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I'., ill tlu' (ti'Ucv (if llic Mini^lcr nf A^niciiUuii'. !■ r si r uAU MAiMMkUiHtM^^tfa PREFACE. While the; nations of the; old world, and the new, arc: cele- brating;' the tlisco\cr\- of America, a resident of Lachine may he justitietl in paxin^' his trii)iite to the memor\' of all those who founded and fostered the settlements of Lake St. Louis, espe- ciall) to one who was not only the father of Lachine, hut the pioneer of the States of Ohio, Michii^an and Illinois, Robert Cavelier de La Salle. Mere on the banks of the .St. Lawrence, in his Seigniory of .St. .Sulpice, the i^reat e\j)Iorer dwelt tmtil, incited b\- tin; marxellous tales of the lro(|uois Indians, lu; con- ceix'ed the idea of a passage by land to China and Japan. This project he was destined never to carry out ; but he |)enetrated the far west to tiie mouth of the Mississippi, l(,'avinL^" l)ehind him on his route- the foundations of posts, to become at a later period j^Teat centres of trade an 1 commerce. Another link between Lachine and the West, one of the founders of Chicao() was Colonel J. Ike. I)eaul)i(,:n, !^;rands:)n of jean Bte. Cuillerier (lit P)eaLihien, a native of Lachine and proprietor of b'ort Cuillerier. These considerations ha\'e induced the author to j)ublis]i a re\ised and enlarged edition, in the b^noiish lan^ 'aj^x;, with illustrations of the past and present, of his former pam])hlets upon " Le \'ieu.\ Lachine et Le Massacre du 5 aout, i6J 17.5 1S2 "SJ i«5 I'ointe Claire 1^*' The t'lrst inhabitants of I5(iut de Tlsle and list . The Cluiliel ..f Si. I.Duis (Haie d'l fel Tlx' Si. .\nnes" ("hapel (St. .\iines Uapids). . . I'he St. I.:)ui> Indian Missinn and Indian I'nr Fort Seniieville ( Hoiit de ITsle) I at Is Tiiurte Cures of St. .Amies Inhaliita.it:, (if St. .\niies al the lie^nnning unhe Will rnUury and list, I'liiuilatiiiii in 1725 nf \aiidreuil, a inissiim nl Si. ,\ lines Cnres of I'dinte Claire, P'irst inhaliitaiils nf T'oiiue Clairi He .f Lake Si. I. II 196 196 IcjcS 204 I,a''hine miller the Hiilish Crnun Sir liihii I'laiiklin and llie \'ii\at;e 21: 'I'he old Trading l'o^ls Nohleinen al Hmil de I'lsK Thomas Moore at l.achine and St. .\iines 217 220 227 250 Dei-arttire of the X'oyageiirs from l.achine Can,ies and Hatteatix 2,50 l.achine in llu- .\I\ ci'iilnry . , The Prince of Wales al I )orvi The fiiline of the Island if,'iK'd liy dr I,a Salk' 24 Roman Catliolii' ("hincli and I'rcsliytirc, l.acliinc 4S I'ortrait of Mi'ssiru N. I'ii'lic, ciiri' of I.acliiiU' '" 1,'l'nion St. JoM-pli, I.aclniir " ■ Xiadomy of tin.' Christian liiotlicrs, I.achinu " Novitiate of ihi- ( )l)lat Patlicrs, Lacliiiif " I'osl ( )flii'f, I.ai'hiiu' " 'I'lir old Cluncli of l.acliinc 49 '■ ISfan-Kiva^L'." country scat of Henry |-'.. Murray, Dorval 64 " .\sldiiirtoii," coin 1 try scat of I Ian la ml S. Macdougall, I )orval " l''.nlraiH"c to " .\sliliurton " " Summer rcsideni'c of William 1 1. Mcicdilli. I )orval " "Rapid \'icw," residence of John Parker, l.achine Rapids 72 " I'aic La Salle,"" summer residence of J. 15. l.alleiir, Lower Lachine " " l'",lnu'r()fl,"' the residence of Roliert liickerdike, Lachine " " ( )rchanl Hank," the I )oran homestead, Lachine Rapids " The Cnillerier House, Lower Lachine 76 The Kin<;'s Stores, Lower Lachine 79 The liellin map 9,i Llcinini; windmill and caleche, Lachine C)6 '■ '^luatre-V'ents,'" Dorval, the home of the .\iUhor I2cS < 'oiuent of the I,adies of St. Alines, Lacliine " " Rapid farm,'" the Soiner\ ille I lomeslead. l.achine Rapids " "Rapid l''urin," couiUry seat of \V. \V. ( )i;ilvie, Lachine Rapids \'iew of farmdionse of Thomas Leclaire, Dixie " " " " " Louis .\medee Ollesiiel, I )i\ie " " " " Henjamin Lefelivre, Dixie " " " " " \iclor I'icard, I )i\ie " " " " " lean Ha|)tisle Meloche, Dixie " " " " " Dosithee Legault clit I )eslauriers, Dorval " " " " " Henjamin Decary, Dorval "The .Vnchoraj^e," the summer residence of Joseph R. Iliilchins, Dorval " " C'ragmore,"' the residence of John \. Fulton, Dixie " The smnmer residence of Win. Strahan, (iraiur.Anse " " Kilellan.'" the summer residence of Dr Duncan NLT'.achran, Dorval " Suimner ri'sidence of James H. .Mian, Dor\al " Summer residence of William de M. Marler, Dor\ al " [^ v!ir II, LUSTRATIONS. 1^ I 1 Ijli i ■ li PACT. Map ol ihc nuisMU IL- of I.acliinc 128 I'cirtriiil (if Mcssir (jeoryc t'lifvidils, Cure of Si. Anno. 152 \'i(.\v of the villiigc of St Anncs " Kirst stone Churcli at St. AniK's 154 Bird's eye view, in 1720, of Fort St-nncvillc and Fori dcs Saiiva^jcs, Isle aiix Toiirles 170 " Hoishriant," coinilry seat of Sir John Abbott, St. Annes 176 Ruins of Fort Seiineville, St. Annes " Ruins of ],e Her's windmill. .St. Anncs " Cottage of VVilHani C'lenchiineng, St. Annes 184 Cottage of John Crow, .*^t. .\nnes " Farm-house of Leon Legaull dit Deslauriers. St. .\nnes " Cottage of Henri F. .Vrehandnudt, photographer of liie engravings in this book " Second stone ( lunrh at I'ointc Claire 187 I'ointe (hi .Moulin, site of I'ointe Claire l-'ort and present convent 188 Portraits of three living Cures of I'ointe Claire 1(^2 Roman Catholic Church, I'ointe Claire " Residence of (ieorge McKinnon. I'oiiUe Claire " Residence of Thomas A. Crane. I'ointe Claire " " Les I'lanes, " residence of Napoli'on Charbonneaii. I'ointe Claire " The X'alois Jlomestead. X'alois " " Le Hois de la Roche," country seal of I,. J. l-'orget, .St. .\nnes 216 Fnt-ance to " I.e Hois de la Roche" " " I'ine Hluff," country seat of Richard li. .\ngus, St. Annes " " ( ilanllyn," summer residence of Abner Kingman, St. .\nnes " "The .Mo(jre House,"' St. Annes, near the (jrand TrunU Railway bridge 218 Portrait of Thomas Moore " \"iew of the Town of I.achine 224 Dawes iS: Co. s lieer Ice Vaults, l.aciiine 232 " Riverside, ' residence of Thomas .\. Dawes, I.achine " .Mai>lewc>o(l," residence of James I'. Dawes, I.achine " ■■ Inwood," residence of .\iulrew J. Dawes, I.achine " The Works of the Dominion Bridge Company, Lachine " The ( )ffK:es " " " •• " " The Works of the Dominion Wiie Manufacturing Company, Lachine " Portrait of James h'airman •' Residence of Louis Pare, Lachine ' Residence of J. .\. Descarries, Lachine " Country seat of the late Sir ( ieorge .Simpson, IsleDorval, now occupied byn\ led the little ileet himself, coming- up in one of the skiffs. The ccm- panions of Mr. de Maistnneuve. some forty in number, were Madame de la Pelt(!rie, Melle Mance, Melle Charlotte Harre, Sieur dc; I'inseaux. le F. l^)ncet, le P. Vimont, Jean (Jorr\', Jean Robelin, Au^ustin Hebert (ancestor of the Hcbert family in Montreal). iXntoine Damien. Jean Caillot. Pierre Laimery (probably the ancestor of the Emery dit Coderre family), Nicolas Gode, and his wife, Francoise Ciadois and children, and several other settlers.'"'' They all had abundant hope in the futin^e. " All " alon*>' the shore," savs Melle Mance, "for more than a half " leaj»ue before our arrival, we beheld prairie land, strewn with " flowers, a pleasant and chet^rful sit^ht with their variety of form (I) Fiiilloii, 126. N'oyayes. l6i 5, p. 286. -(2) Xiiyajjcs. I • Failloii, 4J9, 441 ; I Royal Society. 97. I'AII. CIIOMKhKV :>K MAisoNNiax i:. 5 •iiiKl color."'" Miially, on the iSth of May. the littk: haiulful of colonists reached Place Royale. a trianj^ular piece of land formed by the St. Lawrence and a small river, afterwards called Colle*(e Creek, near the present Custf)m House. "Mr. de Maisonneuve." says Faillon. "in steppin«- ashore prostrated himself in adoration of the Almij^hty. offering- himself up to him. His little party followed suit with rapture, after which, in the ecstacy of their joy. they all be^an to chant psalms and hymns of thanksoivino." The colonists lost no time in providint^ shelter against the elements and the attacks of the Iroquois. The very same day, campintr tents or pavilions were pitched. By means of felled trees, the entire camp was enclosed by a staked barricade sur- rounded by trenches. A chapel, made of bark, was built pending- the erection of a wooden one. In short, the French were enabled to fortify themselves before their presence was even detected by the Iroquois, their enemies even at that remote epoch. Three years later, in 1645. Fort X'illemarie reared itself with its 320 feet froiUa<^e and its four stone bastions, the walls bcMnLf ot wood. The interior consisted of a chapel, a hospital, cabanes for the settlers and the ^arrison. and storehouses. The first cemetery was located in close proximity to the fort. Buildinti^s were soon erected outside the limits of the fort. The construction of the Hotel Dieu. on the corner of .St. Paul and .St. Sulpice streets, dates from 1644, and in 164CS, near the fort. sto:)d a windmill, destined at the same; time as a redoubt.'-' P'inalU, in 1650. several settlers left the fort antl took up their rt^sidence on the hill. l\ino' between the .St. Lawrence and the little St. Martin river (Craij^- street to-day). By way of protec- tion against the Irocjuois. th(;y built their dwellings in wood, and fenced them in with a strong loopholed stockade, connected by footpaths of from eight to twehe feet in width, thus forming the narrow streets of old Montreal. In 1650. Mr. de Maisonneuxe built himself a spacious residence, situated near St. Paul street. (I) I Fnillim, 440. - (2) Niaily the wliolc nf tlu'sc ilftaiU on X'illtiii.iric arc taken from Moiiii's •' \iciix. Montreal." T?s- 6 Till'. INhlAN WAkS. on the spot where stands to-tlay the warehouse of Frothin^ham and Workman. It was subsequently occupied by the Sulpician l)riests. The followinjj^ statistics of the population of X^illemarie will suffice to convey an idea of its strenj^th at the time of the colonisation of Lachine about 1666 : 1642 72 1650 196 1660 472 1670 900 One can easily conceive the extent of the peril, to which was exposed the little settlement on the part of the Iroquois, who, from the outset, became the sworn enemies of the French. h ' Hi THE INDIAN WARS. The home of the lro(|uois tribe, more daring- and barbarous than all other Indians, was situated to the south-east of Lake Ontario. A considerable horde was, at that time, quartered west of a point subsequently known as Cataraqui. forming" the so called confederacy of the Five Nations. They were in possession of the island of Montreal upon the occasion of Jacques Cartier's voyajj^e, in 1535. but at the time of the establishment of X'ille- marie by Mr. de Maisonneuve. in 1642. the Hurons and Alj^on- (juins had driven awa\ their enemies, the Iroquois. De Maison- neuve cemented a friendship with the former.and thereby incurr- ed the und\ini4" hatred of the latter.'" I'rom the earliest period of the colon), the hrench were called upon to protect themselves against their sudden attacks. The first conflict took place in 1643. upon the spot, where to-day stand the Post Office, the Bank of Montreal and Place d'Armes. Mr. de Maisonneuve himself shot down the Inujuois chief. From 1645 to 1653. and from 1657 to 1666, the Iroquois constantly harassed the settlers, alike in town and country. In 1652. Lambert Closse. Mr. de Maisonneuve's lieutenant, with a handful of men, exterminated a column of Irocjuois at the (l) \ipy.it;o^. 1610, p. 210. SETTLKMKNT OF TIIK ISLAM) OF MONTKFAI.. 7 spot, where McGiM street stiintls to-day. Me also deteated an- other tribe at I'oint .St. Charle.s. where a redoubt had been erected. He was killed ten years later. to«,^ether with twelve f)ther Frenchmen, while enj^aj^jed in combat with the Irocjuois. A Jesuit, named Le Mercier. relates that, in 1653. Montreal twice owed its salvation from certain destruction to the interces- sion of the Holy Viri,nn. under whose protection the whole colony of the island of Montreal had been placed by its founders. In 1660. Guillaume de Vi ik- l'raiii|iK'l. niarii\Ni:ii|)l at tlu' Ijliiaiy u( Canailian I'arliaiiicn',. vul. 2. |>. 50. (31 3 Kailluii, 136. a -a a. O r 1 n w X > z w (I n c 3- 3* ^ ' • =1.-^ mm II It I ■i. 1 'f f Ml JACQUES-CARTIER. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN. CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE. I *•- 3 H a, » I 3' o I •a I t) I I )NNEUVE. I 4' ■'^^- II I III 1 1 0) CO >> 3 IB 4) 4) •J £ 4) O a J c ;. u. I UJ J J < tf) < J Ul Q U. Ul (T D h (£ •< Q. U Q I SKTTI.F.MKNT OK TMK ISLAND ( >l" MONTKl: AI,. 9 a 3 s « 5 « c £ Q in iMiiallv Mr. de Sorel.with three. hundred men. left for the Irociuois countrv. firnilv resolved to show nociuarter. When within iwenlv Iea_L,rues of the Indian villaires, he was met by a peace deputation. The whole party returned to Quebec, pendint,^ nctj^otialions for a Lfeneral and definite peace, when fresh acts of ireacher\ renewed the war. Mr. de Tracy. commandin_L,r an arm\' of 1,300 men, includini^ 600 reii^ulars of the Caris^iian re^^iment, started out, and in the month of October penetrated, b) way of Lake Champlain. into the country of the Ai^nier Indians, h'our villajj^es were burned, after which, owinjj^ to the ativanced season, he returned to Canada, arrivini{ at Ouebec on the ^th Noxember. 1666. Peace was made soon after, a peace which lasted uninterrupiedl)-, at least on the Island of Montreal, until the year i6icians, Seit^neurs of the whole island, were anxious to |)opulate the shores, in order to be informed, without delay, of any threatened irruption on the part of the Irocjuois. and also to have on the })remises a sufficient force for resistance. In ortler to protect X'illemarie by advance posts, they exen created several fufs nobles above the .Sault, as far as the uj)per e.xtremity of the island. Anionjr others, one was jj^ranted to a youn^' Norman full of courage and ambition, and who must now be introduced to the reader as the first pioneer of Lachine. (I) .5 l''ailli)n, 147. 15S, 227; Aicliivt-s (Iv la Juridii-linii KojaU' (|v Mdiun'al, lO KOnr.KT ( AVKI.II.K. SIKl k 1)1. I.A S.M.I, K ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR de La SALLE. HIS TKUK N.VMi:. C;ivclicr tie \/,i Salle was the rirst Huropean inhabitant of Lachine. He laid the foundations of what became a few years l:iter the villaw or b'ort la Chine, afterw.irds called I'ort Reniv. At that time, the shores of Lachine, with the exception of the open field or Qraudc prairie at the r.ipids, were covered with forest trees. There was no visible trace of the presence of man beyond a small footpath alonjj^ the river bank, which Champlain. followed when e.xplorin-.^ the head of the island. Hut what was La Salle's true name? One of Mr. .Suites correspondents calls him " Robert Cavalier, Chevalier de la .Salle. " Mr. .Suite corrects him, statin;j^ his name to be " Rene Robert Cavelier, surnomme La .Salle," and that he was not Chevalier.'" At the marriage of JSidrac du Ciuc, .Sieur de Bois-Biant. on the 7th November. 1667, his sitrnature appears as " Rene de la .Sale." In a deed of the 9th January, 1669. he styles himself ".Sieur Rene de La .Salle;" and in another, on the loth. " Robert Cavelier. .Sieur de La .Salle." This description is al.so to be found in his patents of nobility of the 13th March, 1675, in the royal letters-patent of his .Sei<,niiory at Cataraqui of the 13th May. 1675, and in the letters patent of the 12th May, 1875. by which he was authorized to e.xplore the western part of New France.'-* Another deed of the 3rd February, 1669, contains the name of " Robert Rene Cavelier, .Sieur de La .Salle," with the sijj^nature of " R. Rene Cavelier La Salle, Sr. De La .Salle."''" \x\ an oblitjation in favor of J. Bte. Mij^eon de Branssac. dated the 18th December, 1672, he signs " Robert Ren^ Cavelier."'*' A note, given in Paris on the 28th June, 1678, bears the signature of "Cavelier de La Salle." His presence at two deeds on the ist and 6th July, 1669, is noted (1) I'li^os irilistiiiiv, 301. (2) I Marjjry, 2S1, 28J, 2X6, 337, 425, 426. Vieii.s lMM'i anil 1 Nfar^ry, 10J105. (4) (ireftVilc Hassct, uoitKUT ( am:i,ii;k. sii;i r i>i i.a sai.i.k. f 1 uiulcr the name of " Nohlf homme, Rene Cavclier. Sieur de La Salle," whilst he sij^ns " Rene Cavolicr."'" A warrant of arrest was issued in 1680 by " Robert Caveli(;r. Sieur de La Salle. " sijvned " dv. La Salle."'- His will, dated the iilh August. 16S1. is signed " Cavelier de La Salle" and he is therein styled •' Robert Cavelier, ICscuyer, Sieur de La Salle."'''* In a petition in relation to the extortion which Hellinzani practised aijainst him. presented to the Royal Commissioners in i6(S5. he sets forth : " \'erv huihblv pravs Robert Cavelier. I*!scuver. .Sieur de " La -Salle." and he sii^ns "Cavelier de La Salle."'" I'inally in several chronicles of the time, he is called " Le sieur de La .Salle," and "Mr. de La .Salle."''*' His correspondence, which covers many pii^es of \hu-<4T\ . is invariably signed " d(^ La .Salle." A letter, addressed to him by the Kino- in 1684. calls- him " .Monsieur de La .Salle." Evidently Cavelier de La .Salle was not particular on th(^ score of his siirnatun;. However, despite all the.st; variations, it is not a difficult matter to trace that the name; he went under was " Caveli<.'r de La .Sallc!," or simply " de La .Salle." "La .Salle," and that his true nann; was " Robert Cav(;lier, .Sieur de La Salle." He was born at Rouen, and his baptismal entry reads : " The "twenty-second day of November (1643) was baptised Robert "Cavelier, son of the honorable Jean Ca\-elicr and Catherine " Cieest ; his godfather antl trotlmothtT beint>' honest Nicolas " (ieest and Marguerite .Morice.""" Whence the christian name " Reno" and the; surn;uiie of " La .Salic;?" On the i8th July. 16S4. he despatched a letter to his mother " Matlame Cavelie^r. \'euve." which he siirned " de La .Salle."'"' His brother, a priest, was known only under the name of "Jean Cavelit.-r." The /i/r sinii/v of his sionatm-e, as Onmd at the end of the i.V'^^tid of sale of his fief to Jean Milot. is remarkable;. It may be added that Parkman. Gravier. and ALirii^ry trace the surname of de La .Salle to an estate in the ni.'i^-liliorho )cl of Rouen, at om; time posses.sed (O Hu^sLl iiiul 1 Mii'yry. lo6. (2) 2 Military. 102. (.5) 2 Maf;ry. 164. (4) 1 Mar- «fy. ii^- - (5) ' Marjory, 429, 435. (6) i Maryry, J46. (7I i Margiy. 470. I 2 I'dkl'kAll' ol' C.W KI.II.K l)i: I, A SAI.I.K. vi 1 i Ml i< I 1)) the C;i\c.'licr fanii!\-. The christi;m name " Rciic " cannot hi- accountcd for, althouj^h it inis^ht, i)crlia|)s, In.' the name cliosen at his. conllrmation. as is customary in the . Church oi" Rome. (ira\ier states that Mar»^ry came across this surname in jjerusinj^ the record of a law suit at Rouen.'" PORTRAIT OF CAVELIER de La SALLE. .So far there have l)een three portraits puhlislietl of La Salic;. Mr. Cyrus R. Remington, of liuffalo. N. \'.. in his panijjhiet "The .Shi|)-Yard of tht: (iriffon," has recentK hazarded one. which is iMidouhtedly false. It is that of b'ather Henne|)in. his chaplain, which adorns the frontispiece of the Dutch edition of his Description of l>ouisiana, published in Amsterdam in i6S8. (iraxier has also ])ublishetl a portrait of de La .Salle. It was touched uj) and rejuvenated 1)\ The Magazine of American History.'-' whik: Justin W'insor turns it out old and u^^iy.''" iMr. W'insor sa\s that it is the onl\ picture meriting" notice, (iravier observes that it was desi' artist of talent from a medallion preserved in the- Hiljliothecjue de Rouen, bearin_<4" the inscription : Ca\ii.i.i di: La .Sai.li. 1'"kancois. Lie ;ulds that the word I^'kancois, thrown in at the entl. b\- a foreij^n eiij^raver. coukl only intend to con\-e\' the nationalit) of the person represented. I'inally, .MaruT\ also attempted a portrait of tie La .Salle in 1879. at the head of his "(irande Collection des X'oNaoes des I'Vancais." It is reproduced 1)\ .Suite and in Appleton's Historx of American Hio<4ra])hy. Marn"r\ selected it from amongst the: tableau.x and |)ortraits of the; La .Salle family, as beinjj;' the one which, after enlargement b\ a photoj^rapher and passing' ihrouj^h the hands of an e.xpert engraver, would show the greatest re- semblance to )()un54" Cavelier de La .Salle, when in i6CC, at the ai>e of twent) -tvvo, he left for Canada. i That none of these portraits are authentic j^oes witb.out I ■ I i i (I| I)ciouvi'ili.'s (Ic I.a Siillf, ji. 50. Criticii] I IJNtory of Aiuciicii, 244. (2) \'<>1. S, I'iiil I. |i. J05. (5) 4 .\;iriiilivc ur.il s il DAii; ()!• Di; I, A SAI.I.K S SKTIl.l Afl'N I', «3 saying", and possibU none of them represent La Salle. A careful inspection shows that the\- may possibly repn.-sent the same man at remote periods of his lift;. Both conve\- the same forehead, the same distinctive features, intellij^ence and rehnement. Mar- or\'s portrait is that of the yoiin|Lr man just out of colleoe, |)ensiv(; and, perhaps, ev(.'n somewhat frivolous, as hinted 1)\ Mr. de (iallinee in 1669. (Jravier's jjortrait tallies with the description j^iven by a contemj)orary in 1678, who speaks "of the t4reat strenoth of his physicjue."'" This is Cavelier de La .Salle at the zenith of his maturity, developcxl by travel and experience. DATE OF de La SALLE'S SETTLEMENT. In what yt'ar did de La Salle beo-in his establishment at Lachine ? What is the tlate of the ^n-ant of his seioniorv .■* One of Mr. Suite's correspondtMits mentions the year 1666,'-' and I believe his sup|)osition to be correct, although Mr. Suite states the winter of 1667-68. fie asserts that, in 1666, La SalU; had not yet been outside of 1*" ranee. He j^oes on to say that he heltl his seii^niory from Mr. (ialinier who, in November 1667, became Sui)erior of the Seminary. Hut Faillon and (iravier claim that it was uranted b\ Mr. de Ouexlus, whether or not SujK;rior, and no matter where he was resiilinj;- at the time, which perhaps ex- plains why La Salle had no written title.''" Mr. SuIk- then adds : I hese land grants to habitants would a])|)(.'ar to ha\'(; been made in the autumn of 1668. At all ev(.-nts, there is nothing- to establish that La .Salle did much beyoiul the draut^ditino- of |)lans durino- 1668, which was the only year he remained in |)ossession oT the domain of Cote -St. .Sulpice." .Accortlinu- to the oreffe of Basset, several land tyrants and transfers took place at Lachine in 1667. There was a sale b\ Jean Chevalier to Mathurin Thibodeau, on the 29th December, 1667: one by (ieoroe Allain, on the 23ril December, 1667; one by Nicholas Moisan to Andre Rapin ilit La .Mu/otte, (III Miliary, xwi, 115, 117, 120, 3<)o. J37 : (Iravicr. Cavclii-r ilc I,;i .S.illc, 15, (2) I'utjus (Tl li^h.i. ?OI. I,)i s illnll I I '4 hMi- 1)1 i)i; I. A sAi.i.r.'s m:mi.i:mi;n r. on the 4lh I )c'C('inl)t:r. 1667; iinotlicr by I-ouis I'Orticr dil La (iraiuk'ur to tht; saim; ami of i-(|ual datf ; ami. t'inall\. one from JaccjUL's Morin, on tin; 2Qtli August, 1667.'" '\'\ut tk-scription (jf the inimovcahlt^s and tlu' nanu's of th(.' partitas clearly show that these ji^rants and transfers related to the St. .Sulpict; .Sei\jniory. All the deeds were signed 1)\ the .Seminary, as La .Salle had no written titl(^ They generally bori; the private sijriiature of the .Superior, ami th(! sj^reater number of them have disappeared. A few may be fountl in the records of contemporaneous notaries, such as Hasset, Bour^ine, Atlhemar and Le Pailleur. Often the\ were preceded by a location ticket. I'inalK, alienation by the settler harilly bein^' possible,' before a clearance of four arpents had bc;en made, it may reasonably be inferred that the transfers of 1667 would indicate a previous possession of a few months. Other proofs, none the less positive;, exist of the orantinj^ of the .Seinniorx ile La .Salli- in 1666, antl of the commencement of an habitation the; same \ear. CJravier sa\s that La S,ille " went to Canada in the s|)rin<'' of 1666, to seek ylorN' and fortune.""'-' MarL;T\ mentions the foliowiiiLi" memorial from his famil\ to the KinL;- in 1677 : "The Siein' di' La .Salle, haxinj^" always had a stroiiLj impulse towards disco\'er\ and the; e-stablishme-nt of cole)nies Ijcne-ficial to re'lii;ion anel use;ful to I^'rance. we-nt to Canaela in 1666, and the same: se-ar commenceel the; xilla^e e)f la Chine, situated on the' island of Me)ntreal. be-yoml all other brench hai)itations. In 1667, anel the ensuin;^' \ ears, he; made various journeys at j^reat expense, lie-ini^" the l:rst te) tlisco\e'r a lart^e nimiber e)f ce)untrie's south of the- j^re'at lake;s, the- Ohio ri\e'r ame)n}j^ others."''" I'inalK it is a known fact that ele La .Salk'. in adelition te) his .Seigniory oi several theiusanel r.rpe'nts, also e)btained fre)m the- .Se;minar\- a tyrant en rofiiir e)f five arpe'uts froniame', a little III I al>i) iiijiitiiiiud. ill lln- Anciiiis l•'(lH^ ilf l.;i liiiu-. |>. 15, a diod of ixchan^^c (if rial fsiati' lii'twciii I.Miiis IIo'.ikj ami Ki-iu- e'liilU'riri. Iml iipcui ri'|ii'iiisini; llu- iiiaiuiMripl, 1 am not certain that the laud, jjivcii in i\iliaiif^i- l)\ e'liilUricr. wa>. ^^iliialiil at l.ailiini.'. (2) l.a Salic, '4. —(J) ^"l- I. p. jjO- .:mi^ Till. I.AMi lll.l.li l!^ l»l. I. A SAI.I.I IN UOIIKI".. IS liii^Iicr up, at the spot of I-achiiu- Lock to-tla\ . As to tlif //<;/ )iohli\ the S(Mnin.ir\ -tcrrirr only iiK-ntions his writti-n title to the 4:20 arpcnts. v\hich the Seminary j^raiUed him on the gth |anuar\, 1669. Hut with ri:>j^arcl to the land lu rohiir, the terrier states that the |n"r.mt was made "about 1666." THE LAND HELD BY de La SALLE EN ROTURE. Its froiUaj^e was five arpcMits. se\en rods, nine feet. On th<; 6th [ul\, 1669, on the \ery day of his departure for tht: west, de La .Salle sold it to jaccjues le Her aiul Charles Le Mo\ne. for 660 h'\res. The followins,;' is the di^scription in the (\kh::(\ oI sale: "A j)iec(.' of lantl, K in|n" and situated on thi- said island, al)ovt; the Sault .St. Louis toj^ether with each and all the huiltlings constructed upon the said piece of land, and all its dependencies, includiiiii^ _ij;"rains hani^^inj;' in' the root." It was divided up in 1769, when four arpents, less t\\ent\- seven feet to the west, went to Sieur Rene, to Donald (irant in 1803, to William MacDonald in 1842, and since to Dr. I'isher. The balance eastwards, consistinj^ of one arpent, ei^ht rods ami thirty feet, remained in the de Lorimier family until 1S03, when it was sold to Ale.\. MacDoutrall ; in 1823 to An^us Cameron ; in 1828 to the Misses NLicDou^all ; in 1832 to James Camj)- bell ; and hnalK, in i8;s. to Kdward IVeston Wiluress, sr., ami has since remained in the family. Upon that piece of land to the east, where builtlinj^" had been already commenced by de La .Salle, MM. Le Her and L(.- Mo\ ne erected a hou.se anil storehouse in masonry, appareiuK as a trading- post. Mr. Le Moyne's in\entor\ made by Hasset. Notary at Montreal, on the; 27th March, 1685, and recently published in the //isfoiir dc Loiii^muiL paj^^e "]"] , mentions this house, Xothino- is said of the storehouse, which on its face bears the stamp of the period. The side next to the ri\er contains five loopholes, e\'identl\ a ilefensive measure against =^ I 6 nil: sill ()i iiiK HI. i.\ sali.i, iiomi sii;aii. 11 the lr()(|U()is. Accordini^ to the iiurnti>r\ of Mr. \.v MoNiic. as |)iil)lislu;vl in the Histoiir dc Loni^iicuii the lioust; was tliiru- sevcn fet't hy i-ijuluccn. Mclic;vin}4' this to be a clerical error of the copyist or priiUtT, I coiisultcci tin; original at the Ciri^ffc'" in Montreal, and liaxc taki-n tlu' tollov\ ini^r ijcscription : " Tlic- concession of la Chine, on the said islantl of Montreal, upon which a house has been hiiili. half ot which beloiii^s to tin- heirs of the said succession, the said house heinj^' of stone niasonr) and lime, mortar and saiul, ahout thirty-se\en feet in leiij^th 1)\ ei;>lueen to twents feet in width, hoarded with shingles, and a chinine) of like masonry, the whole estimated at the sum of two thousand li\ res, seeini!^ that the land is worth next to nothinj^." The house is thirt\-se\en feet hs twentv-si.\, I^n c m c "0 r a > n I m 2 a m ^ is r a n .T t; ^ ^ 05 !0 ■-I "1 (t m 01 •Jfe I ' 1 III! CO T-l m oc IK u u CQ 0) Ul J ^ Q dl Z •0 < s ? UJ T! z UJ > >, £ 2 ■0 u J 4) a 3 2 r V U< 01 « (/) u « oc (1) III CQ U) u ^ Q a. Z t < a ? Ul •c z u >• >, SJ s V J 4) a 3 S s u. ?i K *> h U n 11 n, £ h ■; z C Q Si < f. a a H < Ui I h (t 3 n E z m c O 9 - 3 2 f I > 9 ~ T ? 3 D 3 a S s ma 4 .J 4 i ■llil, ih I ■^t i Till- siTi: or Tin: dk i.a sai.i.i: imMisn: ah. 17 • ;^ which he _i;;ivi' up tor ih( construction ol" the church and par- sonage, aiul the Seijj^neurs' mill. He owes fc^ill) and Ii(jni;ij;e." The terrier is the re_i,nster of real estate. It l)ecame e.xtinct with the abolition of the seii^neuriai tenure, heinij replaced by the cadastre and the hooks of the re_<;istr\ oftici-, hut in historical f.imiK researches, it must alwa\s remain an important factor. Now tojux-'ther with themapof the Lachine shori-. it i-slahlishes l)e\ond tloui)t that the numbers 467 to 471 formetl thi- land <-f the old church. The terrier even L;i\es the loni; list of prop'-ietors from tie La .Salle tlown to the present time. I'.iillon says: " Mr. de Oueylus ^avt; a hef to ISieurde La Salle. ihv. jjrojected \illa}4e to he an advance-post for X'iliemarie ami a ha\en of refuse for the surroundintj^ inhabitants. I )c; I ,a .Salle's was far more e.xtensive than the fiefs _\at;e.s, 1 Maryi). j 50 ; railviiian's |,a Salle. 171I1 eil.. ,S. <^ i.S Tin; siTK ni- Tnr-: df, i,.\ sai.i.k homestkad. V\ 11!:; liis st'iVnior) to tlit; Scminury, less the 420 arpciits, tor which Jean Milot paid him twcnty-ci|j[ht huiulrcd h'\'rcs. a sum much needed tor his intendetl discoveries. Without alterins^' the |)lan of his sei_i>ni()r\ , hut on the contrar\ tollowin^" it out in every detail as re^artls the <>rants matle 1)\ him and even the common, the Seminarv re<>Tanted the tlomain ot ccnsivc, less Milot's little Pi .i". Although La Salle had no written title to his seij^^niorx at St. Sulpice, he was in possession. Hence the necessity ot the re- transfer made on the 9th January, 1669. 1)\- which he handed over to the .Seminary "the sei«i^ni()ry called .St. Sulpice, situated on the said islaiul, above -Sault .St. Louis. . . . with a re.serve by him of seven arpents in width by si.xty in dei)th for his domain, at the spot where he has already made clearance and put u|) buildinjjcs, startint^" from the shore of the threat River .St. Law- rence, an lieu oil il a dcja fait /aire i/iie/c/ites defrichemens de terre ct /)asti»ieiis.'^ Price loSo livres.'" This domain tormed the western boundary of his seiij'niory. rhe settlers to the west of it had alone the use of the common. The price of the retransfer shows that de La Salle had matle no improvement of value outside of his reserved domain. On the 3rd February, 1669, de La .Salle .sold this domain to Milot'-' for 2800 livres. Has.set drew u|) the dtmd. His description is as follows: " The consistence of four hundred and twenty arpents, situated on the said island, above .Sault .St. Louis, be*i^innin_ls of llu' tiirn; say " Millot," 1ml he signc(| >' Milot," as also his chihirei), y)^ ' ■' O Till-: srn; ok thi-: dp: i.a sai.i.i; iiomi-stkaii. >9 by sold, ct ensemble les coniniencenieiis de haliinenls el autres gc- tu'ralement les depen dances de la dite lerre . . . the vvholf en Jiet nobk\ etc., etc.'" Then follows de La Salle's receipt for 2645 livres that he (Milot) owed "him as balance of the price of my habitation." On the 12th Au<^ust, 1669, Milot extentled his domain west- ward two arpents frontage by thirty in depth, which he pur- chased from I^e Parisien. There exist too many transfers and deeds of e\er\ descri))- tion, either in the s^reffes of the notaries or in the; deliberations of the parish of Lachine, to permit of doubt that Jean Milot's land comprised the fief reserved by de La Salle, and that it formed what was called, during" nearly two centuries, the church land or the Mallet j)roperty, to-tlay in the hands of the Oblat bathers, and their westerly neighbors, the Canadian Pacific and the re- presentatives of the estate Mooney. I'pon the very day of his purchase, Milot detached four arpents for the construction of the church, the; parsonaj^e and the .Seij^neurs' mill. The I ith June, 1670. Milot bound himself to the .Seminar)- to erect a windmill "upon that concession which the said Milot and wife purchased from .Sr. de La .Salle."'-' On the 24th October, 1683, accorJin^- to Basset, Milot com- l^lained that he did not possess the .p.iantity of land, deri\'ed partly from de La .S;dle and partly froni th(; .Seminars' tlirect, for the four acres he had j^iven uj) "to be used for the chapel and mill of said la Chine." On the 1 6th of April, 1687. in order to enlarge the Ljarden of the Cure of Lachine. Milot detached " 26 rods dismembered from the hef of Jean Milot . . . that the .Seminary will be pleased to accept the dismemberment of the fief made by said Milot."''*' There was no other fief at Lachine. Under the feudal system, a .Seigneur could not sell a portion of his sei_uniory without payinj^" to his dominant .Seij^neur the (1) (IrtlTe do Hassol ; Margry"s dcscripliDii is less ((miiiltic. (j) Uet^islL-r of Lachine ; Ciret'tedo I'otiier, i6tli April, 1687. (2) C.reffc de Basset. '-iS N 20 iiii; siri: oi- iiii: hi. i.a sai.i.i: ii()\ii:sii:.\|i. 11 'I ! iit'tli of the purchase price, which was railed /<• (/mil/. llcnice the pra\ cr of the- I'"ahri(|iie that the ScMninary accept Jean Milot's sale without fee. At nos. 467 and lollowiiii^' of the; terrier, uj) U) 471, 1 neiition is made of this (h'smemberment. n the uncntorN ol the coininunit\' ol Milot, inade before Mi 1. ailleur on th e 2 I s t of A U!4"ust, 1700, his |)ropert\ at l.aclmu is a'>ai;i clescr ■ihed as coniiii!'' from de I.a Salle binally the followinjr dociinu;nt is the most complete and ir- refutable proof of the site- of the 420arpents sold by de I.a Salle to Milot : " 1 he \ car one thousand six hundred and eii^htN -nine, the: second cla\ of March, )))• rc;ciuest of Messire brancois Dollier de Casson, priest and Su|)erior of the ScMiiinar\ of Montreal . . . n in the company th e unc lersioned, (icjdcl'on Calhalo''"nc;. ensiui )n of Mr. de Subercase, did ex])ressly betake myself to la Chine, ( the said island, to make unto the said Milot a replacement of the lands which he j)urchasecl from Sieur de La Salle and Nicholas Moisan dit Le I'arisien, as well as those which the late Abbe Oueylus promised him for the four arpc-nts that the said Milot relinciuished for the chaj)el and mill of the said la Chine; ;md so to do. commencec I at a certain i)ounclar\, se|)aratm(4- the pro- pert\()f the saiti Milot from that of one Louis I'"ortic;r, also in- habitant of the said la Chine (nc;i^"hl)or of Le Parisien) where... I found the (|uantit\ of seven arpents and nine rods fronta<.j"e, less a few feel, for the said M ilot.adjoiniiiL;" the propc:rt\ of Pci-russeau, neii4"hi)or eastwards ol said Milot, (to-da\ I". X. Rcl'laiiL^cr). . . and as it i-i stipulated in his (\v(.-x\ of purchase from said .Sieur de La Salle, that he shall take seven arpcnits frontage b\ sixty in depth, and 1)\ his deed with said Moisan, two ari)ents frontage b\ thirt\ m (le )tl 1, which torm the: (luantitx' of nine a rpents trontaj^e Xexe-rtheless, 1)\ agreement between the: -Sei^'iieurs and said Milot, it has been understood that said Milot shall take onl\ elt^ht arpents frontage 1)\ sixty in depth, bei^inninn' at the Ri\-er .St. Lawrence, in a straii^ht line, owiiiLj" to the point which forms a'l irregular outline. . . which is three arpents and three: rods less than he should haxc ; but the frontage _<4'i\c:s him three: arpents for that purp')se, since the bounclar\ [placed b\ us makin*;" the com- in i,\ >\i,i.i ^ ii()\ii:si lAii. 21 ■:. i inciicc'iiU'iu ol ilic line which joins the parsonai^c, Ic f>irsby(cn\ and the j^ardcMi ; \vc thin (-(tntinucd the aturcsaitl Hni- norlh- castcrK- ahnost at the ()|K'nin_<4' ol tlic iriani^k-," etc. A plan, annexed to this (h'cd ot sur\'e\\ clearly shows the ])osition ol the church, parsonage and ol Milot's house and harn.'" The sur\-e\' was followed 1)\ a (\vvx\ of atrreeinent between MM. Dollier and Mijot, passed before iiasset on the I ith |anuar\, 1670, by which the Seminar) indi'innified him for the land which was lacking'. La Sidles honn'stead was therefore situated near the spot of di<' old church, where stands to-ila\ the Xo\'itiate of the ( )l)lat I'athers, a spot which patriotism will one ol these da\ s con- secrate 1)\ the erection of a monument to the Inrst I'",uropean inhabitant of Lachine. This old domain at I.achine has just been di\ided into lots for the town which has been rit^htl)' calU.'tl ■' La Salle," and its poi)uIation, as yet in the cradle, will some da\ en-ct the monument. De La SALLE'S HOMESTEAD. At thetime of the sale to Milot, in 1 06c;, there was no mill, nor redoubt, and probabK no staked palisade. I he de( ds do not mention this palisade, althou!L;h coniemi)oraneous notaries ne\cr lail so to do. l>esides de La .Salle sa\ s as much hiniselt ; he has but cen to twi'Kc arj>eiU.s undiT cultixation, a lew arpents cleared and "a commencement of bm'ldini^s." Idle word under culli\ation, " dcl'Iriches," necessariK means work done at least during the season of 1068, if not that of 1667. The i):iiidin_!4s commenced were of wood. Mad the\ been ot stone, hasset would not ha\c' failed to ,ni\e such a detail as w;is his custom. Moreover the\ did not constitute a fort, the necessity of which, had not yet been fell. It is fxcn doubtful whether he had time to surround himself witii a staked enclosure. I he l)uildinL;s were but a conimenc-ement, beint^' purely and simply a homestead, "une habitation," .is de La .Salle st\ les it (I 1 Oii'lTi.' clWilliiinar, iiiiMiv. H)i)<). W ^! I I: 22 in: I. A sAi.i.i'.s ii()Mi;sri;Ai). in the rccx'i|U for the purchase privt- j^ivtMi Milol. An oliticial report ofde I. a Salk;'s uiul(Ttakiiin states: " Hv purchased a homestead, " une habitation. " t)n the island of Montrc;al. at the s|)()t calleil la Chine."'" The homestead must have; comprisc^d a house, wherein he carried on considt^ahle trade with th(! Indians,'-' a barn destined lor his small crop, and a stable; which formed part of the barn, for in the plan of the spot drawn by de Cathalo^ii'; twenty \ears later. th(; house and barn are pointed out t(\nether. De La Salk: also harvested his farm cf/ roluir. This fact is shown b\- the sale to MM. Lc; HcT antl Lc; Mo\ne. To convey an idea of these; primitive habitations, it may merc;ly be mentioned that Nicolas Moisan, one of de La Salki's neighbors wt;stward, had on the loth August, 1670. only a i)iiu; cabin, roofed with bark, qiiitiic cabauc dc pin couvcrtc d'ccorcc. On the 1st of Maw 1674, Perusseau, who was Milot's hrst nei_t^hbor to the east, had on his property " but a hut just built )\ sau I 1 crusseau. Likewise on th(; 26th April. 