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N. Laverlochere, O.M.I. to Archbishop of Quebec

item25 Aug 1845F2165-f30-298

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Dates
25 Aug 1845 (indexed as 1845)
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Extent
1 item of textual record
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Letter: reporting on trip up the Ottawa River from Lake of Two Mountains. Referring to state of drunkenness among lumberjacks and other inhabitants of Lake Temiskarning. Stating that at Temiskaming, he gave confession to over 200 people. Also that language of Abitibi Indians is very different from that of Temiskaming Indians. Indicating that there were no more than 10 or 12 families at Abitibi when he arrived, the others having gone to get supplies. During his mission there, more than 150 people participated in the religious exercises. Proclaiming benefits of Christianity to area.
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English
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