Masse Enemond 1574-1646 Born In France Entered The Society Of


Jesus, 1596. In 1611 went to Port Royal (Annapolis); and later to Mount

Desert Island, where he established a mission and built a fort. In 1613

Captain Samuel Argall (q.v.), attacked the fort, and Masse and most of

the colonists were taken prisoners. In 1614 went to France; returned in

1625, and spent the remainder of his life in mission work among the

Algonquians and Montagnais. Taken prisoner at Quebec in 1629, but

afterwards released. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, 152; returns to college of La

Fleche, 207; returns to Canada, 228. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, History of New

France; Parkman, Old Regime; Murdoch, History of Nova Scotia.



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