The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 2: Acadia, 1612-1614
History
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 2: Acadia, 1612-1614
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Indians of North America -- Canada; Jesuits -- Missions; Jesuits -- North America
_Savages of New France, names of the tribes_ 9
_of New France, their numbers and names_ 11, 13
_hides their only treasure_ 12
_their faces, color, and manners_ 13
_in what their religion consists_ 14
_their custom at their feasts_ 17
_infants baptized_ 27
_Father Biard visits their huts_ 33
_Wars, the Indians wage war as a people_ 14
_Biard, Father Pierre, is sent to Acadia_ iii
_visits the huts of the Savages_ 33
_explores a large part of Norumbega_ 32
_reconciles a certain young man with Monsieur de Potrincourt_ 34
_Biencourt, Jean de, asks for colonists for New France_ 20
vide _Potrincourt_.
_Biencourt, son of Potrincourt, serves as interpreter_ 31
_explores with Father Biard a large part of Norumbega_ [41] 32
_Evil Spirit, the Savages worship the_ 19
_Canada, the Irocois live at the head-waters of the great river
of_ 9
_the St. John river takes its rise near the river of_ 10
_Dogs, the Savages at the approach of death are accustomed to
sacrifice_ 28
_the Fathers of the Society blame this custom_ 29
_Canoes constructed out of bark_ 17
_Chart of New France, Father Biard proposes to send_ 18
_Chouacoët is a promontory jutting into French bay_ 11
_Color of the Savages_ 13
_Feasts, customs of, among the Savages_ 17
_Coton, Father, obtains permission for the Society of Jesus to labor
in New France_ 19
_God, the Savages have a slight knowledge of_ 16
_Dieppe, two Jesuits go there to embark_ 20
_and sail from this port_ 22
_Etheminqui, live between St. John and Kinibequi rivers_ 10
_a tribe of New France_ 11
_cannot number a thousand_ 13
_Excominqui, a fierce tribe, and Cannibals_ 9
_Excommunicated, the, common appellation of the Excominqui_ 9
_a tribe of New France_ 9, 11
_are said to be Cannibals_ 14
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