1(17 IOUTEL HENRY. A journal of the last voyage performed by Monsr. de la JESt office, Jm oui ,he mouth of .he Miaaiaairp Rive.. Wj raap Bvo, old calf, ..backed. Londoo: A. Bell, 1714. 5500 °° ■ d USdte .OP*, to establish . - the *' throws on the location and customs of the Indian tribes of the area. • Clark 14; Howes 5533; Church 859- ✓ Iftc JOURNAL Of the L a s t VOYAGE Perform’d by Monfr. de la Sale, T O T H E G U L P H of M E X I C O, To find out the Mouth of the Miffifipi River; CONTAINING, An Account of the Settlements he endeavour’d to make on the Coaft of the aforefaid Bay , his unfortunate Death, and the Travels of bis Companions for the Space of Eight Hundred I Leagues acrofs that Inland Country of America. now call'd Louisiana , (and given by the King of France to M. Croz.at y )ii[\ they came into Canada. Written in French by Monfieur J o u t e l, A Commander in that Expedition j AndTranftated from the Edition juft publish'd at Paris. With an exa& Map of that raft Country,and a Copy of the Letters Patents granted by the K.of France to M. Cro^at. L O ND 0 N, Printed for A . Bell at the Crofs-Kjys and] Bible ia CornbiU, B. Lintott at the Crofs Kyys in Fleet-ftreet, j and J. Baker in Pater-Nofl or cover’d with Reeds or Hides, when they are not abroad at War, or Hunt- ing, 01 Fifhing, almoft naked, without any other Bed but a Bullock’s Hide, or any Houfhold-StufF but a Pot or Kettle, an Axe and fome Platters made of Bark- I hey take their Suftenance, as it comes in their Way, and like the Beads: they have no Care, do not value Wealth, fing, dance, ■unoke, eat, lleep, hunt, fifh ; are indepen¬ dant, make War, and when an Opportu- ruty o.,ers, take Revenge of any Injury in the mod cruel Manner they are able. Such is the Lne of thofe Savages. Tho’ there fome m the Southern Parts, not quite fo ftupid and brutal as thofe in the North, \Torh-E a K e boti ? Sava S es » who think of Nothing but what is prefent, love No- Jnr ” 8 ^ twhat 1S obvious to the Senfes, incapable of comprehending any Thine that is Spiritual; fharp and ingenious in what -what is for their own Advantage, without any Senfe of Honour or Humanity horri¬ bly cruel, perfectly united .among them- felves to their Nation and their Allies; but revengeful and mercilefs towards their E- , nemies. To conclude, their Shape, tho* hideous, {hews they are Men ; but their Genius and Manners render them like the word: of Beafts. A modern Author, who has liv’d in Canada, and in other Refpe&s has writ well enough, has perhas fancy’d, he might diftinguifh himfelf, and be thought more underftanding than other Men in difeove- gedvif- ring the Genius of thofe People, by aflign- c ^f< ing more Ingenuity and Penetration to St ' the Savages, than is generally allow’d v>herdnic them. He fometimes makes them to argue l tooftrongly ,and too fubtilely againft the Myfteries of Chriftian Religion , and his Relation has given juft Occafion to fufped, that he is himfelf the Libertine and Talk¬ ing Savage, to whom he has given the artful Malignity of his Notions and Ar¬ guments. As for the Genius of the Savages, I am of Opinion, we ought to believe the Mif- fioners; tor they are not lefs capable than other Men to difeover the Truth, and they have at leaft as much Probity to make it known. It is likely, that they, who have for an hundred Years paft, wholly ajiply’d >-■ them- The J\&. fives of Canada hr uttl. [ v!ii ] themfelves, according to the Duty of their Function, to ftudy thofe poor Images of Men, Ihould not be acquainted with them ? Or would not their Confcience have check’d them, had they told a Lye in that Particular ? Now all the Miffion- ers agree, that allowing there are fome barbarians left wicked and brutal than the reft; yet there are none good, nor thoroughly capable of fuch Things as are above the Reach of our Senfes; and that whatfoever they are, there is no relying on them ; there is always caufe to fufped them, and in Ihort, before a Savage can be made a Chriftian, it is requifite to make him a Man; and we look upon thofe Sa¬ vages as Men, who have neither King nor Law, and what is moft deplorable no God; for if we rightly examine their Sentiments and their Actions, it does not appear that they have any Sort of Religi¬ on, or well form’d Notion of a Deity If iome of them, upon certain Occafions, do lometimes own a Firft or Sovereign Being or do pay fome Veneration to the Sun. As to the firft Article, they deliver themfelves m luch a conf'ufe Manner, and with lb many Contradi&ions and Extravagancies, that it phudy appears, they neither know nor believe anything of it; and as for the lecond, it is only a bare Cuftom, without any Ifrious Refledion on their Part.' ‘ ‘ A [ix] ' A miferable Nation, move void of the Light of Heaven, and even that of Nature, than fo many other Nations in the Eaji Indies , who, tho’ brutal and ftupid as to the Knowledge of the Deity, yet are not without fome Sort of Worfhip, and have their Hermits and Fakirs whc endeavour by the Pra&ice of horrid Penances, to gain the Favour of that Godhead, and thereby Ihew they have fome real Notion of it. Nothing of that Sort is to be found among our American Savages, and in Conclufion, it may be Paid of them in General, that they are a People without a God. Our French, who are born in Canada all of them welllhap’d, and Men ofSenfe and Worth, cannot endure to have their Savages thus run down. They affirm they are like other Men, and only want Edu¬ cation and being improv’d; but befides that we may believe they fay fo to favc the Honour of their Country, we advance nothing here but what is grounded on the Report of many able and worthy Perfons, who have writ of it, after being well in¬ form’d on the Spot. We are therefore apt to believe, that there is a Diftinction to be made at prefent between two Sorts of Sa¬ vages in Canada , viz . thofe who have been converfant among the Europeans for fixty or eighty Years part, and the others who are daily difeover’d ; and it is of the tetter [ * ] that we fpeak here more particularly, and to whom we afiign all thofe odious and wretched Qualities of the Savages of North America.', for it is well known, that the firft Sort of them, as for Inftance, the Hu - Toni, the Algonquins* the Iroquois, the IJli- mis and pefhaps fome others are now pret¬ ty well civiliz’d, fo that their Reafon be¬ gins to clear up, and they may become ca¬ pable of Inftruftion. Amazing and incomprehenfible, but at the fame Time adorable Difpofition of Di¬ vine Providence ! We fee here avail: Trad oi the Earth, of an immenfe Extent, of a wonddifuJ Soil lor Tillage and Fertility in all Soi ts of Eruit and Grain ; of an admi*? table Temperature as to the Air, which appears by the very numerous Inhabitants bcmg tcarce fubjett to any Difeafes, and in SUM tWo . ^attheSex,which, among usisweak,is there anc * Vigorous, bringing forth their Children with little or no Pain, and fuck- iirig them amidft Labour and Fatigues, without any of thofe Miferies they areli- ao:e to in our Countries. Yet that vaft and beautiful Country, defcrib’d in this *b? U ^ na ’ fo much 6v °ur’d with Worldly Jileffings, has been for fo many Ages de- ititute of the Heavenly. I he infinite Numbers of People inhabi¬ ting it are Men, and have fcarce any thing tit the Shape- they are God’s Creatures, and and do not fo much as know, much lefs ferve him. Thofe who have the Courage and Boldnefs to traveil through the Coun¬ tries of -filch Savages, and thofe who read the Relations of fuch Travellers, ought to take' Care how they make any rafh Re¬ flexions upon this Pointy or pry too deep¬ ly into lit; for they may'.chance to lofe themfelves in their Thoughts. The fhorr: teft and the fa&ft Courtyis, in fuch Cafes,-) to adore -the inconceivabJe. Frofoundnefs ok the Creator’s Wifdonvyto give a Check to all' our-Enquiries and Guriofities, with, the Apoltle’s -Exclamation, D.the Depth of the Ricbe&toth of the Wifdm and Knowledge-, of (rod tpSSMfitnfearchabt* are his Judgment# and "his Wdys pafi finding out ! And never ceafing to return Thanks to his Goodnefs, for having fnabundantly fupply’d us with His Light and Grace, to fconjure him tQ impart the faine to.thofe poor diftrefs’d A* mericansj andthat he who is Almighty,will of tiiofeStones makeChildren of Abraham. T his all Chriftians’ are oblig’d inceffandy to pray for, becaufe as Brutifh and Stupid as thofeSavages are,they are ftifl our Brethren, fince like us defcended from Adam and Noah. J • ■ How much are wc then oblig’d to thofe bold Travellers, who undertake new Dif- coveries, who to the Hazard of their Lives, '-at their own Expence, and with fuch ex¬ traordinary [ xii ] traordlnary Toils, go to find outibr us, riot only numerous Obje&s of our Curiofity and Admiration, which were before un¬ known to us, but who aifodifcover to us a numerous Kindred, which is not ever the lefs fuch, for having been fo long un¬ known to us. What if it be brutal and indocible, it will be the more Meritorious to Labour at Civilizing of and making it capabTe of receiving the Lights of Reafbn and of Faith. Wecan never fufficiently ex- prefs our Gratitude to thole who apply themfelves to the making of new Difco- veries; the more ^Difficulties that attend them, the more we are be holding,to thofe who undertake them. Suppoftng that Avarice, Ambition, a reftlels Temper, or a defperate Fortune, are very often the Occafionsof fuch Undertakings; yet God; who can draw Good out of Evil, makes all thole Paflions fubfervient to his Glory, and the Salvation of his Ele6b, and if long Travels do not commonly make Saints of the Travellers,' it is their own Fault. However, they at leaft prepare the Way to the San&ification of fo many Barbarir ans, beating a Road for the Miflioners, who go to inftru& thofe People. Thus all the World is beholden to them; the Sa¬ vages for the Knowledge of God that is procur’d them ; and we for finding by their Means an infinite Number of People . before [ xiii ] before unknown, who will join with us in Serving and Glorifying the Creator of the Univerfe. Granting that the faid Travellers arc not fometimes exafl, or agree among themfelves in their Relations, their De¬ scriptions and their Maps ; this muft be an unavoidable Fault in Difcoverers; but even that is advantageous to the Publick, for as much as their Succeffors are excited to examine thofe Points more ftri&ly, to correct, explain and afcertain thofe Mi- flakes. In acknowledgment therefore of the Ser¬ vice done us by thofe Illuftrious Adventu¬ rers and to make them foirie Sort of Amends for their Sufferings, let us tranf- mit their Names to Pofterity in our Writ¬ ings; let us applaud their Actions when we read them, and let us commend their Relations. This here, moft certainly de- ferves to be read and commended, for it is Curious, Extraordinary and Tragical. It is alfo, as has been faid before, ingaging, at this Conjuncture, when there is a Defign of making Settlements in thofe Countries, it mentions, the Confequence whereof may be moft Honourable and Advantage¬ ous to> the Nation. The Travel thro* that Country is one of the greateft and moft full of Difficulties that has been perform’d; the Relation of it being made by an Eye Witneft t.xiv 3 WitHefs, and 1 in a natural, plain and par¬ ticular Manner, deferves to be credited ; but being only a Journal, it is not capable of admitting of Ornaments or Embellifh- ments. The Reader will be pleas'd to excufe the Repetition of the fame Words in it. On Account of the Impoflibility of doing otherwife, and will think it enough that the Barrennefs of the Narration is made Amends for by the Curiofity of the Sub¬ jects. I am of Opinion the fmall Notes I have added will not be difpleafing, becaufe they explain fome Particulars, which are not very intelligible to fuch as are not us’d to read many Travels. After having faid the Good and the Bad of this North America , mentioning the Beauty and Excellency of its Climate and the Brutality of its People, and recited the infinite Hardfhips,thofe who defign to tra¬ vel mufit refolve to undergo, I am of O* pinion it will be proper to fay fomething of the late Monfieur de la Sale,, who is the principal Perfon, and as it were, the Hero of this Relation, fho’ having been murder¬ ed by his own Men, he fell the unfortu¬ nate ViClim of the Difcovery here treated of. It is alfo convenient to make known what went before that, which is contain’d in this Journal, and the prefent happy Confequence of that fatal Enterprize. Here i I XV ] Here follows what I have of my own particular Knowledge, and by what has been written. Robert Cavelier , commonly call’d jcmmof Monfieur de la Sale , a Native of Roan, Monfieur of a good Family, having been educated de la Sale in Piety and Learning, went over very young into Canada and took Delight in Trade, but more in Projects of new Dif- coveries up the Inland ofthofe vaft Coun¬ tries. Intending to fettle there and make that his Country, he purchafed an Ha¬ bitation in the Itland of Mont-real, where bas been built the fecond Town of Cana* da, fixty Leagues above Quebeck , which is the Capital* ‘being alfo a Bilhoprick, and the Refidence of the Governor, the Intendant and the fupreme Council. There are but only thofe two Towns in the Country, befides fome Villages.They are both feated on the great River of St. Laurence , which coming from the S. W. is form’d or increafed by the Waters of five prodigious frefh Water Lakes, run¬ ning out one into another, and through them it paffes to run down to difcharge itfelf in the Ocean, at a very fpacious Mouth, making Way for the Ships that idefign to penetrate into Canada. Many Difcoveries had been made to the Northward, before Monfieur de la a Sale 1 s His Chi • ratter* [ xvi ] Sale's Time; becaufe there being Plenty of very good Furs, the Traders of Que- beck and Mont-real , by Means of the Ad¬ venturers call’d Wood-Men , from their traveling thro’ the Woods, had penetrated very far up the Country that Way ; but none had advanc’d far towards the South or South-Weft, beyond Fort Frontenac, which is on the Lake Ontario , the nearefk this Way of the five great Lakes. How¬ ever, upon the Report of the Natives* it was fuppofed, that great and advanta¬ geous Difcoveries might be made. There had been much Talk of the rich Mines of St. Barbara, , in the Kingdom of Mexico,, and fome were tempted to give them a. Vifit. Something was known of the famous River Miffifipi, which it was fuppofed might tall into the South Sea, and open a Way to it. T hefe Conjectures work- ing upon Monfieur de la Sale , who being zealous for the Honour of his Nation, de- fign d to fignalize the French Name, on Account of extraordinary Dilcoveries, beyond all that went before him; he form’d the Defign and refolv’d to put it in Execution. He was certainly very fit * or lt > an <| fucceeded at the Expence of «us Lire ; for no Man has done fo much m that Way as he did for the Space of twenty [ xvii ] twenty Years he fpent in that Employ¬ ment. He was a Man of a regular Be¬ haviour, of a large Soul, well enough learned, and underftanding in the Mathe* maticks, defigning, bold, undaunted, dexterous, infinuating, not to be difcou- rag’d at any Thing, ready at extricating bimfelf out of any Difficulties, no Way apprehenfive of the greateft Fatigues, wonderful Ready in Adverfity, and what was of extraordinary Hfe, well enough verfed in feveral Savage Languages. M. de la Sale having fuch extraordinary Ta¬ lents, whereof he had given fufficient Proofs upon feveral Occafions, gain’d the Efteem of the Governors of Canada ; and Meffieurs de Courcelles t Talon and de bron- lenac fucceffively express’d the fame, by often employing him in Affairs for the Honour and Advantage of the Colony. The Government of the Fort of Fronte- /, ma j e nac , which is the Place fartheft advanc’d *'<>?*'» among the Savages, was committed to i? ro0Ce . him, and he going over into France , in nac. the Year 1675, the King made him Pro¬ prietor of it, upon Condition he fhould put it into a better Condition than it was, which he did, as foon as return’d to Ca¬ nada. Then came back again to Pans full of the new Informations he had gain d touching the River the Country a 2 it [ xviii ] runs through, the Mines, efpecially thofe of Lead and Copper, the navigable Ri¬ vers, and the Trade that might be car¬ ried on of Furs and the fine Wooll of thofe wild Bullocks, whereof there are infinite Numbers in the Forefts. Bein® alfo furnifh’d with better Accounts o? that Country, than the Fables that were then publilh’d, by the Name of a Voy¬ age of the Sieur Joliet y he was well re¬ ceiv’d at Court, and difpatch’d with the ^ce/fary Orders for proceeding on his The great Reputation Monfieur deU o^enad^gain’d, and his mighty Proje&s, His Impu¬ tation mates E- n emits* • pccafion’d a Jealoufy in fome and Envv in ipfe u: — r' . J °^. lers * His own Countrymen thwar- ted his Defigns; but he furmounted all thofe Obftacles and return’d into Canada, about the Year 1678, with the Chevalier lonty , an Italian Gentleman, a Perfon of worth and that had lerv’d, whom he gain d to his Hnterprize. He alfo pick’d nn in rhti r’._ r ^ ^ up in the Country forty or fifty Perfons [ xix ] who alone firft undertook the Million into that new World, and who being feconded by others, havecarry’d it on therewith fo much Edification. Monfieur de la Sale having fpent two Years in going and coming, ftill thwart¬ ed by thole who envy’d him in the Coun¬ try, to fuch a Degree, that had it not been for an Antidote, he muft have dy’d of Poifon given him by fome Villains, could not order his Affairs and begin his Expedition till the Year 1682. He fet out at length, and to the End his Difco- very of the MiJfifipi might be compleat, he caus’d Father Hennepin, a Recolet, with fome others, to travel to the North- ward, that they might find out the Source of that River, and they found it, about the 50th Degree of North Lati¬ tude. For his own Part, he proceeded to the Weft ward and found the River of the lpnois , which he call’d the River of iflinoi* Seignelay , and following its Courfe, ^’ wr * came into the Miflifipi, where the other difcharges it felf. He then concluded he had no more to do, but to run down to its Mouth, whether in the South Sea or the Gulpli of Mexico. All along its Banks he lound many Savage Nations, with whom, by Means of his Prefents, he enter’d into Alliances, and gave the a 3 Country [ XX ] Country the Name of Louifuna , to ho¬ nour the Name and Memory of our Au- guft Monarch, in whofe Reign thofe Difeoveries were made. At length, the Courfe of the Miffiftpi convey’d Monfieur de U Sale to its Mouths, as falling into the Gulph of Mexico in two Streams, and he arriv’d there in the Month of April 1682 or 1685, for the Dates of thofe who have writ concerning it, make ei¬ ther of thofe Years. He ftay’d there fome Days, to take Obfervations and place fome Marks which he might know again, when he return’d. Being fatif- fied with having found fome Fart of what he fought, he return’d the fame vVay he had gone, and came again to Quebeck in Canada, in order to go over to France, and thence to make a Tryal to find that Mouth of the Mtflifm by the Gulf of Mexico, which he had alrea¬ dy difcover’d by the Way of Canada, and to fccuie it; for he thought it much more advantageous to know it by the Way of the Sea, than to go thither by Land, becaufe the Voyage through Canada is much longer and more troublefome, and can be perform’d but once a Year whereas by the Way- of the Bay of Me jc - zco it is not longer, but is much more commodious, and may be perform’d in t xxi ] in all Seafons, either going or coming. He was alfo fenfible that the faid Mou h being once difcover’d by Sea, afforded an eafier and fafer Communication with Canada, running up that noWe River, the Navigation whereof is not inter rupted by Fails, nor Torrents tor above fixtv Leagues towards its Source. '/hefe Confiderations mov d Monfieui de la Sale to take another Voyage into Franc, where his E*P edltl °" p“‘ e n | been commended and his new Pro|ett approv’d of, the King order d him Vef. fels to return and carry on his prize, the Particulars whereof aie o be found in this Journal. That Attair, lo well begun, fecm’d to promift• v« jf advantageous Confequences, carried through the Perfidioufneh ana Villany of that noble Adventurer’s own Pe This is what J «5 aVe j^vour "four-^ n 7 e intVanni U be 0 tliought to ditho- nal, it it than not u & lhe faid a the nour it, you may place , at t h e End of tic great Enterprise of the Lmcovci y Miffifipi has been carried. THE the Written N Otwith(landing the SaJeV Voyage had a ntnfl- ~ r the Tit Ip /if a y f ro * n ever allowing fj rd%7; ft cf r Tt Tw “‘" Acceptable to futjlef TV™ fct xrjii ip~ss. execui PREFACE. execute the Means for difcovering the re - maining Part of the World. And in regard that the Particulars of the Difcovery of thofe large and, immenfe Provinces, will always be the Objetf of cu¬ rious and undemanding Perfons, it is not to be wonder'd, that after what has been writ by Father Hennepin, a Recolet , the Chevalier Tonty andfome others, we here now publifh an Hiflorical Journal of the