Étienne Brûlé (c. 1592 - c. 1633)
Étienne Brûlé was the first of a long line of adventurous young Canadiens who adopted Indian ways, thereby forming a tenuous link between the two cultures. He had probably been in Canada two years when he was sent by Champlain to live with the Algonkin chief Iroquet in 1610. Most of Brûlé's adult life was spent among the Hurons. He often acted as an interpreter and go-between for French officials and missionaries, and roamed over much of the Great Lakes basin. An undisciplined and turbulent man, he eventually alienated members of the Attignaouantan tribe of the Hurons, who killed him about 1633.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Ontario Plaques. Full page here.