Women to sée and take aquaintance of our two meÌ„ al which were as courteously receyued friendly entertayned of our Captayne as possible could be And to haue them the better acquaynted with him and make them his friends he gaue them many small giftes but of small value neuerthelesse they were greatly contented with them The next day following the Lorde of Canada whose proper name was Donnacona but by the name of Lorde they call him Agouhanna with twelue boates came to our Ships accompanyed of many people who causing tenne of hys Boates to go backe with the other two approched vnto vs with sixtéene men more Then began the sayde Agouhanna being néerest vnto our Shippe according to their manner and fashion to frame a long Oration mouing all his bodie and members after a strange fashion whiche thing is a Ceremonie and signe of gladnesse and securitie among them and then comming to the Generals Shippe where Taignoagny and Domagaia spake with them and they with him where they began to tell and shewe vnto him what they had séene in Fraunce and what good entertainment they had had hearing which things the Lorde séemed to be very glad of prayed our Captain to reach him his arme that he might kisse it whych thing he did their Lord taking it laid it about his necke for so they vse to do when they will make much of one Then our Captayne entred into Agouhannas boate causing bread and wine to be brought to make the sayd Lord and his companie to eate and drinke which thing they did and were greatly thereby contented and satisfyed Our Captayne for that time gaue them nothing bycause he looked for a fitter oportunitie These things being done each one tooke leaue of others and the Lord went with his boates agayne where he was come from Our Captayne then caused oure boates to be set in order that with the next tide he might goe vp higher into the Riuer to finde some harborough wherein to set our Ships and the next tide we went coasting alongst the said Iland about tenne leagues at the ende whereof we found a goodly and pleasant sluce of water where is another little riuer and hauen where by reason of the floâ—d there is two faddome water This place séemed to vs very fitte and commodious to put our ships therein and so we did very safely we named it the holy Crosse for on that day we came thither Néere vnto it there is a village whereof Donnacona is Lord and there he kéepeth his abode it is called Stadâ—gona as goodly a plot of ground as possibly may be séene and therewithall very fruitefull full of goodly trees euen as in France as Oakes Elmes Ashes Walnutâ— trées Maple trées Cidrons Vines and white Thornes that bring foorth fruite as big as any Damsons and many other sortes of trées vnder which groweth as faire tall hemp as any in France without any séede or any mans worke or labour at all Hauing considered the place finding it fit for our purpose our Captayne withdrew himselfe on purpose to returne to our Shippes but beholde as we were comming out of the Riuer we met comming against vs one of the Lords of that village Stadagona accompanied with many others as men women and childreÌ„ who after the fashion of their Countrey in signe of mirth and ioy began to make a long Oration the Women still singing and dancing vp to the knées in water Our Captayne knowing their good will and kindnesse towarde vs caused the Boate wherein they were to come vnto him and gaue them certaine trifles as kniues and beades of glasse whereat they were maruellous glad for we being gone about 3. leagues froÌ„ them for the pleasure they conceyueâ— of our comming we might heare theÌ„ sing sée theÌ„ dance for all they were so farre ¶ How our Captayne went to see and note the bignesse of the Iland and the nature of it and then returned to the Shippes causing them to be brought to the Riuer of the holy Crosse CHAP. 3. AFter we were come with our Boates vnto our Shippes againe our Captaine caused our Barkes to be made readie to go on land in the sayde Ilande to note the trées that in â—hew séemed so faire and to consider the nature and qualitie of it which thing we did and found it full of goodlye trées like to ours Also we sawe many goodly Vines a thing not tofore of vs séene in those Countreys and therefore we named it Bacchus Iland It is in length about twelue leagues in sight very pleasant but full of woods no parte of it wrought vnlesse it be in certaine places where a few houses be for Fishers dwellings as before we haue sayde The next day we departed with our Ships to bring them to the place of the holy Crosse and on the 14. of that moneth we came thither and the Lorde Dormacona Taignoagny and Domagaia with 25. Boates full of those people came to méete vs comming from the place whence we were come and going toward Stadagona where their