Search Results

Person/Organization: Rasles, Sebastien

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 6 Showing 3 of 6

Item 7917

Sebastien Rasles strongbox, ca. 1721

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1721 Location: Norridgewock Media: Wood, copper, leather

Item 34718

Sebastian Rasles copy of 'Medulla Theologiae Moralis,' 1682

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1724 Location: Norridgewock Media: Ink and pencil on paper

  view a full transcription

Item 7530

'Death of Father Sebastian Rale,' 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1724-08-02 Location: Norridgewock Media: Ink on paper, book

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 1 of 1 Showing 1 of 1

Exhibit

Father Rasles, the Indians and the English

Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.