René Menard - bibliography on Jesuit missions in the Great Lakes region

Works listed here provide additional insights into René Menard, the Jesuit Order, and French exploration and colonization in northeastern North America. This bibliography is compiled from René Menard 1605-1661 and French Pioneers in the Eastern Great Lakes Area 1609-1791, by Alexander M. Stewart, and from Saint Among Savages, by Francis X. Talbot, S.J.

I have included a few hyperlinks to museums and other institutions connected with the paper publications listed in this bibliogrphy, but there are some other Web sites that deserve special mention.

The personal papers of Alexander Mr. Stewart, author of several works listed in this bibliography, including René Menard 1605-1661, have been donated to St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, whose library includes many of the works listed here. The librarian (1999) is Karen Junker.

The Finger Lakes Association, mentioned in the Author's Preface to René Menard, has an active Web site and museum.

A description of the Lake of Bays in Ontario where the author and the editor of René Menard both spent many summers is on the Web.

The bibliography below is formatted as a table, so it may easily be imported into a database or spreadsheet application to allow searching and filtering. As this is a flat-file table, there are a number of duplications in the names of authors, and some records contain the names of more than one author or publication. Therefore, be sure to search for strings anywhere in a field, not only at the beginning. The columns at the right side of the table indicate subject areas and should assist searching.

