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June 13th (search for this): chapter 2
encounter a far more dreaded foe. The war parties of the Five Nations, hereditary enemies of the Hurons, and the deadly opponents of the French, controlled the passes between Upper Canada and Quebec; and each missionary on his pilgrimage was in danger of captivity. Such was the fate of Isaac Jogues, who, having been one of the 1642. first to carry the cross into Michigan, was now the first to bear it through the villages of the Mohawks. From the Falls of St. Mary he had repaired to the June 13. Huron missions, and thence, with the escort of Ahasistari and other Huron braves, he descended by the Ottawa and St. Lawrence to Quebec. On his return Aug. 1. with a larger fleet of canoes, a band of Mohawks. whose war parties, fearlessly strolling through the Chap. XX.} illimitable forest, were ever ready to burst suddenly 1642. upon their foes, lay in wait for the pilgrims, as they ascended the St. Lawrence. There can be Creuxius, 338-358. Aug. but three canoes of them, said Ahas
June 15th (search for this): chapter 2
on in their long excursions in quest of game. Who can tell all the hazards that were encountered? The sharp rocks in the channel of the river were full of perils for the frail canoe; winter turned the solitudes into a wilderness of snow; the rover, Christian or pagan, must carry about with him his house, his furniture, and his food. But the Jesuit succeeded in winning the affections of the savages; and, after a pilgrimage of ten months, an escort of thirty conducted him to Quebec, 1647. June 15. full of health and joy. Thus, in September, 1646, within fourteen years from the restoration of Quebec, France, advancing rapidly towards a widely extended dominion in North America, had its outposts on the Kennebec, and on the shores of Lake Huron, and had approached the settlements round Albany. The missionaries, exalted by zeal, enjoyed a fearless tranquillity, and were pledged to obedience unto death. The whole strength of the colony lay in the missions. The government was weak
June 25th (search for this): chapter 2
the calm magnificence of the ocean stream, over the broad, clear sand-bars, the resort of innumerable waterfowl,— gliding past islets that swelled from the bosom of the stream, with their tufts of massive thickets, and between the wide plains of Illinois and Iowa, all ganlanded with majestic forests, or checkered by island groves and the open vastness of the prairie. About sixty leagues below the mouth of the Wis- Chap. XX.} consin, the western bank of the Mississippi bore on its 1673 June 25. sands the trail of men; a little footpath was discerned leading into a beautiful prairie; and, leaving the canoes, Joliet and Marquette resolved alone to brave a meeting with the savages. After walking six miles, they beheld a village on the banks of a river, and two others on a slope, at a distance of a mile and a half from the first: The river was the Mou-in-gou-e-na, Marquette's Map. or Moingona, of which we have corrupted the name Compare Charlevoix, III. 397. into Des Moines. Marq
June 27th (search for this): chapter 2
the nations by whom their envoys were received. A treaty of peace had, indeed, been ratified, and, 1645 for one winter, Algonquins, Wyandots, and Iroquois, 1646 joined in the chase. The wilderness seemed hushed into tranquillity. Negotiations also continued. In May, 1646, Father Jogues, commissioned as an en- 1646 voy, was hospitably received by the Mohawks, and Relation 1647. gained an opportunity of offering the friendship of France to the Onondagas. On his return, his favora- June 27. ble report raised a desire of establishing a permanent mission among the Five Nations; and he himself, the only one who knew their dialect, was selected as its founder. Ibo, et non redibo—I shall go, but shall Oct. never return—were his words of farewell. Immediately on arriving at the Mohawk castles, he was received as a prisoner, and, against the voice of the Oct. 18. other nations, was condemned by the grand council of the Mohawks as an enchanter, who had blighted Chap. XX.} their
July (search for this): chapter 2
round Marquette the mysterious arbiter of peace and war, the sacred calumet, a safeguard among the nations The little group proceeded onwards. I did not 1673. July fear death, says Marquette; I should have esteemed it the greatest happiness to have died for the glory of God. They passed the perpendicular rocks, which wore thhe thick canes begin to appear so close and strong, that the buffalo could not break through them; the insects become intolerable; as a shelter against the suns of July, the sails are folded into an awning. The prairies vanish; and forests of whitewood, admirable for their vastness and height, crowd even to the skirts Chap. XX.egarded with pride as the delight of the New World. In the early months of 1684, the preparations for 1684 July 24. colonizing Louisiana were perfected, and in July the fleet left Rochelle. Four vessels were destined for the Mississippi, bearing two hundred and eighty persons, to take possession of the valley. Of these, one
July 11th (search for this): chapter 2
