Weskarini, an Algonquin tribe, known as the Little Algonquin Nation, lived on the north bank of the Ottawa River, downstream from the island of Allumettes. (Morrison Island), Quebec, New France. They maintained close relationships with Jesuit missionaries. Most of the Weskarini Algonquins were baptized in Montreal, and the remainder later in Trois-Rivières, as they separated from the rest of the Algonquins moving up the Ottawa River. They finally settled in Trois-Rivières and set up their village there near the Fort. In March 1643, Jeanne Mance, a French nurse at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal, took care of Pachirini, a young wounded Algonquin warrior. Sachem baptized Charles on April 2, 1643 in Montreal by Abbot Imbert Duperon lived for some time in Montreal with the two Jesuits of the post. Most of the Weskarini Algonquins became Catholic, being baptized between 1643 and 1650 by the Jesuits in Montreal and the remainder later in Trois-Rivières. They settled in Trois-Rivières and set up their village there near the Fort. While his compatriots left for Trois-Rivières,...