Letter XX [on his 1721 visit to Wisconsin]

              ( ^o ) Mamftie, abounding in filh and efpecially ftur^ geon. A little farther inclining to the fbuthweftj you come to a large gulph, in the entry of which are a number of iflands, and which is called tht o-ulph or bay of the Noquets. This is the name of an fndian nadon, not very numerous, originally come from the coafts of lake Superior, and of which there remain only a few fcitcered families^ who have no fixed refidencc.
The bay of the Noquets is feparated from the great bay only by che iflands of the Poutcwacamies, ^hfch as I have already rercarkcd, were tlie anci* ent i;efidence of thefe Indians % moft of them are extremely well wooded ; but the only one that is now inhabited is neither the largcfl: nor the beft^ ,and there remains a forty village, where, in fptte of all our endeavours,, we were obfigcd co pafs the night, as it was impoffible to refilt the prcfllng inftances of the inhabitants. For there is not a nation* in all Canada more fincerely attached to the French, than thefe Indians have been at all times.
On the fixth^ we were ftopt almoft the whole day, by contrary winds, but it growing cahti  in the, evening, we embarked a little after fuivfct, by the favour of a moft beauriful moon-lliine, and con¬ tinued our v^oyage for f^r md twenty hours toge¬ ther, having made only a very fmafl halr» whiiil ^ we were faying mafs and at dinner.  The fun %vas fo ' burning hot, and the water of the bay fo warm, that the gum of our canoe melttd in feveral places.   To cpmpkat our misfortune, the place where we went a&ore, was fo much infeft'cd with what are called ¦ here marigouins and bruleaiis, a fpccies of very troublefpfne gnats, that we could not fo niurh z%
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