HIST 436 Lecture 4: HIST 436 Crime and Colonialism
HIST 436 – Lecture 4 – January 29, 2018
Crime and Colonialism I: the Great Lakes Region Before 1800
Jesuit Missionaries in New France
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• When a French boy struck an Indigenous man with a stick causing injury, the
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o The French insisted the child would be punished, but the Indigenous said
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punishment
o French questioned how else could they discipline their children if not
punishment?
• Jacques Douart killed by Hurons
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o The French accepted gifts as reparations according to Huron customs;
crowds came to the gift ceremony
o Gifts had meanings attached
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o The gifts constitute the riches of the country, but in France would have
been considered poor
o Gifts also represent the body
o Huron killed by another Huron = 30 presents
o For a woman, 40 gifts because they are less able to defend themselves
o French gave some gifts in return for the incident to strengthen their
alliance with the Hurons
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