. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. ?nmr^yj MGR. JEAN OCTAVE PLESSISBishop of Quebec MGR. FRANCOIS DE LAVAL, First Bishop of Quebec THE JESUIT MISSIONS AND PIONEER CHRISTIANITY 69 over to Christianity the Huron Indians in what is now the Provinceof Ontario. In 1626, Jean de Brebcuf founded a mission on theforest-clad shores of the Georgian Bay. In 1641 Fathers JoguesandRaymbault preac
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. ?nmr^yj MGR. JEAN OCTAVE PLESSISBishop of Quebec MGR. FRANCOIS DE LAVAL, First Bishop of Quebec THE JESUIT MISSIONS AND PIONEER CHRISTIANITY 69 over to Christianity the Huron Indians in what is now the Provinceof Ontario. In 1626, Jean de Brebcuf founded a mission on theforest-clad shores of the Georgian Bay. In 1641 Fathers JoguesandRaymbault preached to great Indian audiences beside the rapids ofthe Sault Ste Marie as that Httle river rushes to connect the greatwaters of Superior and Huron. Everywhere throughout a still widerregion of forest and wilderness these and other pioneers of religionpreached and suffered and struggled with the forces of nature, and ofnative barbarism, or died for the faith that was in them. WONDERFUL COURAGE AND FAITH With breviary and crucifix they wandered afar from even theultimately converted Huronsand the implacable Iroquois. From thewave-beaten shores of Nova Scotia to the prairies of the unknownwest, from the region of Hudsons Bay to the mouth of t
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