CHAPTEK XI. 



1638-1640. 

 PRIEST AND PAGAN. 



Dtr Peron's Journey. — Daily Life op 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. 



We have already touched on the domestic Kfe 

 of the Jesuits. That we may the better know them, 

 we will follow one of their number on his journey 

 towards the scene of his labors, and observe what 

 awaited him on his arrival. 



Father Fran9ois Du Peron came up the Ottawa 

 in a Huron canoe in September, 1638, and was 

 well treated by the Indian owner of the vessel. 

 Lalemant and Le Moyne, who had set out from 

 Three Eivers before him, did not fare so well. The 

 former was assailed by an Algonquin of Allumette 

 Island, who tried to strangle him in revenge for 

 the death of a child, which a Frenchman in the 

 employ of the Jesuits had lately bled, but had 

 failed to restore to health by the operation. Le 



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