Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-11-09

beaver skins and placed them before
La Sale. The chief orator then pre-
sented them to him and explained their
meaning. The first two were to de-
clare that the children of the great
Onontio (the TllinD were not to be
eaten. The next was a plaster to heal
La Sales wound. The next was oil
to anOint himself and his French com.
panions for long journey. The next
announced that the sun was bright and
travelling good. The last required that
the whites should withdraw fron, the
Illini camp. and go home to Quebec.
La Sale thereupon thanked them for
their gifts, but asked when they them
selves were going to depart, and leave
the Illini in peace. This raised a storm
Of angry feelings, and murmurs were
heard on all sides that they would yet
eat the flesh Of the Illini. La Sallo
then kicked over the pile of beaver
skins, saying that he would not re.
ceiye them if they were going TO eat
the children of. the great Onontio.
He was thereupon driven from the
lodge in which the council was held.
success. He then withdrew, sent for
the rest of his party, and knowing
that to remain would mean a certain
and terrible death for them all, set out
in n leaky canoe for Fort Miami. They
were obliged to land and repair the
leaks While thus engaged Father
Ribourde wandered away from their
camp TO mediate at the setting of the
sun. He was never seen again by the
eyes of the French. A number of lro-
qucis who had followed the course of
the party since leaving, surprised him
while engaged with his devotions in
the timber near by, and cleft his skull
with an AK, killing him without sound
or struggle on his part. Thus died
the only heir to wealthy Burgundian
house who had renOunced the COM
forts of this world to carry to heather
ears the truths and consultations of the
church. Noble martyr of the faith,
true soldier of the cross, he bravcd "A
thousand dangers, fired by a holy zeal,
meeting his death at the hands of
those he had come so far to bless.
After searching vainly to find trace
of their companion and spending two
days in the vicinity in the vain hope
that he would return. they at last re-
newed their journey, reaching Fort
Miami without further accident. They
determined then to go up the west
side of the lake toward Michilimacki-
nae. They had not proceeded far when
their canoe was rendered unfit for fur
ther service, and they proceeded the
rest of the way on foot. Food be-
came exhausted and they were verging
upon starvation when band of friend
ly Pottawottomies found them and
took them TO their home. Here a mes
senger whom Tonti had dispatched to
search for tidings of his friend found
them in the middle of the winter.
La Sale had finally succumbed to
the vicissitudes of the past months
and lay for many weeks i'll with a
wasting fever, tended by the faithful
Boisrondet and Father Membre. He
sent the messenger back to Tonti, as
suring him of his safety ard begging
him to remain where he was until the
spring, promising to rejoin him there
as soon as he was able to make the
journey. Tonti sent word over the ice
to Michilimackinac telling Renee of
his discovery of La Sale and of their
plans.
ITO Be Continued