In 1625, a Jesuit missionary named Jean de Brébeuf, accompanied by other Jesuits and servants, went to what is today Canada and North America. This is the main story told in Erik R. Seeman's Huron-Wendat Day of the Dead, but overall the book presents a comparison of Catholic and Wendat beliefs at the time of the events. Jesuit relations, which date back to the 17th century, are inhabited by indigenous voices that the Jesuits attempted to convert to Catholicism. These voices can reveal much of the history of the natives and their encounter with Europeans, once nature is understood from a Jesuit perspective. The similarities and differences between the beliefs of the Jesuits and the Wendat eventually led the two groups to separate, which was not only due to their beliefs in separate lives and the confrontation between Jesuit and Wendat shamans; but also because contacts with the French became increasingly important due to their traditional customs and the split in the Wendat community caused by the Wendat's conversion to Christianity. This split would also result in the complete destruction of the traditional Wendat world. This essay explores the duality of the vision of the Jesuit Jean de Brébeuf in his relationships between 1635 and 1636, regarding the Huron Wendat of New France. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get the original essay To begin with, one of the early failures of the Jesuits in their relationship with the Wendat was the misunderstanding of Wendat culture and religion. Indeed, some Wendats did not want to convert to the Catholic religion because of their own beliefs and because of the repercussions that could occur subsequently. Thus, one of the major problems that Brébeuf had in converting the Wendats to Catholicism was: the Christian afterlife. The first case that showed this problem was that of a Wendat – named Joutaya – who showed promise of conversion and who saw a sign while he was dreaming. His dream came to him while he was ill – probably from one of the illnesses the colonists brought with them when they arrived in the New World – and ultimately he refused to convert because of the warning that his brother had thrown at him. saying: “And now, my brother, will you leave us? It should be noted that Wendat culture places great importance on dreams and their importance, as they were considered demanding correspondences with the soul world. Not listening to or defying dreams was a rare and dangerous act. What Seeman understands from the dream is that Joutaya feared "leaving" the Wendat's religious trust, but we can also understand that he feared leaving his brother and his family behind in Wendat life after his death so that he was going to heaven. Later, in Brébeuf's main purpose, during a particularly horrible epidemic, a lady would not be baptized in water because she would not be able to join her two dead children in the Wendat afterlife; we note that this was far from being a detached miracle and it was the main reason why the Wendats did not agree to be baptized. Thus, Brébeuf was preparing to begin by baptizing children before adults because, in this way, parents would be more likely to join their children in the afterlife because "the possibility of reunion in heaven with their children appealed to many numerous vacillating Wendats. » But the problem was that the Wendats were ready to join their precursors as well. It was therefore one of the.