Fear her?

Pity her?

Did they treat her as a curiosity, a survivor, a cautionary tale, an inspiration?

We do not know.

The historical record does not tell us how the woman herself was received, only that her story was told and recorded.

The Story’s Long Reach

The story of Marguerite de la Rocque has reached almost every era and cultural context that has engaged seriously with the history of French colonialism in North America.

Canadian historians, French literary scholars, scholars of Renaissance women’s history, feminist historians — all have found in her story something worth examining.