Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: A Selection 9780773573420

This edition focuses on the Jesuit mission to the Hurons which culminated in the martyrdom of Fathers Brébeuf and Lalema

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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Part One: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE JESUIT MISSION TO NEW FRANCE
I. Letter from Charles Lalemant to Vitelleschi (August 1, 1626)
II. Brief relation of the journey to New France (le Jeune, 1632)
III. Letter from Le Jeune to the Father Provincial of France (1634)
IV. Relation of what occurred in New France on the Great River St. Lawrence (Ie Jeune, 1634)
Part Two: THE MISSION TO THE HURONS
I. Relation of what occurred among the Hurons (Brebeuf, 1635)
II. Instructions for the Fathers of our Society who shall be sent to the Hurons (Brebeuf, 1637)
III. Relation of what occurred in the land of the Hurons (le Mercier, 1637)
IV. Letter of Francois du Peron to Joseph Imbert du Peron (April 27, 1639)
Part Three: THE MARTYRDOM OF HURONIA AND THE MISSION TO THE IROQUOIS
I. Of incursions by the Iroquois (Vimont, 1642-43)
II. How Father Jogues was taken by the Iroquois (Jerome Lalemant, 1647)
III. Letter of Ragueneau to Caraffa (March 1, 1649)
IV. Account of the martyrdom of Brebeuf and Gabriel L'alemant (Regnaut, 1678)
V. Of the removal of the House of Sainte Marie and of the death of Garnier and Chabanel (Ragueneau, 1649-50)
VI. Relation of what occurred in the country of New France (le Mercier, 1653-54)
VII. Journey of Chaumont and Dablon to the Upper Iroquois( Dablon, 1655-56)
VIII. Letter from le Mercier to Cellot (June 6, 1656)
IX. Letter of Father Claude Chauchetiere (October 14,1682)
Part Four: THE WESTERN MISSIONS AND THE EXPANSION OF NEW FRANCE
I. Of the condition of the country in general (Jerome Lalemant, 1659-60)
II. Journal of Allouez's Voyage to the Ottawas (le Mercier and Allouez, 1666-67)
III. Taking possession of the Ottawa country (Dablon, 1671-72)
IV. Of the first voyage made by Marquette (Dablon and Marquette, 1673)
V. Letter to De Larnberville (1702)
VI. Letter by Carheil to Callieres (August 30, 1702)
VII. Settlements and missions of the Society in New France, 1703 (Jouvency, 1710)
Part Five: THE JESUITS AT QUEBEC
I. Relation of what occurred in New France (le Jeune, 1635)
II. Relation of what occurred in New France (le Jeune, 1639)
III. Of the residence at Sillery (Vimont, 1642-43)
IV. Extracts from the journal of the Jesuits at Quebec ( 1645-1668)
V. Revenues of the Jesuits in Canada (Bouvart, October 4,1701)
VI. Memoir by Coquart (April 5, 1750)
VII. Letter of Olapion to Finlay (September 10,1788)
NOTES
Suggestions for Further Reading
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THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS

**** A SELECTION

****

THE CARLETON LIBRARY A series of Canad ian reprints. o riginal works and new collections of source materia l re la ting to Canada, issued under the edi to rial supervision of the Inst itute of Canadian Studies of Carle ton Univers ity, O ttawa. DJRECfOR OF T HE INSTITUTE

S. F. Wise GENERAL EDITOR

Michael G narowski EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Virgi l D. Duff (Macmillan o f Canada) EDITOR IAL BOARD

B. Carman Bickerton ( H istory)

Dennis Forcese (Sociology) David Knight (Geography) J, George Neuspiel (Law) T homas K . Rymes (Economics)

Derek G. Smi th (An thropology) Michael S. Whittington (Po litical Science) PUBL ICATIONS EDITOR

James Marsh

THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS

**** A SELECTION

**** Edited and with an lntroduclion by

S. R. MEALING

**** Th e Carleton Library No.7

Published by Macmillan of Canada Limited in association with the instirUle of Canadian S tudies at Carleton University

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