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LETTER XX. 



Voyage to the Bay. Defcription of it, and of the 

 Courfe thither. Irruption of the Spaniards into 

 the Country of the Miffouri Indians, and their De- 

 feat. Dances of the Indians. 



Michillimahnac, July 21, 1 7 2 1 . 



Madam 1 



O I N C E my laft letter, I have made a voyage 

 j[3 t0 tne Bay, which is about four-fcore leagues 

 diftant from this poft. I took the advantage for this 

 purpofe of going in company with Monf. Montig- 

 ny, captain of a company of the troops which the 

 king maintains in Canada, Knight of St. Lewis, 

 and whofe name is famous in the annals of the co- 

 lony ; but who is at lead equally refpe&ed for 

 his probity, and for his upright open deportment, 

 and for his valour and military exploits. 

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We embarked the 2d of July in the afternoon, 

 and for thirty leagues coafted along a neck of land 

 which feparates lake Michigan from lake Superior; 

 in fome places it is only a few leagues over, and it is 

 fcarce poffible to fee a more difagreeable country ; 

 but it is terminated by a beautiful river called La 



Maniftie 



