The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 8: Quebec, Hurons, Cape Breton,…
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"The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 8: Quebec, Hurons, Cape Breton,…" is a collection of chronicles written annually between 1632 and 1673. These reports document Jesuit missionaries' efforts to convert Indigenous peoples in New France, including the Huron, Montagnais, and Mohawk tribes. Written as field updates to superiors, the accounts were edited and published to attract settlers and raise funds. The Relations offer detailed observations of Indigenous cultures, though filtered through
European perspectives and shaped by editorial choices that complicate their reliability as historical documents. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 8: Quebec, Hurons, Cape Breton, 1634-1636 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesuit_Relations |
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Produced by Karl Hagen, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (www.canadiana.org)) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | F1001: North America local history: Canada |
| Subject | Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) |
| Subject | Indians of North America -- Canada |
| Subject | Jesuits -- Missions |
| Subject | Jesuits -- North America |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 54797 |
| Release Date | May 27, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 731 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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