Produced by Brendan Lane, Stacy Brown Thellend and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] _THE MAKERS OF CANADA_ BISHOP LAVAL BY A. LEBLOND DE BRUMATH TORONTO MORANG & CO., LIMITED 1912 _Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1906 by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agriculture._ CONTENTS Page _CHAPTER I_ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA 1 _CHAPTER II_ THE EARLY YEARS OF FRANCOIS DE LAVAL 15 _CHAPTER III_ THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL 31 _CHAPTER IV_ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEMINARY 47 _CHAPTER V_ MGR. DE LAVAL AND THE SAVAGES 61 _CHAPTER VI_ SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONY 77 _CHAPTER VII_ THE SMALLER SEMINARY 97 _CHAPTER VIII_ THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY 113 _CHAPTER IX_ BECOMES BISHOP OF QUEBEC 129 _CHAPTER X_ FRONTENAC IS APPOINTED GOVERNOR 143 _CHAPTER XI_ A TROUBLED ADMINISTRATION 157 _CHAPTER XII_ THIRD VOYAGE TO FRANCE 169 _CHAPTER XIII_ LAVAL RETURNS TO CANADA 181 _CHAPTER XIV_ RESIGNATION OF MGR. DE LAVAL 195 _CHAPTER XV_ MGR. DE LAVAL COMES FOR THE LAST TIME TO CANADA 211 _CHAPTER XVI_ MASSACRE OF LACHINE 223 _CHAPTER XVII_ THE LABOURS OF OLD AGE 235 _CHAPTER XVIII_ LAST DAYS OF MGR. DE LAVAL 249 _CHAPTER XIX_ DEATH OF MGR. DE LAVAL 261 INDEX 271 CHAPTER I ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA If, standing upon the threshold of the twentieth century, we cast a look behind us to note the road traversed, the victories gained by the great army of Christ, we discover everywhere marvels of abnegation and sacrifice; everywhere we see rising before us the dazzling figures of apostles, of doctors of the Church and of martyrs who arouse our admiration and command our respect. There is no epoch, no generation, even, which has not given to the Church its phalanx of heroes, its quota of deeds of devotion, whether they have become illustrious or have remained unknown. Born barely three centuries ago, the Christianity of New France has enriched history with pages no less glorious than those in which are enshrined the lofty deeds of her elders. To the list, already long, of workers for the gospel she has added the names of the Recollets and of the Jesuits, of the Sulpicians and of the Oblate Fathers, who crossed the seas to plant the faith among the hordes of barbarians who inhabited the immense regions to-day known as the Dominion of Canada.