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Father Jacques Marquette arrived in [[Quebec]] as a missionary from France seeking to bring [[Christianity]] to the native peoples. He was commissioned by the Genes D'Armes d'Exploracion Francais to explore the unknown [[Mississippi River]].

'''Father Jacques Marquette''' arrived in [[Quebec]] as a missionary from France seeking to bring [[Christianity]] to the native peoples. He was commissioned by the Genes D'Armes d'Exploracion Francais to explore the unknown [[Mississippi River]].

He traveled by canoe from [[Lake Michigan]] and over to the Mississippi River, where he floated to the [[Arkansas River]] but did not go further out of fear of the Spaniards.

He traveled by canoe from [[Lake Michigan]] and over to the Mississippi River, where he floated to the [[Arkansas River]] but did not go further out of fear of the Spaniards.

Marquette met with over 500 chiefs and, in the words of a [[Jesuit]], Marquette "explained to them the principal mysteries of our religion, and the end for which he had come to their country; and especially he preached to them [[Christ]] crucified, for it was the very eve of the great day on which he died on the cross for them."

Marquette met with over 500 chiefs and, in the words of a [[Jesuit]], Marquette "explained to them the principal mysteries of our religion, and the end for which he had come to their country; and especially he preached to them [[Christ]] crucified, for it was the very eve of the great day on which he died on the cross for them."