[The Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier by Stephen Leacock]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier CHAPTER V 9/18
Taignoagny explained to Cartier that Donnacona was grieved that he was going up to Hochelaga.
The river, said the guide, was of no importance, and the journey was not worth while.
Cartier's reply to this protest was that he had been commanded by his king to go as far as he could go, but that, after seeing Hochelaga, he would come back again.
On this Taignoagny flatly refused to act as guide, and the Indians abruptly left the ship and went ashore. Cartier must, indeed, have been perplexed, and perhaps alarmed, at the conduct of the Stadacona natives.
It was his policy throughout his voyages to deal with the Indians fairly and generously, to avoid all violence towards them, and to content himself with bringing to them the news of the Gospel and the visible signs of the greatness of the king of France.
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