CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION.

NATIVE TRIBES.

Divisions.--The Algonquins.--The Hurons.--Their Houses.--
Fortifications.--Habits.--Arts.--Women.--Trade.--Festivities.--
Medicine.--The Tobacco Nation.--The Neutrals.--The Eries.--
The Andastes.--The Iroquois.--Social and Political Organization.--
Iroquois Institutions, Customs, and Character.--
Indian Religion and Superstitions.--The Indian Mind.


CHAPTER I.

1634.

NOTRE-DAME DES ANGES.

Quebec In 1634.--Father Le Jeune.--The Mission-House.--
Its Domestic Economy.--The Jesuits and their Designs.


CHAPTER II.

LOYOLA AND THE JESUITS.

Conversion of Loyola.--Foundation of the Society of Jesus.--