this divine goodness deigns to use us to wrest from the hands of the devil so many souls created in his image, and to apply to them the merits of the blood of his son! How much reason have we to say upon these so happy occasions, Quis sum ego et quæ est domus patris mei, quia me deduxisti usque huc!

On the 1st day of May, the Father Superior departed with Father Charles Garnier, to go to Ossossané. The reason of this journey was the hope that had been given us of a general assembly that would be held [208] at the village of Andiatae. But heaven had other designs. This council was postponed, and the Fathers had the good fortune to baptize in various places four sick persons,-one, a woman who died immediately afterward; her husband was on the verge of death, but he obstinately refused baptism.

On the 3rd, Father Pierre Pijart baptized at Anonatea an infant two months old, in manifest danger of death, without its parents being aware that he did so; not having succeeded in obtaining their permission, he employed the following device: Our sugar does wonders here; he made a feint of wishing to give it a little sugared water to drink, and at the same time dipped his finger in the water; and seeing that its father showed some distrust, and urgently requested him not to baptize the child, he put the spoon into the hands of a woman who was standing by, and said to her, "Give it to him thyself." She drew near and found that the child was asleep; and at the same time the Father, under pretext of seeing if it really slept, applied his wet finger to its face and baptized it; at the end of forty-eight hours, it went to heaven. A few days before, he had prac

cueilleree auant que d'y mettre le fucre, laissa tomber de l'eau fur l'enfant en prononçant les paroles Sacramentales. En mefme temps vne petite fille qui le regardoit faire, se prit à crier, mon pere il le baptife; ce pere fe met en peine, mais le P. Pijart lui dit, n'as tu pas bien veu que ie lui ai donné du fucre. Cét enfant ne la fit pas longue, pour fon pere Dieu lui a fait vne belle grace car il eft encor plein de fanté.

Ce mefme iour 3. de Mai fur les onze heures du foir, le feu prit en nostre bourgade à vne cabane qui n'eftoit efloignee de la noftre qu'enuiron de la portee d'vn moufquet. Il n'y auoit dedans que quatre ou cinq pauures enfans, fept ou huict de leurs parens eftoient morts de contagion pendant l'hyuer, ils fortirent tous nuds: encore eurent-ils [210] affez de peine à fe fauuer, le feu courut fi promptement qu'en moins de rien la cabane fut toute embrafee, nous courufmes pour les fecourir, mais ce ne fut que pour regarder & tefmoigner que nous leur portions compaffion; le vent qui eftoit Noroüeft, fe trouua graces à Dieu grandement fauorable tant pour le refte des cabanes des Sauuages que pour la noftre; autrement vn bourg entier est bien toft expedié & reduit en cendres, des efcorces de cedre dont la plufpart des cabanes font couuertes, prenant quasi aussi aifément feu que du falpetre.

Le 4. les anciens s'affemblerent pour conuenir enfemble de quelque contribution pour affifter ces pauures orfelins: chaque cabane s'obligea à fournir trois facs de blé, car on n'en auoit peu fauuer vn seul grain: en vn mot chacun les aida de ce qu'il pût, qui · leur donoit vn plat, qui vne quaiffe, quelques vns

ticed [209] very nearly the same ingenuity, in order to baptize a little boy six or seven years old. His father was very sick, and had several times refused baptism; the Father asked him if he would not be glad to have his son baptized, and he having answered "no," to this, "At least," said the Father, "thou wilt not disapprove of my giving him some sugar." "Certainly not, but do not baptize him." Accordingly, the Father had him take it once and again; and at the third spoonful, before putting the sugar in it, he let some water fall upon the child while pronouncing the Sacramental words. At the same time a little girl who was looking at him began to cry out, "My father, he is baptizing him.' The father was troubled, but Father Pijart said to him, "Hast thou not seen plainly that I have given him sugar?" The child did not survive long. As for his father, God did him a great favor, for he is still in excellent health.

On this same 3rd of May, towards eleven o'clock in the evening, a cabin of our village, only about a musket-shot distant from ours, took fire. There were within only four or five poor children, seven or eight of their relatives having died from the contagion during the winter. They ran out entirely naked, and even then had [210] considerable trouble to save themselves. The fire spread so rapidly that in less than no time the cabin was all in flames. We ran

to help them, but it was only to look on and show that we had compassion for them. The wind, a Northwester, proved, thanks to God, very favorable both to the rest of the cabins of the Savages, and to ours; otherwise an entire village is soon despatched and reduced to ashes,-the cedar bark, with which

mefme quelques robes de Caftor; nous les affiftames auffi fort liberalement, il n'y eut gueres de nos domeftiques qui ne leur fist auffi quelque gracieuseté. De forte que ces pauures enfans se trouuerent plus riches au moins en robes & en habits qu'ils n'eftoient auparauant.

Le 5. le P. Chastellain eftoit allé auec le [211] P. Pijart visiter quelques malades à Anendaonactia il baptifa vn ieune homme qui eftoit à l'extremité.

Le 10. Le P. Pijart partit pour aller chercher de ieunes enfans pour mener à Quebec: si tous ceux dont il a quelque parole, fe refoluent d'y demeurer, le feminaire ne fera pas mal fourni pour vn commencement: fi nous croyons les bruits qui courent ici dés l'hiuer, il y en a deux de morts de ceux de l'an paffé. Mais peut estre que ce ne font que des bruits: plust à Dieu que ceux qu'on a fait courir de la mort de Louys de faincte Foy, ne fuffent pas plus affeurez, & qu'au contraire, ce qui s'en dit maintenant, fust aussi veritable que nous estimons les autres mal fondez. Sa mere qui ne pouuoit auparauant efcouter ce qui s'en difoit, pense maintenant auoir des affeurances infaillibles qu'il eft parmi les Agnietironons, on lui a mefme nommé celui qui l'a adopté pour fon fils: fi cela eft, nous auons quelque esperance que Dieu nous le rendra par quelque voie que ce foit. Ie fçais bien que s'il demeure en cefte captiuité, ce ne fera pas faute d'auoir ici, & en France des perfonnes qui importunent le Ciel de vœux & de feruentes prieres pour fa deliurance.

[212] Le 12. Le P. Charles Garnier & le P. Ifaac Iogues baptiferent à Anonatea 3. perfonnes bien malades; entre autres vne pauure femme qui mourut

the greater number of the cabins are covered, taking fire almost as easily as saltpeter.

On the 4th, the old men assembled, in order to agree together upon some contribution to assist these poor orphans. Each cabin bound itself to furnish three sacks of corn, for they had not been able to save a single grain. In a word, every one aided them with whatever he could,-one giving them a plate, another a chest, some even giving them Beaver robes. We also assisted them very liberally, and there was hardly any of our domestics who did not also show them some act of kindness; so that these poor children found themselves richer, at least in robes and clothing, than they had been before.

On the 5th, Father Chastellain went with [211] Father Pijart to visit some sick people at Anendaonactia; he baptized a young man who was at the point of death.

On the oth, Father Pijart departed to go in search of some young children to take to Quebec. If all those from whom he has some promise resolve to remain there, the seminary will not be badly supplied for a beginning. If we may believe the reports that have been current here since winter, two of those of last year are dead; but perhaps these are only rumors. Would to God that those which have been circulated about the death of Louys de sainte Foy had as little certainty; and that, on the contrary, what is now being said of him were as true as we consider the other ones without foundation. His mother, who could not listen to these rumors before, now thinks she has infallible proofs that he is among the Agnietironons, she has even been told the name of the one who has adopted him for his