The Jesuits in North America in the seventeenth century . addressed them in a loud voice, exhorting them tosuffer patiently, and promising heaven as their Iroquois, incensed, scorched him from head tofoot, to silence him; whereupon, in the tone of amaster, he threatened them with everlasting flamesfor persecuting the worshippers of God. As he con-tinued to speak, with voice and countenance im-changed, they cut away his lower lip and thrust ared-hot iron down his throat. He still held his tallform erect and defiant, with no sign or sound of pain;and they tried another means to overco
The Jesuits in North America in the seventeenth century . addressed them in a loud voice, exhorting them tosuffer patiently, and promising heaven as their Iroquois, incensed, scorched him from head tofoot, to silence him; whereupon, in the tone of amaster, he threatened them with everlasting flamesfor persecuting the worshippers of God. As he con-tinued to speak, with voice and countenance im-changed, they cut away his lower lip and thrust ared-hot iron down his throat. He still held his tallform erect and defiant, with no sign or sound of pain;and they tried another means to overcome led out Lalemant, that Brebeuf might see himtortured. They had tied strips of bark, smearedwith pitch, about his naked body. When he sawthe condition of his Superior, he could not hide hisagitation, and called out to him, with a broken voice,in the words of Saint Paul, We are made a spec-tacle to the world, to angels, and to men. Thenhe threw himself at Brdbeufs feet; upon which theIroquois seized him, made him fast to a stake, and ^Ui -^s-l. 1649.] CHARACTER OF BREBEUF. 213 set fire to the bark that enveloped him. As theflame rose, he threw his arms upward, with a shriekof supplication to Heaven. Next they hung aroundBrebeufs neck a collar made of hatchets heated red-hot ; but the indomitable priest stood like a rock. AHuron in the crowd, who had been a convert of themission, but was now an Iroquois by adoption, calledout, with the malice of a renegade, to pour hot wateron their heads, since they had poured so much coldwater on those of others. The kettle was accordinglyslung, and the water boiled and poured slowly on theheads of the two missionaries. We baptize you,they cried, that you may be happy in heaven; fornobody can be saved without a good would not flinch; and, in a rage, they cutstrips of flesh from his limbs, and devoured thembefore his eyes. Other renegade Hurons called outto him, You told us that the more one suffers onearth, the happie
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