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gratification^ till he could get the crofs of SL 



Louis, 



The fclcUer * who faved him at the peril of his 

 life, was immediately made ferjeanc at the head 

 of his troop. You fee, Sir, by this fhort ac- 

 count, how worthy of admiration that well-efta- 

 blifhed fubordination is, among the troops of 

 the Helvetic body, that are fo inviolably attach- 

 ed to the fervice of our King, and how much 

 thofe that keep it in force feel the happy effect? 

 of it. 



The adlion of th^ft^ foidiers, which was really 

 an heroic one, well deferves that their names 

 fiiould be tranfmitted to pollerity. 



In 1754, the Baron de Porneuf imparted to 

 me his intention of going upon a cilco/ery into 

 the weft of Louiftanay^ up the Mijpf^ppi and 

 the river Mijfouris^ the fources of which ^e un- 

 known to us. This officer, who is a Canada?^ 

 has the proper qualities for undertaking fuch an 

 expedition ; but the war which arofe between 

 France and England^ on account of the bounda- 

 ries 



' Kis name was Regnijje, 



