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ver of BuUs^ which is twenty Leagues diftant from the River of 

 the Illinois^ and which comes from the Weft. They have diito- 

 vered in its Neighbourhood a very fine Salt^Pit. They have 

 aifo found feveral fuch on the Sides of the Marameg, about 

 twenty Leagues from hence* About forty Leagues further, we 

 leave the Affenejipiy or the Ri^er of the Rock ; fo called, becaufe 

 it is over-againft a Mountain which is in the Bed of the Mi/fi/- 

 Jtppii and where fome Travellers have affirmed there was Rock 

 Chryftal. 



Twenty- five Leagues higher, we find the River Ouifconfîng^ on 

 the Right Hand, by which Father Marqueîfey and the bieur 'jclieîT, 

 entered the MiJJjJpppiy when they firll difcovered it. The yjjouez^ 

 who are in this Latitude, that is to fay^ in about 43^. 3o^ who 

 travel much, and who go, we are aHured, from twenty five to 

 thirty Leagues a Day, when they have not their Families with 

 them, fay that fetting out from their Habitations, they come ia 

 three Days to a People called Omans ; who are of a fair Com- 

 plexion, with light Hair, efpecially the Women. They add, 

 that this Nation is continually at War with the Pants, and other 

 Savages further to the Weft ; and that they have heard them 

 fpeak of a great Lake, very diftant from them, in the Environs 

 of which the,re are People like the Frenchy who have Buttons to 

 their Clothes, who build Towns, who ufe Horfes for hunting 

 the Buffaloes, which they cover with Buffaloes Skins i but who 

 have no Arms but Bows and Arrows. 



On the Left, about fixty Leagues above the River of ^tdls^ 

 we fee the Moingona come out of the Mtdft of an immenfe and 

 magnificent Meadow, which is quite covered with Buffaloes and 

 other wild Creatures. At its Entrance into the Mififfippi^ it has 

 little Water, and it is alf) but narrow : It has nevertiielefs a 

 Courfe, as they fay, of two hundred and fifty Leagues, winding 

 from the North to the Weft. They add, that its Source is in a 

 Lake, and that it forms a fécond fifty Leagues from thefirft. 



From this fecqnd Lake it inclines to the Left, and enters the 

 Blue Rinjer ; thjis named, becaufe of its Bottom, which is an , 

 Earth of this Colour. It difcharges itfelf into the River 6"/. 

 Peter. Li-g^okig up tl^e Moingona, they find a great deal of Coal ; 

 and when they have gX)ne up it one hundred and fifty Leagues, 

 they perceive a great Cape, which makes the River wind ; the 

 Water of which, iiv this Part, is red and ftinking. It is ailured^ 

 that many Mineral Stones have been gathered on this Cape, and 

 that Antimony has been brought hither from thence. 



A League above the Mouth of the Moingona, there are two 

 Falls in the Mijpjjtppi, which are pretty long, where they are 

 oblicted to unload and tow the Pettiaugre : And above the fe- 

 éonà Fall, that is to fay^ twenty-one Leagues from Ùi^Moingona^ 



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