true, they realized the difficulty of finding places of refuge suitable for them, and, at the same time, the means of subsistence; but they put their confidence in the Providence of God, who, up to that time, had not abandoned them; and they were inwardly persuaded that, when the help of man fails, it is then that the beneficent hand of the Lord makes itself better felt.

Finally, having arrived at Paris, they received, although they were not known there, the same tokens of friendship that had been shown them throughout their journey. Persons of different conditions, even the most distinguished, at all times attached to the Jesuits, signalized themselves on this occasion by new proofs of their kindness. After a time, they all repaired to Versailles, to present to Monsieur the duke de Choiseul the letter entrusted to them; but, as the day appointed for his first audience was still very distant, they had this letter delivered in the ordinary way, and withdrew to the places where they hoped to receive the assistance that justice demanded for them.

I believe, Monsieur, that I have exactly fulfilled the promise that I made you at the beginning of this letter, not to deviate from the truth; nor do I think, besides, that there is anything herein at which any one has the right to be offended; you may, therefore, communicate it to all those who shall desire to see it. I have the honor to be, etc.

Paris, September 3, 1764.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA: VOL. LXX

CCXXIV

For bibliographical particulars of this account-book of the Huron mission upon Detroit River, see Vol. LXIX.

CCXXV

Same reference as for data upon Doc. CCXVII., also in our Vol. LXIX.

CCXXVI

This is a letter by Pierre Joseph Antoine Roubaud, Jesuit missionary to the Abenakis, giving an account of the French-Indian campaign against Fort William Henry. It was published anonymously in Lettres édifiantes, t. vi., pp. 189–253, from which we reprint; but Sommervogel and other authorities agree in attributing the document to Roubaud, as above stated.

CCXXVII

We obtain this brief account, by Étienne de Villeneuve, of the wanderings of the Huron converts until their establishment at Jeune Lorette, from L'Abeille for January 23, 1879 (vol. xii., p. 76).

CCXXVIII

The report to the Propaganda, undoubtedly written by François Philibert Watrin, upon the expulsion of the Jesuits from Louisiana, was first printed in the

following work, from which our publication is made: Bannissement des Jésuites | de la Louisiane | Relation et Lettres inédites | publiés | Par le P. Auguste Carayon de la Compagnie de Jésus. | [Printer's ornament.] | Paris | L'Écureux, Libraire, | rue des Grands-Augustins, 3 | 1865.

An abridgment of the memoir, translated into English by the Rev. D. Lynch, S.J., of St. Louis, with notes by Oscar W. Collet, of that city, was published in the Magazine of Western History, vol. i., pp. 263-269. Another, and inferior, English translation appeared in the American Catholic Historical Researches, vol. xvii., pp. 89-92.

The original Latin MS. of this abridgment was discovered in the archives of the Propaganda, at Rome, by the Rev. H. Van der Sanden, chancellor of the archdiocese of St. Louis. In the same archives also rests the Latin MS. of the complete document as published by us from Carayon's edition, above cited.

NOTES TO VOL. LXX

(Figures in parentheses, following number of note, refer to pages of English text.)

1 (p. 21).—Jacques Godfroy (Godefroy) de (or dit ) Marbœuf, was born at Three Rivers in 1684; in 1710 he formed a partnership with Paul Chevalier and Joseph Senécal (Burton's Cadillac's Village, p. 27; but Tanguay makes him Adrien Senécal), for trading at Detroit. In 1716 he married Marie Anne Chesne, by whom he had ten children; he died in November, 1730. His eldest son, Jacques (born in 1722), was also a fur trader; he was proficient in several Indian tongues, and acted as Indian interpreter for many years, acquiring great influence over the savages who resorted to Detroit, as well as among the French habitants. In 1764, he was arrested on suspicion of treason, as a supposed sympathizer with Pontiac, but was afterward released. In 1758, he married Louise Clotilde, daughter of Dr. Chapoton (vol. lxix., note 71), by whom he had three children; he died in 1795.

One of Cadillac's colonists (1706) was Joseph Parant (Parent) of Beauport, Que. Another of this name, Laurent Parant, of Montreal (born 1703), married at Detroit Marie Dauzet (1731) and Jeanne Cardinal (1734); by the latter he had eleven children. The time of his death is not recorded, but it was not earlier than 1760. One Pierre Parant, a voyageur and trader, was married at Detroit (1765) to Jeanne Casse; he died before 1771. Albert Parant was buried at Detroit, Sept. 9, 1750, having been "killed by a gunshot at Miami River" (Tanguay); he is probably the one mentioned in the text as "Parant of les Miamis." The carpenter of that name can hardly be identified from the data given by Tanguay; but Elliott thinks (U. S. Cath. Hist. Mag., vol. iv., p. 443) that this man was Charles Parant, "proprietor of a water-mill, where Parant's river crossed Jefferson Avenue." The other Parant, he thinks, was Pierre, "who had a windmill near the Miami village;" but he cites no authority for this opinion.

Alexis Trotier dit Desruisseaux (born in 1688) came to Detroit in 1708, where he became a prominent merchant. In 1735, he married Marie Louise Roy, who died within the year. In December, 1739.