Champlain's luggage on the journey westward, though he
does not mention the loss.

Apart from disclosing the course of the Ottawa, the Voyage
of 1613 is chiefly notable for its account of Indian
customs--for example, the mode of sepulture, the tabagie
or feast, and the superstition which leads the Algonquins
to throw pieces of tobacco into the cauldron of the
Chaudiere Falls as a means of ensuring protection against
their enemies. Of the feast given him by Tessouat, an
Algonquin chief, Champlain says:

The next day all the guests came, each with his
porringer and wooden spoon. They seated themselves
without order or ceremony on the ground in the cabin
of Tessouat, who distributed to them a kind of broth
made of maize crushed between two stones, together
with meat and fish which was cut into little pieces,
the whole being boiled together without salt. They
also had meat roasted on the coals and fish boiled
apart, which he also distributed. In respect to myself,
as I did not wish any of their chowder, which they
prepare in a very dirty manner, I asked them for some
fish and meat, that I might prepare it my own way,
which they gave me. For drink we had fine, clear water.
Tessouat, who gave the tabagie, entertained us without
eating himself, according to their custom.

The tabagie being over, the young men, who are not
present at the harangues and councils, and who during