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FRANCOIS JOSEPH BRESSANI. A native of Rome; arrived in Canada in 1642 [1638?]; prisoner among the Mohawks from
Ap'l 30, to 19 Aug. 1644; left for Europe Nov 2, 1650; died
at Florence 9 Sept. 1672.
PIERRE JOSEPH MARY CHAUMONOT. Born near Chatillon sur Seine;
entered at Rome in 1632; arrived in Canada 1 Aug 1639.
Sent to Onondaga Sept 19, 1655, abandoned it March 20,
1658. Founded Lorette, and died at Quebec 21 February
1693.
JOSEPH ANTHONY PONCET. Arrived in Canada 1 Aug 1639; prisoner among the Iroquois from Aug 20 to Oct 3, 1652;
started for Onondaga 28 Aug 16 57, but recalled at Montreal;
left Canada 18th Sept 1657; died at Martinique 18 June
1675.
RENE MENARD. Arrived in Canada July 8, 1640; was a missionary with Lemercier at Onondaga from 1656 to 1658, and
afterwards among the Cayugas. Is said to have died in the
woods near Lake Superior in Aug. 1661,
JULIEN GARNIER. Was born in 1643; arrived in Canada 27 Oct
1662; was ordained,Ap'l 1666; sent to the Mohawks May
17, 1668; passed to Onondaga, thence to Seneca; on the
mission until 1683. He appears to have been one of the
Missionaries sent to the Cantons in 1702. " In silvis apud
Iroquois." Catal. 1703.
CLAUDE DABLON. Arrived in Canada 1655 when he proceeded
to Onondaga, and continued there a few years. He labored
afterwards among the tribes of the Upper lakes,, and was
Superior from 1670 to 1693. The date of his decease is
not known; he was still alive in 1694.
JACQUES FiEMIgN Was missionary at Onondaga from 1656 to
1658; sent to the Mohawks in July, 1667j left there 10
Oct,, 1668 for Seneca, where he remained a few years. He
died at Quebec 20 July, 1691.
PIERRE RAFEIX. Arrived in Canada 22 Sept 1663; chaplain in
in Courcelles' expedition in 1665; sent to Cayuga in 1671.;
thence, on Carheils' return, to Seneca where he was in 1679.
He was in Quebec in 1702-3 though in an infirm state, of
health.