Those rejoined on the way up at
Manitoulin Island were refugee Hurons and Ottawas. From the Hurons,
Ottawas, and Algonquins of Green Bay, Radisson went west with
Pottowatomies, from them to the Escotecke or Sioux of the Fire, namely
a branch of the Mascoutins. From these Wisconsin Mascoutins, he learns
of the Nadoneceroron, or Sioux proper, and of the Christinos or Crees.
Going west with the Mascoutins, he comes to "sedentary" tribes. Are
these the Mandans? He compares this country to Italy. From them he
hears of white men, that he thinks may be Spaniards. This tribe is at
bitter war with Sioux and Crees. At Green Bay he hears of the Sautaux
in war with Crees. His description of buffalo hunts among the Sioux
tallies exactly with the Pembina hunts of a later day. Oldmixon says
that it was from Crees and Assiniboines visiting at Green Bay that
Radisson learned of a way overland to the great game country of Hudson
Bay.
[21] There is a mistake in Radisson's account here, which is easily
checked by contemporaneous accounts of Marie de l'Incarnation and
Dollier de Casson. Radisson describes Dollard's fight during his
fourth trip in 1664, when it is quite plain that he means 1660. The
fight has been so thoroughly described by Mr. Parkman, who drew his
material from the two authorities mentioned, and the _Jesuit Relations_
that I do not give it in detail. I give a brief account of Radisson's
description of the tragedy.
[22] It will be noticed that Radisson's account of the battle at the
Long Sault--which I have given in his own words as far as
possible--differs in details from the only other accounts written by
contemporaries; namely, Marie de l'Incarnation, Dollier de Casson, the
Abbe Belmont, and the Jesuits.
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