U(l VoyageMon fteur de laSale undertook into the Gulf of Mexico, to the Country of Louifiana, to fnifh what he had fro]died at his former Voyage, had not the Trea¬ chery of his own Men cut him off. This Journal of Monfieur Joutel, where¬ of Monfteur Tonty makes mention in the Book that has been printed of the lap Difcoveries in America, Folio 319, has this peculiar, that it exatfly contains what hapned to Monfieur de la Sale, Day by Day, in that fatal Voyage, Jince his Departure from Rochelle to his Death, and till the Return of his Brother Monfieur Cavelier the Priefi, Monfieur Cavelier his Nephew, the Reverend Father Anaftafius, the Re¬ colet, and the faid Sieur Joutel, who in Order to return to France, took that long Journey by Land, from the Gulf of Mexi¬ co to Canada, being a Trail of above Soo Leagues. Man\ PREFACE. Many Adventures of all Sorts, mofl of which are Tragical, mil pleafe the curious Reader; and above all he rvill admire the Protection of Divine Providence, in Con¬ ducting and Preferving that fmall Com¬ pany throughout thofe vajl Regions, and a- **ong fo many barbarous Nations. We do not here pretend to Criticife upon the Work of Father Hennepin, or that of Monfteur Tonty • but even their own Fa¬ vourers cannot take it ill, that this Author does not fometimes fay as they do ; that he plainly delivers what he faw, and that he expofes to publtck View all the Truths he was an Eye Witnefs to, without magnifying of inventing. c JJ 6 b is neverthelefs true, that they may be excus * as to fome Particulars : Father Hennepin and Monfeur Tonty may have jeen fome Things, that did not come to the knowledge of Monfteur Joutel ; but there is a .tact of great Confequence in the Htflory Of Monjieur de la Sale, which mull not be pajs d over in Silence. It is, that Monfteur Tonty, in his Book affirms, that Monfteur de la Sale at length found the Mouth of the Miffifipi, and Mon- jieur Joutel ajTerts the contrary, and fays,, hi U°t tr T hew Z true > that faring Tf a P Progrefs towards the Cenis, when ■ ' * ^ teur Joutel was with him, and had PREFACE. W never been parted , Monfieur de la Sale’* principal Care mas to enquire of all the Na¬ tions they pafs'd through , where the Miflifi- pi was , and could never hear any thing of tt • that this is evidently made out , hecaufe if ^ Monfieur de la Sale had found the Mouth of that River , he would infallibly have taken another Way , and other Meafures, and all the appearances are on this Side , as may b$feen in this Relation. . However , this mujl be faid in Behalf of Monfieur Tonty, that he deliver'd it upon the Report of Monfieur Cavelier the Brief , and Brother to Monfieur de la Sale ; which Monfieur Cavelier might have Reafons ' to give out they had dtf cover'd the Milfifipi* upon the fame Views as oblig'd him to con¬ ceal his Brother's Death. Now in regard we fljall fee Monfeur de la Sale, for fome time ranging along the Coajts of North America, to find out the Mouth of that River , it will be proper to inform thofe who have not feen his frfl Voyage , and (hew them how it hapned that his Search prov'd in vain , and he was oblig'd to land in another Place. r ,, After Monfieur de la Sale had difcover d that vafi Continent , which is a Part of N'orth America, from Canada, by the ff ay of Moutreal, going up the River of i>r. Laurence, then through the Country of the Iroquois, preface. Iroquois, the Iflinois and others, all which he call d Louifiafla, his De fan was to find. * porter *„d a fafer Way, than that he J had Tray ek'd by Land. 1 • F f ** was > that h *ving upon hlS Jp[ Dt J co l er J found the great River, call'd by the Barbarians Miffifipi or Me- chafipi, according to Father Hennepin, and to which he gave the Name 0 /Col belt gueffing by its Courfe that it fell into the Ba\ In jhort, he ran down that River, with wore Danger and Toil than can be imagin'd, thaftJV m °o tW0 Streams a * d Mow'd that whuh was moft to the Northward, to the P ace where, it is loft m the Sea. He took the Latituae that Mouth lay in, and found it was oetween 28 and 29 Degrees North as Heief/M 0 ^ 1 f rmS he heard him \'fV- wa t cZt then M /«*• ' V ^ Canada and thence into France Till 4 mh UichZal ******* But whether he did not take his Meafures right when he made his Obfervatiom athore or whether that River difgorges it Cell It1 °»h ll flit. 3 *”* > “ " m °fi ««««*, that „heu fe came PREFACE. came into the Bey of Mexico, he fought for the fame Mouth in Vain, during the Space of three Weeks, and was oblig'd to go ajhore to the S. W. of the Place, where it really was. Mon fie ur Tonty, in his Book, Pol. 192. tells us, that he was prefent when Monfieur de la Sale took the Latitude of the Mouth of the Miflifipi, at his firfi Voyage, and Jays it was between twenty two and twenty three De¬ grees North ; but that is a Mifiake , which mult be affigned either to the Printer, or Transcriber, for in the Map the f aid Mon- (tear Tonty has added to his Book, he places the Said Mouth in about twenty fix De¬ crees and a Half of North Latitude, and there is Reafon to believe he errs in that too. — - Monfieur Joutel and fame others are of Opinion, that the Mouth of that Branch Monfieur de la Sale went down, is in the Bay of the Holy Ghoft, and actually between the twenty eighth and twenty ninth of North Latitude, as Monfieur de la Sale found it. As for the other Channel, the fame Sieur Joutel believes it is farther to¬ wards the S. W. and about the Shoals they met with about the 6 th of January, between the twenty [event h and twenty eighth Degrees of North Latitude, when PREFACE. fating along the Cot# of lie Bay ofMexi- CO, and that thofe Shoals were the Marks of a River difcharging it felf there, which they neglected to inquire into. If that be fo, Monfieur de la Sale wms very near it and even pajs d along before both the Mouths' but unfortunately, without perceiving them which was the main Caufe of his Death and the Rum of his Enterprise. th^R C ° ncLu call ’d le Joly, of about thirty fix or forty Guns, commanded by Monfieur de Beaujeu, on which Monfieur de la Sale , his Brother the Pneft, two Recolet Fryars, Meffienrs Dain- mavillt Into NORTH AMERICA. ? maville and Chtdeville , Priefts, and I imbark’d. July The next was a little Frigate, carrying fix Guns, which the King had given to Monfieur de la Sale , commanded by two Mafterf? a Flyboat of about three hundred Tuns Burden, belonging to the Sieur A-fafftot , Merchant at Rachel , commanded by the Sieur Sligron, and laden with all the EfFefts Monfieur de la Sale had thought neceffiry for his Settlement, and a /*»«/,becaufe it follows the Motion of the Sun. The 28th,we were in 27 Degrees 44 Minutes of North Latitude,and in 344 of Longitude. The 30th, we had a Storirtj which continu’d violent for two Days, but being right aftern of us, we only loft Sight of the Ketch, for want of good Steering,but flie join’d us again a few Days after. The 6th ofSeptember,we were under the Tro¬ pic of Cancer yin 23 Degrees 30 Minutes of North Latitude and 319 of Longitude. There Monf. Dueling, de la Sale’s Obftrucling the Ceremony the Sailors call Ducking, gave them Occafion to mutter again,and render’d himfelf privately odious. So B 3 many 6 Monfieur de la Sal e’^ Second. Voyage many have given an Account of the Nature of '-'''V'NJ that Foily, that it would be needlefs to repeat it here; it may fuffice to fay, that there arc three things to authorize it, i. Cuftom. 2. The Oath adminifter’d to thofe who are duck’d, winch is to this Effed, That they will not permit any to pafs the Tropics or the Line , without obliging them to the fame Ceremony. And 3, which is the molt prevailing Argument, the Intereft accruing to the Sailors upon that Occafion, by the Re- fcelhments, Liquors or Money given them by the Paflengers to be excus’d from that Ceremony. Monfr. de la Sale, being inform’d that all Things were preparing for that impertinent Ce¬ remony of Ducking, and that a Tub full of Water was ready on the Deck ( the French Duck in a great Cask of Water, the Englijh in the Sea , let- ting down the Perfon at the Tard Arm ) lent Word, that he would not allow fuch as were under his Command to be fuhjed: to that Folly, which being told to Monfr. deBeaujeu t he forbid putting of it in Execution, to the great Diffia- tisfadion of the inferior Officers and Sailors, who expcded a confiderable Sum of Money and Quantity of Refrefhments, or Liquors, becaufe there were many Perfons to Duck, and all the Blame was laid upon Monfr. de la Sale. On the nth of September, we were in the Hifpant- Latitude of the Ifland of Santo Domingo , or Htf- ula JjUnd. paniola , being 20 Degrees North, and the Lon¬ gitude of 320 Degrees. We fleer’d our Courfe Well, but the Wind flatting, the enfuing Calm quite flopp’d our Way. That fame Day Monfr. Dainmaville , the Prieft, went aboard the Bark la Belle, to adroinifter the Sacraments to a Gun¬ ner, who died a few Days after. Monfr.de/a Sale Into NORTH AMERICA. 7 Sale went to fee him, and I bore him Company. Sep>.\ 6 ?,4 The 21ft, the Ketch, which we had before loft Sight of, join’d us again y and fome Com¬ plaints being made to Monfr. de la Sale , by fe- veral private Perfons that were aboard the Fly¬ boat, he order’d me to go thither to accomo¬ date thofe Differences, which were occafion’d only by fome Jealoufies among them. The 16th, we fail’d by the Ifland Sombrero, Sombrero and the 18th had hard blowing Weather, which jfiind. made us apprehenfive ofa Hurracan. The foul Weather lafted two Days, during which Time, we kept under a main Coutfe and loft Sight of the other Veffels. A Council was call’d aboard our Ship, the Joly, to confider whether we (hould lie by for the others, or hold on our Courfe, and it was refolv’d, that, confidering our Water began to fall fhort, and there were above five Perfons fick aboard, of which Number Monfr- de la Sale and the Surgeon were, we Ihould make all the Sail we could, to reach the firft Port of the l- fland Hifpaniola , being that call’d Port de Paix , or Port Peace, which Refolution was according? ly regifter’d. The 20th, we difcover’d the firft Land or Hifpaniola , being Cape Samana , lying in 19 De- capeSs. grees of North Latitude, and of Longitude 308 • mans. The 25th we fhould have put into Port de > Paix , as had been concerted, and it was not only the moft convenient Place for us to get Refrelh- ments, but alfo the Refidence of Monfr. deCuf- fy , Governor of the Ifland Tortuga , who knew that Monfr. de la Sale carried particular Or¬ ders for him to furnilh fuch Neceflaries as he flood in Need of. 8 Monsieur de la Sal e’s Second Voyage sept. 16S4 Notwithftanding thefe cogent Reafons, Mr.' de Beaujeu was pofitive to pafs further on in the JJUKd* Night, weathering the Ifland Tortuga , which is fome Leagues diftant from Port de Paix and the Coaft of Hifpaniola. He alfo pafs’d Cape St. Nicolas , and the 26th of the faid Month,we put into the Bay of Jaguana, coafting the Ifland Guanabo , which is in the Middle of that great Bay or Gulph, and in Concjufion, on the 27th we arriv’d at Petit Gouave^haviag fpent 58 Days in our Paflage from the Port of Chef de Bois % near Rochel. This Change of the Place for our little Squa¬ dron to put into, for which no Reafon could be given, prov’d very difadvantageous; and it will hereafter appear, as I have before obferv’d, that thofc Mifunderftanding among the Officers infenfibly drew on the Caufes from whence our Misfortune proceeded. As foon as we had dropt Anchor, a Piragua ; or great Sort of Canoe y came out from the Place, with Twenty Men, toknow who we were, and hail’d us. Being inform’d that we were French , they acquainted us, that Monfieur de Cufly was at Port de Paix with the Marquis de St. Laurent , Lieutenant General of the American Iflands, and Monfieur Began the latendans, which very much troubled iVionlieur de la Sale y as having Affairs of the utmoft Conlequence to concert with them } but there was no Remedy, and he was oblig’d to bear it with Patience. The next Day, being the 28th. we fang Te iQ * Thankfgiviijg for our profperous aflage. Monfieur de la Sale being fomewhat recover d of his Indifpofition, went Alhore with ^veral ot the Gentlemen of his Retinue, to buy fome Into NORTH AMERICA. 9 fome Refreshments for the Sick, and to find Means to fend Notice of his Arrival, to Mef- fteurs de St.Laurent,deCujJy and Btgon , and fignify to them, how much he was concern’d that we had not put into Port de Paix. He writ particu¬ larly to Monfieur de Cvjfy, to defire he would come to him, if pofiible, that he might be af- fifting to him, and take the necefiary Meafures for rendring his Enterprise fuccefsful, that it might prove to the King’s Honour and Service, In the mean Time, the Sick fuffering very much Aboard the Ships, by Reafon of the Heat, and their being too clofe together, the Sol¬ diers were put Afhore, on a little llland, near Petit Gouaves , which is the ufual Burial-Place of the People of the pretended Reformed Reli¬ gion, where they had frefh Provifions, and Bread baked on Purpofe, diftributed to them. As for the Sick, I was order’d by Monfieur de la Sale, to provide a Houfe for them, whither they were carry’d, with the Surgeons, and fup- ply’d with all that was requifite for them. Some Days after, Monfieur de la Sale fell dan- geroufly ill, molt of his Family were alfo Tick. A violent Fever, attended with Lightheaded- nefs, brought him almoft to Extremity. The Pofture of his Affairs* Want of Money, and the Weight of a mighty Enterprise, without know¬ ing whom to truft with the Execution of it, made him ftill more Sick in Mind, than he was in his Body, and yet his Patience and Refolution furmounted all thofe Difficulties. He pitch d upon Monfieur le Gros and me to adf for him, caus’d fome Commodities he had Aboard the Ships to be fold, to raife Money; and through 1 our oi Mon fie ur cle la Sale’/ Second, Voyage Woo.1684 our Care, and the excellent Conftitution of hi* Body, he recover’d Health. Whilft he was in that Condition, two of our Ships, which had been feparated front us on the iffb/tl'e I ^ t ^ 1 °f September, by the ftormy Winds, arriv’d Spaniards. at Pet j { Gouave on the 2d of OSldber. The Joy conceiv’d on Account of their Arrival, was much allay’d by the News they brought of the Lofs of the Ketch, taken by two Spanijh Piraguas ; and that Lofs was the more grievous, becaufe that Veflel was laden with Provifions, Ammu¬ nition, Utenfils and proper Tools for the fetling of our new Colonies; a Misfortune which would not have happen’d, had Monfieur de Btaujeu put into Port de Paix , and Melfieurs de St. Laurent, de Cufjy, and Begon who arrived at the fame Time, to fee Monfieur de la Sale did not fpare to fignify as much to him, and t® complain of that Mifcarriage. Monfieur de la Sale being recover’d, had fe- veral Conferences with thefe Gentlemen, rela¬ ting to his Voyage. A Confult of Pilots was called to refolvc where we fhould touch before we came upon the Ceaft of America, and it was refolved to fleer dire&ly for the Weftern Point of the Ifiand of Cuba , or for Cape Sf. sln- tony, diftant about 300 Leagues from Hif- paniola, there to expeft the proper Seafon, and a fair Wind to enter the Gulph or Bay, which is but Two hundred Leagues over. The next Care was to lay in Store of other- Provifions, in the Room of thole which were loft, and Monfieur de la Sale was the more prefi¬ xing for us toimbark, becaufe moft of his Men deferred, or were debauch’d by the Inhabitants of the Place; and the Veffel call’d P Aimable, being Into NORTH AMERICA. ti being the worft Sailer of our little Squadron, Dee.16%4. it wasrefolv’d that fhould carry the Light, and the others to follow it. Monlieur de la Sale, Mon¬ lieur Cavelier his Brother, the Fathers Zenobrius and Anajlaftus , both Recolets, Monlieur Chede- ville and 1 imbark’d on the faid Aimable and all fail’d the 25 th of November. We met with fome Calms, and fome violent Winds, which neverthelefs carry’d us in Sight of the Ifland of Cuba , on the 30th of the lame Month, and it then bore from us N. W. There we alter’d our Courfe and fleer’d IV. and by AT. The 31ft, the Weather being fomewhat clofe, we loft Sight of that Ifland, then flood W. N. W. and the Sky clearing up, made an Obfervation at Noon, and found we were in 19 Degrees, 45 Minutes of North Latitude *, by which we judg’d that the Currents had carry’d us off" to Sea from the Ifland of Cuba. On the firft of December we di(cover’d the Ifland Cayman. The 2d we fleer’d N. W. and by Cayman W. in order to come up with the Ifland of Cuba Jjhni. in the Northern Latitude of 20 Degrees 32 Mi¬ nutes. The 3d we difeover’d the little Ifland of ^ Tines , lying clofe to Cuba. The 4th, we wea- p ines> J ther’d a Point of that Ifland, and the Wind growing fcant, were forc’d to ply upon a Bowl¬ ing, and make feveral Trips till the 5th at Night, when we anchor’d in a Creek, in 1 5 Fathom Water, and continued there till the 8th. During that Ihort Stay, Monlieur de la Sale went Afhore with feveral Gentlemen of his Re¬ tinue on the Ifland of Pines, Ihot an Alligator dead, and returning Aboard, perceiv’d he had loft two of his Voiuntiers, who had wander’d into 12 JDec.1684 VYV JUigator eaten. Monfieur de la S a l eV Second Voyage into the Woods, and perhaps loft their Way; We fired feveral Mufquet Shots to call them’ which they did not hear, and I was order’d to expeift them afhore, with 30 Mulquetiers to attend me. They return’d the next Morning with much Trouble. 5 In the mean 1 ime, our Soldiers, who had good Stomachs, boil’d and eat the Alligator Monfieur rdeUSaU had kill’d.The Flelh of it was wmte and had a Tafte of Musk, lor which Rea¬ lm,] C ° U -i n ° £ • eat k - ° ne ot our Hunters *£?£ * Wlld Sw , 1 , ne ’ wh,ch the Inhabitants of S m Dd i Ca i c Maron - There are of them IViUSroine ^ t * le 'fl an d °f Santo Domingo , or Hifpaniola they are of the Breed of thofe the S ,JLis left in the Iflands when they firft difeover’d them, and run wild in the Woods. I f en t it to Mon’ Ikurj* la Sale who prefented the one Half to Momiear de Beaujeu • ™ a£ Ifland is over very thick wooded, IhtJh* '1° °- f fC l eral Sorts ’ and feme of them bear a Fruit refembling the Acorn, but harder. There are Abundance of Parrots, lar- oFTarfle h n e 36 Gou * ve * 3 great Number ot Turtle Doves and other Birds, and a Sort of Creatures refembling a Rat, but as big as a oi he! £ L !'; t edd '^ ° ur Men kUl’d many ot tnem and fed heartily on them, as they did C a oaft S a 0 b°o d unS antlty ° f Fi *’ “ £ ^ a ‘ 3gain ’ as foon as the two Men Swi-hirr?* W fu retUrn ’ d ’ and on £ be 8th; Virgin fafl’d^n 0 ^ of the Bleffed u lr§ i D l* r d Jn tfle Morning, after having tottM “emral c “r Win J?. "ere forc'd eer feveral Courfes. The 9th we difeover’d Cape Jflmi of Pines. Into NORTH AMERICA. Cape CorricnttS )of the Ifland of Cuba \ where we .0^.1684. were firft becalm’d \ and then follow’d a ftormy Wind, which carried us away five Leagues to corrien- the Eaftward. The 10th we fpent the Night, tesandst making feveral Trips. The nth, the Wind Antony, coming about, we weather’d Cape Corrientes , to make that of St. Antony \ and at length, after plying a con fiderable Time, and founding, we came to an Anchor the 12th,upon good Ground, in fifteen Fathom Water, in the Creek form’d by that Cape, which is in 22 Degrees of North Latitude and 288 Degrees 35 Minutes of Lon¬ gitude. We flay’d there only till next Day, being the 13th, when the Wind feem’d to be favourable to enter upon the Bay of Mexico. We made ready and fail’d, fleering N. W. and by N. and N. N. W. to weather the faid Cape and profe- cute our Voyage : But by that Time we were five Leagues from the Place of our Departure, we perceiv’d the Wind fliifeed upon ns, and not knowing which Way the Currents fate, we flood E. and by N. and held that Courfe tiil the 14th, when Monfieur de Beaujeu , who was aboard the Joly , join’d us again, and having confer’d with Monfieur de la Sale about the Wind’s being contrary, propofed to him tore- turn to Cape St. Antony , to which Monfieur de la Sale confented, to avoid giving him any Caufe to complain, tho’ there was no great Occafion for fo doing, and accordingly we went and an¬ chor’d in the Place from whence we came. The next Day, being the i$th, Monfieur de la Sale fent fome Men alhore, to try whether we could fill fome Casks with Water. They brought Word, they had found fQme in the Wood, 14 Monjieur de la Sal eV Second Voytge Wood, which was not much amifs, but that there was no Conveniency for rowling of the Casks *, for which Reafon Rundlets were fent, and as much Water brought in them, as fill’d fix or feven of our Water Casks. The fame Men reported, that they had found a glafs Bottle, and in it a little Wine, or fome other Liquor, almoft dead. This was all the Provifion we found in that Place, by which it Miftlie in appears, how much Monfieur Tonti was mifin- TwT form ’ d » fince in his Book t Pa Z- 2 4 2 » he fays, ^mmo/ we . found in that Ifland feveralTun of Spanijh tbisVojage. Wine, good Brandy and Indian Wheat, which the Spaniards had left or abandon’d \ and it is a meer Invention without any Thing of Truth. The 16th, the Weather being ftill Calm, the Men went alhore again for five or fix more Casks of Water. I was to have gone with them, had not an Indifpofition, ‘ which I firft felt in the Ifland of Pii»s t and afterwards turn’d to a tertian Ague, prevented me. Therefore I can give no Account of that Ifland, any further than what I could fee from the Ships, which was Abundance of that Sort of Palm-Trees, in French call’d Lataniers , fit for nothing but making of Brooms, or fcarce any other Ufe. That Day we law fome Smoaks, far within the Ifland, and guefs’d they might be a Signal of the Number of our Ships, or elle made by fome of the Country Hunters, who had loft their Way. The next Night preceding the 17th, the Wind frelhning from the N. W. and ftarting up all on a fudden, drove the Veflel call’d la Belle upon her Anchor, lb that Ihe came foul of the Boltfprit of the Aimable , carrying away the Sprit- Into NORTH AMERICA. 