THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Letter to the Directors of the
Company of the Indies
(New Orleans, March 25, 1729)
Perrier, de Salvert, and de la Chaise in:
Mississippi Provincial Archives,
Vol. II, pp. 624-642.
Post of the Illinois, War with the Foxes, Army of Canada
We have already informed Mr. Desliettes of your intentions in the matter of the post of the Illinois and we shall follow exactly (p. 330) the orders that you give us on this subject, but as far as the present is concerned, that post is not at all secure in the direction of the Foxes since the army of Canada to the number of more than nine hundred Indians without counting the French has contented itself with pursuing the enemies as far as their village from which they had escaped the day before, and in spite of the arguments that it was possible to make to Mr. De Lignery who was in command he would not (page 634) Advance farther, and this is the reason that these Indians in their flight came near to us and consequently will be in a better position to insult the post of the Illinois. We are also very much surprised by this procedure and we do not know what to think about it.
Letter of Mr. Desliettes
The Mascoutens, their allies, have taken Father Guignas, a Jesuit, and ten other Frenchmen, prisoners as you will see by the last letter that we received from Mr. Desliettes which we are sending you in the original.
Wabash Post, Sieur de Vincennes
We think that Mr. De Vincennes (p. 330 v.) can not spend less for the presents to the Indians and the establishment of his post than the sum that we have granted him, but in spite of that we shall not grant what you order us to do in that matter. It will be for him to present his claims to you. If he can not do so, we shall inform him of what you write us that it is necessary for him to do in order to induce the Miamis to follow him which is to carry to them the bones of his father who has died. This you have been assured would be more successful for him then all the presents that he could give them.
We shall give all satisfaction to Mr. Desliettes in the matter of the merchandise to be selected by him which we shall have held at the New Orleans prices for the funds of the expenses of his post, and we repeat to you that we shall do exactly everything that you wish on the subject of the said post as soon as we are certain of the peace with the Foxes. Mr. (p. 332) Desliettes asks to be relieved. We do not know whom to put in his place.
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