Kandoucho
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Kandoucho, was one of 28 villages of the Neutral Nation, or Attawandaron, in Southern Ontario in the 17th century and the home base for one of their chiefs, Souharissen.[citation needed] It was known to the Jesuit missionaries of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons as the village of All Saints.[1]
The exact location of the village is debated; F. Douglas Reville's "The History of the County of Brant", published in 1920, reports that historians of his era located Kandoucho near the present-day city of Brantford, Ontario, and although verified by Sanson's map of 1656, modern archaeological scholarship rejects the accuracy of this document.[2] The village's existence is recorded in the journals of Catholic missionaries who visited the region in the early 17th century: Reverend Father Joseph de La Roche Daillon, for example, spent the winter of 1625-1626 with the people, and his accounts were later translated into English by Dean Harris for his book "Pioneers of the Cross in Canada". Fathers Jean de Brebeuf and Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot came to the village preaching Christianity in summer 1640.[3]
At about 1650, the Iroquois declared war on the Attawandaron; by 1653, the people were practically annihilated, and their villages were wiped out, including Kandoucho.[4] [5]
References[edit]
- ^ Reuben Gold Thwaites, eds. (1898). Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France 1610 - 1791. The Burrows Brothers. p. 205.
- ^ Chris J. Ellis & Neal Ferris, eds. (1990). The Archaeology Of Southern Ontario To A.D. 1650. London Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society. p. 406. ISBN 0-919350-13-5.
- ^ Reville, F. Douglas. "The History of the County of Brant", pp. 15-16. Brantford: Hurley Printing Company, 1920.
- ^ Reville, F. Douglas. "The History of the County of Brant", p. 20.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, "The Hurons"
See also[edit]
[1] - F. Douglas Reville's "The History of the County of Brant", care of the Brantford Public Library. See Chapter 1 for the Attawandaron.
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