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[English translation]
in Summer, and the skin becomes as soft as velvet. At that season, the Indians use the hides for making fine robes, which they paint in various colors. The flesh and the fat of the Pisikious are excellent, and constitute the best dish at feasts. Moreover, they are very fierce; and not a year passes without their killing some Indians. When attacked, they catch a man on their horns, if they can, toss him in the air, and then throw him on the ground, after which they trample him under foot, and kill him. If a person fire at them from a distance, with either a bow or a gun, he must, immediately after the shot, throw himself down and hide in the grass; for if they perceive him who has fired, they run at him, and attack him. As their legs are thick and rather short, they do not run very fast, As a rule, except when angry. They are scattered about the prairie in herds; I have seen one of 400.
We continued to advance, but, as we knew not whither we were going, - for we had proceeded over one hundred leagues without discovering anything except animals and birds, - we kept well on our guard. On this account, we make only a small fire on land, toward evening, to cook our meals; and, after supper, we remove Ourselves as far from it as possible, and pass the night in our Canoes, which we anchor in the
[OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text]
t'Amenqm Stptentfwnale. t% te en Efte , & ia peau devient douce comme velours: c'eft pour lors que les Sauvages em- ployent leurs peaux pour leur faire des robbes qu'ils peignent de diverfcscouleuts/ La chair & la graiife des PifiKibus eft excellente" & faic le meilleur mets de leurs feftins : au refte ils font tres.dangereux, il lie le paffe point d'annee qu'ils ne tuent quelques Sauvages , quand oa vient les attaqucr , ils prennent s'ils peuyent un homme avec les cornes, renlevent en Fair, puis ils le jcttcnt centre terre , le foulent des- pieds & le tuent. Si Ton tire de loin fur eux de fore oi^ du fiml,il faut fi-toft apres Ie coup fe jerter a terre & Ie cacber dans Pherbe: car s'ils apper^bivent celuy qui a tire, ils courent apres & le vont attaquer: comme ils ont les pieds gros & ailez courts ils ne vont pas bien Tifte,.fi ce n'eft lorfqu ils font irritez^ ils font epatts dans des prairies comme des troupeaux^ I'en ay veu une bande de quatre cen,s. Nous ^van<jons toujours , mais coname nous lie fgavons ou nous aliens , ayant fait deja plus de cent lieues fans avoir rien decGuvert que des beftes &: des oyfeaux , nous nous te¬ nons bien fiij: nos gardes ^ c'eft pourquoy nous ne faifons qu'un petit feu a terre fi^r le foit pour preparer noftre repas , & apres foepct iibus nous eloignons de terre le plus que nous pouvons & nous aliens pafler la nuit dans nos l^aijiots ^ que ^us tei;ions a I'ancre % fe riU
Object Description
Page Title | Découverte de quelques pays et nations de l´Amerique Septentrionale [The Discovery of Several Countries and Nations in North America] |
Author | Thevenot, Melchisedec, 1620-1692 |
Place of Publication | Paris |
Source Publisher | Estienne Michallet |
Source Creation Date | 1681 |
Language | French |
Digital Format | XML |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP013000 |
Description |
After Joliet and Marquette returned from their 1673 Mississippi voyage, French officials refrained from publishing their findings. Several manuscripts telling their story circulated in Paris, however, based on a report by Fr. Claude Dablon of an interview with Joliet. Melchisédec Thévenot, an editor who specialized in printing voyages to exotic places, secured one of these unauthorized manuscripts and adapted Marquette's text for the little volume excerpted here. To make it appeal to audiences who were not fond of the Jesuits, he stripped out virtually all Marquette's religious remarks and turned it into a purely geographical account like the other's he had published. Thevenot's book printed the news of the Marquette and Joliet voyage for the first time, and also published the first map to show the full course of the Mississippi (given elsewhere at Turning Points). We provide here images of the original French pages from 1681 for students who might like to stretch their language skills, as well as an English translation. To see the English text of any French page, click "Page & Text." |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Thevenot, Melchisedec. "Découverte de quelques pays et nations de l´Amerique Septentrionale [par le P. Marquette]" in Recueil de Voyages de Mr Thevenot. ... (Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1681); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=13 |
