The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 4: Acadia and Quebec, 1616-1629
History
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 4: Acadia and Quebec, 1616-1629
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Indians of North America -- Canada; Jesuits -- Missions; Jesuits -- North America
_Canadians wear leggings and shoes of elk skin._ _p._ 39
_Canadians erect new houses at every change of place and
residence._ _p._ 40
_Canadians camp in pleasant localities and near good water._ _p._ 41
_Canadians lie around the fire, upon seal skins, their heads upon
bags._ _p._ 41
_Canadians have new game or fish for every one of their thirteen
moons._ _p._ 42
_Canadians live only upon game and fish._ _p._ 42
_Canadians die of starvation when hunting and fishing are not
successful._ _p._ 43
_Canadians are very greatly inconvenienced by the rain and snow
when it does not freeze._ _p._ 44
_Canadians wear snowshoes upon the feet when the snow is soft, for
hunting._ _p._ 44
_Canadians rich in marine, not in forest game._ _p._ 46
_Canadians, in the middle of September, come from the sea to fish
in the rivers._ _p._ 47
_Canadians possess no property before marriage._ _p._ 51
_Canadians quarrel when some refuse dues to others._ _p._ 52
_Canadian cured by the Cross and Catechism._ _p._ 315
_Canadians howl terribly around their dying friends._ _p._ 317
_Campseau seacoast distant one hundred and twenty leagues from Port
Royal._ _p._ 139
_Cap de la Heve on the coast of Acadia._ _pag._ 216
_Cape sable._ _p._ 255
_Cape Breton._ _p._ 263
_Cape Forchu._ _p._ 255
_Caribou, half ass, half deer, good to eat._ _p._ 43
_Chase, the second time for the Beaver and Elk in October and
November._ _p._ 47
_Capture of the beaver in the first hunt, in February and March._
_p._ 43
_Catechism exactly attended to is very necessary to the Canadians,
on account of their wandering mode of life._ _p._ 102, 103, 104
_Catechism and Cross, hung from the neck of a Canadian woman, cure
her of a mortal illness._ _p._ 313
_Catechism cures a sick Canadian._ _pag._ 215
_Canoes, the skiffs of the Canadians, made of birch-bark, very
light, capable of holding an entire family and their necessary
utensils._ _p._ 48
_Canoe very convenient for fishing and conveyance._ _p._ 48
_Canoe makes forty leagues in one day._ _pag._ 49
_Champlain establishes the settlement of Kebec._ _p._ 121
_Champlain explores the shores of the river St. Lawrence._ _p._ 121
_Champlain, Lieutenant of sieur de Monts._ _p._ 121
_Champlain, going to Kebec, passes through enormous and frightful
masses of ice._ _p._ 139
_Coal in Canada._ _p._ 32
_Smoked meat, or meat dried in smoke, stored away._ _p._ 70
_Elm, Oak, Beech, and Poplar in Canada._ _p._ 32
_Hunting and fishing are the only resources of the Canadians._ _p._
42
_First hunt for Beavers in February and March._ _p._ 43
_Second hunt for Beavers and Elk in October and November._ _p._ 47
_Stick planted in the ground by the Autmoin, feigning to chase away
the Devil._ _p._ 82, 83, 84
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