CHAPTER X.

1637-1640.

PERSECUTION.

Ossossane.--The New Chapel.--A Triumph of the Faith.--
The Nether Powers.--Signs of a Tempest.--Slanders.--
Rage Against the Jesuits.--Their Boldness and Persistency.--
Nocturnal Council.--Danger of the Priests.--Brebeuf's Letter.--
Narrow Escapes.--Woes and Consolations.


CHAPTER XI

1638-1640.

PRIEST AND PAGAN.

Du Peron's Journey.--Daily Life of the Jesuits.--
Their Missionary Excursions.--Converts at Ossossane.--
Machinery of Conversion.--Conditions of Baptism.--Backsliders.--
The Converts and their Countrymen.--The Cannibals at St. Joseph.


CHAPTER XII.

1639, 1640.

THE TOBACCO NATION.--THE NEUTRALS.