1$ Spritfail-Yard and the Spritfail-Top-Sail-Yard, and had not they immediately veer’d out the Cable of the Aimable , the VelTel la Belle would have been in danger of perilhing, but efcap’d with the Lofs of her Mizen, which came by the Board, and of about a hundred Fathoms of Cable and an Anchor. The 18th, the Wind being frelh, we made ready, and fail’d about Ten in the Morning, (landing North and N. and by W. and held our Courfe till Noon 3 the Point of Cape St. Anthony bearing Eaft and Weft with us, and fo continu’d fleering North-Weft , till the 19th at Noon, when we found our felves in the Latitude of 22 De¬ grees 58 Minutes North, and in 287 Degrees 54 Minutes Longitude. Finding the Wind (hifting from one Side to another, we direSed our Courfe feveral Ways, but th3t which prov’d advantageous to us, was the fair Weather, and that was a great Help, fo that fcarce a Day pafs’d without taking an Obfervation. The 20th,we found theVariation of theNeedle was 5 Degrees Weft , and we were in 26 Degrees 40 Minutes of North Latitude and 285 Degrees 16 Minutes Longitude. The 23th it grew very cloudy, which threaten’d ftormy Weather, and we prepar’d to receive it, but came off only with the Apprehenfion, the Clouds difperfing feveral Ways, and we continu’d till the 27th in and about 28 Degrees 14 Minutes, and both by the latitude and Eftimation it was judg’d, that we were not far from Land. The Bark call’d la Belle was fent out to difeover and keep before, founding all the Way j and half an Hour before Sun-fee, we faw the VelTel 1 6 Monjleur de la S a l e’-t Second Voyage Vec.ieSi Veflel la Belle put out her Colours and lie by for us. Being come up with her, the Matter told us, he had found an Owzy Bottom at thirty two Fathom Water. At eight of the Clock we founded alfo, and found forty Fa¬ thom, and at ten, but twenty five. About Midnight, la Belle founding again, found only feventeen, which being a Demonftration of the Nearnefs of the Land, we lay by for the Joly , to know what Monfieur de Beaujeu defigu’d, who being come up, lay by with us. The 27th, Monfieur de Beaujeu fent the Che¬ valier d’Aire , his Lieutenant, and two Pilots to Monfieur de la Sale , to conclude upon the Courfe we were to fleer, and it was agreed we fhould ftaad Welt North Weft till we came into fix Fathom Water ; that then we lhould run Weft, and when we had difcover’d the Land, Boats fhould be fcnt to view the Country. Matters being thus agreed on, we fail’d again, founding all the Way for the more Security, and about ten, were in ten or eleven Fathom Water, the Bottom fine greyilh Sand and owzy. At Noon, were in 2 6 Degrees 37 Minutes of North La¬ titude. The 28th, being in eight or nine Fathom Water, we perceiv’d the Bark la Belle , which kept a Head of us, put out her Colours, which was the Signal of her having difcover’d Some¬ thing. A Sailor was fent up to the Main-Top, who defcry’d the Land, to the N. E. not above fix Leagues Diftance from us, which being told to Monfieur de Beaujeu , he thought fit to come to an Anchor. There being no Man among us who had any Knowledge of that Bay, where wc had been told into NORTH AMERICA. 17 told the Currents were ftrong, and fate fwiftly to the Eajhvard , it made us fufpedf that were faHen off. and that the Land we faw mult be the Bay of Apalache, which oblig’d us on the 29th to fteer W. N. W. (till keeping along the Land, and it was agreed that the Joly ihould follow us in fix Fathom Water. The 30th, the Chevalier d' Aire and the fe- cond Pilot of the Joly came aboard us to con¬ fer and adjuft by our Recknings what Place we might be in, and they all agreed, according to Monfieur de la Sale's Opinion, that the Cur -Currents; rents had fet us to the Eafiwardjor which Rea- fon we held on our Courfe, as we had done the Day before to the N. IV. keeping along the Shore till the fir ft of January 1685. when we perceiv’d that the Currents forc’d us towards the Land, which oblig’d us to come to an An¬ chor in fix Fathom Water. We had not been there long,before theBark la. Belle made a Signal that (he had difcover’d Land, which we defcry’d at about 4 Leagues Diftance from us. Notice was given to Mon¬ fieur de Beaujeu, who drew near to us, and it was refolv’d to fend fome Perfon to difcover and take an Account of the Land that appear’d to us. Accordingly a Boat was man’d, and into it went Monfieur de la Sale, the Chevalier de Aire and feveral others; another Boat was alfo puc out, aboard which I went with Ten or Twelve of our Gentlemen, to join Monfieur de la Sale and the Bark la Belle was*order’d to follow al¬ ways keeping along the Shore; to the End that if the Wind (hou’d rife, we might get aboard her, to lofe no Time. 18 Mon fie ur de la • S a l e’/ Second, Voyage Some of thofe who were in Monfieur dt la Salt' s Boar, and the foremoft, went afhore and Firflun- ^ ,w a fpaci° us plain Country of much.Pafture ding. Ground ; but had not the Leifure to make any particular Difcovery, becaufe the Wind frefli- ning, they were oblig’d to return to their Boat, to come aboard again ^ which was the lleafon why we did not go quite up to theShore, but return’d with them to our Ship. All that could be taken Notice of was a great Quantity of Wood along the Coaft. We took an Ob- fervation and found 29 Degrees 10 Minutes of Notch Latitude. The Second, there arofe a Fog,which made us lofe Sight of the Joly. The next Day, the Weather clearing up, we fir’d fome Cannon- fhot and the Joly anfwer’d, and towards the Evening we perceiv’d her to the Windward of us. We held on our Courfe, making feveral Trips till the Fourth in the Evening, when be¬ ing in Sight and within two Leagues of the Land, we came to an Anchor to expect the Joly , for which we were in Pain- Ahvfieur J he Fifth, we f et Sail and heI( j Qn Qur q,,^ lV - s ' keepingialong theShore till about Six TO is one of 1(1 the Evening, when we Rood away to the ibi Mouths Southward and anchor’d at Night in fix Fathom of the Mif* Water. The Sixth, we would have made ready tbT'pfff to but the Pilot P erce *ving, that the Sea a „d robii broke aftern us > anCl that there were fome fji'wi, Shoals, it was thought proper to continue at Anchor, till the Wind chang’d, and we accor¬ dingly ftaid there the Sixth and all the Seventh. The Eighth the Wind veering about, we flood out a little to Sea, to avoid thofe Shoals, which are very dangerous, and anchor’d again a League from ihta NORTH AMERICA. 19 from thence. Upon Advice, that the Bark U ?i».i6S‘> Belle had difcover’d a fmall Ifland, which ap- pear’d between the two Points of a Bay, Mon¬ fieur de la Sale fent a Man up to the round Top, from whence both the one and the other were plainly to be feen, and according to the Sea Charts we had with us, that was fuppos’d to be the Bay of the Holy Ghoft. The Ninth, Monfieur de la Sale&k nt to view thofe Shoals. Thofe who went reported there was a fort of Bank, which runs along the Coaft ^ that they had been in one Fathom Water and difcover’d the little Bland before-mentien’d, and as for the Sand Bank there is no fuch thing mark’d down in the Charts. Monfieur de la Sale having examin’d the Recknings, was confirm’d in his Opinion, that we were in the Bay of Apalacloe, and caus’d us to continue the lame Courfe. The Tenth,he took an Obfervation and found 29 Degrees 23 Minutes North Latitude. The eleventh, we were becalm’d, and Monfieur de la Sale refolv’d to go afiiore, to endeavour to difeover what he was looking for; but as we were making ready, the Pilot began to mutter becaufe five or fix of us were going with Mon¬ fieur de la Sale, who too lightly alter’d his De- fign, to avoid giving Offence to brutifh People. In that Particular he committed an irretrieve- able Errors for it is the Opinion of Judicious Men, who, as well as I, faw the reft of that Voyage, that the Mouth of one of the Branches of the Miflifipi River, and the fame whofe La¬ titude Monfieur de la Sale had taken, when he travell’d to it from Canada , was not far from C 2 that 20 Monfieur de la Sal e's Second Voyage Jiwi68^. that Place, and that we mull of Necelfity be near the Bay of the Holy Ghoft. ic laSaKt It was Monfieur de la Sale’s Defign to find that Mifttke. Bay, and having found it, he had refolv’d to havefet alhore about thirty Men, who were to have follow’d the Coaft on the Right and Lett, which would infallibly have difcover’d to him that fatal River, and have prevented many Misfortunes •, but Heaven refus’d him that Succefs, and even made him regardlefs of an Affair of fuch Confequence, fince he was fatis- fy’d with fending thither the Pilot, with one of the Mailers of the Bark la Belle , who re¬ turn’d without having feen any Thing, becaufe a Fog happen’d to rife, only the Mailer of the Bark laid he believ’d there was a River oppofite to thofc Shoals, which was very likely, and yet Monfieur de la Sale took no Notice of it, nor made any Account of that Report. The Twelfth, the Wind being come about we weigh’d and dire&ed our Courfe S. W. to get further from the Land. By an Obfcrva- tion found 25 Degrees 50 Minutes North La¬ titude, and the Wind fluffing, and the Cur¬ rents, which fet from the Seaward driving us alhore, it was found convenient to anchor in four or five Fathom Water, where we fpent all the Night. The Thirteenth, we perceiv’d our Water began to fall Ihort, and therefore it wasrequi- Jlte to go alhore to fill fome Casks. Monfieur de la Sale propos’d it to me to go and fee it perform’d, which I accepted of, with fix of our Gentlemen who offer’d their Service. We ^ent into the Boat, with our Arms, the Boat belonging to the Bark U Belle follow’d ours, with f 21 into NORTH AMERICA: with five or fix Men, and we all made diredlly ,<5S 5 for the Land. G'W* We were very near the Shoar, when we dif- . cover’d a Number of naked Men marching a- long the Banks, whom we fuppos’d to be na¬ tive Savages. We drew within two Musket Shots of the Land, and the Shore being flat, the Wind fetting from the Offing, and the Sea running high, droptour Anchors, for Fear of ftaving our Boats. When the Savages perceiv’d we had flopp’d, they made Signs to us with Skins, jo go to them, fhew’d us their Bows, which they laid Stvtges down upon the Ground, and drew near to the ^emetotl> e Edge of the Shore; but becaufe we could not £m ' get Afhore, and ft ill they continued their Sig¬ nals, I put my Handkerchief on the End of my Firelock, after the Manner of a Flag, and made Signs to them to come to us. They were foroe Time confidering of it, and at laft fome of them ran into the Water up to their Shoulders, till perceiving that the Waves over¬ whelm’d them, they went out again, fetch’d a large Piece of Timber, which they threw into the Sea, plac’d themfelves along both Sides of it, holding fall to it with one Arm, and fwirn- ing with the other; and in that Manner they drew near to our Boat. Being in Hopes that Monfr. dt la Sale , might get fome Information from thofe Savages, we made no Difficulty of taking them into our Boat, one after another, on each Side, to the Number of five, and then made Signs to the reft to gp to the other Boat, which they did, and we car- - , . ry’d them oa Board. ‘ JjEf C 3 Mon- 22 J/ onfour dc la S a l eV Second, Vojxge $t». i68< Monlieur /*< Sale was very well pleas’d to fee them, imagining they might give him fome Account of the River he fought after ;but to no Purpofe, for he fpoke to them in feveral of the Languages of the Savages, which he knew, and made many Signs to them, but ftill they under- ftood not what he meant, or if they did com¬ prehend any thing, they made Signs, that they knew nothing of what he ask’d *, fo that having made them fmoak and eat, we ihewed them our Arms and the Ship, and when they faw at one End of it fome Sheep, Swine, Hens and Turkeys, and the Hide of a Cow we had kill’d, they made Signs that they had of all thofe Sorts of Creatures among them- We gave them fome Knives and Strings of A?htrv A- Heads, after which, they were difmifs’d, and the Waves hindring us from coming too near the Shore, they were oblig’d to leap into the the Water, after we had made faft about their Necks, or to the Tuft of Hair they have on the Top of the Head, the Knives and other fmall Prefents Monfieur de la Sale had given them. They went and join’d the others who expected them, and were making Signs to us to go to them ; but not being able to make the Shore, we ftood off again and return’d to our Ship. It is to be obferved, that when we were carrying them back, they made fome Signs to us, by which we conceiv’d they would fignify to us that there was a great River that Way we were pafs’d,aad that it occafioa’d the Shoals we had feen. (bore -with Gifts. The into NORTH AMERICA. 2 * The Wind changing, the fame Day, we i68<; weigh’d Anchor and ftood to the Southward, to get into the Offing, till the 14th in the Morn¬ ing, when we were becalm’d. At Noon, we were in 28 Degrees 51 Minutes of North Lati¬ tude. The Wind frelhned, and in the Evening we held on our Courfe, but only for a (hort Time, becaufe the Wind fetting us towards the Shore, we were obliged to anchor again, where¬ upon Monlieut de la Sale again refolved to fend Alhore, and the fame Perfons imbark’d in the fame Boats to that Effett. _ We met with the fame Obftacles, that had hinder’d us the Day before, that is, the High- Sea, which would not perinit us to come near the Shore, and were obliged to drop Anchor in ‘ fourteen Foot Water. The Sight of Abundance of Goats and Bullocks, differing in Shape, from ours, and running along the Coaft, heighten’d our Earneftnefs to be Alhore. We therefore founded to fee whether we might get to Land by Stripping, and found we were on a Flat, which had four Foot Water, but that beyond it there was a deep Channel. Whilft we were confulting what to do, a Storm arofe, which oblig’d Monfieur de la Sale to fire a Gun for us to return Aboard, which we did againft our Inclination. Monfieur de la Sale was pleas’d with the Re¬ port we made him, and by it, feveral were en¬ couraged to go Alhore to hunt, that we might have fome frefh Meat. We fpent all that Night, till the next Morning, in Hopes of returning foon to that Places but the Wind changing, forc’d us to weigh and fail till the Evening, when we drop’d Afchor in fix Fathom Water. 24 Monftpr de la S a l e’s Second Voyage $*». «6?5 The L.and which we never departed from very far, appear’d to us very pleafant, and having lain there till the ltfth, that Morning we fail’d IV. S. W. We weather’d a Point, keeping a large Oiling, becaufe of the Sea’s beating upon it, and flood to the Southward. At Noon, we were in 28 Degrees 20 Minutes of North Lati¬ tude, and conicquently found the Latitude de¬ clin’d, by which we were fenilble, that the Coait tendred to the Southward. At Night we anchor’d in fix Fathom W’ater. The 17th, the Wind continuing the fame, we held on our Courfe S. IV. and having about Ten difeover’a Sort of River, Monfieur de la Salt caus’d Ten of us to go into a Boat, to take a View of that Coait, and fee whether there was not fome Place to land. He order’d me, in Cafe we found any convenient Place, to give him Notice either by Fire or Smoke. We fet out, and found the Shoals obftru&ed our Defcent. One of our Men went naked inte Second the Water to found that Sand Bank, which lay lulling, between us and the Land ; and having (hewn u's a Place where we might Pafs, we, with much Difficulty, forc’d our Boat into the Channel, and fix or feven of us landed, after ordering the Boat to go up into that which had appeared to us to be a River, to fee whether any frelh Wa¬ ter could be found. _ As foon as we were landed, I made a Smoke to give Notice to Monfieur dt la Sale , and then we advanc’d both Ways, without ftragling too far, that we might be ready to receive Monfr. We la Sale , who was to come, as he did, foon after, but finding the Surges run high, he re¬ turn’d into NORTH AMERICA. 2$ turn’d, and our Boat finding no frefh Water, 3 in - came back and anchor’d to wait for us. t/vN* We walked about every Way, and found a dry Soil, tw it feem’d to be overflow’d at fome Times \ great Lakes of fait Water, little Grafs, the Track of Goats, on the Sand, aud faw Herds of them, but could not come near them, how¬ ever we kill’d fome Ducks and Bullards. In the Evening, as we were returning, we mifs’d an Englilh Seaman, fir’d feveral Shot to give him Notice, fearched all about, waited till after Sunfet, and at loft hearing no Tidings of him, we went into the Boat to return Aboard. I gave Monfieur de la Sale an Account of what we had feen, which would have pleas d him, had the River we difeover’d, afforded frefh Water: He was alfo uneafy for the loft Maj\i but about Midnight we faw a Fire Afhore, in the Place we came from, which we lupos’d to be made by our Man, and the Boat went for him as foonas foon as it was Day on the t8th. «_ After that, we made feveral Trips, ftill fteering towards the S.IV. and then entiled a Calm, which oblig’d us to come to an Anchor. Want of Water made us think of returning towards the River, where we had been the Day before. Monfr. de la Sale refolved to fet a confiderable Number of Men Afhore, with fuf- ficient Ammunition, and to go with them him- felf, to difeover and take Cognizance of that Country, and order’d me to follow him. Ac¬ cordingly we fail’d back, and came to an An¬ chor in the fame Place. All Things neceflary for that End being or¬ der’d on the 19th, Part of the Men were pat into a Boat i but a very thick Fog rifmg, and taking s6 Monfieur de la Sale’/ Second Voyage takin S awa y tke Sight of Land, the Compafs was made ufe of, and the Fog difperfing as we drew near the Land, we perceiv’d a Ship mak¬ ing diredHy towards us, and that it was the Joly, where Monfr. de Beaujeu commanded, which rejoic’d us, but our Satisfaction was not lafting, and it will appear by the Sequel, that it were to have been wilhed, that Monfieur de Beaujeu had not joyn’d us again, but that he had rather gone away for France , Without ever fee¬ ing of us. His Arrival difconcerted the Execution of our Enterprize. Monfr. de la Sale , who was already on his Way, and thofe who were gone before him, return’d Aboard, and fome Hour's after, Monfr. de Beaujeu fent his Lieutenant, Monfr. de Aire , attended by feveral Perfons, as well Clergy men . as others, among whom wa s the Sieujr GaBarei^^dnd Pilot of the Joly. Monfieur d y Aire complain’d grievoufly to Comnund* Monfieur de la Sale, in.'the Name of Monfr. de er, at Va- Beaujeu, for that faid he,We had left him defign- nance. edly *, which was not true, for as I have faid, the Joly lay at A nchor A-head of us, when we were feparated from her; we fired a Gun to give her Notice-of our Departure, as had been con¬ certed, and Monfr. de Beaujeu anfwer’d it \ be- tides that, if we had intended to feparateVrom him, we lhould not have always held our Courfe in Sight of Land, as we had done, and that had Monfieur de Beaujeu held the fame fame Courfe, as had been agreed, he had not been feparated from us. There were afterwards feveral Difputes be¬ tween the Captains and the Pilots, as well Aboard Monfieur de la Sale , as Aboard Monfieur de into NORTH AMERICA. 