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ances. " The Jesuits," he writes, " will not civilize 

 the Indians, because they wish to keep them in 

 perpetual wardship. They think more of beaver 

 skins than of souls, and their missions are pure 

 mockeries." At the same time he assures the min- 

 ister that, when he is obliged to correct them, he 

 does so with the utmost gentleness. In spite of 

 this somewhat doubtful urbanity, it seems clear 

 that a storm was brewing ; and it was fortunate for 

 the peace of the Canadian Church that the atten- 

 tion of the truculent governor was drawn to other 

 quarters. 



