Kandoucho, was one of 28

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s of the

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, or Attawandaron, in

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in the 17th century and the home base for one of their chiefs, Tsohahissen or Souharissen. It was known to the Jesuit missionaries of

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as the village of All Saints. The exact location of the village is debated; F. Douglas Reville's "The History of the County of Brant", published in 1920, reports that historians of his era located Kandoucho near the present-day city of

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, and although verified by Sanson's map of 1656, modern archaeological scholarship rejects the accuracy of this document. The village's existence is recorded in the journals of

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missionaries who visited the region in the early 17th century: Reverend Father

Joseph de La Roche Daillon Joseph de La Roche Daillon (died 1656, Paris) was a French Catholic missionary to the Huron Indians and a Franciscan '' Récollet'' priest. He is best remembered in Canada as an explorer and missionary, and in the United States as the discoverer o ...

, for example, spent the winter of 16251626 with the people, and his accounts were later translated into English by Dean Harris for his book "Pioneers of the Cross in Canada". Fathers

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and

Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot (; aka Joseph Marie Chaumonot) (March 9, 1611 – February 21, 1693) was a French priest and Jesuit missionary who learned and documented the language of the Wyandot people, also known as the Huron. A series of an ...

came to the

preaching Christianity in summer 1640. At about 1650, the

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declared war on the Attawandaron; by 1653, the people were practically annihilated, and their villages were wiped out, including Kandoucho.Catholic Encyclopedia, "The Hurons"
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