In 1625, a Jesuit missionary named Jean de Brébeuf, accompanied by other Jesuits and servants, went to what is now the Canada and North America. This is the main story told in Huron-Wendat Day of the Dead by Erik R. Seeman, but overall the book presents a comparison between 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 the Europeans, once one grasps the nature of the Jesuit point of view. The similarities and differences between Jesuit and Wendat beliefs eventually led the two groups to separate, which is not only due to their belief in separate lives and the comparison between the Jesuits and Wendat shamans; but also because contacts with the French became increasingly important for their traditional customs and for the split of the Wendat community caused by the conversion of the Wendat to Christianity. This split would also lead to the complete destruction of the traditional Wendat world. This essay explores the duality of Jesuit Jean de Brébeuf's vision in his reports, 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 Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay To begin with, one of the Jesuits' first falterings in their relationship with the Wendat was their misunderstanding of Wendat culture and religion. Some Wendat, in fact, did not want to convert to the Catholic religion due to their beliefs and the repercussions that could occur later. So, one of the biggest problems Brébeuf had in converting the Wendat to Catholicism was: the Christian afterlife. The first case that showed this problem was the case of a Wendat – named Joutaya – who showed promise of conversion and saw a sign while dreaming. His dream came to him when he was ill – probably due to one of the diseases that the colonists brought with them when they arrived in the New World – and, finally, he refused to convert because of the warning that his brother had given him saying: “And then, my brother, do you want to leave us?”. It should be noted that the Wendat culture places great significance on dreams and their importance as they were seen as precise correspondences with the world of the soul. Not tuning into or challenging dreams was an unusual and dangerous act. What Seeman understands from the dream is that Joutaya feared "leaving" the religious trust of the Wendat, but one can also understand that he feared leaving his brother and family in the Wendat afterlife as he went to heaven. Later, in Brébeuf's main focus, during a particularly horrible plague, a lady would not be baptized through water because she could not reach her two dead children in the Wendat afterlife; it was noted that this was very far from being a detached wonder and this was the main reason why Wendats did not consent to be baptized. Thus, Brébeuf thought of starting by baptizing children before adults because, in this way, parents would have a greater chance of joining their children in the afterlife because “the possibility of a reunion in heaven with their children has won over many Wendat wavering. " But the problem was that this prevented the Wendat from joining their precursors. So, this was one of the first flaws of the Jesuits in their association with the Wendat. So, another thing that caused tension between the Wendat and the French Jesuits was that the Wendat were to be frustrated by the Jesuits who were from them and could.