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Isaac Jogues

Type Figure Region New France Time 1607–1646 Also known as Saint Isaac Jogues

Isaac Jogues was a French Jesuit missionary, born in Orléans in 1607 and martyred in what is now Ossernenon, New York, in 1646.…

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  1. 1636–1641Quebec · CanadaAfter arriving in New France, Jogues went deep into Huron settlements to preach, learning indigenous languages, continuing to minister and recording his observations amid epidemic disease and tribal warfare.
  2. 1642–1646Mohawk Valley · Iroquois territoryIn 1642, while escorting a Huron delegation, he was captured by the Mohawks, tortured, and later assisted by Dutch merchants in securing his release and return to Europe; he went again to North America in 1644, and in 1646 entered Mohawk territory with his companion René Goupil to negotiate peace, where he was finally killed.

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