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 DISCOVERIES AND OTHER OCCURRENCES IN CANADA 
 
 AND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN 
 
 STATES OF THE UNION. 
 
 1632—1672. 
 
 BY E. B. O'CALLAGHAN, M.D. 
 
 COKRBSPONDINa MBMBBR OF TBB NEW YORK HISTORICAL iSOClUTT, AND HONORARY 
 MRMBBR or THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CONNKCTICUT. 
 
 FROM THE PKOCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NOV., 1847. 
 
 NEW-YORK : 
 FUUSS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 M DCCC XLVII. 
 
NEW-YORK 
 
 WILLIAM VAH NORDEN, PRINTER, 
 MO. 39 WILLUM STRUT. 
 
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JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
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 In the year sixteen hundred and twenty-five, three Je- 
 suit Priests and two lay brothers arrived in Canada, to 
 announce the gospel to the Heathen. Hitherto the Indian 
 knew the white man only as a trader, prepared to circum- 
 vent, or as an armed adventurer, ready to oppress him. 
 For almost the first time he now saw Europeans enter his 
 forests, whose words were peace and love, whose arms 
 were a breviary and a crucifix, and whose trade was to 
 suffer. Without comprehending, he could not but admire 
 the courage with which the new comers bore the privations 
 of the desert and the hardships of the climate ; and he was 
 finally won to listen to the strange men's stranger doctrines, 
 by the patience and self-abandonment with which those 
 who taught them surmounted the severities to which they 
 were exposed. 
 
 The new Missionaries had only mastered a knowledge 
 of the language of some of the nativ^ tribes, when the 
 colony fell into the hands of the English, and their labors 
 were arrested. Whei., however, the country wa? restored, 
 by th^ treaty of St. Germain en Laye, to the French, the 
 fathers renewed their labors, and continued to apply them- 
 selves to their original design with a devotedness which 
 has won for them universal respect, and under difficulties 
 sufficient to appal the stoutest hearts. 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 Tlie nomadic race which was to be subjected to the in- 
 fluences of the gospel, inhabited the country extending 
 from the Island of* Anticosti to the Mississippi. The sec- 
 tion south of the St. Lawrence was occupied by the Mic- 
 macs, the Abcnacjuis, and the Ktchemins ; to the north 
 dwelt the upper and lower Algoncjuins, or Montagnais ; 
 west of Montreal and north of the great Lakes were loca- 
 ted the Outawacks or Ottawas, and the Hurons , whilst 
 the Iroquois, or confederated Five Nations, occupied the 
 country from Lake Erie on the west to Lake Champlain 
 on the east, and from the head waters of the Susquehan- 
 nah and the Delaware on the south to the St. Lawrence 
 on the north. 
 
 Such a field could not but afford abundant material to 
 the reflecting mind and observant eye. New men and an 
 unknown country; new languages and strange manners; 
 all were to be studied, analysed, explored and noted 
 down, and every favorable circumstance and event were.; 
 at the same time, to be taken advantage of, to wean the 
 wild inhabitants from their wandering ways, and draw 
 them insensibly to the practices of civilized life. 
 
 Fortunately the early Jesuit missionaries were men of 
 learning and observation. They felt deeply the import- 
 ance of their position, and whilst acquitting themselves of 
 the duties of their calling, carefully recorded whatever 
 they saw novel in the country or in its inhabitants. We 
 are thus made acquainted with the actual condition of the 
 aborigines, and enabled to trace distinctly the causes 
 which led to their gradual though natural disappearance 
 from this continent. 
 
 The establishment of new missions necessarily led to 
 the exploration of the surrounding country. In this man- 
 ner the Jesuits became the first discoverers of the greater 
 part of the interior of this continent. They were the first 
 Europeans who reached the Atlantic shores of the State 
 of Maine, from the St. Lawrence by way of the Kennebec. 
 They, it was, who thoroughly explored the Saguenay ; 
 
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 discovered Lake St. John, and led the way overland from 
 Quebec to Hudson's Bay. It is to one of them we owe 
 the discovery of the rich and inexliaustilde Salt Springs 
 of Onondaga, an event so unexpected by the Dutcli of 
 New Amsterdam, that they pronounced it " a Jesuit lie," 
 when informed of the fact by Father Le Moyne. Within 
 seven years of their second arrival in Canada, they had 
 completed the examination of the coimtry from Lake Su- 
 perior to the Gulf, and founded several villages of Chris- 
 tian Neophytes, on the borders of the Upper Lakes. 
 Whilst the intercourse of the Dutch was yet confined to 
 the Indians in the vicinity of Fort Orange, and "five 
 years before Elliot of New England had addressed a 
 single word to the Lidians within six miles of Boston har- 
 bor, the P^rench missionaries planted the cross at Sault 
 St. Marie," whence they looked do^^'n on the Sioux coun- 
 try and the valley of the Mississip})i. The vast and un- 
 known West now opened its prairies before them ; the 
 Wisconsin and Fox Rivers are discovered ; the Illinois 
 country and its various tribes are visited, and f" lally, in 
 1673, the Jesuit Marquette crowned the labors of lis >rder 
 and his age, by the discovery of the Father of ^' s — 
 the mighty Mississippi. 
 
 Brilliant as were the benefits conferred on the cause of 
 geographical science by these humble men, the patience 
 they exhibited under suffering and torture, whilst laboring 
 to christianise the Indians, must arrest our admiration, as 
 it confers on them more enduring glory. In the invention 
 of new cruelties the savage seems to have exhausted all 
 his ingenuity. The Mohawk was preeminent among his 
 felLws in this field, and his country is accordingly dis- 
 tinguished in Catholic annals, as " the Mission of the 
 Martyrs." 
 
 Whilst preaching the go.?pel, and exploring the country, 
 the Jesuit Fathers did not overlook the necessity of pro- 
 viding the means of education for the rising youth. 
 Harvard College, which now fills so large a space in the 
 
fl JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 public eye, had not yet been founded when Rene de 
 Roliaut, u Jesuit priest, eommenecd the ereetion of a 
 college in Quebec. To the gr(;at and abiding disgrace 
 of tiie English government, this ancient and venerable 
 building has been converted by it into a soldiers' barrack ! 
 