abiding is and all came to our Ships shewing sundrie and diuers gestures of gladnes and mirth except those two that we had brought to witte Taignoagny Domagaia who séemed to haue altered changed their mind purpose for by no meanes they would come vnto our Ships albeit sundry times they were earnestly desired to do it whervpon we began to mistrust somewhat Our Captayne asked theÌ„ if according to promise they would not go with him to Hochelaga they answered yea for so they had purposed and then each one withdrew himselfe The next day being the fiftenth of the moneth our Captaine wente on shore to cause certaine poles and piles to be driuen into the water and set vp that the better and safeâ—yer we might set our Shippe there and to behold that many of those Countrey people came to méete vs there among whome was Donnacona and our two men with the rest of theyr companye who kepte themselues aside vnder a poynt or nooke of lande that is vppon the shoare of a certayne Riuer and no one of them came vnto vs as the other did that were not on their syde Our Captayne vnderstanding that they were there commaunded parte of oure menne to followe hym and hée went to the sayd poynt where he found the sayd Donnacona Taignoagny Domagaia diuers other and after salutations giuen on eache side Taignoagny setled himselfe formost to speake to our Captayne saying that y e Lord Donnacona did greatly gréeue and sorrow that our Captayne and his meÌ„ did weare warlike weapons and they not Our Captaine answered that albeit it did gréeue them yet would not he leaue theÌ„ of and that as he knew it was y e maner of France But for all these words our Captayne and Donnacona left not off to speake one to another and fréendly to entertaine one another Then did we perceyue that whatsoeuer Taignoagny spake was only long of himself and of
vpon his legs that is sicke moreouer they told vs y t the vertue of that trée was to heale any other disease the trée is in their language called AMEDA Our Captaine presently caused some of that drinke to be made for his men to drinke of it but there was none durste taste of it excepte one or two who ventured the drinking of it onely to taste and proue it the other séeyng that did the like and presently recouered their health and were delyuered of that sickenesse and what other disease soeuer in suche sorte that there were some hadde béene diseased and troubled wyth the French Pockes foure or fiue yeares and wyth thys drinke were cleane healed After thys medicine was founde and proued to be true there was suche strife aboute it who shoulde be firste to take of it that they were readye to kill one another that a trée as bigge as anye Oake in Fraunce was spoyled and lapped bare and occupyed all in fiue or sixe dayes and wroughte so well that if all the Phisitions of Mountpelier and of Louaine hadde béene there wyth all the drugges of Alexandrîa they woulde not haue done so muche in one yeare as that trée dydde in sixe dayes and didde so preuaile that as manye as vsed of it by the grace of GOD recouered their health ¶ Howe the Lorde Donnacona accompanyed with Taignoagny and dyuers others fayning that they woulde goe to hunt Stags and other wilde Deere taryed out twoo moneths and at theyr returne broughte a greate multitude of people with them that we were not wont to see before CHAP. 16. WHilest that disease lasted in our ships the Lord Donnacona Taignoagny with many others fayning that they would go catch Stags and Déere which is in their tongue called Aiounesta and Asquenoudo bycause the Ice and Snow was not so broken along the riuer that they coulde saile it was tolde vs of Domagaia and others that they woulde stay out but fortnight and we beléeued it but they stayed aboue two moneths whych made vs mistrust that they had bin gone to raise the Country to come againste vs and doe vs some displeasure wée séeyng oure selues so weake and faint Albeit we had vsed such diligence and pollicie in ourâ— Forte that if all the power of the country had bin aboute it they coulde haue done nothyng but looke vpon vs and whylest they were forthe manye of the people came daylye to our shippes and brought vs fresh meate as Stags Déeres Fishes with diuers other things but helde them at suche an excessiue price that rather than they would sell them anye thing cheape many times they woulde carry them backe againe bycause that yeare the Winter was very long they had some scarcitie and néede of them ¶ How Donnacona came to Stadagona againe with a greate number of people and bycause he would not come to visite our Captaine fayned himselfe to be sore sicke whiche he did onely to haue the Captaine come and see him CHAP. 17. ON the one and twentith of Aprill Domagaia came to the shoare side accompanyed with dyuers lusty and strong