Sebastien Rale came to America as a Jesuit missionary in 1689. He learned to speak Abenaki and other Algonquian languages. He encouraged the Norridgewocks to hold their land in trust for their children. In 1721 the Norridgewock chief Toxus died, and his successor Ouikouiroumenit advocated peace and sent four hostages to Boston. Rale wrote to Governor Vaudreuil, who sent the priest de la Chasse with Canadian Abenakis to reinforce Norridgewock. Vaudreuil ignored the treaties made by the tribe as unauthorized. In August the two priests went to the English settlement at Georgetown with two hundred Indians and demanded that the hostages be freed. Massachusetts governor Shute sent back one hostage, strengthened the garrison, and in a letter he asked Rale and other priests to withdraw from British territory. He accused Rale of urging the Abenakis to raid the English settlers, and in January 1722 Col. Westbrook captured Rale’s papers that proved the case.
http://san.beck.org/11-6-NewFrance1663-1744.html
I will see if I can find it.
There are the records of letters of Father Rale to his nephew (about 1721-1723) and to his brother (1723).
There is the letter of Father de la Chasse on the death of Father Rale.
Father Rale was an advocate for peace for the Abenaki with the British.
One of the more interesting stories about Rale is the Mass in 1833 celebrating the 109th anniversary of the death of Father Rale. After the Mass, a grandson of one of the party who killed Rale told about how an Indian woman came to his grandfather's rescue.
The Indian woman had just buried her husband and came across one of the attackers -- this man's grandfather.
This Indian woman chose to help a man who could have just killed her husband. She was afraid the other Indians would kill him if they found him, so she hid in a cave and took care of him.
The man's grandfather was wounded.
Obviously, this Indian woman is an example of one of these savages of Father Rale [ /sarcasm off].