CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



1645-1648. 



the hueon church. 



Paob 

 Hopes of the Mission. — Christian and Heathen. — Body and Soul. 

 — Position of Proselytes. — The Huron Girl's Visit to Heaven. 

 — A Crisis. — Huron Justice. — Murder and Atonement. — 

 Hop s and Fears 349 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 1648, 1649. 



SAINTE MAKIE. 



The Centre of the Missions. — Fort. — Convent. — Hospital. — Car- 

 avansary. — Church. — The Inmates of Sainte Marie. — Domes- 

 tic Economy. — Missions. — A Meeting of Jesuits. — The Dead 

 Missionary 361 



CHAPTER XXVL 

 1648. 



ANTOINE DANIEL. 



Huron Traders. — Battle at Three Rivers. — St. Joseph. — Onset of 

 the Iroquois. — Death of Daniel. — The Town destroyed . . . 373 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 1649. 



RTJIN OP THE HTTEONS. 



St. Louis on Fire. — Invasion. — St. Ignace captured. — Br^euf and 

 Lalemant. — Battle at St. Louis. — Sainte Marie threatened. — 

 Renewed Fighting. — Desperate Conflict. — A Night of Sus- 

 pense. — Panic among the Victors. — Burning of St. Ignace. — 

 Retreat of the Iroquois 87b 



CHAPTER XXVm. 



1649. 



THE MARTYRS. 



The Rums of St. Ignace. — The Relics found. — Br^euf at the 

 Stake. — His Unconquerable Fortitude. — Lalemant. — Renegade 



