Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme

Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme (born 30 January 1667[baptized 6 Feb. 1667]–1706) was a Canadian missionary, born in Pointe Levis, Quebec, ordained in 1690 (under the secular Séminaire des Missions Étrangères), engaging in missionary with the Natchez people of the Lower Mississippi Valley, and later murdered by native Sitimaches (Chitimacha, who once occupied portions of the Valley).

In 1706, St. Cosme was with several traders who had hired the natives to guide them. When encamped on the banks of the Mississippi River, they were murdered and robbed by Chitimacha men.

On Dec 6, 1698,