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      THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS

  VOL. V




[Illustration: PAUL LE JEUNE, S.J.]




               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; ILLUSTRATED BY PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND
                              FACSIMILES

                               EDITED BY

                          REUBEN GOLD THWAITES
         Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

                                Vol. V
                           QUEBEC: 1632-1633

  CLEVELAND: =The Burrows Brothers Company=, PUBLISHERS, MDCCCXCVII




                            COPYRIGHT, 1897
                                  BY
                        THE BURROWS BROTHERS CO

                          ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

                    _The Imperial Press, Cleveland_




EDITORIAL STAFF


  Editor                                REUBEN GOLD THWAITES

  Translator from the French            JOHN CUTLER COVERT

  Assistant Translator from the French  MARY SIFTON PEPPER

  Translator from the Latin             WILLIAM FREDERIC GIESE

  Translator from the Italian           MARY SIFTON PEPPER

  Assistant Editor                      EMMA HELEN BLAIR




CONTENTS OF VOL. V


  PREFACE TO VOLUME V                                                  1

  DOCUMENTS:--

  XX. Brieve Relation dv voyage de la Novvelle France, fait au mois
  d'Auril dernier. _Paul le Ieune_; Kebec, August 28, 1632             5

  XXI. Relation de ce qui s'est passé en La Novvelle France, en l'année
  1633. _Paul le Ieune_ (first installment)                           77

  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA: VOLUME V                                     269

  NOTES                                                              275




[Decoration]

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. V


  I. Portrait of Paul le Jeune, S.J. Photo-engraving from oil painting by
  Donald Guthrie McNab                                    _Frontispiece_

  II. Photographic facsimile of title-page, Le Jeune's _Relation_ of 1632
                                                                       8
  III. Photographic facsimile of title-page, Le Jeune's _Relation_ of
  1633                                                                80

  IV. R. C. Church at Penetanguishene, Ont., built in memory of the
  Jesuit Martyrs in the Huron country; now in course of construction.
  (From a recent photograph.)                                        295




PREFACE TO VOL. V


Following is a synopsis of the documents contained in the present
volume:

XX. This document (dated Quebec, August 28, 1632) is Le Jeune's famous
_Relation_ of 1632, the first of the Cramoisy series, which were
thereafter annually issued until 1672. In this document, Le Jeune, the
new superior of the Canada mission, relates to the French provincial
of his order, in Paris, the particulars of the stormy passage recently
made by the two missionaries to the New World, in De Caen's ship.
Le Jeune gives his impressions of the country, and of the natives.
He describes the tortures inflicted by some of them, upon three
Iroquois captives. Schools should be established for the youth, if
the adults are to be properly influenced. Mosquitoes greatly torment
the missionaries. The circumstances are related of the landing of De
Caen's party at Quebec, which is found in ruins; mass is celebrated in
the house of Mme. Hébert, and the condition of that pioneer family is
described. Quebec being surrendered to De Caen by the English garrison,
the Jesuits return to their old habitation on the St. Charles, only
the walls of which have withstood the shock of war. Le Jeune then
reverts, in his story, to the condition of the savages, telling of
their simplicity and their entire confidence in the missionaries. The
Jesuits baptize an Iroquois lad, and a native child has been left in
their charge. The successful garden of the mission is described, and
the relator tells how he almost lost his life by drowning.

XXI. Le Jeune's _Relation_ for 1633 is addressed from Quebec to the
French provincial of the order, Barthelemy Jacquinot, in Paris. In
the first installment of the document, given in the present volume,
Le Jeune, as superior of his order in Canada, mentions the kindness
shown the mission by the Company of New France, and the good behavior
of the French at Quebec, during the preceding winter. A description
is given of a visit he made to the savages in the vicinity of that
settlement, and his attempts to learn their language; he tells how the
Montagnais sought shelter near the fort, from the Iroquois; mentions an
eclipse of the moon (October 27); records, as they happened, whatever
events of interest occurred in the colony, giving, in this connection,
considerable information about the traits, customs, and religious ideas
of the Indians.

The narrator tells how his Montagnais interpreter, Pierre, who had
been educated in France, fell into disgrace with the commandant, and
was received by the missionaries, that he might instruct them in his
language. The narrator describes his own difficulties in that pursuit,
and in compiling a native dictionary and grammar.

Le Jeune describes the climate as very cold in winter, and hot in
summer, but healthful; and tells how he learned to use raquettes,
or snowshoes. He has two little boys given him by the savages, and
undertakes to educate them. In his school, are over twenty Indian
children, whose attainments in scholarship are described; and this
leads the way to a strong appeal to the ladies of France to establish
in New France a seminary for girls. He recounts the legends of
the natives about Messou, Manitou, and other deities; also their
superstitions about dreams. In speaking of Father de Nouë's visit to
some of the neighboring tribes, Le Jeune enumerates the hardships
endured by the missionaries in attempting to dwell in the savage camps;
nevertheless, he speaks hopefully of the prospect for mission labors,
especially among stationary tribes, like the Hurons.

A description is given of Champlain's return as governor of the colony;
and of a conference held by the latter (May 24) with the Ottawas, on
their annual trading visit to Quebec. The eloquence and shrewdness
displayed by the savages are dwelt upon.

The Iroquois attack a party of French, wounding and killing several.
The settlement is visited by natives from various tribes from the
upper country; a Frenchman is slain by one of the tribesmen; much
drunkenness occurs among the Indians; who craftily excuse themselves
from responsibility for any crime committed while in that condition,
by telling the Frenchmen it was caused by liquors supplied by them.
The Fathers baptize some savage children, and in caring for the sick
encounter the enmity of the medicine men.

The conclusion of this document will be presented in Vol. VI. of our
series.

  R. G. T.

  MADISON, WIS., February, 1897.




                                  XX

                      LE JEUNE'S BRIEVE RELATION

                         Kebec, Aoust 28, 1632

                    PARIS: SÉBASTIEN CRAMOISY, 1632


SOURCE: Title-page and text reprinted from original in Lenox Library.




[Illustration:

           BRIEVE RELATION DV VOYAGE DE LA NOVVELLE FRANCE,

  Fait au mois d'Auril dernier par le P. Paul le Ieune de la Compagnie
                             de I E S V S.

  _Enuoyée au R.P. Barthelemy Iacquinot Prouincial de la mesme Compagnie
                      en la Prouince de