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, Volumen14

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Burrows Bros. Company, 1898
Establishment of Jesuit missions: Abenaki ; Quebec ; Montreal ; Huron ; Iroquois ; Ottawa ; and Lousiana.

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Página 63 - ... inside than out. He carried it some distance, and after that it was still so hot that when he threw it on the ground sparks of fire issued from it "One of our Frenchmen had the curiosity to see if, in reality, all this was done without anyone being burnt. He spoke to this Indian who had filled his mouth with live coals. He had him open his mouth and found it unhurt and whole, without any appearance of having been burnt. And not only these persons, but also even the sick people were not burned.
Página 63 - I was waiting all the time to see what they would do with those stones that they were heating and making red-hot with so much care. You may believe me, since I speak of a thing that I saw with my own eyes, — they separated the brands, drew them...
Página 63 - You will be astonished that a man can have so wide a mouth ; the stone is about the size of a goose egg. Yet I saw a savage put it in his mouth so that there was more of it inside than out ; he carried it some distance, and, after that, it was still so hot, that when he threw it to the ground sparks of fire issued from it.
Página 37 - told us that one of the principal reasons why they showed so much indulgence toward their children, was that when the children saw themselves treated by their parents with some severity, they usually resorted to extreme measures and hanged themselves, or ate of a certain root they called Audachienrra, which is a very quick poison.
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Página 11 - ... persons all ready to go; and there is not one of us who does not consider himself happy to go and cooperate in the salvation of some soul. We have good reason to thank this infinite goodness which gives us so great a liking for this barbarous language. After our devotional exercises we have no greater consolation than to devote ourselves to this study; it is our most common subject of conversation, and we gather up all the words from the mouths of the Savages as so many precious stones, that...
Página 63 - You may believe me— since I speak of a thing that I saw with my own eyes— they separated the brands, drew them (the stones) from the midst of the fire, and holding their hands behind their backs, took them between their teeth, carried them to the patient, and remained some time without loosening their hold, blowing upon them and growling in their ears.
Página 61 - I believe that if the demons and the damned were to sing in hell, it would be about after this fashion ; I never heard anything more lugubrious and more frightful.
Página 11 - Superior had already composed some discourses for us, which had accustomed us, in great measure, to the instruction of the Savages; and during Lent he explained to us some Catechisms that Louys de ste. Foy had translated for us last year upon the mystery of the life, death, and passion of Our Lord, which also greatly aided us, especially in this respect. We had intended to work this year upon the Dictionary, but God has placed us under the necessity of contenting ourselves with what we had. We have...

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