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1696-1702] CARHEIL TO CALLI&RES 191 and to constrain him to succor our missions. These are reduced to such an extremity that we can no longer maintain them against an infinite multitude of evil acts—acts of brutality and violence; of injus¬ tice and impiety; of lewd and shameless conduct; of contempt and insults. To such acts the infamous and baleful trade in brandy gives rise everywhere, among all the nations up here,— where it is carried on by going from village to village, and by roving over the lakes with a prodigious quantity of brandy in barrels, without any restraint. Had his majesty but once seen What passes, both here and at mont- real, during the whole time while This wretched traffic goes on, I am sure that he would not for a moment hesitate, at the very first sight of it, to forbid it forever under the severest penalties. In our despair there is no other step to take than to leave our missions and abandon them to the brandy traders, so that they may establish therein the do¬ main of their trade, of drunkenness, and of immoral¬ ity. That is What we shall propose to our Superiors in Canada and in franco, being Compelled thereto by the state of nselessness and inability to which we have been reduced by the permission given to carry on That deplorable trade — a permission that has been obtained from his majesty only by means of a pretext apparently Reasonable, but known to be false; a permission that he would not grant if They upon whom he relies for ascertaining the truth really made it Known to him As they themselves, and the whole of Canada with them, Know it; a permission, in fine, that is at once the climax and the source of all the evils that are now occurring in the country.. Especially does it cause the wrecks, of which we
Object Description
Page Title | Letter by Reverend Father Etienne de Carheil to Monsieur Louis Hector de Callieres, governor [on conditions in the Upper Lakes in 1702] |
Author | Carheil, Etienne de, 1633-1726 |
Place of Publication | Cleveland |
Source Publisher | Burrows Brothers Co. |
Source Creation Date | 1900 |
Language | 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 | TP016000 |
Description | Father Carheil explains -- at times in graphic detail -- how lust and greed corrupted nearly everyone connected with the fur trade at the western posts. Fur trade voyageurs, hunters, explorers and merchants have been romanticized so often that we benefit from seeing its dark side through his eyes. Carheil reveals how French colonialism affected the everyday lives of young French clerks, teenage Indian girls, hardened soldiers, and tribal elders, and asks the government to end the excesses. We have digitized here only the English translation, on the odd-numbered pages, and omitted the facing French text. |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Carheil, Etienne de. "Letter ... to Monsieur Louis Hector de Callières, governor [on conditions in the Upper Lakes in 1702]." The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents...(Cleveland: 1895), vol. LXV: 188-253); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=16 |
Document Number | TP016 |
Size | p. 189-253 ; 23 cm. |
URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=16 |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F1030.7 C96 |
Series | The Jesuit relations and allied documents : travels and explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France, 1610-1791 |
Genre | Jesuit relation; letter; translation |
State/Province | Wisconsin |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans; French Americans; |
Sub-Topic | The French Fur Trade; Colonialism Transforms Indian Life; |
Event Date | 1702 |
Event Years | 1702 |
Politics | Indians of North America Government relations; |
Recreation | Gambling; Leisure activities; |
Religion | Missions; Clergy; Missionaries; Priests; Religious education; Rites and ceremonies; |
Social Relations | Race relations; |
Manufacturing and Industry | Fur trade |
War | War; Soldiers; |
Service Industries | Prostitution; |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 191 |
Author | Carheil, Etienne de, 1633-1726 |
Place of Publication | Cleveland |
Source Publisher | Burrows Brothers Co. |
Source Creation Date | 1900 |
Language | 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 | TP016002 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 23 cm. |
Owner Collection | Stacks |
Owner Object ID | F1030.7 C96 |
Series | The Jesuit relations and allied documents : travels and explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France, 1610-1791 |
Full Text | 1696-1702] CARHEIL TO CALLI&RES 191 and to constrain him to succor our missions. These are reduced to such an extremity that we can no longer maintain them against an infinite multitude of evil acts—acts of brutality and violence; of injus¬ tice and impiety; of lewd and shameless conduct; of contempt and insults. To such acts the infamous and baleful trade in brandy gives rise everywhere, among all the nations up here,— where it is carried on by going from village to village, and by roving over the lakes with a prodigious quantity of brandy in barrels, without any restraint. Had his majesty but once seen What passes, both here and at mont- real, during the whole time while This wretched traffic goes on, I am sure that he would not for a moment hesitate, at the very first sight of it, to forbid it forever under the severest penalties. In our despair there is no other step to take than to leave our missions and abandon them to the brandy traders, so that they may establish therein the do¬ main of their trade, of drunkenness, and of immoral¬ ity. That is What we shall propose to our Superiors in Canada and in franco, being Compelled thereto by the state of nselessness and inability to which we have been reduced by the permission given to carry on That deplorable trade — a permission that has been obtained from his majesty only by means of a pretext apparently Reasonable, but known to be false; a permission that he would not grant if They upon whom he relies for ascertaining the truth really made it Known to him As they themselves, and the whole of Canada with them, Know it; a permission, in fine, that is at once the climax and the source of all the evils that are now occurring in the country.. Especially does it cause the wrecks, of which we |
Event Date | 1702 |
Event Years | 1702 |
Type | Text |