Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: THE ORDER OF GOOD CHEER--PORT ROYAL, 1606-7. From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys] THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE A Chronicle of Champlain BY CHARLES W. COLBY TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1915 Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Contention {v} CONTENTS Page I. CHAMPLAIN'S EARLY YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. CHAMPLAIN IN ACADIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 III. CHAMPLAIN AT QUEBEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 IV. CHAMPLAIN IN THE WILDERNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 V. CHAMPLAIN'S LAST YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 VI. CHAMPLAIN'S WRITINGS AND CHARACTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 {vii} ILLUSTRATIONS THE ORDER OF GOOD CHEER--PORT ROYAL, 1606-7 . . . . _Frontispiece_ From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. PORTRAIT OF CHAMPLAIN ASCRIBED TO MONCORNET. (See Bibliographical Note, p. 154) . . . . . . . _Facing page_ 4 From Laverdiere's 'Champlain' in M'Gill University Library. COASTS EXPLORED BY CHAMPLAIN, 1604-7 . . . . . . . . " 36 Map by Bartholomew. CHAMPLAIN'S DRAWING OF THE HABITATION AT QUEBEC . . " 64 From Laverdiere's 'Champlain' in M'Gill University Library. HENRI DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDE, VICEROY OF NEW FRANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 74 From Laverdiere's 'Champlain' in M'Gill University Library. THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1609 . . . . . . . " 86 From a drawing by J. D. Kelly in the Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal. CHAMPLAIN'S ROUTE, 1615-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 106 Map by Bartholomew. {1} CHAPTER I CHAMPLAIN'S EARLY YEARS Were there a Who's Who in History its chronicle of Champlain's life and deeds would run as follows: