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1651-52] RELATION OF i6so-5i 59<br />
"<br />
Question. What thoughts hast thou about thy-<br />
"<br />
self?" Answer. That I am a dog, and less than<br />
' '<br />
a flea before God.<br />
Question.<br />
"<br />
What dost thou feel [ii6] when thou<br />
seest one of thy people offending God?"<br />
"<br />
It grieves me very much, I pray for<br />
Answer.<br />
him and<br />
warn him. But I do not see my people committing<br />
any great offenses. I very often speak to them of<br />
God, and tell them to ask his pardon for their sins."<br />
It would take too long, were I to relate that man's<br />
sentiments. His wife yields nothing to him as<br />
regards piety ; the slightest shadow of sin frightens<br />
them. The Christians of that assembly govern them-<br />
selves by him. I was delighted<br />
woman named ; Angelique she<br />
to see a Christian<br />
is truly a saint ; all<br />
her time, when she is not working, she devotes to<br />
instructing her neighbors, or to prayer. I feel un-<br />
speakable pleasure in observing her teach the others ;<br />
and never have I seen any [117] Savage so well<br />
versed in the mysteries of our faith. The holy Ghost<br />
is a great Master; Spiritus ubi vult, spirat. Oh, what<br />
confusion for me to see how these poor Barbarians—<br />
without Priest, without Mass, and without any other<br />
help — maintain themselves in such purity and fervor!<br />
Monsieur de Normanville was greatly touched<br />
by it. Let us continue our journey.<br />
From this second gathering we went to a third,<br />
three days' journey from that place, accompanied by<br />
sixty canoes. I found no little occupation there ; for<br />
those people came from a country w-here the faith<br />
was still looked upon as a law of death, and where<br />
polygamy prevailed. On my arrival, I spoke of the<br />
object that brought me thither; the Christians who<br />
were with me told them marvelous things [118] of