 The object of this paper is, however, less to describe 
 the labors of those missionaries than to render their An- 
 nals more familiar to the historical student. These are 
 printed in forty duodecimo, or small octavo volumes, under 
 the title of ^* Relation dc ce qui s'est passe en la Noiivellc 
 
 France es annees " Sometimes the title runs: — 
 
 " Relation de ce qui s'est passe de plus rcmarqnable aux Mis- 
 sions dcs Peres de la Comjmgnie de Jesus en la Nouvelle 
 
 France^ cs annees " They ext(?nd from 1 G32 to 
 
 1672. Of their merit, Charlevoix pronounces the follow- 
 ing opinion: — " As those Fathers were scattered among all 
 the nations with which the French were ui relation; and 
 as their missions obliged them to enter into the affiiirs of 
 the Colony, their memoirs may be said to embrace an 
 elaborate history thereof. There is no other source to 
 which we can apply for instruction as to the progress of 
 Religion among the Savages, or for a knowledge of these 
 people, all of whose languages they spoke. The style of 
 these llelations is extremely simple ; but this simplicity 
 itself has nou contributed less to give them a great celeb- 
 rity, than the curious and edifying matter they contain."* 
 No historian can enter fully into an investigation of the 
 circumstances attendant on the first settlement of this 
 country, without being conversant with them, and those 
 wlio pretend to acquit themselves of such a task without 
 previously studying these works, afford only a proof of 
 their unfitness for the duty. 
 
 In proportion to their great value is at the same time 
 their great scarcity. A complete sett is not now to be 
 found even in the Royal Library at Paris.t Southey, at 
 
 • Histoirf d*^ la Nout. Frnnre, ii. . xlviii. + Faribniilt, Catalogue Raiaonn^f . 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. f 
 
 his death, owned twenty-three vohitnes, (1637-1671,) 
 less vohimc eleven. Bohn purchased this lot for seven 
 pounds, seven shillings and six ponce sterling. Uodd, 
 I am told, is ol'opinion thnt some of the volumes have been 
 suppressed, as the information they contained did not 
 accord with that transmitted to the government by mili- 
 tary or other officers. This opinion is, however, not 
 substantiated by any evidence. 
 
 The order in Canada, as in other countries, had for its 
 head a Superior to whom the Missionaries at out-posts 
 regularly reported. The Superior reported annually to 
 his Provincial, and these reports constitute the Jesuit 
 Relations. The following persons filled the office of 
 Superior from 1626 to 1673 : 
 
 Father Philibert Noyrot, 
 Paul Le Jeune, 
 Barthelemy Vimont, 
 Jerome Lallemant, 
 Paul Ragueneau, 
 Joseph Le Mercier, 
 Jean de Quien, 
 Jerome Lallemant, 
 Joseph Le Mercier, 
 J. Claude Dablon, 
 
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 1633—1639. 
 
 1639—1646. 
 
 1645—1650. 
 
 1650—1653. 
 
 1653—1656. 
 
 1656—1669. 
 
 1659— 
 
 1664—1670. 
 
 1670—1673. 
 
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 Father Noyrot was drowned off the coast of Acadie, in 
 1629; and the following notes, though not as full as I 
 should wish, furnish information regarding the lives and 
 career of the other Superiors, which possibly may be 
 interesting : 
 
 Paul Le Jeune, who may be considered as the Father 
 of the Jesuit Missions in Canada, though not the earhest 
 Jesuit Missionary, was born in the year 1592. He studied 
 Philosophy, in 1625, at the College of La Fleche, and 
 Theology at Paris; and made such rapid advance in 
 
8 
 
 JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 learning that he was soon after chosen Superior of the 
 Seminary of Dieppe. He had, from an early period, 
 entertained the desirt to be sent to Canada to preach the 
 gospel to the Savages, but it was not until 1632, that his 
 wish was gratified. On the 14th May of that year, imme- 
 diately after the ratification of the treaty of St. Germain, 
 he sailed with Father Noue from Honfleur, and arrived at 
 Quebec on the 4th July following. He passed his first 
 vvinter among the Savages, in whose privations and wants 
 he patiently participated, and soon succeeded in acquiring 
 a thorough knowledge of their language, which enabled 
 him to compose in the Indian tongue, a catechism for his 
 neophytes. In 1634, he established a mission at Metahe- 
 rotttse, now called Three Rivers, and preached in 1635 
 Champlain's funeral oration. He acted as Superior of his 
 order in Canada until 1639, and continued a laborer 
 among the Indians until 1650, when he returned to France, 
 where he became Superintendent of Foreign Missions. 
 So highly respected was he by those in authority, on 
 account of the solidity of his learning and the purity of his 
 character, that Anne of Austria, the Queen Mother, ex- 
 pressed a warm desire that he should be chosen first 
 Bishop of the country in which he had been seventeen 
 years a missionary. The rules of his order, however, 
 forbade this, and he died in France in the year 1664, at 
 the age of seventy-two years. He contributed nine vol- 
 umes of Relations. 
 
 Barthelemy Vimont, fellow student with Le Jeune 
 at La Fleche and Paris, expressed equally early a strong 
 desire for the Indian Missions, but it was not until 1629 
 that he was able to leave France to accomplish the object 
 of his wishes. The vessel in w'hich he sailed for Canada 
 made, in its voyage, a descent on Cape Breton, for the 
 purpose of expelling the English from that quarter, and 
 having succeeded, left Father Vimont with a garrison 
 there. He did not arrive at Quebec until 1639, on the 
 
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JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 
 
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 rarrison 
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 4th of May of which year he sailed from Dieppe, accom- 
 panied by several missionaries and religious ladies. His 
 passage was stormy and dangerous, the ship in which he 
 had embarked, having only nar wly escaped being 
 crushed by an iceberg. He landed in Quebec the follow- 
 ing August, and succeeded Le Jeune as Superior of the 
 order in Canada. Whilst filling this office, he assisted 
 (1644) at making a treaty with the Five Nations at Three 
 Rivers, on which occasion he gave the savages a most 
 sumptuous entertainment. Shortly afterwards, he returned 
 to France to obtain an additional supply of missionaries 
 and religious ladies, with whom he sailed from Rochelle 
 on 27th May, 1648, and arrived in Canada 19th August. 
 He acted as Superior from 1639 to 1645, nnd whilst 
 occupying that position furnished six volumes of Relations. 
 He is stated to have died in June, 1658, but of the correct- 
 ness of the statement I have no means of judging. 
 
