Nothing has more comforted me, Monseigneur, than the
kind manner in which Your Grace was pleased to mani-
fest to me, during the visits I took the liberty of paying
you, that You felt an interest in that mission. If Mon-
seigneur of Quebec has the same Sentiments for us, as
We all hope, We shall perform our duties in our Outaoais
Missions more peacefully than we have done for some
years. We shall also be safe from the threats of Monsieur
the Count de Frontenac to drive us from our Missions,
as he has already done from that of I'Ange gardien of the






Miamis at Chicagwa, — the charge of which Monseigneur
of Quebec had confided to me, by his Patents giving me
the care of the Missions to the Ilinois, Miamis and
Scious, and confirming the powers that Your Grace has
conferred upon Father Marquette and Father d'allou6s,
who were the first missionaries to those Southern nations.
