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procured Tor his savage allies cheap "hO
easy victory over their enemies, but IN SC
doing he laid the foundation Of deep anc
, irreconcilable hatred to the French name
, in the hearts of tribe of Indians, whose
, neutrality even would have been Of more
Importance to the French interests than the
Friendship Of all others.
In the same summer, the Dutch under
Henry Hudson, having discovered the en-
trance to the Northriver, proceeded as lar
in exploring the great valley in the dlrec-
ton of the North, as Champlain had done
to the South. From the Dutch, the In
dams Of the Five nations soon learned the
use Of those weapons, the deadly effect OF
which they had first experienced from the
French, and the enmity which they felt to
the Northern foreigners bound them IN
friendship which was never Interrupted to
those at the South But long before this
they had recovered their wonted confidence
In 1910 party of Iroquois warriors had
the bOldnesS to pass through his lake and
fOrtify themselves on Sorel river. They
were attacked by the French and Indians
under Champlain, but were not dislodged
until after a severe struggle, in which the
commander himself was seriously wounded.
Convinced of the impossibility of secu-
ring his valuable discovery of this lake to
the French by any force which he could
command at the present time, Champlain
turned his attention to other objects. The
most important was to establish the French
power strongly on the st. Lawrence as
necessary basis for future operations All
the energies Of this indefatigable man were
henceforth primarily directed to this OBJ
ject, to accomplish which a dozen voyages
to and fro across the Atlantic seemed 10
him light affair, scarcely worth men,
tioning. His plan was two-fold, first to
form a commercial company Of such
character as would inspire confidence and
invite to extensive emigration, then to Sc
cure the alliance and friendship of all the
Indian tribes by the establishment among
them Of missions. After contending with
great difficulties, on both sides the water.
he finally succeeded, in the year 1927. in |
organizing a colony On this new PLAN The |
company was called, the Hundred Asso-
ciates, and had at its head the celebrated |
Cardinal RichelieU. The rules Of this /
company constitute the fundamental law |
of French Canada. The limit. Of their
charter embraced specifically the whole
basin of the St. Lawrence and much coun- /
try besides One of the most remarkable .
articles Of the charter provided for the
establishment Of missions, and another re-
cognlzed every convert among the natives
as an entranchized citizen Of France.
The first missionaries selected by Cham
plain, were Recollets, begging monks of
the Franciscan order. These meek men
were soon exchanged for Je,uits-les,
but for the most part better
educated as well as more bold and enter
to poverty and absolute
; - ecclesiastical soldiers who
deemed it 10 less a point Of honor than
duty to take any post assigned them and
die at it if it should be necessary.
These were the soldiers employed hence
forth by Champaign. OF their triumphant
progress through the Algonkin and Huron
tribes Of the Upper Lakes and thence down
the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico. { .
have already spoken.
This new species of force was now to be
sent also among the Iroquois tribes. No
pains were to be spared in endeavoring to
and gain over by observation-disclosures I
Is people whose hostility had been impru
lently aroused by useless act of violence. /
It SO happened that.the first missionary a
-mong them was captive, Isaac Jogues, t
me OF the most distinguished martyrs, in t
he early annals Of the Canadian Jesuits.
Taken by band of Nohawks, while on his /
way from the Huron missions to Quebec. T
Nth a large number Of others. he alone was 4
Ilowed to live. A. he was brought /
y his Indian captor through, the forests Y
+ the Mohawk valley, it is said he wrote C
he name Of Jesus on the bark of trees.
raved the cross, and entered into posses t
ION OF these countries in the name Of God. 5
he dedication was acknowledged and ac- Il
opted, though doubtless in different o
ense from that which the French Jesui; :
ad chiefly in his mind This missionary /,
as generousl yransomed by the Dutch and p
7nt home to France, from whence he soon i
aturned again to the scenes Of his former II
lbors. oil
More direct attempts were now made to ii
.tablish Jesuit missions in the country
2lonsing to the Five nations. Father F
ogues who during his captivity among the of
-ohawks had acquired some KNOWLEDGE Of in
.eIr language was selected as the person tv
st qualified to make the first experiment. pc
70 ct non rediJo: l 20, but I shall never I'll
turn, were the words with which he ac- m