The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-07-22

Carriers second voy age 1885. Tho Gulf named St
Lawrence. Aug 2, l555' Roaoi es mouth ofthe river.
socks stlli for India passaFe Asccuds the river.
Intercourse with natives. The chief Dounaoo
Harlor cfSanta Croi1. Douaaconna opposes the
visit . Iocheasa. The devil- Carriers OK xpedon
10 nooheesa. beautiful country. trendincss OF
the natives. The city Of liocheaga. Reception Of
the French The Old Chief Hea.mg the sick! Visit
Noun, Royal Wintering in the st. Lawrence. Sc
disease. Formal possession of the Country
Seizure Of Donnaconna. Tirst notice of the Great
Lakes.
But the s. Lawrence though cspcd, was hard
Is vet fairly discovered. This Was reserved for Car
tier IN his second voyage. On the l9th ol Nav
1888, Cartier eit st. Malo another expedition OF
discovery 'to the islands OF Canada. Hochelaga and
Saguenay" with three ships, the largest 100 to l20
TONS another Of 90, aud another OF 40 tons lurthcn
commanded by separate masters acting under his or
dcrs .'Gener;ll; = nothing OF importance occurred
until the Sih If August, when Cartier cnteled the
Gulf; and being the festoral OF the Gulf OF ST.
Lgwrtace, he bestowed upon the gulf the name of the
SAINT. Pursuing his course westward for ''about 25
leagues he coased along Nova Scotia, naming is
iands headands, bays and capcs as ne went along :;
and evidently not yet aware that he was sailing along
continuous continent. for he constantly speaks oi
his discoveries islands between which he still
diligently searches for the long sought India passage
From some information obtained from the two native
capt,cs seized IN the prey ious voyage, who on
board. he turned has course towards the norh, and
re-enterng the gail OF St Lawrence came TO the en-
;
thirty leagues" across. Here the two natives told
him the commencement of the country Of sa5ue-
nay--that il inhabited country and produce d
''red copper They further informed him, this
Tho mouth of the ''grea. river Of Hocclaea and
and ready way to Canada, that it ed in its as
cent towards Canada, the waters becoming fresh
that It's remote that they mad never
heard oi any man, who had visited them, and thai
boats would be required to complete the ascent.
Disappointed this information. Cartier deter.
mined to esq lore norhwad from the gulf, because he
would know, 10 the quaint language OF the mar.
rator if between the lands towards The north any
passage mi sht be discovered After deyoing tea o,
twelve days III examination and re-cxamnation O
various points and islands tuitlessly regards find
ing a westward route 70 the golden Indies, he re-
turned to the river st. Lawrence, which he begun
ccnd. On the 7th OF September, he reached the is
land called Orleans, where it is said. the coun-
try Of Canada bcSinneth Having anchored his vos-
SeIs in the channel, he made formal landing on tho
island, taking with him the two capiivcs, Domai-
gia and la5nOagnv as interpreters. The natives at
first fled, but hearing themselves addressed in then
own tongue, and findins the captyes to be OF then
OWL nation, friendly intorcouse once ensucd. The
natives cvinccd their JOY by dancing and show in-
many of ceremonies. They presented Cartier
with fish, and ith two or three burdens of grca,
millet, whcrewh the make their bread, and manN
great musk melons This is the first mention OF
the term '.great millct'' of Indian among the
northern tribes. On the following day, Donnaconna
then chief, who is sty d the Cord Of Agouhanna
visited the ships with l6 OF his tIbe, a friendly con-
ference ensucd. The captiycs impaired the obsorva-
tons they had made in France and the kind treat
ment they had experienced At this recital. Donna.
Gonna was much please that he desired Cartier 10
reach him his that he might kiss il, He not
onv Kissed IT, hut laid ii about his neck for so the,
used to do hen they will MAKE much OF one. Car
tier then entered INTO the chiefs boat 'caisng bread
and wine to be brought" ." and after eating and drink.
J., f,,ilN
a;ed to their mutual satisfaction Determined TO Wis
it Hochciaca, Montreal. before the ice formed
Cartier selected a little river and haven opposite
the head of The island, to which he gave the name
of "Santa CtoiX being in the vicinity of Donnacon-
ma village Here he ,noored his vessels for the win.
ter, driving piles into the haibor for their better
cuii By the time this work was completed, il
became manifest that the friendship of the natives oi
him more apparent than real. The two
head interpreters the most niinioai, and Don
naconna, and his people nerPoscd many absacles II
Carriers proposed expedition To Hoche aga. Among
other thing. they endcavored TO operate upon his
fears of the su, ernatural. Three natives were dir
gused devils" wrapped m skins, besncared, aic
provided with horns. Thus equipped, they took adj
vantage Of the tide TO drop down along side of Car
Tier 5 vessels. ing words OF nintcligbic impcTt
as they passed, bot keeping their faces -teadtastl,
directed towards the oods the same tine Don.
naConna and his people rushed out oil the wood 10
the shorc-a;tiaCtng the attention OF the ships crew
Ia various ways, and finally seized the devils a.
the Of their landing, and carried ,hen into
the woods " here thcir revelations uttered.
The result Of this clumsy trick announced b,
Taignoasny and Domaigaia, who said thrt theil
God ''Cudruagny had spoken in Hochelaga,' i'm
porting Ill tdi to the French, and that he had seu
these three spirits inform them, that there was Sc
much ice and snow in the country that whoever en-
tered it mus, die, After some conversation, in tho
course of which the power OF his priests" was odd
" contrastcd by the French commander with that o
the s'dcys,' both Taignoagny and Domiagaia uni
ted finally in dec airing that Donnaconna would b, ,ic
means permit that any Of them should 60 with bin
to IIochelaga, unless he would leave hos,ages il
heir hands.