Over the next few weeks, Brebeuf appeared distracted, no longer seeking to win souls for Christ. More withdrawn, he now steeled himself for what he believed was his ultimate end: Martyrdom.

"I must suffer as our Lord did...Why should my life be spared? I am not worthy to kiss the shoes of my Saviour...."

Thunder Cloud's death had most certainly unsettled the Jesuit which he made clear to anyone close enough to hear him or would listen.

The ominous cloud ...