Chief Donnacona (died c. 1539 in France) was the chief of Stadacona, a St. Lawrence Iroquoian village located at the present site of Quebec City, Canada. When French explorer Jacques Cartier first arrived there in 1534. Cartier seized Donnacona's sons, Dom Agaya and Taignoagny, and took them to France. They returned to Canada with Cartier the following year, showed him the entrance to the St. Lawrence River, and piloted him up the river to Stadacona, where this time, the French wintered. Relati… (More on Donnacona)