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 [~e] e with tilde [~u] u with tilde [~q] q with tilde THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS VOL. IV [Illustration: JEAN DE BRÉBEUF, S.J.] 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. IV ACADIA AND QUEBEC: 1616-1629 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. IV PREFACE TO VOLUME IV 1 DOCUMENTS:-- XIV. Relation de la Novvelle France, de ses Terres, Natvrel dv Païs, & de ses Habitans. [Chapters xxvi.-xxxvii. and Index, completing the document.] _Pierre Biard_; Lyons, 1616 7 XV. Lettre au Sievr de Champlain. _Charles Lalemant_; Kebec, July 28, 1625 170 XVI. Lettre au R.P. Prouincial des RR. Pères Recollects. _Charles Lalemant_; Kebec, July 28, 1625 172 XVII. Epistola ad R.P. Mutium Vitelleschi, Præpositum Generalem Societatis Jesu, Romæ. _Carolus Lalemant_; Nova Francia, August 1, [1626] 176 XVIII. Lettre au Pere Hierosme l'Allemant. _Charles Lalemant_; Kebec, August 1, 1626 185 XIX. Lettre au R.P. Supérieur du Collége des Iésuites à Paris. _Charles Lalemant_; Bordeaux, November 22, 1629 229 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA: VOLUME IV 247 NOTES 253 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. IV