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Durocher (F.) — Continued. 

 [ ] Catherine | Tekakouita. | (Tra- 

 duction Algonquine.) | 



Tiohtiake [Montreal] | tehoristorara- 

 kon J. Chapleau et fils. | 1876. 



Printed cover, title as above verso blank 1 1. 

 text entirely in the Montagnais language pp. 

 3-52, 240. 



A translation by P. Durocher of a letter by 

 P. ChoUence, printed in the Lettres 6difiantes et 

 curieuses. Prepared for the press by the Abb6 

 Cuoq. The same matter translated by Rev. J. 

 Marcoux into Mohawk was published the 

 same year, and by mistake the Mohawk imprint 

 (Tiohtiake tehoristorarakon) was used on this 

 title-page. 



Copies seen : Laval, Verreau. 



Anicinabe aiamie Kikkinwa' am4g- 



usiij aiamiate gaie i wawabandang 

 aiamie-kakwedjindwiu. (*) 



Manuscript, 115 pp. large 8°, in the Algonkln 

 language. Title from Teza (E.), Intorno agli 

 studi del Thavenet, p. 2, where he speaks of it 

 as follows: "Tin altro catechismo in algon- 

 chino, senza traduzione, si conserva a Roma 

 (nelle carte della V. Emm. coll. No. xxvi). II 

 ms. e in ottavo grande, di buona scrittura, e ha 

 115 pagine. H Manuale [see next title] h in 

 foglio, e ha 12 pagine. Sono scritti tutti i due 

 nel 1841." 



Manuel du sacr6 coBur de Marie. (*) 



Manuscript, 12 pp. folio, in the Algonkin lan- 

 guage. Title from Teza (E. ), Intorno agli studi 

 del Thavenet, p. 2. See note to preceding title. 



These manuscripts were sent by P. Durocher 

 from Lac des Deux Montagues, May 28, 1841, 

 to the Abb6 Thavenet, asking that he have 

 them printed, "deux milles exemplaires du 

 Cat6chisme et mille du petit Manuel, " or, in the 

 event of the request not being complied with, 

 it was requested of "monsieur Thavenet de 

 leur renvoyer leurs manuscrits par monseig- 

 neur r6v6que de Montreal, vu qu'ilsn'ont point 

 deduplicata." 



Durocher (F.) — Continued. 



I am indebted to the Rev. A. M. Garin, of 

 Lowell, Mass., for the following notes: 



Rev. Father Durocher was born the 6th of 

 September, 1800, at St. Antoine, on the Charably 

 River, Canada. He made his studies at the 

 Montreal College, kept by the priests of St. Sul- 

 pice. In 1820 he began the study of theology, 

 and the 29th of September, 1823, he received the 

 order of the priesthood at the hands of Mon- 

 seigneur Jean Jacques Lartigues, Bishop of 

 Montreal, and was appointed assistant m the 

 parish of Notre Dame, Montreal, where he re- 

 mained two years. In 1825 he was sent to 

 Three Rivers, where he served two years as 

 assistant. In 1827 he applied to the Superior 

 of St. Sulpice to be received as a member of 

 their community. Being admitted to the or- 

 der he worked two years in the city of Mon- 

 treal and then went to the Lake of the Two 

 Mountains to study the Algonquin language 

 and take charge of that mission. He remained 

 there 14 years and when he left he was master 

 of the language, having composed many ser- 

 mons, hymns, prayers, etc., in that tongue. All 

 the Indians at the mission being Catholics, he 

 wanted to work for the conversion of the In- 

 dians still in the state of infidelity. For that 

 reason he left the community of St. Sulpice ta 

 join the order of the Oblate of Mary Immacu- 

 late, and began his novitiate at Longueil the 

 28th of September, 1843. He made his vows and 

 was received in the order the 8th of Septem- 

 ber, 1846. In the month of September, 1844, he' 

 was sent to the mission of Saguenay, and 

 there began the study of the Montagnais. On 

 the 3d of October, 1849, he was named superior 

 of the mission on the Saguenay, and in Septem- 

 ber, 1853, he came to Quebec and established 

 the House of St. Sauveur, of which he was ap- 

 pointed superior, and remained in that capacity 

 until the year 1873. During that time he often 

 visited the Indian missions on the Labrador 

 coast and Lake St. John and composed differ- 

 ent books in the Montagnais language. He- 

 died at Quebec the 8th of December, 1876. 



