Saint-Louis Mission

Saint-Louis Mission is a National Historic Site of Canada in Victoria Harbour, Ontario.

Ontario · Granny White Sideroad, Victoria Harbour, Ontario · location approximate

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SAINT LOUIS Saint-Louis was the name given by Jesuit missionaries to the stockaded village of the Ataronchronon tribe of the Wendat, or Huron confederacy, which stood here in the 1640s. On the morning of the 16 March 1649 a large Iroquois war party stormed the neighbouring village of Taenhatentargon (Saint-Ignace), then fell on Saint-Louis. Among those captured and carried off to be put to death amid the ruins of Saint-Ignace were fathers Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalement, who had been conducting a mission at Saint-Louis. Within a year the Iroquois raid had devastated Huronia and dispersed its once numerous population.

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Les missionnaires jésuites avaient appelé Saint-Louis le principal village de la tribu des Ataronchronons de la confédération ovendat (huronne), qui s'élevait ici dans les années 1640. Malgré la protection offerte par sa palissade, le village tomba aux mains d'un fort contingent de pillards iroquois en mars 1649. Il fut détruit, et beaucoup de ses habitants furent tués ou faits prisonniers. Certains, dont les pères Jean de Brébeuf et Gabriel Lalement, furent emmenés, puis tués. Moins d'un an après, les Iroquois avaient dévasté la Ovendake (Huronie) et dispeisé sa nombreuse population.

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