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a I B RAHY
OF THE
U N IVLRSITY
OF ILLINOIS
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1922
v.2
Ilnols Historical SurveyTHE
AND EXPLORATIONSVOYAGES OF
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
IIVOL.TheVoyages and
Explorations of
ChamplainSamuel de
1604-1616
Narrated by Himself
TRANSLATED BY
Annie Nettleton Bourne
togetherwith
TheVoyage of 1603
ReprintedfromPURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES
WITHINTRODUCTIONEDITED
ANDNOTES3Y
Edward GaylordBourne
inYale UniversityProfesssor ofHistory
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUMESINTWO
Volume II
MCMXXII
ALLERTON BOOK CO.
NewYorkCopyright, 1902, by
Williams-Barker Co.
United States ofAmericaPrinted in the'
1
1
CONTENTS
VOLUME II
BOOK IV
CHAPTER I
PAGE
France; what took place upDeparture from
to the time of our arrival at St. Louis
1Rapids
CHAPTER II
Tessoiiat's, and theContinuation. Arrival at
kind reception he gave me. Character of
promisetheir cemeteries. The savages
me four canoes to continue my way.
refuse them.Soon afterward they me
Speech of the savages to dissuade me
from my undertaking, showing the diffi-
culties. Response with regard to these
difficulties. Tessouat accuses my guide of
lying, and of having been where henot
thatsaid he had. The guide maintains
what he says true. I urge them to giveis
refusals. Myme some canoes. Several
guide convicted of lying, and his confes-
sion 19
5444f.CONTENTS
CHAPTER III
PAGE
return to the Rapids. False alarm. Cere-Our
Chaudiere Falls. Confessionmony at the
Our returnof our liar before each one.
France 36to
IVCHAPTER
author goes to Sieur de Monts, whoThe
authorization to join thegives him the
company. This he shows to the Count de
commission that he givesSoissons. The
him. The author addresses himself to the
under his protec-Prince, who takes him
tion 43
CHAPTER V
Departure of the author for New France.
New discoveries in the year 1615 58
CHAPTER VI
Our arrival at Cahiague. Description of the
beauty of the country; character of the
savages who inhabit it, and the inconveni-
ences that we suffered 72
CHAPTER VII
How the savages traverse the ice. Concern-
ing the Tobacco People. Their way of
living. People called the Neutral Nation. 97
Title Page of the Voyage of 1603.* 149
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