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A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America
Hennepin, Father Louis: Two Volumes, pp. 160-208.
An Account of what happened to us while we remain'd among the Illinois, till the Building of a New Fort.
Some Days after, Nikanape, Brother to Chessagouasse, the most considerable Chief of the Illinois, who was then absent, invited us to a great Feast; and before we sat down to eat, made a long Speech, very different from what the other Captains had told us upon our arrival."
Illinois try to disuade Las Salle from going down the Mississippi with wild stories of monsters and such. La Salle answers. J. R. M.
(page 162)
"We did not sleep, Brother, said he, directing his Discourse to Nicanape,
when Monso was caballing amongst you in the Night to make you believe
that we were Spies of the Iroquese. The Presents he made to enforce his
Lies, are still hidden in this Cabin. . .
(page 165). . .These Reasons, with some other Arguments which I added to the same purpose, proved powerful enough to engage them to approve M. la Salle's Design; and so it was resolv'd to build a Fort in a very advantageous Place on the River, four Day's Journey below the great Village of the Illinois."
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