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[English translation]
always have a good crop; consequently, they have never suffered from famine. They also sow beans and melons, which are excellent, especially those that have red seeds. Their squashes are not of the best; they dry them in the Sun, to eat them during the Winter and the Spring. Their Cabins are very large, and are roofed and floored with mats made of rushes. They make all their utensils of wood, and their ladles out of the heads of bison, whose skulls they know so well how to prepare that they use these ladles with ease for eating their sagamité. They are generous in cases of illness, and think that the effect of the medicines administered to them is in proportion to the presents given to the Physician. Their garments consist only of skins; the women are always clad very modestly and very becomingly, while the men do not take the trouble to cover themselves. I know not through what superstition some Illinois [men], as well as some Nadouessi [Sioux] while still young, assume the garb of women, and retain it throughout their lives. There is some mystery in this, for they never marry and glory in demeaning themselves to do everything that the women do. They go to war, however, but can use only clubs, and not bows and arrows, which are the weapons proper to men. They assist
[OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text]
It Dkouverte dans
jours une bonne recolte ; auffi n^ont^ls jamais fouffert de famine : ils fenient auffi des feves & des melons qui font excellens , fur tout ceux qui ont la graine rouge ; leurs citrouilles jie font pas des meilleures, ils les fontfecher au Soleil pour les manger pendant FHyver & le Printemps 5 les Cabanes font fort grandes ^ elles font couvertes & pavees de nattes faites deJoncSw; ils trouvent toute leurs vaiffelles dans le bois , & leurs cuillieres dans le teffc des Boeufs , dont ils fcwent fi bien accommo- derle crane , qu'ils s'en fervent aifement pour manger leur fagamite, Jls font hberanx dans leur§ maladies, & croyent que Ies medicamens qu'on leur donne ^ operent i proportion des prefens qu ils font, a leurs Medecins. lis n'ont que des peaux pour habits : les femmes font veftues fort modeftcment & dans une grande bien-leance, au lieu que les hommes ne fe met¬ tent pas en peine de fe rien couvrir, Je nefgay par quelle fuperftition quelques Ilinois , auffi bien, que quelques Nadoiieffis, eftant encore jeunes prennent Thabit de femme qu'ils gar- dent route leur vie : il y a du myftere , car ils ne fe marient jamais, & font gloire de s'a— bailFrafaire tout ce que font Ies femmes 5 ils vont jpourtant en guerre , mais ils ne peu^ ve«t fe fervir que de la lUAffue & non pas de Fare & de la fleche, qui font Ies armes pro-* pres pour ks hommes j ils affi|eiit a toutes les
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 | 22 |
| 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 | TP013023 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 18 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Rare Book Collection |
| Owner Object ID | G159 T38 |
| Full Text |
[English translation]
always have a good crop; consequently, they have never suffered from famine. They also sow beans and melons, which are excellent, especially those that have red seeds. Their squashes are not of the best; they dry them in the Sun, to eat them during the Winter and the Spring. Their Cabins are very large, and are roofed and floored with mats made of rushes. They make all their utensils of wood, and their ladles out of the heads of bison, whose skulls they know so well how to prepare that they use these ladles with ease for eating their sagamité. They are generous in cases of illness, and think that the effect of the medicines administered to them is in proportion to the presents given to the Physician. Their garments consist only of skins; the women are always clad very modestly and very becomingly, while the men do not take the trouble to cover themselves. I know not through what superstition some Illinois [men], as well as some Nadouessi [Sioux] while still young, assume the garb of women, and retain it throughout their lives. There is some mystery in this, for they never marry and glory in demeaning themselves to do everything that the women do. They go to war, however, but can use only clubs, and not bows and arrows, which are the weapons proper to men. They assist [OCR of French page; consult page images for accurate text] It Dkouverte dans jours une bonne recolte ; auffi n^ont^ls jamais fouffert de famine : ils fenient auffi des feves & des melons qui font excellens , fur tout ceux qui ont la graine rouge ; leurs citrouilles jie font pas des meilleures, ils les fontfecher au Soleil pour les manger pendant FHyver & le Printemps 5 les Cabanes font fort grandes ^ elles font couvertes & pavees de nattes faites deJoncSw; ils trouvent toute leurs vaiffelles dans le bois , & leurs cuillieres dans le teffc des Boeufs , dont ils fcwent fi bien accommo- derle crane , qu'ils s'en fervent aifement pour manger leur fagamite, Jls font hberanx dans leur§ maladies, & croyent que Ies medicamens qu'on leur donne ^ operent i proportion des prefens qu ils font, a leurs Medecins. lis n'ont que des peaux pour habits : les femmes font veftues fort modeftcment & dans une grande bien-leance, au lieu que les hommes ne fe met¬ tent pas en peine de fe rien couvrir, Je nefgay par quelle fuperftition quelques Ilinois , auffi bien, que quelques Nadoiieffis, eftant encore jeunes prennent Thabit de femme qu'ils gar- dent route leur vie : il y a du myftere , car ils ne fe marient jamais, & font gloire de s'a— bailFrafaire tout ce que font Ies femmes 5 ils vont jpourtant en guerre , mais ils ne peu^ ve«t fe fervir que de la lUAffue & non pas de Fare & de la fleche, qui font Ies armes pro-* pres pour ks hommes j ils affi|eiit a toutes les |
| Event Date | 1673 |
| Event Years | 1673 |
| Type | Text |