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The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of Frontenac

Chapter 22: THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
By Charles W. Colby
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The author chronicles the career of Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac, tracing his aristocratic upbringing, military temperament, and appointment to govern French Canada. Chapters examine the colony's political structures, his early years at Quebec, clashes with church and colonial administrators, strategies for defense and expansion, and engagements with rival powers and Indigenous nations. The narrative balances personal traits—courage, irascibility, and loyalty to the crown—with assessments of public policy and military conduct, concluding with his waning years and the account's sources. A bibliographical note and illustrations supplement the portrait and the administrative and military history presented.


Marlborough, Duke of, 90.

Mazarin, Cardinal, 21.

Meulles, intendant, and La Barre, 91, 92, 97, 102.

Michilimackinac, 13, 78.

Mohawks, the, 145.

Mohegans, the, 145.

Montpensier, Duchesse de, 22-23; and Frontenac, 24.

Montreal, its position in New France, 39-40, 141.


New Amsterdam, and the Iroquois, 89.

New England States, contrasted with New France, 15, 130-4; and the Iroquois, 89-90, 104-5, 151-2; at war with New France, 123-30, 138, 151-152; and the Abnaki raids, 147-8.

New France, in 1672, 1, 8, 14-16, 83; status of the governor and intendant, 5, 9-10, 11; the fur trade, 8; the seigneurial system, 11-12, 14-15; the coureurs de bois, 12-13; the creation of parishes, 58-61; the brandy traffic, 61-3; population and trade during 1673, 84-5; the Iroquois peril, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94, 97, 111, 137-40, 142-143, 149; in 1689, 114, 115; at war with New England, 119-123, 128-30, 145-6; her weakness, 130-4; from 1690 to 1693, 142-4, 150; and Acadia, 147-8.


Oneidas, the, 149. See Iroquois.

Onondagas, the, 98-103, 149. See Iroquois.

Ottawas, the, 139, 140, 141.

Ourehaoué, a Cayuga chief, 137.


Parkman, on Frontenac, 36, 160; on Hertel, 120-1.

Perrot, François, governor of Montreal, 39-40; his quarrel with Frontenac, 45-50.

Perrot, Nicolas, interpreter, 13 n., 106, 138-9, 140, 150.

Phips, Sir William, his attack on Quebec, 123-30.

Portneuf, his raid, 119.

Port Royal, surrendered to Phips, 124, 127.


Quebec, 91; Phips's siege of, 123-30.


Récollets, the, and Frontenac, 53-4, 55.

Repentigny de Montesson, 118.

Richelieu, Cardinal, minister to Louis XIII, 18-19, 20, 21, 131.

Rouville, Hertel de, 118.

Ryswick, Peace of, 151.


Saint-Castin, Baron de, raids New England settlements, 147, 148, 150.

Sainte-Hélène, Jacques Le Moyne de, 118, 119, 129, 150.

Schenectady, raided by the French, 119, 121, 122, 140.

Schuyler, John, his abortive raid into New France, 123, 145.

Schuyler, Peter, his invasion defeated at Laprairie, 145-6.

Seignelay, Marquis de, 70.

Senecas, the, 107-8. See Iroquois.

Sovereign Council, composition and jurisdiction of, 9-10; and Frontenac, 65-8.

Sulpicians, the, in New France, 39, 53-4.

Superior Council, 9. See Sovereign Council.


Talon, Jean, 6, 34; supports Perrot against Frontenac, 50.

Thury, Father, encourages Abnaki raids on English settlements, 147-8.

Tonty, Henri de, explorer, 76-7, 92, 93, 106, 109, 150.

Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, 6 and note.


Urfé, Abbé d', supports Perrot against Frontenac, 50.


Valrennes, at Laprairie, 146.

Vaudreuil, governor of New France, 81.

Verchères, Madeleine de, 144.


West India Company, its trading monopoly, 84.

'William and Mary's War,' 150. See under New France and New England States.




Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
at the Edinburgh University Press






THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA

THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED

Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON



THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA

PART I
THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS

1. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY By Stephen Leacock.

2. THE MARINER OF ST MALO By Stephen Leacock.


PART II
THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE

3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE By Charles W. Colby.

4. THE JESUIT MISSIONS By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.

5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA By William Bennett Munro.

6. THE GREAT INTENDANT By Thomas Chapais.

7. THE FIGHTING GOVERNOR By Charles W. Colby.


PART III
THE ENGLISH INVASION

8. THE GREAT FORTRESS By William Wood.

9. THE ACADIAN EXILES By Arthur G. Doughty.

10. THE PASSING OF NEW FRANCE By William Wood.

11. THE WINNING OF CANADA By William Wood.


PART IV
THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA

12. THE FATHER OF BRITISH CANADA By William Wood.

13. THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS By W. Stewart Wallace.

14. THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES By William Wood.


PART V
THE RED MAN IN CANADA

15. THE WAR CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.

16. THE WAR CHIEF OF THE SIX NATIONS By Louis Aubrey Wood.

17. TECUMSEH: THE LAST GREAT LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE By Ethel T. Raymond.


PART VI
PIONEERS OF THE NORTH AND WEST

18. THE 'ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND' ON HUDSON BAY By Agnes C. Laut.

19. PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT PLAINS By Lawrence J. Burpee.

20. ADVENTURERS OF THE FAR NORTH By Stephen Leacock.

21. THE RED RIVER COLONY By Louis Aubrey Wood.

22. PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC COAST By Agnes C. Laut.

23. THE CARIBOO TRAIL By Agnes C. Laut.


PART VII
THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM

24. THE FAMILY COMPACT By W. Stewart Wallace.

25. THE 'PATRIOTES' OF '37 By Alfred D. DeCelles.

26. THE TRIBUNE OF NOVA SCOTIA By William Lawson Grant.

27. THE WINNING OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT By Archibald MacMechan.


PART VIII
THE GROWTH OF NATIONALITY

28. THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION By A. H. U. Colquhoun.

29. THE DAY OF SIR JOHN MACDONALD By Sir Joseph Pope.

30. THE DAY OF SIR WILFRID LAURIER By Oscar D. Skelton.


PART IX
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

31. ALL AFLOAT By William Wood.

32. THE RAILWAY BUILDERS By Oscar D. Skelton.



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