Excerpt from Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791, Vol. 16: The Original French, Latin, and Italian Texts, With English Translations and Notes; Illustrated by Portraits, Maps, and Facsimiles Le ]eune again explains the necessity Of render ing the savages stationary; and recounts the assist ance given for this purpose by many friends Of the missions - not only private persons, but the Compa ny of New France. He reports much progress in their mission, with more conversions than in preced ing years. Over 800 Algonkins, attracted by the report of our faith, and by the assistance given the sedentary savages at Sillery, have come down to Three Rivers; but they declare that they come only to acquire a knowledge Of the true God. The mis sionaries still have to contend with the opposition Of the medicine men, and the Algonkins are much diverted from the good thoughts that God has given them, by a contest with their enemies and their [defeat therein. Moreover, they are held in bondage to Satan, by their superstitions and by their unwill ingness to Observe Single marriage. The mission aries console themselves, however, with the pious sentiments and behavior of their actual converts, upon which the superior dwells at much length. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.