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Early Detroit
and, under the direction of the Governor General, an arrangement was made between the Superior of the Jesuits at Quebec and the Company of the Colony, for the establishment and support of a Jesuit mission here, by which the company was to pay each missionary 800 francs, and the King was to furnish provisions for their support. In accordance with this agreement, the company, in the spring of 1703, sent an express canoe for the celebrated Father Marest, at Mackinaw; but he declined coming. De La Motte complains that they will not occupy the post themselves nor let others do so.
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