[ [159] An eminent writer has mistaken "Picard" for a personal name. Du Gay was called "Le Picard," because he came from the province of Picardy.
[ [160] (1683), 188. This commendation is suppressed in the later editions.
[ [161] Tonty erroneously places their departure on the twenty-second.
[ [162] Déclaration faite par Moyse Hillaret, charpentier de barque.
CHAPTER XIV.
1680.
HARDIHOOD OF LA SALLE.
The Winter Journey.—The Deserted Town.—Starved Rock.—Lake Michigan.—The Wilderness.—War Parties.—La Salle's Men give out.—Ill Tidings.—Mutiny.—Chastisement of the Mutineers.