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

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1671.] ALLOUEZ'S HARANGUE. 53parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> aforesaid countries, save only under <strong>the</strong>good pleasure <strong>of</strong> His Most Christian Majesty, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> ^°l(jA^him who will govern in his behalf; <strong>and</strong> this on pain<strong>of</strong> incurring his resentment <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> efforts <strong>of</strong> hisarms. Vive le Boi." 1The Frenchmen fired <strong>the</strong>ir guns <strong>and</strong> shouted " Vivele Roi," <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> yelps <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> astonished Indiansmingled with <strong>the</strong> din.What now remains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sovereignty thus pom- ^ipously proclaimed? Now <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> accents <strong>of</strong>France on <strong>the</strong> lips <strong>of</strong> some straggling boatman or 2*

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