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Stamps by Larry Exploration of Canada Stamp Series Continues Last year you may recall sumps honored the dis firsi peoples the Vikings John Cabot and Henry Hudson One Hudson stamp in the lower right block in sheet had a pink blob of color that be The second quartet of stamps in the lion of Canada sencs is it and no doubt collectors everywhere are poring over sheets looking for an error as there was in the 1986 issue came the darling of lectors This year the issue is to the tors Etienne Brule and des Groscilli and Marquette and one showing a mission preaching to Indians in the wilderness Much has been written about Pierre Esprit and his brother in taw des Groseilltcrs Their dramatized story was featured in one of the est Canadian TV serials in English and French durmj the late 1950s was born about perhaps in Pans What is known is that in 1651 he was at Trots Rivieres There he soon learned about front ler life the hard way He was carried away by Indians in 1652 escaped was recap- lured and paid a painful price for his escape was adopted by an Indian family escaped again in 1653 madt his way to Europe and then back to Trois Rivieres By he and des had returned to Quebec from the Lake area with a load of furs Their reward was to be HILLS OUTLOOK fined for trading without a licence By they had learned enough about the interior of the country to take their knowledge to the British which led to the founding of Hudson Bay Co in 1670 Less is popularly known about an earlier explorer sent by Samuel dc Champlam in 1610 to live among the The reason he was sent is less known than anything Brule He was given to Hurons 1610 in ex Friday Paget change for an Indian that Champlam took back to France It was the beginning of a grizzly end for Brule He lived with like an Indian for the next five years He was captured and tortured in by the Iroquois but survived to do further explo ration around the Great Lakes until he met his end tn June near Ont where he was murdered and eaten by his former friends the Hurons If your business would like to have results like Outdoor Power Equipment just call The Herald today at 8772201 and well help you get results too