Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3LeSueur, William Dawson
History
Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3
LeSueur, William Dawson
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698
Perrot, Francois Marie, succeeds Maisonneuve as governor of Montreal,
54;
engages in illicit trading and shields _coureurs de bois_, 90;
his wife a niece of Talon, 90;
arrests Bizard, an officer of Frontenac's, 91;
summoned before Sovereign Council, 92;
arrested at Quebec, 93;
character and conduct, 96-7;
protests competency of Sovereign Council to try him, 99;
specially commended to Frontenac in a dispatch from minister, 101;
sent to France, 102;
allowed to return to Canada after brief imprisonment, 103;
removed to government of Acadia, 270;
continues to trade, 271;
dismissal and death, 272
Perrot, Rev. M., _cure_ of Montreal, disapproves of Abbe Fenelon's
sermon, 95
Perrot, Nicolas, ordered to rendezvous at Sault with Indian allies,
181, 186, 187;
arrives with contingent, 210;
accompanies Louvigny to Michilimackinac, 242;
exhibits Iroquois scalps, 243
Peuvret, clerk of the council, imprisoned by Frontenac, 135
Peyras, Jean Baptiste, member of Sovereign Council, 106;
visits Acadia, 271
Phipps, Sir William, birth and early life, 272;
conducts expedition against Acadia, 273;
captures Port Royal, but violates terms of surrender, 274;
ravages committed by his men, 274;
captures other Acadian posts, and establishes government, 275;
returns to Boston with prisoners and booty, 276;
sails from Nantasket, 279;
arrives at Quebec, 282;
demands surrender, 285-7;
his attack repulsed, 295;
decides on retreat, 299;
his estimate of his losses, 302;
disastrous return voyage, 303;
goes to England, 315;
returns as governor of Massachusetts, 328;
recall and death of, 331
Plet, cousin of La Salle, comes from France in connection with
financial matters, 177
Pontchartrain, Marquis de, minister of marine, 72 (note)
Pontgrave, Francois de, voyages of, to St. Lawrence, 3, 8
Port Hayes (Hudson's Bay), captured by Troyes, 206
Port Nelson, captured by Iberville, 345;
retaken by English, 347;
again taken by Iberville, 349
Portneuf, M. de, commands war party from Quebec, 236;
captures Fort Loyal, 252;
removed for peculation, 330
Port Royal (Annapolis), capital of Acadia, 270;
captured by Phipps, 274
Prevost, town-major of Quebec, 257;
strengthens defences, 284
Prevote (provost's court) abolished 1674, re-established 1677, 107
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Quebec, foundation of, 7;
capture of, by Kirke, 20;
restored to France, 23;
population of city in 1666, 56;
first ball given at, 59;
sea expedition planned against by New Englanders, 268-77;
defences strengthened, 284;
attack by squadron under Phipps, 285-300;
defences further strengthened, 326
Queylus, Rev. M. de, Sulpician, appointed vicar-general for Canada, 42;
sent back to France by bishop Laval, 43
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Radisson, Pierre Esprit, proceedings of, in Hudson's Bay, 204-5
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