86 THE HURON AND THE JESUIT. [1636. 



Jogues, Chatelain, and Gamier. When, afteT their 

 long and lonely journey, they reached Ihonatiria 

 one by one, they were received by then* brethren 

 with scanty fare indeed, but with a fervor of affec- 

 tionate welcome which more than made amends ; 

 for among these j)riests, united in a community of 

 faith and enthusiasm, there was far more than the 

 genial comradeship of men joined in a common 

 enterprise of self-devotion and peril.^ On their 

 way, they had met Daniel and Davost descending 

 to Quebec, to establish there a seminary of Huron 

 children, — a project long cherished by Brebeuf 

 and his companions. 



Scarcely had the new-comers arrived, when they 

 were attacked by a contagious fever, which turned 

 their mission-house into a hospital. Jogues, Gar- 

 nier, and Chatelain fell ill in turn; and two of 

 their domestics also were soon prostrated, though 

 the only one of the number who could hunt fortu- 

 nately escaped. Those who remained m health at- 

 tended the sick, and the sufferers \ied with each 

 other in efforts often beyond thek strength to re- 

 lieve their companions in misfortune.^ The disease 

 in no case proved fatal ; but scarcely had health 



1 " le luy preparay de ce que nous auions, pour le receuoir, mais quel 

 festin ! vne poignee de petit poisson sec auec vn peu de farine ; i'enuoj'ay 

 chercher quelques nouueaux espies, que nous luy fismes rostir a la fa9on 

 du pays; mais il est vray que dans son coeur et a I'entendre, 11 ne lit 

 iamais meilleure chere. La ioye qui se ressent a ces entreueues semblf 

 estre quelque image du contentement des bien-lieureux a leur arriuee 

 dans le Ciel, tant elle est pleine de suauite." — Le Mercier, Relation des 

 Hurons, 1637, 106. 



2 Lettre de Brebeuf au T. R. P. Mutio Vitelleschi, 20 Mai, 1637, in 

 Carayon, 157. Le Mercier, Relation des Hurons, 1637, 120, 123. 