men such as we were not wont to sée and tolde vs that their Lord Donnacona woulde the next daye come and sée vs and bring great store of Déers fleshe and other things with him The next day he came and brought a greate number of men in Stadagona to what end and for what cause we knew not but as the prouerb saith he that takes héede and shields him selfe from all men maye happe to scape from some for wée had néed to looke about vs coÌ„sidering how in nuÌ„ber we were diminished and in strength greatlye weakened long of our sicknesse we had bene troubled withall that we were constrayned to leaue one of our shippes in the sayde Port of the Holy Crosse Our Captain was warned of their comming and how they had brought a great number of meÌ„ with them for Domagaia came to tel it vs and durst not passe the riuer that was betwixt Stadagona and vs as he was wonte to doe wherevpon we mistrusted of some treason Our Captain séeing this sent one of his seruantes to them accompanied with Iohn Poulet being beste beloued of those people to sée who were there and what they dyd The sayde Poulet and the other faygned onely to be come to visite Donnacona and bryng him certaine presentes bycause they hadde bene togither a good while in the sayde Donnaconas Towne So soone as he hearde of their comming he gotte hymselfe to bedde fayning to be verye sicke That done they wente to Taignoagny hys house to sée him and wheresoeuer they wente they sawe so manye people that in a manner one coulde not styrre for an other and suche menne as they were neuer wonte to sée Taignoagny would not permitte oure menne to enter in anye other housen but styll kepte them companye and broughte them halfe way to our ships and tolde that if it would please our Capitaine to shâ—we him so muche fauoure as to take a Lord of the Country people whose name Agonna of whom he hadde receyued some displeasure and carrye hym wyth hym into Fraunce he shoulde therefore for euer be bounde vnto hym and woulde doe for hym whatsoeuer he coulde possible and would do for him whatsoeuer he woulde commaund him and bade the seruaunt to come againe the nexte daye and bryng an aunsweare Oure Capitayne béeyng aduertised of so manye people that were there not knowyng to what ende purposed to playe a pretty prancke that is to saye to take theyr Lorde Donnacona Taignoagny Domagaia and some more of the chiefest of them prisoners in so muche as before he had purposed to bring them into Fraunce to shewe vnto our King what he hadde séene in those Westerne partes and maruailes of the worlde for that Donnacona had tolde vs that he hée hadde béene in the Countrey of Saguenay in whych are infinite Rubies Golde and other riches and that there are white menne who clothe themselues wyth wollen cloth euen as wée doe in Fraunce The sayde Lorde was an olde manne and euen from hys chyldehoode hadde neuer lefte off nor ceased from trauayling into straunge Countreys as well by Seas and Ryuers as by Lande The sayde Powlet and the other hauing tolde oure Capitayne theyr Embassage and shewed hym what Taignoagny hys wyll was the nexte daye hée sente hys seruaunt agayne to bidde Taignoagny come and sée hym and shewe what â—ée woulde for hée shoulde bée verye well entertayned and also parte of hys wyll shoulde bée accomplyshed Taignoagny sente hym worde that the nexte daye hée woulde come and bryng the Lorde Donnacona wyth hym and hym that hadde so offended hym whyche hée dydde not but stayed two dayes in whyche tyme none came from Stadagona to oure Shyppes as they were wont to doe but rather fledde from vs as if wée woulde haue slayne them so that then wée playnely perceyued theyr knauery But when they vnderstoode that those of Sidatin did frequent our
company and that we had forsaken the bottome of a ship whyche we woulde leaue to haue the olde nailes oute of it the thirde daye followyng they came from Stadagona and moste of them wythout difficultie did passe from one side of the riuer to the other with small Skiffes but Donnacona hée woulde not come ouer Taignoagny and Domagaia stood talking togither aboue an houre before they woulde come ouer at laste they came to speake with our Captaine There Taignoagny prayed him that he woulde cause the foresayde man to be taken and carryed into Fraunce Oure Captaine refused to doe it saying that his Kyng had forbidden hym to bring any man or woman into Fraunce only that he might bring two or thrée yong boyes to learne the language but that he woulde willingly carry hym to another lande and there putte hym Our Captaine spake this onely to assure them that they should bring Donnacona wyth them whom they had lefte on the other side whych wordes when Taignoagny hearde he was very glad thinking he shoulde neuer retourne into Fraunce againe and therefore