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12 PREFACE TO VOL. XLIV
from another letter, apparently written by M6nard,
recounts the sufferings and persecutions endured by
the missionaries to the Iroquois, and urgently appeals
for aid to maintain their enterprise.
XCVII. The Journal des /^suites is continued
during 1658 by Jean de Quen, superior of the Canadian
missions, with occasional gaps which are filled
by Druillettes, Chaumonot, and Le Moyne.
Mohawk envoys come to Quebec January 31, to
obtain the surrender to them of the Hurons. The
proceedings of the council are narrated at length.
D'Ailleboust sternly rebukes the Mohawks for their
treachery, and demands reparation for injuries committed
by their tribe in previous raids upon the
French settlements. Two traders are fined by the
''
Council (March 23), each 500 livres, for selling
goods at a higher price than the tariff." Abbe de
Queylus denounces the sale of brandy to the savages
as a mortal sin. A contract of association between
Couillard and the Hospital nuns is set aside, on the
ground
that the nuns are *'
persons who are not
qualified to engage in the trade." On April i, the
habitants of Cap Rouge are '*
summoned before
Monsieur the Governor, to answer for having refused
to provide the blessed bread for the parish church of
that hereafter
Quebec ;
' '
they accept his proposal,
they ''
pay a few 6cus every year to the church, for
supplying the blessed bread." On the twentythird,
all the Frenchmen of the Onondaga settlement
arrive at Quebec: the mission is broken up. A
month later, Le Moyne returns from the Mohawk
country, with envoys from that tribe, who seek the
release of the hostages held by the French ; this is
granted by D'Ailleboust. A few weeks later, an