In 1649 Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary to the Huron Indigenous people of Canada (then New France), was captured, ritually tortured and killed by the Hurons’ arch enemy, the Iroquois ...

He visited the Huron country in 1615, ... some of whom divided their self-denying labours between them and their Iroquois foes, ... Minutely detailed maps and narratives of exploration and ...

The Iroquois laid waste to Huronia. As the Huron began to die of European diseases, they turned their anger on the missionaries. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) ...

A proposed pilgrimage route leading to Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland — which will come through Orillia — should recognize all involved in the Huron-Iroquois war, says Coun. Patrick Kehoe. “Many lost ...