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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

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