1676, there was only a small cliaiiticr on the land of Jean Che\allier, the second neighbor (;asi, which hail been built since: the 31st December, 1674. Prior to that elate there existed a staked shetl, //// /laiioar dc P ICll.X (ill On the 7th of January, 1674. X'incent Chamaillard hael upon his concession below the hill "a cabin ])it:ce upon piece, roofed with bark, built upon said concession." .Ml th ese deeds are in Basset's «>Tefft Any curiositx'. as to the intc^rior of tht;s(! primitive and ofte tloorless dwellint's. ma\ be satisfu^d b\ reatlini'" the descrintif »> * t o I )n of P'ort Niagara in i6S.t.aii. ;isi I )(ifml)ir. l')74. I?) Siile l)V ("licviillicr It hi; I, a s.m.i.i, s ii()\ii;sti;.\i». 2.^ 1674. with pliinks, each with a chinuiey. oiu; window ami three heil- sii-ads, hois dc ///, the whole roofed with deal boards."'" A joint letter iVoin (ioveriior P'ronieiiac and Intendant C'hanipij^ny to the I'Vench Minister, ilaieil the loth of Xoveniher. i6c;5, contains ilctails still more precise of thi- interior ot the loiluinLis of the soldiers and settlers, even at that much later period : "The soldiers alonir \2 alrt;ad\ cleared, although unculti\aled. Mis t'aniiU ineinoirc to the l\in«r. already ri-terrcHl to, lorniallv slates that he hej'an the \ illa^c of I.achine in 1666. i.'n M De La SALLE IN THE WEST. it is e\ideni that the gentlemen ol the .Seminar), who hail in their miilst the elder brother, AhhJ Cavelier, were anxious to encouras'e de i.a .Salle. Hut did the\ understand him in his ithl itl Noutniul enthusiasm and (lariiiL^ and a brilliant rc!i)utation, he peered in Bent ito th on the !>'oal to lortune le unknown, th e wi'St an d thi' route to China and lapan. One of his fellow tra\ellers States that he went to Louisiana "with the late de La .Salle in at (|uantit\ and at little order to find with ea se m)^! in iJTl exnense 'ID M r. de la H; irre wri t«,;s " that his heatl was turned and that he wanti;d "to create; for himself an imasiinarv kin dom. If .And yet one of his friends stati:s he was irre|)roachal.)le in his morals, wi •II hel ia\'ed in conduct, and devoted to the main- tenance of order amonsist his men e IS learned J udicious. ])olitic, \i_L;iI;int, sober, tlarinn' and iiukifati^ablt.;. He sufficiently understands architecture, ci\il, na\al and militar\ alike, as well as an'riculture, besides four or h\e decitled facilit\ for the master\ of others. Indian lan<'"ua<>es, and las a 'CM The changes note a htful ■• .Seminary si il Id dt lame and signature woultl seem to de- ia|)s unrellectii\L^ s[)irit, and at first the na\e refused to <'"rant him a written title, and onl\' consent upon his decision to pursue his d iscovenes into new countries. Mr.de (iailince, who narrates their voyaj^e, sj)eaks of him in the following terms : " Llere upon the sj)ot (Quebec), Mr. de Courcelles l:)e(4'oed him (Mr. Dollier) to join de La .Salle, Mr. Cavelier's brother, that they mi^ht make toj^ether the jour- (I) (> W.Ui^ry. 167. (2) 2 .\l;ir^i), JJO. (i) MaiKi), -'S7. 11: I" c^ -23 ?n 11 C'hc^^ '^^'C/i^ 4^^^ csu^trnJcMo^A (>Ui^^^^^z^fn^<^*ta^ c^/- •^^■^^^/^ ^t^ 9^^&z<:t4^ 7ei^ CCCCtr>4^ ^t-l^4^f^'TA/£ <^.ccc -furu^ -/a^ytiryi^ ^/^/y^^^u^^^stoi^/^rt ^^^L u^a, auuttW' ja^t'<'^<^ ^ e^ic^i-yv^ ^^■^'i**'^^^ tc^g^^^^ »^<. it,^.^^r*i/C> -K/ »ivi^ ^tAr'^-^ i^y/f^ uciS>ryuf ^ 'f'^Uc^UdU iOiM. ^trxui. < C^UA^ fi^PUt^ 4^/iK-.^<^^.^€A/^ c^^n^^^ \m JPIr • f -III Hi nan Dl'. I. A SAl.I.i: IN Till, WIS!'. 25 iK-y SO loni^- propositi h) Mr. cK; La Salic " Mr. tk' ( lalliiK'c Lrivfs vc't to the fear less "his spirit, known to he rather IkkU', inij^ht easily iletermine his departure iVoin thnn upon any sudden fancy." He adds that as early as the autumn of 1 66S, scnt-ra! lro(|uois, tratliuL;' at X'illeinarie, "had dwelt a ioni; tinu' with Mr. lie l.a .Salle, narrating;- so nuieh that was inar\ellous of the Ohio River, that the\ more than e\'er fanned to a llame his wish to see it. (11 On the 6th July, 1669, MM. Dollicr, de (iallinee and de La .Salk' started out tot.;etlu'r from Cote .St. .Sulj)ice, probably from tin; ba\- which is a few acres aliove the de La .Salle I'ief. hi the party W(.;re four bark canoes and fourteen men accoutred b\- de La .Salk', three canotts and se\'en men hiixxl b) the .Seminar), and two canoes in charge of the lro(|ti()is, who had wintered with de La Salle in i66rv, this First voyaoe was merel\ a preliminary exploration, for de La Salle in the deed itself fixes, as the nwiX of the expedition, the 20th October, 1670, to be followed by a second one " a.s \\) 1 Mai|;iv, 114. 115. m6. (2| I Maigiv, loS. 4 1 1 ■■1 I illll ' -li . i 'III 26 DK I.A S.M.T.l', IN THK WMST. soon as practicable," oiissito/ quil scnxit hcsoin. \\\ an omission of Marjj^ry. no reference is made to this projected second trip.'" ThoLilonniers en^a^ement was signed at Villeniarie, in Sieiir de La Salle's house, cii la maisoii du dit Siciir dc La Salic. He had in fact altogether abandoned his establishment at Cote St. .Sulpice. Prom that date, the rest of his life was spent n the west and the south, where he lounded several tradint^ |)osts, which have since become important cities, such as Cata- ra(|ui or Kingston, Niai^ara. Detroit. Michillimackinac or MacKinaw. Fort Miami, on the St. Joseph River, and Forts St. Louis and Creve-Cceur, on the Illinois. He returned on different occasions to X'illemarie in order to obtain fresh floods, supplies, and provisions, or when on his way to or from I'Vance. In a draft of deed, in Pottier's i^reffe. undated, but amongst his minutes of 1685, it is stated that Hen.ri de Tonty was Governor of F'ort St. Louis, and the Sieur de La .S.vlle " Lieutenant and Governor-Cieneral of Louisiana." The names of several colo- nists, settled by de La .Salle on his seij^niory of Fort St. Louis, will be found on i->iij4"e 52 of volume 3 of the Jiti^evients ct Dclib<'mtioiis of the .Superior Council of Quebec ; they were Riverin, Pierre Chesnet, Prancois Pachot. Chanjon, P'raiKjois Hazeur, Louis Le V^isseur, Nhithieu Martin. Francois Charron, les Sieurs Dartijj^ny et La Chesnaye. Jacrues de Paye. Pierre Le Va.s.seur, Michel Guyon. Poisset, Andre de Chaulne, Marie Joseph Le Neuf, Michel de (irez, Philipes P^snauh, Jean Petit, Rene P^ezeret, les Sieurs Laporte. Louvijj^ny et de .St. Castin, Francois de La Forest, Henri de Tontv and the lesuit P^ithers. De La .Salle's thrillino- travels and stirrinjr adventures are not within the bounds of the present narrative. .Suffice; it to state that a few of his Lachine settlers followed him in some of his far off expeditions ; amoni^st others. Jean Michel, a sur- jreon, Olivier Ouesnel, u;unsmith,'-' Jean Hoursier dit LaviL,nie. Frs. Brunei dit le Hourbonnais.'" Vivien Ma^delaine dit La Douceur, Francois Prud'homme, and Charles Ptolomee. This (1) I Maryry, lo6-lo8. (2) Olivier <^)iil'sik'I dil I'lmrliliiiuhu, aiu'istor ii( lliu (^)ucsiicl family of I.achiiK* ami I'ointe Claire, — (j) Ancestor of the Boiirlxjiinais family tif Smilanges, THK DISCONF.kV ()!• Till: M ISSlSSI I'I'I. 2/ Ptolom^c was drowned on the 30th April, 1679. at Sauk St. Louis, before the eyes of Jean Heslot. " Mr. de La Salle's clerk," says the rei^ister of V'illemarie. No stress need be laid upon the perils of these expeditions, undertaken in small bark canoes or the like, in charj^e of a handful of men, and directed throu_i(h vast unknown lands, peopled by numerous wild and warlike tribes partly supplied, even then, with firearms. In i6" 01 au thenti thi siderable lapse of time. Th as \et unknown, can alone throw lii^ht up:)n this obscure i)oint of the hlstorv of Xoilh .America, The official report of the /).ro//:':-/'/(-s c! I 'ovJi;vs of .Sieur de La .Salle, "mentions his dvvellin_4' at la Chine, and his \-o\;iL;"e with Dollier and de (ialli- ee, and that a violent fe\er forced him to lea\'e the n outset m a t tl le Hut )th b.^ nothin.4" is known as to his mo\'enuMits subscHjuent to their parting-. it is a matter of cc;rtainty that on the 6th A'.ii^Hist, 1671, anl the icSth I )ece:iihc;r, 1672, tie La .Salle was b ick at V'illemarie, where he si^-ned o1)lii^;ati()ns in fax'or of Min(M)n de Branssac, fiscal procurator In all authentic |)apers concerning;' de La .Salle up to that date, reference is made to the fact of his haxiiiL;- exploretl the Ohio River, and Jolliet (!\('n shows it on his maps;'" but no 1:0 (II M iiL'iv. i(); (21 I M;iiy;iy, 4J(). (3) .5 Kaillnii. 31. (.iidi' (41 r.iiUman's l.;i SalK', 25. 11 II-: ii[s(()\i:uN ()i- II II-: mississii'IM. 29 1 trace exists in any <»t th- nirmoircs of tiii' time: that ck- La Salic i.'xer discovercil the Mississipjji. On the contrar). the; ofticial (locumcnts show that Louis jolh'et was sent h\ (ioxcM-nor ilc iM-ontcnac, in 1673, to tUscovcr the Southern Sea 1)\ vva\- of the hit;- ri\'er, calletl Mississippi h\- the huhans." llad cle La Salle (!isco\n!recl the ^reat ri\'er in 1669 or 1670, can it reasonably be Ik^IcI that Count tie brontenac, who was most favorable to ik: La Salle's interests, would have failed to allude to a discovery ot such ma<>nitude? The docunients nui)lished b\ ^Llrt>■r^■ himself no to show that jolliet, bather Mar(|uette and their live b'rench companions disco\-ered the Mississippi in 1673, and that, alth()u_n'h the\- did not follow it to its mouth for fear of the Spaniards, they returned from the country since known as Arkansas, fully convincetl th:it it emptied into the (iult of Mexico instead of the Pacific Ocean.'-' Hence when, in 167.S, C\v. La .Salle obtained |)ermissi()n to make the disco\'er\ of W'estcn Xew b' ranee, it was not with the \-iew of working' out the passage to China and |apan. but in ortler to rt:ach the (iulf of Mc;xico, the existence of which Jolliet and I'^ather Maniuette had only suspected from re|)orts throuj^h the Indians.''" Jolliet and l"'ather Mar(|uette thus discovcM-ed the u])per .Mississippi aiul de La .Salle, Louisiana and the: lower course ol the n'reat ri\'er."' This point ot historical conirov'crsy is settled besond all doubt by an official memoir, as yet unpublished, which is annex- ed to a l''tter of the 6th Xo\-ember, 16S7. from (io\-ernorde Dcnomilie to the breiich Minister: " L'annee' d'a|)res, en 1672, la ri\iere dc Nfississip])i et en meme temps les Illinois Chaou- nanons et autres peuples inco^nus aux luiro|)eens, furent dccouverts j)ar le .Sieur Jolliet avecc] k: !'. .Manjuette, jesuite, ([ui furent jus(|u'au trente-tleuxieme deore et \ planterent les amies du Ro\-, prenant en son nom possession tie ces peuples nou\'ellement decoii\-erts. " b^t (iui-l(|ues annees a|)res, le .Sieur de La .Salle poussa (I) I .M;u;t{iy. 255 JOj. (2) M. JOj. (j| M. jjj. (4) I.I. KjJ-ioj. 30 Till". I)IS(()\I:RN- ok T\\\: MISSISSII'l'I. f... If. 'I ' I, 1, 1 I I .1 |.i' ■ IKlii 1. i ii iillli! I I il plus l()inj4" la mcinc decouvertc jus(iues a la mer, prenant par- tout possession par les armes du Roy (ju'il y a mis."*" "The year after, in 1672,'-' the Mississij^pi Riv(;r was discovered, as well as the Illinois Chaounanons, and other tribes unknown to the Europeans, by Sieur Jolliet and the Jesuit Father Mar(|uette. who reached the thirty -second decree, planting- the Royal Arms and takini, t',>i-. (iJii., 1673. — (3) Il sluuild l)f 16S2. y, 16S7 : |). 326. (2) Il sliDulil he I riir i)is( ()\KKV OF THi; mismsmiti. 31 ii \)t: La Salic himself never claimed more than the iliscoNery of Louisiana and the lower Mississippi. In a family memoire to the l\ins4" in 1677, alread)- (juoted and i)resumably prepared hy himself, it is statetl that in the year 1667 and following'-, lu; discovered many countries cut re ant res la i^raiide riviere Ohio ; but no reference is made to the Mississijjpi Ri\-er."* l)e La Salle made the discovery of the mouth of the Mississi|)pi as far as the sea on the 7th of April, 16S2.'-' imme'diatel)- upon his return, he writes in Octolx-r, i6ri'at (liscovcrv, still his fanu; is not climinishc.d. llis vast explorations and numerous settk-ments throuLrhoiit the continent will ever suffice to immortalise his name;, antl endear it to the hearts of all inhabitants of North America. ■.t'l i fi' :!i'' '■ I )(ii> i-'ii |i;ii\, II l.a Siilli.', u cult' df Miir(|iu-llr I All iiiiiiii> 111 n'mirii^ |iii> vii lit iinlilt- cnniiia'k', I.c iMiliciis j);iys i|iii I'avail hiiil (■(n'lk', I'lnir (|ii(.'li|iii-s iiiillidiis rollcniL'iil liiocaiik' 1 ■' ()iii, ilcir.s en |iiii\ ail fniiil dc la Imiiln' |)(.T(liii', < ) Cavclicr I " Sur CM sol (III cimvaii.'nl toulcs Ics lilicilc's, Dl's jjcniic's |)l(.'ins du force apris liii mhu rcsU's, ('(.s t^cnncs oMi iHodiiii uiii.' race I'ldclc, <^)iii, ravic [\ la !• raiicc, a sii ^jardcr loin d'cllc, Aiiisi (iiriiii 1(.'(;n pifiix a jamais vciiOrc. Sa nicnioirc, sa langiiu ct son ciillc iacrc. ("(.'st ill) arlirc robiistc aii\ racincs v^vacos, (^)iii. craniponiK' d'aliord a loiilo Ics crc\asscs, Uulancu (Itsvirniais, an vent dii cicl sircin, Lc's niiilc cl iin ra:'icaiix dc son Iroiic smivorain. Sa force cl sa flcrclc, scs friiils cl son onilira[;c, ("csl a voiis iju'on Ics doil, o I'rancais d'lin aiilrc ai;c, riialangc dc niarlyis cl dc licros clircl ens, Dcs (grands projels de Dieii si l(inL;lcni)".s les soulieiis, I-!l dont La Salle a liii resunie la le^cnile."'(U :i: i! ' ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF LACHINE. There seems to be no lonoer any doubt but that the name " la Chine " was derisi\'el\' j;;iven to Mr. de La Salle's sei_L,niiory, owini^ to the failure of the expedition of 1669. De La .Salle is known to ha\'e called his sei^'iiiory " .Saint-.Sulpice." .Such is the name he us(;s in the ck;ed of sale of 1669. In a lease on the 15th November, i66(S, jjefore Basset, notary, he styles himself, "Noble homme, .Seii^nieur de .St. .Sulpice." By this name, his domain was known until his departure on the 6th July, 1669, for the upper countries in (juest of the route to China and (O {•'reclicUe, i.egende dun I'eiiple, i)2. oRiciN f)i' Tin: NA.Mi: or i.ackim:. 33 [apaii. In ihi: autumn of ihc same \far, soinc ot his (ollovvcrs rt'tunu'cl to St. Sulpict- without their leader, who had left dicin near Xiai^ara. In a (.\iiin.\ of sale hy Pit-rrc TahauU, one of dc l..i Salle's colonists, to Jean Ro\ , passed before i^asset on tin; 26th l""el)ruar\, 1670, no allusion is mack' to the name of l;i Chine, and yet on the iith Ma\, 1670. in the (\vv(.\ of exchange'" between Rc-ne Cuillerier and Louis Homo, one of the immo- N'eables exchanged is described as " a concession on the sj)or. called la Chine, ti// dil licit dc /a C/iiiic, of ^^ arpents b\ 20, to- gether with ten arpents at the said place of la Chine, to bt; taken from the |)rairie," v\hich meant the common at the foot of die; hill, when; now ilows the Montreal A(|ueduct. A_L,rain on the iith June, 1670, Jean Milot and his wife bound themselves to the Seminar}- to construct a windmill upon that concession which they ])urchased from Sieur de I, a Salle at said Montreal, at the so called place la Chine, an lien dc la Chine ainsi appc/c}-'' On the 10th Au^-ust, 1670. Nicolas Moisan sokl to Mathurin Thibodeau a concession at the place called la Chine, an lien dit la Cliinc. b'inall)-, Basset's ^reffe contains a contract with specifications, dated the 8th Se[)tember, 1670, whereb)- Jean Milot "inhabitant of this place, at the sj)ot of la Chine," an lien dc la Cliinc, ,L,d\es out the buildini;- of the w ind- mill. Talon also, in an ordinance of the Sth October, 1670. uses the expression "the hamlet" F habitation tjiion appcllc la petite Chine}'-'"'^ The aboxe are the most ancient references rej^^ardin^- the name;. The registers of civil status adojiled it later on, in 1673. In examininti;- the rei^isters of Montreal from 1667 to 16S0. I fnul several marriatres, baj)tisms and burials of the rtrst inhabitants of Lachine. All are styled " habitants " or "habitants of this place" or "habitants of this island." Pierre Tabault is described in 1672, as "habitant of .Sauk .St. Louis." The name "la Chine" appears for the first time on the 2nd of January, 1673, at the marriage of k'rancois Le Noir dit Rolland (I) MasNcl. (2) Id. (5) 5 l'';iin,,ii, 2j;,. I lli: rU: I ! I ij^'l 34 ■OKI' \<\.\\\ li:.\N Mii.oi-. " liahilaiU cU- la Chine." IIkmi follows, on tlu; 6tli June. ib-5. ihe burial of a child of Aiulre Rapin " habitaiU ck: la Chiiu-." In 1676, the new name was in ircni-Tal use, ihou^^h not uni\c'rsal. Thi; burial on the :!9th Sc|)H:nihc:r, 1676. of a child of Andre kaj)in states that he was "habitant of Cote St. .Sulpice." Ihe marriaj^e entr\ of \'incent Ali.x, on the 4th October. 1677. sa\s that he was "habitant of la Chine, Montreal Islantl, in the parish of the iioly AniL^^els." His Lordship Bishop La\al had fornialK' erected the; parish during; the previous sprini;. it was thus that tluriniL; tin; autumn of 1669 or tlu; winter of 1670, on the return of the unsuccessful e.xpedition, the parish was \er\- naturally styled "la Chine." Dollitir cU; Casson asserts that the name was j^iven diiriiii^ t/w 2oiiili'r, thoui^di mistakc;n as to the year. 1 ha\'e jji'rave doubts as to its ha\'inL;' been spread about by Mr. Dollier, for, toi^ether with Mr. de Ciallinee, he had left Cote St. .Sulpice on the 6th jul\-, 1669, spendin_L,r the winter of 1669-70, in the upper countries, returnin!:,^ to Villemarie only on the i8th of June, 1670.*" Mr. Dollier, in his Ifistoirv dii Montn'aL attributes the new name to the un- expected return of de l.a Salle's followi;rs. Abbe I'aillon and .Suite also share this opinion.'-' joutel, in his narrative of i6(Saser refers to the Cuillerier family papers. If he has read them, it is only due to the public that they should be made known, else wc; cannot be e.xpected to swuHow his story. I have CIIAMl'I.AIN S Ilk I'O^T, 43 myself seen the oriirinals of these dociiiiKMits at the (iirjji\ in Montreal, and 1 can say that they refute Mr. I'Vaser's theory. Mr. John Fraser's property was oranted by the Seminar)- to jean HriJicMi dit La Honte on the i j;th July. 1673, hut he may have been alread)' in possession for sewTal )ears j)revi()usly, under a location ticket. It is e,\en |)ossible that he was one of de La .Salle's settlers. He sold the land to Rene Cuillerier. bv deed before Basset, on the 13th .S(;ptember, 1676. " to^x^ther with all and every the vej^etables and grains sewn during' the current y(;ar." The dt^^id declares that Cuillerier has possession of the land and harvest, the price for both bein^' 450 li\res. No reference is made to any building, not e\en to a cabin or shanty. As a matter of fact. Rene Cuillerier was at the time proprietor of another lot higher up. obtained from Louis llomo, by deed of exchantje of the i ith May. 1670. Cpon this lot, Rene Cuillerier had his houst; and store from 1670 to 1676. .Special mention of the house is made in a dex'-d of sale, also before Basset, by Nicholas Moisan dit Le ParisicMi to Mathurin Thibodeau, the 5th January. 1676. of the; land l)ord(;rino- c;ast (>f La Bonte, with its harvest of urain. " which ^rain the \(Mulor binds himself to deliver at the house of Rene Cuillerier at La- chine, where he is now living." This would seem to impl\- that Cuillerier was contemplating' a chani^e of resid(;nce, if not already acc()mi)lished. Mr. I'Vaser _o()cs on to say that tht; immediate \icinit\ of the Common creates a presumption that de La .Salle hatl his dwelling on the »(rant to Brillon, oblivious of the fact that the Common was not established for the jiersonal advantage of tie La .Salle, but solely for the settlers from no. 471 of the terrier (alon^- side his j)rivate domain) which was ^ranted to Pierre Pcrusseau, to-day in the hands of V. X. Belanoer ami R. W. Kerr, to No. 499, the property of V\ern\ (iaudin dit Chatillon, occu|)i(.;d later on i)v W m. K nox, and actuallv \'ested in the II u-jh b'raser (estate. The C( )mmon. 15 arpents front b\- 16, luu; prairie and. Nos. 483 to 4S6 of the terrier, vvas adjoinim^- Jean Ouenneville. belonnin*'- to-dav to the Hu'>h I*'raser estate and w.is left to CIIAMI'I.AIN S Ilk I'OST. the tMijoyiiKMit of 24 proprit^tors. In iS^^5. it was tlivitled up aMion^st their successors, which e\i)lains why the Common is still j^re(Mi in the memory of the inhabitants of the shore. It is not impossible, moreover, to determine the precise spot whaser j)r()perty, situated above Sault St. Louis, "at the head of the Rapids" as Mr. I'Vaser says himself in the Magazine of American History, })a' i)ost, if neccssarx .""" I lad such a post already e.xisted, as Mr. brascr contends, the ("oin- pan\ would not ha\-e failed to reser\-e it ftir themscK cs. THE CHURCH OF LACHINE. Lntil the \ear 16S5, the coloin of Laehine and of .St. .\niies was serx'ed by the mission of La Presentation, e\x'n up to the fall of the year, when the Cure of Laehine k'ft La Presentation to ^o and li\-e in the fort at Laehine. It appears that as earl\ as the Near 166S and probably 1667, mass was celebrated at La Presentation.'-' In those early da\ s. a priest iVom .St. .Sulpice Ireciuentl) tk^sccnided the ri\-er on .Sund lys, in tlie sununei- time, and held service likeK in de La .Salle's house, in 1 007-09, or in that ot his immediate j)urchaser, |ean .Milot, ( iOOg-70) sometimes in that of his farmer, Jean k'ournier, who dwelt in the neij^hbor- hood on the |)roperty ne.\t but one to de La .Salle.''" In 167^^, .Mr. d(^ kcMielon Ix^came titulary missixiiarN ol La Presensent.i- tion. The; missionaries, pre\'ious thereto, had renderc-tl onl\ transient \isits. l''aiIlon, speaking" of the temporary missionaries, sa\ s : " .\o sooner <.IitI the .Seminar)- see settlers established on the island of Montreal and at C"ote .St. .Sulpice, than the) considered them- (U 1 l-'aillon. 596. (2) Mcniuirr ilcs Sn-iiis lU- la ('oiii^rigaiiiin |iiililisl!cil in /.c.v Amiiiis Forts 1/ I' l.iicliiin'. (J) J I'aiildii, 35O. 4^ Till-; ciiikcii ()|- i.AciiiNi;. ill. m st'Kcs called upon to drspatch a i)ri("st to set' to their spiritual wants, which accounts for Bishop Laval's statement in his S/d/f of the C/iinr/i, sent to Rome in 1661 : "The island of Montreal is ilivided uj) into se\'eral parisht;s to which tht' resicUnit priests at X'illemarie administer the sacraments and other spiritual needs. In this way priests were at first sent to la Chine and Pointe-aux- Trembles, hut only on a passing' mission and on oiven days, whence; the pro\ision in the; ordinances of the jud^J'e of Villemarie : These presents shall be read and jjosted at la Chine and Pointi!-au\-'Trembles after the first masses to be celebrated th(rre.'"' Ihe followiiiij' note b\' Mr. Rem\. first Cure of Lachine, vvritt(!n at Toaster of 16S5, on one of the first paj^es of the oldest re_<;"ister of Lachine, is e.\j)licit : " .At the commencement, for want of a chapel and sufficient population to warrant the erection of a parish, this Cote was during" several \ears minist(;red, as a mission, by the priests of the Seminar}- of Montreal. On the completion of the chapel through the help of the priests of the Seminar)', who took up a collection all alon^' the shore, and also ovvint^" to the ^reat efforts of Sieur Ren^- Cuilk^rier, rc;sideiit mc;rchant and first church- w;u"den of the parish, Mr. luienne (iu\•ottc^ now Cure at \'ille- mari(\ then minisieriiii^- missionar\- to the parish, blessed the said chapel on I loK Thursda\- of the year 1676. with the permission of Messire i'rancois Le b\;bvre, at the time Superior of saitl .Seminar) ami thi- Bishop's X'icar (ieneral. " In the tollowiiiL;' spring", Lachiiu; was erected into a parish b\- the Bishop at the time of his \isit to Montreal, and bv letter missix'e sent to said .Sitair Ciuyotte, his Lordshij) exprt^ssed his willini^iK'ss to compl)- with his recjuest and the wish of tin; inha- l)itants that the; parish be erected under the titulary of the Hoi)' Angels, pendinu- the orantini;- of formal letters patent. Sieur CjU)()tte, after a three ) cars tenure of office; in the; parish, was obliged to cross over to Trance. "Mr. Jean Fremont, a priest of the Seminar), replaced him (1)1 )i(lin;incc 111 Tallin. 1C72. I'lII': (III K( II (ij |..\r||iM:. 47 .piritual is Stah- Montreal priests il)iritual iiu; and and on (! judu-c ed at la s to b(,' ^achine, e oldest Litficient otc was priests L' chapc;l ok up a It efforts church- It \'ille- th(; saitl •mission of said a parish )y lett(;r issed his le inha- e Hoiv Sieur sh, was C(.'(. 1 him h\ order of the Superior, Mr. Dollier, and was .ipproNcd 1)\ the Hishop. After two years service, Mr. Dollier recalled him to succeetl Mr. Perot, deceased, at X'illemarie, and Mr. Pierre Kein\', prii'st of tin: .Seminary, replaced Mr. I'remonl on the I iih of \(>\c;mlK'r, i6iy tividenced in the chapel, which was made up of picxe upon piece, (1)1 ]u^. fi Dil., .S19, 4-^ Tin: ( III Kill i)i' i,.\( iifm:. 'me with ,1 idlal ana n( ihiri\-si.\ s(|iiarc It el, ,i hoard root, and nol ('\cn a sioiic roiindaiion. \r[ the ]»aris!i had hccii hc,'l|)cd h\ the |)ri\atc L^itt ot a parishioner (.'allrd Jean ( "hc\ alicr.'" So Miiall was the chapel lh.it, tVoin the he^innin^, the churehvvartleiis had in \ iew the huiKIini,;' of a ne"\ one. I'Or lack ot lunds, all that could he accomplished was the coini)lelion ot" the old chajx-l with a shingle rootini^ and a stone toundation.'-' Still the latter was onI\ laid in 1 6S0, in s|)ile ot" the tact that it was urnciuK' recjiiired in order to sa\c the clvrch Iroin tailing into ruins, .\ tanihoiir <.\x wooden porch ..id a small sacrist) were adiled the same \car.''' War, liert-er than e\ cr, hroke out with the Iro(|U()is soon aftir, dispellin;^ all thouL^hl ot" a new church until the j)eace of 1700. !' Or se\'eral xoars, no election ot churchwardens was held, while a i^oodK luimher ol parishioners had letl tor \ ille- marie or \ Crdun, or ^^one oti to the w,u'. I'inally, on the 1 ith .\pril, 1701, a (\rvi\ o!" lease ot a pew. states "that it is to he expected that a new church will he huilt in a tew years. "'" ( )n the J7lh ot the t'ollowiiiL; July, were laid "the three first stones of' this new clnn'ch lo he i)iiilt of stone." An architect 1)\' the name of' Michel I.etel)\re, was the contractor. It measured si\l\ feel in leiii^th hy thirt) in width. '\\\v rc:^ister doi^s not state where it was huilt. hut according' to the Mciiioirc ot" the .Sisters of" the C'on^reL';ation, it was situated without the tMiclosure of the fort, it heini; e.\j)ected that the latter would h(! enlarLjed, althoui^h it ne\cr seems to have heen ; nor does the rei^ister mention when it was consecrated tor di\ine ser\ice. althoui^'h it a|)pears l)\ the register of" hurials that on tin; 24th June and the 5th ()ctol)er, 1702. huriais took place in the oltl chapel; while on the 1 5ih juK \~o^-^, Julien Juliet was interred "in the larii'e new church" and ( iahriel Perrein "on the 24th August, i "O^^ also in the new church. '" It was tlu:ret"or(; huilt and open tor sc:r\icc- at the time. It was used as a parish church uniil the 26th XoNomher. 1 S65. Ml ; l,iilli)ii. ;57 : M;niili-iiu-iu> iU> I',vi_i|ik'-. i')''^.v p. I2.S; l\i'i;i>u-i ol iju- l';tliiii|in' nl l.aihinc. l^l Niivriiilitr. lO.S^, (2) Rff^iNttT of the l':iliii(|iH' cif Lachini', 46-64. 15) kcj^istci ol iJu- laljiii|ur, p. IIJ ; liniiii^iiicV Ciix'Tli', Sill < )(li>ln.T, lOSO. - (4I ( iri'lR' (If I'lillicr. I 5) Kri^UUT iii' l.ai'liiiir. .111(1 IH>1 1|K-(1 !)> r.'" So vviirdcMis iiKls, all 1 chapel ic lalK^r Lirj^ciuK () ruins. Uk:(l the 1 nujuois ^(^ peace I'lis was )!- \ille- :hc 1 iih IS to 1 )e •di On t stones t hv the Pleasured l()(.;s not f the r o nclosure niari^ed, ri"'ister lOU! and • h it the he while la rue it. 1703. oDen for in til th e l'al)ric|iu' 1 ■ I 'lit tier. LACHINE POST OFFICE, 1881. fm \ ! n III i ' \ \ i: i: rilL w mi f ii \vm MESSIItK NA/.AIHI-: I'lCllli, < > H m 11 H I m 03 r > Tl > H I fl :o in >► K », ■SB I^IJ V' I '';> I ^■.;i' ! I L'Uiiii.n St. Ji)-,eph, l.iu Ijiinj, 1 880. ft hj!'; ill M' L'Aoad«?niie cle« Fferea de la Doatrine Clirelienne, Lauhiiie, 1873. 2k ^ '■■! -i . i "9: ■:S: ■p^ Mi la • : , ' ii 50 Tin; ( iH'Kcii ()|- i.aciiim;. The foundations of the prestMit Roman Catholic church were laid in tin- new village of Lachine in the autumn of 1 S63. and the sacristy completed for the celebration of mass. The work on the church was aj^ain taken up on the 25th May. i(S65, when the first stone was blessed. During a j)eriod of two years, from 186; to iS6v service on Sunday was held in the old church, and during the week in the new sacristy. The last mass was celebrated in the old church on the 26th November, I(S65, after which the ornaments, etc., were transferred to the new church, which was completed on the outside, thoujj^h not in the interior, it was blessed on the 2nd December. 1865, Vicar (General Truteau officiating^-. On the 3rd December, 1865. mass was celebrated for the first time bv the Reverend N. l^ichi. The pews, which were sold on the 2nd December, fetched the sum of $850.00 per annum. The interior was finished in the autumn of 1868. The church was then consecrated by Bishop Bour^et. Its measurement is 140 feet by 56 on the outside line of the walls. The cost includinj^ the sacristy, presbytery, altars, statues, wax- of the cross, chandeliers, etc., was $40,000.00. The land upon which the church is situated, was jriven by the late Louis Boyer, and measin-es some 4 arpents. A stone presbytere was built alonirside the new church, but w.is demolished in 1890 to make room for the present one, erected on the same site. it measures 56 feet b\' 42, with a kitchen 24 by 20. The Cure took up his residence there on the 27th November, 1890. This structure cost $12,666.00. On the 19th April, 1866, the land of the old church (some 8 arpenth'^ was sold by the Fabri([ue of Lachine to the Oblat Leathers for their Novitiate, the sum ])aid bein^^' $2,600.00. The church, sacristy and old presbytei'^; were used for the novitiate until 1869. The novitiate was inaugurated on the 24th May, 1866. The old church was denKjIished in 1869, when the Oblat I'i.thers erected their present spacious Novitiate, 175 feet in lenjrth. The novitiate chapel stands upon the site of the old church. h' <^ssfm Till'. (T.MKTKKIKS. 5' THE CEMETERIES. 'r\v(MUy-HvL' burials, all in the cha|)el, art; rej^'istered from 1676 to i6 o /, "> s 7 iV '^ <> '% v * r#>" * fii IBfiMiFi ■■^;i! ir !i1 :i I : ■ 54 IIKT PkKSHVTf'.kK. a school either for j^irls or boys." This was agreed to, cMid by the end of the year 1685. the new or larger presbytere was com- pleted, and, in the following year, the repairs were carried out on the smaller and older one. The former becanK,' the cure's residence until the beginning of the last century, the old or smaller one being handed over to the Sisters of the Congrega- tion for the education of young girls."* No record e.xists with reference to the first stone presbytere, nor is there any mention made of it in the old Fabrique registers, which are only complete up to the end of the year 1717. Those of the ensuing years must have been partly destroyed in the fire of the presbytere during the night of the 1 ith and 12th January, 1769. I find a memorandum of Mr. Delagarde, then Cure of Lachine, stating that "the account book of the Fabrique" was consumed by the flames. This book generally contains the minutes of the deliberations of the churchwardens on parish matters. The stone presbytere, shewn in the engraving along- side the old church, was built shortly after the fire. Mr. Remy left Fachine in 1706, after 26 years service. The register of the Fabrique contains several entries in his handwriting with reference to his impending departure. On the loth June, 1705, having celebrated a baptism, which he immediately registered, he adds, apparently with tears in his eyes, "this will probably be the last baptism I shall celebrate in this church, as I am about to retire to the .Seminary at V'illemarie, being unable alone to take charge of this large parish of the Holy Angels of la Chine, owing to my advanced age and the infirmities from which I suffer."'-' He had in fact asked to be allowed to rt;tire. but his rec[uest was granted only on the 28th .September, 1706. On the very day following, he records the fact in the register of the I'^abricjue in the same pathetic strain, ackling to the reasons for his departure the fact that his hands are so unsteady " that they no longer permit him to give communion to this Christian people." Mr. Vilermaula, his successor, informs us that Mr. ifli.l'l: (I) KinisU'i 1)1" till' l';ilirii|ia' iif I.ailiiiiL', i6>S5-iS6, \)\>. 59-61. (2) Ki^jisUi uf Lachinu. Bi'im TIIK I'KKSHVTHRi;. 55 Rcmy consented to postpone his departure.'" On the third and nfth of October, 1706, he sijrned two baptisms in his quaHty of ancicu curd de la Chine; but after that date, Mr. Vilermaula alone signed the rejj^isters. However, Mr. Remy reappeared at Lachine on the 17th October, 1717. He came to make one hist ^"ift to his old parishioners the cost of building" a new shingle roof for the church, until then only covered with planks, on condition that they should contribute the nails and shingles. The offer was eagerly accejited.'-' On the 17th June of the following year, 17 18, the parish decided to rebuild the steeple, in danger of ruin, and to crown it with a cross and rooster. Mr. Remy died at the Seminary on the 25th I'^ebruary, 1726, at the ripe age of 90 years.''" F^is tenure of office was longer than that of any other cure in Lachine, saving Mr. Duranceau and Mr. Piche, the present Cure.'^' His whole life was but one long example of devotedness and generosity to the parish in general, as well as to his parishioners individually. He made liberal use of the fortune, ample enough for the times, which he had inherited from his jiarents in Paris. From this source, was built the humble j)resbytere, too costly an imdertaking for the newly erected parish, also the repairs to the old wooden church. He erected the stone temple, which has been admired by e.xisting generations, besides a suitable dwelling for the vSisters of the Congregation, whilst he very frequently responded to the individual appeals of his parishioners. Pottier's greffe abounds in obligations or constitutions of rents, consented to by the parish as well as by individuals for moneys he advanced during hard times, especially during the Indian war from 1690 to 1700. They were gifts |)urely and simply, as no trace exists of their discharge. All he claimed from the parish was the perj)etual celebration of six requiem masses annualh" for the repose of his own soul, and the souls of his father, Michel Remy, King's Counsellor, paymaster of the (iendarmerie in F'rance, of his (1) Kcjji.stcr of Lachine, 13th Oclolicr, 1713. (2) Kctjister (if tlu' l'al)rii|iR', p. 142. — (3) DictiiHinaire (;cncalin;i(|iic. — (4) Mr. I'iche has l)L'c'n Cure since llic 29ih Scplciulicr, i860. 56 'Illi; CONVKNT OK TIIK (ONCIKKC.ATION. mother. Hlizabeth Le Moync, and his brothers and sisters, re- lations and connections.