Complex sentence: Twenty-two soldiers wintered at Saint Marie in 1644, but many of the Jesuits resisted the idea of a military presence, as they feared the soldiers would "bring the worst of Europe" with them.
Split into simpler sentences: Twenty-two soldiers wintered at Sainte-Marie in 1644, but many of the Jesuits resisted the idea of a military presence. They feared the soldiers would "bring the worst of Europe" with them.