The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791 ; the Original French, Latin, and Italian Texts, with English Translations and Notes, Volumen17Burrows Bros. Company, 1898 Establishment of Jesuit missions: Abenaki ; Quebec ; Montreal ; Huron ; Iroquois ; Ottawa ; and Lousiana. |
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... savages , and minister at once to their temporal and spiritual necessities . Most of the refugees have settled at Ossossané , and the infant church in that village now numbers almost sixty per- sons , which affords the missionaries ...
... savages , and minister at once to their temporal and spiritual necessities . Most of the refugees have settled at Ossossané , and the infant church in that village now numbers almost sixty per- sons , which affords the missionaries ...
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... savages being then scattered in various directions , the missionaries spend a little time in rest and spiritual refreshment , and then make short journeys to the neighboring villages , baptizing here and there a few converts , - among ...
... savages being then scattered in various directions , the missionaries spend a little time in rest and spiritual refreshment , and then make short journeys to the neighboring villages , baptizing here and there a few converts , - among ...
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... savages as a result of their dreams , - these latter being directly inspired by the devil . This belief of the Fathers is confirmed by the tales of the old men , whose traditions state that these so- lemnities were taught them by the ...
... savages as a result of their dreams , - these latter being directly inspired by the devil . This belief of the Fathers is confirmed by the tales of the old men , whose traditions state that these so- lemnities were taught them by the ...
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... savage allies of the French , to check the hostile advances of the Iroquois , who are encouraged and incited by the English and Flemish ( Dutch ) colonists on the coast . If this be not done , he dreads the ruin of the Hurons , and the ...
... savage allies of the French , to check the hostile advances of the Iroquois , who are encouraged and incited by the English and Flemish ( Dutch ) colonists on the coast . If this be not done , he dreads the ruin of the Hurons , and the ...
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... Savages , we would have incurred so general contempt [ 26 ] throughout the country , that we could with difficulty have recovered therefrom , or for a long time have been in a position to give efficient aid to these peo- ple . And ...
... Savages , we would have incurred so general contempt [ 26 ] throughout the country , that we could with difficulty have recovered therefrom , or for a long time have been in a position to give efficient aid to these peo- ple . And ...
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Página 13 - ... with the dogs, which are held as dear as the children of the house, and share the beds, plates, and food of their masters. Everything is in a cloud of dust, and, if you go within, you will not reach the end of the cabin, before you are completely befouled with soot, filth, and dirt.
Página 185 - The sick woman having returned to the cabins, she begins to relate her troubles in a plaintive and languishing voice, giving the rest to understand that her recovery depends upon the satisfaction of her last desire, of which she proposes the Riddle. Each one straightway applies himself to ascertain its solution, and at the same time they throw to the sick woman whatever they imagine it may be, as we have just stated. Those who are attending the sick woman collect all these things and go out burdened...
Página 179 - What I ask for is seen in my eyes— it will be marked with various colors'; and because the same Huron word that signifies 'eye' also signifies 'glass bead,' this is a clue to divine what he desires — namely, some kind of beads of this material, and of different colors. Another will intimate that he desires an Andacwandat feast — that is to say, many fornications and adulteries. His Riddle being guessed, there is no lack of persons to satisfy his desire.
Página 165 - I am," quoth this specter to her, "the immortal seignior general of these countries, and of those who inhabit them; in testimony whereof I desire and order that in all quarters of my domain, those who dwell therein shall offer thee presents which must be the product of their own country — from the Khionontaterons or Tobacco Nation, some tobacco; from the Attiwandarons or Neutral Nation, some robes of outay; from the Askicwaneronons, or Sorcerers, a belt and leggings, with their porcupine ornaments;...
Página 177 - They enter, then, everywhere, and having during the time of the feast, in all the evenings and nights of the three days that it lasts, liberty to do anything, and no one dares say a word to them. If they find kettles over the fire, they upset them; they break the earthen pots, knock down the dogs, throw fire and ashes everywhere, so thoroughly that often the cabins and entire villages burn down.
Página 224 - France, voire inesmepour le regard de la nouvelle. On demandait autrefois avec tant d'ardeur l'expulsion des huguenots qui tenaient le milieu de ces terres; sans Vostre Eminence, qui a pour ce sujet sacrifié ses propres intérests, la chose serait encore à faire, au grand préjudice du bien de ce pays : je tiens pour assuré, que de cent ans d'icy, et peut-estre jamais, nous ne nous voirons quittes de ces autres ennemis de Dieu et de l'Estat, si Vostre Eminence ne met la main à cet ouvrage. Peut...
Página 157 - ... a turtle shell and skin, and in the enclosed space have been placed pebbles for rattles. But this instrument is interesting beyond all that. Father Lejune, in his Relation of 1639, makes the following statement in describing a dance at a feast given for a sick woman : At the head of the procession marched two masters of ceremonies singing and holding the tortoise, on which they did not cease to play. This tortoise is not a real tortoise, but only the shell and skin so arranged as to make a sort...
Página 222 - ... au moins attendre, d'en voir bientost le commerce entierement rompu avec nos françois, les ennemis devenant tous les ans plus puissans, et plus redoutables sur la rivière qui est l'unique passage qu'ils ayent pour y arriver : cette rupture nous seroit esgale à leur ruine, puisqu'elle nous mettroit dans l'impuissance de subsister icy plus longtemps, et y faire les affaires de nostre Maistre, cela ne se pouvant sans communication avec nostre France. Oserais-je, Monseigneur, dire la dessus à...
Página 220 - Eminence; et voicy maintenant qu'au nom de tous ceux de nostre Compagnie qui sont icy, je luy en fay le plus humble et le plus cordial remerciment qui m'est possible. Que si Vostre Eminence désire scavoir en peu de mots quel bien a produit sa charité, voicy, Monseigneur, ce que j'en puis dire : On a annoncé l'Evangile à plus de dix mille sauvages, non tant en général, qu'à chaque famille, et presque à chaque personne en particulier : on en a baptisé dans les maladies extraordinaires qui...
Página 203 - It is beyond my power to picture the diligence and activity of our barbarians in preparing themselves and In seeking all the means and omens for good luck and success in their game. They assemble at night and spend the time partly in shaking the dish and ascertaining who has the best hand, partly in displaying their charms and exhorting them. Toward the end they lie down to sleep in the same cabin, having previously fasted, and for some time abstained from their wives, and all this to have some favorable...