from among the enemies of the Five Nations ; the latter regarded them as foes, and in their incursions upon the Hurons, spared

The fate of the missionary village of St. Joseph and of Fathers Daniel, Lallemand and Brebeuf, and the captivity of

them not.

Father Jogues, are but types of the toil and sacrifice which attended their labors, and of the heroism with which they met death. The fruit of their efforts was the possession by France not only of New France and Acadia, Hudson's bay and New

foundland, but a claim to a moiety of Maine, of Vermont, and moiety of New York, to the whole valley of

to more than a

the Mississippi, and to Texas even, as far as the Rio Bravo del

Norte, whither the flag of France followed their footsteps and reared colonies.

The Dutch gave very little attention to the movements of the missionaries, or to the extension of the dominion of France.

Intent upon trade and having no ambition to extend their pos

beyond the three rivers which they claimed, the conversion of the Indians scarcely received from them a thought. 2

sessions

The missionaries improved their ad vantage, and in 1654, appeared in the territory of the Onondagas, where they found many Huron

captives who had formerly received their instruction.

Bancroft, in, 122.

Domine Megapolensis, who came over in 1643, under an agreement with Van Rensselaer, made some effort to with a learn the Mohawk language, view to preach to them in their castles, but few Indians without much success.