432 THE LAST OF THE HURONS. [1674. 



after the model of the Holy House of Loretto, — 

 which, as all the world knows, is the house where- 

 in Saint Joseph dwelt with his virgin spouse, and 

 which angels bore through the air from the Holy 

 Land to Italy, where it remains an object of pil- 

 grimage to this day. Chaumonot opened his plan 

 to his brother Jesuits, who were delighted with 

 it, and the chapel was begun at once, not without 

 the intervention of miracle to aid in raising the 

 necessary funds. It was built of brick, like its 

 original, of which it was an exact facsimile ; and 

 it stood in the centre of a quadrangle, the four 

 sides of which were formed by the bark dwell- 

 ings of the Hurons, ranged with perfect order in 

 straight lines. Hither came many pilgrims from 

 Quebec and more distant settlements, and here 

 Our Lady granted to her suppliants, says Chau- 

 monot, many miraculous favors, insomuch that "it 

 would require an entire book to describe them 

 all." ' 



But the Hurons were not destined to remain 

 permanently even here ; for, before the end of the 

 century, they removed to a place four miles distant, 

 now called New Lorette, or Indian Lorette. It 

 was a wild spot, covered with the primitive forest, 

 and seamed by a deep and tortuous ravine, where 



1 "Les graces qu'on y obtient par Tentremise de la Mere de Dieu 

 vont jusqu'au miracle. Comme il faudroit composer un livre en tier pour 

 decrire toutes ces faveurs extraordinaires, je n'en rapporterai que deux, 

 ayant ete temoin oculaire de Tune et propre sujet de I'autre." — Vie, 95. 



The removal from Notre-Darae de Foy took place at the end of 1673, 

 and the chapel was finished in the following year. Compare Vie de 

 Chaumonot with Dablon, Relation, 1672-73, p. 21; and Ibid., Relation, 

 1673-79, p. 259. 