*'* These massjs have been re^j^^iilarly said up to date in the church at Lachine. Devoted, j^'enerous and charitable as he was, with a lonjj^ life of pious works, Mr. Reniy did not fail to realise what he had done. On the 13th July, 1705, on the eve of his intended de- parture from Lachine. he enumerates ' in the rej^ister of the Fabrique a lonjj^ list of ornaments and of ol)jects bequeathed to the church, "that posterity may know the little <;ood I have done for this church, and that the j)arishioners may be incited to pray for the repose of my soul, besides bein^^ an example to my successors to accomplish as much u'ood as they can, within their means, for the Fabrique of this poor parish." I: < ! THE CONVENT OF THE CONGREGATION. The mission of the .Sisters of the ConL^reij^ation was estab- lished at Lachine about the year 16S5, in the old wooden pres- bytere. built in 1680 and repaired in 16S6. Up to and previous to that time, by 1670. these zealous ladies had been in the habit ofvisitint>; Lachine on short missions to prepare the children for their first communion. Ikit the possession obtained in 1685 of an habitation, humble and unfinished as it were, induced them to open a permanent establishment where they took in orphans, outside pupils and even boarders. It seems that Sister Hour- j^eois repaired to Lachine in person, beinj^" the first to assume a teacher's duties. The venerable foundress left as her successor, Catherine .Sommillard, her niece, and one of the most zealous mem . of the .Sisterhood. "The blessinu- of G(jd," remarks the Manoirc dcs Swiirs, already referrecl to. "has followed this new born mission, as witnessed by the jrood it accomplished until its first suppression in 1689, when the Iroquois devastated Lachine, cruelly massacring" some of the inhabitants and carrying others off into captivity. At this critical epoch, the missionary .Sisters, whose establishment was fortunately within the fort's (1) KcgisUi iillhi,- Irtliiiijuf, lj5 ami 14.S. TFIK CONVENT OF THK C'ONCRKC.ATTON. 57 t'liclosii /e, escapetl oiitniot; at the hiuicls of the savMj^es. as well as their orphans and boarders ; but as no feeling' of security could exist, after such a disaster, in a spot ever exposed to the surprise attacks of the enemy, Sister Sommillard brought all her {)upils to Montreal. Upon learninjj;' afterwards the sad jjli.uht of the country and the horrible massacres committed, she was fain to send them back to their parents or to their guardians. "Mr. Remy did not forsake what few of his parishioners escaped the massacre, but hastened as soon as possible to recall the Sisters of the Con^ret^ation. They returned in 1692 at the latest, and althou^^h until then, he had ^iven them part of their livelihood and was ever a father to them, still it aj)pears thev underwent more than one hardship at the time. Owin^- to the ^•eneral state of misery prevailing- throughout the countrv. Mr. Remy had to lend a helping- hand to almost all the; inhabitants of the parish. \v 1692. Sister Marie-Anne Laurent, in charue of the mission, erected a shed within the fort, for the storage of grain, and the provisions necessary for the support of the small community. Hut the want of sufficient land, and the danger of going outside the fort, where the Irocjuois often laid in ambush, besides the lack of lodging capacity for the boarders and orphans, compelled them to leave Lachine about October, I 70 1. They proceeded to Montreal, where they remained six- teen months." On the 23rd February, 1702, Mr. Remy called a meeting of the parishioners to take into consideration the means of recallimr the Sisters of the- Congregation. So strenuouslv did he uro-p their return, setting forth his reasons in the minute of the meet- ing, drawn up by Fottier, that it was decided forthwith to give them a more ample space of land with larger buildings, enclosed by fences, within the precincts of the fort."' Mr. Remv, on his part, donated all the buildings which he had already erected on the land, both for his own use and that of their mission. The Sisters consequendy returned in February, 1 702. (0 OiL'Hf (Ic I'otlior ; this miiiiito is lontainod in llu" AM/ioin; Imt lioais no dnk', nor tli • iianiL' of ihc officiatiiif; nolary. 8 58 Tin: CONVFNT OK THE rONCREflATIOX. "Finally," sa\ s the Sisters' Mi'moirc, "in 1 705. exhausted by a<4"e aiul labor, Mr. Remy decided not to jjostpone any lonj^er the making" of his will, and as a mark of the esteem in which he; held the Sisters of the Coni^rej^ation, and as a token of his constant affection, he bequeathed them 5000 livres in money to induce them, as he says, to build a stone establishment near the new church, and to carry on their mission, besides providintr, as far as p;)ssible, a retreat amongst them for the younjr girls and orphans of this parish. Me also gave them one half of his grain, animals, fowls and provisions, as well as books and furniture, ex|)r(.;ssing the hope; that the mission would still be carried on after his death. " But the .Almighty spared still longer the life of the worthy pastor, doubtless with the view of granting him further oppor- tunities to displa)' his zeal and charity. In 1706, he resigned his office in favor of one of his confrars, Mr. X'ilermaula, to whom he had imj)arted his spirit of devotion towards the Sisters of the Congregation, in i7o8.Mr. Remy made them build, at his own expense, a stone house near the new church, extending his stay in his old parish in order to superintend the work in person. In remodelling his will in 1714, he gave them the ownership of the house and land adjoining, as contained in the following clause : '1 give and becjueath to the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal, established in mi-ssion at my old Cure of the Holy Angels of la Chine, one arpent of land, which I jnirchased from .Sieur Milot next to the church, built by me in stone, almost wholly at my own expense. I give and bef|ueath to them the said site and large two story stone house, which I built upon it, and where they now live with their boarders. 1 always promised and I still promise them that, whenever .Sieur Milot may be willing to sell me another arpent, they shall have it for an orchard, provided it be next or near to their enclosure.' • We find no subsequent details relative to the l.achine mis- sion, excei)t that in 1722, .Sister .St. I)omini(]ue was at the heatl yf the establishment, which continued, as formerly, to prove a Till-: coNVKNT OK iiii': (■()N(;ki:(;A'ri()N. 59 source of blessinof to this parish. When, in 1760, the, P^n^lish were marchiiij^' on Montreal, to conijilete, by its capture, the conquest of Canada, the two Sisters at the Lachine mission were stricken with alarm, both for themselves and the children under their care. Their fears were not unfounded, for (General Amherst bivouacked at I.achinc; with his troops. At such a critical moment, Mr. Bra.ssier, a priest of .St. Sulp^ce and Cure of Lachine, hastened to the Cieneral with his i^reetinos. '['he latter ij^rantt^d him a most t^racious reception, offering- at the same time his services. Deliy^hted with so unexpecten. incnt al)()\c l;i Chine, which th(;\ cuIUhI (icnli/ly, situati'd on the Ijanks of the St. LavvrcMice, vvht;re they cleared land and erected huiklin^s. The house was called La Presentation after the; chapel, which had been dedicated to tht; Presentation ot Mary in the renii)U;. Mr. de JHMielon, alread)' familiar with the Indian ways, was j)laced in charo'e, antl, in order to full)' carry out the object in \iew, he asked and oiitained the jj^rant of some islands adjoining' ("leniilU'. Thctse islands, three in number, lay bc;tween la Chine and Capt; St. (iilles.'" They were Ljrantetl, in 166S, by (ioNcrnor de Courcelles to Pierre l^icote dt; Belestre, who named th('m after the; (Governor, for they were afterwards known und(;r the name of Jle.^ Conree'les. These islands afforded ^reat advanta_s4'es for the education of the: Indian children, in view of their pro.ximit)' to Cientilly ; but seein<^ that Mr. de Helestre tlid not attem])t to make any clearance after he obtained them, the Seminar}' offt;rc;d him in exchant^'e land situatetl on tile island of Montreal, which offer he accepted.'-' Abbe tie P'enclon relatt;s, in a deetl of donation passed before Basset, on the 24th Januar\', 16/4, ;uid [)artly reproduced b\ P'ailhin, that the jj^rant of these islands was niade on the 9th January, 1,67^^, by the; Comte de Frontenac, (jovernor of New I'rance. The consid(Tation, which Picote de Hcl(;stre r('cc:i\'ed f(jr i>'i\'in(>' up his islands, is not mentioned ; but bv ;i dec^d of surve) of the " 1 )omain(; tU; (ientill)," made by Hasset, on the 2 1st \()\'emb(;r, 1673, at tht; re(|ut;sL of the Seminary, proprietors of the domain, and of Pi(;rre i^icote de Htjlestre. proj)rietor of the adjoining' concession westward, it seems that de ljek;stre i^'ot a concession in tht- inimediate \'icinity of CientilK'. It l)robabl\' consisted of the land i,n\'en in e.xchan^e by the Seniinar)'. By tht; livre-terriei\ it bore tht; number 188 and wa.s more extensive than, most of the other grants, containing' four by twenty arpents. It has sinct; liecame the property of Placide Allard and Clovis de Bellefeuille. The domain of La Prtisen- tation, 19 1)\' 20 arpents, was the numbcM- i .••!9. In th(; sanie ^Xv.vA lu:fore Basst;t, on the 24th Januarx. 1674, (I) Savage's I'oiiu Ill-day. — (2) j l''ailliiii, 2S1. FORT I.A I'RIsSKNTATION. 63 Al)l)e (If I'diuloii (lonaltHl the ihn-v islands to the Seminar). lie nu;ntif)ns that thtisc islands wv.rc s^nuitcd him, "the hetttir to attract the- huHans to the island and c-sj)eciall\ to ( lentilly, where several Indians ha\e alread) made- thtimsc^K'es at home, so/// di'ja habitues, besides beini^r a Ik^Ij) in their coincTsion and education accordinj,^ to our religion." liasset adds : " The works thrown up on one of the islands were pcTformed at the Seminary's e\|)ense, as well as all other works at (uMililK. wliere Mr. de iuMielon displayed ij^reat devotion, industry and care to jj^ather and establish the Indians, so as to populate that i)art of the shores of Montreal Island with I^Vench and Indian inhabitants. " The te.\t of the »jrant of the 9th Januar)-. 167;,, in favor of Abbe de benelon is mentioned by I'aillon at paL;e 2S2, and it a|)pears to ha\'e been made "on Lake .St. Louis, aloni^side the island of Montreal, in ortler to foster tiie establishment already l)e_nun, (]/io// y a co/in)U'//cc" that is the establishment at (ientilly. The Ih'/r-tc/'/'ii'/' does not mention the date of the establish- ment at (ieiuilly. It was probably commenced about 1666-67, at the same time as de La Salle foimded the villai^e of Lachine. It was ()ccui)ied a short time aftc;r, and the .Sisters' Me/z/o/ir states that "by the )ear i66cS, the j)riests of .St. .Sulpice had commenced to celebrate mass there." The terms of Abbe de Fenelon's j^rant and of his donation to the Seminary warrant the belief that the mission had been in t:.\istt;nce for sonu; \ ears. Like all other establishments of a similar nature, it was l)Liilt on the model of a f(jrt. with staked fence, the whole in wood. 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'it , , ~ ■!■ -ir w4*ti.j ^IPw ^^BSMi^^^^^nl^KS^nu^l^nfiSn^K^^^lK^^SIl^^^B' .<^ ^K m .'*.-'''■--■ '' \ ■^^ :■• ^.»■ V,*;. ...-^it^,.. .'■ - ■ -fc» , ?^Mi *• \ ^l— V ^ * ' ■ •?■:■: -^^'-ft^^-Jii 1^^ \-m 1 *'■ r mf!^ ■ii il ■i ■ri'iiii ifrl IKAN I)F. SAINT-rFKRi; S I )\Vi:i,l.IN( ;. 65 |)lacc ii|) III 1670. The; tt^rricr |).)ims oul, is ihc oldcsi, the L^iMiUs made in 1671 and 1672. It is jjossihlc ihat inha!)ilaiUs sfidcd diurc, sinnillancousK- with die ofcupadon ot dic domain of La Presentation or of l.achiiH', about 1666-67. Iliii onl\ to think ol the; existence ol a stoni; house at ( ir,uid'.\nse, hctore 1663 1 Such a (h'scovery called ("or a cari'fu' t;.\a'ninaiion of Has- sel's manuscript, which 1 nerused rej)eatedl\. 'I"he words "( irand' Anse " are c1(;arly les4"'l)i«- lud cannr)t he take, t";)r an\ thin;^ else. I',\iclentl\'. it was not the ( iranJ'Ansc; of Poinle; Claire. I, there- fore, went o\'(;r the wIioIl- dei;d, some tweK'e folio |)a.^('s, (hs- C!)V(;rin^- further on that Melle. de Saint- Perre had inherited Irom her lather, besides a reference to si;\(;ral cKeds, passed belore Hi)uri4"ine, in 1685, between herst;lf and stepfather, and in particular an inventor)' of the 24th jul\, 16S5, as well as se\-eral de(.;ds ot transaction and comproinist; on the; 4th and (>th Ma\, ,md the; 24th July, i6(S5. The perusal of these di;eds show th u her father was Jean iIl Saint-I\;rre, a ro\al notarv of \'ill(;marie. The latter, according' to Isiillon'" antl Mur. Tani;ua\ ,'- was killed in 1657 by the Iroquois, while in the act of rf)t)hn^- his house at I'ointe .St. Charles, lea\'in;4" two children, a son, who died in infancy, and a dauj^hter, A^atlu;, wedded to Pierre; I,(; (iard(;ur, .Sieur de Rt;|)entij4ny. His habitation adjoined the land b.'loni^- ini4' to Charles Le .Moyne;, Sieur de Lon^ueuil a'ul de Chateau- LjiiaN', which is descril)t;d in the l/iiiii,'oiii^. 157. 12) 1 )liiionnairi' ('ii'iu':i1iijj;i(|ue. (^1 IM'. 7S 7(). 9 ^|w»f>P"r H I lllllii-; ill ■!•' ■ I ■ ..csii'ii 'ii;i| SITE OF LA PRESENTATION MISSION. La IVosc'iitation Mission was built upon the spot known to-(laN as I )()r\al, opposite the islands of the same name. It is no '■asy matter to determine the exact site (»!" tht; mission and fort. The domain, attached to the fort, consisted of twent)' arpents in (k'pth In a frontage of nineteen on the ri\cr, and besides the house, barn and outhouses, except the cellar and chimney, were built of wood and have lonj;" since; disappeared. Still I believe tlu; spot can be traced. To start with, it ma) be stated on tlu; authority of a pencilled memorandimi. which 1 found in Mr. Hourneault's notebook, that "according- to old Monette, (J. Hte. Monette, of Dorval. who died in 11X76, at (M^hty-three years of aj^^e), the manor-house of La Presentation was situated on the land, where stands the house of J. Hte. Let^ault,'" ijlacksmilh. son of Andre, oj)j)osite the lar^c; island." Pierre Le (iardeur remained j)roprietor of the tlomain of La IVesentation until the 29th Januar\-, 1691, when he sold it to Jean Bte. lioiichard, Sieur I)or\al, for 2.200 livres.'-' The small River Bouchard deri\es its name from this famik'. Jean I^a|)tisle Bouchard (lit I )or\'al also i^aAe his name to the three islands, until then called " De Ct)urcelles " or "La Presentation." I'inaliy, since the bej^dnninj^" of the C(Miiur\, the name of Dorval has superseded that of La Presentation on Montreal Island. One thin_L( certain is that the l)uildin,ns could not have been on the land c;ast adjoinini^^ Morin (to-day the Herron property), on account of the. marsh huul on its frontage, forminj^' an unfaxorable site for the construction of a fort. This fact may also be ;.4athered from the proces-\-erbal of the survey of Jac(|ues Morin's land (which is now j)artly occupied by the author), made on the 7th November, 16S5, by Gedeon de Cathaloirne dit Laliberte,''" " surveyor and soldier of Mr. de Lorimier" (after- wards ensioii to Mr. de Subercase), which proces-verbal is depo- sited in B()urL,dne's t^reffe. De Cathaloune states that it is ( 1 ) Aiiti'ur of Miinay. (2) Orclli' (rAdliciiuu. Ili- is nciK-ially Uikami as lidiuhiird ilil Dnrval. (3) 'I'lii.s i> iIk- mily (Il'i'iI wliicli ^Im-s tlu- ■.iirnanio " I.alihcrti' " to ilc Catlialoi^no. siiK OK LA i'ki;si-;\ r,Mi()\ mission. 67 )N. known It is no likI fort. arpents ides the ;\-. were bc:lit:ve 1 on tilt; in Mr. (J. Bte. years of 1 on the cksmith, in of I. a )ld it to he small Haptistt; islands, ntation." f Dorval land, ive been roperty), niin^' an fact may Jac(iues )r), made oi^ne dit •" (after- 1 is depo- hat it is Hdiu'iianl ilit ■;\thalciL;in.', hounded on the east In livnc C'hartier and ihi; domain of La Presentation to the west, the land heiiiLi; intersectt^d by the littU; River •' Houchar" (Muling- al the lake of the same name, which forms to-da\- a mere marsh known as Prairie dc (i/ti//atii/n\ Reference is then made to a road and to the brid_L(e of La Pre- sentation over the River " Houchar," by which it would seem that the highway was far from the short: and the i)resent road, evidently on account of the marsh laiitl, aliox^' and Inflow the; .Morin pro|)erty. The road alont^- the shore n.-i.iained the same until tin: beoinnino- of the centur)-. J. Bte. liouchard dit Dorval continueil j)roprietor of the domain of La Presentation and of the Dorval Islands until the time of his deith about 171 i.'" He died leaving- an insolvent estate and se\-(;ral children of his second marriaLj'e, who claimed as creditors and by way of dower. The domain was divided Lip biitween the creditors and the children. One of the creditors was Charles de Coua^ne, an important merchant on St. Paul street, in the City of Montreal. His share came to six arpents,'-' four rods, ten feet and ten inches fronta^x; of the domain, and the three islands. His .son, Rene, sold these si.x arpents and several rods, without the islands, to Antoine Meloche, by dv.vxX betore Hodiesne, notary, on the i\ i\ci-i\ hefore .\dheniar, dated the 2Sth |aiuiar\, 1746, lor \ .^mt li\res. I'he titles mention that the l.nid consisted ol a Ironta^c of live arpents, four rods and nine jeet, hounded on tile west 1)\ jean lUe. Houchai'd dit 1 )or\al, a son of jean lUe,, (i)orn on the i Stii |aniiar\, i6qS) and to tile east h\ de ("ouai^ne " w illi all the clearanees and arable land, /rcc 0/ /'////(// Ui^'s." Ileiice the mission was not situated on the lot of land aecruin^- to CiiMiexic^t: Houchard dit I )or\al, to-da\ the Murra\ and .Shackell pro|)erties, hut it was in the elosi' \ic'init\ ; for all clearanees were maile near the torts lor |)urposes ol agri- culture as well as a protection ai^ainst suri)rise attacks from the 1 ro(|uois. It is just as \s<'ll to mention that the terrier allots to the ilomain a width ol nineteen arpents hy twent\ in dei)th, hut in the iU'ri] to I )elle. de Saint- P slate an\ exact measun'ment. and e\-en ohiii^cs her to haxc a sur\'e) made. I'he two lots west of .Mr. .\le.\is ih-unet, now helon^iiiL; to .Madame lu^ Grnscillcis." >ril'. nl- I. A I'kl si \ I \ I |i IN \||ss|(tN. 6g li;i\c l)ccii toimd w here lrunet's larni. On further in- (|uir\, it turns out that the loinidations on Mr. I'orrance's land were those of a \C!neial)le stone pit, or root house, ol compara- li\cly modern date. Xo e.\pl;uiation ■ ui he ^i\-en ol the other stone wails found huried on the western line of .Mr. .Mnrra\'s j)r()pert\, near the hii.4h\\a\. Ihis is c( rtainU' the spot where the mission of (lentilK was built l)\ the .Seminary, ahout 1O6O-67, one of the rooms of which was used as a chapel. Ihe latter, according to Paillon, was iledicateil to the mysterx of the Presentation lA .Mar\ in the rein|)le, which name w.is fmalK Ld\cn to the whole localil)-, troni the Liesse road to (irand' Anst;, .\ memorandum, without an\ date or signature, wiiich I ! in Mr. IJom-m-ault's notebook, althouijh not in his haiul- lounc writing', states that the de ("ourcelles islands were granted to Mr. de h'enelon " subject to the establisiimenl upon them b\ him of an institution for the education of the xkuul^- Indians." I he text ot the (\(-ri.\ of L^rant, reproduced in i"'aillon, sa\ s on th(; conirar) that the j_;rant was made in order to foster the Indian mission of (ler.tilly on the Island of .M on ire il, that is at ( lentilK . Ihe memorandum adds that, in i('>JJ. the Indian institute CMJiapsed, either lor want ot ressources, or f)r hick of Indian pu|)ils, and that the ile ( "ourcelles Islanils were transferred to the .Seminar) b) letters patent of the Kiny of h' ranee. On what ground is it stated that the Indian establishment at (ientilK fell ihroui^ii in \()'/J^ No proof (>f the fact exists ;m\w here ; on the. contrar), tmder the head of the presbytcn- of Lachine, most authentic ])r<)of was L^i\-en as to the fact that the house at (ien- till) y>r Li Presentation was kept open until the autumn of 16S5. I'inill), as already stated, the three ishuuls became the [iropert)' ol the .SiMiiinar)- not in 1677, but in 1674. In the e\-ent of any k )\ al inter\(Mnion, a fact which I am unawcuv of it must h;i\-e been exercisetl in orcU'r to contirm a land ^■r.ult to a corporation in mortmain. 70 lOUi Kol.l.AMi. ABANDONMENT OF THE MISSION. The i^\vvd of fxchaiis^c of the Jth S(!|)t(;ml)('r, i6"es of the chase, fishinj^, tradin_L( with the Indians and e\'en from tht; rij^ht of entering" the woods. Rollantl, a bachelor, was thereby hampen;d in this line of trade, i^ut, on the 20th December, 167 i. he promised to j^et married in the followinjj^ year, within three weeks, at the latest, after the arrival of the ships, and even boimd liimself in case of dtifault. to i^ix'e one hundred and hft)' livres to the Hosi)ital, and an (•([ual amount to the; X'illemarit; Church. On these conditions, he was allowed to trade in his store and to collect all moneys e him bv the Indians, but he was not allowed to uo into the (lU \\()(K Is. He kept his promise antl. on the 2nd Jfuuiary, 16 /vV (1) Si Ll llVICll'lllL'l (2) !• \iirislcr ( if I. U-, 2.Sll\ Oili 1694. Iiiijjl;'i|:|ii ■ 72 lOKl' KOI. LAND. wedded the dauL;hter of a relired ntfu'er of the Kini^^'s (,"i)urt, Marie Ma^de-leine ( harhdiinier Seigneur.'" Rollaiul was an inipDi'taiU personage. Aiiioiil; those present at the wedihnL;' were : Mr. Perrot, (ioxcrnor of Montreal, and Madame I'errot, the I loiiorahle, nohlcs /loiunics, Zacliarie 1 )iipii\', PhiHp|)e de Carion, Sieiir (hi I'resnoy and wife, .\nioine de la l'Vc;naye, .Sieiir de Hruc\, heutenanl of Mr. I'errot, Paul de Maurel and se\cral other nohleinen, all of whom sillied the marriage rc^j^ister.'-' ■According to the census of 16S1. he ke|)t fixt- serxants. His dauj4"hter was at the Pciisioiiiial of the X'illemaric: Collar' '.nation durini^f the same xcar. At the time, he had fort\ -fi\(: a pents of cultix'ated land. In ihSO, I'iolland added to his contH'ssion two adjoining' lands to thi; west. \os. 447 and 44S, which helon^cd lo Launmt UorN". Later, on the sih .\pril, 1 Ocj ^ he ohtained their " continuation." consistin^of an area ot ^:;6o arpents. "on account of the considerahle improxcments, dcs travaitx coiisidc- rablcs. tloni; 1)\ .Sieur I'rancois \oir Rolland, since his .uTixal. on the lands which were (granted him."''" Rolland thus had a \ast domain .it the tinie of [ln' massacre of i 6Sg. .\s earl\ as 1673. he purchased fort) arpents cii roliiir of the I-'ief lielleN'Ue. which he sold, on the otii |une. 1 6cj6. to ( diaries de Couai^ne for 600 li\res."' ilis trade must ha\c heeii considt r ihle, judL^ini^ troni the statement of his liabilities. 10,000 lixres,''" which he dei)osite(.l in Once married, Rolland ^aN'e hill scope to his trade. .\ot satisfied with the trade he was carr\ ini;' on at his Lachine house, and his hranch, at l)out de llsk'. he scourcvl the woods, |)ene- tratini;' as far as the Illinois, tradini; with the Indians his eau- de-\'ie and other merchandise. In tlu' account of the xoxai^c ol Count tie I' roiUeiiac. in 167 V it is stated that the ( loxcrnor was (I) SJR' si);ii> llic liisi lia|ili>in;il ri.i;i>ui iil l.ailiiui' in Ki/f), " M;iric .M;i(K'k'i^iU' Cliiir- liiiiiiiiiT Soi^ncur." a ^ijjiiaHiin' ^lic lu'isislcd in uiilil ihc 61I1 March. 16S5. ulicii >iK' j^i'iiurally si^iifil "Marie Sei^iifiir Cliailionniir." (.!l ? tailloii. vvS : I'aikiiiaii. ( )lil Ki'^jinu', 2lU : K(.'j;islfr nf N'ilK'marif. (51 (i\rH'i ilr I'liUin. (41 l-aillnii. m>1. j. |i. ;<)7 : ('Ullr ilr I'ntlii-r. -- (5) .\ livii' was c'luiivaluiu Ui lO- , rents. Court. |)rcscnl 1 )ui)U\-, 'iuil (Ic ^r^\ lln' ts. 11 IS I 'o; 111 KM |)C'!US 1)1 ioll two t'|(il1L;CIK tii'iiL-ra llv 226 : itlicr. iM'-lr 1 mm ■!'i c R J i. H J I a < u h u 1 z < a z < m Q a: < 1 u q: -sir. » E '"^'^ mm 3} o rn 3J e 33 = :c »^i !i^i ■•2* FORT ROI.LAXn. 73 ohlij^rcd to tuki; him away, as a punishment "tor having' _i,Mvt;n li(]U()r to the Indians in spite of repeated warninj^^s." '" This li(|uor traffic, carried on h)' him with the Indians, be- came the source of all his troubles and final ruin. In 1677. I'Vancois Le Noir had a celebrated lawsuit, reported in the second volume of lidits ct Ordoimauics. j). 76. On the J 1st June, 1677. an arret of the Superior Council was passed, condemning- Jean Ouenneville to pay a penalty of one hundred sons, "for havinj4. without permission or authority of justice, presented and sii^ntid. in ojjen church, proces-verbaux drawn up on the order of Sieur (juyotte. Cure of said place, ajj^ainst one hVanqois Le Noir dit Rolland. inhabitant of the parish of la Chine ; and the Curtis j^enerally are prohibited from readinjj^ or havinjr read in church or at the churchdoor. any other than ecclesiastical documents, or such other documents as the law may order to be read." A letter of the Count de Frontenac states that Rolland was excommunicated for the same cause. De I'Vontenac believed th(; Bishoj) to be in the wroni^ : "The Superior Council." he says, "i)ermitted the traffic by arret of the loth November. 166S. at the instance of the Jesuit l^ithers themselves, as there- in stated : yet. in spite of this arret and without awaitin^^ the answer of the Court in the matter, said Rollantl was excommu- nicated solely for that reason, midst circumstances of a highly violent and odious nature."'-' Rolland. with his indomitable will and rare intelliL^cnce, detied the people at larjre for more than a (luarter of a cen- tury. He instituted suits a^rainst them all. the Fabri(|ue. Cure, churchwardens, beadle, villa^rt; bailiff, his nei.L,dilK)rs in _ireneral. in brief a^rainst almost all with whom he came into contact. .An entry in Basset, on the 4th July. 1674, contains the comj)0!mdinf a crin-jinal i)rosecution, taken aj^-ainst him by Nicolas Moisan. The clause in Rene Cuillerier's will. entreatin,ir his children "to look with horror upon lawsuits," was sugjrested by certain deal- in,i(s which he had had with Rf)lland.''" Cuillerier had ^rot into Ul 1 Miirj,'!)-, 201. — (2) 1 Marjory, 310 ami J13. (3) Vioiix l.acliine, 10. 10 74 i-OUT Kol.l.AM). his nicshcs before the tribunals at X'illcmarie and the Superior Council. 'Y\\v /ii!^iiiii/i/s cl /h'/i/k'ratioiis of the Sujjerior Coun- cil abound in suits, institutciil bv Rollancl. At more; than one pa-^e. it is stated that Rolland had left for the Council at (.)uebec "in a cariole " with a man in the winter time, or "in a canoe" with one or two men. when in summer. In i6qo and 1691. Rollaiul went throujj^h a famous lawsuit lx:fore tin; .Superior Council in reference to a cabane. jjos.ses.sed i)V Claude (iari'nie and his wife, within the: i)recincts of his fort.'" Ine.xhaustible in device and audacity, he succeetled in main- taininj^- his fij.(ht with his creditors, who were all leagued aj^ainst him, for more than fifteen years. [)articularl\ with Louis Hubert La Croix. Nicolas Duclos and Charles de Couai^ne. the one who became;, later on. proprietor of |)art of the domain of La Pre- sentation and the Dorval Islands.'-' No mattc:r what procedure they adopted. Rolland found tJi'rounds for actions in damaj^'es. wherein he declared himself to be the victim "of frij^htfui chicaner)',' and that " never did persecution ecjual that endured by .said plaintiff, not a week passinj^" without the bailiffs l)ein}4" at his hou.se." In the end. Rolland was c()n(|uered. losinj^ everythin -i'"' Sf'F-S'Jg. UlJ";;- ^^'i "''•• ^H-fiX. loy. 121. 152. M loki ( i ii.i,i:kii.k. 75 ("ouaj^nc fainily thus ohlaincil possession, ami the terrier shows that, ill 1/12, Sieiir (le niideinoiu, (t"h(;valier Pierre I)eri\oii, Sieiir tie Biidenioiu). secoiul hushaiitl of the widow de Couaj^iie, rci^isttTed h i nisei f as j)ro|)ric;tor. I'Ort Rollaiul had a in'arrison ;)t n'L,nilar trooj)s, kept up l)\ ihc ^■o\-ernnienl. (iedeon de C"athalo>rne, who left a narrative in ck;tail of tht; massacre of Lachine and of the battle of th(; 6th August, i6(Sg, informs us that Mr. de X'audreuil, on his wa\' to succor Lachine, obtained r(.'inforcem(Mits "from the three forts," I'Orts Cuill(;rier, Reniy and Rolland. P'ort La Presentation is not referred to, as de X'audreuil did not pass there. FORT CUILLERIER. This fort, on the lower Lachine road, was built by Rene ( "uillerier dit LcvcmIL-, about 1676. CuilU.'ritT bc.'ini^" at the same time projjrietor of the thret; lots almost adjoiiiini;'. th(; (|uestion now arises upon which concession the fort stood. I'lider the hratlii\^r of P'ort Remy, it has alread\ been stated that, in 1670, he purchased Louis Homo's habitation. No. 47S of the terrier, Accordiii'r to ihv terriiT, part of the Dor ui arm to-d; IV ic transferred it to his son, Lambert-; in 1700. Vhi'. latter tlietl at jjichine, and was buried 011 the ;oth November, 1 709. at \ illeniarie. The inventory of his community, tlravvn uj) b)' Le PpJlleur on the 4tli l'"ei)ruary, 1712, shows that the concession at the tiiiK; had a house, i)arn and stable, tlimensions not n'ix'en. The widow, Xhirij^uerite Menard, further says : "that she had to lake old stakes, (/i' :'iciix picii.w from the fort, in order to build a stable, diiidiiix herself to replace tlieiii for Hie repairitio of the Jorl. Whereupon .Sieur Cuillerier stij)ulatetl for nin(;ty-five livres, which sIk; und(M'took to pay for said "pieux," to whomsoe\'i;r it \w\\l ht )e deemed necessarv. an d also to finish said stabUt ( )ne does not return that which belongs to him ; hence the fort (ould tiot ha\e been on that concession. R(M1c Cuillerier was ilso owner of the adjoiiiiniL^ concession westward, which had licen granted to Charles Ptoloniee in 166S. In 1690, sa)s the 'f^m 76 lOKT ( ril.l.KKIKU. livrc-terrk'r, it was mack- over to Louis I'Orticr and, in 1693, to Rene Cuilk:rirr. TIh- latter transferred it to liis son Joseph in 1700. I'hus the tort was not hiiilt on this concession either. I'inall), by deeil of sak; before Masset. on the 13th Sej)l(Miil)er. 1670, Rene Ciiilk'rier purchased another concession from Jean lirillon dit l.a Hontc. To this spot he transferred his dwelh'n^", already bej^un, about 1670, on the huid of Louis Homo, number 478. It was here that the fort was built. On this accoimt, the .Seminary alloweil him to concentrate upon this lot the rents of almost all his Lachine properties."' Jean Brillon dit La Honte was probably one of de La Salle's settlers. He obtained his title of (^rant from tht; .Seminary in 1673. Brillon's land was number 480 of the tear the same. Rene Cuillerier was the first churchwarden and one of the; shininii^ li<>"hts of Lachine. Jean Ha))tiste is ilescribed in a m.ir- rias'e contract before Michel Le Pailk:ur, notarv, on the 2nil I'ebruarv, 1718. as bein<'' the son of "the honorable Rene Cuil- lerier." Previous to his arrival at Lachine. he had distinj^uishetl himself in several encounters with the Iro(|uois. He was one of the party of I'Venchmen, who in 1660. with Mr. de \'i_L;nal. a priest of the Seminar) at their head, were taken by surprise by the Irotjuois at lle-a-la-Pierre. opposite .St. Lambert, while (luarryinjr stone for the Seminary;- house. The}- were all taken captives to the villasj^e of Oneida and j)ut to death. Rene Cuillerier alone survived. He owed his life to an old s(|uaw, who adopted him. After nineteen months r:aptivity, he manaij^ed to e.scape and returned to V'illemarie. where he married Marie Lucault on the 13th April. 1665. He was the parent tree of a numerous posterity (16 children), which for a lon^- time had offsprins^r at Lachine and .St. Amies, and has still at Les Cetlres and Detroit, where they were better known under the name of Heaubien. Rene Cuillerier tlied about 1713. according" to a ^i:ijlicvc, mi tliu liij;h niouml al (he \m.sIoim t'\tri'iiiil\ of N'liiis Isliitl. - (2) R .jiiiti-T of La:hiiR\ - 3) Register of I,ailiiiie. TIIK I.ACIIINK I'OkTS. «5 soldiers killed b) the Irociiiois on the 26th Jun^^ 1691, likewise took place in the presence of " several captains, lieutenants, en- sii^ns, officers and soldiers." lu'idently the attendance was too oreat to have all the names recorded, and yet it did not comprise the full jj^arrison. Soldiers had to remain on <.>;uard in the forts, as well as accomj)any inhabitants issuing' without, for. durinj^ the war, it was imprudent and forbidden to ^c) outsitle unless pro- t(;cted by an escort.'" When, on the 5th August, 16S9, Mr. de \'audreuil was despatched to I*'ort Rolland to repulse the lro([uois, who were encamped a little hij^her up. Ciedeon de < "athaloL,nie. one of his officers, states that they took a few soldiers from the three forts, which could not however have been i(;ft defenceless.'^' As a rule, the ij^arrison must have consisted of the company, in which the commandant was captain ; and although the reijisters of Lachine generally states that A. B., Captain of a compan\ of Marine Detachment, commands at h'ort...; still it is sometimes mentioned that his company was in !:,r;irrison. For instance, in the act of burial of Ciabriel Couteau, on the; 13th November, 1687, it is said that he was a private '"in Mr. 1 )u Crusel's c()m[)any. now (garrisoned at La Presenta- tion." The same statement is repeated on the 29th Octoijer, 16S7. in the marriai^'e ret^'ister of Bernard Kares([uit.''' As a rule, each compan\ was madt; up of sixty men. and several in the Carisj^nan regiment numbered si.\t\-si.\. at the time of its arrival from I'rance.'" When, on service in the small forts of Lachine, or at other distant forts, they were usual!)' c()mj)osed of three or four officers, and some tvvent)' to twenty-five men. In 1714. the numlx^r of nK;n was increased to fort).'""' Lhe rt!s^ular troops were maintained at the expense of the Ciovernment'and hc;ncc; the commandant invariably styled him- self CowMci/it/a/// />our /c Roi. in addition to the rei^uiar troops, the; forts were also defended by the habitants, who formed th;' loc.il militia, and proved, in time of war, the best soldiers. In 1695, (i()V(!rnor de Frontenac and Intendantde Champi^my, (I) I ("olluctioii do Miiiuiscrits, 567; 2 I'V-il 2J4. - - (2) hi. 569. ~ (3) Rct;istcror l.iiL-liiiiL'. — (4) J l-'aillun, 127 (5) Ciiiiiiiliiiii Aicliivcs, Coi. (icii., \'ol. 34, p. [1. 39j, 453. KTfT I 86 (il'.M'.KAI. KI'.MAUKS. 'I? writing- to the I'VcMich Minister, stat(xl that "the hahitants, enrolled as soldiers in the companies, render beyond comparison more service than the I'Vench soldiers, owintr to the necessary aptitude which is wanted for voyaLj(;s throusj^h the fort;st and over the waters."'" Twenty y(;ars previously, in 1673, Intendant Talon had referred to thi; Canadians in almost ecjuivalent terms: " They are capable, said he. of endurinjj; every fatii^ue of war, of navitration and all other hardships."'-' In 1 753, sixty years later, they evidently had not degenerated, hranquet. in the course of his inspection of the military fortifi- cations of Canada, refers to them in the followinj^ terms: " In time of war, the habitants alone can be armetl in defence of this colony, to worrs' and harass the KiiLilish. for thev alone know how to ply the canoe in the summer and tlon the snowshoe in the winter, with the; snow for their bed at ni^ht, hewintr clown the timber of the forest. li\'ino- on small rations of tlour. tallow and lard, capable of forced marches throu<;h the snow and the forests for a j)(;riod of three or si.\ months, battling' with the rigorous frost and li\'in(>" bv their u-un, that is bv the sole returns of the chase and the rod." Under the British Crown, in 1S12, th(; habitants were still the chivalric sons of the countr)'. Mr. Francis Hall, of th(; 14th Li^ht Droi^oons, in his Travch in Canada, in 1S16-17, paj^e 151, narrates the followinij^ incitlent : " While Sir Ceoroe Prevost was at Montreal, a body of several hundred peasants from th(; remotest settlements of the province came to wait on him ; each man was armc;d with whate\er weapon he could procure on the spur of the occasion, and all were clothed and provisioned for immediate service : An old man, who had been a soldier in the revolutionary war. was at their head, and thus addressed Sir (ieoroe : " My General, wc; hc;ard you w(;re in tlifficulty, and have marched to your assistance. 1 have served myself, and though an old man, do not think 1 am (juitt; incapable of duty." Sir Cieor^e, (1) Canadian .\i(liivos. Cot. (iOn., vul. ij, p. 540. (2) ("anailian Ari'liixus, Cur. (itn., vol. 4, p. 10 ; sec alsi> CollLCtion ile Manusciils, vol. 1st, |). 3S2. Tin: I.ACIIINK FORTS. 