HIS263Y1 Lecture Notes - Iroquois, Petun, Counter-Reformation
Document Summary
Huron-wendat confederacy, tionontate (tobacco or petun), haudenosaunee (iroquois) confederacy, Samuel de champlain, st. croix, jean de brebeuf, david kirke, smallpox, pierre radisson, and m dard des groseilliers. 1535 cartier comes to the st. lawrence river, find the iroquois-speaking people. Indigenous contexts in the northeast: major archaeological evidence of much trade in the haudenosaunee (iroquois) Dutch make a peace agreement with the iroquois. Counter-reformation: something the king of france is interested in, twin goals of conversion and colonization. Chose island because they thought it was defendable: didn"t realize that winter would freeze the harbou, couldn"t get to the mainland. Tried a different area on the mainland: worried about its dependability. Think about this outpost as a space station: small group of 50 men, some leave, 8 are there and alive in the spring. Dependant on trade with the iroquois: also dependant on supply ships that arrived beginning in may.
