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Enêmy, had granted him Peace without confulting their Allies, 

 who could never difcover the Reafons of fuch a Condu6l. 



The next Day I went to vifit the two Savage Villages which 

 V ; ^ are near the Fort ; and I went iirft to the 

 rhl'^Auth^' ////r^;//. I f^^und all the A4atrons, among 

 per t e iit or whom was the Great Grandmother of 6'^?/?^r/3///, 

 {rDe!roif Tthe' ^° % themfeives fo long de- 



^ . •L^ \ prived of Spiritual Helps. Many Things which 



^ 1 heard at the fame Time, confirmed me in 



the Opinion I had before entertained, that fome private Interefcs 

 v/ere the only ObHacles to the Defires of thefe good Chriftians» 

 It is to be hoped that the laft Orders of the Couricii of the Ma-, 

 rine will remove thefe Oppofitions. M. dc Tcnti afiured me that 

 lie was going to labour at it efFeclually ( b), 



Thofe who conducted me to this Village affured me, that 

 without the Hurons, the other Savages would be ftarved. This 

 is certainly not the Fault of the Land they poilefs : With very 

 little Cultivation it would yield them NecefTaries : Fifliing 

 alone would fupply a good Part, and this requires little Labour* 

 But fmce they have got a Pvelifh for Brandy, they think of no-, 

 thing but heaping up Skins, that they may have v/herewithal 

 to get drunk. The Hurons, more laborious, of more Fore- 

 light, and more ufed to cultivate the Earth, a6l with greater 

 Prudence, and by their Labour are in a Condition not only to 

 fubfift without any Help, but alfo to feed others ; but this indeed 

 they will not do v/ithout fome Recompence ; for amongft their 

 good Qualities we muft not reckon Difmtereftednefs. 



I was ftill better received by the Infidel Pouieouatamis, than by 

 His R e-^tlon h Chrijîian Hurons, Thefe Savages are the 



^ n *^ ^ ^ finefl: Men of Canada : They are moreover 

 //i?^ routeouata- ^ j^-n , , 



or a very milci iJilpontion, and were always 



our Friends. Their Chief, 0;^^//c-«i/-/, treated, 

 me with a Politenefs which gave me as good an Opinion of his 

 Underflanding, as the Speech which he made in the Council : 

 He is really a Man of Merit, and entirely in our Interefl. 



As I returned through a Quarter of the Huron Village, I faw* 

 a Company of thefe Savages, who appeared very eager at Play. 

 I drew near, and favv they were playing at the Game of the 

 Dip, This is the Game of which thefe People are fondell. At 

 this they fometimes lofe their Refl, and in fome Meafure their 

 Reafon. At this Game they hazard all they poffefs, and many 

 do not leave off till they are almofl Gripped quite naked, and 

 till they have loft all they have in their Cabins, Some have 



(b) The Hurons of the Straight have at lail obtained a MiiTionaiy^ who has 

 revived am©n2 them their former Fervor. 



been 



