I promise this, that if I am supported by our most invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as they will need,
Columbus Tricks the Natives
These people practice no kind of idolatry; on the contrary they firmly believe that all strength and power, and in fact all good things, are in
Joseph Bressani’s Ordeal
The perils which beset the missionaries did not spring from the fury of the Iroquois alone, for Nature herself was armed with terror in this stern
Columbus Discovers America
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: He Sails Among the Islands.IntroductionWe can take the year 1492, in
Tortures of the Algonquin Prisoners
On the following morning, they were placed on a large scaffold, in sight of the whole population.Our special project presenting the definitive
Parkman Vol. 2 Chapter 17
These Canadian tribes were undergoing that process of extermination, absorption, or expatriation, which, as there is reason to believe, had for many
Jogues Escapes
His desperation gave him strength; and, by working the boat to and fro, he pushed it at length, little by little, into the water, entered it, and
Captive and Missionary
He went from town to town, giving absolution to the Christian captives, and converting and baptizing the heathen.Previously in The Jesuits in North
Mohawks Torture Jogues
The children now profited by the examples of their parents, and amused themselves by placing live coals and red-hot ashes on the naked bodies of the