 Jerome Lallemant, brother of Charles Lallemant, 
 one of the first missionaries sent to Canada in 1625, and 
 uncle of Rev. Gabriel Lallemant, who suffered martyrdom 
 with Breboeuf, was born in Paris in the year 1593, and 
 entered the Order in J 610. After having been professor 
 many years and rector of several colleges, he went as a 
 missionary to the Hurons in 1640, and remained with that 
 tribe until 1645, when he succeeded Vimont as Superior. 
 Whilst he held that important office, he took more than 
 ordinary pains to establish the Faith among the Five 
 Nations. He was, however, obhged to return to Europe 
 in 1650, to represent the state of the missions to the com- 
 pany, and then was appointed Rector of the College of 
 La Fleche. He was not satisfied with this position. He 
 thirsted after the fields of his former labors and prayed to 
 be allowed to return to his converts. He obtained this 
 permission, at length, in 1659, when he proceeded, in 
 company with the Bishop of Petree, a second time to 
 Canada, where he became again Superior of his Order. 
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 JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 He died eventually in that countr}- on 26th January, 1673, 
 at the age of eighty years, leaving behind him a high 
 character as a sound and able theologian. With all his 
 endowments and learning, he was a man of simple 
 habits, and always preferred instructing children and 
 young converts in the Christian doctrine.* He contribated 
 seven Relations, besides five from the Huron country, 
 where he was known by the name of Archiendasse. 
 He was author, also, of several religious works, some 
 copies of which, it is said, are in this country. 
 
 Paul Ragueneau, who succeeded Lallemant as Su- 
 perior of the Jesuits in Canada,t was born in Paris in the 
 year 1605. Having been sent to the College of Bourges 
 to teach in one of the lower schools, he had the good 
 fortune of completing his studies there under the direction 
 of Father Louis Lallemant, who had the character of 
 being the best master that the Society in France then 
 possessed. His progress now in devout science is stated 
 to have been incredible, and having been elevated to the 
 priesthood, he at once entreated his Superiors to send him 
 on the Indian Mission. His wishes were complied with, 
 and he proceeded to the Huron country in July, 1637. 
 Three years afterwards, he was sent by Chevalier de 
 Montmagny as ambassador to the Iroquois, but he returned 
 to the Hurons in 1644, 5, with whom he remained until 1650, 
 when he conducted the remnant of that once numerous tribe 
 to Quebec. After laboring for the conversion of the Hurons 
 and Iroquois a great many years, in the course of which 
 
 • Menologie de la Compe.de Jesus. Paris, 1844. MS. This work is in 
 St. John's College, Fordham, where the Fathers were kind enough to permit me 
 to consult it. In a list of the Catholic Clergy of Canada, printed by authority in 
 Quebec, the date of Lallemant's death is stated 20th May, 1668. This is an 
 error. 
 
 t Charlevoix, i., 323, says, that Le Mercier succeeded Lallemant as Superior ; 
 but Du Creux, who followed the " Relations " more closely, says, the latter was 
 succeeded by Ragueneau. 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
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 hiendasse. 
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 ted to the 
 send him 
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 aly, 1637. 
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 e returned 
 until 1650, 
 erous tribe 
 he Hurons 
 of which 
 
 he endured a large share of the fatigues and hardships 
 inseparable from such a hfe, he returned in 166G to 
 France, where he was appointed Procurator of the 
 Missions. His useful and meritorious life was closed at 
 Paris, on the 3d September, 1680, in the sevftnty-fifth 
 year of his age. He was a man of wonderful confidence 
 in God, and of the most complete disengagement from 
 temporal things. Of his merits as a Missionary, two of 
 his fellow laborers, Fathers Joseph Poncet and Francis 
 Le Mercier, attest, that there was none who labored more 
 in the cause of Christianity in Canada, or who had better 
 title to the name of Apostle than Father Ragueneau.* 
 Charlevoix bears similar testimony to the usefulness of 
 his labors, as well as to his experience in the direction 
 of the Missions. As an author, he has left a '• Life of La 
 Mere Catharine de St. Augustin," which, however, did 
 not meet with universal approbation. We have from his 
 pen four Relations and an mteresting sketch of the 
 life and labors of Father 
 
 Jean de Brebceuf. This celebrated martyr was born 
 in the diocese of Bayeux, in Normandy, on the 25th 
 March, 1593, of a noble family, of which the house of 
 Arundel in England is said to be a branch.t Early 
 inclined to a religious life, he entered the Company on 
 the 5th October, 1617, and, at the request of the Countess 
 of Guercheviile, who took an active interest in the Jesuit 
 Missions, was sent to Canada in 1625 by the Rev. Father 
 Colon, then General of the Order in France. He was thus 
 one of the original five who went out that year with 
 
 his work is in 
 to permit me 
 by authority in 
 8. This is an 
 
 It as Superior ; 
 the latter was 
 
 • " Menologlo di pie memorie di alcuni religiosi della Compagnia di Gesu, 
 
 raccolte dal P. Giuseppe A. Patrignani, S. J dull' anno 1538, 
 
 all' anno 1728 . . . Vol. IV. 4to. Venezia, 1730." For the translation 
 of the sketch of Ragueni'nu's life in tills work, I am indebted to the politeness of 
 the Rev. James A. Ward, S. .T., Vine President <f Georgetown College. 
 
 tBiog. UniverscUe, Verho. 
 
12 
 
 JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 i I 
 
 Champlain. After passing the following winter among the 
 Montagnais, he was sent in 1626 by Father Philibert Noy- 
 rot, his Superior, to the Hurons, to which tribe he was the 
 first Jesuit Missionary. His labors were interrupted in a 
 few years by the surrender of the country to the English, 
 under Kirk. During his sojourn among these Indians, 
 he succeeded, however, in acquiring so thorough a know- 
 ledge of the Huron tongue, that he translated into that 
 language Father Ledesma's Abridgment of the Christian 
 Doctrine, which was subsequently printed by Champlain 
 at the end of his voyages in 1632, with the French on one 
 side. After the restoration of Canada, Breboeuf returned 
 to that country. Anno 1633, and proceeded to the scene 
 of his former labors in 1634, where the Indians gave him 
 the name of Echom. Two years afterwards, he wrote his 
 Treatise on the Huron Language, which has since been 
 translated by the Hon. Albert Gallatin, and published in 
 the second volume of the Transactions of the American 
 Antiquarian Society ; and, in 1643, announced the Gospel 
 to the Neutral Indians, in company with Father Chamonot. 
 A life of so much usefulness was too soon cut short. A 
 party of Iroquois attacked the Huron Village where Bre- 
 boeuf and Gabriel Lallemant, called by the Hurons 
 AtiroHta, resided ; seized these Fathers, and put them to 
 death, under most appalling torments, Breboeuf on 16th 
 and Lallemant on 17th March, 1649. Singular to say, 
 one of the principal butchers, a Mohawk chief, named la 
 Ccndre Chmide, or *' Hot Ashes," embraced Christianity 
 afterwards, and evinced great zeal in atoning for his crime, 
 and few missionaries made more converts than he among 
 the savages. He was subsequently killed in 1687, in the 
 Seneca Country fighting along side the French under 
 Denonville against the Five Nations. Breboeuf was in his 
 fifty-sixth year when he received the crown of martyrdom, 
 and is saitl to have converted over seven thousand souls 
 during the fifteen years that he was on the Mission. Two 
 Huron Relations are all that appear from his pen. His 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 13 
 
