. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. Marks of the Tribes affixed to the Treaty of 1666. In 1668, the Senecas asked the jaco(f"f ^rtrytcn, S'J, French at Quebec for missionaries, and in answer to their appeal, Father Jacques Fremin, Superior of all the missions to the Iroquois, left Agniez, the Mohawk canton, to carry the Gospel to Tsonnon- touan. In November, 1668, he reached Sonnontouan where he was well received "with all the honors usually given to Envoys". The sachems had a chapel built for him and the people seemed desirous of bec
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. Marks of the Tribes affixed to the Treaty of 1666. In 1668, the Senecas asked the jaco(f"f ^rtrytcn, S'J, French at Quebec for missionaries, and in answer to their appeal, Father Jacques Fremin, Superior of all the missions to the Iroquois, left Agniez, the Mohawk canton, to carry the Gospel to Tsonnon- touan. In November, 1668, he reached Sonnontouan where he was well received "with all the honors usually given to Envoys". The sachems had a chapel built for him and the people seemed desirous of becoming Christians. The Huron captives,—evi- dently those of St. Michel—had especially "great affection for the Faith". Father Fremin baptized in four months sixty dying persons of whom (according to the Father) thirty-three went to Heaven. The "jugglers" still had a great hold over the people, who praj^ed to God, however, to favor them in their war against the Outaouacs, which was then raging. The L,oups or Delawares and the Andastes were also active enemies of the Senecas and war parties were out against these nations. Father Fremin endeav- *i Doc. Col. Hist. N. Y., Vo\ IX. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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