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have warrs against a nation, against men that build great caibbans, & 

 have great beards & had such knives as we have had. Moreover they 

 shewed a Decad of beads & guilded pearls that they have had from 

 that people, wch made us believe they weare Eiiropeans. They shewed 

 one of that nation that was taken the yeare before. We understood 

 him not; he was much more tawny then they wth whome we weare. 

 His arms & leggs weare turned outside; that was the punishment in- 

 flicted uppon him. So they doe wth them that they take, & kill them 

 'wth elubbs & doe often eat them. They doe not burne their prisoners 

 las those of the northern parts. 



" We weare informed of that nation that live in the other river. 

 These weare men of extxaordinary height & bignesse, that made us 

 believe they had no communication wth them. They live onely uppon 

 Oorne & Citrulles, wch are mighty bigg. They have fish in plenty 

 throughout ye yeare. They have fruit as big as the heart of an 

 Oriniak/ wch grows on vast trees wch in compassé are three armefull 

 in compassé. When they see little men they are affraid & cry out, 

 wch makes many come help them. Their arrows are not of stones as 

 ours are, but of fish boans & other boans that they worke greatly, as 

 all other things. Their dishes are made of wood. I have seene them, 

 Kjould not but admire the curiosity of their worke. They have great 

 calumetts of great stones, red & greene. They make a store of tobacco. 

 They have a kind of drink that makes them mad for a whole day. 

 This I have not seene, therefore you may believe as you please. When 

 I came backe I found my brother sick, as I said before.- God gave 

 Mm his health, more by his courage then by any good medicine, ffor 

 our bodyes are not like those of the wildmen." (pp. 167-169.) 



L'allusion à File Pelée où les Hurons et les Outaouas s'étaient 

 ^retirés, et d'où ils étaient partis récemment, montre que Radisson est 

 remonté au nord jusqu'au lac Pépin. Rien dans son texte ne donne 

 à supposer qu'il ait séjourné en cet endroit. Il dit qu'il a employé les 

 quatre mois allant de rivière en rivière. 



Le chemin de fer d'Omaha s'avance dans le Wisconsin jusqu'à la 

 rivière Chippewa, à 40 miles du lac Rice, et cet endroit, qui va devenir 

 un centre commercial, a été nommé Radisson en 1903. 



^ Orignac est un mot basque pour désigrner un grand cerf. Nous en avons 

 fait orignal. 



* Page 158, mais ce passage, où il dit que Ohouart tomba malade, se trouve 

 intercalé dans un endroi't qui nous mène à l'été de 1661. Il serait bon de voir 

 Je manuscrit original. 



