. Third centenary of the establishment of the faith in Canada, 1615-1915. As we said above, the first Martyr in Canada was Fr. NicolasViel, who while returning from the land of the Hurons was drownedby a band of savages in the Rapids of the Des Prairies River. Withhim was a Christian Indian, named Ahuntsic, who perished with hisspiritual adviser. Their memory is perpetuated by the names of twotowns on the Island of Montreal. One is called Sault-au-Recollet and the other Ahuntsic, after the Martyrs, in whose honourtwo monuments have been raised in the first-named place.

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