Excerpt from The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 42: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791; Lower Canada, Iroquois, 1632 1657 The spring Of 1656 opens most auspiciously for commerce; for twenty years past, vessels have not reached this country so early, at the very beginning of the month Of June, - or in greater number. An appeal is made for six more missionaries, in View Of the new fields Of labor which are now Opening. The Relation proper begins with an account of Le Moyne's second voyage to the Mohawk country (august to November, 165 He is welcomed by that tribe; and councils are held, with profusion Of speeches and presents. The Father then visits the Dutch settlement at Fort Orange. After returning thence, his life is threatened by a pretended mad man, who is only appeased by the Offer Of a dog for sacrifice. In November, he returns to Montreal, experiencing great hardships on the journey thither. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.