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The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. IV Acadia and Quebec: 1616-1629
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THE JESUIT RELATIONS
AND
ALLIED DOCUMENTS
Vol. IV
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. IV
Acadia and Quebec: 1616-1629
CLEVELAND: The Burrows Brothers
Company, PUBLISHERS, M DCCC XCVII
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. IV
| Preface to Volume IV | 1 | |
| Documents:— | ||
| XIV. | Relation de la Novvelle France, de ses Terres, Natvrel dv Païs, & de ses Habitans. [Chapters xxvi.-xxxvii. and Index, completing the document.] Pierre Biard; Lyons, 1616 | 7 |
| XV. | Lettre au Sievr de Champlain. Charles Lalemant; Kebec, July 28, 1625 | 170 |
| XVI. | Lettre au R.P. Prouincial des RR. Pères Recollects. Charles Lalemant; Kebec, July 28, 1625 | 172 |
| XVII. | Epistola ad R.P. Mutium Vitelleschi, Præpositum Generalem Societatis Jesu, Romæ. Carolus Lalemant; Nova Francia, August 1, [1626] | 176 |
| XVIII. | Lettre au Pere Hierosme l'Allemant. Charles Lalemant; Kebec, August 1, 1626 | 185 |
| XIX. | Lettre au R.P. Supérieur du Collége des Iésuites à Paris. Charles Lalemant; Bordeaux, November 22, 1629 | 229 |
| Bibliographical Data: Volume IV | 247 | |
| Notes | 253 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. IV
| I. | Portrait of Jean de Brébeuf, S.J.; photo-engraving from oil portrait by Donald Guthrie McNab | Frontispiece |
| II. | Photographic facsimile of title-page, Charles Lalemant to Jerome | 188 |
PREFACE TO VOL. IV
Following is a synopsis of the documents contained in the present volume:
XIV. In the concluding portion (Chapters xxvi.-xxxvii.) of the Relation of 1616, Biard relates how he and Father Quentin were taken to Virginia, where they narrowly escaped death; they then were sent to England, and finally to France, arriving there after a captivity of over nine months, and being subjected to many perils by sea and land. The annalist records what progress the Christian religion has made in New France. The missionaries have now learned the nature of the country, and the character and needs of the people; and the colonists have established friendly relations with the savages. The latter have some general knowledge of religion, and are anxious to be baptized. Several miracles are recounted, in the cure of persons given up as dying. Biard then discusses at length the respective territorial claims of the French and English in the New World, and contends that New France should extend southward at least to 39°. He concludes by urging that more attention should be given in France