By Canadian StreamsBurpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)
History
By Canadian Streams
Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)
Canada -- History; Rivers -- Canada
"Having heard the pilot’s story, Champlain, remaining in the woods,
desired his informant to find Antoine Natel, and bring him to the spot.
Natel soon appeared, trembling with excitement and fear, and a close
examination left no doubt of the truth of his statement. A small
vessel, built by Pont-Gravé at Tadoussac, had lately arrived, and orders
were now given that it should anchor close at hand. On board was a
young man in whom confidence could be placed. Champlain sent him two
bottles of wine, with a direction to tell the four ringleaders that they
had been given him by his Basque friends at Tadoussac, and to invite
them to share the good cheer. They came aboard in the evening, and were
seized and secured. ’Voyla donc mes galants bien estonnez,’ writes
Champlain.
"It was ten o’clock, and most of the men on shore were asleep. They
were wakened suddenly, and told of the discovery of the plot and the
arrest of the ringleaders. Pardon was then promised them, and they were
dismissed again to their beds, greatly relieved, for they had lived in
trepidation, each fearing the other. Duval’s body, swinging from a
gibbet, gave wholesome warning to those he had seduced; and his head was
displayed on a pike, from the highest roof of the buildings, food for
birds, and a lesson to sedition. His three accomplices were carried by
Pont-Gravé to France, where they made their atonement in the galleys."
Of Champlain’s later history, his expedition against the Iroquois, by
way of the Richelieu River and the lake to which he gave his name, and
his exploration of the Ottawa, something will be said in later chapters.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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