27 de Beajtu , when thofe Gentlemen return’d, a- bout fettling exaftlythe Place we were in, and ^ ^ the Courfe we were to fteer ^ fome pofiuvely affirming we were farther than we imagin’d, and that the Currents had carry’d us away •, and others, that we were near the Magdalen Ri- ver. The former of thofe Notions prevail’d, Theyptfs whence, upon Refkaion, Monfieur de U Sale 'fig™* concluded, that he muft be paft his River, which was but too true •, for that River empty¬ ing it felt in the Sea by two Channels, it fol¬ low’d that one of the Mouths fell about the Shoals we had obferv’d the fixth of the Month •, and the rather becaufe thofe Shoals were very near the Latitude that Monfieur dela Sale had obferv’d, when he came by the Way of Cana¬ da to difcover the Mouth of that River, as he told me feveral Times. This Consideration prevail’d with Monfieur de la Sale to propofe his Defign of returning to¬ wards thofe Shoals. He gave his Reafons for fo doing and expofed his Doubts •, but his ill Fortune made him not be regarded. Our P,af- fage had taken up more Time than had been ex¬ pected, by Reafon of the Calms •, there was a confiderable Number of Men aboard the Joly* and Provifions grew fhort, infomuch that they faid it would not hold out to return, if our De¬ parture were delay’d. For this Reafon Mon¬ fieur de Beaujeu demanded Provifions of Mon¬ fieur de la Sale but he asking enough for a long Time, Monfieur de la Sale anfwer’d, he could only give him enough for a Fortnight, which was more Time than was requisite to reach the Place he intended to return to *, and that befides 28 Monfieur de la S a l e V Second Voyage $tn. 1685 he could not give him more Provifions, without rummaging all the Stores to the Bottom of the Hold, which would endanger his being call away. Thus nothing was concluded, and Mon¬ tour de Beaujtu return’d to his own Ship. In the mean Time, Want of Water began to I}"* pinch us, and Monfieur de la Sale refolv’d to binding, fend to look for fome about the next River. Ac¬ cordingly he order’d the two Boats that had been made ready the Day before, to go off. He was aboard one of them himfelf, and direfted me to follow him. Monfieur de Beau\eu alfo commanded his Boat to go for Wood. By the Way we met the faid Sieur de Beaujeu in his Yaul , returning from Land, With the Sieur Mtnet, ail Ingenier, who told us, they had been m a Sort of fait Pool, two or three Leagues from the Place where the Ships were at Anchor, we held on our Way and landed. One of our Boats, which was gone ahead of us, had been a League and a half up the River, without finding any frelh Water in its Channel • but fome Men wandering about to the right and left, had met with divers Rivulets of verv good Water, wherewith many Casks were „ U f.Jfy afoorc, and our Hunters having that Day kul d good Store of Ducks, Bullards and llJ c a ? d r t le « 5 Xt P dy t , wo Goats > Monfieur de la Sale fent Monfieur de Beaujeu Part. We 1 called upon the reft, and that good Sport put feveral Gentlemen that were then aboard r 7 “’ amon 8 were Mon- lieur du Hamel, the Enfign and the King’s Clerk upon coming alhore to partake of the Direrff- ou , but they took much Pains and were hot iuccefsfull in their Sport. jJ into NORTH AMERICA. 29 In Ihe mean Time many Casks were fill’d Ja». 168$ with Water, as well for our Ship as for Mon- fieur de Beau\tu's . Some Days after Monfieur d' Aire the Lieutenant, came alhore to confer with Monfieur de la Sale, and to know how he would manage about the Provifions • but both of them perfifting in their firft Propofals and Monfieur de la Sale perceiving that Monfieur de Beau\eu would not be fatisfied with Provifions for 15 Days, which he thought fufficient to go to the Place where he expefted to find one of the Branches of the Mijfifipi , which he with good Reafon believ'd to be about the Shoals, I have before fpoken of, nothing was concluded as to that Affair. Monfieur d ’ Aire return’d to his Captain, and Monfieur de la Sale refolv’d to land his Men ^ which could not be done for fome Days, becaufe of the foul Weather } but in the mean Time we kill’d much Game. During this little Interval, Monfieur de la Sale being impatient to get fome Intelligence of what he fought after, refolv’d to go himfelf up¬ on Difcovery, and to feek out fome more ufeful and commodious River than that where they were. To this Purpofe he took five or fix of us along with him. We fet out one Morning in fo thick a Fog, that the hindmoft could not perceive the Track of the foremoft, fo that we loft Monfieur de la Sale for fome Time. We travel’d till about three in the Afternoon, finding the Country for the moft Part Sandy, decount «f little Grafs, no frelh Water, unlels in fome tDeCmn,, J Sloughs, the Track of abundance of. wild Goats, Lakes full of Ducks, Teals, Water-Hens, and having taken much Pains return’d without Suc- cefs. The jo Monfieur de la Sal es Second Voyage The next Morning, Monfieur de la Sale's In- dian, going about to find wild Goats, came to a Lake, which had a little Ice upon it, the Weather being cold, andAbundance of Filh dy¬ ing abont the Edges of it. He came to inform us, we went to make our Provifion of them,there were fome of a prodigious Magnitude, and a- mong the reft extraordinary large Trouts, or elfe they were fome Sort of Filh very like them. We caufed fome of each of aSort to be boil’d in fait Water, and found them very good. Thus having Plenty of Filh and Flelh, we began to ufe ourfelves to eat them both, without Bread. Whilft we liv’d thus eafy enough, Monfieur de la Sale expe&ed with Impatience to know what Refolution Monfieur de Beaujeu would take; that he might either go to the Place, where he expeSed to find the Miflifipi , or follow fome other Courfe; but at laft, perceiving that his Affairs did not advance, he refolv’d to put his own Defign in Execution, the Purport where¬ of was to land one hundred and twenty, or one hundred and thirty Men to go along the ' Coaft and continue it, till they had found fome other River, and that at the fame Time the Bark la Belle Ihould hold the fameCourfeat Sea, ftill keeping along the Coaft, to relieve thofe Alhore in Time ol Need. He gave me and Monfieur Moranget y his Nephew, the Command of that fmall Compa¬ ny, he fumilh’d us with all Sorts of Provifions for eight, or ten Days, as alfo Arms, Tools and Utenfils we might have Occafion for, of which every Man made his Bundle. He alfo gave us written Inftru&ions of what we were to do, the Signals into NORTH AMERICA. 5 i Signals we were to make j and thus we fet out on the Fourth of February. We took our Way along the Shore. Our Mt „ r ent firft Day’s Journey was not long, we encamp’d by Land on a little riling Ground, heard a Cannon Ihot, difea- which made us uneafy, made the Signals that ver ' had been appointed, and the next Day, being the 5th, we held on our March, Monfieur Mo- rangel bringing up the Rear, and 1 leading the Van. I will not fpend Time in relating feveral per- fonal Accidents, inconjtderable in themfelves, or of no Confequence, the molt conliderable of them being the Want of frefh Water ; but will proceed to fay, that after three Days March we found a great River, where we halt¬ ed and made the Signals agreed on, encamping on a commodious Spot of Ground till we could hear of the Boat, which was to follow us, or of our Ships. But our Provilions beginning to fall Ihorf, and none of our Shipsappearing, being belides spprehenfive of fome unlucky Accident oc- cafion’d by the Difagreement between Mon- lieur de la Sale and Monlr. dt Btaujeu , the Chief of our Company came together to know what Refolution we fhould take. It was agreed, that we Ibould fpare our Provilions to endeavour to go on to fome Place where we might find Bul¬ locks ^ but it was requifite tocrofs the River, and we knew not how, becaufe we were too many of us, and therefore it was decreed to let fome Carpenters there were among us at Work to build a little Boat, which took them up the eleventh and twelfth of February. The J 2 Monfieur de /a Sal e*s Second Voyage fti.1685. xhe 13th, we were put out of our Pain by two Veflels we difcover’d at Sea, which we knew to be the Joly and la Belle , to whom we made our Signals with Smoke. They came not in then, becaufe it was late, but the next Day being the 14th in the Morning, the Boat, with the Sieur Barbier and the Pilot of the Bark la Belle come up, and both founded the Mouth of the River. They found on the Bar, from ten to twelve it fine M- Foot Water, and within it from five to fix ve ^ " Fathom ^the Breadth of the River being about half a Quarter of a League. They founded near the Ifland, which lies between the two Points of the Bay, and found the fame Depth. The Boat of the Joly came and founded on the other Side of the Channel, and particularly a- long the Shoals, I know not to what Purpofe. The fame Day, Monfieur de la Sale , for whom we were much in Pain, came alfo, and as foon as he arrived, he caus’d the Boat to be laden with fuch Provifions as we flood in Need of, but the Wind being contrary, it could not come to us till the next Day, being the 15th. That fame Day, Monfr. de la Sale came Alhoar to view the Place and examine the Entrance into the River, which he found to be very good. Having confider’d all Particulars, here- folv’d to fend in the Bark la Belle and 1 ’ Aimable % that they might be under Shelter, to which Purpofe, he order’d to found, and to know whe¬ ther thofe two Veffels could both come in that fame Day. Monfieur de Beau\eu caus’d alfb the Place to be founded, and lay Alhoar on the 0- ther Side of the River, where he took Notice there were Vines which run up the Trees, like our into NORTH AMERICA. 55 oar Wall Vines, fome Woods and the Carcaffes Feb - l68 ^ of Bullocks, which he fuppofed to have died with Thirft. The 16th, the Pilots of the Joly, /’ Almable and la Bellt 1 went again to found, they found the Entrance eafy, and gave it under their Hands. The 17th, they fix’d Stakes to mark out the Way, that the Veffels might come fafe in. All Things feem’d to promife a happy Event. The 18th, the Chevalier d’Aire camealhore, to confer with Monfieur de la Salt , who being defirous to have the Fly-boat /' Aimable come in that Day, order’d the moft weighty Things in her to be unloaded, as the Cannon, the Iron and Tome other Things. It was my good Fortune th3tmy Cheft flood in the Way, and was alfo unloaded, but that Unlading could not be done till the next Day, being the 19th. That being perform’d, the Captain affirm’d it would go in at 8 Foot Water. The 20th, Monfieur de la Sale fent Orders to that Captain to draw near the Bar, and to come in at high Water, of which a Signal fhould be given him ; he alfo order’d the Pilot of the Bark la Belle to go aboard the Flyboat, to be aflifting when it came in. The Captain would not receive him aboard, faying, he could carry in his Ship without his Help. All thefe Pre¬ cautions prov’d of no Ufe # , Monfieur de la Sale could not avert his ill Fate- He having taken Notice of a large Tree on the Bank of the Ri¬ ver, which he judg’d fit to make a Canoe, fent 7 or 8 Workmen to hew it down, two of whom return’d fome Time after, in a great Fright, and told him, they had narrowly efcap’d being D taken $4 Monfieur de la Sal e's Second Voyage Feb. i68<; taken by a Company of Savages, and that they believ’d the others had fallen into their Hands. fiE Monfieur de la Sale order’d us immediately to 1 & ' handle our Arms, and to march with Drums beating towards the Savages, who feeing us in that Pofture, fac’d about and went off. Monfieur de la Sale being defirous to join thofe Savages, to endeavour to get fome Information from them, order’d Ten of us to lay down our Arms and draw near them, making Signs to them, at the fame Time, to come to us. When they faw us in that Pofture and unarm’d, moft Tbetr of them alfo laid down their Bows and Arrows Friendly an( j cam e to meet us, carreffing us after their B'.bivmr, jvianncr, and ftroaking firft their own Breafts and then ours, then their own Arms and after¬ wards ours. By thefe Signs they gave us to un- derftand that they had a Frieodfliip for us, which they exprefs’d by laying their Hands on their Hearts, and we did the fame on our Part. Six or feven of thofe Savages went along with us, and the reft kept three of our Men, in the Nature of Hoftages. Thofe who went with us were made much of, but Monfieur de la Sale could learn nothing of them, either by Signs or otherwife \ all they could make us underftand was, that there was good hunting of Bullocks in the Country. We obferv’d, that their Tea confided in a Cry, fetch’d from the Bottom of the Throat, not unlike the Call of a Hen to gather her Chickens. Monfieur de la Sale gave them fome Knives, Hatchets and other Trifles, with which they feem’d well pleafed, and went away. Monfieur into NORTH AMERICA. 35 Monfieur de la Salt was glad to be rid of • <285 thofe People, becaufe he was willing to be pre- fent when the Flyboat came in ; but‘his ill Fate would not permit it. He thought fit to go him- felf along with thofe Savages, and we follow’d him, thinking to have found our Men in the fame Place where we left them - , but perceiv’d on the Contrary, that the Savages had carried them away to their Camp, which was a League and half from us, and Monfieur dt U Sablonniere, Lieutenant of Foot, being one of thofe the Sa¬ vages had taken with them, Monfieur de la Sale refolved to go himfelf to fetch him away, an unhappy Thought which cofl: him dear. A,s we were on our Way towards the Camp of the Savages, happening to look towards the Sea, we faw the Flyboat /’ Jimable under Sail, which the Savages who were with us admir’d, and Monfieur de la Sale obferving it narrowly, told us, thofe People fleer’d wrong, and were Handing towards the Shoals, which made him very uneafy, hut Hill we advance. We arriv’d at the Camp of the Savages, which Hood upon 7ieir an Eminence, and confided of about Fifty Cot- Cam P‘ tages m 3 de of rulh Mats, and others of dry’d Skins, and built with long Poles, bow’d round at the Top, like great Ovens, and mod of the Savages fitting about, as if they were upon the Watch. We were ftill advancing into the Village, when we heard a Cannon Shot, the Noife whereof (truck fuch a Dread among the Savages that they all fell flat upon the Ground 9 but Monfieur de la Sate and we were too fenfible it was a Signal that our Ship was aground, which was confirm’d by feeing them furl their Sails D 2 however 36 Monfiear de la S a l eV Second V ojage Ftb.i 685. However we were gone too far to return \ our Men mufc be had, and to that Purpofe, we mud proceed to the Hut of the Commander in Chief. _ « As foon as we arrived there, Monfr. de la Sale was introduc’d j many of the Indian Wo¬ men came in, they were very deform’d and all naked, excepting a Skin girt about them, which hung down to their Knees. They would have led us to their Cottages, but Monfr. de la Sale had order’d us not to part, and to obferve whether the Indians did not draw together, fo that we kept together. Handing upon our Guard, and I was always with him. They brought us fome Pieces of Beef, both frelh and dry’d in the Air and Smoke, and Pieces of Porpois, which they cut with a Sort of Knife, made of Stone, fetting one Foot upon it, and holding with one Hand, whilft they cut with the other. We faw nothing of Iron a- mong them. They had given our Men, that came with then*, to eat, and, Monfr. de la Sale being extraordinary uneafy,we foon took Leave of them to return. At our going out, we ob- ferv’d about forty Canoes, fome of them like thofe Monfr. de la Sale had feen on the Mijfifipi , which made him conclude he was not far from Ibeir En- iertiin- mem. We foon arrived at our Camp, and found hi* A ft *" the Misfortune, Monfr. de la Sale had appre- a ' hended, was but too certain. The Ship was Ilranded on the Shoals. The ill Management of the Captain, or of the Pilot, who had not fleer’d by the Stakes placed for that Purpofe j the Cries of a Sailor polled on the Main-top, who cry’d amain, Loof t which was to fleer towards into NORTH AMERICA. V towards the Paflage mark’d out, whilft the wicked Captain cry’d. Come no nearer , which was ''S~ s T ' J to deer the contrary Courfe j the fame Captain’s Carelefnefs in not dropping his Anchor, as foon as the Ship touch’d, which would have pre¬ vented her (licking aground ; the Folly of low¬ ering his Main-Sheet and hoiding out his Sprit- Sail, the better to fall into the Wind, and fe- cure the Shipwreck j the Captain’s refilling to admit the Pilot of the Bark la Belle, whom Mon- fieur de la Sale had fent to aflift him the found¬ ing upon the Shoals to no Purpofe, and feve- ral other Circumftances reported by the Ship’s Crew and thofe who faw the Management, were infallible Tokens and Proofs, that the Mifchief had been done defignedly and advife- ably, which was one of the blacked and mod deteftable A&ions that Man could be guilty of. This Misfortune was fo much the greater,’ becaufe that Veflel contain’d almod all the Am¬ munition, Utenfils, Tools and other NecefTaries for Monfr. de la Sale’s Enterprise and Settle¬ ment. He had need of all his Refolution to bear up againd it •, but his Intrepidity did not forfake him, " whom Monfieur du Hamel endeavour’d to figni- fy by Signs, that he would have the Blankets they had found reftor’d; but the Misfortune was, that none of them underftood one another. * The Indians thought it their belt Way to with¬ draw, leaving behind them fome Blankets and Skins of Bealls, which thofe Gentlemen took away, and finding fome Canoes in their Return they feiz’d two, and got in, to bring them away. But having no Oars, none of them knowing how to manage thofe Canoes, and having only fome pitiful Poles, which they could not tell the right Ufe of, and the Wind being alfo a- gainft them, they made little Way which the Sieur du Hamel, who was in his Boat perceiving, and that Night drew on, he made the belt of his 42 Mitch i68<;. »yy\) The Indi¬ ans take Revenge. Sieujs Gris a nd £>ejioge$ kill’d. Monfteur de la Sal eV Second Voytge his Way, forfook them and return’d to the Camp. Thus Night came upon them, which oblig’d thofe unexperienc’d Canoe Men, being tho¬ roughly tir’d, to go afhore to take fome Reft, and the Weather being cold, they lighted a Fire, about which they laid them down and fell afleep ; the Sentinel they had appointed doing the fame. The Indians returning to their Camp,and perceiving our Men had carry’d away two Canoes, fome Skins and Blankets, took it for a Declaration of a War, refolv’d to be reveng’d, and difcovering an unufual Fire, pre¬ sently concluded that our Men had halted there. A confiderable Number of them re¬ pair’d to the Place, without making the leaft Noife, found our carelefs People faft afleep, wrap’d up in their Blankets, and ftiot a full Volley of their Arrows upon them all together on a Sudden, having firft given their ufual Shout before they fall on. The Sieur Moranget awaking with the Noife, and finding himfelf.wounded, ftarted up and fir’d his Piece fuccefsfully enough, fome others did the like, whereupon the Natives fled. The Sieur Moranget came to give us the Alarm, though he was fhot through one of his Arms, below the Shoulder, and had another flanting Wound on the Breaft. Monfieur de la Sale im¬ mediately fent fome arm’d Men to the Place, who could not find the Indians, but when Day appear’d, they found the Sieurs Oris and Def- loges dead upon the Spot, the Sieur Gayen much hurt, and the reft all fafe and found. This into NORTH AMERICA. 4? This Difalter, which happen’d the Night of Ml ' cb the 5th of March, very much afflifted Monfieur 'fj* de la Salt-, buthe chiefly lamented Monfieur Dejlogei a fprightly Youth, who ferv’d well *, but in fhort, it was their own Fault, and con¬ trary to the Charge givea them, which was to be watchful and upon their Guard. We were? under Apprehenfions for Mefiieurs Moranget and Gayen , left the Arrows fhould be poifon’d. It afterwards appear’d they were not, how¬ ever Monfieur Moranget' s Cure prov’d difficult, becaufe fome fmall Veil'd was cut. The Confequences of this Misfortune, toge¬ ther with the Concern, moft of the beft Perfons who had follow’d Monfieur de la Sale were under, fupported the Defign of thofe who were for returning to France and forfaking him, of which Number were Monfieur Dain- maville , a Prieft of the Seminary of St. Sulptce , the Sieur Mintt , Engineer and.fome others The common Difcoutfes of Monfieur de la Sale's Enemies tending to diferedithis Conduct, and to reprefent the pretended Ralhnefsof his Enterprize, contributed confiderably towards the Defertion ; but his Refolution prevailing, he heard and waited all Events with Pati¬ ence, and always gave his Orders, without appearing the leaft difeompos’d. He caus’d the Dead to be brought to our Camp, and bury’d them Honourably, the Can non fupplying the Want of Bells, and then confider'd of making fome fafer Settlement. He caus’d all that had been fav’d from the Shipwreck, to be brought together into one Place, threw up Intrenchments about it, to fecure his EfFe&s, and perceiving that the Water 44 March 1685. « Debates between the Com¬ manders* Mr t de la Sale much & rang'd* Mr. de Beaujeu leaves him Mon fie ur de la S A l e V Second Voyage Water of the River, where we were, roul’d down violently into the Sea, he fancy’d that might be one of the Branches ot the Mijjijipi y and propos’d to go up it, to fee whether he conld find any Tokens of it, or of the Marks he had left, when he went down by Land to the Mouth of it. In the mean Time, Monfieur de Beaujeu was preparing to depart: The Chevalier de Aire had many Conferences with Monfieur de la Sale about feveral things, the latter demanded of Monfieur de Beaujeu , particularly the Cannon and Ball which were aboard the Joly , and had been defign’d for him *, which Monfieur de Beaujeu refus’d, alledging that all thofe things lay at the Bottom of theHold, and that he could not rummage it without evident Danger of perifhingi tho’, at the fame time, he knew we had Eight Pieces of Cannon and not one Bullet. I know not how that Affair was decided be¬ tween them t but am fure he fuffer’d the Cap¬ tain of the Fly-boat V Aimable to imbark aboard Monfieur de Beaujeu , tho’ he deferv’d to be molt feverely punifh’d, had Juftice been done him. His Crew follow’d him, contrary to what Mon. ficur de Beaujeu had promis’d, that he would not receive a Man of them. AH that Mon¬ fieur de la Sale could do, tho’ fo much wrong’d, was to write to France , to Monfieur de Saignelay % Minifter of State, whom he acquainted with all the Particulars, as I was inform’d, when I re¬ turn’d, and he gave the Packet .to Monfieur de Beaujeu , who fail’d away for France. Having loft the Motes 1 took at that time, and being forc’d to rely much upon Memory for what I now write, I lhall not pretend to be any into NORTH AMERICA. 