Guillaume Couture (January 14, 1618 – April 4, 1701) was a citizen of New France . During his life he was a lay missionary with the Jesuits , a survivor of torture, a member of an Iroquois council, a translator, a diplomat, a militia captain, and a lay leader among the colonists of the Pointe-Lévy (now named Lévis city) in the Seigneury of Lauzon, a district of New France located on the South Side of Quebec City .
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38-606: A donné in New France to convert Natives to Roman Catholicism . Couture arrived in New France in 1640. In the summer of 1641, he went to work among the Hurons . The following spring Couture returned to Quebec in company with the Jesuit leader Isaac Jogues . During this period, Couture learned several major Native languages, which increased his stature, for he could now work as a translator for
57-608: A force of New England colonists, Couture was able to prevent the English from attacking Pointe-Lévy at the age of 72. By this point, Couture was also the Chief Magistrate of the Pointe-Lévy (today Lévis) district. Among his jobs were to run the censuses, enforce government edicts, and run the local assemblies that met from time to time. Couture was also in charge of local court cases, being both judge and jury. On some occasions, Couture
76-734: A mission in the North of New France. The main mission was to find the North Sea . However, Couture found the Mistassini Lake and he goes to the Rupert River . He was accompanied by Pierre Duquet and Jean Langlois and many Amerindians. This shipment consisted of 44 boats. No doubt Couture's skills with native languages came into good use. The party worked among the Papinachois, who lived in present-day northeastern Quebec. Sometime around 1666, with war with
95-506: A spear through one of his hands. Later on, Couture, Jogues, and Goupil were subjected to even more torture. The Iroquois tore out Couture's fingernails, and bit the ends. Then the three men were stripped and forced to walk through a gauntlet, the Iroquois beating the three men with sticks. After arriving at an Iroquois village, an Iroquois leader took out a dull knife and began to cut off Couture's right middle finger. When this failed to work,
114-1302: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Couture (surname) Couture is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian writer Gerry Couture (1925–1994), Canadian hockey player Guillaume Couture (1617/18–1701), lay missionary, diplomat and militia captain in New France Léonie Couture (born 1951), Canadian feminist and charity founder Logan Couture (born 1989), Canadian hockey player Maurice Couture (1926-2018), former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Québec Randy Couture (born 1963), retired American mixed martial arts fighter Rosario Couture (1905–1986), Canadian hockey player Ryan Couture (born 1982), American mixed martial arts fighter and son of Randy Couture Thomas Couture (1815–1879), French history painter Jean-Guy Couture (1929-2022), Canadian catholic priest See also [ edit ] Martin Couture-Rouleau (died 2014) aka Ahmad LeConverti , radicalized Canadian Islamist convert [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
133-556: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Guillaume Couture Couture was born in 1618 in Rouen , Normandy , and baptized in the church Saint-Godard in Rouen, the son of Guillaume Couture and Madeleine Mallet. His father, Guillaume was a carpenter in the St-Godard district and young Guillaume was trained in the same occupation. However, by 1640 he was recruited by Jesuits to be
152-575: The Saint Lawrence River from Quebec City) which will become the city of Lévis in 1861. However, he was not a seigneur because the Seigneury of Lauzon was the property of Jean de Lauzon, the Governor of New France between 1651 and 1657. In 1649, the Jesuit leaders in New France voted unanimously to release Couture from his vows and to allow him to get married. The woman whom Couture chose to be his bride
171-453: The surname Couture . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Couture_(surname)&oldid=1161619123 " Categories : Surnames French-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
190-523: The Hurons, who realized what was about to happen, take off into the woods; Couture followed them as Jogues and Goupil were captured. When Couture realized that he had become separated from his companions he went back to search for them. Couture then encountered five Iroquois. One of them fired a gun at Couture, but missed. Couture returned fire, killing the warrior instantly. The other four Iroquois fell upon Couture and beat him with their war clubs. They also ran
209-456: The Iroquois and the English looming, Couture, now living full-time in Pointe-Lévy ( Lévis ) since 1647. Couture was the main administrator and had been named Captain of the Militia for the area he lived in. This was a major honour in New France, going only to those who had proved themselves, something Couture had done again and again. In 1690, when Admiral William Phips invaded Quebec City Area with
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#1732851808918228-503: The Jesuits. Couture also learned much about native culture and ways during this period. He was also a master carpenter, "a deadly marksman with the musket and a sincerely pious man." In August 1642, Couture, Jogues, lay missionary, René Goupil , and several Huron converts set out on their return to the Huron missions. An Iroquois war party ambushed the group. Right before the attack, Couture saw
247-559: The chief simply pulled the finger out of its socket. At this point, Couture was sent deep into Iroquois Country (present day upstate New York in Auriesville ) where he was given to the family of the man he had killed to be their slave. His courage under torture plus his skills both as a marksman and carpenter earned the respect of his captors. So impressed were the Iroquois that they invited Couture to sit on their councils. No other European would ever get this honour. In 1645, de Montmagny,
266-399: The governor of New France, decided it was time to end the war with the Iroquois. He released several Iroquois prisoners and sent them into Iroquois country to negotiate a peace settlement. The Iroquois in turn released Couture, and asked him to act on their behalf, which Couture agreed to do. Couture arrived at Trois-Rivières and, along with two Iroquois leaders, was able to put an end (for
285-1069: The lake that covers it in Quebec, Canada France [ edit ] Couture, Charente , in the Charente département, France Couture-d'Argenson , in the Deux-Sèvres département, France Couture-sur-Loir , in the Loir-et-Cher département, France La Couture (disambiguation) , locations in France United States [ edit ] The Couture , proposed high-rise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Fashion [ edit ] Haute couture , sometimes just called couture See also [ edit ] Couturier Culture (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Couture All pages with titles containing Couture Topics referred to by
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323-525: The time) the war between the Five Nations Iroquois and the French. Instead of settling down after such an ordeal, Couture decided to go straight back to Huron country. In 1646 he was reported as working in the Huron missions with Father Pijart. He only did this for only two years between 1645 and 1647. On May 15, 1647, he became the first settler of the Seigneury of Lauzon at Pointe-Lévy (located across
342-470: Was Anne Émard or Aymard, who was from St-André-de-Niort, in Poitou region of France. The couple would have ten children during their years of marriage. During the 1650s and 1660s, Couture acted as a diplomat, going to New Netherland (present-day New York) to negotiate trade and to settle boundary disputes between the two colonies. In 1663, Couture was recruited by French Governor Pierre Dubois Davaugour for
361-555: Was invited to sit on the Sovereign Council, which ran New France for Louis XIV . The fact that the status-obsessed French government offered Couture a part-time seat on the council shows how highly the leaders of New France viewed him. Guillaume married Anne Émard (or Aymard) on November 16, 1649, in Quebec City , Quebec , Canada. Together they had the following children: On November 17, 1700, Couture's wife, Anne Émard, died. In
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