ful it was to listen to the intelligent answers of the good savages to all the questions proposed to them. Never will those who were present forget the pious spirit of their replies. The rehabilitations of their marriages succeeded baptism, but not without great sacrifices on their part, because until that time the poor Indians had been ignorant of the unity and indissolubility of the conjugal tie. We could not help admiring the mighty effects of the sacrament of baptism in their souls. One poor husband hesitated as to which of his wives he should select. The oldest of them, Percéiving his irresolution, said to him: " You know how much I love you, and I am also certain that you love me, but you cherish another more; she is younger than
I am. Well, remain with her; leave me our children, and in
that manner we can all be baptized." I could cite many such traits.