promised to come the nexte daye whych was the day of the holy Crosse and woulde bryng Donnacona and all the people wyth hym ¶ Howe that vpon Holyroode day our Captaine caused a Crosse to be set vp in our Forte and howe the Lord Donnacona Taignoagny Domagaia and others of theyr company came and of the taking of the saide Lorde CHAP. 18. THe thirde of May beyng Holy roode day our Captaine for the solemnitie of the daye caused a goodly faire crosse of thirtie foote in heigth to be sette vppe vnder the crosset of which he caused a shielde to be hanged wherein was the Armes of Fraunce and ouer them was written in antique letters FRANCISCVS PRIMVS DEI GRATIA FRANCORVM REX REGNAT and vpon that daye about noone there came a great number of the people of Stadagona Men Women and Children who told vs that their Lord Donnacona Taignoagny and Domagaia were comming whereof we were very glad hoping to retayne them Aboute two of the Clocke in the after noone they came and being come néere our Shippes our Captayne went to salute Donnacona who also shewed him a merrie countenance albeit very fearefully his eye were still bent toward the woodde Shortly after came Taignoagny who bade Donnacona that he should not enter in our Forte and therefore fire was brought forth by one of our men and kindâ—ed where their Lord was Our Captayne prayed him to come into our Ships to eate and drinke as he was wont to do and also Taignoagny who promised that after a while he would come and so they did and entred in our Shippes but first it was tolde our Captayne by Domagaia that Taignoagny had spoken yll of him and that he had bid Donnacona he should not come aboord our Shippes Our Captayne perceyuing that came out of the Forte and saw that onely by Taignoagny his warning the Women ranne away and none but men stayed in great number wherfore he straight commanded his men to lay hold on Donnacona Taignoagny and Domagaia and two more of the chiefest whome he poynted vnto then he commanded them to make the other to retire Presently after the Lord entred into the Forte with the Captayne but by and by Taignoagny came to make him come out agayne Our Captayne séeing that there was no other remedie beganne to call vnto them to take them to whose crye and voyce all his men came foorth and tooke the sayd Lord with the others whome they had appoynted to take The Canadians séeing their Lord taken beganne to runne away euen as Shéepe before the Woolfe some crossing ouer the Riuer some through the Wooddes â—â—th one séeking for his own aduantage That â—one we retired our selues laid vp the prisoners vnder good gard safety ¶ How the saide Canadians the night following came before our Ships to seeke their men crying and howling al night like Wolues of the talke and conclusion they agreed vpon the next day and of the giftes which they gaue our Captaine CHAP. 19. THe night following they came before our Shippes the Riuer being betwixte vs striking their breastes crying and howling like Woolues still calling Agouhanna thinking to speake with him which oure Captayne for that time would not permitte neyther all the next day till noone wherevpon they made signes vnto vs that we had hanged or killed hym Aboute noone there came as great a number in a cluster as euer we saw who wente to hide themselues in the Forest excepted some who with a loude voyce woulde call and crye to Donnacona to speake vnto them Our Captayne then commanded Donnacona to be broughte vpon high to speake vnto them and bade hym be mercie for after he had spoken and shewed vnto the King of France what he had séene in Saguenay and other Countreys after tenne or twelue monethes he shoulde returne againe and that the King of France would giue him greate rewardes whereat Donnacona was very glad and speaking to the others tolde it them who in token of ioy gaue out thrée great cryes and then Donnacona and his people had great talke togither whiche for wante of interpretours can not be described Oure Captayne hade Donnacona that he shoulde cause them to come to the other side of the Riuer to the ende they might better talke togither without any feare and that he shoulde assure them whiche Donnacona did and there came a Boate full of the chiefest of them to the Shippes and there anew beganne to talke togither giuing greate prayse vnto our Captayne and gaue him a presente of foure and twentie chaynes of Esurgny for that is the greatest and preciousest riches they haue in this worlde for that they estéeme more of that than of any Golde or Siluer After they hadde long talked togyther and that theyr Lorde sawe that there was no remedie to auoyde hys goyng into France hée commaunded hys people the nexte daye to bring him sâ—me victualles to serue hym by the way Oure Captayne gaue Donnacona as a greate