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nary of Montreal govern in it. There have many 

 brave warriors come from thefe two towns, and 

 the terror which prevailed here was admirable till 

 the avarice of our dealers introduced drunkennefs 

 amongft them, which has made Hill greater favages 

 here than in the mhTions of St. Francis and Becan- 

 kourt. 



The miflionaries have in vain employed all their 

 induftry and vigilance to put a flop to the torrent 

 of this diforder in vain have they made ufe of the 

 aid of the fecular arm, threatned them with the 

 wrath of heaven, made ufe of the moft perfuafive 

 arguments, all has been to no purpofe, and even 

 where it was impoflible not to difcover the hand of 

 God fr retched out againft the authors of this evil, 

 all have been found infufficient to bring thofe Chrift- 

 ians back to a fenfe of their duty, who had been 

 once blindfolded by the fordid and moft contempti- 

 ble paflion of lucre. Even in the very ftreets of 

 Montreal, are feen the moft fhocking fpectacles, 

 the never-failing effects of the drunkennefs of thefe 

 barbarians hufbands, wives, fathers, mothers, 

 children, brothers and fillers, feizing one another 

 by the throats, tearing of one another by the ears, 

 and worrying one another with their teeth like fo 

 many inraged wolves. The air refounded during 

 the night with their cries and howlings much more 

 horrible than thofe with which wild beafts affright 

 the woods, 



Thofe, who perhaps have greateft reafon to re* 

 proach themfelves with thefe horrors, are the firft 

 to afk whether they are Chriftians. One might an- 

 fwer them, yes, they are Chriftians, and New Con- 

 verts who know not what they do ; but thofe who 

 in cold blood, and with a perfect knowledge of 



what 



