The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of FrontenacColby, Charles W. (Charles William)
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The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of Frontenac
Colby, Charles W. (Charles William)
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698
Frontenac, Comte de, his birth and parentage, 17-18; his early career,
18-21, 26 n.; his marriage and domestic affairs, 21-6, 113; selected by
Turenne to assist Venice in the defence of Crete, 26-8; gossip
concerning his appointment as governor of New France, 28-30; his
arrival in Quebec, 33-4; summons the Three Estates, 35-7, 44-5; his
tour of inspection and conference with the Iroquois, 38-44, 95; his
quarrel with Perrot, 45-50; and Laval, 51-3, 55, 58-63; and Duchesneau,
52-3, 63-70, 80; and the Sulpicians, 54; his antagonism towards the
Jesuits, 54-5, 57-8, 69-70, 81-3; favours the Récollets, 55; upholds
the brandy traffic, 61-3; his influence with the Indians, 72-3, 93-4;
encourages exploration, 74-5, 79; supports the coureurs de bois, 80;
his recall, 70-2; an estimate of his work, 72-4, 83-86, 93-4; his
return to New France, 112-15, 116, 135-6; his campaign against New
England, 117-19, 121; his reply to Phips, 125-7; his Indian policy,
135-7, 138, 141; at war with the Iroquois, 137-42, 144, 148-50; his
expedition against the Onondagas and Oneidas, 148-50; his reply to
Bellomont's threat, 151-2; his dispute with Champigny, 152-3; his
death, 153-4; his character, 24, 25-26, 31, 32, 44, 57, 58, 150,
154-161.
Frontenac, Madame de, 22-5, 154.
Goyer, Father, 115; pronounces eulogy on Frontenac, 153.
Grangula, an Onondaga chief, 99-102, 109.
Great Britain, 29 n., 90; and war with France, 114, 142; her colonial
system, 131-4. See New England States.
Hébert, Louis, a seigneur of New France, 14.
Hennepin, Father, his rescue, 78.
Hertel, François, his raid on English settlements, 118, 119-121.
Holland, and war with France, 29 n., 85, 90; and the fur trade, 89.
Howard of Effingham, Lord, governor of Virginia, 96.
Hubbard, William, and King Philip's War, 158-9.
Hudson Bay, the struggle between French and English on, 105-6.
Hurons, the, 139.
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d', 118, 150.
Illinois, the, 93, 95-6.
Iroquois, the, and Frontenac, 40, 41-4, 93, 95, 137-8; their power and
political sagacity, 87-9, 97, 109-10; and the fur trade, 92-3, 95-6; a
menace to New France, 94, 95-6, 111; their relations with the English,
96, 97; and La Barre, 95, 98-102; and Denonville, 106-7, 109, 110; at
war with New France, 137-42, 149; make peace, 152.
Jesuits, the, in New France, 8, 53-4; and Frontenac, 54-5, 57-8, 69-70,
82-3; and the brandy traffic, 61-3.
King Philip's War, 158-9.
Kondiaronk, a Huron chief, 110-111, 139.
La Barre, Lefebvre de, governor of New France, 91, 92, 135; fails to
cope with the Iroquois peril, 94, 95-6, 97, 98-102; recalled, 103.
La Chesnaye, massacre at, 111, 135.
Lachine, massacre by Iroquois at, 111, 135.
La Durantaye, and the Iroquois, 106, 109.
La Hontan, Baron, quoted, 99-102.
Lamberville, his influence with the Iroquois, 97, 109.
Laprairie, English raids on, 123, 146.
La Salle, and Frontenac, 40-1, 45, 74-7, 92, 93; and La Barre, 96.
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