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i[English translation]
invited us to enter their Village, where all the people impatiently awaited us. These pipes for smoking tobacco are called in this country Calumets. This word has come so much into use that, in order to be understood, I shall be obliged to use it, as I shall often have to mention these pipes.
At the Door of the Cabin in which we were to be received was an old man, who awaited us in a rather surprising attitude, which constitutes a part of the Ceremonial that they observe when they receive Strangers. This man stood erect, and stark naked, with his hands extended and lifted toward the sun, As if he wished to protect himself from its rays, which nevertheless shone upon his face through his fingers. When we came near him, he paid us This Compliment: “How beautiful the sun is, O frenchman, when thou comest to visit us! All our village awaits thee, and thou shalt enter all our Cabins in peace.” Having said this, he made us enter his own, in which were a crowd of people; they devoured us with their eyes, but, nevertheless, observed profound silence. We could, however, hear these words, which were addressed to us from time to time in a low voice: “How good it is, My brothers, that you should visit us.”
After We had taken our places, the usual civility of the country was paid to us, which consisted in offering us
[OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text]
€ jDkouverie dans nous inviterent d'entrcr dans leur Village, oti tout le peuple nous attendoit avec impatien¬ ce, Ces pipes a prendre du tabac s'appellent en ee pays des Calumets. Ge motley eft mis tellement en ufage, que pour eftre entendu je foray oblige de m'en lervir , ayant a en par¬ ler plufieurs fois. ; A la porte de la Cabanne ou nous devions • eftre receu eftoit un Vieillard ^qui nous atten¬ doit dans une pofture alfez furprenante ^ qui eft la ceremonie qu'ils gardent lorfqu'ils recoi- vent des Etrangers. Cet homme eff oit debout & tout nud J tenant fes mains ecenducs Sc ele¬ vees vers le Soleil , comme s'll eut voulu fe defendre centre fes rayons , lefquels nean- moins paflbient llir fon vifage entre fes doigts: Quand nous fumes proche de luy, il nous fit ce compliment; Que Ie Soleil eft beau , Fran¬ cois 3 quand tu nous viens vifiter : rout noftre Bourg t'attend, tu entteras en paix dans tou¬ tes nos Cabanes. II nous introduifit dans la fienne , oil il y avoir une foule de monde ' qui nous devoroit des yeux , & qui cependant gar doit un profond filence. On ent endoit feu¬ lement ces paroles ^ qu'on nous adrcflbit de ' teins en terns & d'une voix balle , Qife voila qui eft bien, mes FrereSj'que vous nous vifi- tcz, Apres que nouseufines pris places , on nouS fit lacivilite ordirnaire^ qui ^ft dc nous pre- feuter
Object Description
Page Title | Découverte de quelques pays et nations de l´Amerique Septentrionale [The Discovery of Several Countries and Nations in North America] |
Author | Thevenot, Melchisedec, 1620-1692 |
Place of Publication | Paris |
Source Publisher | Estienne Michallet |
Source Creation Date | 1681 |
Language | French |
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 | TP013000 |
Description |
After Joliet and Marquette returned from their 1673 Mississippi voyage, French officials refrained from publishing their findings. Several manuscripts telling their story circulated in Paris, however, based on a report by Fr. Claude Dablon of an interview with Joliet. Melchisédec Thévenot, an editor who specialized in printing voyages to exotic places, secured one of these unauthorized manuscripts and adapted Marquette's text for the little volume excerpted here. To make it appeal to audiences who were not fond of the Jesuits, he stripped out virtually all Marquette's religious remarks and turned it into a purely geographical account like the other's he had published. Thevenot's book printed the news of the Marquette and Joliet voyage for the first time, and also published the first map to show the full course of the Mississippi (given elsewhere at Turning Points). We provide here images of the original French pages from 1681 for students who might like to stretch their language skills, as well as an English translation. To see the English text of any French page, click "Page & Text." |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Recommended Citation | Thevenot, Melchisedec. "Découverte de quelques pays et nations de l´Amerique Septentrionale [par le P. Marquette]" in Recueil de Voyages de Mr Thevenot. ... (Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1681); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=13 |
