...in New France, the Jesuit Superior Paul Le Jeune wrote, describing the Montagnais and the Huron: 21 There is nothing so difficult as to control the tribes of America. All these Barbarians share the law of wild asses, they are born, live and die in a liberty without restraint; they do not...

...visionary, childish, thievish, lying, deceitful, licentious, proud, lazy." And another sharply remarked: "All these barbarians have the law of wild asses:...without restraint. They do not know what is meant by a bridle or a bit. With them, to conquer one's passions is considered a great joke, while to give free...

...power, as well as to the individual's consent to be governed. One anonymous missionary complained, "All these barbarians have the law of wild asses —...restraint; they do not know what is meant by bridle and bit." The French explorer baron de Lahontan explained that the Iroquois "valued themselves above...