Spanish and French Missionaries To The New World Part 4 - Exploration And Martyrdom

Now the French Jesuits got in on the act in the Great Lakes region. Jacques Marquette was a missionary to the Illinois and explored the Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois rivers. John de Brebeuf became the "Apostle to the Hurons" and died a horrific martyr's death at the hands of the Iroquois. The seeds planted by these and other missionaries into the fertile ground of the Native Americans grew into a great harvest.

Warning: Discussion of torture and murder/martyrdom