Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-04

not alone olt Of consideration for mo. for
NJ, the ntendant Taclon went to them be-
fore our departure and taking me by the
hand said to them Here is my uncle,
~ desire YOU to treat him like myself,
and even better, " hich speech he follow
ed with presents to them on my account.
for which ] am greatly obliged to him.
One of then, having killed a beaver. the
chief CcapitaineD took it haushtily and
laid it at our feet. They killed some time
ago an elk (perhaps a moose or caribou.
French Original > at once the chiefs made
a speech and congratulated themselves
that at last they had something whcrewith
to make a nights entertainment tor the
black gowns. God grant that may con-
duct myself with moderation among them.
| will say but one thing of their picty.
We baptized come of them only seven
months ago. who after prayers pronounced
in the whole company. retire to tell their
beads by themselves. ! have somotim s
found one Of them recitng his prayers in Il
place apart in the woods Is that not a
pleasure and an encouragement to us to do
something for their salvation?
All our military men whom ! have
seen in Canada have assured me
that France has no territory so
beautiful as that whittier we are
going 1t is a marvelously pleasant
country. under the end dc gree Of latitude,
where one may see ravisning stretches of
meadow. pretty little hills and beautiful
Valleys all Astounding in good things If
they but understood how to cultivate il.
can speak letter Of it when | have seen
it. am here within 70 lea CUES of it. lt.con-
solcs me to think that shall be quite near
to Virginia. whittier for IS years have
desired to 60, and whittier providence has
indeed led me very tcnderly. | know rot
what thai land has in store for me, but here
everything is we'll ] shall he only about
80 to % leagues distant ir OH it, and as soor
As | learn Iroquois, hope to proceed
thithor
The language of these savages is
admirable. but pronounced only with
the throat, teeth and nose, so it Is marc
TO describe the difficulty Of pronuuncing il
They have only lG letters. part Greek and
part Latin. They have no declcnslons OF
nouns, hut conjuEate everything by com
position Of the nouns and adycrhs with the
verbs. These latter have as many as i
persons, whereas we have only six. Each
personal substantive with another (adjec
tive makes the verb sum. es. est, which
is not otherwise used, 10y adding these
persons to the noun; as. ego bonus. tn, lille
/ lila. They have no intuitive. but theS
have the more other lenses, like Greek
first and second aorists, first and seconc
! futures, positive, negative, OF continued
action. 1t comforts me to see person:
| who do not know their a. b. c.
| who have learned the language amont
Them ] already make myself under
stood but understand only a few words
| They nave three conjugations and
number of examinations. This language Il
beautiful and admirable. In my Judg
ment it contains many Greek words
only last evening | found this one
schope-which signifies country They hav
| their quantities and their accents 9TH
French reads 'accidents), their smooth an,
rough brcathings, like the Greeks, an,
they re so sensitive that when mis-
an accent they never fail to correct me
| With the help Of Our Lord. hope to lear
this language soon. by speaking constant
ny with them, which ! shall hardly be abb
to do while we are travelling. because w
are too far separated | am now quit
alone again. We have learned that 6
| Loups were awaiting our Iroquois at tn
| passage to attack them. ! came ahead il
a canoe to make a reconnaissance our PEG
pie are 10 leagues from here waiting 70
an escort of our French in order to cross
l hope we shall have ii inside of four DAYS
after which we shall draw toward our pro
missed land ! do not know whether w
shall get through the whole journey. hal
by water and half by land, without
skiimish. In my peril. you will ohlige m
extremely by obtaining for me the he'll
= of Heaven and the spirit of Our Lord 70
whom verify shall sacrifice myself wit
all my heart. An, how happy ! shout
esteem myself, If He should accept thi
sacrifice,