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TO FRANCOIS de SALIGNAC de FENELON, 1641-1678 of the order of St. Sulpice, who paddled his canoe against the current of the St. Lawrence River, and the endless waves of Lake Ontario, from Montreal to Frenchman's Bay; who explored our rivers and Bay, and who lived with the Iroquois residents of our Township all through the dreadful winter of 1669-1670, to teach them the religion of Jesus Christ, and to baptize their dying children, this book is respectfully dedicated.