[16] The romancer differs from the historian—Charlevoix, tome 2—who records that Catharine Tegahkouita died in 1678.
[17] Joutel. English Translation “from the edition just published at Paris, 1714 A. D.”
[18] “Le Rocher,” this natural fortress was commonly called by the French. See Charlevoix.
[19] “On his return he brought back with him the families of a number of French immigrants, soldiers, and traders. This arrival of the wives, sisters, children, and sweethearts of some of the colonists, after years of separation, was the occasion of great rejoicing.”—John Moses’ History of Illinois.
[20] “He was loved and feared by all,” says St.-Cosme.
[21] Tonty’s words in “Dernieres Decouvertes dans L’Amerique Septentrional.”
[22] Parkman states its actual height to be only a hundred and twenty-five feet.
[23] “The joyous French held balls, gay suppers, and wine parties on the Rock.”—Old History of Illinois.
[24] Translated from Tonty’s lament over La Salle in “Dernieres Decouvertes dans L’Amerique Septentrional.”
[25] Joutel’s Journal gives a long and exact account of La Salle’s assassination and the fate of all who were concerned in it. The murder, by the conspirators, of his nephew Moranget, his servant Saget, and his Indian hunter Nika—which preceded and led to his death—is not mentioned in this romance.