On the current a boat swept along
with DuLuth and his hardy companions;
To the stroke of their paddles they sung,
and this the refrain that they chanted:

"Dans mon chemin j'ai recontre
Deux cavaliers bien montees.
Lon, lon, laridon daine,
Lon, lon, laridon dai."

"Deux cavaliers bien montees;
L'un a cheval, et l'autre a pied.
Lon, lon, laridon daine,
Lon, lon, laridon dai." [a]

Like the red, dappled deer in the glade,
alarmed by the footsteps of hunters,
Discovered, disordered, dismayed,
the nude nymphs fled forth from the waters,
And scampered away to the shade,
and peered from the screen of the lindens.

[a] A part of one of the favorite songs of the French _voyageurs_.

A bold and and adventuresome man was DuLuth,
and a dauntless in danger,
And straight to Kathaga he ran,
and boldly advanced to the warriors,
Now gathering, a cloud, on the strand,
and gazing amazed on the strangers;