Account of his captivity among the Onneidas [i.e. Oneidas] in 1690-1691, 1890-1894 / by Pierre Millet of the Company of Jesus ; translated by Mrs. E.E. Ayer.

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Account of his captivity among the Onneidas [i.e. Oneidas] in 1690-1691, 1890-1894 / by Pierre Millet of the Company of Jesus ; translated by Mrs. E.E. Ayer.

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Father Pierre Millet's July 6, 1691, letter to missionaries in Canada, translated into English by Emma Burbank Ayer, probably in Chicago; begun in 1890 and finished in 1894.

1 item ([1], 71 leaves) ; 19 cm.

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