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[The page numbers refer to O'Callaghan's Reprint.]
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| THE Society of Jesus introduced into Canada or New France | 5 |
| II Beginning and first fruits of the Canadian Mission | 7 |
| III Settlements and Missions of the Society in New France | 18 |
| IV The Canadian Mission driven out by the English | 25 |
| V One of the members of the Society is killed; the others are expelled from Canada | 27 |
| VI Missions of the Society of Jesus in North America, in the year 1710 | 37 |
Missionis Canadicæ Relatio.
[321 §. II.] SOCIETAS JESU, IN CANADAM, SEU NOVAM FRANCIAM INDUCTA.
AMERICAM septentrionalem tres præcipuè nationes obtinent, Hispani, Galli, & Angli. Mexicum, Floridæ pars & Californiæ, sunt Hispanæ ditionis. Littora orienti foli opposita & ad Austrum devexa occuparunt variis temporibus Angli, Sueci, & Hollandi. Quod inter illos & Mexicanos versus septentriones & occasum campi jacet, Galli tenent, ac Novam Franciam, sive Canadam, vulgo vocant. Nihil tetrius immaniusve barbaris Canadensibus fingi poterat, prius quam inducta religione mitescerent, ut patebit ex iis quæ Paragrapho decimo referentur. Nunc barbaries, & fœda scelerum cohors, rationi ac virtuti locum dedit, videturque huic oraculo Isai. c. 35. veteri constare fides: Lætabitur deserta & invia, & exultabit solitudo, & florebit quasi lilium.