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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
o persevere, in the vain hope of infusing into their savage nature the gentler spirit of civilization. The Onondagas were more sincere; and when Chap. XX.} Chaumonot, an Italian priest, long a missionary 1655. among the Hurons, left Quebec for their territory, he was accompanied by Claude Dablon, a missionary, Journal de Dablon who had recently arrived from France. They were Dablon hospitably welcomed at Onondaga, the principal village of the tribe. A general convention was held, by Nov. 5. their desire; and, before the multitudinous assembly Nov 15. of the chiefs and the whole people, gathered under the open sky, among the primeval forests, the presents were delivered; and the Italian Jesuit, with much gesture, after the Italian manner, discoursed so eloquently to the crowd, that it seemed to Dablon as if the word of God had been preached to all the nations of that land. On the next day, the chiefs and others 16. crowded round the Jesuits, with their songs of welcome. Hap