de rodomontade.\\nMais si ces Vaisseaux ne sont pas grands, leur\\ncharge leur richesse le sont. Avec tout cela\\ncette Ville, I abord des tresors des Indes Occi-\\ndentales, est pleine de mendians: mais ils ne le\\nsont que par leur faute, par leur paresse. By\\nthis word should not be understood ships of ex-\\ntraordinary size; for most of them are but very\\ninconsiderable craft, which Spanish vanity strives\\nto magnify by a swelling name. 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