Anthropologist Serge Bouffard claims that when Donnacona died in France around 1539, he might have been buried in a mass grave of american natives in Rue des Andouilles. Were there enough native americans dying in the street s of Paris in 1539 to warrant their own mass graves?

For the record, the man's name is Serge Bouchard. He has a long and distinguished career as an anthropologist, teacher and radio personality. His article "Donnaconna, roi canadian," published in L'actualité in 2008, states:

À Paris, Donnacona fut enterré dans une fosse commune réservée aux indigènes des Amériques que les explorateurs emmenaient de force, et qui mouraient rapidement à cause du climat malsain de la France. Cette fosse se situait sous la rue des Andouilles, nom donné aux Indiens en général.

L'actualité is a current affairs magazine, and Bouchard doesn't discuss his sources. He paints a picture of Donnaconna's death that is very different from the conventional story.

According to the Relation of Jacques Cartier's third voyage to Canada, Cartier is asked the fate of Donnaconna, whom Cartier had abducted with nine other Indigenous people and brought to France. Cartier tells Donnaconna's people that Donnaconna had died in France and that his body rested in the ground. The others, said Cartier, had become great lords, had married, and did not wish to return to Canada.