PREFACE.
The Huron Seminary. - Madame de la Peltrie. - Her Pious Schemes. -
Her Sham Marriage. - She visits the Ursulines of Tours. -
Marie de Saint Bernard. - Marie de l'Incarnation. - Her Enthusiasm. -
Her Mystical Marriage. - Her Dejection. - Her Mental Conflicts. -
Her Vision. - Made Superior of the Ursulines. - The Hotel-Dieu. -
The Voyage to Canada. - Sillery. - Labors and Sufferings of the Nuns. -
Character of Marie de l'Incarnation. - Of Madame de la Peltrie.
CHAPTER XV.
1636-1642.
VILLEMARIE DE MONTREAL.
Dauversiere and the Voice from Heaven. - Abbe Olier. - Their Schemes. -
The Society of Notre-Dame de Montreal. - Maisonneuve. - Devout Ladies. -
Mademoiselle Mance. - Marguerite Bourgeois. - The Montrealists at Quebec. -
Jealousy. - Quarrels. - Romance and Devotion. - Embarkation. -
Foundation of Montreal.
CHAPTER XVI.
1641-1644.
ISAAC JOGUES.
The Iroquois War. - Jogues. - His Capture. - His Journey to the Mohawks. -
Lake George. - The Mohawk Towns. - The Missionary tortured. -
Death of Goupil. - Misery of Jogues. - The Mohawk "Babylon." -
Fort Orange. - Escape of Jogues. - Manhattan. - The Voyage to France. -
Jogues among his Brethren. - He returns to Canada.
CHAPTER XVII.
1641-1646.
THE IROQUOIS. - BRESSANI. - DE NOUE.
War. - Distress and Terror. - Richelieu. - Battle. - Ruin of Indian Tribes. -
Mutual Destruction. - Iroquois and Algonquin. - Atrocities. -
Frightful Position of the French. - Joseph Bressani. - His Capture. -
His Treatment. - His Escape. - Anne de Noue. - His Nocturnal Journey. -
His Death.
CHAPTER XVIII.
1642-1644.
VILLEMARIE.
Infancy of Montreal. - The Flood. - Vow of Maisonneuve. - Pilgrimage. -
D'Ailleboust. - The Hotel-Dieu. - Piety. - Propagandism. - War. -
Hurons and Iroquois. - Dogs. - Sally of the French. - Battle. -
Exploit of Maisonneuve.
CHAPTER XIX.
1644, 1645.
PEACE.
Iroquois Prisoners. - Piskaret. - His Exploits. - More Prisoners. -
Iroquois Embassy. - The Orator. - The Great Council. -
Speeches of Kiotsaton. - Muster of Savages. - Peace confirmed.
CHAPTER XX.
1645, 1646.
THE PEACE BROKEN.
Uncertainties. - The Mission of Jogues. - He reaches the Mohawks. -
His Reception. - His Return. - His Second Mission. - Warnings of Danger. -
Rage of the Mohawks. - Murder of Jogues.
CHAPTER XXI.
1646, 1647.
ANOTHER WAR.
Mohawk Inroads. - The Hunters of Men. - The Captive Converts. -
The Escape of Marie. - Her Story. - The Algonquin Prisoner's Revenge. -
Her Flight. - Terror of the Colonists. - Jesuit Intrepidity.
CHAPTER XXII.
1645-1651.
PRIEST AND PURITAN.
Miscou. - Tadoussac. - Journeys of De Quen. - Druilletes. -
His Winter with the Montagnais. - Influence of the Missions. -
The Abenaquis. - Druilletes on the Kennebec. - His Embassy to Boston. -
Gibbons. - Dudley. - Bradford. - Eliot. - Endicott. -
French and Puritan Colonization. - Failure of Druilletes's Embassy. -
New Regulations. - New-Year's Day at Quebec.
CHAPTER XXIII.
1645-1648.
A DOOMED NATION.
Indian Infatuation. - Iroquois and Huron. - Huron Triumphs. -
The Captive Iroquois. - His Ferocity and Fortitude. - Partisan Exploits. -
Diplomacy. - The Andastes. - The Huron Embassy. - New Negotiations. -
The Iroquois Ambassador. - His Suicide. - Iroquois Honor.
CHAPTER XXIV.
1645-1648.
THE HURON CHURCH.