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1696-1702] CARHEIL TO CALLIMES 197 we gain nothing but the accusation of opposing the King*s service, by endeavoring to prevent a trade that he has permitted. The second occupation of the soldiers consists in being sent from one post to another by the Com¬ mandants in order to carry their wares and their brandy thither, after having made arrangements together; and none of them have any other object than That of mutually assisting one another in their Traffic. And, in order that This may be more easily done on both Sides according to their wishes, the Commandants must close their eyes, that they may be able to Connive at and not observe the Misconduct of their soldiers,—however visible, public, and scan¬ dalous it may be; the soldiers must, in turn, besides, trafficking in their own wares, become traffickers in Those of their Commandants, who frequently com¬ pel the soldiers to buy merchandise from them, in order to gain permission to go where they please. Their third occupation consists in making of their fort a place that I am ashamed to call by its proper name, where the women have found out that their bodies might serve in lieu of merchandise and would be still better received than Beaver-skins; accord¬ ingly, that is now the most usual and most Continual Commerce, and that which is most extensively car¬ ried on. Whatever efforts the missionaries may make to denounce and abolish it, this traffic increases, instead of diminishing, and grows daily more and more. All the soldiers keep open house in their dwellings for all the women of their acquaintance. From morning to night, they pass entire Days there, one after another —sitting by their fire, and often on their beds, engaged in conversations and actions
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 | 197 |
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 | TP016005 |
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 CALLIMES 197 we gain nothing but the accusation of opposing the King*s service, by endeavoring to prevent a trade that he has permitted. The second occupation of the soldiers consists in being sent from one post to another by the Com¬ mandants in order to carry their wares and their brandy thither, after having made arrangements together; and none of them have any other object than That of mutually assisting one another in their Traffic. And, in order that This may be more easily done on both Sides according to their wishes, the Commandants must close their eyes, that they may be able to Connive at and not observe the Misconduct of their soldiers,—however visible, public, and scan¬ dalous it may be; the soldiers must, in turn, besides, trafficking in their own wares, become traffickers in Those of their Commandants, who frequently com¬ pel the soldiers to buy merchandise from them, in order to gain permission to go where they please. Their third occupation consists in making of their fort a place that I am ashamed to call by its proper name, where the women have found out that their bodies might serve in lieu of merchandise and would be still better received than Beaver-skins; accord¬ ingly, that is now the most usual and most Continual Commerce, and that which is most extensively car¬ ried on. Whatever efforts the missionaries may make to denounce and abolish it, this traffic increases, instead of diminishing, and grows daily more and more. All the soldiers keep open house in their dwellings for all the women of their acquaintance. From morning to night, they pass entire Days there, one after another —sitting by their fire, and often on their beds, engaged in conversations and actions |
Event Date | 1702 |
Event Years | 1702 |
Type | Text |