290 An HiJloTîcal Journal of 



They reckon 70 Leagues from Pimiteouy to the MiJJîJJtppî: îha^e 



n C fe f ^^^^^^y ^^^^ ^^^^ "^^^ * 5 Rock to 



the Ri'vcrof the P^'^^J^'o^y- the firft of thefe two Villages is in 

 Illinois "^"^ Degrees Lat. the Entrance of the River 



of the Illinois is in 40 Degrees ; fo that from 

 the Rock this River runs Weft, inclining a little to the South, 

 but it makes many Windings. From Time to Time we meet with 

 Iflands, fome of which are pretty large : Its Banks are but low 

 in many Places : In the Spring it overflows the greateft Part of 

 the Meadows, which are on the Right and Left, and which 

 are afterwards covered with Grafs and Herbs, that grow very 

 high. They fay it abounds with Fifh every where, but we had 

 no Time to fifh, nor any Nets that were fit for its Depth. Our 

 Bufaiefs was fooner done by killing a Buffalo, or a Roe-Buck, 

 and of thefe we had the Choice. 



The 6th we faw a great Number of Buffaloes crofTmg the 

 River in a great Hurry, and we fcarce doubted but that they were 

 hunted by one of the Parties of the Enemy, which they had 

 fpoken of : This obliged us to fail all Night, to get out of fuch 

 a dangerous Neighbourhood. The next Day before it was light 

 we paffed the Sagui?nonty a. great River that comes from the 

 South ; Five or fix Leagues lower we left on the fame Hand 

 another fmaller, called the River of the Macopines : Thefe are 

 great RootSn which eaten raw, are Poifon, but being roafted by a 

 fmall Fire for five or fix Days or more, have no longer any hurt?, 

 ful Quality. Between thefe two Rivers, at an equal Diftancc 

 from both we find a Marih called Machouiin, which is exaftiy 

 half-way ïxom Pimiteouy to the MiJJtfftppi, 



Soon after we had paffed the River of the Macopines^ we per- 

 ceived the Banks of the MiffiJJippi, which are very high. Wc 

 rowed however above twenty-four Hours longer, and often with 

 our Sail up, before we entered it ; becaufe the River of the lU 

 linois changes its Courfe in this Place from the Weft to the 

 I South and by Eaft. One might fay, that out of Refentment at 

 being obliged to pay the Homage of its Waters to another Ri- 

 ver, it fought to return back to its Spring. 



Jts Entrance into the Mi/JIJJîppi is Éaft South Eaft. It was the 

 * loth, about half pail Two in the Morning, 

 opp^r, ^^^^ found ourfelves in this River, which 



at that Time made fo much Noife in France, leaving on the 

 Right Hand a great Meadow, out of which there rifes a little 

 River, in which there is a great deal of Copper. Nothing can 

 be more charming than all this Side ; but it is not quite the fame 

 on the Left Hand. We fee there only very high Mountain* 

 interfperfed with Rocks, between which there grows fome Ce- 



' dars; 



