Tyler

Diary Entry #1 March 17th 1684 Priest Jacque le Cormier I have finally arrived in New France again. After some of the Indians got mad at us for trying to convert them all to the word of God (Catholic), as some of the baptised natives were receiving better deals when trading because what could we do, some were blessed by God and some weren’t. We were sent back to France for around 10 years now the King has ordered us back to teach natives the word of God. I will now move in to a Huron village, so that I can learn the Indian language and culture, with my few possessions including my bible, crucifix and notes of translated native words from my last voyage so that I can write out the bible in Indian languages so that the Indians can read it. Tomorrow I will put on my black robes and start my daily routine. I will begin to teach the young Indian children how to be Catholic as well as recording my progress in the Jesuit relations, and writing the bible in the Indian languages. Then I will lead the spiritual ceremonies for the Christians including confessions and daily prayer. If I have any spare time during the day, I may buy some nice beavers. If I do a good job skinning them and treating the furs, I should be able to sell them for quite a bit of money. Many of the French people like to show their wealth by wear large beaver fur hats. For supper I will enjoy either cod, very common near the coast, or if I’m lucky I might get some freshly hunted meat such as moose, deer or rabbit. Then I will do some more work writing manuscripts by candle light before heading to bed and starting the same thing tomorrow. Diary Entry #2 June 2nd 1684 Priest - Jacque le Cormier

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A local seigneur named Jacques Dupont has requested that I come live on his land work in the Church that he has built. I will lead all religious ceremonies for the Habitants that live on his land. Recently I have befriended one of these habitants named Mrs. Talktumuch who came to me during confessions and admitted a deep secret. It has been so hard not to tell Mr. Dupont that Mrs. Talktumuch has been stealing from him but I must, otherwise I will be sent to hell. Mr. Dupont has provided me with brand new robes although I am having difficulty readjusted to being called priest rather than black robes now that most of my subjects are French. I have left my Indian bibles and dictionaries to a close friend of mine, Denis Lenard who is now living in the same Indian village that I was staying in. I am very lucky to have received this job from a wealthy seigneur such as Mr. Dupont as I now receive many more delicious meals of hunted game; I was getting quite tired of cod every night. I also now get to live in a much warmer shack, rather than those cold Indian longhouses, I don’t know how they can sleep comfortably. Also, I hope to continue selling beaver furs, as I am making a large profit.======