45 any longer exact in the Dates, for fear of Mat.r&s miftaking, and therefore I cannot be pofitive L/'YTVJ as to the Day of Monfieur da Beau\eu\ Depar¬ ture, but believe it was the 14th of March, 1685. When Monfr. de Beau)eu was gone, we fell to Work to make a Fort, of the Wreck of the A Ship that had been call away, and many Pieces of Timber the Sea threw up} and during that Time, feveral Men deferted, which added to Monfieur de la Sale's Affliftion. A. Spaniard and a French Man Hole away and fled, and were ne¬ ver more heard of. Four or five others follow’d their Example, but Monfieur de la .Sale having timely Notice, fent after them, and they were brought back. One af them was condemn’d to Death, and the others to ferve the King ten Years in that Country. When our Fort was well advanc’d, Monfr. de la c ale refolv’d to clear his Doubts, and to go up the River, where we were, to know whe¬ ther it was not an Arm of the Miflijipi,and ac- Nlovfi. de cordingly order’d fifty Men to attend him, of la Sale which Number were Monfr. Cavelier, his Bro- ther, and Monfr. Chedevi/le , both Priefirs, two HYghfer. Recolet Fryars, and feveral Voluntiers, who fet out in five Canoes we had, with the necef- fary Provifions. . There remain’d in the Fort a- bout an hundred and thirty Perfons, and Monfr. de la Sale gave me the Command of it, with Or¬ ders not to have any Commerce with the Na¬ tives, but to fire at them if they appear’d. Whilft Monfr. de la Sale was abfent, I caus’d an Oven to be built, which was a great Help to us, and employ’d my felf in finilhing the Fort, and putting it in a Pofture to with- ftand Monfieur cfe la S a l e’s Sec and Voyage ftand the Indians , who came frequently in the <■ 0 ^ Night to range about us, howling like Wolves and Dogs ; but two or three Mufquet Shots put them to Flight. It happen'd one Nighr, that having fir’d fix or feven Shot, Monfieur dt la Sale , who was not far from us, heard Heturtis them, and being in Pain about it, he return’d with fix or fevea Men, and found all Things in a good Pofture. He told us he had found a good Country, fit to fow and plant all Sorts of Grain, a- Setsouta - bounding in Beeves and wild Fowl ; that he gain. defign’d to ereft a Fort farther up the River, and accordingly he left me Orders to fquare out as much Timber as I could get, the Sea calling up much upon the Shore. He had given the fame Orders to the Men he had left on the Spot, feven or. eight of whom, de¬ tach’d from the reft, being bufy at that Work, and feeing a Number of the Natives, fled, and unadvifeably left their Tools behind them. Monfieur de la Sale returning thither, found a Paper made fall to a Reed, which gave him Notice of that Accident, which he was concern’d at, becaufe of the Tools, not fo much for the Value of the Lofs, as becaufe it was furnilhing the Natives with fuch Things as they might afterwards make -Ufe of agaiull us. ac -n. , l ^ e Beginning of Aprils we were a- vflut arm d u by a Y efrel which appear’d at Sea, near fears. p enough to d.fcern the Sails, and we fuppofed they might be Spaniards , who had heard of our Coming and were ranging the Coaft to find us out. That made us ftand upon our Guard, to keep within the Fort, and fee that our Arms were into NORTH AMERICA. were fit for Service. We afterwards faw two Men in that Veflel, who inftead of coming to uss, went towards the other Point, and by that Means pafs’d on, witbbut perceiving us. Having one Day obferv’d, that the 'Water work’d and bubbled up, and afterward? per¬ ceiving it was occafion’d by the Fifh skipping from Place to Place, 1 caufed a Net to,te brought, and we took a prodigious Quantity of Fifh, among which were many Dorado' $, or Gilt-Heads, Mullets and others about as big as a Herring, which afforded us good Food for feveral Days. This Fifhery, which I caufed to be often follow’d, was a £reat Help towards our Subfiftance. About that Time, and on Eafler-day that Year, an unfortunate Accident bcfel Monfieur It Gros . After Divine Service he took a Gun to go kill Snipes about the Fort. He (hot one, which fell into a Matfh, he took off his Shoes and Stockings to fetch it out, and re¬ turning, through Carelefsnefs trod upon a Rat¬ tle Snake, fo call’d, becaufe it has a Sort of Scale on the Tail, which makes a Noife. The Serpent bit him a little above the Ankle, he was carefully drefs’d and look’d after, yet after having endur’d very much, he dy’d at laft, as 1 fhall mention in its Place. Another more unlucky Accident befell us, one of our Fifhermen fwimming about the Net to gather the Fifh, was carry’d away by the Current, and could not be help’d by us. Our Men fometimes went about feveral little Salt Water Lakes, that were near our Fort, and found on the Banks a Sort of fiat Filhes, like Turbots afleep, which they ftruck with 47 Apr. Plenty ef Fijb taken* fyttte Snake bites Mr * le Gros, May 1685 4 8 May 1685 Salt found in Fools . Indians come to the Fort . Monjteur de la Sal e *s Second Voyage with (harp pointed Sticks, and they were good Food. Providence alfo fhew’d us that there was Salt made by the Sun, upon feveral little Salt Water Pools there were in divers Places, for having obferv’d that there grew on them a Sort of white Subfiance* like the Cream upon Milk, 1 took Care every Day to fend and fetch tbv Scum off, which prov’d to be a very white and good Salt, whereof I gather’d a Quanti¬ ty, and it did us good Service. Some of our Hunters having feen a Parcel of wild Goats running as if they were frighted, judg’d they were purfued by the Indians , and came for Refuge to the Fort, and to give me Notice. Accordingly fome Time after,we difco- ver’d a Parcel of Natives, who came and po¬ lled themfelves on an Eminence, within Can¬ non Shot, fome of them drew off from the reft and approach’d the Fort by the Way of the Downs. I caufed our Men immediately to handle their Arms, and wet Blankets to be laid on our Huts, to prevent their being burnt by the Fire the Savages fometimes (hoot with their Arrows. All this Time thofe who had feparated themfelves from the reft, being three in Number, ftill drew nearer, making Signs for us to go to them ; but Monfieur de la Sale had forbid me having any Commerce with them; however, fince they had neither Bows nor Ax* rows, we made Signs to them to draw near, which they did without hefitating. We went out to meet them. Monfieur Mo- ranget made them fit down, and they" gave ns tounderftand by Signs, that their People were hunting near us-, being able to make no more of what they faid, Monfieur Moranget was for knocking into NORTH AMERICA. 49 knocking oat their Brains, to revenge their having murder’d our Companions, but I would not coufent to it, fince they had come confiding in us. I mide Signs to them to be gone, which they did as faft as they could, fome fmall Shot we fir’d into the Air making them run, and a Cannon Shot, 1 pointed towards the riling Ground, where the reft were, put them all to Flight. Thefe Accidents made us double our Guards, fince we were at open War with that crafty Nation, which let llip no Opportunity to fur- prize us, and therefore Penalties were appoint¬ ed for fuch as fhould be found alleep upon Sen¬ tinel \ the Wooden-Horfe was fet up for them without Remiflion j and by Means of fuch Pre¬ cautions we fav’d our Lives. Thus we fpent the reft of the Month, till the Beginning of June. In the mean Time, Monfieur dela Sale had begun to make another Settlement, in the Place he before told us of, looking upon it as better, becarufe it was fur¬ ther up the Country. To that Purpofe he fent to us the Sieur de Mlepcrdry with two Canoes Second and Orders for the Sieur Moranget to repair to Settlement him, if he were recover’d, and that all the Men fhould march, except 30 of the ableft to make a good Defence, who were to ftay with me in the Fort. The reft being feventy Perfons, as well Men and Women as Children, fet out with the Sieur Moranget *, and we being but a fmall Number remaining, I caufed the Fort to be brought into a lefs Compafs, to fave polling fo many Sentinels. Our little Company began to take Satisfacti¬ on in the Eafe of getting and the Nature of our . E Provifions 50 Mortfteur de la Sal e ?s Second Voyage 3 u\i\ 6 %<, Provifions, which a greater Number has more Difficulty to be fupply’d with, and which we ricyiifco- had plcnt y of > b '/ Means of Hunting andFifhing, V( ,'d. thofe being our principal Employments, and we liv’d well enough contented, expefting to be remov’d. However there were fome Malecon* tents, who refolv’d to defert \ but finding a Difficuly to put it in Execution, for that they could neither get Arms, nor Powder nor Ball, becaufe the Sieur It Gros and I kept all lock’d up, and were very vigilant, that none might be lavilhly fpent, they took the cruel Refolution to rid themfelves of us. That bloody MalTacre was to begin by me, when I was afleep, and then to proceed to the Sieur It Gros , who lay in the Magazine, or Warehoufe, and was in no Condition to defend bimfelf, becaufe his Leg was (till fwolen, and put him to much Pain. The Execution was to be by (tabbing. One of the Confpirarors re¬ veal’d this to the Sieur Davault , a Hunter, who immediately came and acquainted me. I did not juft then take Notice of what 1 had been told but in the Evening, when they return’d from hunting, I caufed one to be fecur’d, who prefently confcfs’d all. His Accomplice was alfo feiz’d, and it was very troublefom to fe- cure them till the Time when we fhould re¬ move. About the Middle of July , the Bark/<* Btllt came and anchor’d near us. An Order was brought me from Monfieur dt la Sale , directing me to put aboard it all the Effe&s that were in our Fort, to make a Float of the Timber I had caufed to be fquar’d, if Time would permit, if not to bury it in the Ground.. Every Man fet into NORTH AMERICA. 51 his Hand to the Work, with all pofllble Dili- 85 gence, and our two Prifoners were put aboard, as was alfo Monfieur le Cros and his Surgeon, with all our Effe&s. The Float was began with immenfe Labour; but the Weather proving very Stormy, and holding very long, I was oblig’d tocaufewhat had been done to be taken in Pieces, and to bury the Timber in the Sand, the belt we could, that the Natives might not find it. We then fet out towards the Place where r , , „ the Indians had been encamp’d, when Monfieur For/abln- de la Salt went the firft time to Fee them. We don’i. found no Creature, and lay there that Night, and fo proceeded along the Sea Coafi:, without any Accident, to the Camp of the Sieur Hurie y which was a Poll in the Way, where Monfieur de la Sale had order’d all our EfteSs to be laid up. It had no other Inclofure but Chefts and Barrels*, but there was nothing to fear from the Europeans. We fpent the Night at that Poll, and two Canoes coming thither the next Morning, I p *ft u ' e went .aboard one of them, with Part of my Company, and join’d Monfieur de la Sale the next Day, at the Place where he had refolv’d to make his new Settlement. I gave him an Account of all that had happen’d, and was amaz’d to fee Things fo ill begun and fo little advanc’d. As for the Plantation, the Seed and Grain put into the Ground, was either loft through Drought, or eaten by Birds or Beafts. There were feveral Dead, and among them the Sieur de Vtlltytrdry ; many fick, and of that Number Monfieur Cavalier the Prieft *, no Shel¬ ter but a little fquare Place ftak’d in, where the E 2 Powder 52 Movfieur de la S A l e’x Second. Vojige uiy '685 Powder was and fome Casks of Brandy } many UOTV other Inconveniences there were, which made all Things appear in a miferable Condition. It was requifite to think of building a large Lodgment, Monficur de la Sale defign’d it, but the Difficulty was to get proper Timber for Building. There was a little Wood, where a good Quantity might be had, but it was a League up the Country, and we had neither Carts-nor Horfes to carry it} however Monfr. de la Sale fent Workmen thither, with others f 0 " r ‘"to guard them. The Trees were cut down and Iquar’d, but the Carpenters were fo igno¬ rant, that Monfr. de la Sale was forc’d to aft the Mailer Builder, and to mark out the Pieces for the Work he defign’d. Some of thofe Pieces of Timber were dragg’d to the Camp, over the Grafs and Weeds the Plain was co¬ ver’d with ; afterwards the Carriage of a Gun was made ufe of} but all coft fo much Labour, that the ablefl: Men were quite fpent. This exceffive Toil, the poor Suftenance the labouring Men had, and that often retrench’d as a Penalty for having fail’d in doing their Duty } the Uneafinefs Monfieur de la Sale w as under to fee nothing fucceed as he had imagin’d, and which often made him infult the Men, when there was little Reafon for it} All thefe things together afflifted very many fo fenfibly, that they vifibly declin’d, and above thirty carpenter an( j advis’d him toconfentto have it cut off. He did fo, tho’ with Regret, the Ope¬ ration was made, but a Fever follow’d imme- . diately, and he liv’d but two Days, dying on the Feaft of the Decollation of St. John Baptifi , much lamented by all Men, and particularly by Monfieur de la Sale , to whom he was very fer- viceable, by reafon of his general Knowledge, and his particular Fidelity towards him. Mon¬ fieur Carpentier , Son to the Matter of the Works and the Sieur Thibault , both of Roan , and fome others, dy’d about the fame time. Monfieur de la Sale being defirous to take a Piogrefs, to find his fatal Mijfifipi River, and only expe&ing the Recovery of his Brother Monfieur Cavalier , who was to bear him Com¬ pany, he began to make fome Preparations '» towards it, and in the mean time, took fome fmall Journeys of four or five Leagues about, but could learn nothing further, than that it was a very fine Country, hem’d in on one Side by a fmall Mountain, which appear’d at about Fifteen or Twenty Leagues diftance •, beautify’d with very fine Trees, and water’d by many little Rivers, whereof that, on which we had Built our Habitation was the lead. Ji\vtr of We call’d it la Riviere aux Baufs y that is the DuZccks. River of Bullocks, by reafon of the great Num¬ ber into NORTH AMERICA. 55 ber of them there was about it. Thefe Bui- tep. 1585 locks are very like oars, there are Thoufands of them, but inftead of Hair they have a very long curl’d Sort of Wool. Monfieur de la Sale Studying all Ways to find out the River Mijfifipi, imagin’d ic might fall into the adjacent Bay, and refolv’d to go view all the Coafts about it, and to make ufe of the Bark la Belle. Accordingly he order’d me to repair to the faid Bark, with five Men and a Canoe, into which he put his Cloaths, and other Effedts in feveral Chefts. That fhort Voyage was very troublefome to ns, by reafon of the foul Weather, with contra¬ ry Winds and Storms, which had like to have overwhelm’d us, and what was (till worfe, vve did not find the Bark, where we had left her. We went on a League further, to no Purpofe, and Provifions beginning to fall Ihort, becaufe we had been fix Days on the Way, in¬ ftead of three, we refolv’d to return to the Place from whence we came. Monfieur de la Sale feeing us return at a di- ftance, came to meet us. Our Report troubled him for the Bark, which he flood in need of, fo that he refolv’d to go himfelf to feek her, imbark’d in a Canoe, and fent me another Way, in another. After having wander’d about Bojt ~ all that Day, the next Night and the Day fol- the Bark lowing, we at laft perceiv’d her, where fbe lay loft. under Shelter in a little Creek, having been in Danger of Perifhing by the foul Weather we had been in, and had loft her Boat, vyhich was cot well made fall. E 4 The ^6 .Monfieur de la S a l e’s Second Voyage 03 . 168-5 xhe Bark was alfo difcover’d by Monfieur O'VNJ de la Sal' % who was on the other fide, which made him draw near and land, whence he fent his Canoe to the faid Bark, and Monfieur Moran^et rvho commanded it, went aboard to meet him. The Lofsof the Boat troubled Mon¬ fieur de la Sale , I fent a Canoe to bring him, but to no Purpofe ; however the Trunks were put aboard the Bark. Monfieur Cavalier the Prieft, being recover’d, a i? Monfieur de la Sale prepar’d to fet out with all Stores]bey Speed. He was pleas’d to Honour me with the had. J Command, during his Abfence, and left me an Inventory of all that was in our Habitation, confiding of Eight Pieces of Cannon, two Hundred Firelocks, as manyCutlaces, an Hun¬ dred Barrels of Powder, three Thoufand Weight of Ball, about three Hundred Weight of other Lead, fome Bars of Iron, twenty Packs of Iron to make Nails, fome Iron Work and Tools, as Hatchets and the like. As’forProvifions,all that were left me amoun¬ ted to twenty Casks of Meal, one Cask and a half of Wine, three Quarters of a Cask of Bran¬ dy, and for living Creatures fome few Swine, a Cock and a Hen; which is very Ihort.of what has'been 'Pubiilh’d by the Author of a Book en- titllled, The firfi Eft abl foment in New France : but the Reafon of it is, that he compiled his Work upon the Credit of Relations, which were as falfe as to the Point of the Ammunition and Provifions, remaining in our Habitation, when Monfieur de la Sale fet out that Time, as con¬ cerning the Fort well condition’d, and the Magazines or Storehofes under Ground, which are ail imaginary, there being Nothing but the Houfe into NORTH AMERICA. 57 Houfe I have mention’d, pallifado d, with fome old Stakes. Monfr. de la Sale farther order’d me not to receive any Man of thole he took along with him, unlefs they brought an Order from him in Writing *, nor to hold or admit ©f any Com¬ munication with the Natives, but rather to fire upon them, and fome other Particulars he thought fit to be obferv’d. He bad made him- felf a Coat of Mail with fmail Laths, to fecure himfelf againft the Arrows, which he took a- long with him, he alfo took the Canoes, and promis’d to fend me one back. Five Cannon Shot were the Signal of his Departure. He took his Way along the lower Part of the River, to march by Land along the neigh- laS /, e * bouring Bay, which was call’d of St. Lewis , the out todij - Canoes keeping within Sight. I was left cover. in the Habitation with thirty four Perfons, Men, J»*Lewi*> Women and Children, and of that Number were three Recolet Friars, the Sieur Hurie y who was to command in my Abfence, one of the Sieurs Duhaut , the Sieurs Tbibault and a Sur- geon. Our Proviiions being very fmall,and ft being requifite to fpare them, for the Sick, we were oblig’d to apply our felves to Filhing and Shoot¬ ing. Both of them at firft prov’d very unfuc- cefsful, efpecially the latter * becaufe we were not yet well vers’d in them, and Monileur de la Sale had taken our Huntfman along with him but at length, Neceffity made us more expert. We kill’d Beeves, fome of which I caus’d to be dry’d, and they wqre a confiderable Help to fubfifl: us. Some 58 Monfieur dfe la S A l e*s Second Voyage Mv.i68f Some Days after, the Canoe Monfieur de la jAmer^ Sale P rom i s ’d me » arrived with three Sol- iiesmitb diers, who brought us the News of the Lofs of Cold. the Huntfman Monfieur de la Sale had taken along with him, and who had been found dead with Cold in a Ditch, where he had lain down to reft after hunting, which troubled us all ve¬ ry much. They alfo inform’d us, that Monfr. de la Sale advancing towards fome Dwellings the Natives had abandon’d, after a fmall Re¬ finance, fome of whom had been wounded as they fled, they had taken and brought a Girl and a Woman, who was lhot thro’ the Thigh, of which (hedy’d. •0«.i 6S5 The Canoe was a great Help to ns to carry what we kill’d, which being brought to our Ha¬ bitation, found Employment for all Perfons, fome to flea, others to cut up, and others to dry it. At other Times, I fet fome of our Men to throw up a Trench about onr Habi¬ tation. Thus we fpent our Time, till about the fnn.i6$6 Middle of January, i68d, when being all, one Evening, in our Manfion, the Sentinel came in to acquaint me, that he heard a Voice towards the River ; fome Men ran thither immediately, and found a Man in a Canoe, crying, bominick , which was the Name of young Duhaut t who was with us. The Sight of that made me appre- henfive left fome Difafter was befallen Monfr. de la Sale. I drew near, and perceiv’d it was Duhaut the Elder, that was return’d. I ask’d, him whether he had any Letters from Monfieur de la Sale , he anfwer’d, he had not. It gave me fome Uneafinefs, confidering I was forbid admitting any Man without an Or- into NORTH AMERICA. 