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while himself, with three others, should return to Fort Fron- 

 tenac, where they had first embarked, to procure some further 

 supplies ; and that the Chevalier Tonti, Avith the rest of the 

 men, should remain to garrison the fort at Crevecoeur. Here 

 he remained with his little band of soldiers for many years. 

 The companions of La Sale, in the subsequent disastrous 

 expedition in which he lost his life, found Tonti still at the 

 fort, in 1686, and La Hontan also, in 1689, says he was then 

 residing there, when he returned from his expedition up the 

 St. Peter's. 



Father Hennepin, accompanied by only two Frenchmen, 

 Anthony Auguel, surnamed Picard du Gay, and Mitchel Ako, 

 left Fort Crevecoeur on the 29th February, 1689, and on the 

 7th March, reached the Missisippi. Hennepin, with his com- 

 panions, proceeded up the river as far as the falls, which were 

 named by him St. Anthony of Padua. He observed the Des 

 Moines River (called Otenta), and another at the west, which 

 was probably St. Peter's, but which he does not mention by 

 any name. This river, some years after the date of its dis- 

 covery, by Hennepin, received the name of St. Pierre, from 

 a trader of that name, who resided upon it. It has been sug- 

 gested, however, that the true name of this river is " Sans 

 Pierres," without stones : it being at the mouth entirely clear 

 of stones. A few years after this time, the Des Moines, or 

 Otenta, is mentioned in the maps by the name of Moingona. 

 He found also the Black River, on the east side, above the 

 Wisconsin, which was called by the Sauteurs (or Chippe- 

 was), Sappah, and by the Naudowessiouns, or Sioux, Cheba- 

 deba. And above the Chebadeba, he entered the beautiful 

 and romantic lake which he called the Lac des Pleurs, and 

 which has since received the name of Lake Pepin * The 



* Major Long says it was first called Lake Pepin in the manuscript of 

 Le Sueur ; Charlevoix calls it Bon Secours. 



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