Identifier: americapicturesq02cook (find matches)
Title: America, picturesque and descriptive
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, Joel, 1842-1910
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel Canada -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia : John C. Winston
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he Jesuit Fathers, who exploredall America, and also Jogues, Brebeuf, Lalemont,and others, to martyrdom in founding the primitiveCanadian mission church. It was also the religiousFrench women as well as the devoted men, who laidso deep and strong the pious foundation of Canada.Little do Ave really know of the nun, Avho in herreligious deAmotion practically buries herself alive.DoAvn in the LoAver Town, near the Charaplain Mar-ket, originally lived the first colony of Ursuline nuns,Avho came out Avith Madame de la Peltrie to teach andnurse the Indians. She afterAvards left them, as al-ready stated, and Avent to help settle Montreal. Latertheir establishment Avas remoA^ed to the Upper ToAvn,Avhere it now has an impressive array of buildings,Avith about fifty nuns, Avho educate most of the lead-ing Quebec young ladies. The great success of thisOrder A\as due to its Superioress, Marie Guyart,knoAvn as Mother Marie de IIncarnation, a remark-able AAoman, who mastered the Huron and Algonquin
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