How did Cartier describe the indigenous peoples he met?
I observed the peoples we encountered, whom I referred to as 'savages,' in my accounts. They were men of goodly stature, living in settled villages and practicing agriculture. They navigated the river in their canoes, offering us fish and furs in exchange for our goods. I noted their customs and their forms of governance, such as the palisades that fortified their settlements. My chronicles sought to provide a factual record of these interactions, detailing their disposition and their ways of life, as best as I could discern them.
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