Chap. I 



AMERICA. 



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capable of receiving twenty Ships . 4. Trots <l{ivieris, or three Rivers- 5. Mont 

 real ; 6, Stllery - 7. <I{tcbelieu; befides two ftrong Caftles or Forts, Franceroy and 

 St, £ei*w ; the Firft built by Monfieur <I(pkVal at his Landing here, about the 

 Year 1540. the other defign'd for a Colony, in the Year 1611. by Monfieur 

 Champlany, but hinder'd by the Invafion of the Iroquois. The fmaller Rivers that 

 runout of the Gulph of St. Lamence , and the grand River Canada towards the 

 North, on which fide chiefly lies this Province, are, 1. Cbicbefedec, 2. St. Margarite, 

 3. Lefquemin, 4. Saquenay, before-mencion'd, j, Montotfne • and on the South fide, the 

 River Mary. The principal Tribes of the ancient Natives of this Cotintrey were ; 

 on the North fide of Canada the Canadans, the 'Betijlamites, the Hurons, the Algoriiquins 

 the Quenongeb'ms, the Jlgoinge quins } the Jttagopantatis, the Jtticameques, the Ntpijiriniens- 

 and on the South fide, the Etecbemins, and the chief Heads or Princes of thefe Tribes 

 were called Sagamores. 



Jaques Quartier Complementing their King Jgoutbanna, took up his Quarters a 

 whole Winter at St. Croix t 2. Sandy Promontory, overflow'd by the River Canada 

 into which falls the Lake de Cbampla'm > grown round about with Cheftnut Trees - 

 in it breeds the ftrange Fifh call'd Chaoufarou, generally ten Foot long, with Heads 

 like Sharks, and two rows of Teeth in their Mouths , their Skins full of ftrong 

 Scales, which are fufficient Shields againft Swords and Lances, are great devourers 

 of other FifTi and Fowls, which they take after this manner, <vi^ they fwim a- 

 mongft Reeds or Canes, and lie ftill with their Mouths open 5 whereat the Birds 

 fitting down upon them, are immediately fwallow'd. 



The Natives of NoVa Francia anoint their bodies with Oil 5 in the Summer they 

 go naked, and in the Winter mantle themfelves in Furs. Their Warlike Accoutre- 

 ments are Darts and Clubs, but chiefly great Shklds. They are revengeful, cruel, 

 and fraudulent 5 their Women common to all Men, from fifteen to twenty, after 

 which, Marrying, they become very Chafte. Their Diet is Indian Corn, frefli and 

 fait Fifli, Vcniion, 'Buffalo's and Beavers flefii j wiping their Fingers (when grealie) 

 on their Heads, or their Dogs backs, which wait for the Scraps. 



At that feafon when the Corn covers the ground,to any heighth,they eat Cockles 

 Dogs, dead Caryon, and the Skins wherewith they Clothe themfelves. When they 

 have eaten their fill, they tabering on their Bellies, cty 9 Tapoue Mtkifyoun, that is, Ve- 

 rily I am fatisfi'd. They give their Sick a fpcedy Cure, either immediately killing 

 them, or inhumanely expoiing them to the Woods, to be devour'd by ravenous 

 Beafts, but if they die fuddenly, they in howling tone pronounce Ove, Ove, thereby 

 to chafe the Souls of the Deceased out of their Huts- they ftick the bodies on Wood* 

 den Prongs, cover them with Bark, and lay their Clothes and Arms by them ; 

 all what remains of the Funeral Feafts is burnt, whereas at other times, what e're 

 is brought on their Table they eat, though ready to burft. They make the firft 

 Proofs of their Valour by undergoing a moft prodigious Torment, in this man- 

 ner 5 Two by confent tie their naked Arms together, on which they fuffer burning 

 Sulphur to be pour'd, till the flefh ftarts from the bone, if either of them fhrink 

 or pull back his Arm, he is accounted by them ever after as an ignominious and 

 bale Coward. They call God Jtabocan, andbelieve that one cMeffou firft drowning 

 the world by a general Deluge, reftor'd ic again after a wonderful manner , yi K < 

 Meffou hunting with Wolves, they fcented a Deer which being clofely purfu'd, 

 leap'd into a neighboring Pool, the Wolves following it, were drown'd . Meffou 

 coming thither, flood amaz'd a-r a Bird, which informed him, that the Wolves 

 were pluck'd down, and held faft in the bottom by horrible Monfters, where- 



e Pool immed 



Strange Fifh 

 nam'd Chaeu- 

 JaroH, 



Strange 

 proof cf Va>' 

 lor. 



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Wonderful \ 

 opinion of 

 God. 



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