8: )ai>c stroiiL!;!) affcctftl with this instance of attachnu'iil, arcn-pti'd their services, and they acted as a separate body durinij the whole of the campaign." Hut to return to the subject of the Lachine forts, durin<^ the Indian war of i6>l', oI li-s amies ran^'ees |)aiis iliacnie liastioii soul la luiiles liiar^ees. Kile |.reiicl iiii mi>iis,|iiel, met eii joiie el fail leu. . . I'll JKiniiiie toiiilie, nil autre eiiCdie, et pell .1 pen I.es saiit;laiils aj^resseurs, pris (I'liiie ra^;e fulle, Son;p le (am 111 (pii tonne el la lialle ijiii \ole, Intertlits, et croyanl voir lours ranjjs ilccinios Par line ^arnisoii de soldats hien amies l.aisseni niurts el iiioiiranis et liatteiit en retraile. "(H riic settlers had to he the more closely on their '•'U'lrtl, that a larij^e nuinher of Indians were also in possession of firearms. Not only did the various Iuiroj)ean (lovernments. who were contending" for supremacy over the new continent, siippK their allies, amonj^st tht-' tlifferent tribes of Indians, with all kinds of war ammunition, hut the numeroiis merchants and traders also dealt freely in the traffic of arms with the Indians.'-' Impelled by their thirst of lucre, the whites of all nationalities, in e.xchan^c: for a few beavers, furnished to the Indians ritles of every calibre, also lead, balls and powder, in fact the very articles which were afterwards turned against themselves in times of war.'" According" to Mr. de Tracy's tariff of 1665, the value of a ritle was fixed at six beavers, whilst one beaver purchased two |)ounds of powder or four of lead.'" In 16S9, the Canadian tariff had been reduced to hve beavers for oiu; rille, three for four pounds of lead, and four for eis^ht jiounds of powder. The Dutch and I'inirlish w(;re still more liberal for, in 16S9, one beaver paid for ei_i.;"ht pounds of jjowder, two for one rifle, and one for forty pounds of lead.'"' In 1669, duriiiij^ de La Salle's expedition to the west. MM. Dollier and de (iallinee conferred their first ii;\h on an Irocjuois chief of the Five Nations in the shape of a hand- some double barr(;lled pistol, valued at ten dollars. E ve ry l.a 1 eneilde d un I'eiiple, 05. Mil Hist. Writi 1 20 : ( anadian l'l>- 73. 75. "I, Aniiives, Cor. (ieii., 1697, vol. 15, p. 5S ; ("ollection de Maniiserils, vol. 2, 120, 206, 201 ; vol. J, pp. 20, 80. ■ (3) \otes on a map of 1720, deposited in ("anadian .\r- cliives Deparlnienl. (4) I ("ollection de Manusirits, 179. (5) 1 ColU'Ction de Mainiscrils, 476. (6) I Mar^'ry. 130, TIIK l.A( IIIM. lOKTS. 89 \car, says ( ioNc-riior dc I'roiiiunac in 1O74, a lar^- supply of lirc- .inns and powder is cxchaiij^ctl in the trade with thi; Indians."'" All the Lachine forts were built of wood, l^'ort Reniy and i'ort Kolland certainly hatl wooden bastions or reilouhts. built of piece over j)iece or of uprijj^ht stakes. 'Ihe iU-vd of cxchanjjfe between the Seminary and A_ir;iilK; i.\v .Saint-Perre. on the 7th September, 16S5, states that the mission at La Presentation was then enclosed by cedar stakes. .So also was I'Ort Cnillerier. for. in 171 3, the work of renewinjr the old stakes was in projj^ress. l'"ort Remy. at least after 16S7. had its slaked enclosure aiul three redoubts built of stakes or of piece over piece, and one stone redoubt or windmill eastward on the river front : but it is probable that before it consisted only of one retloubt or windmill and an ordin irv cedar fence. P'ort Kolland had a larm- bastion or redoubt. nuMitioned in the rej^ister of the victims of tin; massacre, and small wooden ones. These forts j^'enerally occupied a cou|)k; of arpents. sometimes even less. They were built on* the same plan throujj^hout the country, for protection aj^ainst the lroc|uois. Havinj^- chosen a suitable site on the bank of a river or lake, the forest land, at least within t^unshot. was entirely cleared. A pit of twelve to fourteen feet in width, by ei^ht to ten in depth, was then duj^r all aroimd the chosen site, except on the waterside, the e irth beintr thrown up, so as to form a rampart. A double or triple row of upriirht stake fencin>liiU> llial ihc.sf torts were liiiilt in 1689, a niisivpprclicnsiim a^ to tiii.' year, xmiewliat similar to tln' error lie fell into hy nivin^ the year 1690 as the year of tlie massacre which really o<-ciirreil in 1689. — (2) I Charle\iii.\, 5J3. Till l.\(lll\l litUIS. 01 ilu' iliiic (il the I:»()|)h()!c'(l mill. All |)i)sis, which wcii' proU'tlcil hy windinills, were at thai time styled torts, as for instana; i'Drl Scmic\ille from 16.S7 to \(k)\. or I'Ori de la I'ointc Claire ahoiit 1700; and it is prohahle that M ilol's post was railed " I'Ori de la Chine" from io;i to 167^). Alter the huildiiiL;; ot the chapel, ill 1670, it was ireiierally known uiuler the name of the " I'Ort de L'l'"L;lise " up to the 2nd I)ec(;ml)er, 1094, when, for die tirst time, I'Ort Kemy is nicntioiied after the name of the first (lire of the parish. At another pa^c of the registers of l.achine, this Lj'ood pa-itor explains the reason for the change, although he in\arial)I\ contiiuieil himsi-lf to call it " I'Ort de L'I"-}.;list;." ( )n the 27th Jul), 17(^1, on the t)ccasion of the hUtssin^- of the thrtu; lirst stones for the new stone church, he states that the fori of till' said church " is commonK called I'Ort Renn, in accord inct! with ihe map of the island, on account of thi' three redoubts with swi\ei Ljims and canons, which we built with our own funds."'" These must ha\-e bec;n built of wood, for had ih"\' been in stone, he would ha\(." said so, as was his custom. The (|U(;slion is : When were the redoubts or bastions built? Thi')' c(;rtainly W(.;re l)uilt bt^fore 1694, and il would seem the\- existed on the 23rd October, 1690, for in a tlc;ed passed b.'forc; PoLticN", n )tary of tin; .Seii^^ntnirs at Lachine and deputs fiscal prociirator from 16S6 to 1701, Mr. Remy tlonaKnl lo ihe .S;'nin u-\ "a crtain buildini^' Nin.Li' upon the land, beini^ a dejxtiuleiic)' of the mill at Lachine, called "LaCirande Redoule," said redoubl forming' tht- bastion of the I'Ort de L'I"^L;iise ai the Slid place of la Chine.'-' Mr. Renn s redoubts were j)rol)abl\ built about 16S7, at tin; time when the stakes of the fort were repaired or strentheiu^d.''" The)' were; certainly built at the time of the massacre in 16S9, for de CathaloL;-n(; calls the fort " l'"ori Reniy.""' The fort was tlK;refore formed of a larye redoubl or stone bastion, three small woodcjn redoubts and a strong' stak('d palisade, with pits all around, e.xcept on the river front. (I) M.iriii is in vrrnr wiiiMi liu inclii.\iiL-s tliL' I,;u-liiiiL' Furl as liisliin-i iVdin I'urt l\rin\. - l\iv;i>Ur 111' tile Kal)ii;|iie cil Liicliiii ■. (2) Mr. I'cilliir liiiil< up liis rLsiik-ini- al I'lirrr- l\i\ors 'I' '70'- (3) ij"^- t-'l DJ\., 529, l,o2J. — (4) 1 CollLrlion do Mamiscrils, 570. 92 (IKNKNAL Ki: MARKS. The first military man mentioned as bein<^ at Lachiiu! or vicinity was Mr. Dii Ousel, on the 30th .SeptcMiiber, 16S7. Some of his soldiers were at I^oiit de lisle in October, 16S7, whtTe two of them, J. Bte. Le .Sueur dit la Ho»rue and Pierre Le Camus dit l.a T'euillade were killed by the Iro(juois "durin*;' the war. "'" The next names are those of Jean Louis de la Corne, .Sieur dc; Chapt, in commantl at the Von tie L'Ei^lise on the 1 6th I''ebruar)'. 168S, and Jean Despere, .Sieur de I'lsle. in command of I*'ort Rolland. on the 22nd February of the same year.'-' b'rom that time up to 1707 inclusively, fre(]uent refer- ences, at almost every paije, appear in the Lachine registers relatin<4' to the names of military men garrisoned in the Lachine forts; but, after 1707, as i)revious to the autumn of 16S7. no allusion is made to them. I have never in tht; registers come across the name of a single officer in charge of F'ort Cuillerier. We know from the report of Mr. de Cathaloone, an eye witness, that it was in e.xistence in i6(S9, and it is specially allu(U;d to in the r(!t;"isters of the 24th of September. 1702, and of the 5th of Jun(^ 1695, when, it appears, one Raymond Bonneaudit La Chaimie, hai^itant of the parish, though armed with his ijrun, was devoured b\ wild animals, while outside i'^ort Cuillerier on his way to Villemarie. \\ ith rc;o"ard to i^'ort La Presentation, it would seem that It was tMther destroyed or abandoned shortly after the \<*ar 1689, probably about 1691, when it j)assed to J. Bte. liouchard, .Sieur Dorval, of Xillemarie.''*' in 1695, '^*^' took for his second wife; Marie Antoinette Chouart, and continued to reside in that city from 1691 to 1699, wh(Mi he moved to his estate at La BrestMi- tation. l\v was still there in 1705 and even in 171 1.'*' When named in the ret^isters, he; is never connected with the fort, but is simpl) described as habitant dans la Pn'scutation or habitant dc ccttc paroissc. i'he n;_y;isters of 1687 and 1689 are the only ones which refer to the commaiulino' officer of La Presentation. Mr. Du (I) Mr. I) Trff's register at Lachine. - (2) Ui-gister of Lacliint'. 2i|ili Jaiuiai), 1S91. -(4) Kc^istiTs of I.ailiiiu' ami St. Louis. (3) ( irLlli.' dWdlu'iiiar, ine or 1687. 1687. Pierre during' i de la Rolisc ; I'lsle. e same t refer- •oisters .achine 387. no le of a •otn the was in ej^isters ^ 1695. labilant by wild Icmaric. 1 that it ir 1689, d, Siiair )nd wile Lhat city Presen- Whcn fort, l)ut luxbitant 's which Mr. l)u irAilluiuiir, o H W A \m o V\<'Wtr& S mMihr* an II if f1': II. m} 94 (;i;m:u.\i. ri: marks. Crusel ;iiul to the jjroprictor of the fort for tlu; time beinii^. On the 2qth of October. i6(S7. H(;r!iard Karescjuit, an officer of Du Crusel "in y;arrison at I'Ort La Presentation, in this parish" inarrieil Jt-anne Oin't(!l, servant ^irl of Pierre I.e CiartUair. Sicair de Repenti|nin and of his wife Demoiselle A_L,rathe de Saint- Perre. l''inally, the re'^ister of a t)iirial, made on the 20th May, 1693. seems to establish that it was no ion^'er in existence. Rc^ference- is there matle to the I'Ort de L'l^Ljlise or b'ort Rcmiin'. and /i's c/ciix aii/irs fore's, evidently meaning' I'ort Rolland anil l^'ort Ciiillerier, which beyond doubt were still k(!pt up. The deetl of sale 1)\ 1 )e Renentitrnv to I )or\al shows that I'Ort La Presentation was abandoned at the time. 29th January. 1691.'" lioth \('ndor and |)urchastT art; d(;scribed as rc:sidinm' at \'illemari(,'. Possession was a^^ret^d to immediately, showins^' that there was nothing- to mo\'e. The sale comprised the hef, the thrt;(; islands. " avec la maison, orani^e et autres batiments," but no reference is m ide to cattle, li\estock, crops, implements, (?tc., as was the case when the Seminary sold to I )e Repenti'rny. I'^videntK the fort had been evacuated owin_n' t^" '"^^ e.xposure to attack during- the w,u", the s|)arse population takin_t( refui^e either at l^'ort Rollaiul or I'ort de L'l^i^iise or X'illemarie. Hiillin's map of 1744 shows b'ort Rem\-. De Lltn 's, in 172S. points out La Piosentation, nn^anini;' pttrhaps the lief or post onl)', but d )es not show I'Orts Remy and Rolland. llis other map, in 1733, on the contrary, ^ix'es b'ort Rolland and th(; Lachine Cluirch, but not b'orts Rcnn and Cuillerier. Were these maps inteMultxl to show that the forts the\- indicate still e.\isted, or went the\ simpK meant to point out the spot where they tlid e.\ist ? llu; latt(.;r supposition seems tht; onl\' reason- able one. l^\-en in tlv: bvii^inninn' of the present century, posts whert: forts had once e.xisted or villaj4"t;s had bee-n established, were called "POrts," for instance I'Ort La Prairie, POrt Chateau- _<.;ua\-, POrt Lon^iieuil, bOrt .St- |ean, bOrt tl(;s Cedres, POri Lachine, etc. The Archives Department, at Ouc;b(;c, has obtained copies in (irulic >r.V(lliciii;ir. I'' III' :l llill^' TiiF. laciiim: forts. 95 of tilt' oriular fortifications. I'Oris l)uilt of wood, as the) were, could hardK have lastcnl Ioniser than fifty or si.xt)' \ears. True, in i 7 i ,v lean Cuillerier, Rene's son, com- ineiiced to rebuild in stone his father's tradinj^ post, with its loopholes, renewin}^' the same \ear its staked enclosure.'" Still this fort is not mentionc'd upon any of the maj)s. iMiiall)" it seems that F"ort Rem\ , which did not enclose within its w.ills the new stone church nor the two stor\ stone convent, was never enlarLiI'ed or repaired, and the sanu' ma\' be saitl of I'Ort Holland which, in 1707, fell into the hands of Rolland's creditors. Little more than three cjuarters of a ctMitury later, on the 19th |ul\', 1790, before Pa|)ineau, notary, the -Seminary abandoned to tin- Fabricpie of Lachine the land where stood their old windmill forming' the '^ntcii redoubt of b'ort Renn , stating that it has loni^" since j^one to destruction, /i//r I'iiitx iiioiiliii a I'ciil ctaiit del f nit iicpuis /oniric nips. '-' \() allusion is made in an\ docinnent to the Lachint' b'orts after the beuinninu of the last centurw I'ravellers make no reference to them, sa\'inn" d. C. Moucault, who journeyed throuj^h Canada in 1 754 and who, at paj^es lo^v '07-*'" ^'ly^ • "''i the direction of tht; .St. Lawrence River, at a distance of about a league (three miles) from the City of Montreal, and a (juarter of a leaj.;ue from Vori de iiellemont,'" upon the Island of Montreal itself lies a lake, one leayue and a half wide knov\ n as (I) Orct'k' nl !,(.■ railloui, 4II1 l-'i.'|piii;iiuini. Till.' ,S(.'iiiiiiiiiy io|)l;ic(.'il it l)y ii water-mill (:U the fnot dI'iIic liill wliciv >,tiiii(l ilic nld wimlmilll, ami traces of ihf dam can still he seen. .Mxml 1720, they aliaiiiloiu'il it, Imildiii^; anollier at the upper |)art of lot No. 4()S of the terrier, at oiie lime the property of Jean (liieiiet, now owned hy W. W. Ogilvie. The last water-mill in l.achine. fi>r a longtime called the l.achapelle or Knox mill, was situated a little lower down, with other mills, on No. 4ij<) of the terrier, be- lonj;in^ to-day 'o he ilu^h I'raser estate. Traces of it are still visible, j'leminjjs windmill, cadastral number <)20, which still stands, dates from about I1S20. See Stuart's I.;iw Reports. (.5) " I'.tat present dii Canada. " inamiscri|it in the l.ibrar) of Parliament at ( )tlawa. (41 IK' explains at another paj;e that this was Tort de la Monla^iu' in SherbrooUe street to-day. See .dso ("olleetioit lie Manuscrils, vol. I, p. 593. 96 (lENF.K.M. kl.MAKKS. L;ic St. Pierre. Bcvond the lake, on the laiul aloiii/ the- .shore, stand two forts, the one called I^'ort Ciiillerier, at a distance of two ami a half k;aoues from the city ; the other, I'^ort Rem)-, half a lea_y^ue further up ; while a le i*;"ue beyontl, there is still another, known as I'Ort Rolland." These observations of the travelUir, coupled with those to follow, indicate that he referred to a past state of thini^s and not to forts actually occupied or in a state of occupaiivMi b\" troops at the time. I'Vaiujuet, Royal I'^njj^ine^r. despatched purposely from France to e.xaminc; and report up )n the state of the fortifications of Canada, makes no mention whatever of any of the forts at Lachine, althou_L;"h upon two different occasions, in th(; summer and winter, he visited Lachine and the U[)per end of the Island of Montreal. He {)artook of breakfast with the: Cure of Lachine, and ha\in^" paid a visit to the Sisters of the Conjji'reLf'ation. he crossed over to Cau^hnawau^a. where he was received with militar\ honors by the commandant at the fort. He proceeded as far as the Fort of Lake of Two Mountains, also a garrison station at the time, n)tinLj' on his way Lc Clid- tcan dc Scuncvilli\ fl.injii: dc qnahr pctits bastions, situated at the upper (tw^ of the Island of Montreal. There is not the remotest allusion to I*"ort Rc;my or an\- other fort at Lachine, I'ointe Claire, .St. .\nnes or Isle aux Tourtes, evitlently becausi; they had ceased to exist at the time. At another paj^e of his V())'a^es. he seems to ex|)lain the expressions used by Houcault. " A villaj^e fort, he says, consists in a space surrounded by a staked enclosure wherein lie the church and a certain number of houses crowded toi>"ether.""' It is j)ossible that I^jrts Cuillerier, Remy and Rolland may have existed in 1754, in the sense explained by Francjuet, th it is as a villai^e or j)ost ; l)ut as a l)lace of refuse airainst the Indians, they had lon^' since ceased to be kept up, even by the local militia. (ieneral Amherst bivouacketl with his troojis at Lachine, accordint,'^ to the .Sisters" Mi'nioiir already referred to, the (I) N'liyaj^os ilr l''iaiii|m.'l, vdI. ,'•, iii;imisi'ri|)t in \W Lilnary nT l';iili;iinciU ;uiil ;iImi priiUcil by ItciiioiU. Fletning'8 Wind Mill, Lachine, 1820, ^^H^ U<^w^.i4«! i ■*^ '■:-t^V/'.;"' Pr T r. ■1 ,- - 1* t^So&. ' • -■' '■■■ ^m ^S?Hii (111 CaiiiKk, IJ2, 262, 2S2, 283. - (2) 5 Mart;iy. 39-42, 9S .Mll,ll.\l<\ MI.N Al' l..\( IIIM;. [•'rontciiac was ohli'uril to order tlu' ahaiKlomiiciU of these posts. Mven at lisle aii.x lOurtcs, a fort was kept, coiniiiaiuled hy an officer of the regular arm\' from i 709. (prohahK 1706). to 1726. All these facts are mentioned in the rej^jister of St. Amies, in tiocuments of the time antt by historians. Can it he supposed that the l.achine I'Orts would have been lr/ La /' 'iitalioii : C'laude dv. M isre, Sieur l)u C" ruse 29th October, 161X7 antl 2nd Hecember, 16S9. Charles Caiunartin, .Sieur de Lintelle, his lieutenant, 22nd l''el)ruar\- and 29th Jul\-, 1 6S9. Claude de Coulani^cs, Sieur de \'i\'iiliers, officer, 22nd l*"eb- ruary, 16S9. Bernard Karesepiit (Spaniard), his corporal. 29th October, /• Antoine La Ikissiere, another cori)oral, i nh November, i6cS: 16S: Private soldi CIS luienne .Sorbet, i Sth October, 16S7 ; Mi- chel Le Boury^eois, i Sth October, 1687; I*!mery Du X'eroxr, 13th Nov(;mber, 16S7; Vincent Antoine Amplade, 13th Nov- ember. 1687 ; Jac{]ues Denis (lit .St-l)enis, 22w(\. l''ebruar\-, 1689; Pic!rre Jamme tht Carriere, 21st Februarx, 1689; Jaccjues Chasles (lit Duhamel. 2nd December, 1689. (O A i;ui;c- luiniliL'i ol liicse mililaiy men arrivcil tidiii Ituiri.' in K^S?, MII.II'AKN Ml'.N \1' l..\( IIIM-: 99 2 21kI The three hitler selthnl and left issue at St. Aiines. Fori dc /' lif^lisc or Roiiv : |ean Louis de la C'oriie, Sieur (le Chapt, conimaiKhuU, i6th l'"el)run-\, i6SS. Jean Bouillet, Si('ur tie la Chassai^iie, cominaiulant, 14th June, 1st Au_L(ust and 211(1 Dereinher, i6Sq; Septenibcir, 1690; lOth September, 1 702. Charles Heloncle, his seru'eanl, ist August, 1 7S9. Fie settled at Lachine. ()li\ier Le Mercier, Che\'alier dt: Haurejjos, lieutenant, 2\\(\ DectMiiber, 1 6Sg ; 25th Jul)', Septeinb(!r and October. 1690. J(^■ln de Liessc;line, ensio'ii and coniiiiantlant, ist Auj^-ust and 18th October, 16S9 and 21st ^Llrch, :690. I'Vancois Le (iantier, Sieur de la X'allee de Ranee, com- mandant, 1692 to 1 704. Jacques .Malleray, Sieur de la ^L)l]erit^ commandant, 3rd July, 1690; and 2nd June, 1701. He was killed in a duel, in 1717, by Daillebout d'Ar^enteuil. Le Verrier, commandant, 19th i\Lu'ch, 1703. Louis Villiet, his corporal, 19th March, 1703. Soldiers: Antoine de \'ill(;.-a\-, 10th .\hiy, 1695. lie; scuttled at St. Annes. Jacques Trlolc^t dit Li Ri\•ier(^ 14th M u'ch, 1701, also .settled at St. Annes. Francois Jerome tlit Latour, same date. Francois Chant(;loiip, same date;. (iiiillaume de Lorimier. commandant, 12th June, 1706. Fort Rolland : fc;an Despt^r.^, Sieur tie I'lsle, commandant, 22nd L'el)ruar)-. 16S8. Pierre; Aymard, 12th June, 1706, one of his soldiers, settled at La Presentation. Pierre lV)irier, one of his soldiers, 12th June, 1707. He settled at .St. Annes. Cesar NLirin. Sieiu tie L i Massiere, commantlant, ist Au_atreille, his seri^eant. 4th and iSth November, 1698. He settled at Pointe Clairt;. Andre Danis tlit Larpenty. one of his soldiers, 21st June, 1688. He settled at .St. Annes. Hubert Ranker dit La\iolette, one of his soldiers, 30th July, 1686. He settled at .St. Annes. Joseph Jourtlain, another private soklier, 30th \Liy, 1689. .Antoine Dubois dit La\iolette, another prixate, 17th No\- ember. 1 698. Jaccjues l)t;s (ia^niers, seri^cant to Mr. 1 )esnu;l()ises, 1694, settled at St. Anne.s. Daniel Cireysolon, .Sieur Dulhut, signed " Dulhut," comman- dant, 7th Jum;, 1700. Dulhut was also at l^achine on the 19th April, 1692. Louis Le Sencchal. .Sieur D'Auberville, commandant, 8th Decembe-r, 1 693, I' rs. de I' resnel, .Sieur de la Pipardiere, seij»neur de V'iette, commandant, 3rd b'ebruary, 1700. Pierre Le Due, prixate soldi(;r of Mr. de La Motte, 28th June;, 1700. De Mantes, commandant, i8th Pebruary, 1706. MII.ITAKV MKN AT I.A( IIIM-:. I'rs. Laiiois, oiu: ol his soldiers. lOI wi'iiioi r ki;i'KKi;N(T'; ro aw iokt : (Icdcoii (Ic; Catlialo^ne, lieutenant of the Marine, ^nd March and 5th Aiioiist, i67. OuL'siu.'l. Charles, lii'utriiant of thr Marine, 19th .\|)ril, 1746. De .StMineville. otVicer of tli(; Marine, i^^th November, 173S. I )e la \'(!ren(lry(;. Pierr(!, officer of the .Marine, (signed de L.i\-erendrie). 14th .Xpril and 13th XovenihtT, I73<^. CURES OF LACHINE. l'"roni 1676 to 16S5, the Cures residini^- at La Presentation or 1 )orval were .M.M. luienne (iuyotte, Jean i'reniont and IMerre Reniy. .Since i6(S5, at the: presbytcrt;, near tht; old church at La- chinc', M.M. I'ierre Reniy. Michel V^ilennaula, Jean Houffandeau, Jacques Le Tessier, Leon Jacques Ciladel, Melchior Juillet de Valliere, (1. J. Mr.issier. Pierre Paul Delat^arde. Pierre Conefroy, Pierre Lafond, P". Theodore, sup^rieur des Recollets, Joseph Laurent Ducharme, Joseph Henjainin l\(;ller, Josej>h X'allee, IMerre Cousij^ny, .\ntoiiu; Van P'elson, Prancois Pii^'eon, Pierre .\hirtin. Nicholas Dufresne, Charles Cicrmain, .\ntoine Duran- ceau and Xazaire Piche. Prom and after iS3o, at the; \'illa_L;(.: where thi; new church now stands, Messire Nazaire Pich^-, since the 29th September, 1 860. The rejj^ular missionaries, from 1673 to 1676, residing' at La Presentation, were: M.\L Prancois dc; Sali^nac cK; PCnelon, PVancois .Saturnin Liscaris d'Urfe, (sioiK^d " D'Urfe " and "Durfe"), Harth.ilem\', Le Hailly, Claude Trouve and Jean P'remont. Phe names of the transient missionaries, who visited La- chine from Montreal or La Presentation from about 1666 to 1673, are imknown ; but as the\' wen; priests of the .Seminary, probably the) were Messrs. Gu)otte, de P'enelon, U'Urfe. de ■nil. MUST iMiAiiiiAN IS ()!• i.\< iiim:. lO.^ ( lalliiicc, I'rcmoiU. I)(tlliir tic C'asson ami dc (Jiicslus. \vln> took particular iiiicrcst ill the liKJiaii Mission of La PrcstMUatioii or (uMUill).'" THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF LACHINE. In order to encouraj^c inatriinoiu in Canada, an arret of tht: Kinjj[ of I'Vancc, on the i 2tli A|)ril, 1670. «4rantcd a life rent of ^00 livres ($50) to fathers of a family of ten children, and of 400 li\res to the head of a family of twelve. This law remained in force until the cession to the British Crown. Recently, under die Mercier reL,nme. it w.is reenacted to a certain e.xtent. In 1SS9, the Ouehec Legislature juranted one hundred arpeiits to fathers of families of twelve children. It would seem that, for a lont^" time past, j)areiits with ten offspring had j^rown too numerous, and the whole of the Crown lands would hardly have met their demands. Mr. Mercier did not, however, dare *^a) as far as the Kini^of L' ranee. The latter i^jue a |)riniiuni to youiij^" men and ijirls who married in (NirK' years, and authorised the levyin*^- of a tax ami penalty on old bachelors. 'Ww.arrct did in fact ^rant Ic pn'sail du Roi {\\\iete idea of the situation of Lachine and the upper vwX of the Islaiul ot (I) I'lidiT tlu' luMiliiiK of Hdul (Ic I'IsIl'. (2) Si'u liililfiui ofllio liisi iiihabiliuils of I'Dintc (laiic ill llif aiipiiidix. (j) l MaiidciiiLiils dcs Kvcqucs, 12S ; 1 CulltLlioii dc Maiuisiiils, •2^7. .507, 3S9. iii'i' WM K; i ;i:'" -■ !' \ ':m' m 1 08 CKNSIS Ol- I 68 1, Montreal at that tiiiic. Copies of these ccmisus in manuscript are deposited in the Library of the Canadian ParHanient, at Ottawa. II --i cj ^lisii g| I *i 16S5 12^ 73 : 90 85 375 134 77 1692 S7 62 56 65 ' 270 109 21 .5 3 2^i /: i^ = =i! - 3: I 97S 2 I 2 954 s 1695 72 70 61 53 256 29 I I I 920 4 1698 72 65 66 54 257 72 41 I II S76 I 10 I U(> 218 227 234 •/. ? s -■'■% c = I - 48 660 226 217 2035 1435 140 3673 1112 CENSUS OF 1681. li; I'II:K VI-kDlN. ID Jacques ArchamliauU, 77; Maiic Djsno;, s.i Ion lu, 62. (I'likiKiwii.) Anti)inj (irons, 41 ; Jacqucljm.' Aiihry, sa foinim.', ^j ; onfauls : Maiit-. 9 ; Jian, 7 ; Xicolas, 2; MariL'-Annc, l; 2 l)eles a coriios ; 10 aipcnls lmi valt;ur. (I'liUiiouii. ) \'i\ii'ii Ma;^(lLlL'iiv.', cordonnicr, 40; Marie (iiidin, sa ffmnic, 23: cnfaiUs : Joseph. 8; lilieniie, 4 ; Leonard. 1 K ; I fusil; 2 l)eles a eoriies ; 6 arpeiUs en valeiir. (N'erdun.) Malhurin Thihaudeaii, 50; C'allieriiK' i-!\rard, sa leiiinie, 50; 2 bo'iifs ; 16 arpeiils en vaK'iir. (X'erdini. ) Ale\i> Hiiel, taillenr, 42: I'raneoi^e Hole', sa femnie, 46; eid'anls : !• ran(jiiise, 14; I'ran- (j'o's. 1 1 : Louis, 9 ; .\n IrJ. 7 ; Marie, 4 ; l\eue, 4 niiis ; I fusil ; 7 liele^ ii comes ; 12 arpeiils en valeur. (X'erdun. > [ean Lehlanc, cliarpeiuier, 25 ; l fusil ; 10 arp.'nis en valeur. ( I'nkiiown. ) jean LcRoy, cliarpenlier, 35 ; Jeanne Millleau, sa feninie, 34 : enfanls ; Jean, 16 ; ( ;er\ais, 14; Josi'])li, 12; i'Vaiiij-ois, 4 : i''ran(,'oi,;e. 2''^; I fusil; I jjenisse ; 10 arpents en valeur. Jean lioursier, 37 ; Mari • ■riiil>.uule;'u, s.i feninie. 20 ; enfanls; Alexandre, 7 ; Mari^uerile. 0; Haihe, 4; Marie, I '-2 ; I fusil; 4 arpenls en valeur. KeiK' ( )rieux, 29 ; 1 fusil ; 3 arpenls en valeuJ. ( L'nkiKiwn. ) I'ierre Houleau, 50; 1 fusil; I pistoU^l ; 5 arpents en \aleiir. (I'nknoun. ) N'inceiit C'hainaillard, sabolier, 35 ; Catherine Renussoii, sa feninie, 27 ; eiifanU : Marie. 4 ; Ltienne, 3; Jean, I '4 : i fusil; 4 arpents en valeur. (1) 1 have marked " N'erdun " or "unknown" the names whici are not known to me as liclongint; to Lachine or liout de I'lsle. Those not marked helonjjed to Lachine. This census was piililished for the first time li)' Suite, " ilistoire des ("ana 32 arpents en valeur. Louis l-'ortier, 34; .Madelaine .Moisan, sa feni 1 fu nie, 19; enfants: .\iii;eli(|ue, 2; .-\niie, 5 sil ; 1 pislolet ; 3 hetes a conies ; 9 arpents en valeur. Andre Merl.is. 36; Jeanne Meseray (Marie Roy), sa feninie, 18; Andre, leiir fds, 4 ji 1 lusil ; I pislolet ; 2 hetes a cornes ; 8 ariieiits en valeur. I'ierre lahault, 36; Jeanne- FiaiKjoise Roy, sa fe ninie. 21 ; en fants 6: L 4 ; .\le\is, 2 ; I fusil ; 3 bet es a cornes ; 10 arpents en valeur. Louis {''ortiii, 43; Catherine (Jaudin. sa feninie, 22; enfants: Madelaine, 6; .Michelle Keiie, 2 mills ; 2 betes a cornes ; 12 arpents en valeur. lean Clieval ler, cordie r, 54 ; .M ich elle (iarnier, sa feninie. 51 ; enfants: l-'.lii'inie. 18; I'ierre, 16: Simon, 14; 3 fusils ; 8 belc es a cornes ; i» arpents en valeur. lerre I'eru; s.seau, 47 : Marie Le Roy, sa femnie, 42 ; I'ierre, leur fils, 14 ; 4 bete s a cornes : I fu sil ; 4 arjients en valeur. 7 arpents en valeur. I'hili|)pe lioyer, 29; l''iaiicoise Daude, sa femnie, 31 Jean Milol, taillandier, 55; .Malhuriiie Thibaud, sa femnie, 50; enfants; Catherine, 27 Claude, 25; Jeanne, 18; Charles, 14: Marie, 12; Jacipies, 8; M;iriamii r L (loniesti(|ue, 23 ; 2 fusils ; 26 betes Kobert rournier. 62 : k les ; 170 arpents en valei .M tli|Ue. IJ fus can I'ournier, 54; .Marie Crespin, sa femnie. 42; I'ierr e, (loiiies- 14 betes a cornes ; 50 arpents en \aleur. I'ierre Cavelier, 29; Louise Dusoucliet, sa feiiune, 31 ; I fusil ; I vache 'ierre Caulhier, 52: Charlotte Koiisse I, s;i f. einnie, 35; enfants: Jean, 14; b'seph. [2 Jean-Hapliste, 10; .Vnne, 7; I'ierre, 5; Chuule, 3 mois ; Jean, domestiiiue, 50; 2 fusils; 5 betes a cornes ; 26 arpents en valeur. I'.tienne Lalande, 40; Nicolle Lilaslreau, sa feninie. 19; 1 fu-.il; 3 beles ;i cornes; in ;upents en valeur. ■an ( lourdoii, ladleiir. 57: Mi 2 fusils ; 4 beles I'erriii, sa feninie, 19; enlaiits : .\i ;i cornes ; 14 arpents en valeur. Henry Carry (Jarry), 23 ; i fusil : 6 arjients en valeur. in Hone, 48; Madelaine Houifjery, sa feninie, 30; enfants; Marie, 13; C enience, 1 I (i;ibrielle, 8 ; en valeur. 5 ; Marie-.\iine. 2 ; .Madel 7 niois : I fusil ; 5 bites ;i cornes ; 8 arponls I'ierre Harbarin, 50; Marie Lei irun, sa lemme. 27; enfants; Madelaine, 12; Marie. 8; e. 5 ; 1 fusil ; 5 liOtes a I's ; 14 ;irpents en \aleiir. (l) I'robably, most of the names nmrkeil "unknown" beloiij^ed to \'eriluii. r-T-^p- I lO ci'.Nsrs OK 1681. :.i-m' 11 Ji'iiii Miiluiud {Micliul). 41; Marie Marchcssoaii, sa fcninif, 42; ciifaiUs ; All)t.it, 10; I'lcrre, 9 ; I'mm^ois, 7 ; Marif, 4 ; Madi'laiiio, 7 inois ; I fusil ; 10 ariK-nls en valcur. C'laiiilf ( iiiarinuc, iiu'iuiisicr. ]0 ; I fusil ; 6 arpoiils en vali-ur. \ti-i C'liarmois, liniiclur, 56; i fusil ; 6 aipLMits iii valour. (iuiilauiiu' Levft, 52; I fusil; iS ar|>iMils iii \alcur. ( I'liisnuwii. ) Hartliulcniy X'liK'l, 48; Klicnni'lli.' Allim. sa fiMiiuc, 42; cufaiUs : I'ierre, 20; jean, 16; Louis, 14; Marif, 11; Marlin. 9 ; (."inn'jjimdL'. 7 ; Maik'laiiic, () ; ( iuillaunu-. 3 ; 3 fusils ; i.S bell's a corncs ; 36 arpents on valuur. Aiuirc ka]iii\, cliiruijjicn, 40; C'lcnifncc Jarry, sa feniuie, 25; eiifanis ; Marie, 6; Made- leine, 3 ; I fusil ; 1 I liiles a comes ; 20 arpenls en valeur. Iranijois Noir (Lenoir dil Uolland), 39; Mailelaine t'liarlionnier, sa fennne, 2X ; enfanls ; Marie, S: Anloine, 6; (lahriel, 4: doniesli(|ue> : Anloine Dionne, 40; jean l'aleno>trL, 25; Pierre I'aleno^tre, 23 : jean <^)uenne\ ille, 22 ; jean Houtillier, 25 ; 6 fusils: 2 liuufs; 45 arpents en valeur. Jeanne .Merav, 4>S ; enfanls: jean, 26; llenri, 23; Malliieii, lO ; (iaiiriel, 12: 2 hisils ; 2 l)etes .1 eornes ; 5 a^pent^ en valeur. Rene iluj,'uel, 30; Harhe I'errin. sa fennne, 17 ; 2 fusils : 6 arpenls en valeur. Nieolas ( )/anne, 33 ; .Marii' I lironinie, sa fennne, 20 : I'laiieois, leur tils, 14 niois ; 2 lusils : 2 lietes a comes ; 7 arpents en valeur. ( )livier Tliienal ((^)uesnel). 30: Catlu'rine I'rudmne, sa fennne, 20: 2 fusils; I vaclie : 4 arpents en valeur. Simon Davaux, 34: I'elroiiille I'ilaslreau, .sa fer\nne, 17; jac(|ues l-'ilaslreau, Here, 13; 1 fusil ; 6 lieles a comes ; 9 arpents en valeur. \ incenl ,\li\ I .My : Loinse (i.irnier. sa leninie. 45: enfanls: Louis. 21: .\nloine, 16; .\;.;ad'.e, 13; Catherine, li ; jac pies .Morin. 60; 2 fusils; 6 beles a eornes; 1 iirpenis en (La I'resentatioi 1.) Micliel .Xndre. tanneur, 46; l-'raiieoisi' Nadereau, sa fennne, 37 ; enfanls: Herlrude. i; 7 : M:^ 16 irpenis en valeur. Marie. 3 : .\nf;eli((ue 1 ; jean, doniesti- ( La Presentation. ) |e:unie, II; Philippe. 9 ; Pelronille iiniK';ui, 34 ; t fusil ; () ariuMils en valciir. (Hcmt dr l'l>lf). I'icTii' MiTliii. 41: (.•nraiils: |(im'|iIi. 2 j ; I.aurfiU, 22: I fiisil : I iiipcril iMi valcur. ( I iikiimvii). jiaii Hdiilard, \y ; 7 arpciils uii valour. (I'likimw n). I.aiiii'iil I.ijiniiLr, 40; l fusil ; 3 ai|)L-iils I'li vakui. (HduI dc ITsK'). Ji'aii Dcslauricrs, 40 ; 2 arpciUs en vakiir. ( rnUnnuii). I.iiuis I lomiicr, 35 ; 1 fusil; 5 arpciils en vak'ur. ( riikimw n). Sinion Dclasallc. 40 ; i fusil; 8 arpcnls en valuur. ( I'nknow ii|. Clauilc DflaMKillc, 2() ; 1 fusil ; 2 arpcnls en valeur. (Itoul ik- I'lsk-). jean Tare, 25. (Lower Lachine). jean I)elail(>n). (leorfjcs Tourel, 16; Caliriel Delierl, 34: Jvdien. doniestique, 20; 1 fusil; i arprnt en valem'. (Unknown). (laliriel (aiersanl, 40; 2 fusils ; 4 lio'ufs ; iS ar])enls en valeur. (I'nknoxMi). Matliurin Lelicvre, 35 ; Mar^nierile jousselol, sa fennne, 25 : Marie, leur fille, 4 ; 1 fusil : 4 arpenis en valeur. (rid"ister does not state that these ten Frenchmen were all killed l)y the Iroquois, at one and the same time as imj)lied i)V MLfr. TaniJfuav. Two of them died a natural death, Claude de La Mothe and Louis Jets; the it'u^Ut others bein^ massacred i)y the Iro([iiois, but uj)on three distinct occasions, the 21st .September, the 29th and the iSth October, 16S7. The event, therefore, was not of an extraordinary nature. Hardly a year (.'lapsed from 1687 to 1697, without the irocjuois making some victims. During- the evenino- of the iSth AuLi;ust, 1690, Km- manuel Morel dit La Plume, one of Mr. I)u Mesny's private soldiers, (garrisoned at Fort Rolland, was killed by the Inxjuois close by the fort. On the 26th June, 1691, three of the pro- minent inhabitants of Lachine, with an escort of four soldiers, fell into the clutches of the Lulians "after simrise, while on their way to weed out their wheat fields." Their names are entered in the burial' rei^ister of Lachine, on the 27th June, 1691 : Jean Ciourdon dit La Chasse, churchwarden, Ren(i Hui^uet, his brother-in-law, Jean Guitrnurd, dit Lesperance, Jean Martin dit Latreille, Pierre Blondeau dit Lajeunesse, Jean Laviolette and Jean Joseph La Girollt;e ; the latter four bemij soldiers from l^'ort Rolland. One cannot help recalling to mind the following verses of F"rt;chette : TIIK (ikKAT IkOi^XOIS WAk. " ("csl IV'lu aii\ cliamps Ic jimr (k' In |>ri.'iiiiiTi.' ^.tIil' ; Aiissi iiDs moisMiniR'urs, Ics pnriiiTs i\ la iiiaiii, Dts raiilic, toiil jiiycu.x, sc niiiLiu lii ilicmin. Les aines, c|iii.' la iiit're avfc i)r^;uuiiil rcj;anlf, S'avan(,aicnt tapajjciirs en |)i(|ucl iravaiil-j;arik', 'Panilis (|iiu ja('(|iii.'. t'lmi, riail (I'liii air Uimliant All |)t.'til (|uc sa fiMiiiiR' allailail cii marchanl ; Car, siiivant la coutumc, (in clail en faniillc. " Uic-nliil, au liord il'iin cliaiiip (iii i't'iii il'or foinniilk', "n lit lialtL'. I'artoul, des \)ri^>^ aux Imis i/pais, Niil bruit iniisite, mils iiidircs suspects, kien (|iii Imuhlat la \r,u\ des vaslo^ solitudes. Du reste on n"avait mil sujet d'incpiietudes : Pas uiie l)L'te fauve, et, i|uaiil aiix lriK|U(iis, IN n'dsaient plus tirer leurs tleclies dii carcpKiis, keliiuli's (|u'ils etaient au fond de leurs repaires. ( )n pouvait done compter sur des jours plus pr(;isperes. Knfin, resp(|iiL' Ic.i (kiix colons ilii voisiiui^;t.' ( Vst-rcnt visiter lu scene du cnrmifjc. I'll spocta; lu liiilciiv --"olVril ;i li'urs regards : Trois cailavrcs sannlanls, (Icfiniiics, hanards, Jac()uc ct sfs (k'ux I'lifniils, pauvre famillf iiiiii' Dans unc nicnic alrocc cl fatalc atonic, Muliles, vunlru oiiverl, ic crani.' (lupouillc, Ciisaicnl la siir le sol par Ic nu'urtrc souillc. (^)itanl a la nuTO, liclas 1 Kile etait prisonniire , Sans (loiitc conduinnee a niourir la derniere A <|iK'lc|in' aflVeiiN j;il>et par I'enfer ilivenle. ' On plia le ^'eiimi >iir le champ devasic- ; Kl, de ces {'(I'lirs naifs glaces par reiu)iivanl(.". La priere des niorts allait nioiUer ferventi', Lorscju'au Dv /irofiiniiis tiniiiavi, — fail)le el doiix, I'll long vajjisseincnl venaiit on ne sail d'oii Kepondit aiissitot conime ini en d'anie en peine. Les colons elonnes retinreni leur lialeine. . . ("etait coninie lui sanj^lot d'enlunl ; et, sliipefail, (^)iiel(mes instants plus tard, on trouvait en etVel, Dans le cieux d'nn sillon, la (ace coiitraclce, I'erdu sous un anias de paille ensanglantee, Un enfant de six iiiois suno(|iianl a denii. Sans doule (|ue la mere avail de rennemi i'ar eel inyenieux moyen Iroiniie la rage, Kt, devouement sublime, avail eii le courage De marcher a la mort d'un cieur determine. Sans trahir d'un regard le pauvre abandonne' 1 Or ce pauvre orphelin, ce pauvre pelil cire, Dil le vieux plus emu <|ii'il ne voulail parailre, N'oici le velenienl (|u'il porlail ce jour la ; Kl, si je le conserve avec res])ect, cela Xe surprendra bien fori jiersonne ici, j'espere, Car eel enfant. . . c'elail nion arriere grand pere I "(D Terrible ma.ssacres took place that year, 1691. and after on the Island of Montreal and elsewhere, especially at Pointe aux Trembles, laChesnaye, Repentij.rny, Boucherville and La Prairie de la Mau'deleine. In 1692, a certain number of habitants on their way to Bout de risle, had to i)ass throujrh a small grove. They were sur- prised by a party of Irocjuois in ambush, who killed si.\ of them (I) La l-egende d'un I'euple, 80. if| DKNowii.i.r, s rilL',li(i;i (k- Mini .crils, 559: Sjj als > pages 418. 426, 454 and 485. -- (2) .\ ful ucco.in of llvj t'xp: lilii) I hy dj I).'n.);nillc has rccfiuly li.'cii publisliocl liy Mr. Marsliall Histoiic.l Wnti.i^s, |). 144. - (3) I Colluc'.iuii, 418, 426, 454 and 485. 11 1 1; Ik()<.)l't)ls KKVKNdK. 