permitted during the first few years to have a great deal of liberty, they will become so accustomed to our food and our clothes that they will have a horror of the savages and their filth.  We have seen this exemplified in all the children brought up among our French.  They get so well acquainted with each other in their childish plays that they do not look at the savages, except to flee from them or make sport of them.  Our great difficulty is to get a building, and to find the means with which to support these children.  It is true we are able to maintain them at Notre Dame des Anges; but as this place is isolated, so that there are no French children there, we have changed the plan that we formerly had to locate the seminary there.  Experience shows us that it must be established where the bulk of the French population is, to attract the little savages by the French children.  And, since a worthy and virtuous person has commenced by giving something for a seminary we are going to give up our attempts to clear some land, and shall make an effort to build at Kebec.  I say an effort, for it is with incredible expense and labour that we build in these beginnings.  What a blessing from God if we can write next year that instruction is being given in New France in three or four languages.  I hope, if we succeed in getting a lodging, to see three classes at Kebec—­the first, of little French children, of whom there will be perhaps twenty or thirty pupils; the second, of Hurons; the third, of Montagnes.”

Father Daniel was the chief of the seminary, although he was generally assisted by other fathers, who instructed the children of the families residing near the convent.  The chapel was used as a classroom, and both the boys and girls made good progress.  They were soon taught to observe the customs of the French, such as joining their hands in prayers, kneeling or standing during the recitation of their lessons.  They were also taught to answer with modesty, and to be respectful in their behaviour.  The girls were especially apt at learning, and they endeavoured to imitate the French girls, for whom they appeared to have great love.  At certain intervals a public meeting was held, at which the governor and the citizens of Quebec were present, and the pupils were questioned on religious subjects.  The most successful received a reward at the hands of the governor, consisting of either a knife or an awl.  They were called upon to kiss the governor’s hand, and to make a bow a la francaise.

The pupils of the seminary were chiefly Hurons, and the names of some of the more prominent are known.  These were Satouta, Tsiko, Teouatirhon, Andehoua, Aiandace.  The three first died during their residence in Quebec, on account of the change of air and of diet.  Father Le Jeune has written that these young Indians were the columns of the seminary.  They were, in fact, endued with many good qualities, and had given great hopes for the future.  Satouta was the son of a Huron admiral, who was the most popular and best known Indian in the country.  His authority was considered supreme, and in nautical matters his word was law.  He had promised that at his death Satouta should inherit his name.