[28] The exact site of the chapel wherein Champlain was buried is unknown, although many antiquarians have endeavoured to throw light upon the subject. In 1866 some bones and the fragment of an inscription were found in a kind of vault at the foot of Breakneck Stairs, and Messrs. Laverdiere and Casgrain were under the impression that Champlain's tomb had been found. In 1875 the Abbe Casgrain discovered a document which he considered proved that the chapel had been built in the Upper Town, in the vicinity of the parochial church and of Fort St. Louis. This opinion was further confirmed by other documents which have since been found. The chapel was in existence in the year 1661, but after this date no mention is made of it. The parochial archives contain no mention of the place, and the only facts that we have concerning the tomb, are that Father Raymbault and Francois de Re, Sieur Gand, were buried near Champlain's remains. [29] The last publication of Champlain bears the date of 1632, with the following title: _Les Voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada, faits par le Sr. de Champlain Xainctongeois. Capitaine pour le Roy en la Marine du Ponant, et toutes les Descouvertures qu'il a faites en ce pays depuis l'an 1603, jusques en l'an 1629. MDCXXXII_. This volume is dedicated to Richelieu. According to M. Laverdiere, it has been reissued, in 1640, with a new date and title. [30] Edmund Farwell Slafter was born in Norwich, Vt., on May 30th, 1816. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1840, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1844 was ordained a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Since 1877 he has given his leisure time to historical studies. He has published, among other works, _Sir William Alexander and American Colonization_, in the series of the Prince Society (Boston, 1873), _Voyages of the Northmen to America_, edited with an introduction (1877), _Voyages of Samuel de Champlain_, translated from the French by Charles Pomeroy Otis, with historical illustrations and a memoir (three volumes, 1878, 1880, 1882). CHRONOLOGICAL APPENDIX CHRONOLOGICAL APPENDIX 1567 or 1570--Birth of Samuel Champlain. 1598--Champlain makes a voyage to Spain. 1599--Joins an expedition against the English to the West Indies. 1601--Returns from America. 1603--Goes to Canada as lieutenant of Aymar de Chastes, viceroy of New France, explores the river St. Lawrence to Sault St. Louis, and returns the same year. 1604--Follows de Monts' fortune in Acadia as geographer and historian of the expedition; lives on Ste. Croix Island and at Port Royal till the year 1607. 1608--As lieutenant of de Monts, viceroy of New France, Champlain crosses the Atlantic and founds Quebec. 1609--Champlain's expedition against the Iroquois. Leaves for France on September 5th. 1610--Champlain returns to Quebec and goes back to France the same year. His marriage with Helene Boulle on December 30th, 1610.