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1659-60] RELA TION OF 1659^60 219
hand, and conducting him here to us, to show us the way which will take us to the North sea — where various Algonquin Nations have sought a retreat, fleeing from tbe Iroquois, who also prevents us from going in search of them by the ordinary route of the great River. I will give an account of the various routes, and some incidents of his journey.
'* He started, in the month of June of the year one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight, [43] from the lake of the Ouinipegouek, which is strictly only a large bay in lake Huron. It is called by others, * the lake of the stinkards,* not because it is salt like the water of the Sea,—which the Savages call Ouinipeg, or ' stinking water,'—but because it is surrounded by sulphurous soil, whence issue sev¬ eral springs which convey into this lake the impuri¬ ties absorbed by their waters in the places of their origin. ^^
' * He passed the remainder of that summer and the following winter near the lake which we call Superior, from its position above that of the Hurons, into which it empties by a waterfall that has also given it its name; and, as our traveler halted there for some time, let us pause.a while with him [44] to note the peculiarities of the place.
*' This lake, which is more than eighty leagues long by forty wide in certain places, is studded with Islands picturesquely distributed along its shores. The whole length of its coast is lined with Algonkin Nations, fear of the Iroquois having forced them to seek there an asylum. It is also enriched in its entire circumference with mines of lead in a nearly pure state; with copper of such excellence that pieces as large as one's fist are found, all refined; and with
Object Description
| Page Title | Three accounts of the Iroquois wars from the Jesuit Relations |
| Author | Ragueneau, Paul, 1608-1680; Lalemant, Jérôme, 1593-1673 |
| Place of Publication | Cleveland |
| Source Publisher | Burrows Brothers Co. |
| Source Creation Date | 1898-1899 |
| Language | French; English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2004 |
| Digital Identifier | TP009000 |
| Description | These three short excerpts from the Jesuit Relations convey the terror and violence that drove the Huron, Ottawa, Sauk, Meskwaki (Fox), Kickapoo, Potawatomi, and other tribes into Wisconsin. They are taken from the annual "Relation of Things That Have Happened in New France" sent back to Paris each year by the head of the Jesuit missions in North America. Between 1896 and 1901, more than 70 volumes of these Jesuit Relations were edited in Madison and published in French and English. The English text of all volumes is online at Creighton University (linked elsehwere on the Turning Points site), where you can find immense detail about Wisconsin Indians at the time of their first contact with Europeans. To see what original volumes of Jesuit Relations looked like, see the letters written by Fr. Rene Menard in 1661, elsewhere on the Turning Points site. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | "Three accounts of the Iroquois wars from the Jesuit Relations." The Jesuit relations and allied documents... (excerpts).(Cleveland : Burrows Bros. Co., 1896-1901); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=9 |
| Document Number | TP009 |
| Size | [38] p. ; 23 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=9 |
| Owner Collection | General Collection |
| Owner Object ID | F1030.7 C96 |
| Genre | Jesuit relation; translation |
| County | Ashland County; Bayfield County; Brown County; Door County; Douglas County; Iron County; Marinette County; Oconto County |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec |
| Gender | female; male |
| Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans |
| Sub-Topic | Iroquois Wars of the 17th Century |
| Event Date | 1648-1649; 1653; 1659-1660 |
| Event Years | 1648-1649; 1653; 1659-1660 |
| Animals | Mammals; Marine animals |
| Religion | Missionaries |
| Topography | Lakes; Mines and mineral resources; Rivers |
| Manufacturing and Industry | Fur trade |
| War | War |
| Indian Tribe | Fox; Huron; Kickapoo; Nipissing; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Poualak; Sauk; Dakota (Sioux); Iroquois |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | 219 |
| Author | Ragueneau, Paul, 1608-1680; Lalemant, Jérôme, 1593-1673 |
| Place of Publication | Cleveland |
| Source Creation Date | 1898-1899 |
| Language | French; English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2004 |
| Digital Identifier | TP009018 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 23 cm. |
| Owner Collection | General Collection |
| Owner Object ID | F1030.7 C96 |
| Full Text | 1659-60] RELA TION OF 1659^60 219 hand, and conducting him here to us, to show us the way which will take us to the North sea — where various Algonquin Nations have sought a retreat, fleeing from tbe Iroquois, who also prevents us from going in search of them by the ordinary route of the great River. I will give an account of the various routes, and some incidents of his journey. '* He started, in the month of June of the year one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight, [43] from the lake of the Ouinipegouek, which is strictly only a large bay in lake Huron. It is called by others, * the lake of the stinkards,* not because it is salt like the water of the Sea,—which the Savages call Ouinipeg, or ' stinking water,'—but because it is surrounded by sulphurous soil, whence issue sev¬ eral springs which convey into this lake the impuri¬ ties absorbed by their waters in the places of their origin. ^^ ' * He passed the remainder of that summer and the following winter near the lake which we call Superior, from its position above that of the Hurons, into which it empties by a waterfall that has also given it its name; and, as our traveler halted there for some time, let us pause.a while with him [44] to note the peculiarities of the place. *' This lake, which is more than eighty leagues long by forty wide in certain places, is studded with Islands picturesquely distributed along its shores. The whole length of its coast is lined with Algonkin Nations, fear of the Iroquois having forced them to seek there an asylum. It is also enriched in its entire circumference with mines of lead in a nearly pure state; with copper of such excellence that pieces as large as one's fist are found, all refined; and with |
| Event Date | 1659-1660 |
| Event Years | 1659-1660 |
| Type | Text |