The Jesuit relations and allied documents : a selection / edited and with an introd. by S.R. Mealing.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mealing, S. R., 1924-

Series:

Carleton library ; no. 7.

Carleton Library Series ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Missions.

Indians of North America.

Jesuits--North America.

Jesuits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : Carleton University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition focuses on the Jesuit mission to the Hurons which culminated in the martyrdom of Fathers Brébeuf and Lalemant, and gives a fascinating glimpse of the Great Lakes Indian culture at the time the white man first came.

Contents:

""II: Relation of what occurred in New France (le Jeune, 1639)""""III: Of the residence at Sillery (Vimont, 1642-43)""; ""IV: Extracts from the journal of the Jesuits at Quebec (1645-1668)""; ""V: Revenues of the Jesuits in Canada (Bouvart, October 4, 1701)""; ""VI: Memoir by Coquart (April 5, 1750)""; ""VII: Letter of Glapion to Finlay (September 10, 1788)""; ""NOTES""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""

Notes:

Selections from: The Jesuit relations and allied documents, edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, and first published: Cleveland : Burrows, 1896-1901 (73 v.).

Originally published Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1963. (The Carleton library ; no. 7).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7735-7342-9