From Thence Went
Father P. Druilletes, The Bearer Of Words Of Peace On Behalf Of The
Christians Of Sillery, To The Abnoquiois Of Kennebeki, And To The Puritans
Of Boston.
Near this same mission of Sillery, Friar Liegeois was massacred
by the Iroquois, whilst Father Poncet was carried away a captive by these
barbarous tribes.
"Monsieur de Sillery devoted large sums to erect the necessary edifices
for the mission, such as a chapel, a missionary residence, an hospital, a
fort, houses for the new converts, together with the habitations for the
French. The D'Auteuil family had their country seat on the hill back of
Pointe a Puiseaux; and the venerable Madame de Monceau, the mother-in-law
of the Attorney-General Ruette D'Auteuil, was in the habit of residing
there from time to time, in a house she had constructed near the chapel."
In 1643, Father Bressani having been taken prisoner by the Iroquois, and
having heard them discuss a plan to seize on the white maidens of Sillery
(such were the names the Nuns went by); wrote it on some bark, which a
Huron Indian having found, took it to Governor Montmagny. The Governor
then organized a guard of six soldiers, who each day relieved one another
at Sillery, to watch over the village - the incursions of the savages
increasing, the soldiers refused to remain any longer, and Governor
Montmagny gave the Hospitalieres the use of a small house on the beach of
the river in the lower town.
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