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[English translation]
washed assumes a bloody tinge. There is also very heavy, red sand. I placed some on a paddle, which was dyed with its color so deeply that the water could not wash it away during the fifteen days while I used it for paddling.
Here we began to see canes, or large reeds, which grow on the bank of the river; their color is a very pleasing green; all the nodes are marked by a crown of long, narrow, and pointed leaves. They are very high, and grow so thickly that the bison have some difficulty in forcing their way through them.
Hitherto, we had not suffered any inconvenience from Mosquitoes; but we were entering into their home, as it were. This is what the Indians of this quarter do to protect themselves against them. They erect a scaffolding, the floor of which consists only of poles, so that it is open to the air in order that the smoke of the fire made underneath may pass through, and drive away those little creatures, which cannot endure it; the savages lie down upon the poles, over which bark is spread to keep off rain. These scaffoldings also serve them as protection against The excessive and unbearable heat of this country; for they lie in the shade, on the floor below, and thus protect themselves against the sun's rays, enjoying the cool breeze that circulates freely through the scaffolding.
With the same object, we were compelled to erect a sort of Cabin
[OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text]
fAmetique SeptentfionaK 33 ia¥e prend la couleur de ftng. 11 y a auffi d'un lable rouge fort pefant, j'en mis iur un aviron qui en prit la couleur fi fortemeht que I'eau ne la pilt eftacer pendant quinze jours que je m'en lervois pour nager. C'eft icy oil,nous commen|ons a voir des Cannes, bu gros rofeauX, qui fbnt for Ie bord de la riviere5 elles ont un verd fort agreable^ tous Ies noeuds font couronnez de feUilles lon^ gues, etroates & pbintucs: elles font fort hau¬ tes, & en fi grande quantity que les Boeufs fauvages ont peine a les forcct. Jufques k prefent nous n'avons point eft6 incommbdez des Maringoiiins, mais nous cn-« krons comme dans leur pais; voici ce que font Ies Sauvages de ces quartiers pour s'en de¬ fendre J Ils clevent un echaf uit qui n'eft que de perches,& par confequent peu ferme &; a jdm% afin que la fiim^e paffe au travers faifant dri feu deffus Sc chaffe ces petits animaux qui ne la peuvent fouftrir; on fe couche fiir Ies pfcr- ches ^ au-deltas defquelles font des ^corce^ £tendues contre lapluye , & F^chafiiutleur fert contre les chaleurs exceffives & infopportables de ce pays, car on s'y met a Fombre a Fefta- ge d'embas, & on s'y garentit des rayons du Soleil prenant le frais Su vent , qui palFeliw brement'au travers de en ^chafiut* , D'ans le mefine dejflein nous fufines con- trains de fkire fiir Feau ¦ une' efpece de Cabane C
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 | 33 |
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 | TP013034 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 18 cm. |
Owner Collection | Rare Book Collection |
Owner Object ID | G159 T38 |
Full Text |
[English translation]
washed assumes a bloody tinge. There is also very heavy, red sand. I placed some on a paddle, which was dyed with its color so deeply that the water could not wash it away during the fifteen days while I used it for paddling. Here we began to see canes, or large reeds, which grow on the bank of the river; their color is a very pleasing green; all the nodes are marked by a crown of long, narrow, and pointed leaves. They are very high, and grow so thickly that the bison have some difficulty in forcing their way through them. Hitherto, we had not suffered any inconvenience from Mosquitoes; but we were entering into their home, as it were. This is what the Indians of this quarter do to protect themselves against them. They erect a scaffolding, the floor of which consists only of poles, so that it is open to the air in order that the smoke of the fire made underneath may pass through, and drive away those little creatures, which cannot endure it; the savages lie down upon the poles, over which bark is spread to keep off rain. These scaffoldings also serve them as protection against The excessive and unbearable heat of this country; for they lie in the shade, on the floor below, and thus protect themselves against the sun's rays, enjoying the cool breeze that circulates freely through the scaffolding. With the same object, we were compelled to erect a sort of Cabin [OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text] fAmetique SeptentfionaK 33 ia¥e prend la couleur de ftng. 11 y a auffi d'un lable rouge fort pefant, j'en mis iur un aviron qui en prit la couleur fi fortemeht que I'eau ne la pilt eftacer pendant quinze jours que je m'en lervois pour nager. C'eft icy oil,nous commen|ons a voir des Cannes, bu gros rofeauX, qui fbnt for Ie bord de la riviere5 elles ont un verd fort agreable^ tous Ies noeuds font couronnez de feUilles lon^ gues, etroates & pbintucs: elles font fort hau¬ tes, & en fi grande quantity que les Boeufs fauvages ont peine a les forcct. Jufques k prefent nous n'avons point eft6 incommbdez des Maringoiiins, mais nous cn-« krons comme dans leur pais; voici ce que font Ies Sauvages de ces quartiers pour s'en de¬ fendre J Ils clevent un echaf uit qui n'eft que de perches,& par confequent peu ferme &; a jdm% afin que la fiim^e paffe au travers faifant dri feu deffus Sc chaffe ces petits animaux qui ne la peuvent fouftrir; on fe couche fiir Ies pfcr- ches ^ au-deltas defquelles font des ^corce^ £tendues contre lapluye , & F^chafiiutleur fert contre les chaleurs exceffives & infopportables de ce pays, car on s'y met a Fombre a Fefta- ge d'embas, & on s'y garentit des rayons du Soleil prenant le frais Su vent , qui palFeliw brement'au travers de en ^chafiut* , D'ans le mefine dejflein nous fufines con- trains de fkire fiir Feau ¦ une' efpece de Cabane C |
Event Date | 1673 |
Event Years | 1673 |
Type | Text |