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danced to do him honor. They are very chaste, dislike war, 

 and have a thousand good qualities. They are more timid 

 than savage or cruel. It is very easy to see that there will 

 be no difficulty in civilizing them if proper means are taken. 

 They are as follows : 



"1. To forbid the savage Montagnais and other savages 

 to make war on them. If the Montagnais have with them a 

 Jesuit missionary, he could forbid them to do evil to the 

 Esquimaux. 



"2. It is also necessary to forbid the French fishermen 

 and others, under the severest pains and penalties, to fire 

 on them or to offer them any insult. 



GROUP OF MONTAGNAIS INDIANS. 

 (Photographed by the Author at Natashquan.) 



"3. To order the French fishermen to endeavor to will 

 them over by offering friendship and even presents to those 

 who join them. 



"4. In exchange of merchandise and in all commerce 

 with them to be sure that they are not discontented, and on 

 all occasions to treat them with kindness and good will. 



"5. To give them food, but neither to give nor to sell 

 them any intoxicating liquors. 



"6. To engage the Jesuits to undertake this measure 

 to go amongst them and endeavor to civilize them, for the 

 Jesuits have a great talent for humanizing the most ferocious 

 savages. When commerce has been established with them. 



