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LETTER XXVIII. 

 



Voyage from Pimiteouy to Kafkafquias. Courfe of 

 the River of the Illinois. Of the Copper Mines. 

 Of the Miffouri, Of the Mines of the River 

 Marameg. Bfcription of Fort Chartres, and 

 cf the Miffwn of Kafkafquias. Of the Fruit- 

 trees of Louifiana. Befcription of the Miffif- 

 fippi above the Illinois. Different Tribes of that 

 Nation. Some Traditions of the Indians 'Their 

 Notions about the Stars, Eclipfes and Thunder. 

 Their Manner of calculating Time. 



Madam, 



Imuft ingenuoufly confefs to you, that at my de- 

 parture from Pimiteouy, I was not quite fo un- 

 daunted as I pretended to be, as well for my own ho- 

 nour as not entirely to diQiearten tho'e who ac- 

 companied me, fome of whom had much ado 

 to diflfemble their fear. The alarm in which I 

 found the Illinois, their mournful fongs, the fight 



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