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Cartier with the Donnacona

Taignoagny

Dom Agaya

In 1536 Dom Agaya saved the Carter expedition from certain death from scurvy. Fifty of Cartier's men had already died when Dom Agaya made a tea from either hemlock or spruce to cure the scurvy. Cartier showed his appreciation by kidnapping a number of Dom Agaya's people.

FRANCIS I(king of France)

Cartier and Donnacona

Cartier and Donnacona

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