The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of ChamplainColby, Charles W. (Charles William)
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The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain
Colby, Charles W. (Charles William)
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635
Henry IV, 7, 8; his interest in colonial expansion, 10-11, 17, 18, 24,
25, 60, 121; assassinated, 71.
Holland, her interest in America, 14-16, 17.
Hudson, Henry, explorer, 17, 66, 95 n.
Huguenots, the, forbidden to settle in New France, 133.
Hurons, the, 68-9, 113-14; their expedition against the Onondagas,
104-12; their welcome to Champlain on his return to Quebec, 130-1.
Indians, their tactics when on a war expedition, 89-92; when
retreating, 110-11; some customs of, 95, 102; missions to, 132-3, 134.
Iroquois, and Champlain, 68-9; their battle with the Algonquins, 91-5,
97; with the Hurons, 108-10.
James I, and colonization, 16, 17.
Jeannin, President, and Champlain, 74.
Jesuits, established at Quebec, 118-19, 129, 132, 133, 149.
Kirke, Jarvis or Gervase, and his sons, their expedition against New
France, 124-6, 127.
Kirke, Lewis, his capture of Quebec, 124-6; restores it to France, 129.
Kirke, Thomas, 124; with his brother represents England in the
restoration of Quebec, 129.
Lake Champlain, discovery of, 86, 91, 96-7.
Lalemant, Father Charles, at Quebec, 129, 133, 136.
La Roche, his colony on Sable Island, 18.
La Rochelle, revolt of, 123-4.
Le Caron, Father Joseph, among the Hurons, 105.
Le Jeune, Father Paul, his arrival at Quebec, 129, 131, 133; his
appreciation of Champlain, 135-6.
Lescarbot, Marc, 28, 29, 55-6; quoted on De Monts' colony in Acadia,
30, 47, 52, 52-4, 57-8; a comparison with Champlain, 55, 140-3.
Marais, Des, with Champlain in New France, 87, 88.
Marsolet, Nicolas, a guide and interpreter, 97-8.
Micmacs, the, 38.
Montagnais, the, 86 n., 93, 96.
Montmorency, Duke of, 26-7; viceroy of Canada, 78, 79, 80.
Monts, Sieur de, 16, 24; his trading company and monopoly, 22 n., 25-7,
28, 29, 56-7, 60-1, 68; his colonizing expedition to Acadia, 23, 28-43;
equips Champlain's expedition to the St Lawrence, 60-1, 62-3, 70-2;
member of Champlain's Company, 75.
New France, 23; and the trading companies, 19 and note; explorations
in, 21, 23, 84; religious strife in, 117; the Huguenots forbidden to
settle in, 117, 123, 133; surrendered to Britain, 126; restored to
France, 127; progress in retarded by the Thirty Years' War, 128-9.
Nicolet, Jean, an explorer and interpreter, 98, 135.
Norumbega, what it comprised, 28 n., 36.
Onondagas, the, 104, 108-10.
Pontgrave, Sieur du, his voyages to New France, 20 and note; with De
Monts' expedition to Acadia, 28, 31, 37, 42; left in command at Port
Royal, 43-6; with Champlain in the St Lawrence, 61, 63, 65, 68, 87.
Port Mouton, De Monts' expedition at, 29-31.
Port Royal, the French colony at, 34, 40-6, 47; Order of Good Cheer
founded, 52-4; colony abandoned, but re-established, 56-8; captured by
the British, 76.
Poutrincourt, Seigneur de, with De Monts in Acadia, 28-9, 31, 41-2; his
colonizing expedition to Port Royal, 46-56, 58.
Prevert, a mariner of St Malo, 20, 34.
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