USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jogues offered to go and some Christian Hurons and French laymen offered to accompany him. The four canoes made it safely to Three Rivers where a young French doctor joined them for the return trip with the year’s supplies. On their return, the group was attacked and captured by Mohawks, members of the Iroquois nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saint John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priests, and their Companions, Martyrs. Between 1642 and 1649 eight French missionaries (six of them Jesuits) were martyred in North America by members of the Mohawk and Iroquois tribes. The first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Quebec in 1625.

Detailed explanation-3: -John de Brébeuf (Jean de Brébeuf, 1593-1649) was the first Jesuit missionary in Huronia (1626) and a master of the Indian language. He founded mission outposts, converted thousands to the faith and inspired many Jesuits to volunteer for the missions of New France.

Detailed explanation-4: -Isaac Jogues, (born January 10, 1607, Orléans, France-died October 18, 1646, Ossernenon, near Fort Orange, New Netherland [now Auriesville, New York, U.S.]; canonized 1930; feast day October 19), French-born Jesuit missionary who sacrificed his life for the Christianization of North American Indians.