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studied philosophy at Poitiers during

instructor at Tulle, La Rochelle, and Saintes, successively. Completing his studies at Poitiers (1673-78), he was sent to the Canada mission. After a year of preparation, he

1665-67; and was then an

was assigned fifteen years.

(1679) to the Sault St. Louis mission where he In 1694, he went to the Montreal residence,

remained spending

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there another fifteen years; and finally died at Quebec, in 1709. letter by him (dated in 16S2), and his relation of the Sault St. Louis mission from 1668 to 1686, will appear in future volumes of our series. He also wrote a life of the Iroquois maiden, Catherine Tegakwita.