2o6 An Hijlortcal yournaï of 



4er him the Worfliip and Homage which he has a Right to ex* 

 pe6i: from all reafonable Creatures : That they could do nothing 

 better, nor more agreeable to the King, than to lillen to the Fa- 

 thei'faj which his Majefty had fent them, and to be docible to his 

 Inftruftions : That he was a Man beloved by Heaven : That the 

 Manner in which he lived among them, could not fail of making 

 111 m very much efteemed ; and that his Charity towards the Sick, 

 and all thofe who v/anted his Affiftance, ought to have convinced 

 them of the tender and fincere AfFeélion he had for them ; and 

 laftly, that I would not receive their Collar, till they had pro- 

 mifed me to behave with Regard to this Miffionary, in quite 

 another Manner than they had done hitherto, and to give him 

 no Caufe for the future to complain of their Untovvardnefs. 



As to the Protedlion of the King, which you afk, and the 

 Requeft you make me to engage him to defend you againft 

 *^ your Enemies ; this great Prince has prevented your Wifhes, 

 he has given good Orders on this Head to Onmthk (h )y who 

 is already inclined to execute them with the Zeal and Affec- 

 tion of a Father (c). You can make no Doubt of this, if 

 you confider the Commandant he fends you. You muft cer- 

 tainly know, and you feem in Fa£t to have been well informed, 

 that among xkit French Captains there are few that equal him 

 in Valour, and you will foon love him more than you efleem 

 him already.'* 



They feemed to be fatîsfied with this Anfwer, and they pro- 

 mifed me much more than they will perform, in all Probability : 

 However, I took their Collar^ and the Miffionary flattered him- 

 fclf that this A£lion would have a good Effed- 



In the Afternoon of the fame Day, the two Nations gave us 

 one after the other, the Diverfion of the Dance of the Calumet 

 in a great Efplanade^ which is before the Lodgings of the Com- 

 mandant. There was fome Difference in their Way of perform.- 

 ing this Dance ; but it was not conilderable. However, I learnt 

 hy it that thefe Feafts vary much ; fo that it is impolfible to give 

 a Defcription that agrees with them all. The Otchagras varied 

 the Dance fomething more than the other, and Ihev/ed an extra- 

 ordinary Agility ; they are alfo better made, and more adliv© 

 îhan the Sakis,. 



(&) Father Teter Chardon^ a Jesuit. 



(h) This is the Name the Savages give the Governor-General. It means 

 ■Great Mountain^ and comes from the Chevalier de Montmagvy, who was thefe- 

 cond Governor of Canada» 



(c) They always call the Governors^ and the Commandants, their Fathers* 



Thift 



