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met together at Norrigiwock they call'd a Council, and the 

 Fryers told the Indians, That they muft look out for fome 

 other Country, for that it was impoffible for them to live 

 there; alfo told them there was a River call'd Mojjippee™ 

 where they might live quietly and no EngliJJi come near 

 them ; It being as far beyond Canada as it was to it, &c. 

 and if they would go and live there, they would live & 

 dye with them, but if not they would leave them, and 

 never come near them again. Whereupon they all agreed 

 to go away; which they cfid, and left their Ruff houfhold- 

 ftuff, and Corn behind them, and went all, except thofe 

 two for Canada. Alfo her Sons giving the fame Intelli- 

 gence, fo we had no reafon to think but that it was true. 

 Col. Church having done what he could there, Embark'd 

 on board the Tranfports and went to Mount Defart, where 

 he expected to have met with the Ships from Port Royal 

 Gut\ and going into the Harbour at Mount Defart, found 



839 The Mifjijippi find. Miche Scpc ; fournie." {Relation, 1670 : So.] In 1673, 

 called by the early Jefuits Meffi-Sipi). Marquette, with Louis Jolliet, reached 

 As early as 1669, Father Marquette re- the river, and defcended it probably as 

 folved upon vifiting this wonderful river, far as the mouth of the Arkanfas. (His 

 of which rumors came to him from the narrative of this journey may be found 

 favages. It is firft mentioned in the in Shea's Difcovery and Exploration of 

 " Relations des Jefuites," in 1670, as the MifJiJJippi Valley ; having been firft 

 " une grande Riviere large d 'tine lieue publilhed, in 1681, in Thevenot's Re- 

 el davanlage, qui venant des quartiers cueil de Voyages.) Of courfe, his infor- 

 du Nord, coule vers le Sud, ct Ji loin mation had added certainty to all vague 

 que les fauvages qui ont navige fur floating rumors before exifting ; and the 

 cette Riviere, allaut cherckcr des cue- Jefuits in Canada, before the date of this 



is a combattre, apre's quantity dejour- expedition of Col. Church, were able 



nees de navigation, n' en ont point trouve to fpeak with fome confidence of this 



Vemboucherc, quie ne pent eflrc que vers wonderful ftream. [See Relations des 



la Mer de la Floride, oil celle de Call- Jefuites, 1670: 91, 100; 1671 : 24,47.] 



