Albanel, Charles d’
Albanel, Charles d’
(1616-96) Jesuit missionary, born Auvergne, France ; dead Sault Sainte Marie, Canada . He joined the Canadian Mission, 1649; spent four winters among the Montagnais Indians; accompanied De Tracy’s expedition against the Iroquois, 1666; and accompanied Saint Simon to Hudson Bay, 1671-72, to take possession for the French King, his “Journal” of this expedition being in the “Jesuit Relations” (1672). On a second journey thither in 1674, he was captured by the English and sent back to Europe. In 1676 he returned to Canada , worked on the Ottawa missions, and was superior at Green Bay (De Pere, Wis.), 1677-78.