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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
ts 1673 June 25. sands the trail of men; a little footpath was discerned leading into a beautiful prairie; and, leaving the canoes, Joliet and Marquette resolved alone to brave a meeting with the savages. After walking six miles, they beheld a village on the banks of a river, and two others on a slope, at a distance of a mile and a half from the first: The river was the Mou-in-gou-e-na, Marquette's Map. or Moingona, of which we have corrupted the name Compare Charlevoix, III. 397. into Des Moines. Marquette and Joliet were the first white men who trod the soil of Iowa. Commending themselves to God, they uttered a loud cry. The Indians hear; four old men advance slowly to meet them, bearing the peace-pipe brilliant with many colored plumes. We are Illinois, said they,—that is, when translated, We are men; and they offered the calumet. An aged chief received them at his cabin with upraised hands, exclaiming, How beautifill is the sun, Frenchman, when thou comest to visit us! Our