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= ^{9} -us abbreviation ^{superscript} [~e] e with tilde [~u] u with tilde [~q] q with tilde [=s] long s [=oi] oi with inverted breve [(u] u with inverted breve THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS VOL. III 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. III ACADIA: 1611-1616 CLEVELAND: =The Burrows Brothers Company=, PUBLISHERS, M DCCC XCVII COPYRIGHT, 1897 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 Translator from the Latin WILLIAM FREDERIC GIESE Translator from the Italian MARY SIFTON PEPPER Assistant Editor EMMA HELEN BLAIR CONTENTS OF VOL. III PREFACE TO VOLUME III 1 DOCUMENTS:-- XIII. Epistola ad Reverendissimum Patrem Claudium Aquavivam, Præpositum Generalem Societatis Jesu, Romæ. _Pierre Biard_; Amiens, May 26, 1614. 3 XIV. Relation de la Novvelle France, de ses Terres, Natvrel du Pais, & de ses Habitans. [Chapters i-xxv.] _Pierre Biard_; Paris, 1616 21 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA: VOLUME III 285 NOTES 291 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATION TO VOL. III Photographic facsimile of title-page, Biard's _Relation_ of 1616 24 PREFACE TO VOL. III Following is a synopsis of the documents contained in the present volume: XIII. Biard writes from Amiens (May 26, 1614) to the general of the order, reporting the planting of St. Sauveur mission, the attack by Argall, the captivity of the Jesuit missionaries, and their safe return to France.