X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



1633, 1634. 



LE JEUNE AND THE HUNTERS. 



PAGB 



Le Jeune joins the Indians. — The First Encampment. — The Apos- 

 tate. — Forest Life in Winter. — The Indian Hut. — The Sor- 

 cerer. — His Persecution of the Priest. — Evil Company. — Magic. 

 — Incantations. — Christmas. — Starvation. — Hopes of Conver- 

 sion. — Backsliding. — Peril and Escape of Le Jeune. — His Re- 

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CHAPTER V. 

 1633, 1634. 



THE HURON MISSION. 



Plans of Conversion. — Aims and Motives. — Indian Diplomacy. — 

 Hurons at Quebec. — Councils. — The Jesuit Chapel. — Le 

 Borgne. — The Jesuits thwarted. — Their Perseverance. — The 

 Journey to the Hurons. — Jean de Brebeuf. — The Mission be- 

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CHAPTER VI. 

 1634, 1635. 



BRiBEUP AND HIS ASSOCIATES. 



The Huron Mission-House. — Its Inmates. — Its Furniture. — Its 

 Guests. — The Jesuit as a Teacher. — As an Engineer. — Bap- 

 tisms. — Huron Village Life. — Festivities and Sorceries. — The 

 Dream Feast. — The Priests accused of Magic. — The Drought 

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CHAPTER VII. 



1636, 1637. 



THE FEAST OF THE DEAD. 



tluron Graves. — Preparation for the Ceremony. — Disinterment. — 

 The Mourning. — The Funeral March. — The Great Sepulchre. 

 — Funeral Games. — Encampment of the Mourners. — Gifts. — 

 Harangues. — Frenzy of the Crowd. — The Closing Scene. — 

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