to North~Amevk&* i j y 



River, is, that the Banks are replenifli'd with an 

 infinity of Fruit-Trees, which we faw in a difmal 

 condition , as being ftrip'd of their verdure ; and 

 that among thefe Fruit-Trees, there are many Vines, 

 which bear moft beautiful Clufters of very large 

 Grapes. Igate fome of thefe Grapes dry'd in the Sun, 

 Which had a moft delicious Tafte. The Beavers are 

 as unfrequent in this, as in the long River, where 

 I faw nothing but Otters, of which the People 

 make Furs for the Winter. 



Ifetoutfrom the lllinefe River on the xoth of 

 Afrit, and by the help of a Weft S©uth- Weft Wind, 

 arrived in fix days at the Fort of Crevecoeur y where I 

 met with Mr. de Tonti, who received me with all ima- 

 ginable Civility , and is juftly refpeded and ho- 

 noured by the Iroqueje. I ftay'd three days in this 

 Fort, where there were thirty Coureurs de Bois that 

 traded with the Illineje. The 2.0th I arrived at the 

 . Village of the lllinefe ; and to fefien the drudgery of 

 a great Land-carriage of twelve great Leagues, in- 

 gag'd four hundred Men to tranfport our Baggage, 

 which they did in the fpace of four days, being 

 incourag'd by a Bribe of a great Roll of BrafilTo- 

 bacco, an hundred pound weight of Powder, two 

 hundred weight of Ball, and fome Arms, which I 

 gave to the moft confiderablq Men of their number. 

 The 24th I arrived at Chekakou, where my Outagarnis 

 took leave of me in order to return to their own 

 Country, being very well fatisfied with a Prefent I 

 made "em of fome Fufees, and fome Piftols. The 

 '2jf£ I reimbarqued, and by rowing hard in a Calm, 

 made the River of the Oumamh on the 2%tb. There I 

 met four hundred Warriours, upon the very fame 

 place where Mr. de la Salle had formerly built a 

 Fort. Thefe Warriours were then imploy'd in burn- 

 ing three Ireqmfe, who, as they faid, deferv'd the 

 Punifliment; and invited us to lhare in the pleafure 

 pf the Show j for the Savages take it very ill if one 



K 4 refufes 



