214 ISAAC JOGUES. [1642. 



of clothing for the priests, of vessels for the altars, 

 of bread and wine for the eucharist, of writmg 

 materials, — in short, of everything ; and, early in 

 the summer of the present year, Jogues had de- 

 scended to Three Rivers and Quebec with the 

 Huron traders, to procure the necessary supplies. 

 He had accomplished his task, and was on his way 

 back to the mission. With him were a few Huron 

 converts, and among them a noted Christian chief, 

 Eustache Ahatsistari. Others of the party were in 

 course of instruction for baptism ; but the greater 

 part were heathen, whose canoes were deeply laden 

 with the proceeds of their bargams with the French 

 fur-traders. 



Jogues sat in one of the leading canoes. He 

 was born at Orleans in 1607, and was thirty-five 

 years of age. His oval face and the delicate mould 

 of his features indicated a modest, thoughtful, and 

 refined nature. He was constitutionally timid, with 

 a sensitive conscience and great religious suscepti- 

 bilities. He was a finished scholar, and might have 

 gained a literary reputation ; but he had chosen an- 

 other career, and one for which he seemed but ill 

 fitted. Physically, however, he was well matched 

 with his work ; for, though his frame was slight, 

 he was so active, that none of the Indians could 

 surpass him in running.^ 



With him were two young men, Eene Goupil 

 and Guillaume Couture, donnes of the mission, — 



1 Buteux, Narre' de la Prise du Pere Jogues, MS. ; Memoire touchant le 

 Pere Jogues, MS. 



There is a portrait of him prefixed to Mr. Shea's admirable edition in 

 quarto of Jogues's Novum Belgium. 



