he crippled savage could hobble his way back to
the camp.

When Father Hennepin and Anthony Auguelle rejoined the Indians, they
were again separated, and each was taken into the family by which he
had been adopted. In their voyaging, as they passed from point to point
in the river, there was assigned to the father the duty of conveying in
his small canoe, a shrivelled Indian woman, eighty years of age, and
three little children. These long years had not sweetened the woman's
disposition. She was a terrible scold, and often threatened to beat the
children with her paddle.

Thus they wandered about in this successful buffalo hunt, until the
close of July, when they were returning to their village far up the St.
Francis River. They were here not very far west of the western end of
Lake Superior. As they were returning, two wandering members of the
tribe came in, and stated that they had been to Lake Superior, that
they found there five Frenchmen, and that when they told them that
there were three of their countrymen with the Issati tribe, the
Frenchmen were very anxious to come to them, as they could not imagine
by what roundabout way they had reached those distant regions.

Soon after, they met on the Mississippi River M. de Luth, with five
French soldiers, descending the stream in a canoe. There is some
confusion in Father Hennepin's narrative here, so that it is impossible
to ascertain at what point of the river the two parties of Frenchmen
met. On the 14th of August they all reached the villages of the Issati.
As they were ascending the river they passed the grave of an Indian
warrior. Many of the savages cast upon it some valuable article, in
token of regard for the departed. Father Hennepin, who understood the
Indians thoroughly, spread upon it a blanket. M. Luth contributed
nothing. The generous act of Hennepin was exceedingly gratifying to the
Indians.

Soon after their return, they had a great feast, Father Hennepin and
M. Luth were both present. In the midst of the entertainment one of
the chiefs, who was a relative of the deceased warrior, brought in a
large buffalo robe, very softly dressed, one side being brilliantly
embroidered with variously colored porcupines' quills, while the curly
wool remained upon the other. This robe was neatly folded, and upon it
was placed a birch-bark dish filled with food. On this, as a tea-tray,
he presented the dish to the father. After he had eaten the meat, the
chief spre