The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 1: Acadia, 1610-1613
History
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 1: Acadia, 1610-1613
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Indians of North America -- Canada; Jesuits -- Missions; Jesuits -- North America
42. (p. 153)--Cap de la Hève, now known as Cape La Have, is the
southern point of La Have Island, off New Dublin Bay, one of many
indentations of the coast of the township of New Dublin, Lunenburg
County, Nova Scotia. The cape is a picturesque cliff or bluff rising
107 feet above tide level, and visible a long distance out to sea.
When De Monts and Champlain left Havre de Grâce, France, in March,
1604, Cap de la Hève, in the suburb of St. Adresse, must have been the
last land seen by them; as this cliff off New Dublin was probably the
first sighted by them in La Cadie, it was natural that they should
name it after the famous French landmark. There are evidences on La
Have Island of an early French settlement, of which there appear to be
no records; although it is known that Saussaye planted a cross there,
May 16, 1613. De Laet, in describing Cadie (1633) says: "Near Cap de
la Hève lies a port of the same name, 44° 5' north latitude, with safe
anchorage."--See Des Brisay's _Hist. of Co. of Lunenburg, N. S._ (2d
ed., Toronto, 1895), pp. 166 _et seq._ The Editor is also indebted to
F. Blake Crofton, secretary of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, for
information under this head.
43. (p. 163)--People from St. Malo, France. Spelled also by Biard,
_post_, Malouines.
44. (p. 169)--Robert, the son of Pontgravé, who had escaped from
custody, and had been in hiding in the forest. See Parkman's
_Pioneers_, pp. 265, 290; also, Lescarbot's reference to him, _ante_.
45. (p. 181)--Referring to Queen Blanche of Castile (1187-1252), regent
after the death of her husband, Louis VIII., during the absence of her
son, Louis IX. (Saint Louis), in the Holy Land.
46. (p. 197)--Joseph Jouvency (also written Juvency, Jouvenci, and
Jouvancy), Jesuit historian, an eminent litterateur of his time. Born
in Paris, September 14, 1643; died at Rome, May 29, 1719. In 1659,
he was admitted to the Society of Jesus, for many years filling the
position of professor of rhetoric at La Flèche, and devoting much time
to historical and classical research. After taking his vows in 1677,
he was sent to Rome, as one of the staff of writers upon _Historia
Societatis Jesu_.
47. (p. 197)--Count Ernest von Mansfeld, soldier of fortune,
conspicuous in the Thirty Years War. Born, 1585; died, 1626, soon after
his defeat by Wallenstein at the bridge of Dessau. His great army of
mercenaries was, according to Motley (_John of Barneveld,_ vol. ii.,
p. 32), "the earliest type, perhaps, of the horrible military vermin
destined to feed so many years on the unfortunate dismembered carcass
of Germany." Cf. Kohlrausch's _History of Germany_ (Haas trans.), pp.
320, 326. Concerning the campaign of Louis XIII., against the Huguenots
(1622), and Count von Mansfeld's part therein, see Kitchin's _History
of France_, pp. 497, 498.
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