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Râle (Or Rasles), Sébastien
Râle (Or Rasles), Sébastien( 1657?–1724),French Jesuit missionary, came to New France (1689) and established a mission among the Abnaki Indians in the disputed territory of Maine (1696). There he influenced the Indians to oppose the English, who later executed him. His Dictionary of the Abnaki Language was published in 1833.
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