Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3LeSueur, William Dawson
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Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3
LeSueur, William Dawson
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698
Du Lhut, Daniel Greseylon, explorer, discoveries of, 162;
imprisoned on return to Quebec, 163;
appointed post commander among north-western tribes, 164;
diverts trade from English posts on Hudson's Bay to Montreal, 164;
under orders from La Barre confiscates goods in La Salle's fort of
St. Louis, 179;
instructed to rendezvous at Niagara, 181, 186, 187;
fortifies post at outlet of Lake Huron, 202
Dupont, Nicolas, member of Sovereign Council, 106
Duval, Jean, executed for conspiracy against Champlain, 8
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Earthquake of 1662, 46, 47
Eau, Chevalier d', goes on embassy to Iroquois and is badly used, 262
English colonies, goods cheap in, 154;
paid better price for furs, 154, 175, 201;
political confusion prevailing in, after downfall of James II, 263
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Faillon, abbe, quoted, 4, 9;
his description of conduct of Perrot, governor of Montreal, 96, 97
Fenelon, abbe de, intermediary between Frontenac and Perrot, 92;
indignant at Perrot's arrest, 93;
preaches sermon against Frontenac, 93;
carries round memorial in Perrot's favour, 96;
summoned to Quebec, 98;
his conduct before the council, 101;
sent to France, censured, and not allowed to return to Canada, 102,
103
"Flag" incident in siege of Quebec, 295-8
France, condition of, in 1675-6, 150, 151
Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de Palluau et, particulars respecting
his early life scanty, 61;
born in 1620, 61;
enters army under Prince of Orange at age of fifteen, 62;
promoted to rank of _marechal de camp_, 62;
peace of Westphalia (1648) releases him from military life, 63;
marriage and birth of son, 63;
his wife separates from him, 63;
extravagant habits, 64;
commands Venetian troops in defence of Crete against Turks, 64;
leaves France for Canada midsummer of 1672, 65;
endeavours to constitute "three estates," and summons an assembly,
67;
action disapproved by king, 67;
his instructions regarding the ecclesiastical power, 69;
friendly to Sulpicians and Recollets, 74;
plans a visit to Cataraqui, 74;
conducts an expedition to Cataraqui, 76-84;
invites Iroquois to conference at that place, 79;
harangues them and distributes presents, 81, 82;
erects fort, 83;
expedition not approved by minister, 84;
Frontenac defends it, 85;
difficulties with Perrot, governor of Montreal, and the Abbe Fenelon,
90-104;
captures twelve _coureurs de bois_, 99;
sends Perrot and Fenelon to France with report on case, 102;
the king's reply, 103;
enemies at court, 110;
honour paid to him in church curtailed by Laval, 112;
attitude towards ecclesiastical powers, 113;
difficulty with bishop over issue of trading permits, involving
carrying of liquor to Indians, 116;
king prohibits permits, 116;
visits Cataraqui (Fort Frontenac), 117;
appeals against king's decision, 117;
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