Editing Pierre-Esprit Radisson (section)

===Departure from Iroquois and missionary work===

With other Mohawk warriors, Radisson traveled to a trading post at [[Fort Orange (New Netherland)|Fort Orange]], then controlled by the [[Dutch Empire|Dutch]], located in present-day [[Albany, New York]].{{sfnmp|1a1=Radisson|1a2=Scull|1y=1885|1p=79|2a1=Fournier|2y=2002|2p=40}} There, a governor recognized him as a Frenchman and offered to pay for his freedom. But Radisson returned to his Mohawk village. He escaped on 29 October 1653, "at 8 of the clock in the morning".{{sfnp|Nute|1978|p=47}} Reaching Fort Orange, he was hidden at a farm, then met a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest [[Joseph Poncet|Joseph Antoine Poncet]], who made him "a great offer", whereby he returned to [[Holland]] in early 1654 under an agreement now unclear but perhaps involving missionary work.{{sfnp|Radisson|Scull|1885|p=85}}

Later that year, 1654, Radisson returned to Trois-Rivières in New France. Over the next three years, he would embark on several missionary expeditions. His writings largely ignored this period, so little is known about his whereabouts during it, apart from a documented a [[deed]] of sale that he signed in November 1655.{{sfnp|Nute|1978|p=50}} In 1657, Radisson accompanied a joint Franco–Iroquois expedition into [[Onondaga people|Onondaga]] territory to aid a Jesuit priest named [[Simon Le Moyne]] operate his mission and to promote further fur trading.{{sfnp|Nute|1978|p=50}} In 1658, under rising tensions with local Iroquois, the French left, ending the expedition. Radisson soon returned to [[Quebec City|Québec]].