59 Order in Writing, and I was almoft refolv’d to SF^».*686 fecure him } but the Account he gave me of the Occafion of his returning wholly clear’d him. retuw I admitted him, and he told me the whole from Mr. Matter as follows. delaSale. Monfr. de la Sale , having ftaid fome Time on the Sea Shore, near the Place where the Bark was at Anchor he refolv d to try the Anchor¬ ing Places of the Coafts round about, to know how near the Bark le Belle might come. To that Purpofe he feat the Pilot with 5 of the belt Men to found The Pilot did as he was order’d, he founded and obferved the proper Places to come near fe- . veral Coafts. At Night he and his Men be- ing in all likelyhood tir’d, they thought fit to go Knives, Afhore and lie upon the Land. They made a Fire, perhaps to drefs fome Meat \ but ne- gle&ing to ftand upon their Guard, they were furpriz’d, and all fix of them kill’d by the Sa¬ vages •, who alfo broke their Canoe, and thus reveng’d themfelves for the Irruption Monfr. de la Sale had lately made among them. More Time being elaps’d than Monfieur de U Sale had allotted thofe Men to return, he grew uneafy, and went himfelf along the Coaft, to fee if any News could be had of them, and keeping along the Shore, he found the fad Re¬ mains of thofe unfortunate Wretches, whofe CarcalTes fcatter’d about, were torn and almoft devour’d by Wolves or wild Dogs, a Spectacle which went to his Heart. However this Lofs, which afflidled him, and particularly for the Sake of the Pilot, who was an able Man, did not quite call him down; but exerting himfelf againlt his Misfortunes, he caus’d 60 Monfieur de la S a l e *s Second Voyage afforded fome Linen to Monfieur, Cavelier , his Brother and • Monfieur Moranget , his Nephew. All I had was at their Service, and I depriv’d myfelf of all that was fit for them, even to ten or twelve Pounds of Strings of Beads and fome Knives and Nails, which Monfieur de la Sale took. The Sieur Duhaut , having feveral Effe&s* as Linen, Hatchets and other Tools and Com¬ modities, which had been fav’d from the Ship¬ wreck, Monfieur de la Sale took Linen to make Shirts, for fuch as wanted, as alfb the Tools they Rood in Need of. The Cloaths belong¬ ing to Meflieurs Thibault , le Gros and Car pent ter t who were dead, were alfo diftributed. A great Belt I had, ferv’d to make Shoes for Monfieur de la Sale and Monfieur Cavelier . All Things being thus provided, Monfieur de la Sale took twenty Men along with him, among whom were Monfieur Cavelier his Bro¬ ther, F. yinaflafi-js a Recolet, Monfieur Moran - . get his Nephew, the Sieurs Bihorel , le Cler\,Hu~ deTa Sale rier i the younger, Hiens his Surgeon, feti out and his Servants. He left behind thofe, who upouano- were not fit to undertake that iecond Journey, tkerExpc - among whom were little Monfieur Cavelier his dition. Nephew, the Sieur Barbier , Car.aAun and fome others. into NORTH AMERICA. 69 others. E?ch of the Travellers made up his Pack, and they fet out towards thfe latter End of jipril 1686, after having given me the nccef- fary Orders, and we parted without Ceremony, Monfieur de la Sale defiring it (hould be fo. Some Days after he was gone, I heard a Voice towards the lower Part of the River, crying twice Qui vive , or who are you for. I made that Way, and perceiv’d the Sieur Chede- ville a Prieflr, the Sieur de la Sablonniere , and feme others of thofe who had been put aboard the Bark la Belle y and were now in a Canoe. I ask’d abruptly what Was become of the Bark, and was inform’d, our continual Misfortunes ftill purfuing us, that it had run aground on the whit vm other Side of the Bay. I caufed the Canoe to f*ved of be unloaded, there being in it, among other tbe ^rk Things, Monfieur de la Sale’s Cloaths, Part li Belle * of his Papers, fome Linen, a fmall Quantity of Beads and thirty or forty Poand of Meal, which was all they had left. The next Day, Monfieur de Chedeville told me the Particulars of that Misfortune, and faid, tbe That having been fome Time with the Bark, in Wif the Place where Monfieur de la Sale had ap- ' pointed them to wait, their Water falling Ihort, they had thought fit to fend the Boat afhore, with four or five Casks to fill ; that the Sieur Planterofe went in it with fix of the belt Men. That towards the Evening they faw the Boat coming back, but the Wind being contrary and Night coming on, they put out a Light, which going out and the Captain negle&ing to put up another, in all Likelyhood the Boat could not fee the Bark, and they never heard of u after, F 3 nor 7 © May 1686 Monfieur dc la Sal tl's Second Voyage nor of any of thofe in it, who it was probable had all periled. That neverthelefs, they continued fome Days in the fame Place, during which Time three or four of their Men died ; and at laft, having no W3ter, they eat up their Swine, before they died with Third, and refolv’d to weigh Anchor and draw near to the Dwelling *, but having few Hands and thofe fpent, and to add to their Misfortune the Wind proving contrary, they were drove to the other Side of the Bay, where « they run aground. That having no Boat, nor Men enough to land their EfFedts, they had endeavour’d to make a Float with fome Casks and Planks, but that being ill made and join’d together, the Erft that went upon it had perifh’d. That hav¬ ing made another Float better faftned together than the firft, they had by that Means faved fome Sails and Rigging, feveral inconfiderable Things, Linen, Cloaths and Papers belonging to Monfieur de la Sale and others, and then flay’d Alhore.expe&ing to hear fome News, and had found a Canoe, being the fame that was before loll on the Edge of the Bay, which had been drove to the other Side *, and that Provi- ilons at lad beginning to fall lhort, they went aboard the faid Canoe and came to us} fortu¬ nate in that they had not been difcover’d by the Natives, during their Stay Alhore, which was for the Space of three Months, and in finding the Canoe to bring them back. When Monfieur de la Sale went away, the Sieur Barbier had taken upon him to go a hunt¬ ing, as alfo to provide Bark to cover our Hou- Tes, inftead of Hides, becaufe the Sua drying and NORTH AMERICA. 71 and contra&ing them. Part of the Top of our Buildings was uncover’d. I farther enjoyn’d him to cut Stakes, to make a Pali fade about our Dwelling, and the Sieur Chedeville having told me they had bury’d feveral Things they could not bring away, I fent the Sieur Barbier with two Canoes and fifteen Men to the Place, where they found f6me Pedreroes, Rigging and Sails. The Natives having difcover’d the Conceal¬ ment, had taken away fome Pieces of Linen and Iron Tools, which they very much co- VC The Sieur Barbier after his Return, continu¬ ing his Exercife of hunting, happen’d to meet with a Parcel of the Natives, feme of whom had Firelocks, which they had taken from our Men, and with which they made feme Shots at *J'J.*'* him,but very weak ; ana he firing three or four Shot at them they retir’d. He was then in a Canoe on the River, and defign’d to have gone upwards *, but that Rancounter having oblig’d him to take another Way, and the Savages perceiving it, eight of them fwam over the Ri¬ ver, haftening to get before the Canoe, hid themfelves among the Weeds, near the Way he was to pafs, and when he was near enough, let fly their Arrows, which wounded feveral Men. One Shot the Sieur Barbier made, put them all to Flight again } he held on his Way and return’d to our Habitation. Some Days after, we perceiv’d a Herd or Bullocks flying, and guefs’d they were purfu’d by the Savages, which afterwards appear’d to be true. Some of them drew near to our Ha- bitation, but a Cannon Shot, I pointed towatds the Gang of them, and a Musket-ftwt Mon- F 4 four <72 Monfieur de la S a i, e’* Second Poj/age «fu»ei 6 d ^ Hides. The Elders being come, he fignify’d the Nt- to them the Occafion of his Coming, as he had tivei. done to the other Nations, with which they feem’d to reft fatisfy’d. Some Prefents were made them, according to Cuftom, and they of¬ fer’d him a Quantity of Hides, which he re¬ fus’d, telling them, that when he return’d from the Cenis he would trade with, and furnilh them with all they* had Occafion for. They confirm’d what 90 Monfieur de la S A l eV Second Voyage jei. 1687 what the others had told ns, concerning a Na- tion, where fome of them had been, the Men whereof were like us, meaning the Spaniards. He nam’d to them the Nations we had pafs’d through from our Dwelling of St Lewis, to the River Maligne , which we had lately pafs’d. The Names of thofe Nations are as follows. /fames of The Spicheats, Kabayes , Thecamons , Theaure - tr^Tribes mets '> ^iahoba, Choumenes, Kouans , Arhan , £«f- ' piahe, Ahonerhopiheim, Korenkake, Korkont , Omea- cjje, JCeremen , Ahehoen, Maghai, Thecamenes , mar hem, Kavagan and Meracouman. Thefe are the Nations that lay on our Road } thofe on the Weft and North Weft of the faid River, were the Kannehonan , Tohaka , Fehir, Coyabegux, Ona- fien, Pichar, Tohan, Kiaffes, Chanz.es , Tfera, Bo- crettes,Tfepehoen, Fercou'eha, Panego, Petao. Pet- z.ares, Peifacho, Peihoum and Or camp ion. Thofe we were with then, were call’d 7eao, whom we had not before hear’d,nam’d. They talk’d of a great Nation call’d Ayona and Cano- hatino , who were at War with the Spaniards, from whom they ftole Horfes, and told us, that one hundred Spaniards were to have come to join the Cents, to carry on that War, but that ha¬ ving heard of our March, they went back. Monfieur de la Sale gave them to underftand, that vve were at War with the Spaniards, and that we fear’d them not; and that he was feat on their Account by the great Captain of the World, who hid charg’d him to do them all Good, and to allift them in their Wars againft iuch Nations as were their Enemies. Thofe Savages gave Monfieur de la Sale No¬ tice, that he wonld find three of our Men a- . mong the Cents , which put him in Hopes they were into NORTH AMERICA. 91 were thofe he had given Leave to depart at his *>*.1687. former Journey, and of whom be had never fince heard. He propos’d to them to barter for Horfes; but they had caus’d them to be con¬ vey’d out of the Way, for Fear we Ihould take them away, excepting only one Bay, which Monfieur de la Sale agreed for and return’d to us. The 17th, we pafs’d a fmall River, with fome Difficulty, and inc3mp’d beyond it. The 18th, one of our Horfes going along the Edge of an upright Bank, fell into the Water, and came off with only a Hurt on the Shoulder ; but we were fain to unload him, and diftribute his Bar¬ den among us, every one making a Pack *, and thus we crofs’d a curious Plain, diverfify’d with Woods, Hills, Rivulets, and delightful Mea¬ dows. The 19th, we travell’d along the Tops of thofe Hills, to avoid the Bottoms, and found a Difficulty to get down, by Reafonof the Rocks we met with at the End of them, and a River we were to crofs. WhilR we were palling that River, we heard Dogs hunting the Bui. locks, two of which coming near ns, one of them was (hot dead. The Natives who were hunting fpying us, fent out two of their Number, who creeping from Tree to Tree, drew near, and then Rood Rill, without daring to proceed any farther. We made Signs to them to come, which they did, and we made them fmoke, till Monfieur de la Sale return’d, being gone a little Way to obferve the Body of thofe People. When come, he told them, he would enter¬ tain Peace with them, that we were going to the 92 Monfieur de la S a l e’* Second Vo)age Feb.1687. the Cenis, and he believ’d, that thefe very Men ^V'O were 0 f th«ir Nation, becaufe they had their Accent and Tome of their Words. They told him their Village was near that Place, and bore us Company to our Camp, where after Tome fmall Prefents given them, they were dif- mifs’d. Account The 20th, Monfieur de la Sale fent Monfieur given by a Moranget and fome others to the Village of Nmve. thofe Natives, to try whether they could bar¬ ter with them for Tome Horfes. In the mean Time two Savages came to us, one of them be¬ ing the fame that was with us the Night before, and they exprefs’d much Friendlhip for us. That particular Indian told us, his Name was Pala- quechaune , that they were Allies to the Cents, that their Chief had been among the Choumans, with the Spaniards •, that the Choumans were Friends to the Spaniards , from whom they got Horfes, and added fome farther Particulars, which the others had before fignify’d to us; fo that we had good Reafon to judge we were net far from North Mexico. He alio told us, that the Choumans had given their Chief fome Prefents, to perfvvade him to conduft us to them ^ that moll of the faid Na¬ tion had flat Heads ^ that they had Indian Corn, which gave Monfieur de la Sale Ground to be¬ lieve, that thofe People were fome of the fame he had feen upon his firft Difcovery. That fame Native had a very fine Goat’s Skin, which I purchas’d of him for four Needles, after I had fhewn him how to ufe them, and that Skin was of good Ufe to make us Shoes inftead of raw Bullocks Hides. Some into NORTH AMERICA. 9? Some Time after* Monfieur Moranget re- Fei. 1687.’ turn’d, gave MonGeur de la Sale an Account of '-''"‘V his fhort Journey, and faid. That one of the M Mo Natives, who favv us the Night before, came to ra ' n g e t*s meet and conduft him to the Chief’s Cottage, A r a gee-Hive, or a Reek of Hay. Some of them are fixty Foot Diameter. In Or¬ der to build them, they plant Trees as thick as a Man’s Thigh,tall and ftrait, and placing them into NORTH AMERICA. 109 them in a Circle, and joyning the Tops toge- ^*'.1687 ther, from the Dome, or round Top, then they lafli and cover them with Weeds. When they remove their Dwellings, they generally burn the Cottages they leave, and build new on the Ground they defign to inhabit. Their Moveables are fome Bullocks Hides Their move and Goats Skins well cur’d, fome Mats clofe wove, wherewith they adorn their Hurs, and fome Earthen Veflels, which they are very skilful at making, and wherein they boil their Flefh or Roots, ox Sagamife, which, as has beea faid, is their Pottage. They have alfo fome fmall Baskets made of Canes, lerving to put in their Fruit and other Provilions. Their Beds are made of Canes, rais’d two or three Foot above the Ground, handfomly fitted with Mats „ and Bullocks Hides, or Goats Skins well cur’d, e s ‘ which fervethem for Feather Beds, or Quilts and Blankets ^ and thole Beds are parted one from another by Mats hung up. When they defign to Till the Ground, they give one another Notice, and very often above Ti0t l e ' an Hundred of each Sex meet together. When they have till’d that Piece of Land, after their Manner, and fpent part of the Day, thole the Land belongs to, give the others to Eat, and then they fpend the reft of the Day in Dancing and Merry Making. This lame is pra&is’d from Canton to Canton, and fo they till Land all together. This Tillage confifts in breaking up juft the n Sarface of the Earth with a Sort of Wooden 77”^, Inftrument, like a little Pick-axe, which they make by fplitting the End of a thick Piece of Wood, that ferves for a Handle, and putting another 11 o Monfieur de la S A l e’x Second. Voyage 687 another Piece of Wood (harp Pointed atone End into the Slit. This Inftrument ferves them inftead of a Hoe, or Spade, for they have no Iron Tools. When the Land has been thus Womenfow till’d or broke up, the Women Sow and Plant the Indian Corn, Beans, Pompions, Water Melons, and other Grain and Garden Ware, which is for their Suftenance. The Indians are generally Handfom, but Indians disfigure themfelves by making Scores, or disfigure Streaks on their Faces, from the Top of the themfelves. Forehead down the Nofe to the Tip of the Chin ; which is done by pricking the Skin with Needles, or other (harp Inftruments, till it bleeds, whereon they ftrevv fine Powder of Charcoal, and that finks in and mixes with the Blood within the Skin. They alfo make after the fame Manner, the Figures of living Crea¬ tures, of Leaves and Flowers on thetr Shoul¬ ders, Thighs, and other Parts of their Bodies, and Paint themfelves, as has been faid before, with Black or Red, and fometimes both to- Wmcn } h The Women are generally well Shap’d, and would not be difagreeable, did they adhere to Nature •, but they Difguife themfelves as ridiculoufly as the Men, not only with the Streak they have like them down their Face, but by other Figures they make on it, at the Corners of their Eyes, and on the other Parts of their Bodies j whereof they make more particular Show on their Bofotn, and thofe who have the moft, are reckoned th 9 handfomeft} tho’ that pricking in that Paftt be extremely painful to them. It into NORTH AMERICA. m Tt is they that do all the Work in the Cot- 87 tage, either in Pounding the Indian Corn and Baking the Meal, or making the Pottage of ™ e \ iotte the faid Meal, by them call’d Sag a,mu, or in " drefling their other Provilions, or drying or parching, or fmoaking their Flelh, fetching/ the Wood they have Occalion for, or the Flelh of Bullocks, or other Bealls kill’d by their Husbands in the Woods, which are often at a great Diftance, and afterwards Drefling them as has been faid. They Sow and Plant, when the Land has been broke up, and in ihort, do almoft all that is reqaifite for the Support of Life. I did not obferve that thofe Women were naturally given to Lewdnefs 5 but their Virtue Their Be is not Proof againlt fome of our Toys, when tmieur- prefented them, as Needles, Knives, and more particularly Strings of Beads, whereof they make Necklaces and Bracelets, and that Temp¬ tation is rarely refilled by them, and the lefs becaufe they have no Religion or Law to pro¬ hibit that vile Practice. Ic is true their Hus¬ bands, when they take them in the Fad, fome- times do punilh them, either by Separation or otherwile \ but that is rare. The Country of thofe Indians being generally fubject to no Cold, almoft all of them go naked ; 8 Ait* unlefs when the Norths Wind blows, then they cover thernfelves with a Bullock’s Hide, or Goat s Skin cur’d. The Women wear nothing but a Skin, Mat, or Clout, hanging round them like a Petticoat, and reaching down half way their Legs, which hides their Naked nefs before and behind. On their Heads they have no¬ thing Manners. J^ligion* 11 2 Monfteur de la S A l e’* Second Voyige jw*r.i68 7 thing but their Hair platted and knotted be- hind. . , -., r As for their Manners, it may be faid of thefe as of all other Indians of that great Con¬ tinent, that they are not Mifchievous, unlefs wrong’d or attack’d \ in which Cafe they are all Fierce and Revengeful. They watch all Opportunities to be Reveng’d, and never let any flip, when offer’d, which is the Caufe of their being continually at War with their Neighbours, and of that Martial Humour, fo Predominant among them. As to the Knowledge of a God, they did not feem to us to have any fix’d Notion of Him \ it is true, we met with fomeonour Way, who as far as we could judge, believ’d, there was fome Superior Being, which was above all Things, and this they teftify’d by lifting up their Hands and Eyes to Heaven, yet without any Manner of Concern, as believing that the faid exalted Being does not regard at all, what is done here below. However none of them having any Places of Worfhip, Ceremonies, or Prayers, to denote the divine Homage, it may be faid of them all, that they have no Re¬ ligion, at leaft thofethatwe faw. °However, they obferve fome Ceremonies; but whether they have any Regard to a real or pretended Superior Being, or whether they are only popular, and proceeding from Cuftom, is what we were not able to difcover. 