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  • Anniversary of the holy death of Catherine Ganneaktena, Christian Iroquois - Nov. 6, 1678

    11/06/2005 7:27:12 PM PST · by Claud · 4 replies · 194+ views
    The Jesuit Relation of 1679 ^ | Fr. Vincent Bigot
    SECTION 3RD. OF THE CHARITY OF THE CHRISTIAN IROQUOIS. THIS Queen of virtues has been wonderfully displayed in the person of a poor slave, taken prisoner by the Iroquois from the Chat nation. We shall undoubtedly be touched by the graces that God was pleased to confer upon this captive, and by the singular virtues — and, above all, the charity toward God and her neighbor — that she displayed before the eyes of the savages and the French at La Prairie de la Magdelaine. Here is the narrative: God having permitted that Gentaienton,[11] a village of the Chat Nation,...