presente two frying pannes of Copper eyght Hatchets and other small trifles as kniues and Beades whereof hée séemed to bée very glad who sente them to his Wiues and Children Likewise he gaue certaine small giftes to them that came to speake with Donnacona they thanked him greatly for them and then wente to their Lodgings ¶ How that the nexte daye beeing the fifth of May the sayde people came agayne to speake vnto theyr Lorde and howe that foure Women came to the Shoare to bring him Victualles CHAP. 20. VPon the fifth of May verye earelye in the Morning a greate number of the sayde people came agayne to speake vnto theyr Lorde and sente a Boate whyche in theyr tongue they call Casnoui wherein were only foure Women without any manne for feare theyr menne should be retayned These Women broughte greate store of victualles as Millet whyche is their Corne that they liue withall Fleshe Fishe
so soone as the menne were come to them fell prostrate in the boate euen as if they hadde béene dead then were they taken vppe and carried into the Wood béeyng but a stones cast off then euery one wythdrâ—we himselfe into the wood not onely staying behinde with vs where beyng they beganne to make a long discourse so lowde that we myghte heare them in oure shippes whiche lasted aboue halfe an houre and beyng ended we gan to espie Taignoagny and Domagaia comming towards vs holding their handes ioyned togyther carying their hattes vnder theyr vpper garment shewyng a greate admiration and Taignoagny lookyng vppe to Heauen cryed thrée tymes Iesus Iesus Iesus and Domagaia dooyng as hys fellow had done before cryed Iesus Maria. Iames Carthier oure Capitaine hearing them and séeyng their gestures ceremonies asked of them what they ayled and what was happened or chaunced anew they aunswered that there were very ill tydyngs befallen saying in French Nenns est il bon that is to saye it was not good our Captaine asked them again what it was then answered they that theyr Lord Cudruaigny had spoken in Hochelaga and that he had sent those thrée men to shew vnto them that there was so muche Ice and Snowe by the way that whosoeuer went thither shoulde dye whych wordes when we heard we laughed and mocked them saying that their God Cudruaigny was but a foole and a noddy for he knewe not what he did or saide then bade we them shewe his messengers from vs that Christ woulde defende them al from colde if they woulde goe with him Then did they aske of our Captaine if he had spoken with him he aunsweared no but that his ministers had and that he had tolde them they shoulde haue fayre weather whiche words when they had heard they thanked our Captaine and departed toward the woodde to tell those newes vnto their fellowes who sodainely came all rushing out of the woodde séeming to be very glad for those wordes that our Captaine had spoken and to shew that therby they had had and felt great ioy So soone as they were before our Shippes they altogither gaue oute thrée great shréekes and therevpon began to sing and dance as they were wonâ— to doe But for a resolution of the matter Taignoagny and Domagaia tolde our Captaine that theyr Lorde Donnacona woulde by no meanes permitte that any of them shoulde goe with him to Hochelaga vnlesse he would leaue hym some hostage to stay with him our Captaine answered them that if they would not go with him with a good will they should stay for he would not by any meanes leaue his going off but woulde by all meanes possible endeauour himselfe to goe thither if he coulde ¶ Howe oure Captayne wyth all his Gentlemenne and fiftie Marriners departed wyth oure Gallion and the two boates of Canada to go to Hochelaga and also there is described what by the way and vppon the riuer was seene CHAP. 5. THe next day being the 19. of September we hoised saile and with our Gallion and two boates departed to go vp the riuer with the floude where on both shoares of it we beganne to sée as goodly a countrey as possibly can with eye be séene all replenished with very goodly trées and Vines laden as full of Grapes as coulde be all along the riuer whyche rather séemed to haue bene planted and wrought by handy worke than otherwise True it is that bycause they are not dressed and wrought as they shoulde be theyr bunches of Grapes are not so great as ours also we sawe all along the riuer many horses inhabited of Fishers whyche take all kyndes of fishes and they with great familiaritie and kindnesse came vnto vs euen as if we had bene theyr Countreymen and brought vs greate store of fishe suche as they hadde with other thyngs whyche we exchaunged with them for other wares who lifting vp their hands toward heauen gaue many signes of ioy we stayed at a place called Hochelaâ— about 25. leagues from Canada where the riuer waxeth very