Christianity, were now known in the basin of the Oswego. The success of the mission encouraged Dablon to invite a French colony into the land of the Onondagas; and, though the attempt excited the jealousy of the Mohawks, whose war chiefs, in their hunt after Huron fugitives, still roamed even to the Isle of Orleans, a company of fifty Frenchmen embarked for Onondaga. 1656. May 7. Diffuse harangues, dances, songs, and feastings, were their welcome from the Indians. In a general convo- July 11. cation of the tribe, the question of adopting Christianity as its religion was debated; and sanguine hope July 24. already included the land of the Onondagas as a part of Christendom. The chapel, too small for the throng of worshippers that assembled to the sound of its little bell, was enlarged. The Cayugas also desired a missionary, and they received the fearless Rene Mesnard. In their village, a chapel was erected, with mats for the tapestry; and there the pictures of the Savior and
July 17th (search for this): chapter 2
steel,—a proof of commerce with Europeans. Thus had our travellers descended below the entrance of the Arkansas, to the genial climes that have almost no winter but rains, beyond the bound of the Huron and Algonquin languages, to the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico, and to tribes of Indians that had obtained European arms by traffic with Spaniards or with Virginia So, having spoken of God, and the mysteries of the Chap XX.} Catholic faith; having become certain that the Father 1673 July 17. of Rivers went not to the ocean east of Florida, nor yet to the Gulf of California, Marquette and Joliet left Akansea, and ascended the Mississippi. At the 38th degree of latitude, they entered the River Illinois, and discovered a country without its paragon for the fertility of its beautiful prairies, covered with buffaloes and stags,—for the loveliness of its rivulets, and the prodigal abundance of wild duck and swans, and of a species of parrots and wild turkeys. The tribe of Illino
July 24th (search for this): chapter 2
elcome from the Indians. In a general convo- July 11. cation of the tribe, the question of adopting Christianity as its religion was debated; and sanguine hope July 24. already included the land of the Onondagas as a part of Christendom. The chapel, too small for the throng of worshippers that assembled to the sound of its litt to the expected messenger from the land which was regarded with pride as the delight of the New World. In the early months of 1684, the preparations for 1684 July 24. colonizing Louisiana were perfected, and in July the fleet left Rochelle. Four vessels were destined for the Mississippi, bearing two hundred and eighty personsof an Indian matron heaped offerings of maize—at last, as the survivors came upon a branch of the Mississippi, they beheld on an island a large cross. Never did July 24. Christian gaze on that emblem with heartier joy. Near it stood a log hut, tenanted by two Frenchmen. Tonti had descended the river, and, full of grief at not fi
August (search for this): chapter 2
ris, a general supplication was made that the Queen of Angels would take the Island of Montreal under her protection. In August of the same year, in the presence of the French gathered from all parts of Canada, and of the native warriors summoned fr 1642. upon their foes, lay in wait for the pilgrims, as they ascended the St. Lawrence. There can be Creuxius, 338-358. Aug. but three canoes of them, said Ahasistari, as, at daybreak, he examined their trail on the shore: there is nothing to fear retain him at Quebec; but powerful instincts impelled him to the enterprise. Obedient to his vows, the aged man entered Aug. on the path that was red with the blood of his predecessors, and made haste to scatter the seeds of truth through the wildefly on the southern margin of Lake Superior, and connecting his name imperishably with the progress of discovery in 1667 Aug. the west, Allouez returned to Quebec to urge the establishment of permanent missions, to be accompa- Chap. XX.} nied by
August 1st (search for this): chapter 2
nspiring Madame Chap. XX.} de la Peltier, a young and opulent widow of Alencon, 1639 with the aid of a nun from Dieppe and two others from Tours, established the Ursuline convent for the education of girls. As the youthful heroines stepped on Aug. 1. shore at Quebec, they stooped to kiss the earth which Relatior. they adopted as their country, and were ready, in case 1639. of need, to tinge with their blood. The governor, with the little garrison, received them at the water's edge; Huronsugh the villages of the Mohawks. From the Falls of St. Mary he had repaired to the June 13. Huron missions, and thence, with the escort of Ahasistari and other Huron braves, he descended by the Ottawa and St. Lawrence to Quebec. On his return Aug. 1. with a larger fleet of canoes, a band of Mohawks. whose war parties, fearlessly strolling through the Chap. XX.} illimitable forest, were ever ready to burst suddenly 1642. upon their foes, lay in wait for the pilgrims, as they ascended the
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