Belvédère Kondiaronk

Kondiaronk, also known as Gaspar Soiaga, Souojas, Sastaretsi, and called the rat, was one of the most important leaders of the Huron-Wendat nation of Michillimakinac, renowned as an orator and as a skilled military and political strategist. Born circa 1640, he was one of the main architects of the Great Peace of Montreal of 1701. The negotiations leading to that peace treaty unfolded over several years, and his participation was decisive. They were completed during a major conference in Montreal in the summer of 1701 that brought together representatives of about forty nations. Kondiaronk died in Montreal on August 2, 1701, during the peace negotiations. The treaty was signed in Montreal on August 4, 1701, ending conflicts that had lasted for several decades between the French and the Five Nations of the Iroquois League, and between the latter and the nations of the Great Lakes region allied with the French.

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