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LETTER XL 



Of the Iroquoife village of the Fall of St* 

 Lewis. Of the different nations inhabiting 

 Canada. 



Fall of St. Lewis, May i, 1721; 



Madam , 



I Came hither to fpend a part of the Eafter holi- 

 days ; this is a time of devotion, and in this 

 village every thing infpires one with fentiments of 

 piety. All the exercifes of religion are carried on 

 in a very edifying manner, and we ftill feel the im- 

 preffion which the fervor of the firft inhabitants Jias 

 left behind it ; for it is certain, that this for a long 

 time was the only place in Canada, where you could 

 perceive the great examples of thofe heroick virtues 

 with which God has been ufed to enrich his churches 

 when in their infancy and the manner in which it 

 has been erected is fomething very extraordinary. 



The miffionaries after having for a long time wa- 

 tered the Iroquoife cantons with the fweat of their 

 brows, and fame of them even with their blood, 

 were at laft fenfible that it was impracticable to efta- 

 blifh the chriftian religion amongft them upon a folid 

 foundation but they ftill had hopes of reducing a 

 1 con- 



