[Gutenberg 48562] • The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 5: Quebec, 1632-1633

Excerpt from The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 55: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791; The Original French, Latin, and Italian Texts, With English Translations and Notes; Lower Canada, Iroquois, Ottawas, 1670-1672

CXXVII. The Relation of 1670 - 71, begun in Vol. LIV., is herein completed. Dablon continues his account of the Huron colony near Quebec, by relating the constancy of Marie Oendraka [a Huron widow] in her afflictions, and her zeal in allowing no sin in her Family. He then describes the new set tlement made at La Prairie, Opposite Montreal, by the Jesuits. Here they have begun another Indian colony, already numbering eighteen or twenty Chris tian families, mostly converts who have gone thither for better religious surroundings; there are also a considerable number of French settlers. These Indians have come from many and diverse tribes, yet they live in great harmony and friendli ness. NO drunkenness is permitted among them.

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