Chapter V

1640-1641

MONTREAL

THE COMPANY OF NOTRE DAME DE MONTREAL

PREVIOUS COLONIZATION REVIEWED--MONTREAL CEDED TO SIEUR DE CHAUSSEE
IN 1636 AND LATER TO DE LAUSON--THE DESIGN OF THE SETTLEMENT
OF MONTREAL ENTERS THE MIND OF M. DE LA DAUVERSIERE--THE FIRST
ASSOCIATES OF THE COMPANY OF NOTRE DAME DE MONTREAL--THE CESSION
OF THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL TO THEM IN 1640--THE RELIGIOUS NATURE OF
THE NEW COLONIZING COMPANY--TRADING FACILITIES CRIPPLED--POLITICAL
DEPENDENCE ON QUEBEC SAFEGUARDED--M. OLIER FOUNDS THE CONGREGATION OF
ST. SULPICE IN PARIS IN VIEW OF THE MONTREAL MISSION--PREPARATIONS
FOR THE FOUNDATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FULLY ORGANIZED
SETTLEMENT OF "VILLA MARIE"--PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE CHOSEN
AS LOCAL GOVERNOR--THE CALL OF JEANNE MANCE TO FOUND THE HOTEL
DIEU--THE EXPEDITION STARTS--MAISONNEUVE ARRIVES AT QUEBEC--THE FIRST
CLASH OF THE GOVERNORS--MONTMAGNY OFFERS THE ISLE OF ORLEANS FOR THE
NEW SETTLEMENT--MAISONNEUVE IS FIRM FOR THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL--THE
FIRST FORMAL POSSESSION OF MONTREAL AT PLACE ROYALE--WINTER AT ST.
MICHEL AND STE. FOY--FRICTION BETWEEN THE RIVAL GOVERNORS 57

CHAPTER VI

1642-1643

VILLE MARIE

FOUNDED BY PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE

THE DEPARTURE OF THE EXPEDITION FROM MONTREAL--THE ARRIVAL
AT PLACE ROYALE--THE "VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS" AND MASS ON THE
"COMMON"--VIMONT'S PROPHECY--ACTIVITIES OF ENCAMPMENT--THE
FIRST REINFORCEMENT--THE FIRST QUASI-PAROCHIAL CHAPEL BUILT IN
WOOD--ALGONQUINS VISIT THE CAMP--FLOODS AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE
MOUNTAIN--PEACEFUL DAYS--PRIMITIVE FERVOUR AND SIMPLICITY--THE
DREADED IROQUOIS AT LAST APPEAR--FIRST ATTACK--THE FIRST
CEMETERY--"CASTLE DANGEROUS"--THE ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND
REINFORCEMENT--_Les Véritables Motifs_. NOTES: THE HURONS,
ALGONQUINS AND IROQUOIS 73

CHAPTER VII

1644-1651

PROGRESS AND WAR

THE COMPANY OF MONTREAL CONFIRMED BY LOUIS XIV--MAISONNEUVE
REAPPOINTED GOVERNOR--A SYNDIC ELECTED; THE FIRST STEP IN
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT--THE BUILDING OF THE HOTEL-DIEU--MILITARY
HISTORY--PILOT, THE WATCHDOG OF THE FORT--THE EXPLOIT OF PLACE
D'ARMES--FEAR OF IROQUOIS--LABARRE'S REINFORCEMENT--AGRICULTURE
BEGINS--MONTREAL'S FREE TRADE MOVEMENT--THE FIRST IROQUOIS WAR
IS OVER--MAISONNEUVE GOES TO FRANCE--THE PROMOTION IN PARIS OF A
BISHOPRIC FOR MONTREAL--CHARLES LE MOYNE--THE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE
FORT--WAR AGAIN--THE SALARIES OF THE GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC, THREE RIVERS
AND MONTREAL--THE CAMP VOLANT--FINANCIAL GLOOM IN MONTREAL--MUTUAL
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION--A PICTURE OF MONTREAL--A TAX PERILOUS, SUDDEN
AND FREQUENT--THE HOTEL-DIEU A FORTRESS FOR FOUR YEARS--THE
ABANDONMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT THREATENED--MAISONNEUVE GOES TO FRANCE
FOR SUCCOUR--THE SKELETON SOLDIERS--MONTREAL A FORLORN HOPE 87

CHAPTER VIII

1652-3

CRITICAL YEARS

LAMBERT CLOSSE, COMMANDANT

MAISONNEUVE'S SUCCESS IN PARIS--MADAME DE BULLION'S
DONATIONS--"PARMENDA"--THE EXPLOIT OF LAMBERT CLOSSE--THE PHANTOM
SHIP--MONTREAL REPORTED AT QUEBEC TO BE BLOTTED OUT--PROPOSALS OF
PEACE FROM THE ONONDAGAS--MARCH OF MOHAWKS ON MONTREAL--CHARLES LE
MOYNE AND ANONTAHA TO PARLEY FOR PEACE--A PATCHED UP PEACE--THE END
OF THE SECOND IROQUOIS WAR 105

CHAPTER IX

1653-4

THE SECOND FOUNDATION OF MONTREAL

THE GREAT REINFORCEMENT OF 1653

MAISONNEUVE RETURNS WITH A RELIEF FORCE--THE MONTREAL CONTINGENT
THE SAVIOURS OF CANADA--THE ORIGIN AND TRADES OF THE NEW
COLONISTS--MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS, THE FIRST SCHOOLMISTRESS,
ARRIVES--HER CALL--SHIP FEVER--ARRIVAL AT QUEBEC--THE GOVERNOR
OF QUEBEC WOULD RETAIN THE RELIEF CONTINGENT--MAISONNEUVE FIRM
FOR MONTREAL--THE WORK OF CONSOLIDATING THE ENLARGED COLONY AT
VILLE MARIE--BUILDING ACTIVITIES--AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
OCCUPATIONS--MARRIAGE CONTRACTS--JEANNE MANCE AND MARGUERITE
BOURGEOYS, THE MOTHERS OF THE SETTLEMENT--THE KNIGHTLY MAISONNEUVE, A
"_Chevalier sans reproche_"--THE MILITARY CONFRATERNITY--THE
MOUNTAIN CROSS REPLACED--MEDICAL CONTRACTS--THE GOVERNMENT OF
MONTREAL--THE ELECTION OF A SYNDIC--THE "NEW" CEMETERY--THE NEW
"PARISH" CHURCH--THE MARRIAGE OF CHARLES LE MOYNE WITH CATHERINE
PRIMOT--A RARE SCANDAL--THE PRIMITIVE FERVOUR STILL MAINTAINED 111

CHAPTER X

1654-1657

IROQUOIS AND JESUITS

THE DEPARTURE OF THE JESUITS

RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES IN THE SPRING--PEACE--WAMPUM NECKLACES AND
BELTS--MONTREAL HEADQUARTERS OF PEACE PARLEYS--AUTUMN ATTACKS--"LA
BARRIQUE"--MONTREAL LEFT SEVERELY ALONE--CHIEF "LA GRANDE
ARMES"--M. DE LAUSON PERSECUTING MONTREAL--THE COMPLETION OF THE
PARISH CHURCH--PENDING ECCLESIASTICAL CHANGES IN MONTREAL--NOTES:
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES ON THE EARLY JESUIT MISSIONARIES IN
MONTREAL--PONCET--JOGUES--LE MOYNE--BUTEAUX--DRUILLETTES--ALBANEL--LE
JEUNE--PARKMAN'S ESTIMATE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE JESUIT MISSIONS--DR.
GRANT'S APPRECIATION OF THEIR WORK 123