Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, . )pointed assistant to Father Iuttux, tbeii at Iliree Kixcrs. Fn July, 1642, hewas at Montreal where he i-einnined initil H!!-). wbeii be Ietui-iied to the HuronMissions. In 1648 he opened, among the Algon((iiins of the ^lanitoulin Islands and theNorth-eastern shore of Lake Huron, the mission of St. Peter (St. Pierre). Amongthe nine tribes then dwelling in these lands, and whose names are recorded inthe Iielations of the Jesuits for the year 1648, the Mississaugas are included underthe title of Michisagnek. (Pel. 1()48, p. ()2, ) He wintered among
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, . )pointed assistant to Father Iuttux, tbeii at Iliree Kixcrs. Fn July, 1642, hewas at Montreal where he i-einnined initil H!!-). wbeii be Ietui-iied to the HuronMissions. In 1648 he opened, among the Algon((iiins of the ^lanitoulin Islands and theNorth-eastern shore of Lake Huron, the mission of St. Peter (St. Pierre). Amongthe nine tribes then dwelling in these lands, and whose names are recorded inthe Iielations of the Jesuits for the year 1648, the Mississaugas are included underthe title of Michisagnek. (Pel. 1()48, p. ()2, ) He wintered among the tribesreturning to Huronia early in May, 1649. He again went back to his missionand passed the winter, 1649-1650. with the Mississauga and other Chippewa tribesof T^ake Huron. [7]. ^^y^W^ 0^in^^G4/r fe hands he UM. rnslietlhim tliron^h forest trails, sid).j(ct Iiil; him, at times, to i^ieat tortin-e. 11 i~ hand>were fri^iiirnily laeerated and Imrned. Ai-ii\inu-, linalh. at their \illa,i!e on theIlndson lJi\ei- lu; was sti-ipped naked and forced to Iun the ^^auntlet. lie wa-now pnhlicly exposed on a plalform amid the lan^hter, hnl1oonei-\ and rihaldslionts of s((naws, waiiiors, and children. His captors coiiipcllctl a vonn;; bovto mount the scalTold ami cut oil one of the lint^ers of hi> hdt liaml. One ofth(! Mohawks staum-hed the hieedin,!; with a re<ldiot hrand. The council, calledto decide his fate, spaiccl Ids life at the recpiest of a venerable s(|u;iw who a(lopt(;
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