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BIBLIOGEAPHY OF THE 



La Brosse (J. B. de) — Continued. 



[Calendars, catalogues, etc., in the 



Montagnais language.] (*) 



I have received, through the kindness of 

 Surgeon-Major Neilson, Quebec, Canada, the 

 owner of the account-books of Messrs. Brown 

 & Gilmore, among the first of the Canadian 

 printers, the following extracts from their 

 records concerning various publications of 

 Father La Brosse. 



Oct. 25, 1766. To 1000 Indian kalendars for 

 Pdre Labrosse £4, 10, 0. 



July 8, 1767. To 200 catalogues of the In- 

 dians at Tadousack, etc. £1, 16, 0. 



Oct. 15, 1767. Received on account of general 

 printing for 2000 Indian ^ayer books contain- 

 ing 6 sheets in 8vo in English [character of 

 type] in Algonkin langviage at 25 dollars per 

 sheet, from Labrosse, Jesuite missionary, 

 £45, 0, 0. 



Do. to make the Indian Alphabets in 4to at 

 the same price with the above 8vo £1, 1, 0. 



May 7, 1768. To general printing, 100 Indian 

 kalendars for Pere Labrosse, £2, Q, 0. 



Sept. 24, 1768. To general printing for a bal- 

 ance remaining on Labrosse's Indian kalendars 

 for Madame Germain £0, 4, 0. 



J. B'« Labrosse Jesuite, owes as follows, the 

 dates as per margin from Mem'^ Book : 



Nov. 10, 1770. 600 Indian alphabets in Abe- 

 naquis language making half a sheet 8vo in 

 English [character of type] £3, 0, 0. 



July 29, 1773. Printed for J. Bt« Labrosse 

 Indian calendars for 1773-4-5-6-7-8 for each 

 [year?] 127 copies, and delivered them to Louis 

 Germain his agent a 25/6 per year, £7, 13, 0. 



April 11, 1774. Received of J. B'e Labrosse 

 by the hands of Louis Germain for Indian 

 calendars £7, 13, 0. 



April 11, 1774. Received of J. B. Labrosse 

 by the hands of Louis Germain for Indian cal- 

 endars £7, 13, 0. 



June 5, 1778. Printed for the Rev. J. Bte 

 Labrosse, Jesuit missionary, Indian alma- 

 nacks for seven years to come, 500 copies for 

 each year, making on the whole 3500, £18, 4, 7. 



P^re de la Brosse was born at Magnat, dio- 

 cese of Angoul^me, France, Feb. 29, 1724, 

 and died at Tadoussac, where he is buried, 

 April 11, 1782. He entered upon his novitiate 

 at Bordeaux, Oct. 9,. 1740, and was ordained 

 priest Feb. 2, 1753. He arrived in Canada in 

 the summer or fall of 1754. In 1755 his name 

 is found among those of the Abnaki mission, 

 his post probably being on the river St. John. 

 . During 1756-1758 he belonged to the community 

 of the college of Quebec. In 1759-'60 he was 

 still missionary to the Abnakis, and in the 

 former year his signature appears on the regis- 

 ter of St. Fran9ois-du-Lac. In 1761 he was trans- 

 ferred to the residence at Montreal, and in 1762 

 he still belonged to that residence. The rev- 

 erend father signed his first act at St. Henri- 

 de-Mascouche,May 13, 1761, and his last June 

 12, 1766. 



La Brosse (J. B. de) — Continued. 



Father de la Brosse was well versed in the 

 Montagnais language. After gathering into 

 one volume all the writings, both French and 

 Montagnais, left by his predecessors in the 

 missions, he made various corrections and add- 

 ed many notes to the instructions published 

 by the Reverend Father Antoine Sylvi up to 

 1778, translated into French by the R everend 

 Father Claude Godef roi Coquart. ' ' In several 

 places," says Father de la Brosse, "annota- 

 tions have been added, not in a captious or 

 hair-splitting spirit, but to guard the reader 

 against the mistakes which not rarely occur." 

 The following extracts are from the journal 

 of P^re de la Brosse: "In September, 1766, 

 Father Jean Bte de la Brosse, a native of Mag- 

 nat (aged 42 years), arrived at Tadoussac as 

 missionary, having been sent by the Reverend 

 Father Augustin de Glapion to take charge of 

 the Montagnais missions. Father Claude 

 Godefroi Coquart died on the 4th of July of 

 the preceding year at the mission of St. Fran- 

 cis Xavier. 1767. — During this year, for the 

 benefit of those who can read and those who 

 will learn to read, I had printed three thousand 

 books of alphabets and two thousand books of 

 prayers and catechism. The last touch was 

 given to this work on the last day of October, 

 at the ninth moon. In the following year, 

 1768, I wintered in the mission house. I taught 

 many savages to read, write, sing by note, and 

 assist at ceremonies and rites, mass and even- 

 ing otflce. In the following year, toward the 

 end of November, I moved to a point of land 

 below the Jeremie Islands, called de Betsiamis, 

 and there wintered among the savages, teach- 

 ing them to read, write, and sing by note. In 

 the following year, 1770, having traversed the 

 tribes of the king's domain, I moved to Quebec 

 and wintered in the parish of Saint Lawrence 

 on the isle of Orleans. I spent a good deal of 

 labor, perhaps to no very good purpose, in re- 

 ducing to alphabetic order the compilation of 

 the Montagnais dictionary begun three years 

 ago. In the following year I took charge of 

 the Acadians of Kakunagui, the French around 

 Green Island and at Sainte Marie des Anges and 

 Saint Germain at Rimouski, wintering on Green 

 Island, in the parish of Saint John the Baptist. 

 In 1772 I visited the mission of Ristigouche, 

 where I consecrated a church in honor of Saint 

 Ann, and wintered at Bonne- A venture." 



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