As the lily among thorns,
so is my love among the daughters.
The Song of Solomon 2:2
Whenever she went to the chapel they caused her to be followed
with showers of stones cast by drunken people, or those feigning to be so, so that,
to avoid their insults she was often obliged to take the most circuitous paths.
This extended even to the children, who pointed their fingers at her,
hooted after her, and in derision called her “The Christian.”
Father Pierre Cholenec
The Song of Solomon 2:2
Whenever she went to the chapel they caused her to be followed
with showers of stones cast by drunken people, or those feigning to be so, so that,
to avoid their insults she was often obliged to take the most circuitous paths.
This extended even to the children, who pointed their fingers at her,
hooted after her, and in derision called her “The Christian.”
Father Pierre Cholenec
I have up to the present written of Katharine as a lily among thorns,
but now I shall relate how God transplanted this beautiful lily and placed it in a garden full of flowers,
that is to say, in the Mission of the Sault, where there have been, are,
and always will be holy people renowned for their virtue.
Father Claude Chauchetière
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Mohawk Valley homeland to the banks of the St. Lawrence River more than
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“Who will teach me what is most agreeable to God, so that I may do it?”
Káteri Tekahkwí:tha
A Lily Among Thorns
The Mohawk Repatriation of Káteri Tekahkwí:tha
A speech presented at the 30th Conference on New York State History,
June 5, 2009, in Plattsburgh, New York
A New Biography “Repatriates”
Káteri Tekahkwí:tha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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