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The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Francis Parkman The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Table of Contents The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century...................................................................................1 Francis Parkman.............................................................................................................................................1 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................10 THE HURONS............................................................................................................................................13 THE HURON−IROQUOIS FAMILY.........................................................................................................21 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION........................................................................................23 THE IROQUOIS..........................................................................................................................................26 RELIGION AND SUPERSTITIONS..........................................................................................................31 THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA...................................................................................................................41 CHAPTER I. 1634. NOTRE−DAME DES ANGES...................................................................................41 CHAPTER II. LOYOLA AND THE JESUITS...........................................................................................44 CHAPTER III. 1632, 1633. PAUL LE JEUNE...........................................................................................45 CHAPTER IV. 1633, 1634. LE JEUNE AND THE HUNTERS................................................................48 CHAPTER V. 1633, 1634. THE HURON MISSION.................................................................................54 CHAPTER VI. 1634, 1635. BREBEUF AND HIS ASSOCIATES............................................................60 CHAPTER VII. 1636, 1637. THE FEAST OF THE DEAD.......................................................................64 CHAPTER VIII. 1636, 1637. THE HURON AND THE JESUIT..............................................................69 CHAPTER IX. 1637. CHARACTER OF THE CANADIAN JESUITS.....................................................74 CHAPTER X. 1637−1640. PERSECUTION..............................................................................................78 CHAPTER XI. 1638−1640. PRIEST AND PAGAN..................................................................................85 CHAPTER XII. 1639, 1640. THE TOBACCO NATION.THE NEUTRALS..........................................88 CHAPTER XIII. 1636−1646. QUEBEC AND ITS TENANTS.................................................................92 CHAPTER XIV. 1636−1652. DEVOTEES AND NUNS...........................................................................98 CHAPTER XV. 1636−1642. VILLEMARIE DE MONTREAL..............................................................106 CHAPTER XVI. 1641−1644. ISAAC JOGUES.......................................................................................114 CHAPTER XVII. 1641−1646. THE IROQUOIS.BRESSANI.DE NOUE..........................................123 CHAPTER XVIII. 1642−1644. VILLEMARIE........................................................................................131 CHAPTER XIX. 1644, 1645. PEACE.......................................................................................................136 CHAPTER XX. 1645, 1646. THE PEACE BROKEN..............................................................................143 CHAPTER XXI. 1646, 1647. ANOTHER WAR......................................................................................146 CHAPTER XXII. 1645−1651. PRIEST AND PURITAN........................................................................149 CHAPTER XXIII. 1645−1648. A DOOMED NATION...........................................................................156 CHAPTER XXIV. 1645−1648. THE HURON CHURCH........................................................................160 CHAPTER XXV. 1648, 1649. SAINTE MARIE......................................................................................164 CHAPTER XXVI. 1648. ANTOINE DANIEL.........................................................................................169 CHAPTER XXVII. 1649. RUIN OF THE HURONS...............................................................................171 CHAPTER XXVIII. 