The following speech and communication was recorded in the mid 1670's be Father Marquette who was travelling through the upper Mississippi valley with a small group of men. The men were visiting a village of people from the Illinois nation. The men received many messages of welcome such as the following: "Well done, brothers, to visit us!" and "How beautiful is the sun, O Frenchman, when thou comest to visit us ! All our town awaits thee, and thou shalt enter all our cabins in peace."
