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LET T E R XXII. 



Voyage to the River St. Jofeph. Olfervations with 

 refpecl to the Rivers which fall into Lake Mi- 

 chigan on the eaftern Side. Of Father Marquette's 

 river , and of the Origin of this Name. Of the 

 Games of the Indians. Some particulars of the Cha- 

 racter of thefe Nations, 



River St. Jofeph, Augujh i6 9 iyit. 



Madam, 



IT was eight days^yefterday fince I arrived at this 

 poft, where we have a mifllon, and where there 

 is ja commandant with a fmall garrifon. The com- 

 mandant's houfe, which is but a very forry one, is 

 called the fort, from its being furrounded with an 

 indifferent pallifado, which is pretty near the cafe 

 in all the reft, except the forts Chambly and Cataro- 

 couy, which are real fortreffcs. There are how- 

 ever in almoft every one of them fome few can- 

 nons or pateraroes, which in cafe of neceflity are fuf- 

 ficient to hinder a furprize and to keep the Indians 

 in refpecl. 



We 