1 bofe Ce- remonies are as follows. When the Corn is ripe, they gather a certain Quantity in a Maund or Basket, which is placed on a Sort of Seat or Stool, dedicated to that Ufe, and ferving on¬ ly upon thofe mifterious Occafions, which they have a great Veneration for. The Ceremo¬ nies ;■ into NORTH AMERICA. u; The Basket with the Corn being placed on Mar.i6 S; that honour’d Stool, one of the Elders holds v/WJ out his Hands over it, and talks a long Time after which, the faid old Man diftributes the Corn among the Women, and no Perfon is al¬ low’d to eat of the new Corn,till eight Days af¬ ter that Ceremony. This feems to be in the Nature of Offering up or Blefiing the firft Fruits of their Harveft. At their Affemblics, when the Sagamite, or Pottage, which is the moft efTential Part of their Meal, is boil’d in a great Pot, they place that Pot on the Stool of Ceremony above men¬ tion’d, and one of the Elders ftretches out his Hands over it, muttering fome Words between his Teeth for a confiderable Time, after which, they fall to eat. When the young Folks are grown up to be fit to go to the Wars, and take upon them to be Soldiers, their Garment, conlifting of fome Skin, or Clout, together with their Bow, Quiver and Arrows, is placed on the aforefaid Stool, an old Man ftretches out his Hands over them, mutters the Words as above, and then the Gar¬ ments, Bows, Quivers, and Arrows are given to the Perfons they belong to. This may be compar’d to Something of a Ceremony of Knighting among them. The fame Ceremo¬ nies are Us’d by them in the cultivating of their f^ dCt9l Grain and Produft, but particularly of the Ta- bacco, whereof they have a Sort, which has fmaller Leaves than Ours; it is almoft ever green, and they ufe it in Leaves. This is what we obferv’d among the Ceni; f whofe Cuftoms and Manners differ very little from thofe of other Nations, which we had feen I before, Nation, r»hrt is meant i t 4 Monjieur de la S a l tCs Second Voyage 1687 before and faw afterwards. As to the Point of t/W Religion, it is not to be infer’d from what I have faid above, that there is none throughout that vaft Continent •• The Account I have given only regards thofe Nations we faw •, there may be others that have fome Worlhip, and Ire- member I have heard Monfieur de la Sale fay, that the Nation call’d Takenfa , neighbouring on the IJUnois , ador’d the Fire, and that they had Cottages which they made ufe of, as Tem¬ ples. Before I conclude this Ihort Account of the Religion, Cuftoms and Manners of the Cenis % which belong’d properly to this Place, it is hereby it. fit here alfo to obferve, that the Word Nation, is not to be underftood, among thofe Indians , to denote a People pofleffing a whole Province, or vaft Extent of Land. Thofe Na¬ tions are no other than a Parcel of Villages, difpers’d for the Space of twenty or thirty Leagues at moft, which compofe a diftind Peo¬ ple or Nation *, and they differ from one ano¬ ther rather in Language than in Manners, wherein they are all much alike, or at lead they vary but little, as has been mention’d above. As for the Names of them, here fol¬ low thofe of fuch as we travel’d through, or were near the Way we held from our leaving our Habitation near the Bay of the Holy Ghoft, till we came among the Cents. The Spicheats, Kabayes , Thecamons,Thtaremets , „ r Kiababa, Chaumenes , Kouans y Arhau % Enepiahe, Kilim. Ahonerhopiheim , Koienkahe, Konkone , Omtaojfe , Ktremen , Ahekoucn, Meghty , Tetamenes, Otenmar - /?<«, Kouayon and Met ac outturn. All thefe Na¬ tions are on the North of the River called la Malign*. into NjORTft AMERICA. n* Maligne. Thofe that follow, are on the Welt *!«•., $87 and North-Weft of the fame River. The Kannehouan, Tohaha , Pihir, Cagabegvx , Onapten , Pickar , Tokau, Kuajfes , Chancre r, 7f/ir- rabocretts , lfepehouen y Fercouteha , Panego , Pctao^ Petzare y Peifacho , peihoun , Ore an and Piou. This laft Nation borders upon the CW»7, at the En¬ trance into whofe firft Village I left my Reader, to give an Account of the Inhabitants, and thither I return, to proceed with my Relation and our Journey to the Village, the irewb who liv’d amongtheNatives was to condu£t us to. We arriv’d there at Night, and found other Elders coming out to meet us, much after the fame Manner as the others mention’d before. They led us to their Cottage, made us (it down on Mats and fmoke, but not with fo much Ce¬ remony as the others. That done, it was Time for 11s to take our Reft, having given them to underftand that we were weary. The French Provencal would needs have us go to his Cottage, that is to the Hut where he French had his Dwelling , for, as I have faid, there Entertain - are feveral Families in one of them, and that ei h tbe> was one of the greateft in the Canton, having muve, ‘ been the Habitation of one of their Chief’s, lately deceafed. They allotted us a Place there, for our Goods and Packs, the Women immediately made Sa- gamite or Pottage, and gave it Us. Having eaten, we ask’d the French Man whether we were fafe, and he anfwering we were, we lay down, but yet could not deep found. The next Day, being the firft of April , the Elders came to receive and conducted us to the Cottage where we had been the Day before. 1 2 After ii 6 Mon [tear de la'S a l e’^ Second Voyage jtpr. 1687 After the ufual Ceremonies, we traded with them for Corn, Meal and Beans, giving in Ex¬ change for the fame. Needles, Knives, Rings AHorfe and other Toys. We alfo purchafed a very fold for an fi ne stone Horfe, that would have been worth A *' twenty Piftoles in France, for an Ax. The Day was fpent in driving our fmall Bar¬ gains and gathering Provifions, which the Wo¬ men brought. When that was done, it was agreed, that 1 (hould remain there, to lay up more Store, and that the others {hould return to our Company, which we had left near the River, to carry the Provifions and fatisfy them they might come fafely. Tho’ l thought my felf not over fecure a- mong the Indians, and befides had the Diflatis- faSion of underftanding none of their Lan¬ guage ; yet was I not unwilling to ftay, that I might have an Opportunity of feeing the two other French Men, who had forfaken the late Monfieur dela Sale , when he firft traveled into that Country, that I might enquire of them, whether they had heard no talk of the MiJJiftpt River, for l ftill held ray Refolution of parting from our wicked Murderers. As loon as they were gone, I gave a young Indian a Knife, to go bid thofe two other French Men come to me, and whilft he was go¬ ing 1 drove on my little Trade for Provifions, and had frequent Vifits from the Elders, who entertain’d me by Signs, with an Account of their intended War 5 to which I ftill anfwer’d, nodding my Head, tho’ very often I knew not what they meant. It was fome Difficulty to me to fecure my fmall Merchandize, efpecially at Night, for the Natives were covetous of them. into NORTH AMERICA. 117 This Care, which kept me from Sleeping Jpr.i6 87.' found, was the Occafion,that one Night I heard O'W-* fome Body moving near my Bed, and opening my Eyes, by the Light of the Fire, which ne¬ ver goes out in thofe Cottages, perceiv’d a Manftark naked, with a Bow and two Arrows The Author in his Hand, who came and fat down by me, ww ««- without faying any Thing. I view’d him for t h ,Frf> " h fome Time, I fpoke to him, he made me no An- fwer, and not knowing what to think of it, l laid hold of my two Piftols and my Firelock, which the Man perceiving, he went and fat by the Fire. I follow’d, and looking ftedfaftly on him, he knew and fpoke to me, throwing his Arms about and embracing me, and then made himfelf known to be one of the French Men 1 had Tent for. We fell into Difcourfe, I ask’d him for his Comrade, he told me, he durft not come, for Fear of Monfieur de la Sale. They were both Sailors, this Man. who was of Britany , w«s call’d Buter ^the other, of Rochelle firoRet. They had, in that fhort Space of Time, fo perfedtly enur’d . themfelves to the Cuftoms of the Natives, that they were become meer Savages. They V 2 g e . were naked, their Faces and Bodies with Fi- 6 gures wrought on them, like the reft. They had taken feverat Wives, been at the Wars and kill’d their Enemies with their Firelocks, which had gain’d them Reputation •, but having no more Powder nor Ball, their Arms were grown ufelefs, and they had been forc’d to learn to Ihoot with Bows and Arrows. As for Religion, they were not troubled with much of it, and that Libertine Life they led, was pieaf- ing to them. / 1 118 Monsieur dc \a S a l e ?t Second Vojage jtpr.i6$7. I acquainted this Man with the unfortunate Death of Monfr. de la Sale, his Nephew and the reft, at'which, he'was furpris’d and concern’d, at leaft in outward Appearance. I ask’d him, 0 whether he had not heard talk of the Mijfifipi •, he told me he had not v but only that there was a great River forty Leagues from thence to¬ wards the N. IV. where the Natives faid there were many Nations along irs Banks. That made me believe, it was the very River we were in Search of, or at leaft that it muft be the Way to come at it. I gave him to eat, and we went to Reft. The next and the following Days, I conti¬ nu’d trading, and the Elders their Vifits, and their Difcourfe by Signs, concerning their in¬ tended War. Some of them gave me to under- ftand, that they had been among the Spaniards, who are neverthelefs about two hundred Leagues from them. They fpoke fome Words of bro¬ ken Spanijh , as Capita, inftead of Capitan, a Cap¬ tain, and Cohavillo inftead of Cavallo % a Horfe, and fo of fome others. Buter , the French Man return’d to his Dwelling, I gave him fome Strings of Beads for his Wives, and defir’d him to fend the other French Man to me. lathe mean Time my being alone, as to a- ny Perfon 1 could converle with, grew very i»iitn irkfometo me, and I know not whether an old Maid Man did not perceive it \ for he thought it brought xo would be proper to bring a Companion, to di- ibe Author. me , anc j at Night I was furpris’d to fee a young Maid come lit down by me, and to hear the old Man tell me, he had brought her to be my Wife, and gave her to me \ but 1 had far different Thoughts to difturb me. I fpoke not into NORTH AMERICA.; one Word to that poor Maid ; ftie Hay’d fome Time expecting I would take Notice of her, and perceiving I did not ftir, or fpeak one Word, (he withdrew. , , Thus 1 continu’d, without hearing any News, till the Sixth of April, when the two French Men, 1 have fpoken of, came both, in the Indian Drefs, each of them having only a Clout about him, fome Turky Feathers on their Shoulders, their Heads and Feet bare. The latter of them whofe Name was Grollet , had not confeuted to have his Face mark’d like the other, nor to cut his Hair after the Indian Manner ; for thole People cut off all theirs, except a fmall Lock on the Crown of the Head, like the Turks, only fome of them have fmall Trefles on the T i m ?epeated to them the Narrative of Mon- fieur dt la Sale's unfortunate Story. They con¬ firm’d what 1 had been told before, that the Natives had talk’d to them of the great River, which was forty Leagues off, towards the N. L- and that there were People like us, that dwelt on the Banks of it. This confirm d me in the Opinion, that it was the River fo much fought after, and that we muft go that Way to return to Canada or towards New England . 1 hey told me, they would willingly go with us. I defired diem to keep it fecret which they did not, for being inform’d that Monfieur Cavelier and the others were coming, they went to meet them, and l was again left alone. The 8th, three Men came to me, one ot which was the French Man ot Provence , witn each of them a Horft, fent by j>ur People to carry away all the Proviftons l hat. g ^ 3V ij,g 119 Apr. 1687 French Men like Indians. I 20 Jpr.16%7 7 he Mur¬ derers re- folve to re¬ turn to the JHihhion *f St, Le¬ wis. The Author and others refolve to pirt from she Mur¬ deress. Mon fie ur de la Sal e *s Second Voyage having taken a Refolution, as thofe Perfons they had fent told us, to return to the Dwel¬ ling of St. Lewis , about the Bay of the fame Name, from whence we came defigning, as they pretended, to build a Boat there, to car¬ ry them over to the Iflands of America -, an im¬ practicable Notion, for all our Carpenters were dead, and tho’ they had been alive, they were fo ignorant, that none of them would have known which Way to go about that Work-, befides that,we were deftitute of all NecefTaries for that Effect. However we mult obey, and fet out with our Provilions. The Rain having detain’d us the 9th on the Way, we could not come up to them till the next Day, being the Tenth. Father Anafiafius gave me the Confirmation of that Defign, and farther told me how rough¬ ly they had been treated by thofe Murderers fince my Departure. I know not what it was that mov’d them to it, but they had refolved to feperate themfelves from thofe Villains, and that wefhouldeat apart, viz.. Monfieur Cavelier the Priefl, F. Anaflafus, young Cavelier and I, which was very agreeable to us, becaufeat leaft we could talk freely, which we durft not do before-, but at the fame Time they allow’d us no more Provilions than would fuffice to keep us from ftarving, without giving us Share of any Flefh, tho’ they often kill’d. Oar Tyrants ftill holding their Refolution to return to our former Habitation, thought they had not Horfes enough, and therefore deputed four of their Number, one of which was the French Man half turn’d Indian, to return to the Village of the Cenis and endeavour to barter for fome I2T into NORTH AMERICA. fome. At the fame Time we agreed together ^.1687 to let thofe Gentlemen know, that we were too G'V'O much fatigued to return with them to the faid Habitation, and were refolded to remain in the Village of the Cents, Monfieur Cavelier undertook to be our Speaker, and to defire Du - haut y who was Mailer of all, to give us fome Axes, Knives and Strings of Beads, Powder and Shot, offering to give him a Mote of his Hand for the fame. To conclude, Monfieur Cavelier made the ,, - Propofalto Duhaut, difguis’d it the bed he was able, and Duhaut took till the next Day to re- defers. turn his Anfwer. He confulted with his Com¬ panions, and acquainted us, that they would deal handfomely by us, and give us half the Ef¬ fects and all the Axes, intending to make the mod Speed they could, to get to our former Dwelling, and to put in Execution what they had before defign’d, as to the Building of a Bark* But in Cafe they could not fucceed, for want of NecelTaries, they would immediately return to us and bring F. Zenobius along with them, who would be ferviceable to us, becaufe, having been with Monfieur de la Sale upon his fird Dif- covery, he underdood the Language of the Na¬ tions about the Afijfijipi River. That whild they were upon that Journey, we lhould take Care to gather a Stock of Provifions,and that if they fuccceded in building the Bark, they would fend us Word, that we might repair to them. Monfieur Cavelier approv’d of all they faid, tho’ we had other Defigns. However it prov’d we were all Midaken, tor Providence had order’d Affairs otherwife. We I 22 Apr . 1687 Murderers €han%c tbcirMind* Monjteur de la Sal e j s Second Voyage We flay’d there fome Time, expe&ing thofe who were gone to the Cenh , they flaying longer than was requifite for that Journey. The over¬ flowing of the River was their Pretence, but the true Reafon was the Women, who as I have Paid, are not fo forward as to offer themfelves, but on the other Hand will not be over difficult in complying for fome little Prefent, and thofe who were fent did not grudge their Time. In the mean while the Poflure of our Affairs chang¬ ed, as follows. One of our half Savage French Men, whom I had acquainted with our Defign to go find the Mijftfipi, communicated it to Hautot , telling him all the Particulars he had before acquainted me with j whereupon Dvhaut chang’d his Mind, as to the Defign of going to the Habitation of St. Lewis, relolving to follow our intended Way and execute our Projeft. He imparted his Thoughts to his Companions, who were of the fame Opiniou,and all of them acquainted us,that they were ready to put in Execution the Enter- prize we had form’d. This Change troubled us very much, there being nothing we coveted more than to part with thofe Mifcreants, from whom we could at a long Run expect no better Ufage than they had afforded our Commander and his Friends. However, it was ftill requifite to dif- femblej there being no other Remedy at that Time-: But God’s Juffice provided for and ref- cued us. We continued in that Camp all the remaining Part of ulpril, expecting the Perfons that had been fent to the Cents, and Duhaut in¬ tending to begin to put in Execution his Defign of going to find out i\\z Mtjftfpi, with us, made us into NORTH AMERICA. i2j us advance towards the River that was near, in Myi6 87. order to pafsit as foon as fallen, and repair to the Village of th e Cents. We ftaid three Days longer in that Poft, at Murderers the End whereof, he wc call’d Larcheveque, one differ in of thofe that had been fent our, crofs’d the River. He was DaWt’s Creature,and an Ac¬ complice in the Murder of Monfieur de la Salt. He inform’d Dubaut , that one they call’d Hiens y who was alfo one of our Meflengers, and had Ray’d on the other Side of the River, had heard of Dubaut and the reft altering their Re- folution, and that he was not of their Mind. Hiens was a Buccanier , and by Birth a German . Monfieur de la Sale had brought him from Petit Gouave , and he was alfo acceifary to the late Murders. After we had been fome Days longer in the fame Place, Hiens arriv’d with the two half Savage French Men and about twenty Natives. He went immediately to Dubaut , and after fome Difcourfe, told him, he was not for go¬ ing towards the Mijji/ipi , becaufe it would be of dangerous Confequence for them, and therefore demanded his Share of the Effefts he had feiz’d upon. Dubaut refufing to comply, and affirm¬ ing, that all the Axes were his own} Hiens , who it is likely had laid the Defign before to kill him, immediately drew his Piftol, and fired H) - ent it upon Dubaut, who dagger'd about four Paces kills Du- from the Place and fell down dead. At the haut, tr.i fame Time Ruter , w ho had been with Hiens t Ruter fired his Piece upon Liotot , the Surgeon, and Ll0t0C * Ihot him thro’ with three Balls. Thefe Murders committed before us, put me into a terrible Confternation \ for believing the fame j 24 Monfieur de la S A l e 's Second Vioyage lAiy\69,-j. fame was defign’d for me, I laid hold of my s✓W Fire-Lock to defend my felf j but Hiens cry’d out to me, to fear nothing, to lay down my Arms, and allur’d me he had no Defign againlt me^ but that he had reveng’d his Mailer’s Death. He alfo fatisfy’d Monfieur Cavelier and Father Anattafius , who were as much frighted as my felf, declaring he meant them no Harm, and that tho’ he had been in the Confpiracy, yet had he been prefent at the Time when Monfieur de la Sale was kill’d, he would not have con- fented, but rather have obftru&ed it. Liotot liv’d fome Hours after, and had the good Fortune to make his Confeffion ; after which, the fame Ruter , put him out of his Pain, with a Piflol-Shot. We dug a Hole in the Earth, and bury’d him in it with Duhaut , doing them more Honour than they had done to Mon¬ fieur de U Sale and his Nephew Moranget y whom they lefc to be devour’d by wild Bealls. Thus thofe Murderers met with what they had de* ferv’d, dying the fame Death they had put others to. The Natives, Hiens had brought with him, ha¬ ving been Spedlators of that Murder* were in a Conllernation, and that Affair was of dange¬ rous Confequence to us, who Hood in Need of More Mif- them. It was therefore requifite to make the thief p re . 0 f giving them to under Hand, that there vented. j, at } been Reafon for fo punilhing thofe dead Per- fons, becaufe they had all the Powder and Ball, and would not give any to the reft. They re¬ main’d fatisfy’d with that Excufe, and he who was call’d Larcheveque , and who was entirely de¬ voted to Duhaut , being Abroad a hunting fince the Morning, and not knowing what Misfor¬ tune into NORTH AMERICA. 125 tune hadhapnedhisProteftor.and Hiens being refolv’d to make away with him, Father Ana - stafius and Monfieur Cavelier took fo much Pains, that they diflwaded him from it, and I went out and met Larcheveque , to give him Notice of that Difafter, and to inform him, how he was to behave himfelf. Thus I requited him for having come to give me Notice ot Monfieur dt la Sale’s Death. Ibrought him to Hiens, who declar’d he defign’d him no Harm, and Larche- veque gave him the fame Aflurances on his Part. Thus all Things are again compos’d, and nothing remain’d, but for us to let out, but firft to know what we were to do, and which Way to direft our Courfe. Hereupon, Heins took upon him to fpeak- and faid, he had promis’d the Natives to go to the War with them, and defign’d to be as good as his Word •, that if we would expeft his Return, we might by that Time confider which Way he would move, and that in the mean Time we might ftay in the Village among the Cents. This was refolv’d on ^ we loaded all our EfFedts on our Horfes, and repair d to the fame Place and the fame Cottage, where we had been before, the Chief of it afligning us the one Half to lodge and lay up our Baggage. . , .... When the Day for fetting out for the war s - lK ^ raKi * was come, Hiens departed with the Natives, Men go w four of our Comrades and the two half Savage tbeWar* French Men going along with him } lo that there Suiveu were fix of them, and each took a Horfe./*«« left us all the Effedls, and defir’d we would ftay for him, which we promis’d, not knowing bow to avoid it, confideriDg, that the Indians might have 12 6 Monfieur de la S a l e’j Second Voyage May 1687 have done us Harm, and even have obftrudted our ^) Departure. Thus we refign’d ourfelves to Pro¬ vidence, and remain’d fix of us together, viz.. Father Anafiafius, Monfieur Cavalier , his Ne¬ phew young Cavelier , young Talon y another Youth of Paris , and I. There alfo remain’d ibme old Men, who could not go to the War, and the Women. We were alfo join’d by two other French Men,who had been left on the other Side theRiver,being th eProvencal and on eTeiJfttr. During our Stay, and our Warriors being Bewailing abroad u P on chat Expedition, the old Men of- tbeMtmo- ten vificed us, and told us News from the ry of Men Army by Signs, which we underftood nothing kill'd. of. We were from Time to Time alarm’d, feeing the Women weep, without any vifible Caufe. The late Monfieur de la Sale had often told us, that the Women bewail’d thofe that were to be kill’d , but we were inform’d, that they did fo, when they call’d to Mind fome who had been (lain in the former Wars*, which difpell’d our Apprehenfions. However we were uneafy, becaufe thofe old Men and Wo¬ men examin’d us every Morning and Evening when we perform’d our Devotions. We laid hold of that Opportunity to give them to underfband, that we paid our Duty to one God, the only Supreme Sovereign of all Things, pointing to Heaven, and endeavour¬ ing in the bell Manner we were able, to fig- nify to them that he was Almighty, that he had made all Things, that he caus’d the Earth to produce it’s Fruits to profper, and the Growth of it, which maintain’d them to thrive j but this being only by Signs, they did not un- derltand us, and we labour’d in vain* * The into NORTH AMERICA. 