Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . n from rival orders. Asthey were the first to enter Canada, they were also thefirst to disappear from the country. The attention of the people of Europe was sharplydrawn to the spiritual needs of the savages of authorities of the Church felt the responsibilitiesfor prompt action. The authorities of the State also,being devotees of Mother Church, were disposed tofavor in all possible ways the plans for evangelizingthe new world. There were some sordid minds which con-templated the profits of
Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . n from rival orders. Asthey were the first to enter Canada, they were also thefirst to disappear from the country. The attention of the people of Europe was sharplydrawn to the spiritual needs of the savages of authorities of the Church felt the responsibilitiesfor prompt action. The authorities of the State also,being devotees of Mother Church, were disposed tofavor in all possible ways the plans for evangelizingthe new world. There were some sordid minds which con-templated the profits of dealing in peltries, but it mustbe said that, for the time being, at least, the religioustook precedence over the commercial in the views ofthose who came over to New France. The Sulpitians, Franciscans and other religious orderswere represented by active and energetic missionaries,but the best known of them all were the Jesuits. Theselatter came to America, inspired by holy zeal. Theywere thoroughly organized and subject to the severestdiscipline. For a period of upwards of fifty years. MICHIGAN AS A PROVINCE 73 each missionary made regularly a detailed report to hissuperior and these reports were sent to the provincial ofthe order at Paris. They were annually printed andtogether constitute the body of writings known as TheJesuit Relations. Many of the narratives are trivialand inconsequential, but on the other hand, many dealwith matters other than the mere personal incidents ofindividual conversions and give valuable informationconcerning the country, its characteristics, the people,their life, customs and superstitions. Together theserelations constitute a body of unimpeachable testimonyand are of profound interest to the ethnologist not lessthan to the historian. From these circumstances, moreperhaps than from their numbers or activity, the Jesuitmissionaries are better known to-day than those of anyother order. The Society of Jesus was founded by Ignatius deLoyola in 1534
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