B.
Baptism of dying men, [89], [124]; clandestine, of infants, [96], [97], [116], [117]; of an influential Huron, [112]; conditions of baptism, [134]; baptisms, number in a year, [136] note.
Birch-bark used instead of writing-paper, [130].
Bourgeoys, Marguerite, her character, [201]; foundress of the school at Montreal, [202].
Bradford, William, governor of Plymouth, kindly entertains the Jesuit Druilletes, [327].
Brébeuf, Jean de, arrives at Quebec, [5], [20], [48]; commences his journey to the Huron country, [53]; suffers great fatigue by the way, [54]; his intrepidity, [54] note, [56]; arrives in the Huron country, [56]; his previous residence there, ib.; his misgivings as to his future treatment by the Indians, [57] note; the Indians build a house for him, [59]; the house described, [60]; its furniture, ib.; Brébeuf witnesses the " Feast of the Dead," [75]; witnesses a human sacrifice, [80] seq.; his uncompromising manner, [90]; "the Ajax of the mission," [99]; his dealings with beings from the invisible world, [108]; sees a great cross in the air, [109], [144]; his courage, [120]; his letter in prospect of martyrdom, [122]; harangues the Hurons at a festin d'adieu, [123]; commences a mission in the Neutral Nation, [143]; sees miraculous sights, [144]; at the Huron mission, [370]; taken by the Iroquois, [381]; his appalling fate, [388]; his intrepid character, [390]; his skull preserved to this day at Quebec, [391]; his visions and revelations, [392] note; a saint and a hero, ib.
Bressani, Joseph, attempts to go to the Hurons, [251]; taken by the Iroquois, [252]; terrible sufferings from his captors, [253]-[255]; his escape, [256]; at the Huron Mission, [370].
Brulé, Étienne, murdered by the Hurons, [56]; the murder supposed to be avenged by a raging pestilence, [94].
Bullion, Madame de, founds a hospital at Montreal, [266].
Burning of captives alive, instances of, [xlv] note, [80]-[82]; [249], [250]; [309], [339], [385]; [436] note, [439], [441] note.
Buteux, Jacques, his toilsome journey, [421]; waylaid by the Iroquois and slain, [422].