A section from the seventeenth-century “Jesuit Relations,” which presents the dying words of Chiwatenhwa, a legendary “first convert” among the Wendats.
Creators: Joseph Chiwatenhwa [Wendat]; Barthélemy Vimont; Paul Le Jeune; Jérôme Lalemant
Date of Creation: Printed 1642
Place of origin: Paris
Materials: Paper
Process by which it was made: Letter-press printing
Current location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania; Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Information contributed by John Pollack.