De Lamberville, Jacques

De Lamberville, Jacques

Jacques De Lamberville arrived in Onondaga on August
17th, 1684, where he met his brother Jean De Lamberville.
The brothers discussed religion and politics with the Onondagas, thus inspiring the Onondaga chieftains to gather and send messengers out to spread the French words to the Mohawk, Oneidas, and Cayuga tribes. Jacques spent a notable year at Onondaga with his brother. The tribe at Onondaga respected Jacques and his brother for their impromptu efforts in medicine and dentistry among the tribe. When his brother was requested to go to Quebec in 1686, Jacques decided to stay with the Onondaga people where he successfully made relationships with them whilst converting them. Currently in the Iroquois cantons, Jacques was the one missionary remaining. After teaching in Quebec for several years, Jacques returned to Onondaga in 1701 as an old man. There, he would attempt evangelization among the Iroquois, but the English had captivated the tribe so much, Jacques would leave for Montreal in 1709. Jacques De Lamberville was highly regarded amongst fellow colonists, and even the Iroquois people referred to him as “the divine man.”

1684-1709

Person

Onondaga

C. J. Jaenen, “LAMBERVILLE, JACQUES DE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 3, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lamberville_jacqu es_de_2E.html.

1641

Rouen, France

1710

somewhere in or around Montreal

Jesuit; teacher at various collected in the society of France; member of the expedition at La Galette (Ogdensburg); assigned to Chaplaincy duties at fort Frontenac; taught at the Jesuit College in Quebec.

French

Jacques De Lamberville joined the Jesuit missionaries when he was 20 years old. In France, he was teaching at many colleges and at age 34, he came to Canada, assigned to the Iroquois missions. In Gandaouagué, he performed his best-known conversion of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. In 1684, he was instructed to go to Onondaga, where his brother Jean was, to reassure the Onondagas of the good intentions of the French. At Onondaga, Jacques worked with his brother in assisting the local people with dentistry and medicine, thus gaining their hospitality. Jacques decided to stay with the Onondaga people when his brother Jean was requested to go to Quebec in 1686. It would not be until 1701, after Jacques spent several years teaching at a Jesuit college in Quebec, that he would return to Onondaga in hopes of further evangelizing the people. However, English missions had captivated the Iroquois people so much, Jacques French methods were rendered useless. In 1709, he would return to Montreal.

North American Martyrs' Legacy, Beth Lynch.
https://bethalynch.wordpress.com/introduction-to-st- kateri-tekakwitha/

Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301)

Tajah Hart