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this River is the greatest resort of all sorts of wild Fowl, that I saw during my whole Travels, often the Air would be darkened with the number of them for some minutes together. About forty miles from the great Town of the Winnebagoes up the River, is another Town of that Nation. Deer and Bear are very numerous in those parts, a great many Beaver is taken upon the streams that fall into this River, and some other Furrs. This River is remarkable for being, [[underline]] about eighty Years ago, [[/underline]] the residence of the united bands of the Ottigawnies, and Sawkies; called by the French [[foreign:French]] Des Sac et Des Reynard, [[/foreign]] in English, the Fox and the Bags, I observed that it was usual with the French to give rich names, to all nations where they were acquainted, the reason they give for doing so, was that, then they could speak to one another about the Indians, in their presence, and not be understood, for t'was observed, [[underline]] in early times [[/underline]] by the French, that when they were speaking about the Indians, and mentioned them by their proper names, that they appeared rather suspicious and Jealous, that they were either plotting, or speaking no good of them, and that is the reason why the English and French Geographers have rather confounded each other, by giving different names, to the same People, in their Plans of the Interior parts of North America. About sixty Years ago the French Missionaries and Traders, having received, several very great insults from the Saukies & Ottigaumies, fitted out a force of French and Indians, under the Command of [[catchword]] Captain [[/catchword]]