 among the 
 libert Noy- 
 he was the 
 upted in a 
 le English, 
 56 Indians, 
 rh a know- 
 I into that 
 e Christian 
 Cham plain 
 inch on one 
 uf returned 
 the scene 
 s gave him 
 le wrote his 
 since been 
 )ublished in 
 3 American 
 the Gospel 
 ' Chamonot. 
 It short. A 
 where B re- 
 he Hiirons 
 Dut them to 
 uf on 16th 
 ular to say, 
 named la 
 Ihristianity 
 )r his crime, 
 he among 
 687, in the 
 ench under 
 t was in his 
 nartyrdom, 
 jsand souls 
 ion. Two 
 pen. His 
 
 nephew, Guillaume de Breboeuf, is known in the field of 
 letters as the translator of Lucan's Pharsalia, and the 
 author of various other works. 
 
 Francois Joseph Le Mercier, came to Canada in 
 1635,* and proceeded immediately to the Huron Country, 
 where he was known by the name of Agochirjidaguctc. 
 He spent three years with this tribe, and succeeded Ra- 
 gueneau xs Superior in 1653. Being anxious to establish 
 the faith at Onondaga, he resigned this office before his 
 three years had expired, and accompanied Capt. Dupuis 
 and his colonists, as a missionary to their new homes at 
 the Salt Springs. The materials within my reach for a 
 biographical sketch of this father are unfortunately very 
 few. He became Superior again in 1664, and seems to 
 have filled that office until 1670. The volumes of Re- 
 lations which he contributed, are particularly interesting 
 for the information they give of the western country. 
 They contain, perhaps, the earliest notice extant of the 
 copper mines on Lake Superior, which attract now so 
 much of the public attention. 
 
 Jean de Quien (or de Qubsne) accompanied Le Mer- 
 cier to Canada in 1635, and was principally employed at 
 the Tadoussac mission. Being desirous to carry the gos- 
 pel further north, he proceeded up the Saguenay and dis- 
 covered in 1652 Lake Patronami, now called I^ake St. 
 John. He became Superior, on Le Mercier's resignation, 
 in 1656, and sent some missionaries to the Ottawas, who 
 were attacked by the Iroquois whilst passing through the 
 Lake of the Two Mountains, on which occasion Father 
 Louis Garreau of Limoges was killed. De Quien has 
 
 * In the list of the Catholic Clergy in Canada, already referred to, the date of 
 his arrival is stated to be 1650, but this is a mistake. There are several other 
 errors in the dates given in that list, which render it unreliable for the purposes 
 of this sketch. 
 
14 
 
 JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 left US but one Relation ; this, however, contains very 
 valuable details on the settlement of the French at Onon- 
 daga. He is stated to have died on 17th Sept. 1659. 
 
 li i! 
 
 
 ( . 
 
 
 J. Claude Dablon arrived in Canada in 1655, and 
 was selected immediately to visit Onondaga. He re- 
 turned to Quebec the following year for additional aid, 
 and though he had experienced great suffering in his 
 voyage down the river, he accompanied Father Le Mer- 
 cier and Capt. Dupuis to the Salt Springs. Owing to the 
 conspiracy of the Indians this settlement did not take root, 
 and Dablon again returned to Quebec. In 1661, he 
 attempted in company with Father Dreuillettes, to pene- 
 trate to the Hudson's Bay, overland from the Saguenay. 
 But tlie approach of the Iroquois prevented him getting 
 any further than the head waters of the Nekouba, 100 
 leagues distant from Lake St. John. In 1668, he was 
 stationed at Sault Ste. Marie with Father Marquette, and 
 in 1671, whilst the latter was engaged in the discovery 
 of the Mississippi, he explored that part of Wisconsin, 
 which lies south of "La Grande Baie" (now, by misap- 
 phcation of the French term, called Green Bay); ascend- 
 ed the Fox river to Lake Winnebago, and preached 
 among the Pottawatoraies and neighboring tribes. Hr 
 was recalled to Quebec in 1672, 3, and is stated to have 
 died on the 9th February 1680. The last two volumes of 
 the Relations were sent to Europe by him. They are of 
 more than ordinary value on account of the geographical 
 information they contain relative to the country north of 
 Quebec and west of the Great Lakes. 
 
 The contents of the volumes thus furnished by these 
 missionaries are, as may be anticipated, most varied. 
 Those who have not the work, may form some opinion of 
 its contents, from the following 
 
 i 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS' S. 
 
 15 
 
 itn,ins /ery 
 li at Onon- 
 :. 1659. 
 
 1655, and 
 1. He re- 
 iilional aid, 
 ring in his 
 ler Le Mer- 
 Aving to the 
 ot take root, 
 [n 1661, he 
 tes, to pene- 
 ; Saguenay. 
 him getting 
 ekouba, iOO 
 ►68, he was 
 rquette, and 
 le discovery 
 i Wisconsin, 
 r^ by misap- 
 ly); ascend- 
 preached 
 tribes. H*" 
 ited to have 
 volumes of 
 They are of 
 geographical 
 try north of 
 
 ed by these 
 lost varied, 
 le opinion of 
 
 CATALOGUE RAISONNEE. 
 
 1033. Le Jeunf.. (I-e Pere Paul.) Briirr. Rchtllon du Vi>yfic.c dr. la Nmrclh: 
 
 Francp,fiiit an iiuiiii d'Anril dernirr : Pdri", IG32. 
 
 This, says CliMili'vtiix, is the first of the iic/«</o;/s. The English nnder Kirk 
 had tpkeii poHscj^sion of Canada in 1629 and restored it tliia year, when f,c .Tcime 
 went to that eoiintry, whence he remitted the materials for this Vdiume. Jt 
 contains many interesting details relating to New France, and the Iiiiiianri 
 whom the wriier saw for the first time. There is a copy of this Iriier in ilic 
 Mercure Franrais lor ]<).'!.'). 
 
