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of the dead bodies expofed upon the frames, terrible 

 objects, which every moment reprefented to my 

 imagination what I muft expect, lhould I have the 

 misfortune to fall into the hands of thefe barbari- 

 ans : all this made fuch an impreflion upon me, 

 that I had not the command of myfelf, and for 

 feven or eight days I was not able to fleep with 

 tranquillity. 



I was not, indeed, apprehenfive of an open at- 

 tack from the enemy, becaufe I had fourteen men 

 with me, well armed and under a good comman- 

 der ; but every thing was to be dreaded from fur- 

 prizes, there being no labour which the Indians 

 will not undergo, in order to draw their enemies 

 into the fnares which they lay for them. One of 

 the moft common is to counterfeit the cry, of fome 

 wild bead, or the voice of fome bird, in the imi- 

 tation of which they are fo dexterous, that people 

 are every day deceived by them. For inftance, be- 

 ing encamped at the entrance of a wood, they 

 imagine that they hear the cry of a buffalo, 

 deer, or wild duck ; two or three run thither 

 in hopes of finding game, and frequently never 

 return. 



The diftance between Pimiteouy and the Miffif- 

 fippi, is reckoned to be feventy leagues : I have 

 already faid, that from the rock to Pimiteouy, there 

 is fifteen •, the former of thefe two villages is in 

 forty one degrees, north lat. and the mouth of 

 the river of the Illinois in forty ; fo that from 

 the rock, the courfe of this river is weftward 

 inclining a little to the fouth, but with feveral 

 windings or circuits. There are iflands fcattered 

 Up and down in it, fome of which are pretty large; 

 }xs banks are but low in feveral places. During the 



