THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Memoir on the Discovery of the
Mississippi and the Neighboring Nations
by M. de la Salle (1678-death) and by the
Sieur de Tonty (?-1691)
Tonty, Henri Sieur de, "Memoir sent in 1693, on the discovery of the
Mississippi and the Neighboring Nations by M. de la Salle, from the
year 1678 to the time of his death, and by the Sieur de Tonty to the
year 1691." In: B. F. French, Historical Collections
of Louisiana, pt. I, 1846, pp. 52-78.
p. 66.
. . . .
(page 66)
. . .
During the winter I gave all the nations notice of what we had done to defend
them from the Iroquois, through whom they had lost 700 people in previous
years. They approved of our good intentions, and established themselves, to the
number of 300 cabins, near the Fort Illinois, as well Miamis as Chawanons.
M. de la Salle departed for France in the
month of September, leaving me to command the fort. He met on his way the
Chevalier de Bogis, whom M. de la Barre had sent with letters, ordering M. de
la Salle to Quebec, who had no trouble in making the journey, as he was met
with on the road. M. de la Salle wrote to me to receive M. de Bogis well, which
I did. The winter passed, and on the 20th of March, 1684, being informed that
the Iroquois were about to attack us, we prepared to receive them, and
dispatched a canoe to M. de la Durantaye, Governor of Missilimakinac, for
assistance, in case the enemy should hold out against us a long time. The
savage appeared on the 21st, and we repulsed them with loss. After six days'
siege they retired with some slaves which they had made in the neighborhood,
who afterwards escaped and came back to the fort.
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