CHAPTER XVIII.

1680, 1681. HENNEPIN AMONG THE SIOUX. Signs of Danger.--Adoption.--Hennepin and his Indian Relatives.--The Hunting Party.--The Sioux Camp.--Falls of St. Anthony.--A Vagabond Friar: his Adventures on the Mississippi.--Greysolon du Lhut.--Return to Civilization. As Hennepin entered the village, he beheld a sight which caused him to invoke Saint Anthony of Padua. In front of the lodges were certain stakes, to which were attached bundles of straw, intended, as he supposed, for burning him and his fr…