1 1 I'ronttMKic. l)c;torc.' the ck-pariun' ot the captiv f: idi OucIk-c. aiul ri'lated th(! tale of atrocities committiid by tiie I'Veiich jroverii- nu'iit. Hclorc the arrival of the Comte ik: I'rontenac, the Iroquois hail wreaked a terrible \eii^eance. THE IROQUOIS DECIDE UPON VENGEANCE. Hardly had Mr. tie Denonviile returned to Montreal, on the i^th Au_y;ust, \6i^y, when a _n"atherin}.j[ of the whole I*"ive Nations took place, and it was resolved to attack our shores. By the au- tumn of 16S7, they dt;spatchetl warriors to raj)ture by surprise some remote and almost defenceless posts, such as .St. Louis dii Bout de lisle de Montreal. The sudden appearance of Mr. de \ audreuil at the head of \20 courcurs dcs />ois forced them to re- treat. They then determined to orjj^anize in secret and therefore no descent was attempted durinir the year 16S8. It was s])ent in oruanixin^' the campaign as well as the first part of the followinjL^ xcar. Still th(-:ir impending' in\'asi()n had become known to the authorities, throuj^h an Indian called Louis Ataviata. .Mr. de l)enon\ille r(Jused to i.,nve him crcidence, and th(; Jesuits supported this by statinsj^ that Louis Atax'iata was a bird of (;vil omen. The Iro(juois failed to show the slij^ht(;st si^n of life, and the jj^eneral opinion was that the"\ were huml)led and on the eve of demanding; peace. Chevalier de X'audreuil, commandant at Montreal during the ab.sence of Mr. de Callieres ii. I*" ranee, was so much impressed with the idea that he allowed the officers in the countr)' to leave their posts, permittinj^ the inhabitants to abandon the forts and return to their dwellint^s. News recently received from Mr. de V'alrennes, commandant at I'Ort I'rontenac, was of a nature to dispel all apprehension of danger. i'he lro(|uois had stopped on their w;i^' down, informing' the com- mantlaiit that they were on their way to Montnial to obtain peace. They had several sick amongst their number, and there- fore entreated him to let them ha\c; an escort, his sur«>eon and h 'U mS TIIK MASSACKK Ol' I.ACI 1 1 N I!. P^ :^M m also I^'ather Millet. Tht.' latter interceded in favor of their recjuest, which was jrranted. They all left with the (Miemy never aj^ain to return to the fort. I^"ath(;r Millet was sent to the Irociiiois villajre, after havinj^ e.xperienced considerahU; ill treatment. Fhe surj^eon followed them as far as Lachine, where he; manai^ed to escape. The escort, named 'I'oLUjuaire, was kept a prisoner for many years. THE MASSACRE OF LACHINE. Durinjj^ the ni^ht of the 4th and 5th of AuL^iist, 16S9, midst a storm of hail and rain, 1500 Irociuois traversed Lake; St. Louis, from the mouth of the Chateau^ua)- Kiver, silently landing" on the wh(jle length of the Lachine shore, as far as within a few arpents of Von La Presentation. So dark and stormy was the niL,dit, that nothinL,^ couki i)e h(!ard or s(;en l)> the garrison, who consecjuently failed to hre the i^un which generally announced the approach of the enemy. In accordance with their usual tac'ics, the Iroquois kept away from the forts, hut lont;' b{;fore dayliirht, they had surrounded nearl)- all th(; (.Iwc^llinj^s, without th(;ir |)resence hein^r wv.n suspected by the slumhc^rini^ in- habitants. Upon a _L;iven sional, the war-hoo|) arose on all sicU-s, and a i^^'enend massacre th(;n btju'an. Houses were brokcm into, the men who attemj)ted to escape were slaughtered, and the dwc;llin<>s of those who offered resistance; W(;re set on fin;, in order to force the imnates out. rhi;y had th(;n to (;ndurc all the atrocities which the fierce instinct of the lro(|uois could su^rut-st. Frech(;it(; iruK depicts this l)utch(;r\', when Ik; says : " D'dii sit'iiiiciU ics ilaiiK'nrs i-l cus ,iis (liicliiiiiiils .■' ("ol III) Ixmrj; lnut L-iuier surpris duns hi imit luiirc I'.ii n fii: ilk', (Hi ucartik', on fi'iul 1,L' fiaiut du vii'ijlaiil >in If corii- ik' I'l'iiiaiil ; TIIK MASSACKI-: OF I.ACIIIM':. 119 On ilccliirv li- vc-nlri.' a ilcs t'ciiiiiR's unriiiilt.-^ ; \)c k'lir inert' arniclii^ ■,v.'.\ .sii|)rciiic.s cln-inli-s. On jciu- en |)lcin.s hrasicrs Ils pclits au I)(.t( .an ; \ Kl |)iiis (juand If villa^jc est rcdiiil in monixaii Dc (It'l)ris calcines ct ilc ccndrcs rougics, I'oiir assouvrir lour soif d'crfroyalilcs urjjius. l.Ls demons taloues s'en vm(;what confused and erroneous as to dates, in a Afi'- ijioirc sur Ic Canada, published in the Collection de Manuscrits f''^ (I) I ('ollccliim (k- M;inuscrils, 567. (2) 1 (■nllucUoii n\ puMislicd in ihc si'cond Vdluiiif (if the the Rciyal Siiciuly, pa^^c 9, >.hi)ws that tlic othixr in (Hiustion was (it-iicDii ilc Cathalof^nc, a ilisliiii^uishud HDhloman, half pay lieutenant and a Knyal l-lnjjineer. The descendants of these two remarkaliU- faniiUes ph\ye (hiU's. — (2) 3 Juy. and Del. jjl. '"" !| ii 1 HP' |i^ r i'V ' ; > ■ If; ,V, ■.;'■.. -■ !■ ' ) ^1 124 THK \KAK 01- Till-: MASSACKF. tivity such of the? inhal)itaiUs as were not iiiassacrcxl.'" It was only in the aiitunin th;it they retreated, carrying- off, accordintr to Charlevoix, two hundred prisoners. THE YEAR OF THE MASSACRE. Such was the Impression made by these disasters on the peo- ple, that the year 1689 received the lucjubrious name of ///^ J V«r 0/ the Massacre. Pottier, the notary, who drew up Rene Char- tier's inventory, states that he was killed on the 5th of Aujjj^ust, 1689, by the Iroquois, " in the carnajre they made at Lachine."'-' On the 2nd of July, 1691, reference was made to the terrible day, as that of "the burning- and devastatin'o by the Iroquois, several families, who were houseless, and others of this diocese had j^one to live alont^^ the .St. Pierre River, they must neces.sarily be attached to some parish, etc."'"' They were therefore annexed to Lachine. A memoir of 1701, unsi_i(ned, contains the statement that the late wars had been the cause that quite a number of habitations and lands under culti- (I) In 1683. l.a Chesnayc counted sDme twenty liouses and seventy-two souls. — (2) ("ireti'c de I'ottier, Kehru.iry, 1691. - (5) 5 Juy. et Del., 529. - (4) 1 Collection de Mamisciits, 4S2. — (5) R'.'gister of the Tabiiiiue of Lachine, 99. kF.dlSTKk Ol' TIIK DfcAl). 125 vation were abiindoned, dies out fait ahandonner ijnantiti' d' ha- bitations ct dc terrcs qui dtaicnt cultivdes}^^ The failure o{ our troops produced disastrous effects. Mr. de Monseij^nat continues in tiie same memoir: "Our allies from the up-country left after the sacking of Lachine, with mingled fear and distrust. They no longer saw in us those Frenchmen, their protectors, whom they would defend against the whole world. To their mind, we seemed half asleep with our houses burned, our inhabitants made captive, and the best parish of our country entirely ruined, and all this without our showing any signs of emotion." In fact, had it not been for the arrival of Count de Frontenac and Mr. de Callieres, on the 12th of October, 1689, the Iroquois would have destroyed the whole of New FVance. REGISTER OF THE DEAD. A full list of the victims of the Lachine massacre, no easy matter, although not so lengthy as claimed by some historians, has never been attempted. The Indians' mode of warfare pre- vented the figuring up of the killed, much less of their burial, not to speak of the prisoners, who perished in captivity. The void created may be realised from the registers which, in i68(S, contain fourteen burials, nine marriages and sixteen baptisms, while, in 1690, there were only three baptisms, two burials and not a single marriage. FVom the 1st of January to the 5th of August, 161S9, there were five marriages and twelve baptisms, and during the balance of the year only five marriages, one baptism and twcj burials. There are no entries for the first four months of 1690, the populatiuh having probably taken refuge in the city, a frequent occurrence during the winter .season.'-' In 1681, nineteen confirmations took place, fifty-nine in 1688 and thirteen in 1690. From 1687 to 1694, two church or fabri- que meetings were held, and during the four years following, (I) 1 CoUccliou (If .Manuscrils, 394. -- (2) 1 Ciillttiiim dc Manusciits, 5S9. i^i: m w I 26 Ki'disii'K OK I III': ni'.Ai). not a siiiok' oiu-, not cxcn for tin- election of the church- warck-ns.'" These statistics coiut;)' an itk-a of the massacre. rwentx-four \ictinis an- reiL^istered in Lachine. The tol- k)winm- is from th(! ri;j^ister of the 2(Sth ()ctolx;r, 1694. pubhshetl 1)\ ML;r. Tan^ua), in the third xokinie of the annals of the Ro\al Society, pai^e 140. "On this cla\ , the i\venty-eiL;"hth of October, 1694, the festi\al of Saints Simon and |ude, in \irtue of a c(M-tain pastoral (man- dement) of the l)ishop of Ouebec, countersij^ned b\ his Secre- tary, sealed with his arms, after the publication and annouiKx;- meiit made at the st;rmon durint'" two consecutive Sundaxs, 1, I'ierre Rt;mv. Cure of the parish des Saints An<>"es de la Chine, on the Island of Montreal, did proceed aft(.'r mass to tht; spot, where, on the- 5th of August, 1689, wert; buried the bodies ot several inh;d)itants of this j)arish, mt'ii, women, boys and skirls, the homes and barns of this parish ha\'in|H" b(;en j)illan'ed and burned l)\- the Irocjuois, in order to take and inivr them in the cemetery, which could not be accomplished so{.)ner on account of the fr(,' |ueiu inroads of the ircKjuois; and besick;s the tkish hatl not \et disappeared, which said interment I ditl make in the pr('S(;nce of se\'eral of olu* parishioners : " I. Near Lalaiule's house,'-' lay the corj)se of Jean k'aiLiUc;rc;t dit I'etitbois, and hav'ino' dus^' with a pick. wv. foimd. near a lart^c stone, all his bones bereft of llesh, which wc; gathered up ; ■'2. Coon the habitation of the 1 J< coN'ered the b:)nes of him S( If uul us son irnTe. ai>ei also those of Albi rt l')(>utin, his wife 5 > ears. s son l'j)on that of the late Noel Charmois dit Duplessis, (II his own l)()iK!s and those of Anchv- Danis dit karne had 1 x'cn kill rpenty, Both etl aiul l)urnetl 4. l'j)on Andre Rapin's place;,''"' were found in a hollo w five skulls, th:)S(; of Perinnt; I^'ilastre lU, w if(; of Simon I)a\au\ dit nouter.iin, and of a v oun<'' man, said to hav(; bee n a solcner Idi ID 1 vci'is.c'r 11; I he !•■ ilhriqilL' il I,;\cllllic, I 12) Kliciuu' l/.iliiiidi' ilit l.aii^liclic. Vi (lay iho Sisli'is of Si. .Xiincs. - (j) Lator the nnuiliias properly, nou owiu'd by .Viid-cw .\lla (4t .Xiijiiiiiiii;.; land west. - (5) Now the pio|)erl\- of the widow Mr |. I'. Daw es, opposite the Wharl Slalion, cadastral luimher 905. HEC.ISTKR OK TIIF DKAD. 12' ihost' of two rhildrcn and their hoiu^s, and that of Marit- Cach'cu, vvift: of .Xnchx" CanapK; dit X^iltainai^nc, whosr hones were found in a j)it at the foot of the ^reat hastion of I'"ort Rolland. "We also •^'•athered upon tht: rixeride some ot thi' hones of two soldiers, killed on the 6th of AuinList, 16S9. ii' the cncountt^r of the I'Vench with the Irociuois between the I'Ort de L'K*,dise ,uul I'^ort Rolland ; not l)(.:in_L;' able to inter the rest of their bones on account of the owtIIow of the- wat(.:rs just nov\. "5. We despatched six men beyond the small rixer La Presentation, to the habitation of the late Rene Chartier," who, with his two sons, ami a youni^- Indian sla\'e, of the I'anis irii)e, were killetl on the s|)ot by the Inxjuois, on the 3th of Auj^ust, 16S9. .Several people had reflated having' since seen their skulls and bones, but ihv. i^rass had thrown very loni;, and nothing had In.'tMi uneartluHl when the; s(;ttin^- sun forced the part}' to leaxc. The bones were laid in a boat and 1 went to receix'e them, rolled in my surplice and stole, midst the toilin^^" of the bii; bell, accompanied by surpliced acolytes, bearinjj^ candU'sticks, the cross and holy water, and chantinjj^ the jisalms according' to the rites of the church. Wrapped in a mortuary cloth, the\' were carried to the church, j)endino" the burial in the cemeterx" to be made on the following' da)". The latter took j)lace with ^reat solemnity, after sayinj^- mass oxer the remains, and I held the service for the dead with the Offertory of bread and wine. In witness whereof, I ha\i; draw n up these minutes to a\ail in time antl place, and have had them sii^nied by Andre Rapin and [can Pare, aiiiiciis Diarouillicrs, also (iuillaumt; d'Aousl, chorister in the church. "No trace was found of the; bodies of X'incent Alix dit La- rosee,'"' his wife, Marie Perrin, and some; of their childrt;n, who (n TIk' ]ini|n.Tty of Cluirlos I)i-i';iry. >iiii of Jimu, iimlialily mi llic riv(.-i>hiiii-. uIilti' td-day resides .\iiial)lc l,".\llcnuiii(l. His iioi^lilior, |;ici|in.'s Miiriii, lived ciosu 1)\- nii ilie l.mil higher ii|). There was no road in llie locality at the lime, canoes and bateaux Ijeint; the means of connnunication (hiring; thesuinnier. (2) To-day the property of |. lite. I'icard, cailastral miniber .SS7. Some fifteen years ago, J. Hie. I'icard, while planting a post in his fence, at the lower gahle enil of the house, on the high road, fomid, scarcely a foot henealh the sod, human hones, a Unife, and a liandleless tomahawl'i (it had rotted away) which he religiously preserved in his family. Believing the hones to be the remains of an Indian, he left them in the hole, where they .13.1 .; ■!. . ... ||||„ ■i. I' jf Hut ' 128 RK(;iSTEK OF THK HKAD. were all burned by the Iroquois in their hou.se on the 5th of Au />^ /(^ a- ° -^ ^>^ >* i A. — Position of the Irotinois after the massacre. a, — Position of Mr. de Vaiulreuil with 500 mtn. C— Battle field of the 6th August 16S9. The figures indicate the habitations \shere inhabitants were massacred on- the spot or taken prisonners and subsequently killed. For names, see />a^i;e's 126 129, 134 135, 248-253. MAP OF THE W B MAiSSACHb: Ol^' LACHINB ■n ! 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On the hrst page of the register ap- pears the followinir memorandum in his own handwritinj^, which is explicit: " Le massacre, fait a Lachine par U's Irociuois, est arrive en 1689. L'inhumation solennelle des ossements de ceux qui furent tues a cette occasion, fut faite en 1694. Voyez les rejristres de 1694." "'I he massacre at Lachine by the Iroquois occurred in 1689. The solemn interment of the remains of th(; killed took place in 1694. See the rej^isters of 1694. ' This note by Mr. Remy seems to have escaped the vigilant eye of Mgr. Tanguay. THE PRISONERS. There is no list of those who were carried off into ca|)tivity and massacred, either en route or in the Iroquois country. A pastoral c^r m.indcnicnt of Bishop de St. V^alier of the i^^th March, 1694, states Uiat "for five years there had been no churchwarden at Lachine, the war with the Iroquois Ics ayaiif partic brush's ct parlie en/cvJs, having been either burned or carried off.'*' Still the number of prisoners, taken at Lachine, was not so great as some historians would have us believe. It cannot have exceeded fifty. Mr. de Belmont, who was on the sjjot, fixes the number at 90, and Governor de Frontenac, after his visit in November, 1689, speaks of 120. But both the.se figures must have included the soldiers of Mr. de La Rabeyre and the habi- tants of La Chesnaye and elsewhere. In the spring of 1690. an Iroquois named Gagnyoton, who was sent by his tribe to Mr. de Callieres, Governor of Montreal, stated : " I got eight [)risoners as my share in the La Chesnaye matter, four of whom 1 devoured, the others still live I do not know what the Onnoyoust, with whom I set out on the warpath, did with the French cap- tives wh(3 fell to their lot. . . ." He added that "all the French (l) Rcgislor of till; Kahrujuc of Machine, 104. f? 'v;''.. 130 Tin: I'KisoNKks. prisoiKTs liad been j^ratlicri-il toorctlK'r at ( )nn()iitat\s fVoiii the (litfcTciit \illai;cs, and that upon his return their late would he decided hy the Chief — I repeat once more that Onnontacs is master of all the I'Vench captives..."'" Smith, the historian, has publishc;il an official document of the time, which shows that, in 169.S, the Inujuois still had mort; than one; hundred prisoners.'-' Beyond (KurDt the jj^reater number of historians have con- siderably exa}.r^i;rated the loss sustained by Lachine. As was always the case, a jj^oodly number of prisoners must ha\e and did in fact escape; amonj.(st them Mr. de La Rabe\re's officers. One of them, Laplante. was only set free in 1694.''" ''^ this way is e.xplained the silence of Cure Remy in relation to the hal)itants made captives. The rejj^ister of ^Montreal of the 3rd June, 1660. speakinjj^ of Dollard and his comrades, only mentions the death of "the thirteen killed on the spot," without anythin_reffe of Pottier, secretarv of the .Sei<'"m;urs and notarv at I. a- chiiK- from !6" ihv. /iiocnn-ii/s ct Di'libi'mtiona of the .Superior Council of Ou(;bec, recently publish(;d by the Oueb{;c Ciovernment.'-'' On the other haml, 1 llml at [lat^es S34 and 943 of th(i same- \()lu:iie, the j)artial confirmation of the list. Mention is made of the widow of Pi(;rr(; Perusse ui, nametl Marie L-; Roy, " tak(;n [)risoner and carried off by the Iropijis our ene.nies." She was still mis-iiiiL;' in 1694. Pierre Perusseau was dead in 1694, although there; is no record of his death at Lachine, nor (1) \'V'ii\ Liu'liiiR-. 45, 64. - (2) 3 Jii^,'. ft Del., 5JI. rillv I'klSONKKS. ■ (II {•IscvvIktc. he* liavin»4' uiuloiihtcclly been inassacrt'd in captivity I'inall) thf inventor)- of I'itrre Montpctit dit Lt; l*oiti;vin. drawn up by Potlicr on the 2nd of May, 1700. states that he was taken prisoner at the massacre of l.achine, on the 5th of Auj^ust, 16S9, and slain in the Ir(){|uois country. Conse(|iiently the survival of Louis Homo does not chanj^e the jj^rand total. I'urther 1 tlis- covered by the re<;ister of Lachine of the 27th July, 1694, that Pierre Thierv dit Le Lorrain and Marbe Perrin, widow of the late Rene Hujj^utit, (killed by the lro(|uois on the 26th of June, 1691), were captured by the lro(|uois, but had returned to La- chine at the date of the (Mitry. On the ^^ist of December, 1696, the same Barbe Perrin marric-d Jac(|ues Arrive dit de I'lsU.', habitant, residins.^ at I'^ort Rolland ; and a few years later they both scuttled at St. Annes. .Some of the prisoners became accustomtid to Indian life, pn^ferrinj;- to dwell amongst th(;m to .n'oins^' back to th(;ir own people. The fact is established beyond doubt by the official corri;spondt!nce. Children of a ttMider a_oe, after beinjiC reared in the manners and customs of their masters, hatl so to spc.'ak orown up Iro([Uois. In i69(S, the villaj^e of the Asj^niers had in its midst sc^xen or c'\i!;\u of them, who had (mtirel\- fors^'otteii their nati\(; land and lanj^uaj^e, and to induce them to naurn was almost cU^spaired of'-' I* raiKjuet relates a singular incidence of this evolution of the human race, and which he e\identK learned from one of tht; de Couaj^nes, who accompanied him on his visit to Cau_nhnawana, in 1753. As an instance of tht; attrac- tiveness of Indian life, the followinj^' was related to me, sa) s hVancjuet : "On tht: 5th Au_L>ust, 16S9, the Indians, hostili; to the I'Vench, landed on Montreal Island, pan of which they laid to waste, massacring' some of the inhabitants and carrying off a ninnber of children. Amono- the; latter was an infant i^irl, still in the cradle, the home of whose parents bedons^inj^- to a wealth) class has been j)()inted out to me. .Some thirty years after, upon the advent of a French party anions- the Indian Nation, she (I) 3 Juf,'. el IV-l., 8j4, 94.5, 1027. |i|). 5660 ; 1 Smith, 136. (2) Canatli.in .Vrrhivcs, Oir. (Icn., 1697-9S, vul. 15. w i:>4 IIIK I'KISONK.KS. was broiijj^ht to their notice. Vhr. color of her skin bespoke her fortiij^n birth and, the spot of her capture havinn;' been ascertained, sh(^ was held to \n: a de Coane,'" one of the wei'.hhiest famiHes of Nb)ntreal. Her fellow country men made; known her orij^in to her and that her relatives would be cUilii^hted to set; her once more, but all to no purpose ; nothin_y^ could induce her to consent to a reunion, notwithstanding,^ the sollicitations of the Indians themselves. .She is said to be still livin*^- anti the frc.-edom of her present life must be frauj^ht with j^reat seduction in face of the want of desire to renounce it."''''* The followiniLi^ list is the same as that prepared for the / ii'iix Laclii)H\ with the e.vception of Louis Homo, replaced b\ Pierre Maupetit dit Le I'oit(.'\in. I- LIST Ol- Tin; IMI.MilT.\NTS CAI'TIKKI) .\M) SL.M.N (JUTSIDK ()!• L.ACIIIM-: :''" Jac(jues Morin. 53 years, R(;nt; Chartier's neij^hbor; his son Antoine, 24 \ears. Jean MoulUa dit Champagne, 31 )('ars ; his wife, Anne Hodin, 2S years. Jean Dumans. 42 \ears. Simon Davau.x dit Bouterain, 42 y(!ars, V^incent Alix's neighbor; his son, Jean-Haptiste, 2 ) ears. Jean Ozanne, 5 years; Charles, 2 months, both sons of Ni- cholas O/anne. luienne Mebert dit .St. Martin, another of Alix's neighbors. Laurent H;)ry, 49 years, near b'ort Rolland ; his wife, Mar- _y;uerite Le Merle d'Auprc, }f'j years. Pierre Barbarin, alias Barbary, Jean Michau's ntMj^hbor ; his wife, Ahirie Lebrun ; their children, Philippe, 20 years ; L'ran- cois 7 years ; Marjruerite, 2 months. Pierre Pcrusseau dit Tapias, 55 years, near Fort Remy ; his wife, Marie Le Roy, 50 years. (I) Di- CNmajjne. (21 V'oyiij^i'S, iiiaiuiscript, vol. 2, p. 67. (3) I'dr tlie site ol' their residi'in-L'S, sue tul>leaii of the first iiihaliiliints of I.aihiiiu in the Appendix and also the maps of Laeliine. TIIK I'klSONKKS. '35 I'ii'rn- Mauprtit (lit Lc Poiti-viii, anccstdr nf the Monpctit- I'otvins. of St. Amu's and Isk; IV-rrot. Catherine Kenusson, widow of Vincent Clianiaillard and wife of Auj^aiste Alonze, Lower Machine. J(;an lioiirsier, 45 years; his wife. Marie Marthe Thihodcau ; their children. Mari>uerite. 14 years; I^ilizaheth. 9 years; Jean, 3>^ years. Antoiiie I'ichon dit niivernay, 44 years, Jean lioiirsier's neijj^hhor. Antoine Renault; his wife, Marie Madeleine Gij^^nard, widow of Pierre Honneau. of Bout de lisle, 27 years; their daughter, Marie Madeleine, 5 months ; Pierre Honneau''. children, Pierre, (S years ; Marie- Harhe, 3 years. Michel Aiulre, 50 )ears ; his wife, PVanqoise Nadreau. 44 years ; PVancjois Philippon, surj^^eon, their son-in-law ; his wife, (iertrude, 24 years ; their children, l.ouise-Madeleine, 4 years ; Marie, 2 years. Jean Michel, surLii'eon. widower, without offsprinjr from his wife, Jeanne Andre, ami de La Salle's comrade on the Missis- sipi, 1678-83. Charles Beloncle, sergeant, another son-in-law of Midiel Andre. ;'-,;^ years; his wife. Petronille Andre, 15 years. Total number of persons killed at Lachine ... 24 " [prisoners killed outsitU.' of Lachine 42 " " " inhabitants saved 250 Grand total 316 Hy addint>" to the number of prisoners from 20 to 25, belon^inj; to the detachment of Mr. de La Rabeyre, an equal number from La Chesnaye and elsewhere, the total fi*(ure swells up to go as stated by Mr. de Belmont. Ciovernor de Frontenac says 120, but that was on the 15th of November, 1689, at a time when it was impossible to estimate how many mi^ht e.scape and return, while Mr. de Belmont's statement dates after 1700. The fate of all the captives was then known. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC AT LACHINE. HI A word now in relation to the harsh judji^ment pronounced upon L'lchine by Mr. de Belmont. This historian, usually so exact, boldly states that the Iroquois were but instruments in the hands of the .Almijj^hty's justice, "the parish of Lachine havin<4^ been the scene of the most famous drunken brawls of the enemv." In view of the fact that the arm of the Indian fell with e([ual fatality upon the whole island, as well as beyond, at La Chesnaye for instance, and two years later, at Pointe aux Trembles, Repentijirny and Prairie de la Majrdeleine, would it not be more reasonable to infer from the chastisement of Lachine that of the whole colony, for the infamous treachery displayed by the Marquis de Denonville. Mr. de Belmont was the only contemporary to utter so serious a charge, but certainly he was not the last. At all times, even in our days, the extent of the traffic of intoxicatinjj^ liquors in Lachine his been the subject of frecjuent comment. The charjr(j is not alto_i,rether unfounded, but I think it exajj^^erated. Takiny^ into consideration the com- mercial and ii^eoji^raphical situation of the locality, the jrood character of the population cannot lie gainsaid. Lachine has ever been very much exposed to the temptation of alcoholic beverajre. At the very oriirin of the colony, lono' before the foundation of Montreal, as early as loi i, and for more than a century afterwards, it was the tradinij rendez-vous of the Indian tribes. Sometimrs they were kept for months as a means of protection against the inroads of the Iroquois. Of course they had to be feted, so that under the circumstances it is not as- tonishing if Lachine became the scene of grave disorders. Some fifty years later, Lachine became the headquarters of the fur-traders and rendez-vous for the North West z'oyui^vurs, there- by entailing new dangers. The construction of the canals and railroads, the large lumber basins, navigation, workshops, the neighborhood of an Indian village and a large city like Montreal, the drives along the river front and elsewhere, all combine to INEFFICIKNCV Ol' lilK Al TilORITlKS. 137 attract, on Sunday esj)(jcially, an excess of stranjj^ers bent u\n)n amusement only. Nor must it be forj^^tten that there exist but few places made up of a greater diversity of race and creed, in all 17 nationalities. Despite all these perils, the population has remained peaceable and of a profoundly m )m1 and reliij^ious nature. Crimes are imknown, and the public peace is .seldom dis- turbed. In the twenty years of my residence in Lachine. I fail to recall the commission of a sinj^le murder or manslauj^hter. INEFFICIENCY OF THE AUTHORITIES, THK TkrK CAUSK OF TIIK .MASSA( RK. Accordinjr to eye witne.s.ses, the French comj)letely lost their heatl on the occasion. Mr. de Belmont, in his Histoirc dc F liau di lie 01 Canada, says that "amidst this horrible slaujj^hter, the Almi}j^hty seemed to deprive the French of the spirit of stren_i(th and mind, they beinjj;' on all sides i^nominiously beaten, insulted and derided by the Indians." Mr. de Cathalot^ne, an eye witness, to whose evidence recourse has frecjuently been had, declares : " We knew nothintr of their plans, as they never attack the forts, and I believe a sj)irit of defiance alone impelled them, whereat most of our troops groaned, knowinjr that at any other time four hundred men would have routed them. They could even have been mowed df)wn, when in separate bands, while their canoes could have been set loose, with 500 men in the fort'" and but one hundred Indians guarding the shore, all of which shows that the hand of the Alinighty lay heavily upon us."'''" He also nicalls several instances of ir dividual resistance, which prove that, with the help of their ordinar\- intelligence, tlie French could have considerablv. if not entirelv, arrested the disaster. He relates how a single inhabitant of Lachine managed to alone defend his house, while a woman levelling an unloaded ritle, from time to time, frightened the enemy, pro- tecting herself and mother as far as Fort Remy. (I) Fort Kolland. —(2) i ("Dlleclioii ilc Maimsi-rits, 570, 18 I^S ( oMi'i.AiMi; hi; ( .\i)ii-r\, \m ■-!i It cannot hi- clcnied that the massacre of Lachint- is one of thi; most humiliating passaijt^s in the; aimals of the I'rcnch j^overnmcnt at Montreal. It was, however, the cause of j^^reat m. national results, by forcin*^ the solution of the liulian prohU In the terrible conllict which (.-nsut-'cl, the I*'rench proved that the Europeans W(;re destintxl to remain masters of the continent of America, while the Indians realised that a policy of neutrality could alone preserve their race from complete extermination. The lro(|uois war cremated so profound an impression on our ancestors that the lapse of two centuries has failed to obliterate it in the memory of their j)osterit)", while the d) inj^' chants of its victims have be('n handed down by tradition, to fmd a j)lace amonij^ the j)'M)ular .son^s of the country. TIk: plaintive; voic(; of Cadieux, a noble hearted courciir dfs /wis, dyinjj^ v,f starvation on the shores of the Ottawa River to save his Indian allies from the fury of the lro(|uois, will, in its simjjle accents, recall unto th(; minds of the remotest generations the stru^i^jrles and perils experienced by these heroic pioneers in the civilization of our native land. COM PLAINT I' l)I<: CADIHUX." m^ngiPi^^ii Pe- tit Ru-cher dc la Uau-te Mon-ta- giu-, ^iiil^l^g"^^ Je Tiens l- - ci fl- nir cet- te cam- pa- gnc ! Ah I doux 6- chos, en- tendez tnes sou- pirs ; fs^^^^i^ ^ ^mmw ^m^m En Ian guift- stint je vais bica- t^t inou- rirl I'i'lils oiscaiix, vii^ ildiicfs liariiioiiies. <.)iiani^ ii-, iuiliiifiit-ils Hies/ I'll (If CCS JDiiis i|iic nritiiiil cloifjnc, I'.ii icvciiuii! jc vis line fiiiiicc ; |c iiic siiis (lit ; All '. (iriUiil I)icii (|ii"csl ccci ? I.cs lri>(|u()is mOiit-ils jiiis iiinii logis.'' Jc 'lie ''ili'' mis nil |icii :i raiiitiassadc, .■.(ill (Ic voir si c'clail iiiic ciiibu-cailc Alors jc vis trois visa(.;cs fiaii(;ais, M'liiil mis ic luMir il'iiiic imp i;iaiiilc ciir 11 line lru|i ^laiulc jmi Mcs ^cni)ii\ plicnl, ma faihlc vciix s'arii'c, liiinlx II clas 1 a |)arlii- lis s a;i|irclt 'it |i- icslc sciil. . . . I'as 111! i|iii iiic ciilisiilc, <,)iiaiiil la mull \ii,nl par tin si grand dc* I'll loii|i liinlani vini |ircs dc ma cabaiiu \'iiir si iiKiii Icii n'avail pins dc lioiicanc ; jc lui ai dit : Rclirclni d'ici ; Car, par ma fni, jc jicrc'iai ion lialiit 1 I 11 iiuir corlica 11, volanl a I a.vcnliirc. S iciil ^c pcrclicr loul prcs ilc ma loiliirc Ic liii ai dil : M; ingciir dc chair Inimaiiic, Val en (■herclicr aiilrc viani !■ epic iiiieiinc. \'a rell la has, dans res liois i>l niarais 'I'll troiiveras plusiciirs corps Iroipiois I'll Iroiivcras des chairs, aiissi des os ; \'a Ten plus loin, lais-.e-moi en rcpos I Rossignolcl va dire a ma mailresse, A nics enraiils (pi'iiii ailicii jc Iciir laisse, '.*!"' J •'' il'irilc moll amour cl ma foi, Kt (Icsormais laiil renoncer a inoi 1 Ccsl doll- ici ipic Ic mond' nraliaiidonnc 1.... Mais j'ai secoiirs en vous, Saiivciir des homines ! Ire-. Sainle \'icrg', ah ! nraliaiidcciiie/ pas, L'erniellc/ inoi d' moiirir ciilrc vo-, hias 1 n if I ^ I ^1 ) Hi BOUT DE LMSLE. The iipptT (.nu\ of the Island of Montreal \v;t.s opened up to colonisation about 1670, two or three years lat(T than Lachint; and La l-'resentation. Vhit settlement owed its existence to th(! establishnitMit, a!)()ut that time, of a tradini^ post at Isle Perrot, since called I'"ief de Hriicy. " To ensure a successful trade with the Indians, says Mr. baillon, Mr. Perrot opened a store at the he id of Montreal Island, on the road generally traversed by the Indians, thus obviatinif the necessity on their j)art of transportinij;" their furs to V'illemarie. An island on the St. Lawrence was the spot selected. It was called Isle Perrot after him, and to secure an independent footintr, he obtained the proprietorship and seij^^tiiory of it from Intendant Talon at the end of the following year. On this remote island, where only a feint at clearance was made, he carried on trade freely with the Indians, on their way down the ri\er. He ev(;n simU out runners into the forest on the track of the hunters. In his ([uality of Crovernor of Montreal, he could not however jiersonall) attend to all the details of the trade. He therefor{; a|)pointed Antoinc; de La bVesnas e, Sieur tie Hrucv, who thus, from a lieutenant in his c(jnij)any, became his business deputy and accreditc;d aj^xMU. Mr. de Hru9)' wis also a noted protector and abettor of the comnirs dcs />o/s\ with whom he e.xchanj^ed merchandise; and litjuor for skins brou^'ht down to Isk; Perrot."'" Ten arpents by thirty formetl the dimiMisions of I'"ief Brucy.'-' The success of the de Prucy post soon attracted the atten- tion of the merchants of Villeinarie and Lachine. as well as of the nobility of the time, trade not beinir held to be tleronatcjry to their order by the then existinir laws. In 1671, Louis de Berthe, .Sieur de Ch lilly, ensijj^n of Mr. Perrot, opened jointly with him a store directly opposite d(; Brucy, at the head of the islantl, upon the lands jj;-ranted him the followin'j^ year by the Seminars . (I) ,5 !Ii'^li>ire ill- In ('iiI>iiul' l'iaii(,aisc, 450. 12) 5 Kaillnii, 541 ; ncmcliftu-, 1O6. KIKKS AT liOl'l DK I, ISI.K. 141 (I titrc dc ficf noble, niais sans (/roi/ t/c /ns/icf.'^* Siilrac I)u (iue, Sieur de Hoisl^riaiU.'-' captain in the Carii^nan regiment, soon followed suit. Without even waiting- tor a title from the; Seigneurs, he erected a chantier upon the adjoining land.'-" Bout de risle was, at that time, the most advanced post of New h' ranee. The demand for land at that spot was so great that the Seminary took advantage of the boom to fortify the head of the island, and establish settlers on the shores of Lakes St. Louis and Two Mountains, in 1672, Mr. I )ollier granted several y^Vy^v nob/i's, sans droit dc justice, the grantees binding themselves to ere t fortified posts, i^ut whether on account of the peace then reigning with the lro(iuois or c)wing to lack of means, not one of them made any noteworth\- improvement. The fiefs so granted were those of I)aillel)oust. Boisbriant. Bellevue, du Puy, de St. Andre, de Carillon,, de Morel, and de Blainville. The first in point of ilate was that granted to Louis de la Magdeleine, .Sieur 1 )ailleboust, on the 3rd of August, 1671. It was six arpenis by sixteen, and adjacent to the I'ief Belle\iie. I'he most historical fief to which allusion is made later on, fell to the lot ofSidrac Du (jue, Sieur de Boisbriant, on the 19th January, 1672. I'he iu;xt is that of Charl(;s josej)h Daillebout, .Sieur des Musseaux, judge' at \'ill{;marie, on the 12th of Aj)ril, 1672. The 30th July of the same year, Mr. DoHier granietl another fief of fourteen arj)ents by twenty, atijoining that of l)ailk;l)out, to Louis de Berthe, .Sieur de Chailly, and his brother (jabriel de lierthe, .Sieur de Li [oubardiere, subject to th(- payment of an annual rent of six sous i)er arpent and two ca|)ons. They called it Belh^vue. Mr. I )ollier granted anoth(.'ry/V/ //i^M- of two hundred "e fiefs, turned their eye to speculation rather than to the impnne- ment of their domain or the erection of permanent establishments. As early as the 1st of January, 1675, one of them, (iabriel de Bc;rthe, .SicHir de La Joubardiere, sold to l^rancois Le Noir dit Rolland, ,1 merchant of Lachine, forty arj^ents of the- L'ief Belle- vue, subject to an annual rent of thirty sous per arpent and two capons. The fiscal procurator [)rotestc:d against the imposition of dues so exorbitant, and on the sth of I'ebruarv. 167s, the Seminary ortlered Sieur de Berthe to reduce the amount to one sou per arpent, under penalt)' of beinj^' deprived of the privile<^es of his fief '2' This e.xample had its effect, for on the 5th of Ma)', 1675, Claude Robutel, Sieur de .Saint-Andre, jj^ranted to i^ierr(; (ia- dois. a Villemarie merchant, twenty arpents on his fief at the rate of only six (h'liicrs per ar[)ent, as prescribed by the .Seminary.*"'' Accordini^ to the di^cx\ of survev of the loth of December, 1678, bN BcnitiiK; Basset, notar\' and land survevor, lean (iuenet, another merchant of X'illemarie, was also in possession oi forty arpents cii ro/iin\ formino- part of b'ief ik.'llevue.*^' (1) Ki'gisliv DTifcal l,acliiin.\ lie basset ; IVriier dc la SuijjiRiirif. (2) .5 Kailldii. Ji: I, isi.i;. 143 In the followinj^ year, 1679, Jac(jiics Lc Her and Charles Ia; Moyne chj Lonj^ucuil purchased the whole I'ief Hoisi)riaiit from Sidi.ic i)u (jUc. On the 9th of October. 1684, Jean Milot, merchant of \'ilk> marie and proprietor of b'ort Remy, purchased cu roliirc sixty arpents of Fief Hellevue from Ciabriel de Berthe ; but, judi^inj^" by a iXiiciX of donation to his son Jaccjues, he had been in posses- sion from the 2nd of November, 1683.'" A slice of one arpent by twenty also beIon sdh |;u'i|iics. — (2) (ireffc dc Caba/iir ; Si'itjniiiry terrier. m 144 I'IKST INIIAI'.ITAN IS OK iiorr l)i: I, ISLi;. in- i Cavelicr. Pierre, hiibitaiU and perccptor of revenue for the Seiji^niors. Le Camus dit La Feuillade. Pierre, soldier of Du Crusel. Courreau, Sieur de La Coste, Cybard, habitant. Dailleboust, Sieur des Musseaux, Charles-Joseph, judj^e at V'illeniarie and proprietor of P'ief Dailleboust ; his sons, Pierre Dailleboust. Sieur d'Argenteuil, and IvOuis Dailleboust, Sieur de Coulon^res. D'Aoust. (iuillaume. habitant. De Herthe. Sieur de Chailly. Louis, and his brother, C/abriel de Berthe, Sieur de La ) oubardiere, merchants and co-proprie- tors of Fief Hellevue. De Celoron, Sieur de Hlainville, J. Pte., Chevalier, lieutenant in a detachment of the Ahirine, merchant and projjrietor of Fief l^lainville ; one of his sons, Pierre- Joseph, was also Chevalier and distinj^uished himself in the west. De La Londe dit Lesperance, Jean, habitant and first churh warden. Dupuy, Zacharie, major of the island and proprietor of the fief of the same name. Du Tertre dit Desrosiers. Je.ui, habitant. Dumans, Jean ; he came from Lachine. F"romajj^eau, Henri, habitant. Gadbois. Pierre, merchant. Guenet, Jean, merchant at F'ief Hellevue. Hunault tlit Deschamps, Toussiint. habitant, who was at Pout de risle in 1671.'" Jets. Louis, miller of Mr. Le Her. La Meriecjue. Jean. Mr. de Chailly's servantman. Lamoureu.x. Sieur de Saint-Ciermain, Pierre, merchant and proprietor of part of Fief Hellevue. Le Her, Jaccpies, merchant and co-proprietor of Fief Bois- briant. his sons, Louis Le Her. Sieur de Saint-Paul; Jacques Le Her, .Sieur de Senneville and Jean-Vincent Le Her. Sieur du Chesne. (I) j Failliin, vol. 341. Tin-: iiksr inhaiuian is oi \unv di-; i. isi.k Le BourLTcois, Michel, soldier of 1)li Crusel.'" 