 1()33. (The same.) Rchttidu de ce qui s'cst pnssi en la NouiTllr France : Forii, 
 
 lfi34,;//<. 21G. 
 
 This letter, \ihieli is printed also in thi? ]\Iercure Franr^ais of 1(1.13, enteis 
 into many particulars concerning the Canada rndian.s, and ;^ives tiie inipres'sii/iis 
 made on the minds of the savages on first beholding Europeans and tiicir phij.' . 
 I:i >iie same vohnne of the Mercure is an account of Chainiilaia's Voyii^je to C.iim- 
 dii, lo receive possession of that couniry from the English. 
 
 1G34. (The same.) liclntion, ^c. ; Paris, 1G35, rv- -1 W- 
 
 Several particulars of Champlain's domestic habits arc given in this vokiiwe 
 which also treals of the labors of the first missionaries ; the manner.s n nd custuiiis 
 of the Algonquins-Montagnais; their vices niid virtaes; food ; fo.siivalf ; hunting ; 
 fishing ; clothing, ornaments, &c. The 9th Chap, is devoted to the language oi 
 the aborigines. This Relation concludes with Le Jeunc's Journal commencing 
 Aug. 1633, and ending April 1634, during which interval he wintered among ihe 
 
 1635. (The same.) Relation, ^c. : Pom, 1636. /jp. 246. 
 
 After giving some account of the progress of the Faith, and shewing the advnii- 
 tages Old and New France would derive from emigration, this volume furnishe;, 
 a Relation of the transactions in the Huron country, from the pen of Pcre Jean de 
 Brebceuf ; and some particulars of Cape Breton and its inhabitants, by Y'kw Ju- 
 lien Perrault. 
 
 1636. (The same.) Relation, ^-c. : Paris, 1637, i^p. 272 rtwf/ 223. 
 
 In addition to the information regarding the efforts of llie Jesuits to Chris- 
 tianise the Indians, we have, here, some interesting parlicnhus en the death of 
 Champlain ; on the state of the country, and useful information for those design- 
 ing to emigrate. We have, also, another Relation from Brebojuf from the Huron 
 country, (the 4th Chap., which is a treatise on the Huron tongue already referred 
 to. The Huron's ideas of the creation and the immortality of the soul ; his .su- 
 perstitions, police, government, mode of burying, and the festivals of the living 
 and of the dead are also minutely described. 
 
t !l 
 
 W^ 
 
 10 
 
 JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 1637. (The snmc.) Jiclation, i^c: Koucu, W3S, ni. 33(\ and ^5G. 
 
 This volume coiiHists of two parts. The first rein tea to the nid furnished by Old, 
 to New r'rnncc ; to the progress of the Missions, and conlniii.s some information 
 regarding the Huron Sei.iinary which the Jesuits established near Quebec for 
 tiic Instiuction of the savage youth. The second j)art relates e.xclusively to the 
 Huron Mis.aion, and is conuibuted by P6re Frs. Jos. Le Mercier, missionary 
 among that tribe. 
 
 1638. (The same.) lielatiou. ij-c: Varis, 163R,7>/>, 78 and 67. 
 
 The first part of this volume describes the means used to spread the gospel 
 among the Indiantv ; it contains further particulars about the Huron Seminary and 
 the ultimate failure of that altempt to educate the young savages. IjC Mercier 
 continues his Relation of the Huron Missions in the last part, in which he gives 
 some account of the persecutions which the JesuitH underwent in that country. 
 We have also particulars of the Lunar Eclipse which occurred in Canada on 
 the last of Dec. 1037. 
 
 1639,40. ViMONT (Le P6ie Barthelemy.) Relation, <J-c. ; Paris, 1641,^7?. 197 
 
 and 196. 
 
 The first portion is taken up with a description of the state of the colony and 
 of the missions. Part 2, which relates to the Hurons and the continued perse- 
 cution of l.ie .Jesuits by that tribe, is contributed by P6re .Ter. Lallemant. The 
 paging 191, 192, of this part is repeated twice, so that it contains actually pp. 
 198 instead of 196. 
 
 
 1643 ; a 
 
 
 otherH, M 
 
 n 
 
 his captu 
 
 tality of 
 
 
 1643, 44 
 
 
 In adi 
 
 
 have, her 
 
 
 oftheM( 
 
 
 recount t 
 
 
 page of tl 
 
 ■ 'i.' 
 
 1644,45 
 
 A 
 
 Thefi 
 
 
 the incur 
 
 
 for ;'<*ace 
 
 
 Huron co 
 
 
 1645, 46. 
 
 
 Deseril 
 
 
 1640, 41. (The snmc.) Relation, ^c. : Paris, 1642,i>;>. 216 and 104, 
 
 Part 1. is taken up with particulars relating to the religious establishments in 
 Canada and other missionary intelligence. It contains also some account of the 
 incursions of the Iroquois into the French country ; of the progress of the war 
 and of negotiations of peace with the Five Nations, nnd the establishment of a 
 mission at Tadoussnc. Pnrt 2. is a continuation by Pdre Jerome Lallemant, 
 of the relation of the Huron Mission, and describes the extension of the mission 
 among the more western tribes. There is a mistake in the Inrtv..: of this part ; 
 for in the body of the work Chap. 6 and 7 form only one cnapter, and Chap. 7 is 
 numbered Chap. 8. 
 
 1642. (The same.) Relation, ^c. ; Paris, 1643, pp. 191 and 190. 
 
 This volume contains an account of the state of the country in 1642 ; the found- 
 ing of Montreal ; capture of Pfere Jogues by the Mohawks, and particulars of a 
 Lunar Eclipse which occurred on 4th April, 1642. The Huron Relation is con- 
 tinued in the last part by Pere Jerome Lallemant. 
 
 1642, 43. (The same.) i?eZa<ion, {^c. .• Pans, 1644, i?p. 329. 
 
 We have in this vol. a letter in the Algonquin tongue from a young Neo- 
 phyte with an interlineary translation of each word ; an account of the founda- 
 tion of Sillery and further particulars of the mission at Tadoussac. Also, Pere 
 Jogues' letter from the Mohawk country to the Gov. of Canada, dated 30 June 
 
 1647,48. 
 
