. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, , of a good heart and judgment, and of prudent conduct. Impressedl)y his sincerity and honesty. Cham])lain committed him to the care of the Al-gonquins of Isle des Allumettes, Avlu)m he ih-st visited in IGIS. With them, Nicoletremained Iavo years, living their li\es and accompanying tliem in their Avanderings A. 10 AECHJ^OLOGKAL EEPOET. on land and Avater. feasting or starving as tlie fortune of the hunt determined. Hehad now acquired a mastery of the hmgiiage of the tribe and was chosen to be oneof a deputation sent to strike a peace with the Iroquo
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, , of a good heart and judgment, and of prudent conduct. Impressedl)y his sincerity and honesty. Cham])lain committed him to the care of the Al-gonquins of Isle des Allumettes, Avlu)m he ih-st visited in IGIS. With them, Nicoletremained Iavo years, living their li\es and accompanying tliem in their Avanderings A. 10 AECHJ^OLOGKAL EEPOET. on land and Avater. feasting or starving as tlie fortune of the hunt determined. Hehad now acquired a mastery of the hmgiiage of the tribe and was chosen to be oneof a deputation sent to strike a peace with the Iroquois of western New , he went to the Xipissings, whose hunting grounds lay in the forestaround Lake Nipissing. Here he remained for nearly nine years as anadopted member of the tribe, having his own cabin, doing his own fishing, huntingand trading, and taking his seat in all the councils of the tribe. At last he re-turned to Quebec and again met Champlain, who commissioned him to explore theuncharted resrions of the great Jean Xicolet, 1637.—From Castanguays Los Vnya^ouis. On July 1st. 1G3-1:. the Jesuit missionaries, FathiM> Daniil. Davost and Brebeuf,left Quebec for the Huron country. With the flotilla went Xicolet, on his way tothe Winnebagoes. Nicolet. leaving Brebeuf and his com])anions at AllumetteIsland, pushed on to the Huron villages on Georgian Bay and. with seven Hurons,started again on his adventurous expedition. From Yimots Kelation we learnthat he followed the north channel of the Manitoulin till he landed at Sault SainteMarie. Eeturning, he canoed the Detour Cbannel and, ])assiiig through the Straitof ]\ric]iiliniackinac. entered Lake Michisran. Skirtinir the western shore of the AKCH^OLOGICAL EEPOET. 11 lake, lie passed over Green Bay, and, sailing up the Menominee Kiver, he met andheld council with the Menominees, called afterwards by the French Les FollesAvoines, or eaters of wild rice. Leaving these Indians he went up the Fox Riverand
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