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Of all this he spoke so calmly and collectedly that you would have thought that he spoke of the death and burial of another, and not of his own.
Thus did he speak with them as they sailed along the lakes.
Till, perceiving the mouth of a river with an eminence on the bank which he thought suited for his burial, he told them that it was the place of his last repose.
They wished, however, to pass on as the weather permitted it, and the day was not far advanced, but God raised a contrary wind which obliged them to return and enter the river pointed out by Father Marquette.
They then carried him ashore, kindled a little fire, and raised for him a wretched bark cabin, where they laid him as little uncomfortably as they could.
But they were so overcome by sadness that, as they afterwards said, they did not know what they were doing.
The father being thus stretched on the shore like Saint Francis Xavier, as he had always so ardently desired, and left alone amid those forests, for his companions were engaged in unloading.
He had leisure to repeat all the acts in which he had been employed during the preceding days.
He had prayed his companions to remind him when they saw him about to expire, to pronounce frequently the names of Jesus and Mary.
When he could not do it himself they did it for him.
And when they thought him about to pass one cried aloud Jesus Maria, which he several times repeated distinctly, and then, as if at those sacred names something had appeared to him.
He suddenly raised his eyes above his crucifix, fixing them apparently on some object which he seemed to regard with pleasure.
And thus with a countenance all radiant with smiles, he expired without a struggle, as gently as if he had sunk into a quiet sleep.
His two poor companions, after shedding many tears over his body, and having laid it out as he had directed, carried it devoutly to the grave, ringing the bell according to his injunction, and raised a large cross near it to serve as a mark for passers by.
End of section twenty nine
Section thirty one of Great Epics in American History Volume one This is a Libravox recording.
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