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his breaft. There was likewife a woman of the 

 nation of the Miffouris^ who was called the prin- 

 cefs of the Mijfouris *. The Sieur Dubois^ a. fer- 

 jeant, and interpreter of thofe American ambaf- 

 fadors, having been created an officer by the 

 King, married this Mijfourian lady at his return. 

 She became a widow ; and afterwards married 

 the Sieur Marin^ a captain of the militia, by 

 whom fhe had a daughter, who is ftill ali\^e. 



The Indian princefs defcribed to her country- 

 men the magnificence Ihe had {t^w at tl^.e court 

 of France, where Ihe h^d been well received^ 

 and loaded with prefents ; ilie, had, amongO: 

 other things, got a fine repeating watch let with 

 diamonds, which the lavages called, a fpirit, on 

 account of its motion, which feemed fupernatu- 

 ral to them. 



I have here fpoken with an old Indian, Vvlia 

 was in the retinue of the Prince Tamaroas \ I 

 afked him feveral queftions concerning France, 



and 



* Slie was the daughter of the grand chief of this nation. 

 It is faid ilie was M. de Bourmoni'% miftrefs, who, during hrs 

 command among the Mijfouris, never ceafed to praiff and ex- 

 tol the wonders of France, and by that means engaged feve- 

 ral to follow him : this girl went over to the ChrilMan reii- 

 O;ion, and was haptilcd at the church of A'j/.r Dayw, 



