298 THE PEACE BROKEN. [1646. 



to be the bearer of gifts, wampum-belts, and mes- 

 sages from the Governor, but he was also to found 

 a new mission, christened in advance with a pro- 

 phetic name, — the Mission of the Martyrs. 



I or two years past, Jogues had been at Montreal ; 

 and it was here that he received the order of his 

 Superior to proceed to the Mohawk towns. At 

 first, nature asserted itself, and he recoiled invol- 

 untarily at the thought of the horrors of which his 

 scarred body and his mutilated hands were a living 

 memento.^ It was a transient weakness ; and he 

 prepared to depart with more than willingness, 

 ffivino: thanks to Heaven that he had been found 

 worthy to suffer and to die for the saving of souls 

 and the greater glory of God. 



He felt a presentiment that his death was near, 

 and wrote to a friend, " T shall go, and shall not 

 return."^ An Algonquin convert gave him sage 

 advice. " Say nothing about the Faith at first, for 

 there is nothing so repulsive, in the beginning, as 

 our doctrine, which seems to destroy everything 

 that men hold dear ; and as your long cassock 

 preaches, as well as your lips, you had better put 

 on a short coat." Jogues, therefore, exchanged 

 the uniform of Loyola for a civilian's doublet and 

 hose ; "for," observes his Superior, "one should be 

 all things to all men, that he may gain them all to 

 Jesus Christ."^ It would be well, if the applica- 

 tion of the maxim had always been as harmless. 



1 Lettre du P. Isaac Jogues au R. P. Jerosme UAllemant. Montreal, 

 2 Mai, 1646. MS. 



2 " Ibo et non redibo." Lettre du P. Jogues au R. P. No date. 



3 Lalemant, Relation, 1646, 15. 



