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- Jacques Marquette - Wikipedia
Jacques Marquette, S J (French pronunciation: [ʒak maʁkɛt]; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), [1] sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, [2] was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace
- Jacques Marquette | Mississippi River, Native Americans, French . . .
Jacques Marquette (born June 1, 1637, Laon, Fr —died May 18, 1675, Ludington, Mich ) was a French Jesuit missionary explorer who, with Louis Jolliet, travelled down the Mississippi River and reported the first accurate data on its course Marquette arrived in Quebec in 1666
- Jacques Marquette: Biography, French Missionary, Explorer
In the spring, Marquette reached the Native Americans he sought, but illness — dysentery he contracted while on his mission—forced him to return home He died on May 18, 1675, en route to St
- Father Jacques Marquette, Where Died Thou? - MyNorth. com
The men who buried Father Jacques Marquette carried the body 200 feet south from where the river entered the lake and then away from shore 240 feet, according to Native Americans who showed
- The Badger Catholic: So whos hiding the body of Fr. Jacques Marquette . . .
Like the Israelites, they gathered his bones and solemnly took him home to be buried beneath the Saint-Ignace chapel His body mattered It was important to them as a community Fr Jacker selected the larger fragments to give to the newly founded Marquette College and reburied the rest at Saint-Ignace article at The Catholic Thing
- Marquette, Jacques - Infoplease
In 1674, Marquette set out to establish a mission in the Illinois (state) area, but his health failed him, and he died on the route back to Mackinac, near present-day Ludington, Mich In 1677, Marquette's body was removed to St Ignace
- The mystery of Father Marquettes death in Michigan
For all of Marquette's meticulous mapping and the body of information he left behind after his death, it's always struck me as at least a little bit ironic that such a mystery seems to surround the actual location of his death in 1675
- Marquette’s Cross - Lost In Michigan
Marquette died in 1675 while returning to his mission in St Ignace His body was buried near the shore of Lake Michigan Marquette’s remains were reburied at St Ignace in 1677 The cross was erected in 1937 at a park in the approximate location of the historic priest’s death
- Jacques Marquette - U-S-History. com
In 1671, Marquette met the famed French explorer, Louis Jolliet Both men had heard rumors about the existence of a great south-flowing river located somewhere in the west A joint effort to find that body of water was halted by tribal warfare in the area
- Jacques Marquette: Life and Exploration of a French Missionary
Discover the life of Jacques Marquette, a pioneering French missionary and explorer who played a vital role in the early exploration of North America
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