CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER Vni. 



1636, 1637. 



THE HURON AND THE JESUIT. 



Enthusiasm for the Mission. — Sickness of the Priests. — The Pest ^^" 

 among the Hurons. — The Jesuit on his Rounds. — Efforts at 

 Conversion. — Priests and Sorcerers. — The Man-Devil.— The 

 Magician's Prescription. — Indian Doctors and Patients. — Cov- 

 ert Baptisms. — Self-Devotion of the Jesuits 83 



CHAPTER IX. 

 1637. 



CHARACTER OF THE CANADIAN JESUITS. 



Jean de Bre^beuf — Charles Gamier. — Joseph Marie Chaumonot.— 

 Noel Chabanel. — Isaac Jogues. — Other Jesuits. — Nature of 

 their Faith. — Supernaturalism. — Visions. — Miracles ... 99 



CHAPTER X. 

 1637-1640. 



PERSECUTION. 



Ossossane'. — The New Chapel. — A Triumph of the Faith. — The 

 Nether Powers. — Signs of a Tempest. — Slanders. — Rage 

 against the Jesuits. — Their Boldness and Persistency. — Noc- 

 turnal Council. — Danger of the Priests.— Bre'beuf's Letter.— 

 Narrow Escapes. — Woes and Consolations 110 



CHAPTER XI. 



1638-1640. 



PRIEST AND PAGAN. 



Du Peron*s Journey. — Daily Life of the Jesuits. — Their Mis- 

 sionary Excursions. — Converts at Ossossane. — Machinery of 

 Conversion. — Conditions of Baptism. — Backsliders. — The 

 Converts and their Countrymen. — The Cannibals at St. Joseph 127 



