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RELATING PRINCIPALLY TO THE

CONVERSION AND CIVILIZATION

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SIX NATIONS OF INDIANS,

INTERSPERSED WITH

Writers

ON OTHER SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.

1642--1776.

Vou. iv. 19

EARLY MISSIONARIES AMONG THE IROQUOIS

IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK.

Jesutts.

Paut Racueneav. Arrived in Canada 28 June 1636; Superior from 1650 to 1653; sent to Onondaga 26 July 1657; left 20 March 1658; died at Paris 3 Sept. 1680.

Isaac Joeves born in France, 1607; arrived in Canada 24 July 1636; prisoner among the Mohawks from Aug. 1642 to Aug. | 1643; sent a missionary to the same tribe in 1646 and killed, (at Caughnawaga as is supposed), 18 Oct. of the same year.

Frs. Jos: Lemercier. Arrived in Canada 20 July 1635; Superior from 1653 to 1656; sent to Onondaga May 17 of the latter year; remained there until 20 March 1658; died in the West Indies.

_ Frs. Durrrron. Arrived in Canada between 1636 and 1638; returned to France Aug. 23 1650; came out a second time, was missionary at Onondaga from 1657 to 1658, and again returned to France 6 Sept. 1658; arrived for the third time in Canada June 30 1665, and died at Fort St Louis, Chambly the 10 Noy. following.