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, Band 47

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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Burrows Brothers Company, 1899
 

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Seite 137 - La gloire de sa mort a couronné l'innocence de sa vie. (Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la Mission des Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus...
Seite 85 - Father, how fond she is of me. I have heard from a Frenchman, who was taken at Three Rivers on the 1st of August, that she is well, and comforts herself with the hope that I shall see you. There are three of us Frenchmen alive here. I commend myself to your good prayers, and particularly to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. I pray you, my Father, to say a mass for me. I pray you give my dutiful love to my poor mother, and console her, if it pleases you.
Seite 147 - In their branches live very peacefully birds of all colors and of every note, especially little Paroquets, which are so numerous that we have seen some of our Iroquois return from those countries with scarfs and belts which they had made from these birds by a process of interweaving.
Seite 147 - Their villages are situated along a Beautiful River, which serves to carry people down to the Great Lake (for so they call the sea), where they trade with Europeans who pray as we do. From their account we suppose these Europeans to be Spaniards.
Seite 147 - ... perfectly the art of infecting springs, and even whole rivers; and they do it with such skill that the water loses nothing of its fair appearance, although it be tainted throughout. Their villages are situated along a beautiful river which serves to carry the people down to the great Lake (for so they call the Sea), where they trade with Europeans who pray as we do, and use Rosaries, as well as Bells for calling to Prayers. According to the description given us, we judge them to be Spaniards....
Seite 129 - RELATION OF WHAT OCCURRED MOST REMARKABLE IN THE MISSIONS OF THE FATHERS of the Society of JESUS, IN NEW FRANCE, in the years one thousand six hundred sixty-seven and one thousand six hundred sixty-eight.
Seite 89 - No," and that, on the contrary, I prayed for them. I must give you tidings of Pierre Rencontre, whom you knew well. He died like a Saint. I saw him while he was being tortured, and he never said aught but these words: "My God, take pity on me," — which he repeated continually until he ceased to breathe.
Seite 145 - Proceeding rather Westerly than Southerly, another band of Iroquois is going four hundred leagues from here in pursuit of a Nation whose only offense consists in its not being Iroquois. It is called Ontoagannha, signifying "the place where people cannot speak" — because of the corrupt Algonquin in use there.
Seite 123 - Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la Mission des Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus aux Hurons...
Seite 255 - Saviour hath appeared to all men. Instructing us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly, in this world, looking for the blessed hope, and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ...

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