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  • [1] Dr. Reuben G. Thwaites in his "Father Marquette" quotes the following description, written by a Jesuit missionary about eight years after Radisson's visit: "What is commonly called the Saut is not properly a Saut, or a very high water-fall, but a very violent current of waters from Lake Superior, which, finding themselves checked by a great number of rocks, form a dangerous cascade of half a league in width, all these waters descending and plunging headlong together."

    French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson

  • * Every July 16, thousands of people go pray at a waterfall called Saut d'Eau, where back in the 1930's there was an apparition of the Virgin

    Richard Morse: Reflections from the Red Zone 2008

  • A continuous line of palisades ran along the strand of the St. Charles, from the great cliff called the Saut au Matelot to the palace of the intendant.

    Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV Francis Parkman 1858

  • "Saut," quo 'the souter, when he had eaten a cow a' but the tail.

    The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

  • Preparation: Saut é caps with onions; stems can be tough.

    The Science Project You Can Eat Anne Marie Chaker 2011

  • Whether it is under the waterfall of Saut D'eau in Mirebalais or a clearing in a venerable forest, spirits visit the offering devotees and bestow benediction in moments of rapture.

    Gina Athena Ulysse: Haiti's Vodou: A World Of Wonder And Surrender Gina Athena Ulysse 2012

  • Whether it is under the waterfall of Saut D'eau in Mirebalais or a clearing in a venerable forest, spirits visit the offering devotees and bestow benediction in moments of rapture.

    Gina Athena Ulysse: Haiti's Vodou: A World Of Wonder And Surrender Gina Athena Ulysse 2012

  • Saut é a third of a pound of porcini mushrooms in butter until they are colorless and soft.

    Goodbye Basil, 2010

  • If you do remember him it's probably because one of his photographs, "Le Saut dans le Vide", was tacked onto countless dorm room walls during the late sixties.

    Daniel Krotz: Yves Klein: With the Void, at the Hirschhorn 2010

  • And, according to studies done in Balbina (Amazonas state, Brazil), and Petit Saut (French Guiana), water deep in reservoirs is under high pressure and contains a high concentration of dissolved methane.

    Veronique Pittman: A plea to James Cameron and Sting: Help stop the Belo Monte Dam. 2010

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