Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America With Remarks On the At
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While the former set almost no limits to the administration of this sacrament, the latter entertained great doubts respecting it, con- ceiving that it ought not to have been so generally and promiscuously extended to the savages. Hen- nepin, the Recollet, in describing the Illinois Indians, among whom he had resided, observes, " They will readily suffer us to baptize their children, and would not refuse it themselves ; but are incapable of any previous instruction concerning the truth of the Go...spel, and the efficacy of the sacraments. Were I to have followed the example of some other missionaries, I could have boasted of many conver- sions ; for I might have easily baptized all these tribes, and have said, as 1 fear they do without any reason, that I had converted them. " | * Relation de la Nouvelle France, 1670-71. T Hennepin, vol. I. Ch. 33. 270 HISTORICAL NOTES RESPECTING CH. XII. The Recollet Le Clercq mentions that they de- puted one of their order to go from Canada to France, for the purpose of consulting the doctors of the university of Paris upon this subject.
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