narrowe and runneth very swift wherefore it is very dangerous not only for that but also for certain gret stones that are therein Many boates and barkes came vnto vs in one of whiche came one of the chéefe Lordes of the Countrey making a long discourse who beyng come néere vs did by euident signes and gestures shewe vs that the higher the Riuer went the more daungerous it was and bade vs take héede of our selues The saide Lorde presented and gaue vnto our Captaine two of his owne children of whyche oure Captaine tooke one being a wench seuen or eight yeres old the man child he gaue him againe bycause it was too yong for it was but thrée yeares olde Our Captaine as friendly and as courteously dyd entertaine and receyue the sayd Lord and his company giuing theÌ„ certaine small trifles so they departed towarde shoare againe Afterwards the said Lord his wife and his daughter came to visite oure Capitayne at Canada bringing hym certaine small presents From the 19. vntill the 28. of September wée sailed vp along the saide riuer neuer losing one houre of time all whyche time we saw as goodly and pleasant a Country as possibly can be wished for full as we haue saide before of all sortes of goodlye trées that is to say Oakes Elmes Walnut-trées Cedrons Firres Ashes Boxe Willowes and greate store of Vines all as full of Grapes as coulde be that if anye of our fellowes went on shoare they came home laden wyth them there are likewise many Cranes Swannes Géese Duckes Feasants Partridges Thrushes Blacke-birdes Turtles Finches Reâ—breastes Nightingales Sparrowes with many other sorts of Birds euen as in France and great plentie and store Vpon the 28. of September wée came to a gret wide lake in the middle of y e riuer fiue or sixe leagues broade and twelue long all that day we wente againste the tide hauyng but one faddome water still kéeping the saide scantling beyng come to one of the heades of the Lake wée coulde espye no passage or going out nay rather it séemed to haue bene closed and shutte vppe rounde about and there was but halfe a faddome water lyttle more or lesse And therefore we were constrayned to caste Ancker and staye with our Gallion and wente with oure two boates to séeke some going out and â—e place we found four or fiue branches whyche out of the riuer come into the Lake and they come from Hocheâ—aga But in the saide braunches bicause of the greate fiercenesse and swiftnesse wherewith they breake out and the course of the water they make certaine Créekes and goings acrosse yet at that time there was but halfe a faddome water Those Créekes beyng passed we found thrée fadome and as farre as we could perceiue by the floud it was that time of the yeare that the waters are lowest for at other times they â—lâ—we higher by two faddomes All these foure or fiue braâ—ches do compasse
pottage beanes and suche other things thinking to make vs eate and dine in that place but bycause the meats hadde no sauoure at all of salte we liked them not but thanked them and with signes gaue them to vnderstand that we hadde no néede to eate When we were out of the Towne diuerse of the men and women followed vs and broughte vs to the toppe of the forsayde mountaine which we named Mount Roiall it is aboute a league from the Town When as we were on the top of it we myght discerne and plainely sée thirtie leagues off On the Northe side of it there are manye hilles to be séene running Weaste and Easte and as manye more on the South amongst and betwéene the whiche the Countrey is as fayre and as pleasaunte as possiblye can bée séene being leauell smoothe and verye playne fitte to be husbanded and tilled and in the middest of those fieldes wée mighte sée further a greate wayâ— than where wée hadde lefte oure boates where was the greatest and the swiftest fall of water that anye where hathe béen séene as greate wide and large as oure fighte myghte discerne goyng Southweast along thrée fayre and rounde Mountaines that we sawe as we iudged aboute fiftéene leagues from vs. Those whiche broughte vs thyther tolde and shewed vs that in the sayde Ryuer there were thrée suche falles of water more as that was where we hadde lefte oure boates but bicause we coulde not vnderstande theyr language we coulde not knowe howe farre they were one from another Moreouer they shewed vs wyth signes that the sayde thrée falles being paste a manne myghte sayle the space of thrée moneths more alongst that Riuer and that along the Hilles that are on the Northe side there is a greate Riuer whyche euen as the other commeth from the Easte wée thoughte it to bée the Riuer that runneth throughe the Countrey of Saguenay and wythoute anye signe or question moued or asked of them they toke the chayne of oure Captaines whistell whiche was of siluer and the dagger