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izes the spelling, however, and also suppressed some of the dedica-
tion which seemed to him too bigoted.[1] Moreover, he does not give
this relation continuously but breaks it up into sections between which
he inserts portions of Champlain's account of his voyage to the St.
Lawrence in the year 1603.[2] Thus before beginning Cartier's relation he gives a summary of Champlain's voyage as far as the island
of Anticosti. He then gives the dedication of Cartier's relation and
the account of his voyage until he reached Tadoussac. " Let us
now," he continues, "leave Captain Cartier with the savages at
Tadoussac while we go and meet Champlain whom we left at Anticosti."[3] After giving Champlain's account of his voyage from
Anticosti to Tadoussac he again takes up Cartier, whom he follows
up the river to Stadacona and Ste. Croix.[4] After bringing Cham-
plain to the same spot,[5] he takes them each in turn to the rapids of
Lachine and back again. His reason for bringing out in such con-
trast these two voyages, over the same ground, was because this
portion of Cartier's voyage had been forgotten and people were then
of the opinion that Champlain was the first who had gone as far as
the Rapids. Although Lescarbot does not wish to detract unnecessarily from Champlain's credit, who had himself been under the
same impression,[6] yet he wishes to see justice done to Cartier.[7] Be-
VOL. VI. — 45.
- ↑ Ibid., Au Lecteur, "Pour l'Orthographie i'ay suivi la plus simple qu'il m'esté possible rejettant à peu pres toutes lettres superfluës." It seems strange therefore to speak of Lescarbot' s version of Cartier's voyages.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 287. "Et d'autant que le voyage du sieur Champlein fait depuis six ans est une méme chose avec cetui-ci, je les conjoindray ensemble tant qu'il me sera possible, pour ne remplir inutilement le papier de vaines repetitions." This voyage is entitled Des Sauvages on Voyage de Samuel Champlain de Bronage, faict en la France Nouvelle l'an mil six cens trois, etc., Paris, n. d.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 304. " Or maintenant laissonsle Capitaine Jacques Quartier deviser avec ses Sauvages au Fort dela riviere de Saguenay, qui est Tadoussac, et allons au devant du sieur Champlein, lequel nous avons ci dessus laissé à Anticosti . . . car il nous décrira ledit Port de Tadoussac," etc.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 325. " Laissons maintenant le sieur Champlein faire la Tabagie . . . et discourir de la Theologie avec les Sagamos . . . et allons reprendre le Capitaine Jacques Quartier lequel nous veut mener ii-mont la riviere de Canada jusques à Saincte Croix."
- ↑ Ibid., p. 341. "Or devant que nôtre Capitaine Jacques Quartier s'embarque pour faire son voyage, allons querir le sieur Champlein, lequel nous avons laisse a Tadoussac . . . Nous le lairrons en garnison a Saincte Croix, tandis que ledit Capitaine fera la decouverte de la grande riviere jusques au Saut et a Hochelaga. "
- ↑ Champlain indeed had made this statement in his Des Sauvages. Vid. Œuvres de Champlain, II. 27. " Et une autre riviere du meme coste . . . qui est celle oil fut Jacques Cartier au commencement de la decouverture qu'il en feit et ne passa point plus outre." Palma Cayet added in 1605 " ni autre apr^s luy que en ce voyage." Chronologie Septenaire, Paris, 1836, p. 453.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 346. " Ainsi des faits de plusieurs personnages, desquels la memoire se
la main, couvert en satin bleu." Cf. Biggar, The Early Trading Companies of New France, Toronto, 1900, the appendix on Cartier's Voyages.