He devoted the last section of his "Histoire" to describing the aboriginal natives. Keenly interested in the First Nations peoples, he frequently visited the "Souriquois" (Micmaq) chiefs and warriors while in La Nouvelle France. He observed their customs, collected their remarks, and recorded their chants. In many respects he found them more civilized and virtuous than Europeans but, in his book, he expressed pity for their ignorance of the pleasures of wine and love. Lescarbot introduced the Mi'kmaq word "caribou" into the French language in his publication in 1610.