The History of Them All: Chapters 35-43 Summary

In Chapter 35, the narrator relates the mindset of Catherine Tekakwitha's uncle. He dislikes the French missionaries, who have converted a prodigious portion of the village, including Kryn, chief of the Mohawks. The local priest leaves the village in 1670, but he is soon replaced by another, Jacques de Lamberville. In Chapter 36, the narrator places the time frame of these events in historical context, naming other significant things that happened at this time. As he hoes this, he begins to think of F. and curses death for taking the two people who loved him away.

In Chapter 37, the new priest in Catherine's village begins to massage her feet. He starts to lick them, and Catherine shouts out that she wants to be baptized. As this happens, her uncle begins to sense the dying...