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Alloues, Claude, Jesuit Relations, Vol. LX (60), pp. 196-201
in: Dablon, Relation of 1676-77(J. R. Vol. LX (60), pp. 168-309.
Since last spring, I have been able to give only flying missions, in order not to abandon some while attaching myself too closely to others. During the short time that I spent in those of the mascouteins and the miamis, God granted me the Consolation of finding in the Cabins 2 children who were dying,-- one a Miamis, the other a Mascoutein,-- and of baptizing both of them before they died; 3 others also, who had previously been baptized, Soared to Heaven. On the eve of my departure, my first
p. 199. hostess, among the Mascouteins received baptism with many sentiments of devotion, before her death, which happened shortly afterward.
On leaving one of our fervent Christians named Joseph, the Captain of one of the tribes of the miamis, I gave him a small Crucifix, and explained to him how he was to use it. He took it, placed it upon his Heart, and, clasping it (for it is not their custom to Kiss it, he apostrophized it in a language and with a countenance that breathed but tenderness and devotion. He preserves it very Fondly and Respectfully, and considers it among the most precious things that he possesses.
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