The Jesuit Relations are a collection of accounts, as told by missionaries, in their quest to convert Native Americans from their ancestral beliefs to that of Christianity. Allan Greer’s interpretation of these events are well written and in a format which makes available decades of documents.
Allan Greer’s readers are provided with this text to study the past as historians do. The major focus is the cohabitation between French missionaries and Montagnais, Hurons and Mohawks. Many of the experiences tell of war, medicine and nature. Acceptance of the missionaries’ accounts as well as the quotations from the Native Americans is what Allan Greer is presenting to the modern reader. His text covers in depth, maps of the relocated places the missionaries traveled to, the photos and writings depicting historical events along with extraordinary Christian missions. “As Father Francois Le Mercier put it in the Relation of 1669-70, ‘I hope that there will be found here material to satisfy the curiosity of those who take pleasure in learning what occurs in foreign nations, and at the same time material to …show more content…
Therefore this collection conveyed the life of the Native Americans in an unbiased way. Although certain statements in the text may inflict an opinion as to the exact reason for the missionaries to cohabitate with the Native Americans. “The missionaries were, of course, there to teach the Indians, not learn from them, and yet it seems unlikely that the years of immersion in a different culture would leave their outlook unaltered.”2 Both societies were affected in many ways, through learning the other’s language and purpose of the cultures. In understanding, in detail, customs and habits of various native nations during early phases of
Allan Greer’s readers are provided with this text to study the past as historians do. The major focus is the cohabitation between French missionaries and Montagnais, Hurons and Mohawks. Many of the experiences tell of war, medicine and nature. Acceptance of the missionaries’ accounts as well as the quotations from the Native Americans is what Allan Greer is presenting to the modern reader. His text covers in depth, maps of the relocated places the missionaries traveled to, the photos and writings depicting historical events along with extraordinary Christian missions. “As Father Francois Le Mercier put it in the Relation of 1669-70, ‘I hope that there will be found here material to satisfy the curiosity of those who take pleasure in learning what occurs in foreign nations, and at the same time material to …show more content…
Therefore this collection conveyed the life of the Native Americans in an unbiased way. Although certain statements in the text may inflict an opinion as to the exact reason for the missionaries to cohabitate with the Native Americans. “The missionaries were, of course, there to teach the Indians, not learn from them, and yet it seems unlikely that the years of immersion in a different culture would leave their outlook unaltered.”2 Both societies were affected in many ways, through learning the other’s language and purpose of the cultures. In understanding, in detail, customs and habits of various native nations during early phases of