The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-06-24

venturous spirit and indomitable cour-
age, and invariably his superiors
chose him to open up the way in un-
explored territory or to save the day |
in difficult and dangerous situations
among the Indians.
The name of Isaac Jogues is closely |
interviewer with the early history of |
New York in the seventeenth century.
After his death he was honored by
the title Martyr of Christ" by Pope
Urban VIII, and now at last the pro-
cess of his beatification is actually
in progress in Quebec, the old mis-
sionary Headquarters for New York
and Canada.
Isaac Jogues was born at Orleans,
France, Jan. 10, 1907, and entered the
order of the Jesuits in 1924. He was
ordained to the priesthood in 1886,
and a few months later was ordered
to the mission field in Canada. Along
with him came Rene Goupil, a native
of Anjou. When Jogues arrived in
Canada he was sent with Father Gar
nier to the Petun Indians.
The Indians received them much as
they received all other missionaries,
and drove them ruthlessly away as
sorcerers. Subsisting on berries and
tea made from the bark of trees,
they were forced to retrace their
steps and reached the Canadian mis-
sion half dead. Nothing daunted, the
intrepid Jogues started out in canoe
for Sault Ste. Marie, a journey of
some two hundred and fifty miles.
After his return from Quebec from
| the successful accomplishment of his
journey he stayed only ten days, set
| ting out again with Goupil and a party
of Hurons. The Hurons were then at
war with the Iroquois, and the party
with which Jogues and his compan-
ions happened to be fell In with a
band of Iroquois on the warpath.
In the battle that followed Jogues
and Goupil were taken prisoners. Dur
ing his captivity he stole away several
times to administer the sacrament to
dying Christians, and lost no chance
to preach his religion to those of his
captors who would listen to him.
This enraged the leaders of the Iro-
quois, who had conceived a violent
dislike to all French missionaries, and
one day they fell upon him and beat
him into fnsensibility with clubs.
When he revived they tore off his fin
ger nails with their teeth, and finally
they took each of his fingers and
crushed them until nearly all were
amputated.
The only response the Iroquois
ELECTED to this barbarous treatment
was that Jogues and Goupil fell on
their knees and prayed for their tor
mentors.
In an old French library there was
found recently narrative of this
march with the Iroquois, written by
Father Jogues himself. It describes
at length the customs of the Indians
on the warpath, the beauty of the
scenery, how they lived on the way to
the settlement, and the settlement it.
self; but, except for a chapter on their
being compelled to run the gauntlet
several times, the narrative gives no
detail of the horrible sufferings which
the father and his companions were
compelled to endure.
On the thirteenth day, after their
Icapture they reached Ossernenon, or
Auriesville, and here the entire tribe
Joined in celebration of the victory
lover the Hurons. Goupil was taken
a slave, to a neighboring village, and
Jogues was turned over to a member
i of the tribe who had lost his slave
Goupil was tomahawked, and Jogues
was about to meet the same fate
when friendly Indian interfered.
In 1643 the missionary escaped from
the 1roquois and reached France on
Christmas day. In France he was
made much of and accorded great
honors by the Queen Regent, Anne Of
!. Austria. who wept over his mangled