145 Lei^ros dit Lecompte, Aime. habitant. Lejj^ros dit Lecoiiipte. Simon, habitant. Le Moyne, Sieur de Loiij^ueuil, Charles, brother-in-law of Jacques Le Her and co-proprietor of {''ief Senneville ; his sons, Paul Le Moyne, .Sieur de Maricout, and Francois Le Moyne, .Sieur de Bienville, who was killed b)- the Irocjuois at R*;pen- tijifny in June, 1691. Le Moyne, Nicholas, habitant. Le .Sueur dit La Ho^ue, soldier of Mr. Du Crusel. Lormier. Laurent, habitant. Le Noir dit Rolland. PVanqois, merchant and proprietor at Fief Bellevue. Mathurin, Le Sieur. Milot. Charles, merchant. Mautpetit dit Le Poitevin, Pierre, habitant, ancestor of the Montpetits dit Potvin, of .St. Annes and Isle lY-rrot. Nepveu, Jean, habitant. Perthuys, Pierre, in the service of Mr. de Blainville. Petitteau, Pierre, also in the service of Mr. de Blainville. Perroy, Robert. Ranjji'er dit La Violette, Hubert, soldier of Mr. de Lorimier. Rouiller, INLithurin. Robutel, .Sieur de Saint-Andre, Claude, propriett^r of the Fief .Saint-Andre. .Sorbet, Pltienne, soldier of Mr. Du Crusel. Tillard, Jean, husbandman. Villedieu, Antoine, habitant. Vincent, Jean, husbandman in the service of Mr. de Blain- ville. (I) .Vccordint; to Mp;r. Tannuay, " ilo Cru/fl ; "' on tlu' 291I1 nf Octoljur. 16S7, lit: signed till' LachiiU' rcf^istor, " Du Crusel." 19 PT^ THE CHAPEL OF ST. LOUIS. ft; ir A tninsiiMit mission was, for nearly fifteen years, the sole means of ministerinjj^ to the upper end of the Island of Montreal. I'aillon tells us that, upon the arrival of settlers on any |)art of the Island, the Seminary occasionally sent priests to look after their spiritual wants."' When one remembers that the mission of La Presentation was the nearest and in fact the only residence of the Lachine missionaries down to 16S5, it may well be pre- sumed that the missionaries of Bout de I'lsle came from La Presentation. The highly distiniruished Mr. D'Urfe is known to have been one of thest; missionaries from 1676, and i)robal)l\ before, to near 1680. .Son of the Marcjuis D'Urfe. he belonL,'^ed to one of the first families of PVance. He was clo.sely connected with Mr. de I'enelon, and was also a near relative of Colbert, which accounts for his jj^reat influence at the P'reiich Court. MM. D'Urfe. Fenelon and Remy occupy the first rank amongst the illustrious founders of St. .Sulpice at X'illemarie. The terrier contains two interestin*;" entries on the subject of the chapel at Hout de I'lsle. At No. 1 1 1. known to-day as Pointe Caron. it is stated : " This land was formerly intended " for the church of .St. .\nnes and in the concession made of it " by the Seii^^niors to the said Lalonde,'-' they have reserved for " themselves six superficial arpents, to be taken two by three or " three by two, as it may please them. This mark ^<^ shows " the reserved land called D'L'rfe Hav, on account of the Abbe " D'Urfe, who had luiilt the first chapel of .St. Annes on that " spot." At No. I 12, the land book shows : " This mark ^^^ " indicates the place where formerly stood the first chapel of .St. " Annes. occupied and ministered to, liabitcc ct desse)i'ii\ by " Abbe D'Urfe, who has ^iven it his name." When did Mr. D'Urfe build this chapel? Mr. BourKcault, at one time Cure of Pointe Claire and now Vicar Ceneral to (i) 3 llisioire ilc lu Colonic l''iain;aisi-, J55. - (2) Jean dc La I.onilc dil l.L-speranre. rilK ( II.M'l.l. nh ^1. i.oris. '47 Archl)ish(»|) l-nhrt', ami noicci for his Icarniiim and accuracy, bclicncs that it was built in 1674."* This is ctTtainly an error. It (lid not c\cn t-xist in 1683, for the ecclesiastical census of that year states that mass was celebrated in a private house, " tluT(; beini;- iK.-ither chapel nor presbytery."'^' At that time and atttjr the appointmcMit. in 1676, of a Cure at Lachine. Hout de risU; was under the spiritual charjj^e of the Cure of Lachine. who administered it as a mission. As early as the 6tn of December, |6-,iiil. iS66, \\. (|UL's, vol. I, p. 12S. 226, (2) Maiiikiiiuiits il'.'s live- I4« TIIK ( ll.\l'i;i. OK SI. I.OllS. I \)\ I'ointtsClaire iiiclusivi'ly. (that is the point wIktc the parish church sLaiuls to-cl i\ ), ami to the west by the lands l)(')()iul the end of the Island, "comnKMicant a la Pointe Claire incliisi- \'enienl et finissant par dela la Pointe dii Bout de I'lsle." The Hishop was acconipanietl by Jean (juenet. "habitant du dit lieu," Olivier (Juesnel, churchwarden of Lachiiu;, Jean i.\v La Londe. churchwarden of the parish of St. Louis, Mr. Dollier, Supc'rior of the Seminary ami \'icar Cieneral, and Mr. kemy. Cure of Lachine and Missionnaire de Saint-Louis."' What remains of the; rej.risters of .St. Annes from 1686 to I 703 will be found at Lachine. The re}^isters of Lachine contain a memorandum in the handwriting" of Mr. Remy, in which it is stated that the reij^isters of the parish of St. Louis were commenced in 16S6. They e.xtend only to the years 1686 and 1687, and are all si}^ned "D'Urfe or Durfe, Cure," that is, as e.\plain(;d in the te.xt, "Cure of the parish of St. Louis du Haut de I'lsle de Montreal." The first entry in the D'LIrfe re_((ister was that of the marriaj^e of J. Bte. de Celoron, Sieur tie BlainviUe, with Helene Picote de lielestre, widow of .\ntoine de La Fresnaye, Sieur de Brucy, already mentioned. The marriai^e took place in the parish, on the 29th of Novembt.-r, 1686, and was undoubtcxlly the first marria'4"e performed at that place: but Cure DT'rfe does not state where it was celebrated, whether in a chapel or in a private house. The ne.xt entrv is that of thi; natural death of Claude de La Mothe dit \v. Marcjui' ' - Sourdy, buried on the 23rd of February, 1687, " a la Point'' >uis." On the isr .J^, 1687, the child of Jean Tillartl "was brouu^ht to th rch, a /'/z<^'/isi\ to be baptised." On the 21st of September, 1687. Jean Vincent, killed during the Iro(|uois war, was buried "a la Pointe .St. Louis." On the 30th of Sej)tember, 1687, Jean de La Londe dit Lesperance was killed by the Inxjuois, and the ne.xt day, ist of October, was buried " within the enclosure of the- church of St. I) ReyislLT of L.ichine, p. 7. 'nil', ( iiAi'i:i. ()!■ SI. i.oiis. 149 Louis, " (^ans fcmciiitc iic l\\i^lisc dc St. Louis. On the same (lay and under the sanu: circumstances. I'ierre Homieau dit Lajeuiiessc; was l)uried "near the spot intended for the huikHn<4 of the church of St. Louis." It can hardly he supposed thai this entry was a mistaki', for the same statement is repeated in the burial certificates of Pierre Perthuis, Henri Fromaj^eau and Pierre Pettiteau. also killed by the Iroc|uois on the 30th of September. 1687. Pierre Camus dit La I*"euillade. killed by the Indians on the i8th of October, 1687. was buried on the 19th, "near the: spot intended for the cemetery, near the parish church of St. Louis;" aiul on the same day, J. Bte. Le Sueur dit La Hojj^ue, also killed by the Iroquois on the 18th of October, was buried "on the spot intended for the cemetery of the parish of St. Louis." Louis Jets, miller (meunier en^ajre) of Mr. Le Ber, who di(;d a natural death "after havinir receixed the last sacraments," on the i"th of November. 1687, was buried on the following day "in the cemetery of the parish of St. Louis." This is the last entrv to be found in the rej^isters of .St. Louis, since its erection in 1685 to the year 1703. Thc^re is no trace of any record from 1687 to 1703. The rej^isters were either mislaid or destroyed or perhaps none were kept. It is also possible and even probable that the mission of .St. Louis, with the e.Kception perhaps of the little colony at b'ort .Senneville, on Fief Boisbriant, was closed after the massacre; of 1687, and durinj4' the entire period of the terrible Indian war, which raij^ed till the year 1698. In fact, it would appear frf)m Mi^r. Tan^^uay's Dictionuairc Crcni'ixlogiquc\ the rej^isters of La- chine and the j^reffe of Pottier, that durin_sr that lonji^ period of more than ten years, the old inhabitants of .St. Louis were living" either at V^illemarie or Lachine, and among others, Jean Guenet, J. Bte. Celoron, Sieur de Blainville, (iuillaume D'Aoust, the Daillebousts, Cybard Courreau, la veuve de Jean de La Lf)nde dit Lesperance, Jean Nepveu, Jean Tillard, Aime Legros dit Lecompte, Pierre Cavelier. Nicholas Le Moyne, la \'eu\e Pierre Bonneau dit Lajeunesse and Pierre Maupetit dit Le Poitevin Sffil t K. I SO rill', CIIArKl, ()!• ST. I.Ol'IS. who soiit^iu rcfii^t; at l.achiiic, hut was taken prisoner during the nij^lu of the massacre of ih(r 5th of August, \()^c), and after- wards kill(>(l hy the Inxjuois in thc^r viIlaL;(;."' Hout cUM'IsK; appears to liav(! ht.'cn d(;s(;rt(ul, except l)y the r(;|)rese.ntatives of the proprietors of I'Ort St^nnevilk;, to l)i: re-occu|)ied onl\ after pt!acc was practii:ally niaik; with the; Iroquois in \fK)H. Mr. ik; Cadiak)_u^ne, in the same nii'iitoirc which has heen so often citcnk seems to c'orrohorale this as rtion without a(k)uht: " As every one was enlrenc dared hed in the town aiu •kl I fort s, and as llie ha hilants th. not !^() mto tile tields e.\cept in a hoil\, those ot tile upper end of the Island ol Montreal went there excr)' fall, having' to pass rou''li a small <>rove . 'til ., Ihis (evacuation ma\' (-xijlain the dat(;s of iIk; concessions of i*oinle Clairt; asid of those north of k'ort .Senneville durini^' the yc-ar 1 69.S and followinj^'. \o allusion to the parish of St. Louis is made in the registers of Lachine or in the ^n'tle of Poliier, tlurm<>- '• thai loiu riod, exlendiii'' from lOSS 10 1701 A s we have seen, Si. .Annes or rather .Si. Louis dii iioul de lisle de Montreal was er(a:led into a parish durini;- the summer of the \c.ir 1OS5, pi-ol)al)ly in \'iew ol' the transfer of the Indian mission located at La I'rv'seiUalion, which was sold to Pierre LeL;ardeur, .Sieur de kepeiuinii), on the "th of Septend)er, i'')ll odiiiotlier was 'll le wile ot can fj' de La Londe, lirsl churchwarden of the rp|)er Part of this Isli iiul 'Cil ( )n the 1 2tli of November, i6^/isc paroissiit/i\ no later than 16.S7. The terrier, (|Uoted in the te.xt, states that when the i\v.vi\ of concession was i^ranled to J<'an de La Londe dit Lesperance, the chapei had been built by Mr. I)'L'rfe. This (\r{-A was j)assed on the ^rd day of March, 1687, before Pottier, aotary, and not in 1711, as allet^cd b)' Mr, I^)urn('ault ; (sc^e also inventory ol de La Londe, by Potlier, 19th January, |6issinf;iics ut Alfjonijuins, passe en France pmir avoir I "iionneiir de vous representer les liesuins de sa niissinn et les siens |)articuliers, Canadian .\rchives, Cor. Cien., 1713-14, vol. , 34. !>• 22, I' 1 , ■' ^^Bi ' wbM B'' 1 1 tfe MESSIRE GEODOE C H E V M E F I LS-Cure of St. Anii« '^:.m isk w Tin; ST. anm:s cii \ri:i,. i 5;, herein he s;i\s that lie e\ercist;s "the ruiutions (trCiiiv In the sie parish and mission of the church ot St. Annes of Hault de 11 cle Montreal." Ihe paraphing' of this nc;vv reth outside measure bv twent\-six and a half in width, with a sacrist)' on the lower tlank. These dimensions did not always exist, for in 1S20, when .Mr. Barthelemi k'ortin was Cure of the parish, it was enlarged twenty feet (about one third), five of which were added to the na\-e and thirteen to the" choir; side windows were also pierced; previously, the church had only lights from the roof.'^' According to parish tradition, it (I) \'ie (Ic Mile Le Dor, p. 321, and Ferland, I Histoire du Canada, 232. — (2) G.ik'cuoii ik' Miimiscrits, vdI. i, pp. 571, 594. 596. — (3) .Vrchivcs of the Bishopric of MDiitreal cited by Mr. lioiirgeault. 20 li 10 (fi a f) V} f" il THK ST. ANNKS ( IIAI'll, .■^.1 ■< ( ) a' t/) « cl t ) X n.) tl d u ■d 111 '• n.) t- ; "> 0) [^ t ) 10 K p; h; (I hcfii rxU'iulcil sonic iwciitN ted lon;^ |)rf\i()usl\ , prol),!!)!) ill tli(! days of Mr. dc Hrcsla\. I he (|iK'Sti<)n now arises whtn was this first stone c:haj)cl or rhurch erected ? Mr. I'aul .StcNcns, in an article more remarkable for ek'u'ance ol stvu- and tlioht ot imatiination th; m i)r acciirac}' puhlisnctl in the /: thi Cabiiicl dc Lecture /*aroissia/ in i S66, states that it was huik aft(;r the cha|H'l on Isk- au.\ Toiirtcs. and that the latter was usi'd as the parish church of the- cok)ny ol St. .\ lines for se\'eral \ears Mr. HourLicauk, at the time Cure of I'ointe Claire, with the rc'isters of St. Amies at hami, under- took at once to e.\j)os( th IS error, nuh lishi iiL!' a xi'jorous ai tick in the same periodica! a few months later. He shows. I)\- the rcL^isttTs. that from the bc'o-inniiiL;" of I)eceml)<;r. i jo,^, also in 1704 and 1705, Mr. de Iiresla\- merely st\ led himself Cure ot the j)arish of .St. Louis, e\en before the; exisicMice of an\' church at isle au.\ I ourtes. It liut there does not he tile real ( lifh cult\ )Our<'(.;ault mniii itaiiis th;it the- first stone church was built Mr. I about I 7 14. and that up to that jieriod, the clia|)el, built by .Mi D'Crfc, at i^aie d'Crfc Hr e. was used as the parish churcli. lie first establishes, b\- the .Seminar\ archives, that Mr. tie III esla\ IS the one who built this tirst chape •1 at .St. .\nii( The rci^isters kept at St. Amies show that Mr. de I)resla\ was Cure of l)out tie I'lsle from the I Ktli of I )ecember, 1 7(.\v to about the \'ear 1719 ; but this fact has no important bearing' as to the (late o f th e stone construction o f th( ant 1 at ,St. A lines. Mr. Houriicault continues Admittiiv'- that the raitls of the Inxjuois sus|)entletl the t^xttrcise of the Cuix-'s functions at St. this sienifies nothinu' as reti'ards the 1 ouis ironi 1686'-' to i 70 chapel ])reviously to Mr. tie Rrt^shu's time."'** a conclusion which but liased upon unimpeacheable proot. IS not onl\' stricth logical Mr. D'l'rfti's chajx;!. without a shadow of ilotibt. existed l)eiore .M r. tU; H reslav s time Mr. I^()uri>eault adds: "H o we\er, this supposition appears to me inatlmissible. for in 17(32, the .Semiiiarx' claiiiK-d trom the (1) l.'I'.ihii ilii t'aliiiH'l lie I.iH'tliru l';iriii-,>ial. |S6(). p. (21 .■ruiinlv slimilil Iuivl- .iiiil i(jS7. (3) I.Tuliii liii t'aliiiu'l lie I.rcturi,' I'arni^i.il. lS()6, p. So. I =;') IIIK M. ANNKS ( IIAI'I I, koNal .mihoriiics their riL^hts to the C'urcts foiiiulctl aiul ministered to by them. amoiT'sl others those of Lachine aiul I'oiiUe (U lisle, whiih would lead to the belief that the parochial ser\ice ol St. Louis had 1) )een rcL-ularK exercised from i6-. wliich states that the Hish< o|) of OiK'bec 1) laced inuler charge ot the Seminar)- of St. .Sulpice, " four other Curi's, est.iblished on the said island, at the places called la Chine, onite aiix i remhies, romie de I The C" Isle and R 1 VI ere c les V rairurs. n-e of I'ointe de isle ( lid not nnmec liatel \- adjom that ol Lachine, as Mr. Hourm-ault intimates, but was between Pointe au.\ [■ ibl remhies and Ki\iere c les \ ran'ies, and conse(|uentl\' must ha\c heen the 1 ower romte or Rout (le isle I'aillon in fact slates that, as earl)' as the: \vw 1O74, a chapi-l e.\istcd at the lower eiul of Montreal Island and that the priest, who adminis- tered the sacramenis there, was at the time missionar) tt) Has de lisle, k(M)enti«'n\, .St. Therese Island, La C'hesnaxc and X'.'rcl Teres. .Moreoxt'r, tin- upper v\m\ of the Island of Montreal, which formed the pirish of .St. Louis, vv.is ni;ver called I'oinle de isle 15el ore its erection into a parish under the name ol .St. .oms, It was mvanal)!\ called II lUlt or the L PI )i'r Part the IsLuul " or "the ileacl of the Islaiul," !)Ut ne\('r " PoiiiK U()tc;s a nassaijc; from ill uiion de lisle." .Mr. P)ouri4c;ault (| wherein he is reportetl to havi; saitl : " lie, (.Mr. Le Her) built a stone lor at Pointe tie I'lsle Th V. t'\i)r(!ssion ma\ he cor rect, although all the elocumi'nts which mention I'"i('f P)oisl)riant and the lands situated at the uj)per v\\(\. of the- Island, as. for instance, the (\vvx\ containing" the civil i:rection of the ])arisl"i of St. 1 ouis 1 n 1685, calls this particular spot b)' the name of " Pointe du P>out de I'lsle." But I'aillon, at the pa^c (|uoted b) Mr. I')our<4'eault, does not sa)' Pointe cU; I'lsle, but "lie { Le Per) built a stone fort a la tcic, at tint head of the Island of .Mont- real ( )n rt;terrin!>' to i)ai>f Ss of llistoirc dc la Col OIIIC ' raiicaisc, \()1. 2. it will be s(;en that b'aillon called the lowt-r (1) J3/' [Z) Xic.lu .Mllu I,' H, 1, p J 19. w 11 IK sr. \nm:s ( ii\I'i:i, -■»/ ciul ot ihc Island, "la I'oinlc dc I'llc." lU-sidcs \vli\- woiilil thi- Kiniif's arret of" 1702 call " I'oink- (\v I'lslc," the j)arish of Haul (\v risk', vvlicn in lOS:; it hail hcf-n crciK-d holh civilK and canonically und(T the name of St. l-ouis. lUit ('\('n ^raniinin' that this ar)-ii was intencU'd to ai)|)l\ to the parish of .St. I.ouis, its terms do not warr.nit the conclusion that the parish was ministcrtid troui 1OS6 to 1 Jd;,. It stales pur(;ly and simp!)' that four (tires were " i;stal)lished " on the island, without a word as to their ailministration and much less as to the duration of the latter. In my humble; opinion, and with all due deference to so hi^h an aiithorit) as Mr. Hoiir^'eault, the arret of 1702, far from est.iblishinn" the existence of the |)arish of .St. Louis in 1702, seems to nroxc ih e contrarw in as iiuicl as the c. pansli IS not even m entioned. .Mr. liouri^cault further relcTs to the burial cntrs of .Ahjxandre llery dit Dujjlant)', on the 1 6th of .\pril. 1709, 111 the chapel ol the said parisl Ih IS (;ntr\ in th e rei'isler in ert;ly proves the: e.\isteiice at that dati- of a chapt-l in lh( l)arish of .St. oiiis, wine is 11!) cxuleiice that the hap was that of Mr. D'l'rfe, di cl much less that it can be considered a^ th. tin- parish church ot .St. Louis or .St. .\nnes. In those i)riiiiiii\( 1> cniircii or limi's, the Cure used indiiTerentlx' the words "chapel" to desiiiMiate the buildiiij^- which w,is dedicated n parish service r lie prool IS that from the opemiiij ot reijisters at Lachine till 167Q, the nami' "chapel of la Chine" was iina- riabh' us(;d, whilst l"n)m the 1 ith of Au_!i4"ust, 1679. ami atter^ards It was alw,i\s call(!tl "the church ot this |)arish or "the parish .\iid \et there is no doubt that reterence le to the same wootleii l)uildiii'', thirt\-six leet church «)f Lachine was always mac sciuare, w hich was used for di\iiie service trom 1676 to :o: In th c; same; wax . 1 i\ )ii the 26tli of A|)ril, 1711, Mr. de Hresl; alls the little chaj)el at the tort on Isle- aux rourtc;s, " I ej^lise or church ol the .said mission L ) to 1I1C' \car 1 !0. h; i\'e (I) S.'o Siipr.i, imj;!.' \\\. (2) Ki',L;isU'i> uf |.;ic-hiii •. J71I1 Nhm-h, idyf); NOmmhIh'i, i(i"(): Aiil;us1, i()77 M; l()7S ; ()lh Auj^unI. I 1th Autju^l iiiid _)r(l I )fctMnln 1. IO71) ; inl DoLcmlicr. i«)Sl ; 2InI Jammry, 1OS2 : lollijiil), l()cSj I' '5« Till-; ST. AWI'.S (II M'll.. found onl\ three l)iirials in the church or chapi'l of Houi de risk', the first on the i6th of April, 17(1^). "in the chaix-l," the sccoiul on the 30th of April, 1 7 iS, and the thinl on the ,^rd of July, 1725, both the latter "in the church of this parish." Prior to 1709, there exists no trace of a ceineters . I'Acn at the burial of th(! widow of Claude de Robutel, Sieur de .St. Andre, mother of Zacharie Robutel, Sieur de la \oiie, .SeiL,^nior of C,"hateaujL(iia\', interred at .St Louis at the a'^c of S; years, on tin- loth of .Sep- tember, 1705, it is not stated where such burial took place;, whether in the chapel or the cemetery. Ibid it taken |ilaci; at I'ointe Caron, near the J) Trfe chapel, reference would have; bi-en made to the cemders which was opened in 16S7. On the 6th of .\umisi, 1709, a child of Thomas Laloiule di<'d at l"'ort .Sennexille, and was buried in the Indian ceiiK'tery at Isle au.x Tourtes. This is tlu' only burial of a white inhabitant in the Indian cemetery, th.it I ha\(; been able to disco\'er. Can it be supposed that .Matlame de St. .\iuhv, a j)erson of rank and the mother of the .Si-i^nior of Ch:iteauL;'ua\', was not interred within the church.-^ It is m\ belit^f that, as was the casi- at Lachine, the burials tluriniif th(; hrsi years of Mr. tie iiresl;i\'s administration, in all some \]vv. or six, to:)k place in the church or chapel, pi^ndinu' the optMiins^' of a cemeterx . The onl\- serious dociim(;ntar\ e\itU;nce, adduceil b\ .Mr. Iiouri4'(;.iult in support of his supposition, is the act of burial of the daughter of an inhahitani of .Si Louis, which took place on the 7th of August, 1711, "on the land intended for the erection of th(' church of .St. Amies." This is tin; onl\- t'nir\- wherein .Mr. de Hn-slax' speaks of the intention to build a church. .Sub.sttqiieiit to 1714, on the occasion of ain burial in the church, he alwa\s uses the old (;xpression. "the church of this parish." without statiiiL;' that it is the new church, as was the custom (elsewhere, at Lachiiu; for inst.mce. after the construction of the new stone church in i 703.'" May not an (MTor ha\'e occurred in this entry by .Mr. de i^reslay. just as in that of the i8th of No\-(;mb'T, 17 14, wherein Jean I'ilon is still (I) Rt-jjistci^. ol Liicliiiic, 151!) July and 241I1 .Viiyiisi 170J; 41I1 .\iigul. 1704, Supra p. 4S. Tlir. ST. ANMS ( IIAI'KI, 159 (liiscrilx'd as " iiih.il)itaiu of ihc parisli of St. Louis, at I'oiiil*' ("lairt!." It not, the cnir) |)r<)\cs hrNoiul all doiihi that tin* miracle, haiulcil down 1)\' tradition, occiirrt-d prcN'ioiis to the /tli of Aujj^ust, 1711, and that, at thr latter p^-riod, Mr. de Hreslay w.is thinking' of hiiildiii^' a meniorial ehurcli, to he (ledicat<'d to .St. .\nii(;s. Not the slijL,duest vestinv- of proof, ho\ve\(r, as to the hiiildinij' of such a church exists. 11 le same difficultv arises here as vvi th th e retjfistcTs of .St. I »uis lor the vear 16S > ^ w hen Mr. D'Trfe declares that not onlv one hut stiveral hurials at different tinv.^s durinu;" the same year, took place; " ncNir the spot intended for the (erection of thi; I'hurch of .St. Louis." Nevertheless, the .Seiuniorv terrier tells us, and Mr. Hour^(Mult also admits, that at that time: there existed a cha|)i:l " built, occupied and ministered to," liahitcc vt (/i\\scr:'/(\ by Mr. D'l'rle himself, which would mean a bui'dintr, used both as a temporar) chapel and dwellinj^' for the Cure, m the same wa\' as the mission ,11 th IS iff( (niier<'nce. liowt-viT, that )eace asiiH'' i I resiMitation, with existed with thi' Irociuois for o\er twenty N'e.u's, the mission at iiaie d'l'rfe was not a lo,!4' fort, but an onhnary wootlen house. it is said that this mission was known as L'ort .St. Louis. PossibK- the mission di the was surrounded l)\' a slaked leiice. especialh as the Irociuois had already assumed a thre-itenin^' attitude ; but 1 have seen no- where an\' mention of this fort. .\t all e\(.'nts, Mr. l)'L'rfe ma\ naturalK ha\e entertained iUv. hope of the sj)eetl\' construction of a parish church. The tumn of i6(S- prox'ed a death m issacres at .St. Louis in th( au blow to his hopes. Idle i)arish of .St. Louis which then numbered about twenty families, was immcxiiately abandoned and remained unoccupied until |)t;ace was restored, practically till the vear i69(S. Th e same th nii occLirreti m .M r. de 1^ reslav s case. archives of the .Seminary, (juoted b\ Mr. Hourtreault, prox'e that Mr. de i^reslay was Cure of N'illemarie from the 3rd of No- \(Miil)t!r, 1696, till the 19th of November, 1703. On the iSth of December of the same year or shortly previous, he was made mn 1 60 TiiK ST. a\m:s CIIAI'I:!,. Cure of the parish of St. Louis.'" IVcvious to his departure; to assume his new cUities, it would '"em that the .Seminary, with the help of the parishioners, erectc^d a dwelhno' house, part of which was to be allotted for divine service. Mr. D'Urfe's wooden chapel nuist have been no longer in e.xistence, and, even if it were, its frajj^ile construction and threat distance from Fort .Senneville dispelled all feeling' of security. Therein lies, to m\- mind, the origin of the chapel of St. Annes. Does not the statement, made by Mr. Boursj^eault ami otherwise verified by the archives of the Bisho{)ric of Montre d, to the effect that th(; chapel was oriL,nnally but forty feet in lenj.^th of solid mastjnry, without side windows, the lii^ht comiiifj;' throu<>h the roof, does it not, \ say, show that Mr. de Breslav at first built a dwellin_Li" for his own j)rotection as well as that of the surrounding' settlers from the j)ossible and evtMi probable onslaujj^hts of the Irocjuois. it is not therefore surj)risin_Lj^ to learn from I'Vancjuet that this building', mort; a chapel than a [larish church accordin_L( to him, was built from plans made by de Beaucourt, the famous Roval engineer who directed the construction of the new fortifications at Quebec and Chambly.'-' Ill charge of a parish, which comprised four leagues of the shore of Lake St. Louis, the whole of Isle Perrot, the seignio- ries of Vaudreuil and Soulanges, the missions of Chateauguay and Isle au.x l^jurtes, and which besides reckoned several mer- chants of means and seigneurs of high rank, such as the Le Bers, the wetdthiest family of Canada, Mr. de Bresla)- justly entertained the hope that a parish church would soon be erected. Unfortunately, he was also doometl to disa])pointment. It was in vain that he ap[)ealed for h(dp from France in 17 14. and later in 1717 from the Superior Council of Quebec.''" L'ar from increasing, .St. Annes began to decrease both in population and importance. In 17 14. by the single stroke of a pen, Pointe Claire was erected into a parish, and the greater part of the (l) Register of St. .Vnncs. — (2) FraiKjiict, N'oyagcs, vol. 2, p. 56. — (3) Canadian .Xrchivcs, Cor. (jun., vol. 37, \i. 75. There is only a short synopsis of this volume in Hremner's report for 1886. The volume is not yet copied. Tin: ST. ANM.S ClIAI'i;!.. i6i short.', as well as the lower j)ortion of isle Pcrrot and the mission of ChatcauoLiay, detached from St. Amies. The effect of this dismemberment was so dama!L;in_i;' that in 1717, during a pro- lons^'ed absence of Mr. tie Breslay, Mr. l)e|)eret, Cure; of I^)i^te Claire, took sole charge of .St. Amies. in 1721, he obtained full control o\er St. Annes, althou^nh st\led Cure of Pointe Claire, vvhtire he actually resided. .So oreat was tin; tU'crt.'ase in tlie pijnilation of St. Annes, that in 1724, there were but eighteen entries in the rej^ister of acts of civil status, whilst in 1726, the year of the final transfer of tht; mission from Isle au.x I'ourtes to Oka, the number dwindl(;d down to tweK'e. lender the circumstances, th(; erection of the parish church foreseen by Mr. de iireslay, became impossible. I'he onl\ course was an exten- sion. Accortlini;" to tradition, Mr. de Breslay's chapel was twice extended to the measure of twent\" K;et each tinu;, and not once o nb When (.lid the first extension occur . D A j)rol )lem not easily soKed, in the absence of the rej.(ister of deliber.itions until the \ear 1726. The extension did not take place at a later date, or some mention of it would be madt; in the rej.;isters. it must have been done, previous to 1720, by Mr. de Breslay himself. It would therefore seem to he a well foundcLl conjecture that the first stone chapel of St. Annes was built 1)\ Mr. tie Bresla\- in 1703 ; that he took possession of it in Dectniiber of the same year, and that he adr.iinistered Ilaut de lisle in his (|uality of Cure of the parish of .St. Louis until the autumn of 1714. Accor- diii,iij^ to tradition, it was then that, by wa\' of thanksL(i\in!^' for his miraculous escape while crossiii«T in the winter ot 1711, or before, from the Indian mission at Isle aux Tourtes, and which he attributed to the intercession of .St. Annes, hi- entreai(.'cl the Bishop to chaiii^e to .St. Amies the name of his parish. The j)arish of St. Amies did not attain its pre.seiu impor- tance until quite recently. About the year 1745 during" another Indian war, it lost the nopulation of the mission of \'audreuil, numberinij about forty heads of families, who tied to the b'ort of Two Mountains where the\- still were in 1753 at the time of 2 I :S? 162 I lll- ANM'.S . ||||<( II. m I- r,in(|iicls \isii.'" lis rcj^^isicrs lr<»m i/O.S to 1770. -in- missin;. //.-^ I'Ort Scniic\illc was Imnil l)\' the Americans in the war ot 1 y(), and ihc parish siillcrcd ti» such an cxlcnt l)\ ihcir passage that, h^oin 1 77(> t" ' •.S2. St, A luics had no ( Un': of its own, an( was handed o\cr to the (iin'- ol I'oinle ( laire, v\'ho was st\led Cure ol i'oinle ( iaire and St. Amies. I)riant m 1 •S._|, St. .\ I >\ th<' (cnsiis ol Hisliop I I. nnes aijpears to ha\c ceased lo e\ist, ha\in ■en aime,\ed parlK to I'ointe ('laire and |)arll\ to Si ( ien< \iev( CI) li •So, it h. 1(1 onl\ a mission service Held l)\ (aire ol' Isle I'errol.'" In 1790 and 1701. M '■• '1'' C azenen\c I'inalK th<' .S7 and 170'^. St. .\imes was served |)artl\ I)) St. ( jeiie I |)artl\ I)) I'ointe ("laire. in iSo:;, .St. .\nnes was es especialK ser\cd 1)\ I'oinle (laire, i'rom that time, .Si. ,\im has t.;<'nerall\ heen in < har^c ol a (iire, and thanks to the Semi nar\ 's generous L,dll, which was adroill) laUeii advantage of l)\ the |)resent incumbent, the ke\'. .Mr. (_'he\'rerils, at the time of the wideiiiiiL; ot the \ew Loc:k, in iSSo, and the conslrucf ol the ("anadian Pacilic kailv\a\ in 1 .SS6, an assured liiture is in store for the cun's o f .St. A lliu; he increased revenues of the parish, moreover, warranted the erection ol a new preshy- lere, one ol the Imest in the province, and also llie compK-tioii of the interior ol the new church. (he history ol this church forms a striking proof of the financial straits of the parish at not a ver) distant per cioJitN -two leet. lod Its measurements are liftv four Ia All! iou''h the loundatioiis were laid in iS^:, the oulsidi; (1) \iiy;l^;r>. vol. 2, |i. 220. (2) Ki'nisIlT (if Si. .\lllH'^. ifSX^, |). 41 ; .Muniiiiri' \h' l,I\\ MISSION. I^\^ Walls and i'odI were only liiiishcd in iX^O. Il was ci insi'craicd \)\ l')islio|) iioiir^ct on ilic 2(jlli orjanuars, i>^^J. I L cost 45,500 li\rcs, old ciirrcncN , |)a\al)lcl)V ass«'ssinciUs, hcsidcs S,(jr)() li\i-cs diMvvn Iroin ihc ordinar\ liinds ot ihc l'al)ri(|iic and Miliinlary conlrihiilions. I he coinplclion o| ilir Inicrior is diir Lo [he /cal and <^i)(,(\ inaiiaL;<'nicnl ol Mr. ( "hc\rclils, as well as lo ilic assis- lancc and |)i"a(li(al kiiovvlcdnc of .Mr. .Maurice I I. I'div-aiilt, a wi'll knouii arrhitcct of Montreal and a ri-sidcnt lor sinv yars |)asl ol .St. .\nncs. THH ST. LOUIS INDIAN MISSION. INDIAN I'Okr Al ISl.l-, \l\ lol kll.s. I'aillon, in s|)cakin;4 ol the inission ol La I'rcscntalion, adds hat a mission lor the cducalion ol Indian children existed on the island ol .Mont real al a eerlani s|))t named haie d I rte alter one ol the missionaries.'" I'dsewhere lie states that .Mr. h'l'rle i'a\c his name to iSaie ht on tins (UKst ion, neitlier do the reL.;islers ol IJoul de lisle. (an il not l>c sii|)|)osed thai llu'sc Indians came inoslK Irom La I'r/seiilation, which lhe\ were forced lo ahaiid')!! al least duriiiL' the anliimn ol 1' )^=,, al the time w hen Its domain wa' trailsfei-r.'d to .X'-alhe de .St. I i-rre ami her hiisiiand I lerre ie ( lardenr, Siei;r < e Kej) •ntiL'in \ ear 1OS5 is realK the dale when .Mr. |)l'rl.'' was a]i|))iiiied ( nre ol Si Louis ; |)re\ ious to lOSo hi' was resident missionar\ at La l'r(''senlation and as such mus' have made iransienl visits lo llie ( oloru at !)oiit de I'lsle. Il Was also in the \(' U' l'').S^ or lOSO. that he l)u La I ill his mission al liaif d Irh'', on the land ol \l h'an (\c I ,a Loiifledn Le ,]).:rance, at roiiile Si. Louis, .\lter the m.issacres ol lO.Sr, th,' Indian-, were no douhl o')li''('d to ||\- U| ,j lll^^lin■ .1,- l;i ( ■,,!,, nil- I' jSj. (.;» M. iSij. 164 III sr. i.oiis ixniAN MISSION. with the rest of iIk- population, sonic perhaps to I'Ort Semu;ville or I'"{)rt cic la Moiitaj^iU'. at X'^illemarie. others |)rol)ahIy to Sault St l.ouis and s:)ni(; Hkelv found their wav b ick to their native vil- lao-(!. At all events, the\- were at Haie d'Urfe in 16S7 .and |)re- \ioiis thereto, for a search made (iiiite rc^cently at Pointe Caron, at the place where stootl the cenietcM"}' in Mr. D'L'rfc's time, has remox'cd all douht as to the resicuMKH- of christian Indians on the spot. I have already stated in the I'iciix Lack im\ on th e authontN' o f M i>r, I an<>uav that m I iS06, the hones of tc n renchmen, massacred h th e Irociuois ni 16S7, were toimd at Pointe; Caron.'" ( )ne thin_L(, which I did ignore bt^fore r(;adin_L;' Mr. Hour<'"eault s article, alread\' rtiferred to, was that an almost ec|Lial number of christian savages were inttTred at the same sj)()t. No mention of the fact is made in Mr. I) I'rfe's rejj^'ister, but the results of the sc;arch made dis|)el all doubt (>n that j)()inl. I will lea\e M. Hour^eault to speak for himself. He was an eye witness ; at all events he refers to the matter the very year that tlie searcl was made, After hayin>'' found out. le sa\ s. w here the chapel of St Louis was not situ itc;d, the sp )t where it really stood, remains to be determined. In thi' absence ol written information, which 1 ha\e not at hand, thou'di it doubt- lessl \' exists s )mewnc;re m ly s i\\ wi th tnidition, that th;; oKl chap.;l was at Baic; d'l'rf.1' about a mile and ,1 half below the church of .St .\niu;s, The tpiestion of site was settled beyond dou])t duriuL!' the; coursi; ot e\ca\ations for the diL!'ilini>' of a cellar, made in the autumn of icS'b terminal point of P)aic;dT'r on th( (; properl)- of one Caron at th( 'l"hc;sc; co\(;retl a lent'th of thirtv- six fe(;t between two parallel walls lyin^' north west to south west, at a distance; of twenty-six f\;et a|)art. Tin; o.ibU; end ot the walls of theetlihce wen; not unearthed, but the bones of t\v(;nt\- three persons of diffc;rent physic|ue were; discovered. Ont; of the; skeletons still bore a jir(;tt\ brass crucifix, mounted in e;bony, the; latter alone; be;inn" a little worn... Another also retaine'd a cruci- fix of minor value, whilst upon a third were fe)unel a tin spoon. (O A 11 Ic, R •i;islri Siicii'ly 1)1' e";iii;iil;l. 1SS5. |i. \y)\ I I )ic'liciriii;iirc ( Iclita- jJKIllL 32. J+J t?:,:. Till'; s'l". i.ons iNhi.w MISSION. 165 black i)(.'rirls, th(^ si/.(; of l*>(!iuh chciTics, a small crucifix, ami a brass iiicdal in a perfect state of preservation, 011 one side of which aj)pear(Hl the inia_i;e of the \'irt,nn with the inscrij)tion : Saiic/a Maria, ora pro nobis. The other side showed a I'Van- ciscan monk, with crLicifix, book and bc;ads, (Micircled b\ the inscription S. (',. Dei Jiitcrc i pro nobis. Another fmd was that ot the bones of a child, m )r(' |)earls smill(!r in size, and disks of white porcelain as biL;' as our sous, with tw.) hoU^s pit;rced throui^rh on the flat side, which were taken from oia of two pits. Anothi'r pit containcid a fm_L,^er bone bearini;' a brass rin^' and in a fourth oik: was found a tomahawk, almost fret: from rust and which would still last an Indian for life. 'rht:se disco\'eries proN'e beN'ond doubt that the sp:)t was the site of the old chapel of .St. Louis, rUid also that the latter was used as a burial yrouiul for the Indians pre\-ious to the establishment of the mission at isle aux I Ourtes, the spoon, necklaces and tomahawk ha\in^ clearl) l)c:lon!4"ed to Indians."'" What became of the surxixin;^- Indians of jiaie d'Trfj. It is an (.-stablished fict that (|uitc: a iuimi)er of I lurons and AIil^'oii- (|uins had congregated together. li\'in^^ in cabanes, on the Common at Lachine Rapids, near b'ort Cuillerier, from 1695 to 1703. In the Near 1095. th';r(.' is n ) less than te;i baptisms of Al_y;on(|uins rec()r(le(l in the n:n"istc:r of Lachine, and with rei^.u-d t ) six of them, Mr. Reni\ writes in .S(.;p. ember of tlu' same: xcar the f)ll()winL;" memoramlum : "The abox'e six i)ai)tisms were made by Messirc: Louis tie la faxe, j)rit:st-missionar\' of the Al- ironcjuins while attt:ndin<4' his mission in this parish, en faisant sa mission en ictlv paroissc." .Several Aljjj'oiuiuin births and deaths are recordetl in sul)se(|ueiU Ncars and especially in 1700, 1701 an.l 1703.'-' Where did these imlians come from .■* Their pre- sence is not mentioned in the rei^isters before or after, ex'en when an Indian mission t:xisted at La Presentation, undoubtedU' because special re_y^isters were kept for the ))urpose. Mr. Rem\, ,!.^'c:iu:r.illy so particul.ir in takin;.;" note of any e\'(.:nt of importance (1) I,'l-!i-li(i (111 Ciiliiiu-l dr Ia'c-Hux-. iS()6. ]). Si. (j) Koj,'i^UTs cif I.;u!iinr. \l\\\ .\|iiil 170.); I2lh Au.l;ii>1, 1701 ; ijili .\ul;ii^1. 1701 ; I7lh SrpUiiihrr 1702: 501I1 M.i\ 1705. 