hafte of one of oure fellowe Marriners hangyng on hys side being of yellowe Copper guilte and shewed vs that suche stuffe came from the sayde Riuer and that there bée Agouionda that is as muche to saye as euill people who goe all armed euen to their fingers endes Also they shewed vs the manner and making of theyr armoure they are made of coardes and woodde finelye and cunninglye wroughte togyther They gaue vs also to vnderstande that those Agouionda doe continuallye warre againste them but bycause we dyd not vnderstande them well wée coulde not perceyue how farre it was to that Countrey Our Captaine shewed them redde Copper whyche in theyr language they call Caignetadze and lookyng towarde that Countrey wyth signes asked them if anye came from thence they shakyng theyr heades aunsweared no but they shewed vs that it came from Saguenay and that lyeth cleane contrarye to the other After we hadde hearde and séene these things of them we drewe to oure boates accompanyed wyth greate multitude of those people some of them when as they sawe anye of oure fellowes wearye they woulde take them vppe on theyr shoulders and carrye them as on horssebacke So soone as we came to oure boates we hoysed sayle to goe towarde â—uer Gallion doubting of some mischaunce Oure departure grieued and displeased them verye muche for they followed vs along the Riuer as farre as they coulde wée wente so faste that on Mondaye beyng the fourth of October wée came where oure Gallion was The Twesdaye followyng being the fifthe of the moneth we hoysed sayle and wyth oure Gallion and boates departed from thence toward the prouince of Canada to the port of the Holy Crosse where we had left our ships The seauenth daye we came against a riuer that commeth from the North and entred into that riuer at the entraunce wherof are foure little Ilandes ful of faire and goodly trées we named that riuer The riuer of Fouetz But bycause one of those Ilandes stretcheth himselfe a great way into the riuer our Captaine at the point of it caused a goodlye greate Crosse to be set vppe and commaunded the boats to be made readie that with the nexte tide he mighte goe vp to the sayde riuer and consider the qualitie of it whiche we did and that daye wente vp as farre as we coulde but bycause we founde it to bée of no importaunce and that wée coulde sounde no bottome we retourned down and back againe ¶ Howe wee came to the Port of the Holie Crosse and in what state we founde our shippes and howe the Lorde of the Countrey came to visite oure Captaine and oure Captain him and of certaine particular customes of the people CHAP. 9. VPon Monday being the eleuenth of October we came to the Port of the Holy Crosse where our shippes were founde that the maisters and Mariners we had lefte there had made and reared a Trench before the ships altogither closed with great péeces of Timber set vprighte and verye well fastened togither then had they beset the saide trenche aboute with péeces of Artillerie and other necessarie things to shielde and defende themselues from the power of all the Countrey So soone as the Lorde of the Countrey heard of our comming the next day being the twelfth of October he came to visit vs accompanied with Taignoagny Domagaia and many others fayning to be verye glad of our comming making muche of our Captain who as friendly as he could entertayned them albeit they had not deserued it Donnacona their Lord desired our Captaine the next day to come and sée Canada which he promised to do for the next day being the thirtéenth of the moneth he with all his gentlemen and fiftie Mariners very wel appointed went to visite Donnacona and his people about a league from our ships The place where they make their abode is called Stadagona When we were about a stones cast from their houses manye of the inhabitours came to méete vs being all set in a ranke and as their custome is the men al on one side and the womeÌ„ on the other stil dauncing singing without any ceasing and after we had saluted and receiued one another our Captaine gaue them kniues and such other slight things then he caused all the women and children to passe along before him giuing ech one a ring of Tin for which they gaue him harty thaÌ„ks that done our Captaine was by Donnacona and Taignoagny broughte to their houses the qualitie considered were very well prouided and stored with suche victualles as the Countrey yéeldeth to passe away the Winter withal Then they shewed vs the skinnes of fiue mens heades spred vpon bourds as we do vse parchmeÌ„t Donnacona told vs that they were skinnes of Toudamani a people dwelling towarde the South who continually doe warre against them Moreouer they tolde vs that it was two yeares paste that those Toudamans came to assault them yea euen into the said