... sight was one of infinitepain to us, a land very fertile and beautiful, abounding in springs and streams, the hamlets deserted andburned, the people thin and weak, all fleeing or in concealment. ... throughhonest terror, fell fainting in their boats. The Indians then explained to Cartier that their god had sent awarning to the presumptuous strangers, bidding them refrain from the intended voyage. Cartier ... man to infringe or rashly to contradict this letter of our commendation,Epochs in American History, Volume I., by Various 19which gradually increased and became formidable, joining in murmurs...