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Author	Title	Where Published	Publisher	Publication date	Source	Jesuits	Indians	New York	New France
	Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vols. 1, 2 (1000-1740)	Toronto		1966, 1969					x
	Documentary History of the State of New York. Vol. I, edited by E. B. O'Callaghan	Albany		1850	x	x	x	x
	Documentary History of the State of New York. Vol. IV. Edited by E. B. O'Callaghan	Albany		1851	x		x	x
	Documents in the Archives of Collège Sainte-Marie (now Concordia University), Montréal				x	x	x	x	x
	Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York. Vol. 1. Edited by J. R. Brodhead	Albany		1856	x	x	x	x
	Documents Relating to the Towns along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. Edited by B. Fernow	Albany		1881	x	x	x	x
	Ecclesiastical Records: State of New York. Edited by Hugh Hastings	Albany		1901	x	x	x	x
	Galinée's Narrative and Map. James Coyne, Ed., Papers and Records, Ontario Historical Society, 4: 1-75	Toronto	Ontario Historical Society	1903	x			x	x
	Galinée's Narrative and Map. James Coyne, Ed. The Coyne translation is reproduced in Early Narratives of the Northwest, in the series "Original Narratives of Early American History," Louis P. Kellogg, Ed., pp. 161-209	New York		1917	x			x	x
	The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents. Edited by Reuben Bold Thwaites. 73 volumes	Cleveland	The Burrows Brothers Company	1896 - 1901	x	x		x	x
	The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents. Edna Kenton, Ed. (selections)	New York	A. & C. Boni Co.	1925	x	x		x	x
	Lettres de Marie de l'Incarnation. 3 vol.	Tournai		1876	x	x			x
	Écrits Spirituels et Historiques: Marie de l'Incarnation. Edited by Dom Albert Jamet	Paris, Québec	Á L'Action Sociale, Lim.	1929	x	x			x
	Martyrs' Shrine Message, published quarterly by the Martyrs' Shrine	Midland, Ont.	Martyrs' Shrine			x			x
	Rapport de l'Archiviste de la Province de Québec pour 1924-1925. Edited by Pierre-Georges Roy	Québec		1925		x			x
Alegambe, S.J., Philippe	Mortes Illustres, etc.	Brussels, Rome		1655, 1657	x	x			x
Beauchamp, William M.	Aboriginal Occupation of New York. Bulletin 32, vol. 7, New York State Museum	Albany	New York State Museum	1900, Feb.			x	x
Biggar, H. P.	The Precursors of Jacques Cartier, 1497-1534. Publications of the Canadian Archives, No. 5	Ottawa	Canadian Archives	1911					x
Bishop, M.	Champlain, the Life of Fortitude	New York		1948					x
Bracq, J. C.	The Evolution of French Canada	New York	Macmillan	1926		x	x		x
Butterfield, C.W.	History of Brulé's Discoveries and Explorations, 1610-1626. Other works on Brulé: (1) (2)	Cleveland		1898			x	x	x
Campbell, Henry Colin	Père René Menard. Loaned to the author by the Wisconsin Historical Society	Madison	Wisconsin Historical Society	Pre-1933		x
Campbell, S.J., Thomas	Pioneer Priests of North America: Among the Iroquois, vol. 1. Among the Hurons, vol. 2. Among the Senecas, vol.3.	New York	The America Press	1908?, 1910, 1913?			x	x	x
Champlain, Samuel de	Voyages of Samuel de Champlain. W. L. Grant, Ed.	New York		1907					x
Charlevoix, S.J., F. X. de	Histoire de la Nouvelle France., 3 vols.	Paris		1744		x	x	x	x
Charlevoix, S.J., F. X. de	History and General Description of New France. Translated and edited by John Gilmary Shea, 6 vols.	New York		1866					x
Conover, C. S.	Seneca Indian Villages.	Geneva, N.Y.		1889			x	x
Conover, C. S.	A History of the New York Iroquois. Bulletin 78, New York State Museum	Albany	New York State Museum	1905			x	x
Cranston, J. H.	Étienne Brulé, Eternal Scoundrel	Toronto		1949			x	x	x
de Baugy	Journal. In Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series, vol. X., 1930	Rochester, N.Y.	Rochester Historical Society	1930	x	x	x	x	x
Devine, E. J., S.J.	Historic Caughnawaga	Montréal		1922			x	x
Devine, E. J., S.J.	Old Fort Ste. Marie. (3rd revised edition)	Midland, Ont.		1947			x		x
Du Creux, S.J., François	Historiae Canadensis Libri Decem	Paris		1664	x				x
Faillon, Abbé	Histoire de la Colonie Française en Canada. 3 vols.	Montréal		1865		x	x		x
Fallon, J., S.J.	Heroes of Huronia (a translation of the relation of Rev. Paul Ragueneau, S.J.)	Midland, Ont.		1948		x	x		x
Fallon, J., S.J.	Shadows Over Huronia	Midland, Ont.		1966			x		x
Fenton, W. N.	Problems Arising from the Historic Northeastern Positioning of the Iroquois. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 100	Washington, D.C.	Smithsonian Institution	1940			x	x
Fenton, W. N.	Review, George Hunt's Wars of the Iroquois. American Anthropologist, 42: 662-64			1940			x	x
