This English edition of 1758 presents a letter by a French missionary priest who lived among the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet peoples of Cape Breton and Acadia. It describes their feasts, marriages, funerals, warfare, beliefs and dealings with the French and English during the imperial wars, framed by an English editor and further letters.
An early eyewitness source on the Mi’kmaq, written in the colonial language of its time. Download the free EPUB.