Brebeuf writes at length concerning the Huron thoughts about their origins, superstitions, belief in dreams, feasts, dances, sorcerers, style of government, council procedures, and burial ceremonies. He devotes the final chapter to the Huron Feast of the Dead.
III. In DEFENSE of LE JEUNE
The work of Charles Principe (1990) entitled "A Moral Portrait of the Indian of the St. Lawrence in One Relation of New France, Written by Paul Le Jeune' states a response to what is viewed as a revisionist history that criticizes Le Jeune unfairly for his "depictions of the Montagnais in the Jesuit Relations." (Principe, 1990) the argument of Principe is that even while scholars contend that Le Jeune was particularly harsh in criticizing the tribe that there was actually great admiration of the tribe on the part of Le Jeune and that he viewed them has having the potential to develop into 'very noble Christians'.
SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
This research study sought to answer the questions of based on the work of (1) Jean de Brebeuf, a French Jesuit missionary entitled: "Relation" of 1635 how one would characterize the view of Jean de Brebeuf of the Huron people in relation to their culture, manners, etc. As well as to answer the question of to what extent that it is possible for one to pinpoint actual Huron worldviews, opinions of sentiments in this 'Relation' as opposed to only Brebeuf's views? While Jean de Brebeuf viewed this tribe as naive, fanciful, superstitious among other things, at the same time Jean de Brebeuf related the details of this culture, so clearly and so meticulously that it is possible to begin construction of these views through a comparison with other primitive cultures throughout the world insofar as understanding their level of understanding. History has shown that the Iroquois nation possessed some knowledge that was greatly advanced for any world civilization in their day and through the careful documentation process faithfully scribed by Jean de Brebeuf the individual who endeavors to...
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