Ferland, Abbé J. B.	Cours d'Histoire du Canada. 2 vols.	Québec		1861		x	x		x
Finley, John	The French in the Heart of America	New York	Scribners	1915		x	x	x	x
Fouqueray, S.J., Henri, and Becdelièvre, S.J., Alain de	Martyres du Canada	Paris	Tequi	1930		x	x		x
French, M. J.	Champlain's Incursion against the Onondaga Nation	Ann Arbor	privately printed	1949			x	x	x
Gosselin, Abbé A.	La Mission du Canada avant Msgr. de Laval: Récollets et Jésuites	Évreux		1909		x	x	x	x
Grassman, Thomas, O. F. M. Conv.	The Mohawk Indians and their Valley	Fonda, N.Y.		1969			x	x
Hakluyt, R.	Early English and French Voyages. H. S. Burrage, Ed.	New York		1906				x	x
Harris, W. R.	The Catholic Church in the Niagara Peninsula, 1626-1895	Toronto		1895		x	x	x	x
Harris, W. R.	The Men Who Broke the Trail to Hudson Bay. 31^st Annual Archaeological Report, Ontario Provincial Museum	Toronto	Ontario Provincial Museum	1919					x
Harris, W. R.	The Men Who Broke the Trail to Georgian Bay. 32nd Annual Archaeological Report, Ontario Provincial Museum	Toronto	Ontario Provincial Museum	1920					x
Hawley, Charles	Early Chapters of Cayuga History	Auburn, N.Y.	Cayuga Historical Society	1879			x	x
Hawley, Charles	Jesuit Missionaries in Sonnantuan, or Early Chapters of Seneca History	Auburn, N.Y.	Cayuga Historical Society	1884			x	x
Houghton, R.	The Archeology of the Genesee Country. In Researches and Transactions of the New York State Archeological Association, Lewis Morgan Chapter, 3	Rochester, N.Y.	New York State Archeological Association	1922		x	x	x
Hunt, George	Wars of the Iroquois	Madison, Wis.		1940			x	x
James, C. G.	The Downfall of the Huron Nation. In Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, second series, 12: 311-46			1906			x		x
Jones, S.J., Arthur Edward	Old Huronia. Fifth Report of the Bureaus of Archives for the Province of Ontario	Toronto		1908				x	x
Jury, W. W.	Saint Louis, Huron Indian Village and Jesuit Missionary Site. Bulletin 10, Indian and Pioneer Museum, University. of Western Ontario	London, Ont.	University of Western Ontario	1955		x	x		x
Jury, W. W.	Sainte Marie Among the Hurons	Toronto		1954		x	x		x
Kellogg, Louise Phelps	Early Narratives of the Northwest	Madison	Wisconsin Historical Society
Kidd, K. E.	The Excavation of Ste. Marie I	Toronto		1949		x	x		x
Le Clercq, Récollet, Christian	Premier Établissement de la Foy dans la Nouvelle-France.	Paris		1691	x	x	x		x
Le Clercq, Récollet, Christian	First Establishment of the Faith in New France. Translated with notes by John Gilmary Shea	New York		1881	x	x	x		x
Martin, S.J., Félix	Le P. Isaac Jogues	Paris and Québec		1874		x	x	x	x
Martin, S.J., Félix	The Life of Father Isaac Jogues, translated by John Gilmary Shea	New York	Benziger	1885		x	x	x	x
Melançon, S.J., Arthur	Liste des Missionaires-Jésuites, 1611-1800	Montréal	Collège Ste. Marie	1929		x		x	x
Morgan, Lewis H.	League of the Iroquois. 2 vols.		Dodd, Mead	1904			x	x
Olds, N.	"The Jesuits and their Missions in the Genesee Country." In Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series, 4: 121-131	Rochester, N.Y.	Rochester Historical Society	1925		x	x	x
Orr, R.	The Nipissings. 29^th Annual Archeological Report, Ontario Provincial Museum	Toronto	Ontario Provincial Museum	1917			x		x
Parker, A. C.	The Archeological History of New York. Bulletins 235-236, 237-238, of the State Museum	Albany, N.Y.	New York State Museum	1922		x	x	x
Parker, A. C.	An Analytical History of the Senecas. In Researches and Transactions of the New York State Archeological Association	Albany, N.Y.	New York State Archeological Association	1926			x	x
Parkman, Francis	Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV	Boston		1901					x
Parkman, Francis	The Jesuits of North America	Boston		1880		x		x	x
Parkman, Francis	La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West	Boston		1901				x	x
Parkman, Francis	Pioneers of France in the New World. 2 vols.	Boston		1878					x
Pierron, Jean, S.J.	Letter of August 12, 1667. Translated in Bulletin, New York State Archeological Association, Rochester, N.Y., No. 6, pp. 5-10	Rochester, N.Y.	New York State Archeological Association	Mar. 1956	x	x	x
Radisson, Pierre	The Explorations of Peter Esprit Radisson. A. T. Adams, Ed.	Minneapolis		1961	x				x
Radisson, Pierre	Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson. G. D. Scull, Ed.	New York		1943	x				x
Repplier, Agnes	Father Marquette					x			x
Repplier, Agnes	Mère Marie of the Ursulines					x			x
Reynolds, C.	Albany Chronicles	Albany, N.Y.		1906				x
