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Yafous in awe, who are allies to the Chicahas. 

 The being obliged to be always on their guard 

 againft the Indians, who border upon the Englifh, 

 is not the way to fettle a grant upon a folid foun- 

 dation. 



I left the Yafous on the tenth, and, on the thir- 

 teenth, had it not been for a Natche Indian, who 

 afked his paffage from me in order to return to his 

 own country, I fhould have been loft in a whirlpool, 

 with which none of my guides were acquainted, 

 and which cannot be perceived till one is fo far en- 

 gaged with it, that ic is impoffible to get clear of 

 it. It lies on the left, at the foot of a large cape, 

 where it is faid, diere is a very good ftone quarry : 

 this is what people are mod afraid of wanting in 

 this colony, but, to make amends, they may eafi- 

 ly make as many bricks as they will. 



On the fifteenth we arrived at the Natchez. 

 This canton, the fineft, moft fertile, and bed 

 peopled of all Louifiana, lies at the diftance of 

 forty leagues from the Yafous, upon the fame fide 

 of the river. The landing place is oppofite a high 

 and rugged bank, at the foot of which runs a fmall 

 rivulet, which is capable of receiving only mallops 

 and pirogues. From this firft bank we go up a 

 fecond, or rather a hill, whofe afcent is tollerably 

 eafy, on the fummit of which ftands a redoubt, 

 enclofed by a fimple palifade. The name of a fort 

 has been given to this entrenchment. 



Several little hills appear above this laft, and, 

 when thefe are once paft, we fee, on all fides, very 

 large meadows feparated from one another by fmall 

 copfes of wood, which produce a very fine effect. 

 The trees moft common in thefe woods are the oak 



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