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He Prayed to Jesus to Save His Dying Crew
In November 1535, explorer Jacques Cartier and his crew were trapped in the ice near Stadacona, an Iroquoian village at what is now Quebec City.
The men became so weak they couldn’t stand up. Their legs swelled like balloons. Their gums rotted and their teeth became loose. Purple marks showed up all over their bodies.
By February, of the 110 men who made up Cartier’s expedition, eight were dead and only 3 were healthy enough to work.
Cartier placed an image of the Virgin Mary on a tree in the snow and ordered everyone healthy enough to walk there in a procession. They sang psalms and prayed…
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