THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Ramezay to the Minister
(September 18, 1714)
Ramezay in: Wisconsin Historical
Collections, XVI, pp. 300-303.
His [M. de Louvigny] presence is not only necessary at Michilimakinac for this Expedition, but I have learned, through Sieur de liette, who commands among the Illinois, that Sieur de bourmont, and two men named bisaillon and bourdon, lead a life not only scandalous but even Criminal in many ways. In the first place they have opposed the project of Sieurs de liette and de Vinsenne, which was to make peace between the illinois and the myamy. These gentlemen state that they would have succeeded in this but for the obstacles raised by these seditious men, who have fomented dissension between these two nations. This peace is all the more necessary, as we hope that they will furnish nearly fifteen (page 303) hundred men against the reynards, whose irreconcilable Foes they are, which has led Monsieur the Marquis de Vaudreuil and Monsieur Begon to adopt the most suitable Expedients for gaining success.
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