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not come out till one of them threw her his coat. 

 Having wrapped herself in it, she went with them 

 to the fort and the house of the Jesuits, in a 

 wretched state of emaciation, but in high spirits 

 at the happy issue of her voyage.^ 



Such stories might be multiplied ; but these will 

 suffice. Nor is it necessary to dwell further on the 

 bloody record of mroads, butcheries, and tortures. 

 We have seen enough to show the nature of the 

 scourge that now fell without mercy on the Indians 

 and the French of Canada. There was no safety 

 but in the imprisonment of palisades and ramparts. 

 A deep dejection sank on the white and red men 

 alike ; but the Jesuits would not despair. 



" Do not imagine," writes the Father Superior, 

 " that the rage of the Iroquois, and the loss of 

 many Christians and many catechumens, can bring 

 to nought the mystery of the cross of Jesus Christ, 

 and the efficacy of his blood. We shall die ; we 

 shall be captured, burned, butchered : be it so. 

 Those who die in their beds do not always die the 

 best death. I see none of our company cast down. 

 On the contrary, they ask leave to go up to the 

 Ilurons, and some of them protest that the fires 

 of the Iroquois are one of their motives for the 

 journey." ^ 



1 Lalemant, Relatkn, 1647, 16, 16. 2 Jbid.^ 8. 



