Huron Carol: Native American Language

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Huron Carol or “Twas in the moon of wintertime," composed by Jean de Brébeuf in the Native American language of the Huron people in 1643, translated by Jesse Edgar Middleton

"Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)" in Canadian Poetry in English, compiled by Bliss Carman, Lorne Pierce, and V.B. Rhodenizer (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1954).

The European colonization model evidenced by the song above
a. used trade alliances and intermarriage with American Indians to acquire products for export to Europe.
b. established tight control over the colonization process to convert and/or exploit the population.
c. sent colonists to acquire land and populate their settlements while having relatively hostile relationships with American Indians.
d. integrated

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