^^84 An Hijlorical Journal of 



Trifles, which we could never recover. The fame Evening we 

 pafled the laft Place of the River, where one is obliged to drag 

 the Cajioe ; afterwards the River has every where a Breadth and 

 Depth, that makes it equal to mo'ft of the largeft Rivers of Eu- 

 rope, 



I faw alfo this Day, for the firft Time, fome Parrots : There 

 Of the Parrots ^^^^ Sides of the Theakikiy but 



of Louifiana^^^^ ^ Summer only. Thefe were fome Stagglers 

 * that were going to the MiJJijfipi^ where there 

 are fome in all Seafons : They are out little bigger than a Black- 

 bird, their Head is yellow, with a red Spot in the Middle, Green 

 prevails in all the reft of their Plumage. The two following 

 Days we traverfed a charming Country, and the third of OSid^ 

 her about Noon we found ourfelves at the Entrance of the Lake 

 Pimiteouy ; it is the River which grows wider here, and which 

 for three Leagues is one League in Breadth. At the End of 

 thefe three Leagues, we find on the Right a fécond Village of 

 Illinois, diftant about fifteen Leagues from that of the Rock. 

 Nothing can be more pleafant than the Situation ; it has over 

 r^r L iz ;/ againftit, as in Perfpe6live, a very fineForeft, 

 Vf the yiUage ^j^.^j^ ^^^^ Colours, and behind 



cj I imiteouy. ^ pj^.^^ immenfe Extent, bordered 



with Woods. The Lake and the River fwarm with Filh, and their 

 Sides with Wild-Fowl. I met alfo in this Village four French Ca- 

 nadiansy who informed me that I was between four Parties of 

 Enemies, and that it was not fafe for me either to go forward, 

 or to return ; they told me further, that on the Route which I 

 had travelled, there were thirty Outagamis in Ambufti; that the' 

 liite Number of the fame Savages were ranging-round the Vil- 

 lage of Pimiiecuyy and others to the Number of eighty kept 

 at the Bottom of the River, divided into two Bands. 



This Account made me recoiled what had happened to us the 

 Evening before ; we had ftopt at the End of the Ifland, to look 

 for fome Buftards, at which fome of my People had fired ; and 

 we heard fomebody cutting of Wood in the Middle of the Ifland. 

 The Nearnefs of the Village of Pimiteouy^ made us judge that it 

 was fome Illinois, and we held in that Opinion ; but it is very- 

 likely that they were Outagamis, who having difcovered us, and 

 not daring to attack us, becaufe I had twelve Men well armed, 

 thought to draw fome of us into the Woods, judging that they 

 ihoufd have an eafy Conqueft of the reft ; but our little Curi- 

 oiity kept bs from this Misfortune, which I ihould certainly not 

 have efcaped, if I had not had an Efcort commanded by a Man, 

 who was not of a Humour to ftop where there was no real Oc- 

 cafion. 



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