174 THE LABRADOK PENINSULA. chap. xxxt. 



convert, and she was left an orphan at a very early age, 

 under the charge of an uncle and two aunts. As soon as 

 she became marriageable, they naturally wished that their 

 niece should have a husband. For this purpose, they 

 cast their eyes upon [i young man whose alliance seemed 

 advantageous, and they accordingly proposed the match 

 to him and his family, although without the knowledge 

 of Tegahkouita.' 



' It is the business of the relations,' says Pere Carlenec, 

 ' to make up marriages, and not those who are to be 

 united. When the relatives have agreed upon the affair, 

 the young man goes into the cabin of his intended spouse, 

 and seats himself down beside her.' 



Tegahkouita, when the young Indian thus sat down, is 

 stated to have been much disconcerted. She blushed, 

 then, arising quickly, went out of the cabin in great indig- 

 nation ; nor would she enter it again until the youth had 

 departed. This conduct highly offended her relations, 

 who, by threats and persecution, did everything in their 

 power, but in vain, to make her change her resolution. 

 She bore their treatment with patient resignation ; and at 

 length they ceased for a time to give her further trouble 

 on the subject. 



Two of the missionaries, during their short stay in the 

 Indian village where Tegahkouita resided, had some time 

 before commenced the rehgious instructions by means of 

 which she afterwards became so celebrated in Canada ; 

 and Pere Jacques de Lamberville, the Jesuit, perceiving 

 her increasing zeal, at length baptized her, giving her the 

 christian name of Catherine. 



The persecutions against her having been renewed, she 