 After re 
 French, we 
 the Apostle 
 which is th 
 graphical i 
 douce; Mi 
 which inha! 
 ness, and s( 
 New Swedi 
 instructing i 
 scjvaiion ai 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 n 
 
 riiishcd by Old, 
 ne information 
 ir Quebec for 
 3lus*ivcly to the 
 ier, missionary 
 
 ?nd the gospel 
 1 Seminary and 
 . Le Mercier 
 wiiich he gives 
 n that country. 
 1 in Canada on 
 
 t,lG4l, pp. 197 
 
 the colony and 
 :)ntinued perse - 
 illeniant. The 
 ins actually pp. 
 
 i 104. 
 
 tablishments in 
 account of the 
 ress of the war 
 
 ablishment of a 
 
 mie Lallemant, 
 of the mission 
 .; of this part ; 
 and Chap. 7 is 
 
 1643; another from the same, dated Rensaelaerwyck .'JO Aug. ir43, and thre? 
 otlierH, written l)y the same, on his return to Trance in l(i4-l, all descriptive of 
 his cajxure, .siilliMings and tlnal escape licui the savageH through the instrumen- 
 tality of the Dutch. 
 
 1643, 44. (The Munie.) Jielutiun, i^c: Pans, 1(145, pp. 25(i and 147. 
 
 In addition to the usual particulars as to the propiigntion of the Faith, we 
 have, here, an account of the capture and sutferingsof Fore Hressani ut the hands 
 of the Mohawks and his release by the Dutch. P<5re Lnllcniant contributes an 
 recount of the war waged l)y the Five Nations against the Ilurons. The last 
 page of this Relation is printeil incorrectly 174 instead of 147. 
 
 1644,45. (The same.) Relation, tf-r. .- /'«»•/, ICAd, pp. 183. 
 [ The first six chapters are on the niissions ; then follow divers particulars of 
 I the incursions of the Five Nations into Canada, and the conseciuent negotiations 
 . for '"''ace. This volume concludes with a letter from Pore Lallemant, from the 
 
 Huron country. 
 
 I()45, 4ti. Lale.emant (P. Jerome.) Relatiun, k^c : Pari.-<, l(J4?, pp. 184 tj- 128. 
 Describes who the Iroquois are ; their further negotiations with the French 
 and the commencement of the Jesuit missions in their country, It contains, 
 also, the journal of Fere Jogues' 2d and 3d visits to the Mohawk territory, (now 
 called " The Mission of the Martyrs,") from which it appears that the Iroquois 
 i' name for the Hudson River was O'iogue ; and for Lake George, Andiatorocte, 
 which means " the place where the Lake narrows" — (La oil le Lac se ferine) ; 
 and that the latter was first called Lac du Saint Sacrement by Jogues in conse- 
 quence of his coming to it on the festival of Corpus Christi. P6re Ragueneau 
 closes this volume with a Huron Relation. 
 
 1647. (The same.) Relation, die. : Pans, 1648, />;>. 276. 
 
 Contains further particulars of Pere Jogues' sojourn among the Mohawks and 
 his escTipe in 1643 ; his 2nd and 3d missions to that tribe in 1646 and his melan- 
 choly death. Also gives an account of the Missions among the Abenaquis and 
 other tribes. 
 
 [)42 ; the found - 
 particulars of a 
 lelation is con- 
 
 a young Neo- 
 of the founda- 
 Bc. Also, Pere 
 dated 30 June 
 
 1647, 48. (The same.) Relations, ^c. : Paris, 1649, pp. 158 and 135. 
 
 After referring to some further occurrences between the Iroquois and the 
 French, we have additional particulars of the labors of Pfere Gab. Dreuillettes, 
 ihe Apostle of the Abenaquis. P. Ragueneau contributes a Huron Relation, 
 which is the most interesting portion of the volume, as it furnishes valuable geo- 
 g'-aphical information relating to the Great Lakes (^Superior, Huron, or la mer 
 douce; Michigan, or Lac Illinois; Erie and Ontario,) and the va.iou.s tribes 
 which inhabit their borders. The Five Nations are located with much |)recise- 
 ness, and sonic particulars are given even of the Delawares and the colony of 
 New Sweden, where the Europeans " think more about trading for peltries than 
 instructing the savages." Altogether ihis volume aflbrds evidence of habits of ob- 
 scivation and attention highly honorable to the Older 
 
 a 
 
iti 
 
 JEaUlT RELATIONS. 
 
 1648, 4'J. RAfirKNEAU (P. Pnnl.) Jirlatinn, jjj-r. mix Htironf, Pais de la Nou- 
 vi'lU Fiance, >n aiiniea HMH, l(i4'J: Lille, H\M, pi>. 121. 
 The edition in the Ilnrvnni Coll. is stntcd to liiivf beoii jtrinted nt Ijille, and to 
 
 coiitnin pp. 121 ; others bear the imprint of PnriB, and have only pp. 103. 
 
 It i« a report of the Huron Misstiona and containH nn nccount of the horrible 
 
 deatliH of Futhcrs Brebu3uf and Gub. Lnller>n - • the hand-s of tiie savages. 
 
 1C49, 50. (The same.) Hclntion aiix pais plan has de la Noiivelle France de- 
 puis I'ealt de I'annee 1C49 jnnquea a I'cate de I'annie 165U ; Faria, 1651, 
 pp. 187. 
 
 This vol. 18 signed " H. Lallemant" nt p. 187. It gives on account {inter 
 alia) of the missions among the Hurons ; of the murders of Pbres Gamier and 
 Not! Chabnnel ; the destruction of the Hurons by the Iroquois and the establish- 
 ment of a Huron colony near Quebec. 
 
 1650,51. (The same.) Relation, ^-c. : Paris, l^i'H, pp. 146. 
 
 An account of the state of the French Settlements in Canada and the miwions 
 generally throughout that country. 
 
 1651,52. (The same.) Belativn, ^c: Pam, 1653,/?;?. 200. 
 
 This relation contains un account of the death of Pere Buteux ; also of the 
 Indian missions including that among the Abenaquis. Chap. 9 is on the war 
 waged by the Iroquois against the French. The volume concludes with a Life 
 of La M6re Marie de St. Joseph, deceased, written by La Mere Marie de I'ln- 
 carnation, Superior of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec. 
 
 1662, 53. Le Meroier (Ffere Frs.) Relation, ^c. : Paris, U'tM.pp. 184. 
 
