Kateri Tekakwitha, an Iroquois maiden, was born in A.D. 1656 at Ossernenon, Auriesville, lived there until 1666, lived at Caughnawaga, Fonda, from 1667 to 1677, was baptized there on Easter Sunday 1676, then lived at Caughnawaga, Canada, from 1677 until her death on April 17, 1680. By her own people she was reputed Onkweonweke Katsitsiio Leokitsianekaron, Fairest Flower that ever bloomed Among true men, and by all who know her virtues, Lily of the Mohawks.