Famous Explorers:
This explorer set out to find a northwest passage; resulting in the discovery of a river and a bat named after him.
Henry Hudson
This Jesuit missionary was the first to suffer martyrdom when captured by the Mohawks on a missionary journey to that tribe, from which he had earlier escaped. He died near Albany, New York.
Father Issac Jogues
These 2 tribes were enemies of the Iroquois and friends of the French.
The Huron and Algonquin
Samuel de Champlain discovered these 2 Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, which is named after him.
Lake Huron and Lake Ontario
A pirate hired by a king or queen to steal treasure from another country's ships.
privateer
This French explorer explored the Saint Lawrence, eventually discovering two of the Great Lakes and lake named after him.
Samuel de Champlain
Because of his knowledge of Indian languages, this missionary joined on another missionary's expedition to convert the Indians along the Mississippi.
Father Marquette
The Iroquois became more dangerous when they obtained these from the Dutch.
Guns
This is the name of the waterway that Jaques Cartier discovered.
St. Lawrence waterway
A Great Lake between Canada and New York.
Lake Ontario
This French privateer served under King Francis I, where he made three voyages of the New World; resulting in discovering the St. Lawrence waterway.
Jacques Cartier
This Jesuit missionary was tortured by the Mohawk; including slashing him with knives, burning him, beating him with clubs, etc., until he passed away
Father Jean de Brebeuf
This alliance was made up of 5 Indian tribes: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca.
The Iroquois
The Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island was called this.
New Amsterdam
Members of the clergy below the order of deacon, including acolyte, exorcist, and subdeacon.
minor orders
This French explorer was sent by the governor of New France to explore the Mississippi to the delta in order to establish fortresses and missions along its banks.
Rene de La Salle
This religious figure was once an Indian of the Mohawk Tribe that was then converted by French missonaries in the ways of Christianity; Now giving himeself/herself entirely to God.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
This was the name that the Indians gave the French missionaries.
"blackrobes"
La Salle was to be made governor of this land, which he discovered and named after King Louis XIV.
Louisiana
The name for what is now the St. Lawrence River.
The River of Canada
This French adventurer had studied with Jesuits in France and had recieved minor order but became a fur trader instead.
Louis Joliet
This Jesuit missionary was killed while giving a blessing to a dying Indian.
Father Charles Garnier
Kateri Tekekwitha called this after her death.
"Lily of the Mohawk"
LaSalle wanted to establish this new city, which became the most important trade and cultural center of the Deep South, as well as the center of French culture in the United States.
New Orleans
A Dutch colony that occupied the site of modern Albany, New York.
Fort Nassau