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La Salle and the discovery of the great West - North Central ...

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1684.] A PARTING LETTER. 366Madame ray Most Honored Mo<strong>the</strong>r, from your mosthumble <strong>and</strong> most obedientservant <strong>and</strong> son,Db la <strong>Salle</strong>.My bro<strong>the</strong>r, my nephews, <strong>and</strong> all <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs greet you,<strong>and</strong> take <strong>the</strong>ir leave <strong>of</strong> you.This memorable last farewell has lain for twohundred years among <strong>the</strong> family papers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Caveliers. 11The letters <strong>of</strong> Beaujeu to Seignelay <strong>and</strong> to Cabart de Villermont,with most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r papers on which this chapter rests,will be found in Margry, ii. 354-471. This indefatigable investigatorhas also brought to light a number <strong>of</strong> letters from a bro<strong>the</strong>r<strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> Beaujeu, Machaut-Kougemont, written at Rochefort,just after <strong>the</strong> departure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> expedition from Rochelle, <strong>and</strong>giving some idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> views <strong>the</strong>re entertained concerning it. Hesays ": L'on ne peut pas faire plus d'extravagances que le Sieur dela <strong>Salle</strong> n'en a fait sur toutes ses pretentions de comm<strong>and</strong>ement.Je plains beaucoup le pauvre Beaujeu d'avoir affaire a une humeursi saturnienne. . . Je le croy beaucoup visionnairc . . ..Beaujeu a une sotte commission."

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