11 1 66 IIII, SI'. I, oris IMHAN MISSION. in his parish, L;i\cs no cxplanalion of the nialtfr II owvvvr, on ilu- I 2th ot Auj^usi, 1701, he hiiriccl a I luron vvho died in his cahaiu; on the parish C'ommon, in the presence of Rene CuilKs rier and se\-eral Indians, c/ai/s sa lahaiic cii la coDDiinnc :ic ccltc piiroissc, cii /a pirsci/cc (/c p//isic/irs saiii'di^rs ct dc Rau' Lnillc- ner. li is reasonal)lc to presume that chirinL;' the lro(|uois war, at least the greater part of it, the Alj^;on(iiiins who were l)roii_n"ht up at La Presentation and afterwards renio\eil to IJaie (.I'l'rfe, had eon_L;reinateil in such numbers on the I'ommon of Lachine, near the Lachine Rapids, that a special missionarx was attending' to their spiritual wants. kct;i)inn' for the purpose a special register which is however missinij'. It cannot Ix; denietl that a lar^c- number of Xipiss m«>' and 'ionua'>"c. remauiec on the as a I read Island of Montreal during the Irocjuois war. In 1 6g6. V \ stated, .Sieur de Charle\ille set out Irom rort Senne- \ille with a parl\ ol se\'en Indians to t'iicounter a canoe ot lro(|Uois warriors at the liead of the island. The allies were iorced to retreat, but were soon reinforced b\ lort) Ali^onciuins and other Xipissini^- Indians. ( )n the 4th ot |uly ol the same \car, 1696, (io\-ernor de ronlenac arrixcd at Lach me m commanc I of a c<)nsKkM'ai)le arnn, with the intention ot carr\ uil"' war into tile countr\ o f tl i\(' Xat ions. .Sieur cle liecancourt led a larijX' corps ot X le )is- siiin and Ai^oiKiuin Indians.'" L>oucault, who \isited the countrx m i 754, states that a mission .f X i|)issint> Ind lans e.Msted at one time at I'Ort de la Montaune, but that the\' had returned to "isn:r o.' St. I.ouis of the ;ist Ma\, i ■o- iiijned 1)\ Mr. (le IVesla) , coitaiiis the act of baptism of an liuhan at " Mr. Li- Hers I'Ort.." ( )n the 19th ()ct<)b(T of the same year, appears th( e baptism of sc^veral " .Satixa^es c les I erres. .So i_;real was the iiitlux of iiuliansthat the register, tlieii in use, nrov'ecl insiif- II ckmU and M r. tie r)resla\ had to obtam another one on the 29th July. 1705, owint;" says .Mr. neschami)"es (jui \ sont \enus habit er, Th e rc^'istcrs tor the years i 706 :oj ami i 70S. if ever kept, are 1709, apjK-ar several baj)tisms ot Xipissin<4 and AI<'"on(|uin Indians, and bx the loth of March, 1709. Mi'- <.K: missinsj ;)Ut tile oiiK ! I ) I'lir rfa>(m>,i;i\rn urn In 1 1 if iR'adini; ol ruiiili.- t'lairt-, I am incliiKd In hi'licv i- lli.il ihcii- was a Mis|icn>.iiiii uflhi.' paicichial ilulir-.. 12) I'idmi 1724 lo l/^il. Mr. dc- l!ii'>la\' ua> Cure nf .\iiiia|)i)lis Kiiyal. N. S., wlicie lie sollicilcd IVdiii liic Kiij^lish ( invuiiior I'liillips and i-iciULiiant- (lovcriior ('osl)y a cxilif'uak- of jjood I'ondiu'l, " laiil a Tcj^ard du ^(Hivciiicmcnt (|IK' Il's dils liabiUuiU tmUi's Ics |icrscciitiiin.> cl lus ijraiiik's pciiics <|iril a MiiitVcik's di' |'lu-~itMn> dc ■^c^ roiilVcrf^ (|iii (Mil fait Icur pns^iliK' pdiir Ic dc-lruirc O \c faiix- I'liasscr dii pay>. ' 3 t'ollccnun du Maiui>cril>. 151;. 157. .Si-i- alsn Rfpcrloiri: dii t 'Kt^c t'anadifii liy Mi^i- l'ani;uay. 77. (3I Rcj^islfi ciCSi. Annus, 25111 and 261I1 ( )rl(ilicr. 1714. .Sec aKn Kcpciloirc dii ( "1cil;i- ('ana- (lion. ■77. (4) Ivlils cl Oidonnaiu'cs, 159. '■%. i6S ■rilK SI'. I.ons INDIAN MISSION. If official (lociiiiifiii, to my knowleilt^t;, whiih oocs to show that this Indian mission of .St. Louis was at Isle; aiix Tourtcs; there is however a letter of Mr. de X'aiuh-euil (jiioteil l)y MiLjr. Tan^uaN , wherein he sa\s : "l,e \\ Rrc-ssle, missionnaire des .\lL;-on(|iiins (;t des Xepissin_!4"Lies, a /' I/c aiix 7\)iiiics, ou il a fait faire une e^Iise et iiiU' maison, a\ait amene iin pretre (M. I''Iie Dufresne) (jiii y a toujoLirs demciure."'" This island was sitLiat(,;tl some tweiitx' acres al)n\-(; Montreal Island, with the Lake of Two Mountains to the north. Isl" Lerrot to the south, the upper end of Montreal Island to the east, aiul to the west \\\v. land which to-da\- forms the northern part of the parish of X'audreuil. Of an irrei^ular form, it lies in the direction east-west, with an area of ahout 120 arpeiits, and is known under the nuinher 177S of the catlastral plan of tln' |)arish of X'audreuil. It was uranteil on the 2;rd October, 1702, by Chevalier de Callieres, (iovernor (ieneral of \(;w I*" ranee, and .Mr. de Beauharnois, Intendant, to Philippe de Rii^aud, Chevalier, and, at the time, (}ov(,:rnor of .Montreal, as forming' part of the .Seigniory of Vaudreuil ; "the .said .Sieur de X'aiidriHiil to open an establishment there aiul settle inhabitants thercM)n, as a fief tuul seignior)', with judicial jurisilictioii (hauti-, m()\-enne t^t basse; justice), also tht' i)ri\ile}4X;s to hum and fish, as wt;ll as the rii^ht to trade with the Indians throughout the whole t^nuit. .. .Si.x arpt^nts of the most suitable land bein^' reserved for the construction of a fort in the Kinu's service, the whole subject to hoina^re and allei^iance. "'-' I rmd in the register of .St. .Amies, as early as the ist of .March. 1704, that brs. Des (jaLjniers was "habitant de la terre de Mr. de \';iudreuil." Mr. de Vaudreuil became tht! .Mar(]uis de Vaudreuil and (iox'ernor of New France 111 1704, an (1 a short time after, in order to coiiii) piy wi th tl le terms of his Ljrant, he built a tradin_n" post and a fort on Isle au.x Tourtes, wlierein the Indians, otherwise useful to Mr. de \'audr(;uirs trade, coukl seek refuijfe dtirin<>' summer, for it was customary for them to take to th e woods 111 the fall, to retur (1) Ri.'|ii'iliiiic.' ilii C'krj^u C'aiuuliiii, 77. (.21 I )ciiiiiik'|Us >iir hi IViimc Scitiiu-iirialc, \(il. I'- 157. 3.?5- TIIK ST. I.()ri> INDIAN MISSION. 169 (>nl\- ill th(' sprin;^- afu-r their annual hum. I'^or that r^-asoii, the lort was called l'"()rt ties Sauva^^^es or Aouananassiiii^. The fort stood on the eastern e.xtreniit) of tht: island, oppo- site I'Ort .Senneville. The act "d'aveu et deiionihreinent" of the; sei"iouslx' prese;rxe;el bx Mr. P)rabant. 22 < ) W OJ .-: u: nil. ST. I.OIIS IMHAN MISSION. 1 71 I lu; tort at Isk: aii\ r<»urti:s w.is ciuircK ahaiuloiicd, at least as a military post, after the removal oltlie Iiuliaii mission to( )ka.'" I*"raii(|ii(.'t mak(!s no mention of it in his travels, although liis ission was to inspect all the lortifications of the lountr)'. When m passin<4' near it, in 175,^, lie merely alludes to '(.'hate III (le .S en- ne\' H oiicault observes ho\ve\-er that, in 1754. iNipissm Ni Indians wi^re still in the hahit ol campinj^' the whole summer at Isle au.\ Tourtes'-' and probably tor that reason ser\'ice was held lat<' in till,' last c(;ntury in the chapi-l built in rear ot the fort. In 174 w.uiderin''' Mr. de Heauharnois wrote to the Minister that the .\1 <'on(|uins aiu 1 X IDISSIIl'J' Ctl Ind lans were anxious to settle at Lake ot "I'wo Mountains.''" luidently this re(|uest had no t b ■en jL^raiiU'd m 1 754. When was this tort built .■^ As earl\ as the Sdi of .March, 1709, Mr. de Hreslax si\letl himselt" mission;ir\ ol the Indians established above the; Island of Montreal. Xotwithstandini'" the abse nc(; of reL;"istcM"s at St. Annes for the vccU's 1706, 1 707 and 1 70S, and of other documents, it mav saft^K' be said that the mission aiu 1 tort were uiuloul)l(;illv built at Isle au\ I ourtes between 1705 and 1709. ( )ii the Sih of June, 1710, Kimic (iodtroy, Sieur tie Linctot, towt eiisit^ni in one of the .Marine detachmeius, was commandant, a ])ost which he filkcl at least itil i7i(S."' Mr. de Linctot was made ensign in 1706. proba- bly in view of his iakini>- command of the fori at Isle au.\ ui Lourte: At the time of their final r emoval in 1 726 to the tort at Lake of Two .Mountains, under Mr. Depcret, as their missionarv. fort\' Indians were still in the; fort."'' Mr. Cuo<|, the venerable Ok; I missionar\', w rites mv. that this re-moval was commenced in 1721. the very year the stone l*"ort of Two Moun- tains was tinished. I'Van(]U(!t observes th.it, in 1753. tin; Indians were still in the habit of k;avinin' the fort with their families, on their )earK' hunt, which lastc;d the- whole winter. •Vrc-hi (I) Rc),'istcr (if St. .\iiiu'^ (2) liiiiu;uill, l-'.t:il rriM'ill ilil (';\ll;i(l:i. lo^. (p ( 'iiii;icliaii ( iir. ( a'li. ;oili Aiimisl, iiiKJ isl Sf|ii('inlHr, 1710: iith Jii 73, p. 221. ;4) Registers 111" St. A111K-.. Sih uml lolli juiii', 22^(1 ;iii( 1712; 151I1 .Viigiisl, 171J: lOlli ;uul 2,5 ■,) Crtiiiiilian Arihivi 1715: iStii |i»iui:iiy, 1716; I 5lli .IrtiuuxryiUiil 2iicl i'l'liruiiry. 1718. r.cn.. \()1. 54, |). 506. (6) Rc'|>i>rt of Uk' ScciL'tai y iif ilu' riiiviiicc u 11'. ( icn. |>. 210 ; I aiiaihaii (' ( )iu f,,i- iS.Sf)- Vnl uvl's, Ciir. (iiii., VI 49. Sj. '7: IIIK SI. I.oris INDIAN MISSION'. After the nmioval of the liuliiins, there is mo inciition of the mih'tar) {garrisoned at the liulian I'drt. At the niarriai^c of Joseph ( laiiihier, on the 9th NovijihImt, i"jH. kenc (ioilfro) , Sieiir de Liiutot. is simply styled a lieu- tenant in the Mariiu- detathinent, and at his own second niarria^c. C(;Iel)rated three da) s later, he aj)})ears in the same (|iialit)'."' Hie must ha\e been at that time on his estate at Hout cK; lisle, a few .irpents helow I'ief Helle\ ue. which he had j)ossessed tor several years previous!), and of which Rene I'Or.tin became tenant-farmer in 1719. lie- became the root of a lonsj^ line of (.lescendants, who hati offspring in Detroit. Montreal and Threir Ri\x,'r;' where one of his sons, Louis Joseph (lodfro), .Sieur cU; Tonnancourt, was sub-delt.'j^ate of the Inteiidant ami Attorne) ("iiMU'ral. Another of his sons, Rene, commandetl the Sioux I'Ort from 1732 to 177,5. I^i(;rrt! and Charles Le Due, of Isk; I'errot, were also with him.'-' Mr. de X'audreuil carried on an e\tensi\c trade at Isle au.x ToLirtes. In relation to this trade, the I'rench .Minister at Paris wrote; t ) Mr. de Heauharnois on the 24th of Ma\. 172S : " Tlu! jL^raiU of Isle aiix Touries. matle to the late .Manjuis de X'au- dreuil. was the cau.se during" his life of constant complaints, on the s^^rountl of the licjuor traffic carried on with the liulians, and the complaints were well founded."''" .After Mr. dc; X'audreuil's death in 1725, Isle au.x Tourtt-s, with the s(;ii4nior) of \ audnaiil, remained in his family till the: )ear 1763, when it was purchased in Paris b) Michel luistache Ciaspard .Alain Chartier de Lotbiniere, who later on became Mar(|uis de Lotbiniere ; and from the latter, it went to th(,' Honorable V.. (i. Alain Chartier de Lotbiniere, and finally to his daughter Loui.se Josephte de Lotbiniere, wife of the Honorable R. \V. Harwood. li 866, it became the property of the atter's son, Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. de l>otbiniere Harwood. ho sold it, in iiSSi, to Ci. X. Prabant, a merchant of X'audreuil. w It now Ikmoit's to Dr. P. I<:. B rown, o f St. A lines It) (II 'islcr ciC St. (2) Mainly. 564-572. (3) MlmIc Mile, l.c IV (4) .See .\<'li'> (ie I'liy I .Vrilii\ fs. ( )n;iw;i. 1 lloiiim;i;.;c de hi Seigileurie de \'aiidreuil ;il the I )ei)iirtiiieiit of C':iii;idi:iii FORT SENNEVILLE. The I''i('f Si'iiiirvllli; is tliL" siimc as l'\c( Moishriant. Sitiiatt^d at the inU:t of Lake of I'vvo Mountains, it compriscil two liini- ilr(;(l arpcnts, with the adjacent shoals and islands, and was called Hoishriant after the t^frantee, Sidrac I )u (iuc, Sieurde Hoishriant, 1 )u (iuc came out to Canaila as a captain in the Carit^nan- Salieres rcuinient. He also siTved in other reiriments. for nistanci!, th ose Mont; iiLHie anil Ch; miDella II; ■>'• iccorcliii'' to I'aillon, Du Ciue, from the outsi;t, displaNt'd i>'reat /eal towartls liie huiUllll'; up o f th e countr\ III A s (MrU as 167 1, he huilt chantier at Houi de I'lsle. V\v was married at the time and had one son, lean Sidrac, horn in 1670, who \'(.'rv »'arl\- ilistii • 'uisnetl innsell m aiu 1 V lik the vv(.;stern reL;ions th C-'l H IS sons. Jac(i ues lerre, likewise made tlieir mark in military and diplomatic S(;rvice in Xc^wfoundland, Huds on H; u , 1 )etroil. III inois and .ouisiana (•-') Th (? marria>jc of Sidrac Du ( lUe. senior, was solemnisei 1 at illemarie on tiie 7th o f \ o\c;ml)er, 1667, in the prescMice of al the aristocracy o f th( and Th e <>uests were 1' rancois r(;rau( I' lieutenant and senior aide cU; camp in the Carii^nan regiment ; !'' rancois de Ste. Croix, lituitenant of Mr. 1 )ii (iuc; |ean \icol\', Sii'ur de Hraiulis, elision of the regiment de Cari^nan ; Mile. Jeanne Manet;, administratri.v ot" the Hospital ; Charles Daille- houst, Sieur des Musst;au\, IuiIljc of X'illemarie ; Charles Le M oyne, proci ireur fiscal ; I*". il<' SaliLznac de {""enclon; Le H(;r Basset ; C. de Rohutcl, .Sie;ir de La \ Due Sau\'a^(;au ; C Colleinien ; Cav(;lier de La .Salle; T. de Hault-M(;sn)- ; Catht> rine Le Ciardeur; Catherine ( iauchet ; Marie Le Herand ; (i. Lerrot. Cure. Du (iuc left a numerous j)()sterit\' still to be found in the country under the nam(M)f Dun'ue or Du^iiay, i)articularl)- at (Quebec, I'AnL^e-Ciardien, St, Antoine-Tillv, la Haie du I'ebxrc; )f ti I' Seigniory ; J V\i il'i 340. - (2) 4 .\!;irj,n\ ',60 ; 4-'.v Pk:ti()niiaiic l'n;iic;iliiy;iiiuj ; Klt^us, liisloriial .Scries, no. 12, |). 9. B :t 11. J 74 i<»Ki' si:nm;\ 11,1,1-; an tl t^Isfwhen,'. 1 )u Ciiic was iiUt-rrctl a I \ill (Muari(' on the i (Sth () f 1) eccmhcr, hSS. Lik(; all the sciijnciirs of Houl dc lisle, 1 )li (iiic had his |)rni(i])al rcsulciicc at \ illcniarK I \' U ere were l)a|)lis(;cl a ill h is rcn h'om 1670 lo 1677, when Ik; ac(|iiirc(l Si. icrese rhiU island, situated hetween \ar(Min(,'S and Pointe aiix Ireinhles. I'Vom that time up to 16S7, all acts of civil status concerninn' hini a|)|)ear at Pointe au.\ Tremhles. the nearest parish to his island. lie was there at tin- time of the census of 16S1, with Ik ■.'. lis wiie aiul se\-en children and tiiree scT\'ants. IS wite M iVW. M ovc:n, was a Iso 1) )unecl at 1 omte au.\ I remhies, on l)lc the C.'l ,\'en belore 1 6.S1 le had ath ered to- 24th ( )ctoi)er, 16S; ".^ether, at the upper point ot .St. Thc^rese Island, fourteen colo- nists with thcnr laniiiies, and built a manor house o| lorty leet i)y twent\ , with a stone chimney and planked rootini^''. I lerc; he made his ordinary residence.''" .Mr. DuCiuc'- had altoj.,»'c;ther abandoned I'ief lioisbriant some years pre\'iously. ( )ii the 20lh June;, 1679, he sold it to vharles i,e .Moyne de Loiij^ucHiil and [ac(|iies Lc; lier, his brother-in-law. the; lc;acliiiL; merchants of Canada. The j)ricc; paid was 1 76S li\res. l',\i(lently 1 )u (lucj had mack; con- siderable; impro\-em(;ins, for the land was wortli ne.xt to nothi nf. .\1 o\ nc; and -e her were not onl\ wealthw out, as nn \ate individuals, ihe\ perhaps ranked highest in \(;w I'Vance n nuhlic este(;m and inlhiencc 111 vVI th k rem- and ndians alike Both took a prominent part in all the Indian wars, serxin^' with distinction, Le .Moyne beiiiL;' at one time a |)risoner in the hands of the lro(|uois. The;} W(;rc; clos(;I\ connect.ed not only by famil\- ties, but also in a business way. in trade, ihev held in conin undertakings, ;i;v. Alth il ou|_;h not general partners ij on se\cral properties and commc;rcia • St others, the C"hate'aun"ua\ seijji'niorN , a town house at OLiel)e;c and another close; b\' the .St. |oseph [los|)ital at \'ille;marie, which the-\ purchasc;d as earl) as the; 2cDth August, 1660.'" in i66cj, the\' bejii^'ht Ca\e'lier de i ,a .Salle's ("arm c// rulitrc at achine and hui It ui)on It a trad iii<>' ft; '■"• { I ) I)i('li'iiiii:iiii- e li'iii'aliiL'i(|in'. 121 I.I, (}) C.rrllL' liiisM'l, Invcntiii-y nf iln iiiiniilv iilSiiiii DuCiiKJ, 201I1 Dcccmlii'r, i()S, an d })artl\' reproduced b\ the authors of \ I listoirc dc l.oiti^mitil. r (Mid of the Island of .Montreal, states that the fief "at the UI)!)( M'l called III still b(.'lon_n"t;d to Messrs. Le Moyne and Le Her, who had ui)on it a store; for th(? sale of tinware, Indian i:orn, llour. wines, eau-de-\ie. tobacco, blankets, woolen socks, sashe-s. s(,'Win''' needles, scissors, china necklaces, s/iins, et( :kl; iccordmi to the descri|.)tion u;i\('n. the store measured trom twenty to iwenty-si.N feet in lens^rth by twenty in width, piece upon piece. w ith a mortar stone cellar, a stone chimney, plank root, lower and up|)er lloors. and a wooden partition, thus forminiL;' two apartments, the one for the store, and the other as a iodj^in^' lor th( (; i)(.;rson in charge reneralK a cu;rk or auent. At the time I cl(;arance of ei_nht arpents alto_L;'ether had been maile. ihe •stimated value of the- fu^f and its d(;peiuk;ncies, as cont.iined in Ik; iincntorv. w as 6so li\Tes for Mr. Le Mo\ lie's half share, or 00 livres tor th e iiii(li\K th e original purchase. )uilt b\ 1 )u ( jue in 1 67 i led t'stati,, that is 46S ,t 1 i\'res less than lis store must ha\c heen the house uithors ■>'[ \ I list oi ri- de I. Ol/i'/IC/ll ■/ assert that Li; M o\ lie s widow transferred to Mr. Le I'xr her interest in bief Seiinexille, and they further seem to state that the transfer was effectc;d in 1 6SS. On the otlii'r hand, Mr. I'aillon states that the partition of their imiiio\t'ables took place in 1 OS;,, and that I'ief hoisbriant was allotted to Mr. Le Wvx. The name of the officiatiiiL^ notary is not i^ixcn, nor the j)recise date of the parti- tion, so that it is 111 t eas\ to verify with whom lies the ri'>ht. (I) hLiiiU Is mil [ilK-( (2) ( inMc cif liiisM.1. i 176 KORr si:nm;\ iLLK. I believe that the)' are both far away from the truth. The inventory just referred to estabhshes beyond all doubt that I'ief Sennevilk; was held in common at the time of Mr. Le Moyne's death, in the be^innintj^ of February, 1685. Besides, a deed of renunciation by Louis Le Her de Saint-Paul of his primooeni- tive rij^hts in and to I/ief Hoisbriant, passed before Basset on the 26th Aus^ust, i6 llic imliuy's luiinu. I Ii- ^uiicrally I'Diilinc-i liMn>.t-ll 111 llic cinu- and a ri'fcri-iici' to tlu' ( Mi'ttc i\c \ illi'iiiaiic, lluil is iju- icc'nrds of (IccfasL-d iiolarifs, di'imsilcd in tiir I'ldtluuiDlaij-'s olHcc. '"■TT7 V. < z I c Hi.nii'^ of Lc" Uei'-s WuKlmill — Fiel' Soiii levj I Ic. \m fl( p ■ t.f'R.'lfWl ' 1 ■ .^' Hiiiiii-i of hiiM bt-'i uie VI I ie. Mi;, i 5 i i-oK'i' si:\M:\ii,i.i;. / / ihcrel))' iiu:rc:asin_o the rcvciuit: ot said seignior)', asking that we permit that said mill he the property of his successors, with the privilejji'es of the chase in favor of vvlioinsoexcr he max locate upon it, from the said fi<.:f down to the concession of |ean (liienet, and as threat a len_nth in iIk- direction of Ki\iere des Prairies." etc. Mr. Le B(,;r's dc;mand was api)ro\'ed of 1)\ tln' ("lovernor Cient:ral, Mr. de I )enonville ; whereupon Mr. i)()llier permitted him to build a windmill on his fief, with jjrivilei^'es of the chase solely within the limits of said hef, as far as (iuencit's concession only, Mr. Le Ber on his part hindin^- himself to build said mill "as soon as possible." In the year 16.S4, the Inxjuois assumed a threatening; attitutle, althou_L,di they made no onslau_L,dit on the Island imtil i6f Mr. Le Moynes inxcntorx' in March, 16S5, the fief had but a clearance of eij^ht arpents altos^'ether, and it is not to be supj)osed that Le Her would ha\e undc;rtaken the work of a lar^e clearance in the short space of one year, when he could so (.easily hax'e built his mill or fort on the lake shore, as was invariably the custom. Faillon, who tells us that the first fort was burned by the Indians in 1691, does not state that the second fort was built elsewhere, but mereK .says that it was "afterwards rebuilt by Mr. Le Her," as if t(.) convey the idea of the same spot. !''aillon adds that this secoiul fort, with its still existing' ruins, was built as early as 1693 ; for ;ui inventor) mailc; that year declares that it was moimted with sexcral pieces of artillery, amonj^' others some small canon known as swi\el ouns or piiri'icrs. binalK' in the year. 1701, \.\\v fort had an esta- blished ii^arrison, under command of Siem- de Mondion, l, 171S. (d) <)ili and iSlhcifMax. 17I(). p: 1 80 lok 1 si:\M.\ ii.i.i- jhili:, coiincc-tcd wilh I'Ort Scmicxillc or aiu' other fort, except Aniiot, who is rej)resentetl as livinjr at the liKhaii fort. Ihere exists no historical account or docuinentary evidences of an)' attack against I'ort Sennesille i)\ the Iro(|iiois after the year i6qi. All that is known is the presence of a j^arrison at the bej^rinninn of the last centur)-, and the sorties from the fort made in i(.96 by Sieur de Charknille, with sescn Indians, against a {)arr.y of lro(|uois who were; seen paildlinj^" on l^ake of r wo Moimtains. Th ere is not tlu; slio htest e\idence of any t^arrison havinj been stationed at this post after the buildinLj of the manor house in I/O' or in fact diirin>'' the whole of the; last centur\'. Th is )e rh; )s explains w hy I- ran([uette in 1752-53, in passinj^ b)' the spot in both sumnier and winter, calls it "Chateau de Senneville. tlaiKjue de (|uatrt; petits bastions."*'' Mr. de Lorimier, an eve w itness, relates that iluriivj the Americ; ui war o f Indc ependenct y in tht; sunimer of 1776, the nianor house and Vnrt .Sennevilk;, then the propert}' of Mr. de Montij4in', were 'oiirnt to the (^round i)V ( icneral Arnok who niet with no resis'^ance (•-'» Judj^iiii^' from the ruins which are still well preserved, thanks to thj care of the |)rt:sL'in proprietor, .Sir lohn Abbi)U, k'ort Senneville consisted ot a manor house, sixt\'-.s'x teet trout b\ thirt\, and a court yjird of sixt\-six f(x;t s(juare, with walls and four s;iiall towers or bastions, the whole of solid niasonr)'. The exH'iU of the outside structure was probably one hundred by st:\'eiuy k'vX. Tourists should not omit to visit this old relic, which rec dls to mind th(; heroic times of our history. After the death of Jacques Le Her de Saint -Paul de .Sennexille,''" on the; 25th of X()\enib(.-r, 1706, at the ai;(; of s(?\'ent\'-six years, the tief went to his second son, Jacques Le Her de .S(Mine\ ille, but tin: will i)rohibiti;d its beino" alienatetl or eiicunibered in an\' manner whatsoever. Of a very different cha- racter froiu his f.uher, he carried on the traffic of eau de \'ie to (I) I C"oll<-'i'tii)ii ik- lUiimi^crits, 3(>_^ ; I \ nyiii;!."^. 56-222. (21 NK'^ stTvicc^ piiKlanl la ;^.K';.\' ani.TicaiiU'. l }} 'I'lir name is il.iivrd irr.w lie .Si. Paul uhicli hehin^ed tn Mr. Jannn's 1, ■ liei"; after his l.'.lres de ulesse iii l():^(), he Idnk the ii.uiK ufjai-'iliies Le Mer de .Saiiil- I'aul de Se.ille\ hie. lok 1 sr.NM-;\ ii.i.K iSi a scaiulalous cxK'Ht, thereby incurring luimerous (lIfTiciilti(;s which h'ailloii refers to at UMiL,ah. He cMed on the 9th May, 1735, at the iv'^v ot seventy-two years and was succeeded in the Uv.f by his son, Jost^ph Mippolyte Le Her de Saint-Paul de Senneville. On the death of the latter, I'^ief .Senneville went to his son, J. Hte. Le Her de Saint-Paul de Senneville. who married on the 25th of June, 1743, Marie Catherine (iauthier de Lave- rendr)'e. A tabular statement, prepared by I'"aillon. shows that in 1760 he had thirt(;en children. Hy the year 1761, the whole of this family was Lfone. "This rapid extinction," says I'aillon, "was not peculiar to the i.e Bvr family alone. It was but a con- secjuence of the decree of I)ivine Providence upon almost the whole nobility of Canada, which was so to speak annihilatetl and swe|)t away with the PVench domination."'" I'aillon relates that L(; Her, foreseeing;' th(,' coming' rei_srn of the luij^dish, sold at a loss all the proj^eri) he poss(!SseiI in the countr\', includinj^' P'ief Senneville which he t^rantc'd to jean Hte. Crevier dil .St. Jean, habitant of .St. Laurent parish.'-' Upon the surrtMuler of Ouebec to the Hritish forces, hci took his dtq)arturt; tor that city, acconi- panied by his wife, sister and two remaining' sons. His intention w.is to embark on board tlu' \'essel " L'Aus.'-'Jste, ' whereon a larye number of Canadian L;entlemen were about to take passa^^e for Pranccr. They were the Chevalier de La Corne, MM. tie Portneuf, de \'aremu;s, de La \'erendr\e, de .Saint Hin, de Contr(;c(eur, dc; La I)uranta\e, (iodfroy de La Perriere, antl many others, l)esi(U;s a number of soldiers, several latlies ot hi^h rank and a few wealthy nn'rchanis. The reunion ot so many distinu^uished colonists setMiis to have had a bewildcM-in^' effect, antl to ha\'c; banislmd all thought of their misfortimes and ot the cause of their leaxini; their native lantl. Hardly had they left the harbor of Ouebec, when tire broke out in the kitchen ot the ship, and without th(; i)rompt action of the captain and crew, all would have been a i)rey to the tPmies. The vessel was how- e\er a orood deal dam.itred l)\' tire, and the kitchen could no (II \'ie (Ic Mile. I.-' Ht'i. ,1,5.5' .>35' 35''- '-• Aiut>1(ii ol' .\k'\;iiiclri' .uul ( iilln'il ('ro\ iur, l<(.'"i> iuiil lUk'iiiiu Cri.'\!cr. .uul all ihc ("irvicis nl Si. Aihr's. Ad ^% ^„-,.T. ^x^^' w IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 1, - ""'M lll||2A 2.0 1^ 1^ 1.8 1-4 ill 1.6 ^ <^ /2 A % % /A *V>' '/ #.V^ ^ % n>^ €^ ^A ;s ok st. .\nm;s. longer \k: kept iip, so ;ill were recKicetl to biscuit nitions. Tlicir strength was soon pulled clown by want of nourishment and sea sickness. ;\s a. crowning' misfortune, a tempest arose during" the nij^ht of the 13th and 14th of No\'ember, before they had even lost si^ht of the shores of the; (iiilf of St. Lawrence. The ship was beaten about at will tlurint)' s('\eral hours, and driftiuL;- shorewartls, it fmall\- went to pieces upon a rork some forty to fifty yards from land. One; hundred and fourteen human beings perished, se\en only manairinj^' to c;scape. The 1 ,e Hv.r de .Senneville famih' were amonsj^ the lost, and thus became extinct, rht; existinsj' family ol to-tla\ descend from l^rancois Le IV:r, brother (A laccjues, who settled at la Prairie de la .Madeleine. Ihe desertion, howe\'er, was not universal. .Several illus- trioLis families, or at least some members of the same, remained in Canada, or came back to Canatla, at the time; of the French r(;volution, to share the fate of the settlers, amoni^ othc^rs the de Lonii^ueuil, de Lotbiniert;, di' lV;aujeu, de .St. Olu's, de Lery, I )aillel)oust, de Lanaudierc;, dv. Bk;ur\ , cU; Rocheblax'e, de .Monti^iiy, tie Martiyiiy, deCirand Pre, de Ciaspe, tk; La \'eren- tlrye, tie La Corne, de (iaspe, de Linctot, de Houcherville, de Rou\ille. de Contr(;c(eur, D'P'schambault, de .Salaberry, de Mon- tenach, Duchesna)', le Ciardeur, and 'I'ascher(;au families. P)ut by an inexplicable decree of Providence, ihey haxc; nearK all passc;d awa} without mak; posterity, or ha\c sunk their identit) in the mass (jf the common herd. CURES OF ST. ANNES. ft t' it I : Rene ChiU'les (,le Preslay ; Liie l)eperet; liouffandcau ; Depj- ret ; Xavetier ; Jacciues Joseph Cikulel ; C. I )e La (iondaiic;; i\Litis; Desenclaves; Matis; Deperet ; Sartc;Ion ; 1 )eperet ; f'lourde; lireiil : Perthuis; (iuillon; P(;rthuis ; Depjret ; (iuil- lon; Deperet; Mathexet; .Sartelon; MaL^on de I'erlaye ; Cone- fro y ; Cazen(.;u\e ; Ciibert ; I)umouch(;lle ; P). P'ortin ; P. I). Ricartl ; De la Motte : Ricard : l^rais ; Le Maire ; Che\i^n\ ; Neyron ; Ihuoi ; Lasnier and Che\refils. INHABITANTS OF ST. ANNES AT 111, i!i:(iiNM\(; ()i rill, win ci-nt kn- I he ccjiiclusion ot peace with the ln)(|U()is l)r()iiu;ht hack to Bdut de risle several of its old inhahitants, ht;sitles a larLj;e Vs a conse(iuence, the lands inlliix of new settlers and traders. nor ■th of I'ief StMineville were take n, as ;:ls() tnt; remaiiKier o )f those unoranted at Cote Ste-Anne and Pointe Claire. In 1714, the year of the erection of Pointe Claire, the parish of Bout de risle e.xtended on the one hand to the point which now forms the village of Pointe Claire and on the other to Isle Perrot, Vaudretiil and SoLilaiiLies. I ha\'e takcMi from the re<>isters o f St. A nnes th (.; foll()Vvm!>' names of th e inhahitants, almost al farmers, of the parish of St. Amies from 170^^ to i7,iO: .Amiot. Sieiir de \'illeneii\'e, Daniel; he formed part of the Tont)' e.\j)edition in i6(S6 in search of de La Salle'"; .\rri\e (lit de Lisle, Iac(|nes; he settled finall) at the Cascades; jiarhary, Pierre; ik,'aiin(i, jt;an ; i^ii^ras, {'"rancois ; Boiichanl dit 1 )orval, Antoine ; Houtaine, Michel ; Ho\fr, Aiuoine ; Brabant, Michel ; Brisebois, |. lUe. ; Brimet, .Michel, son of lean ; Brimet, |c'an ; Briinet, J ean-P' rancois. his son ; i^runet-l^ourbonnois, Pierre ; Briinet, I'homas ; Carrillon, dWr^enteiiil ; Claude, Daniel; Chamaillartl, |ean ; Charbonnier, [acciiu-s ; Charlebois, lean ; Charlebois, Iac(iues ; Chartier dit Lamarche, Mathiirin ; Chaskis dit Duhamel, Iac(|iies ; Chesnier, |osej)h, habitant du Buisson, seignior) of .Soiilan^es ; Cholelte dit La\iolette, Sebastien ; ClemcMU dit La Ri\-iere, Pierre; Crexier, |ac(|ues ; Coiiillard, R eiie ; Ciiillerier, Btc SOl 1 of Keiie ; CoLirxilk ic:rre Coiiillard, .Simon; Dailleboust, .Sieur de Coiilon^e, Louis, .Sei- j^ncLir, residint.;' on his fief at iiout ck' lisle ; Dailleboust, .Sieur de Manteth, Antoine, son of LoLiis, .Sieur de Coulon^e ; Daille- boust, Paul Ale.xandre ; D'.Aoust, ( iuillaume ; D'.Xoust, Aui/us- tin, son of (iuillaume 1 )A o ust, Chark;s, son of Ciuillaume D'Aoust, (iuillaume. jr.; De P)reski\-, Charles Remoiul, parish (I) .5 Maif^rv, 555. 1 84 iMiAiiir.wis (»i- ST. \\m:s. Pf' priest ; dc (iodtVo). Siciir dc I.inctot, Rene, conimfMidaiit ;it the (ort of the Indian Mission, Isle au\ Tourtes ; De la ( iondalie, parish jiriest ; de La Londe, |.-Hle: I )eleslre, Lesieur; Demers, Ch; u'les ems, til t St. 1) ems. ]• uMiues l)(;nt:ret, I'^lie, Indiai Missionary at I'lsle aux Tourtes in 1714, antl si.ii)sequently parish t -St. Amies and I'ointe Claire; I )t;sencla\es, parish priest o priest I) es ( lai-niers. rancois 1) es ( lafmers. Jac(i lies I )ouaire, Charles, merchant ; I)iil)ois, .\ntoine ; Duciuet, Loui Dut iirne, Claud(' Charles I- ortier, Louis 'ortiii, IKjl !• rs. 1- ortin. Rene; ( iaiitb.ier, Joseph; (das!iinriei':ri — St. Aiine^ tl .1 1 IMIAIIIIANTS OK SI-. AWKS. 185 ccur, j()si'|)!i ; Millet, I. '(iiis ; Matis, [(-an, parish priest ; Merlot, liyaciiuhe; Merlot, Joacliiin ; Milot. ja('(|iies, son of Jean, mtircliani ; Moiiuciiot, .Simon ; M ontp(,'til (lit Le I ()ite\in. jeai Morel (lit l^afontaine, jac(|Lies, si|L;ns " Lafontaiiu; " ; Nepveii, jean; Pai^c (lit St. Anians, j. Hte. ; ParcMit, Charles; I'errier, jac(iiies : I'iJon, Antoine ; Pilon, jean, son ot.Xntoine, ot I'oinle Claire. Pilon, Pierre; Poirier (lit Lalleiir, l'ierr(; ; Poinin\iIle, Pierrt; ; Pi vet Cavelier, Pic^rre ; Ran!^a:r dii l.a X'iolette, 1 liihert ; kaiijji'er (lit La X'iolette, Thomas, son ot Miihert; Ri\'el (lit l.afrainhoise, Andrd- ; Robera\- ilit La Roc(]iie, Philibert ; de Rol)iit(;l, Sieur de La Noiic, Zacharie, seiy^nior of Chateau_L;Lia\ ; Rohillard, Nicholas ; Roy, Andrij ; Sal^oiirin, Pierre; .Sahoiirin. j. Hte., son of Pi'.;rre ; .Saiivc: (lit Laplante. Pierre; .Stjchle dit Montreiiil, .\ntoine, dii Hiiisson ; St. Denis, Jean Louis ; Turpin, .\le.\andre ; Triolet. Jaccjues ; IVottier. .Sieur (k;s Ruis.seau.x. Joseph, seii^nior of isle Perrot ; \'ali(|Liette. Pierre; \'all(je, .An- toine; dc Villerax, .Antoine; Vincent, Jean; X'incent, J.-Ht(;., h IS son met clit ar(,'n te, ( iiiillaume ; X'ivier dit La Douceur, luienne ; \'i\'ier, dit La Douceur, Joseph; \'ou or \'ou\ilIe, .Sieur (k: La Decouverte. I^erre ; was a companion of d(' L.i .Salle in i6(S2 and father-in-law of Madame Y()u\ille, founder of the ( rey X unnerv. 2 M irirrv, I S : aiK I Pictioiuiairc iicncalo nqni Population 0/ raiui'irni/ ill ij^j, a Mission of Si. .1 lines. A> [HT A; ••11 i7 Dihinnihrcnn'ii/ of llic 2nil of March, 1725, (Itpn^iU'ci in llu' 1 )i.|)ailiiiciU nl' Canailiiiii .XrchivL's, ( )tiawa : l^eaudoin, Jac(]ues ; lieauvais, Fran(:ois ; Hon Hnfant, PVan- (Tois ; Hour^'uij^non ; Charpentier ; Chesnier ; Daillehoust, .Sieur de Coulonj^e, I'VaiKois ; de Lisle (one De lisle was made prisoner at Huisson by the .A^niers in 1747, also his son); I )e L'IsIe. Francois; De Lisle, pere ; De Loijes, Ktienne ; De Lojres, his, p^tienne; De Lo^es, Jac(iues; I'doridor; PVappe Du- bort ; (iailien, PraiKois ; (iallien, pere ; CJallien, his, I^ierre ; Gendron, Nicholas ; Ladenjute ; Lafor^e ; La Riviere ; La- perle ; Marien ; Masson ; Montreuil. P'rancois ; in 1747, one 24 'W^. S6 i'oiNii: ( i.AiKi:. Montrcuil was made prisoner 1)\ the, A^niiTS al lUiissoii ; Pc'-ri- j^ord; I^claii, Xii'holas; Ri^aiul dc Cax'a^iiial, proprietor ol I'iet Kinchieii; Rohin, I'rancois; SaiisehaL''*in ; another Sanschaqriii ; Sans Remission; St. Andre; St, Antoine; St. je.ui ; St. Lei^cr; X'i^naiiN. POINTE CLAIRE. Mr. I^our^caiilt has L,n"(.,'atl\' facihtated the work under this heading. While ("urj of Pointe- Claire, he carefulK examined the rci^islers anil all the archi\c;s connected with the localitx' since its fotuuiation. .\ lar^c compilation ot notes, the result o( his re- st;arches, has ht-en kindU j)laced hy him at m\ disposal. ( )n the 5th of Ma\, I S6S, in answer to a correspondent from Montreal, in ([Ut'st ot information reL^artlini;' the origin of th.is old settle- ment, Mr. I^our^'eaull wrote;; "The parish of St. |oachim de la Rointt; Claire, _L;ent;rall\' c;illed I'ointe Chiirt-, d;ites onl\ from 171,:;; at all e\-ents the tirst chiu'ch was built at that time, and the keeping' of re_nislers inati_L;tn-att;d. It was formed partly from the parish of La Chine and partK' from that of .St. .\nnes. Tlu; fu'sl church, which w;is built of stone, near the exisliuL;' one, nn'.isured si\t\ feel in K'n^th 1)\ thirtx in width. The present church, built about 1750, is one hundred and ti\e feet lon^- by fort) ;uul a half in width. It is on tht; eve of beinL;' replaced by anotlier, one hundred and thirty feet lon^' 1)\- fifty fi\-e (v.vX in width. The i)\(\ />/rs/)v/('ri\ built in 1705 and e\t(Mule(.l in 1 7v linte ( laire was t'alled .St. rancois de .Sales, first r ecenni'' the name ( if () inle Claire ii 7^5- M il le entrance to I (111 .St. |( lachim de la ite (laire, near ichine, lies the (jraiid.xnse, a beautiful ba\ of half a lea'iu*' circuit. ".\t about a leaj^iie above the church is I'ointe a (Jueiiet, lo- da\ the proi);'rt\ of .Mr. |. Thompson. its Indian name was Anaou). I he l""rench called it I'ointe de l')eaurepaire. (iranted in ifi/S to ,M r. |ean ( )iienet, beaver license inspector, it receivetl his name, which has been transmittetl to our da\." 'I! B-V . 190 I'oiNTi; ri.AiKi:. The Pointe Claire shore \v;i ; ojj'Mied up t) coloniz itioii at tiie end of the seventeenth century. L'p to that date, the ct)nstant inroads of the Ir()(|uois rendered it imjK)ssible to li\'e in ,\ locaHty several miles distant from the fort. Fort .Senneville, twelve miles away, was out of the ([uestion, as a |)lace of refuse. The nearest fort was La Presentation, about six miles from Pointe Claire, and it was too far off to protect even the settlers of (irand'.Ansi-. P)esitk;s there is e\'ery ground to believe that this fori had been abandoned about 1691. Tiie ))ro.\imity of these torts was indisjjensable in the interest of colonization. The li\re-terrier and the old titles prove that all the lands, west ot P'ort La Pres(.;ntation, as far as Crand'Anse, were granted at about the same time as those of Lachine and St. Amies, from 1667 to 1686, whilst the tj^rants at Pointe Claire only took place in i69(S and later. l^r('vious thereto, only six or se\'en conces- sions w(;re Li"rantt;d at Pointe Anaoux" or Heaurepaire, and these were not taken possession of in earnt^st before the end of the seventeenth century. In i6gSand 1699, the conclusion of pt;acc; Ixitwt-en France ami I"ln^land, and at the same tinn; with the lro(|U()is effect- ually,'" caused an inllux of settlers to .St. Ann 's and Pointe Claire, as well as the occupation of almost all the lantl alont;" the short!. Hi!tween the .St. Charkis road and .St. Remi or .Sources road, Xos. 145 to 177 of the terrier, thi^re were origin ilK thirt\ three lots fret! for (^rantin^" purpi)S(!s, n(!arly all three arp(.!nts in frontage. I'hirt)' w(!re !^"rant(!(l in 1698, the other three Wuv^ in tht! tlir(!Ction of (ir.uid'Anse, at Lake Side to-da\ , haxin^- already been so ')efore the war, in 1678 ami 1684. Hexond tht! St. Charles road up to Heaurepaire, from Nos. 132 to 145, in all thirteen lots, se\"en concessions were made in 1699, four in 1698, and two in 1685. The shores of Pointe Claire were thus en- tirely settled as far as Heaurepairt! in 1698. or at least in 1699.'-' L'orty six inhabitants and their families must have been dwellinj4' (l) nuring trif siiii.iiR'r ol i6:)S, tlir liiM|uiii-. visili-d Xilk'Hiiiric ;is IVi'i'ly ;i> it ;i IilmIv of puace had l>t'L'ii -lignud willi tlioiii. t'aiKidiiin All:llivL•^, Cur. (ii'ii.. Mil. 15. |i. 57. (.2) Sue- laljaliir slaluniciil of inhahUiuitM of I'oiiiU' Claire in the .\p|)i'ii(li\. ^^ I'oiNFi: ci.ArKi:. 191 there ;it that time, and can it he su|)j)()secl that for tvvel\-e years, or until 171 i an\\va\, the\ were without re'li'>"ious service.