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Nicolas Arendanki

1623-1649
Born: Huron Mission, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Died: Ft St Louis, Quebec, Canada

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    Nicolas Arendanki and Jeanne Otri-ho-Andet lived at the parish mission of La Conception. Nicolas was one of the first Indian Chiefs to embrace the Christian religion and was well known to the missionaries Brebeuf Lalemant and Isaac Jogues and others who were martyred during the massacre. Nicolas was among the missing and no doubt suffered martyrdom like many others on that fateful day. <br> <br> Jeanne, who had given birth to Catherine in 1648, was left destitute without any means of support. She, along with many others under the care of Father Chaumonot, fled to the Petun Indian Country, who were friends of the Hurons. This is described in great detail in the Jesuit Relations. The refugees that survived the hardships and starvation lived in exile until June 10, 1650, when some 300 christian hurons, with the help of the surviving missionaries and french soldiers, embarked in canoes for their long voyage to the Isle of Orleans. Those that survived the shipwrecks, hardships and accidents on the way arrived at the Isle of Orleans on July 23, 1650. <br> <br> Catherine and her mother, who were among the survivors, were in poor health. During the summer of 1654, she was placed in the Ursuline convent of Quebec. Catherine remained under the tutelage of the nuns where she was taught not only the french language but also the french way of life. It was an objective of the Ursulines, the Jesuits, the Intendant, including the King, to educate the young indian maidens to eventually become suitable wives to the french colonists. Laval, the first bishop of Canada arrived june 16, 1659, and about two months later administered the sacrament of confirmation to a good number of young girls, french as well as indian. Catherine was among this group. The records show &quot;confirmed at the Ursuline convent August 10, 1659 Catherine, Huron, age 10.&quot; It was only 3 years later, September 29, 1662, that Catherine and Jean Durand signed a contract to be married. The contract reads as follows:<br> <br> &quot;In the presence of Guillaume Andouart, secretary to the Administrative council, established at Quebec, by the King, notary in New France and the undersigned witnesses, here present Jean Durand dit Lafortune, son of Louis Durand and Madeleine Malvande, his father and mother from the burg of Deuil near the village of St Jean d&#39;Angely in the Xaintonges, party of the first part, and Catherine Huronne.... party of the second part, both in the presence of their relatives and friends here named, Charles Gautier, Lord of Bois Verdun, Denis Duquet, a resident of Quebec, Jean Guyon, Pierre Pinel, Jean Drouart on behalf of the first part. Martin Boutet, representing and taking place of the father of the said Catherine Huronne, Dame Magdeleine de Chauvigny, widow of the late Charles de Gruel, while living the Baron of Pelletierie, Miss Thienette Deslprey, widow of the late Guillaume Guilmot, Esq., Lord Duplessis de Querbodo, Laurent Dubocq resident of this country have recognized and !<br> witnessed..............

  • Story: Family Lore

    My Native American roots go back to one Nicolas Arendanki (meaning: &quot;He who comes from beyond Arenda&quot;). He was a Huron chieftain of the Bear Clan. &quot;Huron&quot; is actually a French name however, and they called themselves the Wendat or Wyandot. Nicolas died repelling an attack on the Jesuit Mission Sainte-Marie during the Iroquois massacres in Huronia in 1649. The Mission was the first European settlement in what is now the province of Ontario. In addition to the local Hurons, 8 missionaries from Sainte-Marie were also killed. They were canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1930. &quot;Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons&quot; was designated a national historic site on November 11, 1988. A reconstruction of the mission now operates as a living museum. Anyway...The Wyandot nation was divided by sub tribes or clans. The major sub-nations of the Wyandot are the Arendahronon (rock sub-tribe), the Attigneenongnahac (bear sub-tribe), the Attignawantan (cord sub-tribe), and the Tahontaenrat (deer sub-tribe).<br><br>But back to the family...<br><br>Nicolas, his Christian name, was born about 1623 in Huron Mission, Georgian Bay, Ontario. He is of historical note as he was the first Huron Chief to convert to Catholicism. He married Jeanne Otrihoandet, also a Huron, born about 1627 at Huron Mission. Their daughter Catherine, was called by Jesuit missionaries &quot;Catherine, the beloved child of God (Annennontak) a Huron girl&quot;. The 1649 attacks that killed Nicolas were also widespread throughout the area and the Huron Nation was almost anihilated. Catherine, a new-born infant, and her mother took refuge with surviving Jesuit missionaries. When her mother died, Catherine, age 5, was taken by the Jesuits to Quebec, where she became a protege of Madame de la Peltrie, the founder of the Ursulines in Quebec, and the ward of Venerable Mere Marie de L&rsquo;Incarnation convent.<br><br>In 1991 a movie called &quot;Black Robe&quot; (based on a historical novel of the same name) was released. It deals with the story of the Jesuit mission to the Hurons during Nicolas&#39;s time. I saw it in a theatre back when it came out. Little did I know then that this film, which I recall as quite moving, was so closely related to my own family&#39;s history.<br><br>I need to see it again.<br><br>For more info on The Hurons and the Mission here are a couple nice links:<br><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie_among_the_Hurons<br><br>http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/HuronIndiansEC.htm

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    <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'"><font size="3">The earliest recorded victims of &ldquo;les Iroquois&rdquo; in my own Quebec ancestry were a Huron chief, Arendanki, and his wife, Otrih8andet. Jesuit missionaries had established Mission Ste-Marie at their town at what the French called La Conception, in present-day Ontario, and many in the town, including this couple, had converted to Christianity, taking the names of Nicolas and Jeanne, respectively, at baptism. The couple had an infant daughter, Anenantha, who was duly baptized with the name of Catherine. </font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'; min-height: 15px"><font size="3"><br></font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'"><font size="3">On 17 March 1649, having decided to &ldquo;put an end to the Huron problem&rdquo; once and for all, the Iroquois attacked the settlement. Nicolas/Arendanki, with the other warriors, held out as long as possible, but they were vastly outnumbered and had little or no chance. I hope Arendanki was killed outright in battle rather than tortured to death, but no one now knows. Many of the young women and children of the town would have been taken captive by the Iroquois and forcibly adopted into that group, a normal practice among Native Americans to replace warriors and family members who had died and to expand their numbers and influence. The rest&mdash;including captured white missionaries&mdash;were killed, horribly.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'; min-height: 15px"><font size="3"><br></font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'"><font size="3">But on that terrible day, some women and children escaped the slaughter, and these fled with a surviving French priest to the territory of the Petuns, part of the Huron confederacy. Among those who escaped was Jeanne/Otrihandet and her infant daughter, Catherine/Anenantha. In June 1650, some 300 of the Christian survivors set out from Petun territory for the &Icirc;le-Orl&eacute;ans, a bit north of the town of Quebec&mdash;a difficult and dangerous month-long journey, and many did not survive it. </font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'; min-height: 15px"><font size="3"><br></font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'"><font size="3">But Jeanne and her little daughter Catherine were among those who made it to the &Icirc;le-Orl&eacute;ans. In 1654 ,Jeanne died, worn out by grief and physical hardship and very likely by one of the diseases for which Native Americans had no immunity. Little Catherine was placed in the Ursuline convent in the town of Quebec, to be educated and, eventually, to become a suitable wife for a male French immigrant. </font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px 'lucida grande'">&nbsp;</p>

 
 
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