In 1615, Champlain returned, but this time he had a mission: Reclaim the Indians for the catholic church. On his expedition were 4 friars from the Recollets, a branch of the Franciscans. One of them was Joseph LeCaron, who was the first one to celebrate Mass in the new world. The territory was vast. so in 1625 they were forced to accept the help of the Jesuits, so strong in wealth and energy they would not need to rely on anyone else. Cardinal Richelieu even lifted duties and imposts of Canada for 15 years, allowing officers and ecclesiastics to engage in trade freely. He also issued that every settlement was to be provided with 3 ecclesiastics. With a plan like this it wasn't long before the Jesuit's program really got under way. It was growing so fast indeed that the Jesuits decided to follow the zealous Father Superior Le Jeune, and the trio of Brébeuf, Daniel, and Daoust, these four were willing to do, dare, suffer, and die for the greater glory of God.



In 1648 the conversion to the new religion was growing fast among the Iroquois. Still their way of life remained much the same. The Huron mission was abandoned and the Jesuits turned towards Montreal. Precisely at Sault au Recollet. In 1657 The seminary St-Sulpice of Paris established a branch in Montreal. In 1663 The town of Montreal handed the temporal management of the city and Island in exchange for protection from the Iroquois. Their forces had destroyed the Huron Nation, and the Algonquins were little more than a name at that time. I was believed, that the Iroquois had depopulated a great part of the country and it was only a noble battle from Dollard that served as some sort of resistance. But Iroquois were also present inside the settlement. The confusion was that factions existed within the Iroquois tribe. Three distinct clans existed, Christian Mohawk, who sided with the French, or British, and the Iroquois from the Iroquois League, who lived outside settlements. These three clans would be at war until the late 1600's . Peace was achieved in 1696 between these 3 factions, after having realized the White man was in fact using the Iroquois against each other.

But trouble was also brewing in the ecclesiastic ranks. The Jesuits were jealous of the sulpicians, and used every effort to prevent them from establishing themselves in Canada. The sulpicians were very powerful at the French court. What followed was a new phase that led to all land disputes in Oka. The Sulpicians asked the King of France for grants of land, to build an Indian mission . Had they asked it for themselves they would not have got it. But the French came and granted the land for the mission entailing no condition on the Mohawks but many on the Sulpicians.