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the Indians not regarding any kind o^ wea- 

 ther ; lying in \\\q Indian \\\i\.%y which of- 

 ten Iwarm with fleas and other vermin, 

 &c. The Jefuits undergo all thefe hard- 

 ships for the fake of converting the Indians^ 

 and hkewife for political reafons. The 

 Jefuits are of great ufe to their king ; for 

 they are frequently able to perfuade the 

 Indians to break their treaty with the Eng- 

 lijhy to make war upon them, to bring 

 their furs to the French^ and not to permit 

 the Englijl: to come amongfh them. But 

 there is fome danger attending thefe at- 

 tempts ; for when the Indians are in li- 

 quor, they fometimes kill the miffionaries 

 who live with them ; calling them fpies, 

 or excufing tbemfelves by faying that the 

 brandy had killed them. Thefe are ac- 

 cordingly the chief occupations of the Je- 

 fuits here. They do not go to viiit the 

 fick in the town, they do not hear the con- 

 feffions, and attend at no funerals. I have 

 never fecn them go in proceffions in re- 

 membrance of the Virgin Mary, and other 

 faints. They feldom go into a houfe in 

 order to get meat -, and though they be in- 

 vited, they do not like to ftay, except they 

 be on a journey. Every body fees, that 

 they are, as it were, feledted from the 

 other people, on account of their fuperior 



