Pere (Father) Jacques Marquette

1. Pere (Father) Jacques Marquette By Ian, Royal, Corrina, and Ellie

2. Who?Corrina • Pere Jacques Marquette. • Born on 1637, he died on 1675. • Born in Loan, France he died in New France,(Canada). • Pere Jacques Marquette was a French Jesuit and explorer. • He was a lawyer who provided a good life for his large family. • At 9 years old, Marquette began attending a Jesuit school in Reims, France.

3. What?Royal • After a expedition Marquette stayed by lake M.I and Joliet returned to Quebec . • Farther Marquette preached among the Illinois Indians until death in 1675. • He explored to make Americans convert to Christens. • Most of these people were men. In 1668 he dicided that he didn’t want to become a priest and then became a tracker with the Indians innsted .

4. WhenIan • October 10, 1666. Pere Jacques Marquette goes up to three rivers to study the Algonquin language. • French men where to the south and west, the fierce Indians sometimes come into the very outskirts of Quebec itself. • 1671 lived with Ottawa and Huron. • 1671 started a Chippewa mission at chequamegan bay. • 1666 sailed to Quebec. • Louis Joileit found Mississippi river in 1673. • Pere was 29 years old when he explored.

5. WhereEllie • Marquette explored with Louis Joliet. • Father Marquette was looking for the Pacific Ocean witch is North but he found the Mississippi River instead witch is South. • He found the Mississippi River traveling around it hoping to the Pacific Ocean. • Pere explored many rivers.

6. Why • In1673 he led a mission with Louis Joliet. • Marquette explored because he wanted to Convert Native Americans to christions. • Marquette explored to find the pacific ocean. • He didn’t find the pacific ocean because he found out the Mississippi River went South, because the Pacific ocean went North. • Father Marquette didn’t find the Pacific ocean instead he found the Mississippi River. • He was heading south instead.

7. HowCorrina • He became friendly with Huron and the Ottawa, but didn’t convince many of them to become Christians. • He learned there language by studying the language of Native Americans who lived in the region. • Marquette did not find sliver or gold, but they found something else furs. • Furs were fashionable in Europe, and European would pay high prices for Mink, beaver, and fox pelt, or skins. • In the 1600s the priest want to Christianity.