Xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER Xn. 



1639, 1640. 



the tobacco nation. — the neutrals. 



Pagb 

 A Change of Plan. — Sainte Marie. — Mission of the Tobacco Na- 

 tion. — Winter Journeying. — Reception of the Missionaries. — 

 Superstitious Terrors. — Peril of Gamier and Jogues. —Mission 

 of the Neutrals. —Huron Intrigues. — Miracles. -Fury of the 

 Indians. — Intervention of Saint Michael. — Return to Sainte 

 Marie. — Intrepidity of the Priests. — Their Mental Exaltation . 138 



CHAPTER XIII. 



1636-1646. 



QUEBEC AND ITS TENANTS. 



The Nevv Governor. — Edifying Examples. — Le Jeune's Corre- 

 spondents. — Rank and Devotion. — Nuns. — Priestly Authority. 



— Condition of Quebec. — The Hundred Associates. — Church 

 Discipline. — Plays. — Fireworks. — Processions. — Catechizing. 



— Terrorism. — Pictures. — The Converts. — The Society of 

 Jesus. — The Foresters 149 



CHAPTER XIV. 



1636-1652. 



DEVOTEES AND NUNS. 



The Huron Seminary. — Madame de la Peltrie. — Her Pious 

 Schemes. — Her Sham Marriage. — She visits the Ursulines of 

 Tours. — Marie de Saint Bernard. — Marie de ITncarnation. — 

 Her Enthusiasm. — Her Mystical Marriage. — Her Dejection. — 

 Her Mental Conflicts. — Her Vision. — Made Superior of the 

 UrsuUnes. — The Hotel-Dieu. — The Voyage to Canada. — Sil- 

 lery. — Labors and Sufferings of the Nuns. — Character of Marie 

 de rincarnation. — Of Madame de la Peltrie 167 



CHAPTER XV. 

 1636-1642. 



VILLEMARIE DE MONTREAL. 



Dauversi^re and the Voice from Heaven. — Abb^ Olier. — Their 

 Schemes — The Society of Notre-Dame de Montreal. — Maison- 



