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CIQUARD, Francois, born in Clermont, France, about 1760; do in Canada. He joined the Sulpi-tian order and was director of the Seminary of Bourges. He had a narrow escape during the reign of terror, and embarked for the United States, coming to Baltimore in 1792. His intention was to join his brother Sulpitians of Montreal, but he was not permitted by the English government to enter Canada. Being sent by Bishop Carroll to labor among the Penobscot and Pas-samaquoddy Indians of Maine, he went to Old Town, on the Penobscot. restored the mission, which had been founded by Father Thury, and established wise regulations for the government of the Indians, but found much difficulty in bringing them to habits of order. He afterward obtained the consent of the Canadian authorities to enter Canada, and took charge of the Indians on the St. John river, among whom he died.
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