Kondiaronk

Kondiaronk (* 1649, † 1701), also known as Gaspar Soiaga, Souojas, Sastaretsi and the rat, was chief of the Hurons and the Petun in the field of Mackinacstraße between Michigan and Lake Huron. He contributed significantly to the Great Peace of Montreal in which was concluded in 1701 between 40 Indian nations and New France, but died just before signing the contract.

Life

Kondiaronk was considered a brilliant orator and forward-looking strategist He led the two pro- French tribes after a bloody attack of the Iroquois in 1649 in new settlement areas at Michilimackinac, between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.

First Kondiaronk had tried to resist the urge for expansion of the Iroquois in the beaver wars through an alliance with the colonists of New France. Later, however, relocation had recognized as the only way to preserve the Hurons from extinction. In the course of which he became the chief architect of the great, negotiated over several years Peace Treaty of August 1701 between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and about 35 other Indian tribes in the Great Lakes region.

Kondiaronk to convince all parties of the benefits of a comprehensive peace plant succeeded. The Jesuit historian Father Pierre -François de Charlevoix wrote about him, which earlier had been baptized: "it was the general opinion did no Indian had ever possessed Greater merit, a finer mind, more valor, prudence or discernment in understanding Those with splat he had to deal. "

Two days before the signature of the chief died on August 2, of a fever. He was buried with great ceremony in Notre Dame de Montreal, but did not get anything from the grave.

Honors

• The Kondiaronk -Belvedere in Mount Royal Park was named after him.
• 2001 brought him the Government of Canada to the Persons of National Historic Significance.