The Jesuit relations : natives and missionaries in seventeenth-century North America / edited and with an introduction by Allan Greer.

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Arranged thematically, the 35 documents in this collection tell the story of early American encounters between French Jesuits and Native Americans. The updated introduction to the selections from the Jesuit Relations provides background on the missionaries and the Native Americans in this region and...

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Other Authors: Greer, Allan (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2019]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Bedford series in history and culture.
Subjects:
Jesuits > Missions > North America > History > Sources.
Jesuits > Missions > North America > History > 17th century.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Missions > History > Sources.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Missions > History > 17th century.
Canada > History > To 1763 (New France) > Sources.
First contact (Anthropology) > Sources.
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners.
Indians of North America > Missions.
Missions.
Canada.
North America.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:xv, 221 pages : illustration, maps ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
Arranged thematically, the 35 documents in this collection tell the story of early American encounters between French Jesuits and Native Americans. The updated introduction to the selections from the Jesuit Relations provides background on the missionaries and the Native Americans in this region and their cohabitation in the seventeenth century.
Call Number:F1030.7 .J47 2019
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
ISBN:1319113117
9781319113117