1649. THE MARTYRS............................................................................................173 CHAPTER XXIX. 1649, 1650. THE SANCTUARY...............................................................................176 CHAPTER XXX. 1649. GARNIER.CHABANEL. ................................................................................179 CHAPTER XXXI. 1650−1652. THE HURON MISSION ABANDONED.............................................182 CHAPTER XXXII. 1650−1866. THE LAST OF THE HURONS............................................................186 CHAPTER XXXIII. 1650−1670. THE DESTROYERS...........................................................................189 CHAPTER XXXIV. THE END.................................................................................................................194 Appendix: Transcription notes:..................................................................................................................195 i The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Francis Parkman This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • PREFACE. • INTRODUCTION. • THE HURONS. • THE HURON−IROQUOIS FAMILY. • SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION. • THE IROQUOIS. • RELIGION AND SUPERSTITIONS. • THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA. • CHAPTER I. 1634. NOTRE−DAME DES ANGES. • CHAPTER II. LOYOLA AND THE JESUITS. • CHAPTER III. 1632, 1633. PAUL LE JEUNE. • CHAPTER IV. 1633, 1634. LE JEUNE AND THE HUNTERS. • CHAPTER V. 1633, 1634. THE HURON MISSION. • CHAPTER VI. 1634, 1635. BREBEUF AND HIS ASSOCIATES. • CHAPTER VII. 1636, 1637. THE FEAST OF THE DEAD. • CHAPTER VIII. 1636, 1637. THE HURON AND THE JESUIT. • CHAPTER IX. 1637. CHARACTER OF THE CANADIAN JESUITS. • CHAPTER X. 1637−1640. PERSECUTION. • CHAPTER XI. 1638−1640. PRIEST AND PAGAN. • CHAPTER XII. 1639, 1640. THE TOBACCO NATION.THE NEUTRALS. • CHAPTER XIII. 1636−1646. QUEBEC AND ITS TENANTS. • CHAPTER XIV. 1636−1652. DEVOTEES AND NUNS. • CHAPTER XV. 1636−1642. VILLEMARIE DE MONTREAL. • CHAPTER XVI. 1641−1644. ISAAC JOGUES. • CHAPTER XVII. 1641−1646. THE IROQUOIS.BRESSANI.DE NOUE. • CHAPTER XVIII. 1642−1644. VILLEMARIE. • CHAPTER XIX. 1644, 1645. PEACE. • CHAPTER XX. 1645, 1646. THE PEACE BROKEN. • CHAPTER XXI. 1646, 1647. ANOTHER WAR. • CHAPTER XXII. 1645−1651. PRIEST AND PURITAN. • CHAPTER XXIII. 1645−1648. A DOOMED NATION. • CHAPTER XXIV. 1645−1648. THE HURON CHURCH. • CHAPTER XXV. 1648, 1649. SAINTE MARIE. • CHAPTER XXVI. 1648. ANTOINE DANIEL. • CHAPTER XXVII. 1649. RUIN OF THE HURONS. • CHAPTER XXVIII. 1649. THE MARTYRS. • CHAPTER XXIX. 1649, 1650. THE SANCTUARY. • CHAPTER XXX. 1649. GARNIER.CHABANEL. • CHAPTER XXXI. 1650−1652. THE HURON MISSION ABANDONED. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century 1 The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century • CHAPTER XXXII. 1650−1866. THE LAST OF THE HURONS. • CHAPTER XXXIII. 1650−1670. THE DESTROYERS. • CHAPTER XXXIV. THE END. • Appendix: Transcription notes: This etext was produced by Ken Reeder [email protected] Transcription notes are included as an appendix FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA. A SERIES OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVES. BY FRANCIS PARKMAN PART SECOND. THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. BY FRANCIS PARKMAN PREFACE. Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians. Full as they are of dramatic and philosophic interest, bearing strongly on the political destinies of America, and closely involved with the history of its native population, it is wonderful that they have been left so long in obscurity. While the infant colonies of England still clung feebly to the shores of the Atlantic, events deeply ominous to their future were in progress, unknown to them, in the very heart of the continent. It will be seen, in the sequel of this volume, that civil and religious liberty found strange allies in this Western World. The sources of information concerning the early Jesuits of New France are very copious. During a period of forty years, the Superior of the Mission sent, every summer, long and detailed reports, embodying or accompanied by the reports of his subordinates, to the Provincial of the Order at Paris, where they were annually published, in duodecimo volumes, forming the remarkable series known as the Jesuit Relations. Though the productions of men of scholastic training, they are simple and often crude in style, as might be expected of narratives hastily written in Indian lodges or rude mission−houses in the forest, amid annoyances and interruptions of all kinds. In respect to the value of their contents, they are exceedingly unequal. Modest records of marvellous adventures
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