An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . fierce cries, de-claring that he was speaking falsely, having never passed beyondtheir country, and that he should be tortured to death for having scgrossly deceived his chief. Seeing his follower confused, Cham-plain took him aside, and adjured him to tell the truth. Recoveringconfidence, he persisted in his former declarations; and the com-mander, on returning to the council, re
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . fierce cries, de-claring that he was speaking falsely, having never passed beyondtheir country, and that he should be tortured to death for having scgrossly deceived his chief. Seeing his follower confused, Cham-plain took him aside, and adjured him to tell the truth. Recoveringconfidence, he persisted in his former declarations; and the com-mander, on returning to the council, referred to the interior sea, theshipwreck, and other confirmations of his subordinates report. Atthis, they shouted than ever, and commenced a close interro-gation of the alleged traveller. The latter finally conlessed that hehad been attempting to deceive, and thus Champlain found, to hisgreat mortification, that during the whole summer he had been toil-ing for nothing. There was no alternative but to return down theOttawa; in doing which he was joined by a considerable numberof Indians who rendezvoused at the fall of St. Ijouis. After leavingYO Frenchmen with them to obtain a knowledge of the 150 CANADA uxle;i tite frentit.
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