The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 6: Quebec, 1633-1634
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The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 6: Quebec, 1633-1634
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Indians of North America -- Canada; Jesuits -- Missions; Jesuits -- North America
ON THE MEATS AND OTHER DISHES WHICH THE SAVAGES EAT, THEIR
SEASONING, AND THEIR DRINKS.
AMONG their terrestrial animals they have the Elk, which is here
generally called the Moose; Castors, which the English call
Beavers; Caribou,[21] by some called the Wild ass; they also
have Bears, [131] Badgers, Porcupines, Foxes, Hares, Whistler or
Nightingale,--this is an animal larger than a Hare;[22] they eat
also Martens, and three kinds of Squirrels.
Pour les oiseaux, ils ont des Outardes, des Oyes blãches & grises,
des Canards de plusieurs especes, des Sarcelles, des Bernaches, des
Plongeurs de plusieurs sortes; ce sont tous oiseaux de riuiere. Ils
prennent encore des Perdrix ou de Gelinottes grises, des Beccasses &
Becassines de quantité d'especes, des Tourterelles, &c.
As to birds, they have Bustards, white and gray Geese, several
species of Ducks, Teals, Ospreys and several kinds of Divers. These
are all river birds. They also catch Partridges or gray Hazel-hens,
Wood-cocks and Snipe of many kinds, Turtle doves, etc.
Quand au Poisson, ils prennent en vn temps des Saulmons de diuerses
sortes, des Loups marins, des Brochets, des Carpes, & Esturgeons de
diuerses especes, des Poissons blancs, des Poissons dorez, des Barbuës,
des Anguilles, des Lamproyes, de L'esplanc, des Tortues & autres.
As to Fish, they catch, in the season, different kinds of Salmon,
Seals, Pike, Carp, and Sturgeon of various sorts; Whitefish,
Goldfish, Barbels, Eels, Lampreys, Smelt, Turtles, and others.
Ils mangent en outre quelques petits fruicts de la terre, des
framboises, des bleuës, des fraises, des noix qui n'ont quasi point
de chair, des noisettes, des pommes sauuages plus douces que celles
de France, mais beaucoup plus petites; [332 i.e., 132] des cerises,
dont la chair & le noyau ensemble ne sont pas plus grosses que les
noyaux des Bigarreaux de France. Ils ont encore d'autres petits fruicts
Sauuages de diuerses sortes, des Lambruches en quelques endroicts: bref
tout ce qu'ils ont de fruict (ostez les fraises & les framboises qu'ils
ont en quantité) ne vaut pas vne seule espece des moindres fruicts de
l'Europe.
They eat, besides some small ground fruits, such as raspberries,
blueberries, strawberries, nuts which have very little meat,
hazelnuts, wild apples sweeter than those of France, but much
smaller; [332 i.e., 132] cherries, of which the flesh and pit
together are not larger than the pit of the Bigarreau cherry in
France. They have also other small Wild fruits of different kinds,
in some places Wild Grapes; in short, all the fruits they have
(except strawberries and raspberries, which they have in abundance)
are not worth one single species of the most ordinary fruits of
Europe.
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