The Jesuit Relations: Natives and Missionaries in Seventeenth-Century North America (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Synopsis

Arranged Thematically, The 35 Documents In This Collection Tell The Story Of Early American Encounters Between French Jesuits And Native Americans. The Updated Introduction To The Selections From The Jesuit Relations Provides Background On The Missionaries And The Native Americans In This Region And Their Cohabitation In The Seventeenth Century. Introduction : Native North America And The French Jesuits -- The Documents : Paul Le Jeune Winters With Innu Hunters Of The Northern Woodlands -- Jean De Brébeuf On The Wendat -- Disease And Medicine -- Diplomacy And War -- Writings On The Natural Environment -- Missions To The Iroquois -- Martyrs And Mystics -- Jesuits On The Middle Ground. Edited And With An Introduction By Allan Greer. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 207-209) And Index.