Produced by Marcia Brooks, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Illustration: Hearths beside which were rocked the cradles of those who made the history of Canada.] FAMOUS FIRESIDES OF FRENCH CANADA BY MARY WILSON ALLOWAY. ILLUSTRATED. MONTREAL: PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL & SON 1899 Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by MARY WILSON ALLOWAY, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics at Ottawa. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, G.C.M.G., LL.D., &c., CHANCELLOR OF McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA IN LONDON, THIS VOLUME IS BY SPECIAL PERMISSION _Respectfully Dedicated_ BY THE AUTHOR. The principal authorities consulted in the preparation of this work were Le Moyne, Kingsford, Rattray, Garneau, Parkman, Hawkins and Bouchette. Acknowledgments are also due to the kind interest evinced and encouragement given by the Hon. Judge Baby, President of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal. CONTENTS. Chateau de Ramezay 19 Heroes of the Past 30 Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire 51 Le Seminaire 56 Cathedrals and Cloisters 58 Massacre of Lachine 82 Chateau de Vaudreuil 95 Battle of the Plains 103 Canada under English Rule 125 American Invasion 144 The Continental Army in Canada 155 Fur Kings 192 Interesting Sites 199 Famous Names 203 Echoes from the Past 212 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Fireplace _Frontispiece._ Chateau Kitchen 24 Chateau de Ramezay 26 Montgomery Salon 28 Chapel of Notre Dame de la Victoire 52 Le Seminaire 56 Home of La Salle 84 St. Amable St. 98 Fort Chambly 146 Chateau Fortier 156 Franklin Vaults 170 PREFACE. In offering this little volume to the kind consideration of Canadian and American readers, it is the earnest wish of the Author that it may commend itself to the interest of both, as the early histories of Canada and the United States are so closely connected that they may be considered identical.