Native Wars and Christian Missions

The Missionaries and Missions made the violence worse

• Through the spread of disease
  
• The creation of religious rivalries
  
• And by furthering the reach of the fur trade
  
  • Fur Trade
    
    • Conflict between native groups intensified
      
      • Basically, on one side there is the Iroquois, and on the other side is three main native groups;
        
        • Algonquians, the Montagna's, and Hurons.
          
      • These groups struggled for control of the fur trade; and Champlain decided to side with the Huron.
        
  • Ticonderoga
    
    • 1609, battle at the site of present-day New York state, which was inconclusive
      
    • The French helped the Huron, which signified the intensifying conflict because of the European presences
      
    • Eventually, the Hurons are completely owned.
      
  • Father Paul Le Juene
    
    • Had a real zeal for spreading Christianity and missions
      
    • Was a Jesuit!
      
    • Was the one who began recording "Relations", which were annual reports sent back to France about the relations between the Jesuits and the natives.
      
      • Didn't only tell people what was happening, but also promoted the conversion of natives and the success of the Jesuits in New France
        
      • As Jesuits in France read these relations, it would get them excited and they would go to New France.
        
  • Huronia
    
    • As a result of Paul Le Juene's "Relations", a lot of Jesuits came over to settle, particularly in Huronia; near Georgian Bay, 1634.
      
    • Disease desolated the Huron population in Huronia
      
    • Built Sainte-Marie-aux-Hurons
      
  • Marie Guyart
    
    • Was of the Ursuline school of Catholic nuns.
      
    • Founded a school to train women in Quebec
      
      • Believed that it was their duty to feed and teach:
        
        • "les sauvagesses"; the savages' daughters.
          
  • Notre Dame Society of Montreal
    
    • Madame de La Peltrie founded the dang thing.
      
      • Ursuline Convent
        
      • In Ville-Marie; Montreal
        
  • NOTE: Catholic zeal is all about spreading Christianity; and it's working!
    
    • Ends up furthering France's ability to trade furs in New France, because of the growing relations between the French and the natives.
      
    • The success of the French leads to the Huron-Iroquois wars in the mid-1600's
      
  • Ottawa river blockade (1640-1645)
    
    • The Iroquios are having an increasingly difficult time getting furs, and so they decide to take action
      
    • By cutting off the Ottawa river, they essentially ensure that the furs do not leave the basin to go to Montreal and Québec.
      
      • Began with an ambush, and attacked those that came with Furs
        
      • Because the Coreour de Bois and the Huron knew the land very well, they were able to get around the blockade.
        
  • Huronia (1648-1649)
    
    • The attempt to completely annihilate the Huron tribe was made, which had never been done before by a tribe.
      
    • Huronia is completely destroyed, and the Jesuits burned down St. Marie themselves before fleeing to Quebec.
      
  • Montreal (1651)
    
    • Iroquois destroy everything other than the fort, in which some of the Hurons and Jesuits were able to survive.
      
  • Many of the Hurons actually turned on the Jesuits, blaming them for the bringing of the fur trade.
    
  • The French had chosen a side, which made the brewing of the conflict even worse.