The prince gave five hundred écus to the Récollets for the construction of a seminary at Quebec, and this was his only gift to the settlement of New France.
The Récollets also complained of the negligence of the associates, who had not provided for the material requirements of the mission.
The Récollets had filled a leather bag with the ornaments of their church, and had hidden it underground, far in the woods, thinking that they might return sooner or later.
We have seen that after the capitulation, the Récollets left with the greater number of the French for their motherland, but when they heard that Canada had been restored to France, they made preparations to resume their labours.
The Récollets had strongly protested against this method of receiving gifts, which placed the settlement in a false position towards the Indians.
The Récollets continued to conduct services in the small chapel in the Lower Town, which served as the parochial church of Quebec.
This man was perhaps the purest example of all the Récollets in Canada.
We shall meet them there a little later, working hard, in common with the Récollets with whom they were good friends, for the civilization of the Indians.
The Récollets had a chapel there in which they said mass from time to time.
The Récollets had received authority to build a convent at Quebec, and the Prince de Condé had contributed fifteen hundred livres towards the object.
The travels of the Récollets in the Huron country had not resulted in the acquisition of new territory, and the interpreters had nothing further to do than to discover new tribes with whom trade might be developed.
De Lévis's spiritual director was a Jesuit; the application of the Récollets for aid from the Society of Jesus came at an opportune time for both orders.
Consulting Louis Houel, of Brouage, the latter advised him to apply to the Récollets (vol.
Joseph Le Caron was one of the four Récollets who began the mission of that order in Canada (see note 22, ante).
When the French returned (1632), they were accompanied solely by Jesuit priests, for Richelieu would not allow the Récollets to resume their Canadian missions.
The alarm soon caught the quick ear of the General (Guy Carleton) and the picquet at the Récollets Convent was instantly turned out.
The leaden coffins, which, it appears, had been placed on iron bars in the Récollets Church, had been partially melted by the fire.
In this, as in other similar stocks, several collets with dies of various pitches and diameters of thread, fit to one stock.
The shanks of the collets are secured in the cylindrical head by means of either a bolt and key or by a set-screw.
In despair at such treatment the three Jesuits were on the point of returning to France, when the hospitable Récollets invited them to the convent at Notre Dame des Anges.
Thus had the forty-three French exiles, who now made the permanent population of Quebec, a sufficiency of both Récollets and Jesuits for their spiritual guidance.
The Récollets had virtually been excluded from New France, the influence of the Jesuits having permeated even the official atmosphere of Fort St. Louis.
Returning to Quebec in 1632, Father Le Jeune and his two companions had established themselves in the half-ruined convent of Notre Dame des Anges, built by the Récollets sixteen years before.
Champlain's first Habitation had fallen to ruin, but a few wooden tenements still remained to mark the earliest settlement in Lower Town, and the Church of the Récollets told the tale of past perils and an unfailing faith.
With their fall, ended the slender mission of the Récollets and Jesuits, who were in triumph carried off to England.
We have seen that Récollets were first at Quebec, ministering both to colonists and Indians, and that, in 1625, they invited the Jesuits to aid them.
While the Récollets and Capuchins, Carmelites, Brigittines, Ursulines and Clarisses worked among the poor, the Jesuits succeeded in capturing the upper classes.
But the day of the Récollets in New France was not long.
The work of the Récollets had, on the whole, been disappointing, for their numbers and their resources proved too small for effective progress.
The bases of these collets are hidden on the inner side by an encircling wreath of vine leaves delicately cut and stamped in gold.
It consists of a broad circle of gold, 8 inches in diameter, mounted with thirty huge Oriental pearls and thirty large sapphires, all set in high collets and separated by pierced open-work.
Footnote: On the other hand, he sets down on his map of 1683 a mission of the Récollets at a point north of the farthest sources of the Mississippi, to which no white man had ever penetrated.
At the corner of Notre Dame and McGill Streets is the following tablet: "Récollets Gate.
The spokes at all their intersections with the circles, had collets soldered on them, each containing some coloured gem; in fact, every stone of value except the diamond occurred in this glorious company.
Indeed the new teaching of the Récollets in its severity was not pleasant.
Settlements were made here and there, an important one at Three Rivers, where the Récollets established a mission.
The Récollets had chosen a site on the St. Charles river, some distance from the post, and had begun the erection of a church and convent, for headquarters.
The Récollets had offered them the hospitality of their convent, which had been gratefully accepted.
Primary instruction was given first by the good Récollets at Quebec, at Tadousac and at Three Rivers.
But he was obstinate and unapproachable only when he believed his conscience involved; he received the Récollets with great benevolence and rendered them all the service possible.
The Récollets were a branch of the Franciscan order, noted for the austerity of their rule.
The Récollets first came to New France in 1615, and began at once by language study to prepare for their work among the Montagnais and Hurons.
This event, which is a landmark in the history of Quebec and New France, followed upon the inability of {119} the Récollets to cover the mission field with any degree of completeness.
The Quebec of De Monts and De Caën had been a trading-post, despite the efforts of the Récollets and Jesuits to render it the headquarters of a mission.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "collets" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
