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refult was to fend bundles of rods '^ to the chiefs 

 of the tribeS) who v/ere their allies, among 

 whom were the Sioux, the Sakis and the Kikapous 

 who marched as auxiliary troops under the 

 ftandard of the Foxes, The army confided of 

 a thoufand warriors ; every thing being in rea- 

 dinefs, the general o^xht Foxes marched towards 

 the niinois, and chiefly towards the Mitchigamias 

 who had given ihelter to the KoakiaS. 



The warriors being come together to the nurri- 

 ber of one thoufand^ they embarked in one 

 hundred and eighty canoes made of birch tree 

 bark, on the ri^^er Ouifconfing which falls into 

 the Miffijtppl. By the current of the river, and 

 the help of their oars, they were foon brought 

 to their enemies, the Illinois, 



They pafTed in good order by the fort of Koa^ 

 kias where the Chevalier de Volfei^ an officer of 

 my detachment, commanded. The van o^ this 

 fleet of the Foxes, conflfted of the bed runners, 

 \vho were to go on fliore to reconnoitre. They 

 K 2 landed 



* As the Indians have not got the art of writing, the rods 

 Jnark the number of warriors, and the day of aiTembllDg for 

 the departure of the army. 



