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Excerpt from History and General Description of New France, Vol. 3 of 6 France, and Mr. Talon, intendant. Great reinforcements arrive in Canada. The Iroquois retire. Forts on the river of the Iroquois. Talon's memoir addressed to Colbert. Garakonthi at Quebec. War against the Mohawks and Oneidas decided on. They submit. Brutality of a Mohawk chief punished on the spot. De Cour celles' expedition against the Mohawks. Mr. De Tracy marches against the same canton. Success of his expedition. Why he did not retain the country. The court does not wish the colony extended too far. De Tracy returns to France. Change in affairs in a religious point. State of religion among the Indians and French. The court wishes to frenchzgfy the Indians. Why the project failed. Iron mines. Free trade proclaimed in Canada. New explorations north and west. Ottawa superstitions. Dangers and hardships of Father Allonez on this voyage. Belief of the Ottawas. Their manners and practices. Father Allouez and the Pottawatomies. The gospel preached to several nations. The Sioux country.' The Cristinaux or Kilistinohs. Various excursions of Father Allouez. Mission aries among the Iroquois. What prevented the conversion of that nation. Progess of the colony. Earthquake. Epidemics. A hospital nun dies in the odor of sanctity. Missionaries among the Iroquois, how employed. Eulogium of Father de Carheil. Several missions established among the Algonquin tribes. Talon returns to fiance. Character of de Courcelles. The Church of Quebec erected into a bishopric. The governor of Montreal obtains a royal commission. Voyage of Mr. De Courcelles to the Iroquois, and its object. Acadian affairs. Exploit of the Sieur de la Tour. Provinces composing the government of Acadia, how divided. Civil wars among the French. Shameful act of Mr. De Charais. Acadian divisions, continued. It is seized again by the English. Their bad faith. Adventures of the Sieur Denys. All'these provinces restored to France by the treaty of Breda. Newfoundland matters. Placentia Bay described. Talon re turns to Canada. Brings the Recollects. Shipwrecked with them. Arrives in Quebec with Recollects. Indians murdered by Frenchmen. The consequences. Justice done and the Indians appeased. De Com-cellos compels all the nations to remain at peace. Baptism of Garakonthi. Mortality at the North. Huron town of Lorette founded. The Dutch and the Christian Iroquois women. Stratagem of a missionary, and its result. Great progress of Christianity in the Mohawk canton. State of religion in the other cantons and among the Algonquin nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.