127 The 18th, we were furpriz’d to fee feveral ><537 Women come into our Cottage, their Faces all befmear’d with Earth, and they fet up their j tice at Throats, finging feveral Songs as loud as they Why. were able, whereof we underftood not one Word. That done, they fell a Dancing in a Ring, and we could not tell, what to think of that Rejoicing, which lafted full three Hours ; after which we were inform’d, they had re¬ ceiv’d Advice of the Viftory obtain’d by their Warriors over their Enemies. The Dance concluded, thofe in the Cottage g3ve fome Bits of Tabacco to thofe without. The fame Day, about Noon, we faw him that had brought the News, who affirm’d they had kill’d at leafl Forty of their Enemies. After the Rejoicing, all the Women apply’d themfelves to make ready their Provifions, fome to pound Indian Corn, others to boil Meal, which they call GroulUr , and others to bake Bread, to carry to the Warriors. They all fee out the 19th to meet them, and we thought it in Policy convenient to fend Meat to our Men which was done by the French Man of Provence, who went with the Women. That fame Day, at Night, the Victorious Ar- j eewn my return’d, and we were inform’d, that their 0 f t i, e Enemies, whom they call Cannohatinno, had tie fowH expefted them boldly, but that having heard htbeCs- the Noife, and felt the Effefts of our Mens nu * Fire Arms, they all fled, fo that the Cents had either kill’d or taken Forty Eight Men and Women. They had flain feveral of the lat¬ ter, who fled to the Tops of Trees, for want of Time to make their Efcap: ocherwifei fo that 128 Mil ttfS7 hirbxrity of tbe Men towards a W omxn Ukcri. of the Wo¬ men,, Inbmxni- V- Cruel Tro¬ phies. Monjteur de la Sal e’j Second Voytge that many more Women had perilh’d than Men. They brought Home two of thofe Women alive, one of whom had her Head flead for the Sake of her Hair and Skin. They gave that wretched Creature a Charge of Powder and a Ball, and fent Her home, bidding her carry that Prefent to her Nation, and to allure them, they fhould be again treated after the fame Manner, that is, kill’d with Fire Arms. The other Woman was kept to fall a Sacri¬ fice to the Rage and Vengeance of the Wo¬ men and Maids \ who having arm'd themfelves with thick Stakes, Iharp Pointed at the End, Conduced that Wretch to a By-Place, where each of thofe Furies began to torment her, fometimes with the Point of their Staff, and fometrmes laying on her with all their Might. One tore off her Hair, another cut off her Fin¬ ger, and every one of thofe outrageous Women endeavour’d to put her to fome exquifite Tor¬ ture, to revenge the Death of their Husbands and Kinfmen, who had been kill’d in the former Wars; fo that the unfortunate Creature ex- pefted her Death Stroke, as Mercy. At laft, one of them gave her a Stroke with a heavy Club on the Head, and another run her Stake feveral Times into her Body, with which file fell down Dead on the Spot. Then they cut that miferable Vi&im into Morfels, and oblig’d fome Slaves of that Nation, they had been long pofTefs’d of to eat them. Thus our Warriors return’d Triumphant from that Expedition. They fpar’d none of the Prifoners they had taken, excfpt two little Boys, and brought Home all the Skins of their Heads into NORTH A M ERIC A. Heads, with the Hair, to be kept as Trophies and glorious Memorials of their Victory. The next Day all thofe Savages met in their Chief’s Cottage, whether all the abovemen- tion’d Heads of Hair were carry’d in State. Then they made extraordinary Rejoicings in that Cottage, whence they went to the Huts of the other Prime Men, to perform the fame Ce¬ remony. This Rejoicing laftedthree Days, our bench Companions, who had been the Caufe of their Viftory, being call’d to ir, and highly entertain’d, after their Manner. It will not be difagreeable to the Reader, that I here par¬ ticularly defcribe that Ceremony, which after having been perform’d in the Cottages of thfc Chief Men, was repeated in ours. In the 1 firft Place, the Cottage was made very clean, adorn’d, and abundant of Mats laid on the Floor, on which the Elders, and the moft confiderable Perfons fate ; after which, one of thim, who is in the Nature of an Ora¬ tor, or Matter of %he Ceremonies ftood up and made a^Speecb, of which we underftood not a "Word. Soon after that Difcourfe was ended, the Warriors arriv’d, who had flain any in Battle, marching in their proper Order, each of them carrying a Bow and two Arrows, and before every one of them went his Wife, car¬ rying the Enemies Head of Hair. Two little Boys, whofe Lives they had fpar’d, as has been faid before, one of them who was wounded -being a Horfeback^ clos’d the Procellion} at the Head whereof, was a Woman carrying a large Reed, or Cane in her.Hand. As they came up to the Orator, the War¬ rior took the Head of Hair his Wife had K brought 129 O'V'O Ceremony of^ejoiewg i$o A1687- de la S A l e’j Second Voyage hrouaht, and prefented it to him, which the faid Orator receiv’d with both his Hands, and after having held it out towards the four Quar¬ ters of the° World, he laid it down on the Ground, and then took the next, performing the fame Ceremony* till he had gone over them When the Ceremony was ended, they ferv’d op the Sagamite , in the Nature of Hatty Pud- ding, which thofe Women had provided, and before any one touch’d it, the Matter of the Ceremonies took fome in a VefTel, which he car- ry’d as an Offering to thofe Heads of Hair. Then he lighted a Pipe of Tabacco, and blow’d the Smoke upon them- That being perform’d, they all fell to the Meat, Bits of the Woman that had been facnfic d, were fervd V p to the two Boys of her Nation. They alfo l'erv’d up dry’d Tongues of their Enemies, and the whole concluded with Dancing and Singing after their Manner: Atteri which, they went to other Cottages to repeat the fame Cere- 111 There was no Talk of our Defign till thofe Reioycings we,re over, and 1 begn to conceive good Hopes of our Succefs.The two Murderers, Tfilfier and Larcheve^ue y who had both a Hand in the Death of Monfr.de la Sde y had promis’d to go along with us, provided;Monir. Cavelier would pardon them, and he had given them his Word fo to do. I11 this Expe&ation we continu’d till the. 25th, when our French Men, who hfld been at the War, repair’d to our Cotr tage, aud we confuted about our Bufinefs. Him into NORTH AMERICA. iji Hitnt and others of his Gang, difapproving of our Defign, reprefented to us fuch Difficul- ties as they look’d upon to be unfurmountable, under which we muft inevitably perifh, or at leaft be oblig’d to return to the fame Place. Hitns told us, that for his own Part, he would not hazard his Life to return into France, only to have his Head chopp’d off, and perceiving we anfwer’d Nothing to that, but that we per- fiftcd in our Ilefolution. It isrequifite then , fa id he, to divide what Effects remain. Accordingly he laid afide, for F . jdnaftafws, Meffieurs Cavelier, the Uncle and the Nephew, pjwiht o- thirty Axes, four or five Dozens of Knives, tiers vsbat bout thirty Pounds of Powder and the like * e pleafes. Quantity of Ball. He gave each of the f'frl ' others two Axes, two Knives, two or three % eLss. Pounds of Powder, with as much Ball, and " kept the reft. As for the Horfes, he kept the beft and left us the three leaft. Monfieuf Cavelier ask’d him for fome Strings of Beads, which he granted, and feiz’d upon all the late Monfr. de la Sale’s Cloaths, Baggage and other Effedts, befides above a thoufand Livres in Mo¬ ney, which belong’d to the late Monfr. le Gros , whody’d at our Dwelling of St. Lewis. Before our Departure, it was a fenfible Affliftionto ui, to fee that Villain walk about, in a fcarlet Coat, with gold Galons, which had belong’d to the late Monfr. de la Sale , and which, as 1 have faid, he had feiz’d. After that, Hitnt and his Companions with¬ drew to their own Cottage, and we refolv’d Ca - not to put off our Departure aflv longer. Ac- thCompTrj cordingly, we made ready our Horfes, which pan from much alarm’d the Natives, and efpecially the the others • K 2 Chief 13 2 Monfieur de la Sal tfs Second Voyage May 1687 chief of them, who faid and did all he could to obftruft our Journey, promifing us Wives, Plenty of Provifions, reprefenting to us the immenfe Dangers, as well from Enemies, who furrounded them, as from the bad and impaf- fable Ways and the many Woods and Rivers we were to pafs. However, we were not to be moved, and only ask’d one Kindnefs of him, in obtaining of which, there were many Diffi¬ culties, and it was, that he would give us Guides to condud us to Cuppa •, but at length, after much Trouble and many Promifes of a good Reward, one was granted, and two others went along with him. All Things being thus order’d for our Depar¬ ture, we took Leave of our Holts, pafs’d by Hiens'% Cottage and embrac’d him and his Com- *’ panions. We ask’d him for another Horfe, which he granted. He defired an Atteftation in Latin of Monfieur Cavelier , that he had not been concern’d in the Murder of Monfieur de la Sale, which was given him, becaufe there was French no refilling of it; and we fet forward without Men ftsy Larcheveque and Meunier , who did not keep their with the Word with us, but remain’d among thofe Rar- Indiacs. barians, being infatuated with that Courfe of Libertinifm they had run themfelves into. Thus Only /even there were only fcven of us that ftuck together fet out foe to return to Canada , viz,. Father jinafiajius, Canada. Meffieurs Cavelier the Uncle and the Nephew, the Sieur de Marie , one Teijfier , a young Man born at Paris , whofe Name was Bartholomew and I, with fix Horfes and the three Indians , who were to be our Guides *, a very fmall Number for fo great an Enterprize, but we put ourfelves entirely into |he Hands of Divine Providence, , *' con- into NORTH AMERICA. 13$ confiding in God’s Mercy, which did not for- l68 7 fake us. After the firft Day’s Journey we incamp’d on the Bank of the River, we had left not long before, lay there that Night, and the next Day, cut down Trees to make a Sort of Bridge or Planks to pafs over it; handing over our Goods from one to another, and fwimming over our Horfes ; which Work we were frequently o- blig’d to repeat, and as often as we had after¬ wards Occafion to pafs Rivers on our Way, which we held on till the 29th, every Day meeting with fomeCottage, and at laft, a Ham¬ let or Village, into which we went, and the Indian Inhabitants told us, they were call’d Nahordikhe , and that they were Allies to the Cents. We barter’d with them for fome Provifions, and their Chief offer’d to go with us as far as the Jjfonys^ who were not farther off* than about Nahor- three Leagues, which he accordingly did \ but dikhes^i it happening to rain when we came thither, Affooy and the j4(fonys having had no Notice before hand, we found but indifferent Reception. Hqwever, we were conduced to the Chief’s Cottage •, the Elders had Notice given them, they reforted thither, and when our Horfes were unloaded, and our Goods plac’d in a Cor¬ ner of the Cottage, which the Chief had al¬ lotted us, we gave them to underftand, that our Intention was to go farther, to fetch Com¬ modities to trade with them, at which they were pleas’d. They gave us to eat, and the Elders ftay’d fome Part of the Evening with us, which made us fomewhat Uneafy, and oblig’d us K 3 to ij 4 Mon fie ur de la S A l e’/ Second, Viojage tfunerfZy to be upon our Guard \ however the Night pafs’d without any Difturbance. The next Morning the Elders came to us a- gain. They had provided Mats without the Cottage, and made Signs to us to go thither and fit down upon them, as we did, leaving two of our Company to guard the Baggage. We repeated to them what we had faid the Night before, and made them fome Prefents of Axes, Knives, Strings of Beads and Rings. They Gg- nify’d they were forry we would go away, and endeavour’d the beft they could, to make us ienfihle of the fame Obftacles the others had fignify’d to us; bat it was all in Vain 3 howe¬ ver, we ftay’d till the firft of June, all the while bartering and gathering the beft Stock of Pro- vifions we could. The Second, we remov’d from that Cottage, where vve had fome Jealoufy,and went to a* GooJ £ nother, a Quarter of a League from it, where teruin-' the Chief of it gave us a very good Reception, ment An old Woman, who vvas either his Mother, orGovernefs of the Cottage, took particular Care of us.- We were firft ferv’d at eating, and to keep her in that good Mind, we now and then made her fome little Prefents, whilft Jhe, by her Care and Kindnefs, fpar’d our Provis¬ oes, which were neceftary for our Jour¬ ney. A continual Rain oblig’d us to ftay there till the 13th. During our Stay, the Natives made feveral Feafts, to which vve were al¬ ways invited j and at length the Rain ceafing, vve refolv’d to fet out, notwithftanding all Monfieur Cavelier and the Prieft’s Apprehen- fions, which we furmounted, and dire&ed our Courfe into NORTH AMERICA. i?$ Courfe towards the N. E. with two Indians,!*™ ig 7 who were to condutt us only a fmall Way, and who accordingly foon left us, whatioever Pro- mifes we could make them. They departed to return Home, promifing they would come to us again. We encamp’d that Night on the Bank of a Rivulet. , The 14th and 15th, we held on our Way, Bad ivajs. frequently meeting with Sloughs, which very much fatigued us, becaufe we were oblig’d to unload our Horfes for them to pafs, and pre¬ vent their (ticking in the Mire and fat Soil, whence we could not have drawn thenvout,and confequently we were fain to carry all our Lug¬ gage on our own Backs. Whilft we halted about Noon, that our Horfes might graze, as was ufually done by us, we difcover’d our two jiffony Indians returning towards us, at which we were much rejoiced, becaufe they had a better Notion than our- felvesof the Way we were to go. We made them eat and fmoke, and then fet out a- ^ The 16th, we came to a great River, which we pafs’d as we had done the firft, and after that, met with very bad Ways. The 17th, one of our Company being m- difpos’d, we could not fet out till Noon, and held on till the 11ft, eroding feveral Sloughs and Rivers, and then one of our Indians being out ot Order, it oblig’d us toftayon the Bank of a River we had pafs’d. The other Indian feeing his Comrade fick, went a Hunting, and brought a wild Goat; for there are many in that Coun¬ try. The Indians have the Art of drefiing the Heads of thofe Creatures, which they put opon K 4 thcir 156 Mon fie ur de la Sal e ?s Second Voyage ifune t6§7 their own, and imitate them fo exactly, that they can come very near to them, and .then A u'li feldomfail ot killing. The fame Method they Com and ufe for Turkeys and other wild Fowl, and fo Wildfowl, draw them clofe to themfelves. The 22d, our Indian being foraewhat recover’d we decamp’d and proceeded along a better Way and pleafanter Country, than that we had left behind, and as we enquir’d the bell we could of thofe our Indians , concerning the Neighbour¬ ing Nations and thofe we were going towards, among others they nam’d to us, that they call’d Cappa. M. Cavelier told us, he remember’d he had heard his late Brother Monfieur de la Sale name that Nation, and fay he bad feen it as he went from Canada towards the AfiJfifipi. This put us in Hopes, that vve Ihould fucceed in our Dif- . covery. fine Met. The 23d, being near a Village, we had been dom. in Search of, one of our Indians went before, to give Notice of our Arrival. In the mean Time vve crofs’d molt lovely Plains and Meadows, border'd with fine Groves of beautiful Trees, where the Grafs was fo high, that it hinder’d our Horfes going, and we were oblig’d to clear the Palfage for them. When vve were within Half a League of the Village, we faw an Indian, mounted on a large grey Mare, coming along with our Native, to meet us, and were told, that Horfeman was the Chief of the Village, attended by fome others of the fame Place. As foon as that Chief came up to us, he exprefs’d very much Kindnefs and Affeftion \ we gave him to underftand,thac vve did no Body any Harm, unlefs we were firft attack’d. Then we made him fmoke, and when into N 0 R T H AMERICA. 137 that was done, he made Signs to us to follow ?«»ei687 him, which we did, till we came to the Bank of a River, where he again defir’d us to ftay, whilft he went to give Notice to the El¬ ders. Soon after, a Number of them came, and ha- m. Cave- ving join’d us, fignify’d, that they were come Her and to carry us to their Village. Our Indians made * he 'eft Signs, that it was the Cuftom of the Country, ca / r K d ?* and we mult fubmit, and let them do as they ofMUns. thought fit. Tho’ we were much out of Counte- 1 nance at that Ceremony, feven of the prime Men among them would have us mount on their Backs or Shoulders. Monfieur Cavelier being our Chief, mounted firft, and then the reft did the fame. As for my own Part, being of a pretty large Size and loaded with Cloaths, a Firelock, a Cafe of Piftols, Powder and Ball, a Kettle and other Implements, there is no Doubt but I made a fufficient Burden for him that carry’d me, and becaufe 1 was taller than he and my Feet would have hung upon the Ground, two other Indians held them up for me ^ fo that I had three to carry me. Other Indians took hold of our Horfes to lead them, and in that ridiculous E- quipage we arriv’d at the Village. Our Carriers, who had gone a long Quarter of a League, had need enough to reft, and we to be fet down, that we might laugh in private, for it behov’d us to take Care not to do it before them. As foon as we were come to the Chief’s Cot- Ceren0 . tage, where we found above two hundred Per- nies af fons, who were come to fee us, and that our their %e. Horfes were unloaded, the Elders gave us to ce tti»n. underftand, that it was their Cuftom to walh Strangers 1J8 $wnei6%j %y^T^ Speeches made to than. Their En~ ttrtain- men* Monfiettr de la Sal e’* Second Voyage Strangers at their firft Coming j but that we be- ing clad, they would only wajh our Faces ; which one of thofe Elders did, with fair Water they had in a Sort of Earthen Veflfel, and he only wafh’d our Forehead. After this fecond Ceremony, the Chief made Signs to us, to fit down on a Sort of little Scaf¬ fold, rais’d about 4 Foot above the Ground, and made of Wood and Canes, where when we were plac’d, the Chiefs of the Villages being four in Number, came and made Speeches to us, one after another. We liltned to then! with Pa¬ tience, tho’ we underftood not one Word of what they faid to us; being tir’d with the Length of their Harangues, and much more with the violent Heat of the Sun, which was juft over our Heads. When the Speeches were ended, the Purport whereof, as near as we could guefs, was only to allure us, that we were very welcome •, we gave them to underftand, that vve were going into our own Country, defigning to return fpeedily, to bring them feveral Sorts of Commodities and fuch Things as they fhould ftand in need of. e Next, we made them the ufual Prefents of Axes, Knives, Strings of Beads, Needles and Pins, for their Wives, telling them, that when we return’d we would give them We farther lignify’d to them, that if they would afford us fome Corn or Meal, we would give them other Things in Exchange, which they agreed to. After this they made ns eat Sagamitt, or Hafty-pudding, Bread, Beans, Pom- pions and other ThiDgs, which we had fufficient Need into NORTH AMERICA. 159 Need of. Molt of us having fcarce eaten any ^«»ei687 Thing all that Day, fome for Want, and others t/YX* out of Devotion, as Monfr. Cavelier, who would obferve the Faft of St. John Bapti\l\ Eve, whofe Name he bore. It is to be obferv’d, that the Pompions are incomparably better there, than with us. The 24th, the Elders met again in our Cot¬ tage. We gave them to underftand, they would oblige us, in furnilhing Guides to con- dud us to the Village of Cappa , which was in our Way j but inftead of granting it, they ear- neftly intreated us, to ftay with them and go to the Wars againll their Enemies, having been told Wonders of our Firelocks, which we pro¬ mis’d to do when we return’d, and that it fliould be Ihortly, and they feem’d to reft fatisfy’d. Thus our Hopes increas’d, but the Joy it oc- cafion’d was allay’d by a difmal Accident that befell us. Monfieur de Marie , one of the prime