Jesuit missionary, in New France 1655 to 1697; after serving among the Iroquois and traveling to Hudson Bay, he accompanied Marquette to the Upper Country; as author of several annual Jesuit Relations he was the first to report Lake Superior copper deposits, and communicated details about Wisconsin Indian life and customs to European readers.

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[Source: The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents" at http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/relations/ and The New Catholic Dictionary at http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexncd.htm]