 Relates the occurrences during the year at Montreal and Three Rivers ; the 
 capture of P6re Poncet by the Mohawks ; his visit to Fort Orange ; and the 
 treaty of peace with tht Iroquois. 
 
 1653,54, (The same.) Relation, ^c: Paris, 16^)5, pp. 176. 
 
 Further negotiations between the Five Nations and the French ; journal of 
 P6re Le Moyne's voyage to Onondaga ; treaty of i)eace made there and the dis- 
 covery of the Salt Springs. This volume contains, besides, a letter written origi- 
 nally on a piece of birch bark, by the Hurons of the Island of Orleans, in their 
 tongue to the Fathers at Paris (with a translation appended.) 
 
 1654, 55. [I have not been able to discover a copy of the Relation for this year, 
 in any collection, either in Canada or this country, as fur as my enquiries have 
 extended ; but should such be found either in the Royal Library, Paris, or in any 
 of the public Institutions of London, orders have been given to have it transcribed 
 for John Cn -r Brown, Esq., of Providence, whose collection already embraces 
 thirty-two volumes.] 
 
 1655, 56. QuiEN (Pere Jean de). Relation, ^c. : Paris, 1657, ;i|p. 168. 
 Contains P. Le Moyne's journey to the Mohawks, and the establishment of 
 
 the first French settleaient at Onondaga ; the origin of the war between the 
 
 ■1 
 
 tives : 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 10 
 
 PaiD de la Nou- 
 
 •a nt Tiillc, and to 
 ivc only W- 103. 
 U of the horrible 
 the Bavagea. 
 
 iivelle Fiance de- 
 G50; Pari*, 1651, 
 
 nn account {inter 
 VbTca Gamier and 
 B and the establish- 
 
 da and the miwions 
 
 I. 
 
 Buleux ; also of the 
 hap. 9 is on the war 
 )ncludeB with a Life 
 Mere Marie de I'ln- 
 
 (ir)4,j'P. 184. 
 
 Three Rivers ; the 
 irt Orange ; and the 
 
 French ; journal of 
 
 Ide there and the dis- 
 
 U'tter written origi- 
 
 of Orleans, in their 
 
 r) 
 
 lelation for this year, 
 is my enquiries have 
 Lrary, Paris, or in any 
 I to have it transcribed 
 Ion already embraces 
 
 B57,/^. 168. 
 J the establishment of 
 Ihe war between the 
 
 4 
 
 Five Nations, nnd tli(» Fries or Cat Indians; arrival of n deli'gation of Ou- 
 taowacks (Ottawiis) at Queijcc ; their departure and the murder of Vi>te ( Jnrrt'nu. 
 
 innfi, T)?. Lr. JEirNF. (P. Paul.) Relntinn, .p. .- Pmh, Ift.lR, /7'. 211. 
 
 Aiiilxissadors fioin the SeneciiH to llie Krcncli, murdered liy the Aloliavka ; 
 miBsionnric'H sent to tlie SenernH, Sept. \K^!^^. Auollier eiiiliaH>y from llie Sene- 
 CB8 in the following year ; nnd the emahlishmeiit of misNionH nmoiii; that, nnd 
 the Cayuga tribe ; journal of the voyage of Cnpt. DiipiiiH and the Je^^nit^^ in Mi.')(>, 
 to the Onondagas, nnd the taking possesHioii of that country l)y the French ; ac- 
 count of ]'. \m Moyne'8 visit to the Mohawks ; iioundnries of ilie country belong- 
 ing to the Five Nations ; detnils concerning these tribes ; their munncru nnd 
 customs and the progress of the gospel among them. 
 
 1657, 58. Raoueneau (P. Paul.) Relation, tj-r..- ruris, 1(559,;'/'. V^C>■ 
 
 This vol. relates the abandonment of the Freneli settlement at Onondnga ; and 
 contains n letter from P. Le Moyne, dated N. Netlierlnnd, March i25, \i\^^>< ; it 
 describes, also, the several routes to the Mer da Nnrd, or Hudson's Itny, and 
 enumerates various Indian tribes recently discovered. 
 
 1658, 59. [The remark mnde on the vol. of 1G54, 5, is npplicnble also to tlint 
 for ir)58, 59.] 
 
 1659, 60. [No name.] Relation, He. : Paris, 1661, pp. 202. 
 
 Describes the country of the Five Nations, and gives n census of each tribe ; 
 also an account of discoveries on the Snguenay river, Hudson's bay, nnd the final 
 overthrow of the Huron nation. 
 
 1660, 61. Le Jeune (P. Paul.) Relation, ^c: Paris, 1662, pp. 213. 
 Renewal of the war between the Iroquois and the French ; treaties of peace 
 
 with, and re-establishment of the missions among, the Five Nations ; new mis- 
 sion among the Kilistenons on the Hudson's bay ; journal of the first vi.sit of the 
 French to that quarter and the dangers of the road. This volume contains, in 
 conclusion, a letter from P. Le Moyne to P. Lallemant, Superior ; two letters 
 written on bark, from the Mohawk country to Lc Moyne nt Onondagn ; a third 
 on cartridge paper ; and finally, a letter from Le Moyne to his mother, and another 
 from a French prisoner among the Mohawks, to his friend at Three Rivers. 
 
 1661, 62. Lallemant (P. Jerome.) Relation, ^c: Paris, 1663, pp. US. 
 Continued misunderstanding with the Five Nations ; Perc Le Moyne winters 
 
 among the Upper Iroquois (Senecns) nnd liis return ; release of 18 French cap- 
 tives ; and several murders committed by the Gaspe savages on other Indians. 
 
 1662, 63. (The same.) Relation, .St..- Paris, 1664, pp. 169. 
 
 Describes certain meteorological phenomena ; the great earthquf.kv- of 1663, 
 and the solar eclipse of 1st Sept. of thu'. year. 
 
 1663, 64. (The same.) Relation, tj-r. .• Paris, 1GG5, pp. 176. 
 
 Treats of the missions among the Hurons, Algonquina, and the Five Nations, 
 and the war between the Mohawks nnd the MoliegnnsnntI Alitiuiquis. It gives 
 
.TESUIT RFJ.ATIONS. 
 
 nn nrcount nlflo of nn enibnuHjr which the Iroquois Kent to tlie French to concludf 
 n peace, being uluriiiuil at tlie prepanitioiiH uf the latter n({iiiiiHt them. 
 
 laCA, or). Le Mehcicr (P. Fr«.) Jldation, ^c; J'ans, 1CG(J, j>j). 128. {With 
 
 a miii> of the Iritquoia country.) 
 