Document Number | TP013 |
Size | p. 1-43 ; 18 cm. |
URL | Thevenot, Melchisedec. "Découverte de quelques pays et nations de l´Amerique Septentrionale [par le P. Marquette]" in Recueil de Voyages de Mr Thevenot. ... (Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1681); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=13 |
Owner Collection | Rare Book Collection |
Owner Object ID | G159 T38 |
Genre | travel narrative |
County | Brown County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Dane County; Grant County; Green Lake County; Iowa County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Richland County; Sauk County; Winnebago County; |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Arkansas; Illinois; Iowa, Kentucky; Mississippi; Missouri; Tennessee |
Gender | male |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans; French Americans; |
Sub-Topic | Arrival of the First Europeans; Wild Rice Harvesting |
Event Date | 1673 |
Event Years | 1673 |
Agriculture | Corn; Fruit; Wild Rice |
Animals | Birds; Insects; Mammals; Marine Animals |
Archaeology | Rock Paintings |
Art | Indian dance; Jewelry; |
Buildings | Dwellings; |
Domestic Life | Clothing and dress; Food; Implements, utensils, etc.; |
Religion | Missionaries; Priests; Rites and ceremonies |
Topography | Prairie; Rivers |
Transportation | Canoes and canoeing |
Indian Tribe | Illinois; Kickapoo; Mascouten; Menominee; Miami; Shawnee |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 13 |
Author | Thevenot, Melchisedec, 1620-1692 |
Place of Publication | Paris |
Source Publisher | Estienne Michallet |
Source Creation Date | 1681 |
Language | French |
Digital Format | JPG |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Electronic Publication Date | 2004 |
Digital Identifier | TP013014 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 18 cm. |
Owner Collection | Rare Book Collection |
Owner Object ID | G159 T38 |
Full Text |
[English translation]
in Summer, and the skin becomes as soft as velvet. At that season, the Indians use the hides for making fine robes, which they paint in various colors. The flesh and the fat of the Pisikious are excellent, and constitute the best dish at feasts. Moreover, they are very fierce; and not a year passes without their killing some Indians. When attacked, they catch a man on their horns, if they can, toss him in the air, and then throw him on the ground, after which they trample him under foot, and kill him. If a person fire at them from a distance, with either a bow or a gun, he must, immediately after the shot, throw himself down and hide in the grass; for if they perceive him who has fired, they run at him, and attack him. As their legs are thick and rather short, they do not run very fast, As a rule, except when angry. They are scattered about the prairie in herds; I have seen one of 400. We continued to advance, but, as we knew not whither we were going, - for we had proceeded over one hundred leagues without discovering anything except animals and birds, - we kept well on our guard. On this account, we make only a small fire on land, toward evening, to cook our meals; and, after supper, we remove Ourselves as far from it as possible, and pass the night in our Canoes, which we anchor in the [OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text] t'Amenqm Stptentfwnale. t% te en Efte , & ia peau devient douce comme velours: c'eft pour lors que les Sauvages em- ployent leurs peaux pour leur faire des robbes qu'ils peignent de diverfcscouleuts/ La chair & la graiife des PifiKibus eft excellente" & faic le meilleur mets de leurs feftins : au refte ils font tres.dangereux, il lie le paffe point d'annee qu'ils ne tuent quelques Sauvages , quand oa vient les attaqucr , ils prennent s'ils peuyent un homme avec les cornes, renlevent en Fair, puis ils le jcttcnt centre terre , le foulent des- pieds & le tuent. Si Ton tire de loin fur eux de fore oi^ du fiml,il faut fi-toft apres Ie coup fe jerter a terre & Ie cacber dans Pherbe: car s'ils apper^bivent celuy qui a tire, ils courent apres & le vont attaquer: comme ils ont les pieds gros & ailez courts ils ne vont pas bien Tifte,.fi ce n'eft lorfqu ils font irritez^ ils font epatts dans des prairies comme des troupeaux^ I'en ay veu une bande de quatre cen,s. Nous ^van |
Event Date | 1673 |
Event Years | 1673 |
Type | Text |