Show 0 r I 1 R aa amle 3 a 1 7 17 v 0 r M 1 A T T TARDY FOR 15 57 GREAT LAKES chronology champlain Champl aln 1603 sails up st SL lawrence be t yond montreal 1609 founds quebec 1609 discovers lake champlain Champl aln 2615 discovers lakes huron and ontario 1628 wr war between france franc and england lai quebec surrenders to english fleet beet later returned to france aci 1659 E explorations of radisson and Groseil liers resulting in hudson bay bar corn com banys charter brule 1608 S servant arvant to champlain Champl aln at quebec 1410 15 16 lives among durons visits lakes huron and superior alf precedes champlain across lake ontario travels travel go south uth to chesapeake bay 1432 put to death by durons by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN WEEK cele cel berated this summer bummer at D sault ste marie brought belated honors to the mem mein 1 ory of etienne brule and tardy recognition of his claim to tame fame as the first white man to see bee the great lakes discovery of which has been credited to samuel de champlain Champl aln gen sir arthur currle currie commander of the canadian army in france during the world war unveiled a memorial cairn to etienne brule and gre fiolle his companion whose first name Is unknown the cour cou eurg de bols bola who found the sault and discovered lake superior years ago moreover the indians gave a pageant portraying Long fellows sma hiawatha and the pageant identified brule and grenoble Gre nolle as the first white men to arrive in the sault country although in the poem the white men are not named the indians of file garden river reserve on the banks of the historic st SL marys river live in ili the very heart of the hiawatha country the indians are descendants of those whom the first white man found living along the famous rapids which give the city its came Pawl tIng or Bowa ting was the old name baffle tor for the indian village which existed there when brule and grenoble Gre nolle and their immediate successors came it was only in 1905 that tle the indian village on whitefish island in the st marys rapids within the city limits was abandoned due to the onward arch of civilization which decreed the construction of additional great locks and power houses it was a colorful pageant and followed strictly the famous poem with the exception of the identification of the first white men as an brule and gre tolle colle miss Waubon oga osa the minne baba of the pageant Is an indian girl of exceedingly attractive appearance the leading role of hiawatha was taken by a young ojibway named chach he Is twenty one years old and comes of a very good old indian family he has ban the looks looka and the figure tor for the part there Is no portrait of brule extant and there Is no record of any kind in his writing but there are abundant references to him indications are that he was uneducated impatient of discipline neglectful of his bit religious duties and that he lived among the indians as one of them the french priests refer to him as rule the interpreter so BO does parkman in his bis pioneers of france in the new world the historian praises him as the pioneer of pioneers pioneer but nevertheless credits champlain with J the discovery of lake huron in 1615 champlain Champl aln usually speaks of baules services as those of one of my young men nevertheless his bis third work which covers the period 1615 19 contains brulee narrative of his travels among the savages south to chesapeake bay and in his writings about 1632 there Is a passage which states that brule was tort fort adonne aux fe felonies mines he also says that it was a bad example to send persons of such bad morals as the interpreter brule among the indians such characters ought to have been severely chastised samuel de champlain Champl aln was the ruling spirit and prominent figure in III french exploration and colonization in the new world from 1603 1003 to 1635 As ge ogra pher of the king under de monte monta he explored the atlantic coast south to massachusetts bay at a time when there was no settlement between newfoundland and mexico then on his third expedition he be founded quebec 1608 it was the dream of fran france ce to discover a new passage by water to asia and the wealth ot of 0 onnus us and ind so champlain Champl aln was a keen explorer in 1809 he be discovered covered and gave his name to lake champlain Champl aln in 1815 1615 he induced the durons to take him to lake huron in return he be agreed to head an expedition against the iro quals confederacy in central new york the durons took him to georgian bay thereupon champlain Champl aln and the indians set out on their raid they crossed lake ontario just where it empties into the st lawrence two conjectural routes are shown by the dotted lines in the map champlain fought an indecisive battle with the iroquois at onelda oneida lake and was wounded he withdrew his bis forces and arrived at quebec after an absence of nearly a year then he left on a visit to france brule it appears was born bom in 1582 1592 and at sixteen went as a servant with champlain Champl aln to quebec he left champlain in 1610 to live with the durons it was during this time that it Is believed that he was taken by the indians to lake huron over the route followed by champlain in 1615 the tribal thoroughfare up the ottawa across lake and down the french river anyway the friar saga sagard rd made record of the fact that brule told him of vast mines of native copper known to the indians fattier father sagard also wrote I 1 the interpreter brute brule with some savages assured us that beyond the fresh sea lake huron there la is another large lake which empties into this one by a waterfall named the saut de gaston being nearly two leagues wide which lake with the fresh sea continues about thirty days journey by canoe according to the statement of the savages and of the interpreter leagues in length this Is strong evidence that had been to lake superior and to 8 st I 1 marys rapids to which he had the name of the brother of the french king brule came out from among durons to go with champlain Champl aln on 1615 expedition as interpreter georgian bay brule was IT if r P w i W 0 iw j 04 1 r LAKE tj ONTARIO T awl by champlain Champl aln to accompany a huron advance party bound for foi the so arces of the susquehanna to secure aid from the tribes there in the raid on the iroquois he preceded champlain Champl aln over the lake ontario route and returned with the indian allies to onelda oneida lake he arrived too late for the battle found the durons in retreat and returned home with his allies to follow the susquehanna to its mouth at havre de grace on chesapeake bay so presumably brute brule was the first white man to see lake ontario and to travel overland to chesapeake father sagard wrote the details of baules return from the indians ot of the susquehanna he was captured by the iroquois in stripping him for the stake they seized upon his agnus del it if you touch it he warned them you yon and all your tribe will die just then a thunderstorm threatened brule pointed to the black clouds as all a sign of the anger of his god the iroquois tied fled but returned to pay him high honor and set him on his bis way home in the meantime quebec bad fallen into dire straits the french had dispatched a 4 supply squadron in J which had been captured by admiral kirk and an english fleet kirk had then demanded the surrender of quebec which champlain had refused in 1029 1629 kirk returned and a french pilot guided three ships up the river to quebec which promptly surrendered that pilot was brule bruie ile he wall wag execrated as a traitor by some borne but had bad ills ilia apologists inasmuch as the quebec garrison had bad been reduced to 16 men and the women and children were grubbing for roots nevertheless brule when the treaty of 1632 gave g quebec back to france le left ft an and d we went nt back to uve live with the durons the french fathers bring brin g the story of etienne brule to a close by recording that a few mouth months s later the hu rons after a sudden and mysterious quarrel bad killed and eaten him now the durons were not cannibals what really took place probably was that the durons put him to death tor for some offense against the tribe and ate his heart that they might secure tor for themselves lit his courage and qualities of leadership that was their custom when they tortured to death a niao mail with a great heart and surely etienne brule was that |