Document Number | TP013 |
Size | p. 1-43 ; 18 cm. |
URL | Thevenot, Melchisedec. "Découverte de quelques pays et nations de l´Amerique Septentrionale [par le P. Marquette]" in Recueil de Voyages de Mr Thevenot. ... (Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1681); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=13 |
Owner Collection | Rare Book Collection |
Owner Object ID | G159 T38 |
Genre | travel narrative |
County | Brown County; Columbia County; Crawford County; Dane County; Grant County; Green Lake County; Iowa County; Marquette County; Outagamie County; Richland County; Sauk County; Winnebago County; |
State/Province | Wisconsin; Arkansas; Illinois; Iowa, Kentucky; Mississippi; Missouri; Tennessee |
Gender | male |
Race and Ethnicity | Native Americans; French Americans; |
Sub-Topic | Arrival of the First Europeans; Wild Rice Harvesting |
Event Date | 1673 |
Event Years | 1673 |
Agriculture | Corn; Fruit; Wild Rice |
Animals | Birds; Insects; Mammals; Marine Animals |
Archaeology | Rock Paintings |
Art | Indian dance; Jewelry; |
Buildings | Dwellings; |
Domestic Life | Clothing and dress; Food; Implements, utensils, etc.; |
Religion | Missionaries; Priests; Rites and ceremonies |
Topography | Prairie; Rivers |
Transportation | Canoes and canoeing |
Indian Tribe | Illinois; Kickapoo; Mascouten; Menominee; Miami; Shawnee |
Type | Text |
Description
Page Title | 16 |
Author | Thevenot, Melchisedec, 1620-1692 |
Place of Publication | Paris |
Source Publisher | Estienne Michallet |
Source Creation Date | 1681 |
Language | French |
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 | TP013017 |
Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
Format | Text |
Size | 18 cm. |
Owner Collection | Rare Book Collection |
Owner Object ID | G159 T38 |
Full Text |
i[English translation]
invited us to enter their Village, where all the people impatiently awaited us. These pipes for smoking tobacco are called in this country Calumets. This word has come so much into use that, in order to be understood, I shall be obliged to use it, as I shall often have to mention these pipes. At the Door of the Cabin in which we were to be received was an old man, who awaited us in a rather surprising attitude, which constitutes a part of the Ceremonial that they observe when they receive Strangers. This man stood erect, and stark naked, with his hands extended and lifted toward the sun, As if he wished to protect himself from its rays, which nevertheless shone upon his face through his fingers. When we came near him, he paid us This Compliment: “How beautiful the sun is, O frenchman, when thou comest to visit us! All our village awaits thee, and thou shalt enter all our Cabins in peace.” Having said this, he made us enter his own, in which were a crowd of people; they devoured us with their eyes, but, nevertheless, observed profound silence. We could, however, hear these words, which were addressed to us from time to time in a low voice: “How good it is, My brothers, that you should visit us.” After We had taken our places, the usual civility of the country was paid to us, which consisted in offering us [OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text] € jDkouverie dans nous inviterent d'entrcr dans leur Village, oti tout le peuple nous attendoit avec impatien¬ ce, Ces pipes a prendre du tabac s'appellent en ee pays des Calumets. Ge motley eft mis tellement en ufage, que pour eftre entendu je foray oblige de m'en lervir , ayant a en par¬ ler plufieurs fois. ; A la porte de la Cabanne ou nous devions • eftre receu eftoit un Vieillard ^qui nous atten¬ doit dans une pofture alfez furprenante ^ qui eft la ceremonie qu'ils gardent lorfqu'ils recoi- vent des Etrangers. Cet homme eff oit debout & tout nud J tenant fes mains ecenducs Sc ele¬ vees vers le Soleil , comme s'll eut voulu fe defendre centre fes rayons , lefquels nean- moins paflbient llir fon vifage entre fes doigts: Quand nous fumes proche de luy, il nous fit ce compliment; Que Ie Soleil eft beau , Fran¬ cois 3 quand tu nous viens vifiter : rout noftre Bourg t'attend, tu entteras en paix dans tou¬ tes nos Cabanes. II nous introduifit dans la fienne , oil il y avoir une foule de monde ' qui nous devoroit des yeux , & qui cependant gar doit un profond filence. On ent endoit feu¬ lement ces paroles ^ qu'on nous adrcflbit de ' teins en terns & d'une voix balle , Qife voila qui eft bien, mes FrereSj'que vous nous vifi- tcz, Apres que nouseufines pris places , on nouS fit lacivilite ordirnaire^ qui ^ft dc nous pre- feuter |
Event Date | 1673 |
Event Years | 1673 |
Type | Text |