. Lost Maramech and earliest Chicago; a history of the Foxes and their downfall near the great village of Maramech; . presents, and hopes held out tothem that the Foxes would lay down the wrote from Quebec, October i, of thesame year (1726), expressing great satisfaction thatpeace had been effected with the Foxes. De Lign-erie, he informs us, says that since the chiefs ofthe Foxes and Sacs gave their word to no more waragainst the Illinois, two small war-parties of youngmen of the Fox nation had gone to avenge the deathof one of their relatives; that the greater part ofbot
. Lost Maramech and earliest Chicago; a history of the Foxes and their downfall near the great village of Maramech; . presents, and hopes held out tothem that the Foxes would lay down the wrote from Quebec, October i, of thesame year (1726), expressing great satisfaction thatpeace had been effected with the Foxes. De Lign-erie, he informs us, says that since the chiefs ofthe Foxes and Sacs gave their word to no more waragainst the Illinois, two small war-parties of youngmen of the Fox nation had gone to avenge the deathof one of their relatives; that the greater part ofboth parties, composed of ten men, had beenentirely defeated; that four of them had been killedon the spot, four wounded and taken prisoners bythe Illinois, and that the two who escaped werewounded. If the Illinois are careful, he says,this affair will have no further bad results; theyhave but to send the prisoners they have taken tothe Fox village with presents to cover their dead,according to usage, by which means they will dis-arm the Foxes and prevent them from forming newparties. (Wis. Hist. Col., III., 159.). The present and future. CHAPTER XVI In the autumn of 1727 Beauharnois felt that heforesaw the necessity of again making war upon theFoxes, and he wrote to that effect to De Siette, com-mandant at the Illinois. A copy of a letter DeSiette had previously written was sent to Montrealto be considered by the officers there August 24, 1727, Beauharnois informed De Sietteby letter that not being able any longer to relyupon the word of the Foxes given De Lignerie,promising to remain at peace, and as, especiallysince the death of their chiefs, war-parties are dailybeing formed, he had determined to make war uponthem the coming year. May 29, 1729, Father Guignas, who accompaniedthe expedition to the Sioux, wrote to Beauharnoisthat the expedition delayed departure some timehoping to learn from Montreal what were the inten-tions as to overcoming the extreme difficulty
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