 AdmiriiHtrntioii of Marciuls dt; Trncy ; his iieKotlntionB wliii the Iroquoin ; de- 
 scription of their country, and the Hcvernl roiitcM Icadin),' thither; numerical 
 utretikfth of eacli of tiiu Five Nations. 'I'hiH vohime containH Hundry particulars 
 regarding the comets which appeared in Canada, in l(i(!4, G5. 
 
 Ifififl, fi(». (The same.) lidation, i^c. : J'ari», 1(107, pji. 47. 
 
 There is only one copy of ihiH volume, as fur as I have been able to ascertain, 
 in this country. Though it consists but of three chapters, and so few pages, it 
 contuiiLS intcrcHting parliculurs of the expeditions undf-rtiiken in Hidfi, l)y the 
 French. One of these wan led by ("ourcelles, in January, against the Oneidas 
 ond Mohawks, in the course of which 500 men marched on snow-shoes, from 
 Quebec to Hchenectady, and back — a distance of 300 leagues. The other was 
 connnnnded by the Maniuia de Tracy, then an octogenarian, and proceeded in 
 Sf|)teml)er following against the Mohawks. Mention is made in the table of 
 contents, of a " Lettrc de la Jieverende Mire Superieure dea Relifjriciises Hits- 
 jntalierea de Kebec en la Noiivellc France du 3 Octohre KiCC," but it is not 
 printed in this vol. 
 
 qu 
 an 
 Til 
 
 8U] 
 It< 
 nou 
 
 lfi7 
 f 
 
 sess 
 
 the 
 
 Cone 
 
 Ifififi, (17. (The same.) Relation, kc : Paris, 1608, pp. 160. 
 
 Details Pfere MIouez' mission to the Outaowacks, and the ninniiers and customs 
 of that tribe; gives an account of the missions among the Pottawalomics and 
 other western tribes, and the reestablishment of the missions among the l'"ive 
 Nations in consequence of the French expeditions of the preceding year. This 
 vol. concludes with a letter from the Rev. Mi re Siiperienre dea Religiennes Hos- 
 pitalierea de Kebec en la N. F. du 20 Octob. 1CG7, jip. 14. 
 
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 1607,68. (The same.) Relation, ^c. : Pans, 1669, ^j. 219. 
 
 After a resiun6 of the advantages derived from the missions among the Five 
 Nations, we have, in this volume the French names of the several missionary posts 
 among the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas ; reference is 
 also made in it to the drowning of Arent Van Curler in Lake Champlain, on his 
 way to visit Gov. de Tracy. In conclusion, it contains a letter from Mons. de 
 Petrde, first Bishop of Quebec, on the state of the Church, and an account of the 
 death of the Rev. Mere Catharine. 
 
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 1608, 09. (No name.) Relation, fjr. .• Faria, 1670, pp. 140. 
 
 This volume gives the usual annual account of the missions among the Five 
 Nations, and a letter from Gov. Lovelace to Father Pierron, dated Fort James \ Hti: 
 Nov. 1008, in reply to the petition of the Indians, for the suppression of tlif 
 trade in ardent spirits in their country. 
 
 1669, 70. Le Mercier (Pere Frs.) Relation, ^c. : Paris, 1671, pp. 318 .S 102. 
 
 This volume is in three parts. The two first treat of the missions amonjr tlif 
 
 Five Nations ; the negotiations to terminate the difficulties between the Algon- 
 
 lUii 
 
JESUIT RELATIONS. 
 
 21 
 
 French to concUule 
 Ht thein. 
 
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 and 80 IV w pnges, it 
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 ,160. 
 
 be manuovs and cnsiomH 
 the Potlnwnlomiea and 
 issions aiTiong the Five 
 ,e preceding year. This 
 ire dea Beligieni^es Hos- 
 14. 
 
 P- 219. 
 missions among the Five 
 
 ■e several missionary posts 
 
 nd Senecas; reference is 
 
 n Lake Champlain, on his 
 
 19 a letter from Mons. de 
 
 rch, and an account of the 
 
 quinii of Conadn and the Iro(iuois ; nnd the war of HJfiQ, between the Molmwks 
 and the Molieijnna, " who inhabit the coaat towards lioston, in New Kti({land." 
 The 3d part is un account of the initwionH arnonK the Outaowacks, and on Iiak*- 
 8iiperior, and a (leHcription of that Lake and of the copper iniiies on its coimt. 
 It contnitiH also a letter frnni I'^re Jac(|ueH Martpiette on tlit; lUinoii, the Ke* 
 noucks, the Kiskakoncks, Kilistinaux, and otlicr western tribes. 
 
 lf)7l), 71. Dablon (Pore J. C. Claude.) Jirlation, i^r. ; P«ri», 1672, /'/>• IHU 
 Further account of the missions in Canada and amon^ tiie Five Nations ; pos- 
 session is taken by the French, in the name of their king, of all the countries on 
 the upper liakes, comprehended under the luime of the Outaowacks. This vol 
 concludes with additional occounts from the western country. 
 
 1671, 72. (The same.) Relation, «<r. .• Paris, 1673, pp. 264. (.With a map oj 
 " Lar. Siiperieiir et aiitrea lieiix oil mat leu miaaiona de Pirea de la rompt. 
 de Jemia roinpriaea aoua le nom d'Outaowaca.") 
 
 This vol. is also divided into 3 parts ; the Jirat of which, relates the arrival of 
 Count Frontenac in Canada, and gives an account of the Huron and Iroijuois 
 missions ; the aecond, those of the Lower Algonquins, and of the Hudson bay, 
 with a journal of an overland voyoge from the Saguenay to that bay. The third 
 part contains a biogrophical sketch of Mde. de la Peltrie, foundress of the Ursu- 
 line Convent at Quebec, also an account of the death of La Mere de I'lncarna- 
 tion, Superior of that establishment. The map embraces lakes Superior, Huron 
 ^ and Illinois, (now lake Miclugan,) and is republished in Bancroft's U. S., vol. IIL 
 
 I Though considerable efforts have been made, to secure 
 a complete series of these books, they have as yet been 
 unattended with success, and perhaps no volumes are 
 more scattered through divers libraries than these Rela- 
 tions. This circumstance has rendered it more difficult 
 for the student to consult them. In the hope of deter- 
 mining what volumes are accessible, and where they are, 
 I have entered into an extensive correspondence, the 
 result of which is to be found in the following 
 
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 missions among the Five 
 
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