Transcriber's Note. A list of the changes made can be found at the end of the book. Formatting and special characters are indicated as follows: _italic_ =bold= ^{superscript} [C=] reverse C [~e] e with tilde [~i] i with tilde [^a] a with breve [(c] c with accent -reversed characters- THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS VOL. I. 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. I. ACADIA: 1610-1613 CLEVELAND: =The Burrows Brothers Company=, PUBLISHERS, M DCCCXCVI COPYRIGHT, 1896 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 Translators from the Latin { WILLIAM FREDERIC GIESE { JOHN DORSEY WOLCOTT Translator from the Italian MARY SIFTON PEPPER Assistant Editor EMMA HELEN BLAIR GENERAL PREFACE