CHAPTER III. 



1632, 1633. 

 PAUL LE JEUNE. 



Le Jefne's Voyage. — His First Pupils. — His Studies. — His In- 

 dian Teacher. — Winter at the Mission-house. — Le Jeune's 

 School. — Reinforcements. 



In another narrative, we have seen how the 

 Jesuits, supplantmg the RecoUet friars, their pre- 

 decessors, had adopted as their own the rugged 

 task of Christianizing New France. We have 

 seen, too, how a descent of the EngHsh, or rather 

 of Huguenots fighting under EngHsh colors, had 

 overthrown for a time the miserable little colony, 

 with the mission to which it was wedded ; and how 

 Quebec was at length restored to France, and the 

 broken thread of the Jesuit enterprise resumed.^ 



It was then that Le Jeune had embarked for 

 the New World. He was in his convent at Dieppe 

 when he received the order to depart ; and he set 

 forth in haste for Havre, filled, he assures us, with 

 inexpressible joy at the prospect of a living or a 

 dying martyrdom. At Eouen he was joined by 

 De None, with a lay brother named Gilbert ; and 



1 " Pioneers of France." 

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