Ridley, F.	Archeology of the Neutral Indians. A publication of the Etobicoke Historical Society	Islington, Ont.	Etobicoke Historical Society	1961			x	x
Rochemonteux, S.J., Camille de	Les Jésuites de la Nouvelle-France. 2 vols.	Paris	Letouzey	1895		x	x	x	x
Ruttenberg, E. M.	Aboriginal Place Names of New York. Bulletin 108, New York State Museum	Albany	New York State Museum	1907			x	x
Ruttenberg, E. M.	Indian Geographical Names in New York		New York State Historical Association	1906			x	x
Sagard, Récollet, Gabriel Theodat	Histoire du Canada. Paris, 1636. New edition, 4 vols.	Paris		1866					x
Sagard, Récollet, Gabriel Theodat	Le grand voyage du pays des Hurons. Paris, 1632. New edition	Paris		1865		x	x		x
Selden, G. B. Jr.	"Étienne Brulé, the First White Man in the Genesee Country". In Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series 4: 83-102	Rochester, N.Y.	Rochester Historical Society	1925			x	x	x
Selden, G. B. Jr.	"The Expedition of the Marquis de Denonville against the Seneca Indians - 1687". In Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series, 4: 1-82	Rochester, N.Y.	Rochester Historical Society	1925			x	x	x
Severance, F. H.	An Old Frontier of New France. 2 vols.	New York		1917				x	x
Severance, F. H.	Western New York Under the French. Researches and Transactions of the New York State Archeological Association, no. 2	Rochester, N.Y.	New York State Archeological Association	1920				x	x
Stewart, Alexander M.	Centennial History of Rochester, New York. p. 95," First White Residents"	Rochester, N.Y.				x	x	x
Stewart, Alexander M.	"Did the French Missionaries Carry Epidemics to the American Indians?" in The Iroquoian, 4: 38-39	Rochester, N.Y.	New York State Archeological Association	1982, Fall		x	x	x	x
Stewart, Alexander. M.	French Pioneers in the Eastern Great Lakes Area 1609-1791. Occasional Papers of the New York State Archeological Association, Number 3	Rochester, N.Y.	New York State Archeological Association	1970		x		x	x
Stewart, Alexander. M.	A Map of the Seneca Villages and Jesuit and French Contacts 1615-1708. Map drawn by Helen M. Erickson. Third edition	Rochester, N.Y.	privately published; now on Internet	1955		x	x	x
Stewart, Alexander. M.	René Menard 1605-1661	Rochester, N.Y.	privately published; now on Internet	1934, 1997		x	x	x	x
Sulte, Benjamin	Histoire des Canadiens-français. 8 vols.	Montréal		1882					x
Sulte, Benjamin	The Jesuits in North America	Boston		1868		x		x	x
Talbot, S.J., Francis	the Torture Trail of Saint Isaac Jogues. Historical Records and Studies, vol. XXIII		United States Catholic Historical Society	1933		x	x	x	x
Talbot, S.J., Francis	Saint Among Savages; the Life of Isaac Jogues (see note)	New York and London	Harper and Brothers Publishers	1935		x	x
Tanner, S.J., Mathia	Vita et Mors eorum, etc.	Prague	1675
Thwaites, R. G.	Father Marquette					x
White, M. E.	Iroquois Culture History in the Niagara Frontier Area of New York State. Anthropological Papers, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, No. 16	Ann Arbor, Mich.	University of Michigan	1961			x	x
Winsor, J.	Cartier to Frontenac 1534-1700	Boston		1894					x
Wraxall, Peter	An Abridgment of the Indian Affairs Transacted in the Colony of New York from the Year 1678 to 1751. Charles H. McIlwain, Ed.	Cambridge, Mass.		1915			x	x
Wray, C. F., and Schoff, H. L.	"A Preliminary Report on the Seneca Sequence in Western New York 1550-1687", Pennsylvania Archeologist, 23: 52-63			1953			x	x
Wright, G. K.	The Neutral Indians: A Source Book. Occasional Papers of the New York State Archeological Association, No. 4, Rochester, N. Y.		New York State Archeological Association	1963	x		x	x
Wrong, George M.	The Rise and Fall of New France	New York	Macmillan	1928					x
Wynne, S.J., John J.	The Jesuit Martyrs of North America	New York	Universal Knowledge Foundation	1925		x		x	x
Zwierlein	Religion in New Netherland (no further information)							x

Note on Talbot, Saint Among Savages: Written at nearly the same time as René Menard, and also in New York, (though oddly, the author of neither book makes reference to the other), Saint Among Savages is a thorough biographical treatment of one of Menard's colleagues. Saint Among Savages conveys a modern Jesuit's knowing insights into the beliefs, mission and psychology of the French Jesuit pioneers in North America, and is detailed and graphic about the sufferings which they willingly endured to advance their mission, as well as details of life in the Indian villages. René Menard, however, in this editor's opinion, surpasses Saint Among Savages as a chronicle of canoe voyages and in its overview of history.