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October 24

Kateri Tekakwitha

Why is your story so different that mine from my ancestry records?

She was captured and carried away by the Iroquois Indians during the massacre of La Chenaie in 1693 where she remained a captive until the late part of 1700 at which time she was brought back to her people by a gallant young Iroquois warrior who had been her protector, and suitor, throughout her captivity. It was because of his gallantry and pleading that her life was spared and certainly that was enough to gain her favors. She mothered a daughter for him during the early part of 1700 and as soon as it became known to them that a treaty between England and France was signed, he had taken her and the baby back to her people at La-Pointe-au-Trembles. The little girl's name was Van Katerine Tekakwitha....Van, after him, Katerine after her and Tekakwitha for his family's name. Little Van Katerine grew up well versed with the doctrine of her mother's church and as she rose to young womanhood she chose to dedicate her life to the service of God by serving in missionary work with the Iroquois of the village of Caughnawaga in Southern Quebec.

Catherine had witnessed at the time of her capture, the assassination of her sister, Francoise Angelique who was then in her twelfth year. Angelique was burned at the stake, alive, before her mother and sister's eyes and they were made to eat of her charred flesh. She also was forced to witness the rape and adultery imposed upon her mother by the chiefs of the group. In spite of all the turmoil and fierce ordeals she had experienced, she lived a full life and died at a very old age, ninety-five, on 3/30/1781, and was buried on August 2, 1781--four months and a few days after her death in Notre Dame de Montreal by Pere Hadry. (Records of Notre Dame of Montreal

Thank you

Louise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Callmelatour (talk • contribs) 18:07, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Presumably you are talking about the article Kateri Tekakwitha. Everything in that article, in theory at least, should have come from a reliable source. You seem to be saying that the article is not accurate in some respects, but it's not clear to me what other sources you have which might cast doubt on the version of events in our article. If you have other information, feel free to add it to the article, but whatever it is, it must come from a reliable source. --Viennese Waltz 18:19, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Presumably you are talking about Marie Catherine Quévillon (1686—1781), at least her story told in ancestors.familysearch.org matches your story word by word. This story is different from the story of Kateri Tekakwitha (c 1656—1680), for these were two different women living in different times. --Pp.paul.4 (talk) 22:43, 25 October 2021 (UTC)