. New France and New England. V?-==HAte«a.^-; _ y^^=.. COUREUR DE EOIS It was certainly felt by Father Allouez that these wood rangers were as much in need of a missionary as the red men themselves, for early in 1670 he busied him- Father Al- a • i i j louez on the self in prcaching to them. At this tmie he reachedthe head of the Wisconsin River, and was toldthat six days journey from there it flowed into the Missis-sippi or Great Water. The Jesuit Relation for 1670 WILDERNESS AND EMPIRE 99 speaks of this great water as a v^ery wide river, of whichnone of the Indians had ever seen the end, and
. New France and New England. V?-==HAte«a.^-; _ y^^=.. COUREUR DE EOIS It was certainly felt by Father Allouez that these wood rangers were as much in need of a missionary as the red men themselves, for early in 1670 he busied him- Father Al- a • i i j louez on the self in prcaching to them. At this tmie he reachedthe head of the Wisconsin River, and was toldthat six days journey from there it flowed into the Missis-sippi or Great Water. The Jesuit Relation for 1670 WILDERNESS AND EMPIRE 99 speaks of this great water as a v^ery wide river, of whichnone of the Indians had ever seen the end, and it was notclear whether it emptied into the Gulf of Mexico or that ofCalifornia. The politic Frcnchmen at the north of Lake Michiganhad their hands quite full with the relations, peaceful orhostile, of the Indian tribes. Thither had retreated theHurons and Ottawas to get out of the reach of the dreadedLong House, and by coming hither they had given umbrageto the ferocious Dacotahs or Sioux, whom Father Marquettenot inaptly termed the Iroquois of t
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