. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, had done greater things. Heaven had especiallydowered him with a i)ow(!r of understanding the character and soul of the Eochemouteix (vol. T, p. 429) supplements this tril)ute to the great Jesuittraveller and historian by adding: Father Eene ^Menard, whose reputation forholiness was firmly established among the French and tlie Indians, was a livingexample of supernatural devotion to duty. Born at Paris, France, September 7. 16(».). Kenc ^lenard entered the Jesuitnovitiate, Xovembei, 1624, and, attei- a long course of studies, was ordained
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1918, had done greater things. Heaven had especiallydowered him with a i)ow(!r of understanding the character and soul of the Eochemouteix (vol. T, p. 429) supplements this tril)ute to the great Jesuittraveller and historian by adding: Father Eene ^Menard, whose reputation forholiness was firmly established among the French and tlie Indians, was a livingexample of supernatural devotion to duty. Born at Paris, France, September 7. 16(».). Kenc ^lenard entered the Jesuitnovitiate, Xovembei, 1624, and, attei- a long course of studies, was ordained to thel)riesthood in 1()3S. He arrived in Canada. July 8. 1640, and, after accpiiring somefamiliarity with the Algonquin language, accompanied Father Eagueneau on hismission to the Hurons. From the Huron mission of St. Marys, Menard andClaude Pijart started to open a mission to the Xipissings. and after many trials,hardships, and suHering. entered their tribal cncam]uuenf on the nortliern shore ofLake Xii)issing. ARCILKOLOGICAL EEPOET. 18. tSliootiii;; tlio rapids, French River. U ARCHAEOLOGICAL EEPOET. Here they estal) their headquarters, and founded the mission of the HolyGhost. Leaving the Xipissings, after living two years with them, Menard opened,among the Algonquins dwelling on the north shores of Lake Simcoe, the mission ofSt. Elizabeth. After the slaughter and dispersion of the Hurons (1649), he left forThree Eivers. From here he was sent to the Iroquois country, and established amission among the Senecas. Returning to Three Rivers, he departed, 1660, with anOttawa flotilla, Avhich had come from the far West, and was now returning, afterbartering with the French several years accumulation of furs. This flotilla, carry-ing three hundred warriors, was Ijrought down by the French explorers and traders,Radisson and Groseillier. Arriving, after months of great suffering and brutal treatment, at KeweenaBay, on the southern shore of Lake Superior, he established, Octo
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