Weskarini, an Algonquin tribe, known as the Petite Nation des Algonquins, lived on the north side of the Ottawa River below Allumettes Island ( Morrison Island), Quebec, New France. They had close ties with Jesuit missionaries. Most of the Algonquin Weskarini were baptized in Montreal, and the remainder later in Trois-Rivières, as they separated from the rest of the Algonquin who continued along the Ottawa River. They eventually settled in Trois-Rivières, establishing their village there near the Fort. In March 1643, Jeanne Mance, a French nurse at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montréal, cared for Pachirini, a wounded young Algonquian warrior. Sachem, baptized as Charles on 2 April 1643 in Montreal by Father Imbert Duperon, lived in Montreal for some time with the two local Jesuits. Most of the Algonquin Weskarini became Catholic, being baptized between 1643 and 1650 by the Jesuits in Montréal and the remainder later in Trois-Rivières. They settled in Trois-Rivières, establishing their village there near the Fort. While his fellow tribesmen left for Trois-Rivières,...