ROBERT DE LA SALLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 After an engraved portrait said to be preserved in the _Bibliothèque de Rouen_, with signature. OLD PLAN OF FORT FRONTENAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 From _Mémoirs sur le Canada_, Quebec, 1873. THE BUILDING OF THE _GRIFFON_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 From Father Hennepin's _Nouvelle Découverte_, Amsterdam, 1704. PRINCE RUPERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 After the painting by Sir P. Lely. MAP OF HUDSON BAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 CONTEMPORARY FRENCH MAP OF HUDSON BAY AND VICINITY . . . . 155 From La Potherie's _Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale_. LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 After a portrait in Margry's _Découvertes Établissemens_. FORT FRONTENAC AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . 164 From _The London Magazine_, 1758. WILLIAM OF ORANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 After the portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, with signature. QUEBEC, 1689 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 From La Potherie's _Histoire de l'Amérique Septentrionale_. FRENCH SOLDIER OF THE PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 After a cut in Massachusetts Archives, Documents collected in France, 111, 3. SIR WILLIAM PHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 After an accepted likeness reproduced in Winsor's _America_. {xxii} COUNT FRONTENAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 From the statue by Hébert at Quebec. CASTLE ST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 After a cut in Hawkins' _Pictures of Quebec_, Quebec, 1834. ATTACK ON QUEBEC, 1690 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 From La Hontan's _Mémoires_, 1709. CASTLE ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 From Sulte's _Canadiens Français_, viii. PLAN OF QUEBEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 From Franquelin, 1683. LANDING OF IBERVILLE'S MEN AT PORT NELSON . . . . . . . . . 186 From La Potherie's _Histoire de l'Amérique Septentrionale_. CAPTURE OF FORT NELSON BY THE FRENCH . . . . . . . . . . . 187 From the same. CONTEMPORARY MAP, 1689 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 From La Hontan. HERTEL DE ROUVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 After a portrait in Daniel's _Nos Gloires Nationales_. CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF PORT ROYAL BASIN . . . . . . . . . . . 199 From Bellin's map, 1744. PAUL MASCARENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 After a portrait in Savary's edition of Calnek's _Annapolis_. LA VÉRENDRYE'S FORTS AND THE RIVER OF THE WEST . . . . . . 207 After Jeffery's map, 1762. MAP PUBLISHED IN PARIS IN 1752 SHOWING THE SUPPOSED SEA OF THE WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 From the Mémoire presented to the Academy of Sciences at Paris by Buache, August, 1752.