[39] In fact both of these swore to this explicitly before the notaries
of the King, Pourcelle and Chaussiere, on March 25, 1644. (Edits et
Ord., Quebec I, pp. 26-27.) On March 21, 1650, there was also signed an
act by the Associates which gave to the last survivor, excluding all
heirs, the forts, habitations, etc., conceded to the members of the
Company of Montreal. (Edits et Ord., p. 27.)
[40] "La Compagnie de Prêtres de St. Sulpice" was founded at Vaugirard,
near Paris, in January, 1642, by M. Jean Jacques Olier de Verneuil, who
was born in Paris on September 20, 1608, and died April 2, 1657. The
establishment of the seminary at St. Sulpice, in Paris, was commenced
on August 15, 1642. It was erected into a community on October 23,
1645, and was confirmed by letters patent by Cardinal Chighi, legate a
latere for France.
[41] For Jeanne Mance's future assistants de la Dauversière had
established, in 1639, a young community of "Filles Hospitalières" at
La Flèche, although it had been in existence elsewhere since 1636, who
were to prepare themselves for the Hôtel-Dieu of Ville Marie. The order
at La Flèche was erected on October 25, 1643, by Mgr. Claude de Rueil,
bishop of Angers, and approved by Pope Alexander VII by a brief of
January 19, 1666. The Sisters for Montreal did not arrive till 1659.
[42] Dollier de Casson, de Belmont and de la Tour put the date for
August 20th, Sister Morin for October, Montgolfier for September. The
"Relations" say that the season was "very advanced."
[43] St. Michel is the site of the present "Spencer Wood."
CHAPTER VI
1642-1643
VILLE MARIE
FOUNDED BY PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE
THE DEPARTURE OF THE EXPEDITION FROM MONTREAL--THE ARRIVAL
AT PLACE ROYALE--THE "VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS" AND MASS ON THE
"COMMON"--VIMONT'S PROPHECY--ACTIVITIES OF ENCAMPMENT--THE
FIRST REINFORCEMENT--THE FIRST QUASI-PAROCHIAL CHAPEL BUILT IN
WOOD--ALGONQUINS VISIT THE CAMP--FLOODS AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE
MOUNTAIN--PEACEFUL DAYS--PRIMITIVE FERVOUR AND SIMPLICITY--THE
DREADED IROQUOIS AT LAST APPEAR--FIRST ATTACK--THE FIRST
CEMETERY--"CASTLE DANGEROUS"--THE ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND
REINFORCEMENT--_Les Véritables Motifs._ NOTES: THE HURONS,
ALGONQUINS AND IROQUOIS.
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