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 AN

OF THE

Late Monsieur de la Sale's

LAST

VOYAGE

INTO

North America

To Discover the

River MISSISIPI.

It is Mr. Joutel ''that speaks in this Journal''.

At the Time when Monsieur de la Sale was preparing for his last Voyage into North America, I happen'd to be at Roan, the Place where he and I were both born, being return'd from the Army, where I had serv'd sixteen or seventeen Years.

The Reputation gain'd by Monsieur de la Sale, the Greatness of his Undertaking, the Natural Curiosity which all men are possess'd with, and my Acquaintance with his Kindred, and with several of the Inhabitants of that City,