^ Ihis ol course s(.;ems inij)ossihle to any one famihar with the t;stahhsh- nient of the okl parishes on the Island, at places like Pointe aux Tremljles, Pointe de I'lsle en Pas, Lachint;, St. Amies and else- whc;re. The erection of a fort at Pointt; Claire, half-wa\ alouL;' thi; shore, at the spot vvlnire the mill stands to-day, was a mea- sure of protection to the colony against sutlden attacks on the part of the Iro(|Uois. True, the' war came to an end in 1 69S, ;ukI peace was formally concludetl with tht; triht-s on the Sth of •Sejjtemher. 1700, but who could ensure its continuance.^ Ihe e\|)erience of the jKist had taui^dn the .Sc'i'^^niors and the st;ttlers themscK'es what little faith the\ could rejjose in a treaty with these savaj,,res. The windmill, always necessary for n'riniliuL; the wlu;at and other ^rain of the inhabitants, must therefore have been built about 1699. It was not ejected in 169S, for tht! census of that year mentions onK' the mill of Lachine. In the ^t^rant made to Raphael Beauvais. on the J^^nl of Noxcmber. i69',-> Ml ot tile upper part ot ronite du .Mouhn, are relerrc^l lo ni the register ot .St. Louis. The reiLjisters ot .St. l.ouis trom 170^) to 1700 are inissini,;'. It is not clear whether the\ ha\c been lost, or whether a suspension ot ])arochial tunction.-. a^ain occurred, t)U t the latter supposition set'ins well founded. ( )n the 7th June, 1707, ,ui ordonnance was rendered l)\ the Intendant, reuniting' to the sei^niorx of Montreal the lot ot Nicholas 1 )upu\' (M t M onlaihan "situated at itaul de I isle, after nul ilu-atlon of the present ordonnance upon a .^unda\ or 1 iolydax', at the c ll( loor 1 .achme, after I li'ih of tile church of tins town and ,uso ol Mass." I he notice was thus 'ii\cn at l.achine, e\ideiul\' 1 >e- catise no ser\ ice was heiii'' held a lines at the tinu h( ■t ( )rd. I ;(). ( )n the c)t )tll ot |u t St. .\ l\, 1700, .Mr. keiin interred at achine the son of |e,ui ("harlehois ot the parish of .St. Rilled hy a talli in.u'i(.'.' .Se\'eri .oins, llle- 1114 tree, "Mr. de llreslax heini^' then at \ il baptisms follow, ,uid e\-en the marria-'c of inha ( I ) 'I'Ikm' ii;iiih'> u ill ;i |Hilili^lK'il in lliu .\|i|n.'nili\. Nil he liiuiiil ill ilir lir^i n'L;isUTs ol I'liiiilr ( 'liiin- i >r in llir U-rtii'i THREE LIVING CUnb:s OF POINTE CLAIRE. J^ flr^ m feiP % ■ ,1^ % ^St0ti bN" i^^^L^fl pr '■ ^IRPffiil p;|^.- -.-• . Monsei(.|neiii' Edoiuii'd-Clis Fnhre, R C, Aii lil)i>*iii>|) uf Monltetil^ Messire F. X. Laberye. Messire F. Botu'neault. Presfiil Ciiii' of hihite t laiie. (iiaiid I'lcatu/ Afniilifn/, B. C. PAMrSH CHUHCH OF HOINTE CLAIHE, 1883. 'Il m^' ■ 1' I ■ a 1 ^^^-m :f|,l o :.- [t] % ■ff; B wki!^' ■r>f^-; i % ■ m K'' W1i h.(,, IV V I - t \ .1^ u c Q, u z < a: u < I H I d 05 00 J J z ui h I'OINTI, CI.AIKi:. •9,> hitants of the pan'sli of Si. I.oiiis without an\ explanation. I'"inally, on the 20th l^'ebruary, 1707, Mr. de X'ilermaiila reriities to his having ' baptisetl in the ()arish of ,St. I.oiiis ihi Haut de ri.sle'a child of one Michel Boutin, horn th(' loth da\' of the previous month of January." How Mr. X'ilerniaula ha|)p'.;ned to he at .St. Louis, aiul why the chikl could not ha\e been l)a])lised at an earlier date for the practice; then as now anion_i(st Roman Catholics was to have the baptism performed on the tla\ of birth or the morrow -all this is left in the dark b\ Mr X'ilermaula. What remains of his re_L,nsters of Lachine for tin; years 1707, 1708, 1709 and 1710, are wry indifferently kept; fre(|uent]\ they are not paraphed by the civil lieuten uit, and often enough there are blanks, or the Cure's signature is w-uuin^;'. Mention is never made of the cpiality, domicile, or signature of the p ir- ties. They seem rathiven h\ the Seminary. There was no written title, so the Seminary y,Tanted one; on \.\\v },Y(\ I'ebruary, 1751. whc;rein the land is described as bounded on the one side " by the line of the stakes of the fort." I'inalls , in a tlecxi n'rant to IMerre Harbary dit (irandmaison, on the 15th I'ebruary, 1706, the land, numbeT 151 t)f the terrier, and adjoininj^' west that of the l''abri(iue, is described as lyiniL^' "al)o\'e the church of Pointe Claire,""' which evidently refers to the wooden fort chapel. The clearance,' alonj.;' the shore was so far advancetl at that tinu; that on the 15th July, 1706, Intendanl Randot ordered the opening' of a main road al()ii_n' tlie river's ed_i;e from La Presentation to the upi)er e.\tremit\' of the island ; but Robillard, Hrunet. Laviolette, La|)laine, antl se\eral other inhabitants having" nei^lected to comply with the requ.irements of this ordinance, the hitendant reenacted the order on the 1 iih of June, 1707. PvVery inhabitant, from La Presentation to the e.xtremity of the island, was reordert:d to "keep the roads alon^ their abodes, to clean the same, remove trees therefrom, and construct the necessary bridt^es to renck;r them i)assable ; " tiie whole under a penalty of ten livres [payable to the parishes of Lachine and .St. Louis. Ciuenet, the proprietor of i^eaurej)aire, was LCiv'^n special charire of the execution of this ortlinance.'-' The parish of Pointe Claire is therefore NountrtT than the sister parishes of I>achine and .St. Annes. Its laroe territorx on the shores of Lakt.' .St. Louis and the opening- up of the back con- cessions soon mack; it the most important. Durini^- the militar\ 'period, from the 17th OctoixT. 1761, to the loth Auj^ust, 1764. Pointe Claire became the heati(|uart(,;rs of the first judicial dis- trict, containing" the parishes from .Sault-au-Recolk;t, .St. Laurent (1) C,"(>iiy 111 till.' liTiit'i' wiili noU's laUoii finin Mr. Ii(iiiri.;ciuiU. (2) 5 ImHn il < )i(l. 417. I'DiMi- ci.Aiki: >9: and Lac-hiiic as far as Cedars. In 17^4, St. Anncs was st;rv('d |)aril\ l)\ Poiiiic Claire aiul parti)' 1)N St. (ien<;vicve. Pointc Claire coiintetl at tint time ei 111''' niscri|)tioii Hi"'"- '■' ■' 11 yi>u liiivc ;i jiKliciiiiis cur " N'du uill iiuii my voii'f i> sucl'I ami iJLMr." Midst the roar of the ilanies which tl(!\'oured both churches, the bell, which for more than a century back, had charmed tli(,' ear of the population of the whole l>ik(.' as far as l.achine and Cliateauniia\-, was heard for the last time. .Swini^in^- to one side, thence to the other, and pealing' forth two single strokes, it fell, coii\-e\iii^ a deathkiiell, as it wcM'e, to the wee|)in«;- crowd 'jathereil about the llaiiK^s. (I) Ki'i)orl 111 liirmiRT f.ir 1SS9, \i. 41. {2) l.c Nkimiiic ilcs Sii'Ui?., fiu-d aliovc. CURES OF POINTE CLAIRE MM. Pierre; Lt'sitnir ; Rene C'harles dc Hrcslax ; J. Uw.. lirt'ul; jean jac(|iK'S Olive (ira\('l; Simon I'Ouis Pertuis; J. lUe. Reverchon ; Pierre Sartelon ; Pierre Conetro)' ; Charles p'cuier ; Jean Andre Raiinheau ; Louis Rahy ; Joseph Xorhert Proven- cher, afterwards first bishop of Rixiere Roii^'e. in Manitoba ; Barthclein) P'ortin ; [.aiu'eiit Aubr) ; Pierre; Daniase Ricard ; luloiiard Charles i'^abre. at present archbishop of Montreal ; Leandre Louis Pomin\ille ; P'lorent Bouri^eault ; 11. Che\i- j^ny ; Joseph St. Aubin and F. X. Lalieri^c;, now in chariTi;. FIRST INHABITANTS OF POINTE CLAIRE KKOM 171^^ ro 1750 III Aul)in, Rene Marie ; Aumee. Claude ; Aymand. Antoine ; Arier dit Buisson, Marie Joseph ; Alti(;r dit Bisson ; Aiiban dit La^^rarde, ^Llrie Joseph ; liraliant J. lUe. ; Brunet, Marie Joseph ; Brunet dit Letan<4", Josc;ph ; B>)yer, Ale.x,. ; lilai. J. I^te. ; Bla\e. Louis ; Blondain dit Sure ui, aureiit B rassau Bl enier c lit J irr\' B rau, Phil lUl Bilodeau dit Latle M irie Joseph ; Bleni, Joseph Marie ; Benoist dit Lai^uerre, Michel l^ischal ; Boisson dit .St. ( )n!:4(.', P'l'^cal Aniable ; Binet. Jean Pascal ; Boileau, J. Bte. Anvil^le ; Barbaric; dit Cirand' \Liis ):i. [. Bte. ; Bourbonnois, Marie |ose|)h ; Biroleau, |()se|:)h : Ber- n er dit St. Pierre, Pie rre Choi et, M irie (xsei) >h : C ouillarcl Iv'iurent ; Cholet dit Laviolettc. .Sebastien ; Clement tlit Li Riviere;, \Lithieu ; Charlebois, [oseph Marie'-': Cantin, Je m ; Cardinal. Ozanne ; Choret, J. Bte. ; Chartran, Joseph ; Cadi(;u, Aiit'iine Am d)le ; CampL'au, J. lUe. ; Chcnie.r, J. Bte.; Denis, L )uis ; 1 )anis, Joseph ; Daoust, J. Bte.; Desnioulins, Michel; DuLjas dit Li Breche, Charles; Duman, Pierre; Delorier- (II I- •llUil. I^UC .f f: imily iieiiiK's appcarintj Im llu' liisl tiiiic iii Uiu rci^i^tcrs I'oiiUc ("lairc prfpiirod by Mr. Mmirj^fault. .\t thai time, Pr)inte Clairo extciuled to La I'li-si'ii- latioii (ir No. 431 i>f t'l'iti' dc Lailiiiu' cxilii^ivi'ly. • (21 < hn- "C'liark'liois," of I'oinlc C'laiii' «as kilii-il iluriny ihc «ai in 1754; 3 eollft'tioii i>. hi; MUX I7ir. 4 II 3 "725 5 24 10 1733 7 42 19 '745 1 39 19 '755 4 3« 27 1763 10 49 5> '775 22 88 49 ^■\-; '4 76 38 1795 i(. 60 32 iSoj 16 86 28 1S15 '7 102 58 1X25 9 70 40 'S.^5 '5 73 3> 'S45 '7 S3 20 'SS5 '5 98 60 ISO J II 76 49 I BEAUREPAIRE. The purchasers ol 'I'hompson's lN)int, .it PoiiUc Claire, have handetl me some old titles to that propert}' which has l)een (H\i- clecl up into huikiiriO- lots. iiKjuiriuL;" whether " neaurej)aire " is not th(? first name of that localit), and st-coiulK-. vvh(;n it was coloni/ed ? This point, one of the most picturesciue on the whole Island of iVIontreal, andv\hich was subdi\itlt;tl last autumn, ison(;ofthe most soui^ht after rendez-vous by the citi/.ens of Montreal. M M. Robert Reford. John Dillon, h'red. Hirks. J. Murray .Smith. Henry Putnam, M. V, Powct, Walter Kavana^h, James Ran- .dell and W. J, (loodhue ha\'(- built pri'tty cotta_i>-es on it. and it is not surprisint^- therefore that the i)roprietors should take an interest in its j)ast. ( I I Tlu-sr siali^lics ;irc l;iki;n Inim ;i yearly stalcniciil picparuil lis Mgr. Tangiiay, and foiiiul auiDiig Mr. liiiiir^favill'^ |ia|)fr.s. Itl.AlKI I'.MKi;. •99 The first j^^rant on this point, consistinj^; of four arpcnts by twi-nt), was obtained from ilii- Suniinary h) J(;an (lucnct or (hicnt't on tli(; iStli of Ma\, 167S. It is dcscrilH-cl as In-in^ at Lake St. Louis (Ic la ("liinc and at I'oinii' dc H(;aiirc|)airi'. coni- imncinj; on tin- side of tin- ha) or rcoir and standin;,^ wood, joining" on both sides the unipre-einpted land, "an lac St. Louis de la Chine et a la Poinie de IJeauri-paire. a coninieiK'er sur le hord de lecore et hois dehoiit. joi^naiU des dcu.x cotes les terres non conccdces." On the 2Sth of \o\cnil)t-r. 1694 he ac(|uired eii^ht arpenis hy forty. W(;st of Heaurepairc. Lart of th(; latter had heen j^rantcd in 167S to (iuenet's cousin, one Jean Le Mire.'" i)ut it would seem that he never carried out an\ improvements on the lantl. His name docs not apj)cir up )ii the lcrrii'i\ alihou'^h mentioneil in the deeil of survey, made ijy Massi;l on the loth ol Decemher. 167S. One of the old title deeds, .Se|)leml)er ^^oth. 1700. calls the spot. " Pointe AnaSy. dit de hiMU-repaire." AnaSy. (read Anaou\) was evidi'ntly the Indian name of the whole |)oint. (juenet. however, called his first concession " Heaiirej)aire." the name of .AnaSy rem lining" to the western portion, that is the eijj^ht ar()ents lastl\- |)urchasetl. Basset, in the survey he made of the land on the loth of Decemher, 167S. states that "he expressly repaired to Pointi: AnoS)-. on the conci;ssion of Je.ui ("luenet. kiioivii as lh'aiircpairi\ s'est expres transj)oric a la p()int(; AnaS)-. dans la concession de Jean (iuenet appelee de neaure|)aire." A map made h\' Jean Di.'lisle. sur\'eyor, on the 1st ot Aui^ust. 1770. clearly shows the distinction. The (.'astern (Mid of the |)()int is called " Loiiite a Oueiiet," ami the western one "Anaouy." Ihest; names were in ficl preserved until ahoul fort\ xcars ai^o. It was Mr. fames Thompson. j)urchaser of the i)()int ah;)Ut 1S70. who revi\ed the old name " Heaure|)aire" which now prevails. AmoiiiL;" the; habitants, and in old maps, the point was always known under the name- of Lointt' a Ouenet. that of the tirst (II Lc.Miru was Syudic M iJucIil-c lUulLr Mr. ilc Mcsy. 200 i!i;.\iKi:i'\iKr.. mn i j^rantfc. Fraii(|U('t, who travelled throiii^rh this |)art of the Islaiul of Montreal in 175.^ calls it " I'oiiite a (ianiiel. " The licliin map of 1744 says " I'oiiue a OiuMiet. " (iiienet contracted inarria^-e at Montreal in 1675.'" Heinj^^ a merchant and a direct ini|)orter from I'rance, which he occa- sionally visited in the interest of his import trade,'-' hi' indiilj^cd in scourinj^; the woods, thereby incurring in, 16S0, a penalty of 2000 livres "for having been in the depths o( the woods traf- " tickinj^r skins with the ilistant savaj^i- tribes."''" 'I'he penalty was hea\y, but a better exampk; was to be (.'xpected on the part of a prominent citizen, (iiienet, moreover, was doin^ a j^^ood business. As far back as 1677, he was one of the head supj)lii;rs of Montreal, in 1677, ML(r. Laval was notified by .Mr. Dudouyt that "(iuenet has been paid what was due him of old, namely " 4,739 1. 19 s. whereof I'^ather RajrutMieau j)aid 1,739 1. 19 s- " and myself 3,000 I. We still owe him this year's supplies. " amountin^i:^, as you will .see, by the invoice, to 1.750 1.'" (iuenet was also comptroller of tin." Kinj4;'s Domains and per- ceptor of the ft;es of the Seij^miors of the Island of Montreal, and was consecjuently ac(|uainted vith the situation of all the lands of the .Seigniory. Then, as thi' i)resent day, the points on the river were s()ujt,dit atter, and it is not surprisinj:^ to see Guenet, wh(j was in constant nejj^otiations with the .Seminary, securinjjf for himsi;lf, in his own name as well [)erhaps as that of relatives, some of the beautiful sites on Lak(i St. Louis and the River St. Lawrence. As alreath stated he obtained the con- cession of Heaurepaire in i67()rt of Douglass Ikcnincr for 18S5, \>. C.\.\.\. — (5) Hasst-rs grcH'i.-, loih of Dec niber 167S. Ii:.\\ (,ii;m.t. 201 rctiirnccl to tin- Sci^niiors, (iiutiu-t hiinsflf ohtaini'd the foiiccs- sion of it oil the 21st of ()ctoh(.T, 16.S5. This laiul vv;is .ulvanta- i^H'oiisIy sitiiat(!(l near the chapel of Si. Louis, now Pointe Caron. He cliose hiiilihiiij sites not oni\ at Poiiiti' Claire ami St. .\iiiu:s, hut also at Liichit^e. It is known that, in the year 167?, he a|)|)lieil for the concession of i lot sitiiiiied on iht; e.\act spet where stooil at one time the first water inill of the .Sei<.(ni()rs, at Lachine Rajjiils.'" The lot in (piestion, toj^^ether with an aikli- tional tract, has since passed throuj.jh the hands of the Somer\ille family, and is to-day vested in the name of Mr. W. W. Oj^ilvie. In relation to this larjj^cT piece of land in part formed l)y the concession of Je-an Hoursier dit Lavijrne, receiuK purchased by Mr. W. W. Oj.;ilvie, a newsj)aper iL^enerally well-informed has been ^ivinjj^ vent, through one of its rejjorters, to indescribable iiaivi'd's. The reader is informt;tl in the gravest manner that " Dollard de Casson, ' insteatl of Dollier ck; Cas.son, Superior of the Seminary, ct)uld neither reati nor write, and that this appears literally by Mr. O^ilvie's first deed of ijrant. I have read this deed, and it is sim|)ly stated that the jj^rantee, that is to say Hoursier, not Dollier, could neither read nor write. Mr. Dollier i.s well kncjwn as the first historian of Montreal.'-' It mis^ln perhaj)s be advisable, before undertaking; the risk of e.\i)laiiiin^' old parchments, to first become ac(|uainted with the leailinj^" char- acters of our historv, and then familiarize one-self with ancient writiiijj^s. Mr. Dollier ij^ranted the concession titles of ntjarly every lot on the Island of Montreal, durinj^- more th.m a ([uarter of a century, from that of Ciuenet, at Beaurepaire, to Hoursier's at Lachine, on Sault St. Louis. If he ditl not alwa\s sijj^n, this is explained by the fact that the notar\ , who was at the sanu; Umtt/ 202 lUAlKI'I'MKi; ;KK;iiitai;c;s. ami by lO/cS, he liatl alrca-K' starti'tl trading al VwS Hc'IlcviKj. Accordiiij^- to the census of i6Si. he; vv.is at l'"ii;t Hellevue, with his wife luieiinette Heiirtehise ami two children, and not at his fann at Lachine Rapids, as 1 supposed in my former pamphlets. Tht; fact, as ^ixen in the census, that his neij^hbors were all at Houi de I'lsK;. is a stroma" j)roof of his pre- sence amonst them. He had at that time Hftc'en acres uniltT cul- tivation, and without doubt a branch of his X'illemarie store. 1 lis usual aj^ent in the latter place was an employee by the name ot Antoine IMii^naux dit .Sans-.Soucy, who had secured a conces- sion at Pointe Anaou\", at the same time that he; obtained in 1678 the L^rant at Beaurepaire. Previous to the Indian war, all his children were ha])tised either at Villemarie or Lachine.'" Hut the rej^isters of Lachint state that he was "habitant du j-jaut de lisle de Montreal."'-' On the 19th of September. 1685, the; Hishoj) of Quebec while at Pout de lisle, o his visit to the mission of the upper part of the Island of Montreal, baptised Thomas, son of Jean (iuenet, "habitant of this place."''" The wh(jle of the jjeriod from the 16th of February, 1689, to th(; loth of October, 1701, was spent by Ouenet at X'illemarie.'" At the close of the w,u-, he went b ick to Pout de lisle. In the reij^ister of St. Pouis for the year 1704, reference is made to Jean Ouenet, son of Sieur Jean (iuenet. " habitant of this parish." The elder was himself present on the 30th of January, 1710, bein^- described as "Inspector of Peaver Licenses in Canada, residing" upon his j)roperty in this parish," probably Peaurepaire, which he; was undoubtedK anxious to boom. It is referred to. in the Pellin map of 1744, as b'ort Ouenet ; i)ut whether he or his son built one or not, it was ne\er more than a trading" i)ost. On the 8th of Jime, 1710, the 21st of .\u^ust, 171 I, and the 17th May, 1712, Ouenet ap|)ears for the last time; under the style of " Inspector of the Occidental Company, rt;sid- iuL^ at Pout de I'lsle de Montreal," which means at Fief Pclle- vue. The reirister of Pointe Claire contains no mention of his (I ) DirlioniKiirf ( iL-iii'alc)gi(|iio. (2) Kej;isti'r oT l,;»cliinc, 41I1 if \()vciiil)i.'r, i()Si. ( ?) Id. — (4) Dictionnairi.' C'iciK'i!'iij;i(|uc, -4.m \v..\s c.r I'm: I. 20' n;uiU'. As a matK^r of fact, hv. had returned to \ilk;niarie, to spend the rest of his days, lon^' hetorc; l^)inte Claire was erected into a parish. I lis hrst wife was interred at Montreal, on the 27th of Sej)tenil)er, 1717. and on the ij;th of Januarx'. 1 7 i S, he married, in the same place;, I'rancoise Cuillerier, daughter of a th e l)ra\e R ene promment citizen ot \ lUemaru; and Lachnu;, Cuillerier. 1 do not doubt hut that Cruc!netditl \'er\ little upon his farm at Heaure])aire before the comnuMicemeiit of the last century, at the ti o w iiik; when the colonists were commencm^" to take possession f the lands of ( Iraivl Anse, Pointe C'laire and St. Amies, it ;is on the 2Sth of Xo\-eml)er, 1694. that he ac(|uired tht: eit^ht acres ot frontainc ailjoinini;" west of Heaurepaire, forming" to-da\ the hoklin^- of John An^c^ll, and part of that of James Thompson and where MM. Chark;s .Short*}-, William MacmastcT, C. P. .Sclater, and others have just built mai;nificent summer cottages. It was on the 30th of .Sej)teml)er, 1 700, that he thought of askinL,^ for a titk; to another jjortion of his tlomain, which Ik; held only und(;r a verbal agreement with Mr. l)ollier, made " twent\'-one or twent\'-two years ai^o," tor the i^ooil reason that ])eace hax'ini;' Ix'cn pre\iously concluded with the Inxjuois, the lands of Pointe Claire and above W(;re becoming' xaluable. The Ciuenet properts chan^ccl hands about 1760. On the 1st of May of that year, /\nne laiennette Milot, widow of Jean iUe. I^TCNc and t;raiul daughter of Jean Ciuenet. sold to Xor- mandin-Lamothe and Charlotte (iuenet her share in the laiul of twelve arpeiUs tronta^e, owned 1)\- said (iueiu^t. In 1765. Amable Curot, merchant of Montreal, hatl alread\ uired the sli.ires of other heirs, and on the 7th of ( )ctober, acq 1769, he was proprietor ot the whole domain, lie built upon it a larire stone house, whic^h is to-da\ the property of Mr. Rol)ert Reford. In the xcar 1 7S0, the whole j)lace was sold by sheriff to Pi('rre N'alk'e. In \~qo it had l)c;come the prop(.;rty of Xi\ard (k; .St. l)i/i(;r, who sold it to Rasseler Hoyle. The latter dieil the same \ car, when it |)assed to one Lemer -St. (lermain ; then to Lc: Plane, who wetlded the witlow .St. (lermain ; then to one i i^ ill ■ i .1, -, .■x.M J04 TkADlNc; I'OSI'S ()!•■ I.AKK ST. t.OlIS. Lynch who married L(; HIanc's dau^^httT ; after which it caiiK; to Olivier Berthelet, who sold to James Thompson. Amono" the first inhabitants of Pointe Anaouy ma\' be men- tioned Jean (iiienet, Pierre Montpetit, Paul Bouchard dit Dorval, Pierre Hoiineau dit Lajeimesse, .\ntoine Blionaux dit .Sans-Soucy and (iuillaunK.' Henry Jarry. Till 1713. l^eaurepaire and Point Anaouy torined part of the mission or parish nt .St. Annes. .Since that time it has be(Mi and is still in the parish of Pointe Claire. THE OLD TRADING POSTS OF LAKE ST. LOUIS. li! U 1 1 summary o f the first trading' posts of Lake .St Lo lUS cannot fail to pr()\'e of interest in view of their close relation to the proj^re>:s of colonization. Lachine dates back to i665, La Presentation or I)or\al to about the same period, and .St. .Annes three or four years later. Considerable traffic was carried on at th est oints until the bei>'innini>' of the Ir (Xiuois war in th( auiLuiin of 16S7. In tho.s(; early days, trade at I-ake .St. Louis p )ssessecl t;ri:at attractions. It was the most adxanceu post o the (iovernment of Montreal, and the profits wi-re considerable averau'ino' one lUIK In.'d jer cent (II [^au-tle-\ic was easy ol 1 besides it formed one fourth, if not one third, of (■-') ir inspjrt, an the whole beaxer traffic of th(^ countr\- the; delinciuencies of Rolland and de iiruc\', ns tact ma\' e.xplai At that ti me as w.is tht; cast; later on tor a numhi'r ot \nirs. th;' m.ijoritx of the population devoted its(.'lf to the fur trade waerever th( lulians cliancecl to laiul on their wa\ down the .St. Lawr^'nce and Ott.iwa ri\er.- i:i) Abbe Cavelier wrote m 1690, th.it the cultivation of the soil in itself was insutticient to miintain the settler.'" In a memoire, tlated \'ersailk:s. 4di of \hi\-, 1690. it is stated that the inhabitants of Canada and il' III 2 Miii>,'iy, .Miiigiy. sSS. (21 1 1(1. 415. (51 2 C. 4. 210. - (41 3 U'll «■ tkadinm; I'osis oi' i.aki-: si', i.oiis. 205 Acatliii looketl more to the lK-a\'t'r trade ami the li(|Uor traffic than au^ht else.'" The c()nse<|uence was that all classes in the colony in(lul_i.,recl in the fur trade. According" to some historians and esptxially Parkman, T'ccle- siastics, receiving stipends from the State, were e\en included in the number. " This charge of tradini 6 M iit;i y. i7- (Jl IMiknian's l,;i Sii .5S. (51 I Miirnry, 315. ,?72. >S2 j2i, ,522. ,52 J. J24. y>4. 3(15. .V.(.. 'y I' (41 1 Mail.;!), 24.S. 2-,o. 2p>. ,502. 3o_5. 220. (()| I Mai^i). 3r2, ,S2. 4.: )'4. ,>IS. 2 I. M. (> ■51 M; .). JlS. .i22, 304. }06 IKAHINC r()>is oi- i.AKi: si l.ollS. joutrl, a fnCiul of (.!(■ La Salle, who s|h-iu one month, in i6SS, with the Jc;suit I""athcrs at their Michilliniaekinac Mission, sj)c;aks o f tl- eir estahlishnient at <'real ieni Ith. le reters to tlu'ir church and llu:ir house ; he also speaks o( the I'rench traders locatetl there, l)Lit ne\cr makes an\ allusion to their interest in the trade, which, had it existed, woulil not ha\'e tailed to t^sca|)e his attention.'" Lamoihe-Catlillac, commandant ol" the Detroit- Ponlchartrain, in numerous letters and memoires. refers to tlu' hostil It\' o f the J esuits to Ins schemi's ; \ t t h V sa\ s not a won as regards tluiir interest in trade. Still he makes the statemc:nt that the clergy had st-curi'd the finest seigniories in Canada, a statemtMit which is not (>nK true, hut is confirmed 1)\ the f.ict that, at tht' present time, thtt old ecclesiastic corpor.itions are the wealthiest in the Pro\'ince of (_)uel)ec. In 1702, he writes to I'ather Marest, that to please him, he had |)rohil)ited the li(|uor traffic at his post, acknowledj^inL;' that th(; Jesuit l\ithers, in ac- cordance with the Hisho])'s instructions, were strons^lNopposed to the li |uor traftic, (k;spiie the permits Irom the ci\' il autl lorities. Pari. i\man concludes h\ sa\ in^' that the | esuits nexcr chs- tinctK denied the char:4'e, and, on se\eral occasions partK' aelmitted its truth. 1 am not .aware of the existence of this ad- mission e\fn partia ha\'e overlookcvl ihi- st.itement hut, as to their dem'a arkman seems to mat \c I )\ lead iiv. esuit, one emi nentl) ([ualihed to deal with the subject, I'ather Charlexoix, the author of X //istoiir (iJuci-a/c df la \ i/ii'i //c /• raiicc |)UI)- lished in 174.1: "Qui aurait pu en effet s'imai^iner (|ui- ties missionnaires, dont on \ ailmirait la samtet^ les tra\aux et le |i!i dcsmteressemeiu, se trou\asseiU cl.ms la necessite de laire ties apoIoL;ies pour justilier leur conduite, et persuatler au public (|ue ce n etait pas le commerce, (|ui les rt'tenait tlans le centre tie la barbaric, expostjs a tous lt;s tlanoers, t|ue nous a\'ons w'ls.'^ \ Oila ntiaiimoins ce (|ui se |)ul)liait en Pairope, et tiuel(|ue tlenuJes tie xraisemblance (|ue fussent ces caloinnies, elles se dt-bitaient a\ec tant tl'assurance (|ue tiuantite tie personnes \ ajoutaient toi."''" {II ^ Mav^riy. V.V 514- ('• 4 M;>rt,'r>. 144. ifm. 221. 254: 5 ''I-- -.?'). .?i,?. (.;) \"l. I, J). 250. rK.\l>lN(. I'OSl.S ()!■ I.AKI-; SI'. ,(»r '-o: I'arkinaii also JL^Mioa-s the li'stimoiii.il which llic Icsiiit I'alhers rcccix'c-d as vnrW as K)4,v when the whole fur trade o| \ew I'rance w.is inoiiopolisetl 1)\ the (:onij)an\ known as la C'ompaj^nie ile la Xomclle I'rance. The ilirectors and share- holders of this companx' most eniphaticall\- declare that the Jesuit I*'athers hatl no interest in the fur irattic of Canada, " les dits \\ ]\ jcsuitt:s ne sont associes en la dite Con"ii)a!nnie de la NoLivelle I'rance, ni dirt'ctenient, ni indirectemtiil, et n'onl aiicune part an tralic des marchandises (|iii s'\ fait. "'" If the ecclesiastics can he placeil aloof from trade, the s.inu' cannot In; saitl of the population ii^cnerally, especiall) at the outset of the colon)'. Ihex all dealt in traile, more or lc;ss, some acting' under a license on their own account, others as clerks or a_n't;nts, hut the majority as coiiir/irs (/rs i)ois or unlicensed pedlars. No doubt tlu,' chief aim of the ( ioveriiors and hiiL^di func- tionaries was to serve their Kini^' and the cause of I'ixan^cli/a- lion ; still e\'en in those da\ s of ardent relii^ion ami jiatrioiism. lew disdained the atUanta^cs ot trade. Keeping' an open e\'e to Mammon, most ot thc-m did not omit to ha\e posts ot com- merce, sometimes openly, but more trecjuentK under the cloak n( />/r/c-//o///s. At the \'ery intanc)' of the colon) , de C'hamplain lookc'ti more to the trade of liis compain at .Sauli St. Louis than to the adxancenK.'nt of colonization. Later on, M. I'errot, (iovernor ot Montreal and tin' Marcjuis de \ audreuil carried on a scanilalous li(|uor traffic with the Indians, the one at Isle I'errot and the other at Isle au.\ lOurles. bOrt bronteiiac was esta- blished b) tln' ^i)\'ernor ot that name to secure the Indian trade ; but a t(.;w ) ears atterwards, he sold his interest to de La .Salle, jjrobably to axoid criticism ; he was, at the time of the hitter's (le ath. his tirst and principal creditor creancier. rh premier et jjrmcipal di thi lis ma) perhaps explain tlu: l<>n^ dispute bet- ween de I'Vonteiiac and the Hishop of Ouebec on the ([uestion of the li(iuor trafhe. W'hik' M,L;r. di- La\al and his cler^)' thrc^attMietl with e.xcommunication all debaters in eau-tle-\ie with (1)1 C'liailcvdix, 257. (2) 2 .M;u>;iy, 2b, 27 : 5 hi. 64. mi 1 1-^ ^. Ij « lil 2oS IKAItlNc; I'OSTS OK I.AKi: SI'. I.OIIS. the Indians,'" ihc Iradinjj; inhahilants asscmblctl, in 167S, at tlu' n,'c|iif.st ol lni(jntl:inl I)u Chcsncau and (iovcrnor tic l^'rontcnac, declaring" almost unanimously that the Ii(|U()r traffic with the Indians was essential to |)rcst'r\(.; the fur trade, and to kecip the Indians froni the I )utch and I'.nniish s(!ttk:ments. Amoii^' those present were : Sieurs de Berthier, de Saiu-el, ile Repentiy;n\', de Bi^cancour, de La Salle, Le Hc;r, de Portneuf, de la Totiche- Champl.iin. de la Prade, de Belestre, de Boisbriant, de V'ercheres and Jolliet.'-' Chronicles of the time disclose the amassment, within a lew years, of forttmes of considerable bulk tor the; period ; but it must be remembered that tratle, then as now, had its victims. De La Salle made more than 25,000 Ii\'res per annum at- I'Ort I'rontenac. and died a bankruj)t.'^' Sii'ur de La Toucht.' said with reference to Lamothe-Catlillac that never did man ac(|uire so much wealth in so short a time.'" He also dietl a j)o>.r man. In 16S4, Ciovernor tie La Barre entered into a private partner- shij) v\ith ChevalitT ile B.iuoy, La Chesnaye, Champa^-ne, Le Ber and Dulhut, to tr.uisfer to t'.ie I^nj^Hsh the trade of k'ori I'rontenac and (Hher posts.'" In 1700, Le Moyne d'Iberville sold his furs to the k-nsj^lish at Albany."" In 1705, (iox'ernor tie Vaudreuil was even suspectetl of haN'ino" entered into a private trade arranj^'f.'ment with l)utlle\', (iovernor of New Kntrlantl.'"' It is a vvt^li known fact that, about this time, a lar-jer nimiber of (Oiiiriirs (, /ts b H)/s, or unlicenseti tratlers, toimtl th eir wa\' to the (S) It IS I'in^lish and Dutch settlements at Boston antl .Albany therefore not surprising;' that 1,934,405 li\res of beaver skins reached Hn'lantl from 1701 to 1704 inclusively, whereas onh' 821,908 livres worth were forwardetl to I'" ranee,"" ; and yet. the settlements of the latter were more numertjus antl important than those of Hollantl antl HnL,dantl. So oreat was the effect of this (1)1 \hirt,'iy .51 J. ,51.5, ,^14. 515, 317, J22, .504. (21 1 MarKiy, 405-4'20- H) 2 Id. 2S7. — (4) t'aiiadjaii Archivi-s. Cur. (ii-n.. vul. i<). \<\). 170, 172, 11)4: vul. 23. pp. 8. 30; sue also 2 Collciiioii ilf MamisrriN. <)3, ()b : 3 I5 ■■ 2 Id. ()7. 70. io(), 334, 337 : 4 Id. 47S, 54Q, 5SS, 602 ; 5 Id. 20, 17S. 35.). - (9) Canadian Anliivi.s, fm. (icii., vnl. 23, pp. S30. TKADINC POSTS OK l.AKI', ST. I.oriS. 209 illicit or irrct^iihir trailc u|)()n tlu' rc-w-nm- of the colony, tli it, in 1705. New France was declarec! to he in a practical state of hankruptcy.'" l*"orty years later, the commanding' officers in the iippiT countries carried on a similar and even more deplorable course of dealinii'. Without referring; to the downri<.^ht steaiinj^s of lii^'ot, Marin and the brothers Martel, (iovernor Marcjuis de La J()n(|uiere became so wraj)t up in commercial pursuits as to cause scandal and humiliations so ^reat that he died from their effect."-' Accordinn' to I'Van(|U(;t. an officer, who had commanded duriiiLj the usual term of three years, was able to return home with from thirty to fifty thousand li\-res at least. He adds that the\' did not scrupk; to trade in eau-de-\ie. in sj)ite of the Royal j)ro- hibition.''" It is not therefore astonisinj^" that the head of the Island of Montreal became so much sought after by functionaries, traders, and settlers, soon after the foundation of V'illemarie and the peace with the Irocjucjis in 1666. before the far-west posts were established. Rene Cuillerier had a store on the Lower Lachine road. t:.\actl\' on the site of of John I'Vaser's homestead near the A([ueduct antl the Kind's .Stores. This post was known as Fort Cuillerier. ¥on Remy or Lachine stood adjoininj^. on the spot where to-day stands the Novitiate of the Oblat Fathers, near the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Bridtj;"e, and which was at one time the seat of Cavelier de La Salle and his successor, Jean Milot. both of whom carried on an e.\tensi\e trade. Some fifteen arpents further westward, near the Canal Lock, on the holdinj.,^ of Fdward Wil^ress to-tlay and in the house and storehouse actually occupied by his family, was the tradin_ir depot of Charles Le Movnt; de Lonu-ueuil and his brother-in-law Jac(|ues \a' Her.'" (l) iMal ( )lt'n'icl (Ic hi W'lilc (111 I'aslor, I'aiii'lian Ariliivt>, Cur. Cm.. \>i\. i]. 1705, p. 8, 30. - (2) I h'tTland, 500. -- {2) Xoya^c- <\c l-'rani|iijl, 1753, niamiM-ripl, vol. 2 p. p. 5S, 3<_)-46. --(51 Sol- above, paj^i' 16. 27 m m I 2 lO IKAKINt; I'OSTS ()!• I.AKI'. ST. I.OllS. f i A mile furtluT uj), near the i)resent LaL-hiiu.' Wharf, on the: I uid now occupied 1)\' I lanna's Motel, I'Vancois Le Noir dit Rollaiul had a fort which bore his name, and where he did a larn'e business. Two miles btiNontl, at l)or\al, upon the laiul of Mr. Alexis Brimet and a portion of Mr. Murray's mansion, Pierre Le (iar- deur, Sieur de Repentij^ii) , hail also a store in I'Ort La Presen- t ition, which he had just acijuired from the Seminary. Antoine de La Presnaye, Sieur de Brucy, had already an i;nj)ortant {)ost at Isle Perrot, (op|)osite(iirdwo()d's Island to-day), where he carried on an extensive li(|uor traffic with the Indians, on behalf of Mr. Perrot, (iovernor of \L)ntreal. The post is famous in the history of the colony, on account of the troubles which it caused to so many hii^h personages in the year 1674, amoni^ others, M\Lde Fenelon. D'Urfe, de Brucy and Perrot himself Bout tie risle was considered more advantageous than any other post in Lachine. it was more to the front, and its pro- prietors were thus enabletl to forest;Ul the other traders, when tht; Intlians brought their furs down the St. Lawrence or the Ottawa River. The store of Mr. Louis de Ik;rthe, Sieur de ChailK, was opposite Brucy, on the P'ief Bellevue, as early as 1670. This post and that of Isle Perrot were visited by (lOVernor de Cour- celles in 1671. owin^- to the complaints which were matle in relation to the carrying on of the liquor traffic. In 1674, Governor de Frontenac, successor lode Courcelles, thoujrht best to interfere. The store at Isle Perrot was seized, and the proprietors, Perrot and de Brucy, were lodged in .nj^aol. Rene Cuillerier, of Lachine, could not have been far off, as he was appointed judicial jruardian.*'* This action, however, did not deter traders from establishini:^ stores at St. An.nes, the; foremost post, excepting' Sauk Ste-Marie, [667, Bay of Quinte, 1668, and Catara()uy, 1673. Acct)rdin^" to the deed of boundaries made b\ Basset on the loth December, 1678, PVan^ois Lt; Noir dit Rolland and Jean (1)1 Juy. el 1X1., Si 2. I if TKADINC I'OSTS Ol LAKI'. SI'. I.OllS. I I Ciiicntit were* ihcii in possession of part of thf V\vJ Bijllevuc, and probal)l\ hail upon it branches of their Lachine aiul X'illeniarie houses. In the follovvin' ^li IM m 212 IkADINt. I'nsI'S Oh l.AKi: ST. I.ol Is. cli; La Salle tli()U<4ln iUT(;ssary to t;rt'cl lU'W cstablishnu-nls at Niaii^ara. Illinois and Louisiana, thus cr(;atin^^ so many monop- olies as regards tin; trade with the nations of the j^reat lakes, ;a\e new life to the traffic with the Indians at Detroit and the i^reat lakes in the first instance. (1)5 Mai-ry. 358. (5) 2 Miugry. 25. (21 2 Miitf^ry, 10. (3) j Mart^iy, 32. (4) I Miviyiy, 32^. — •|'KA|iI\<; I'OSIS ()!• I.AKl. ST. I.OllS. 2'3 III i/Oi, Lainotlu; Cadillac: and Alphoiisc dc ToiU) hrou^ht their I'Vench wives to Detroit.'" Their advt;nt was the occasion of jrreat rejoiciiHL^- on the part of the Indians. In all probability they wvsv the first white women bold enough to trik(? up their r(!sidence west of Catara([uy. .As earJy as 1677, lireL^oire .Ma- thurin and J(;an Michaii were livini,^ at the latter post with their wives of iM-ench parentati^e."-'' Detroit was then iviost hij^iily soiiLjht after b\- int;rchants. At the time, that is diirinj.,'- the first pan of the last centur\ , it became the dwellino- place of the Cuillerier dit Beaiibien (La- chine), de Belestre (I.achine). Ouesnctl (Lachine). Haby (now Haubee). Campeau, Chauxin, Chapoton, Chesne, Meloche, (Lachine), Le Due (Isle Perrot), (iodfroy (.St. .\nnes), De Marsac and Bourassa. I'Vancois Picote de Belestre, who weddtid Catherine Trottier dit Beaubien, widow of Jean Cuillerier, j)r( - l)rietor of I-'ort Cuillerier, died at Detroit in 1729. His stepson, Jean Baptiste Cuillerier. known as J. Bte. Cuillerier dit Beau- bien, from his mother's name, who was b,)rn at Lachine on the 6th January, 1709, also became the root of a larii^'j and well known western family. Mis irrandson. Colonel J. Bte. Beaubien, w.is one of the first settlers of a post, which becam<: later on the site of the j^reat city of Chicago. The bet^inniiii^- of the \\ 11 century was remarkable for an (.'xodus to the western countries generally. Le Moine de Bien- ville as.serts that, in 1704, there were no less than one hundretl and ten coinriirs (■/vs hois locatetl. in croups of seven or ei^ht, alon_i>' the Mississi[)j)i and .Missouri rivers, where they carrietl on tratle with the tribes of these remote reunions.''" .Aubert de La Chesnaye, writing- in 1697, stat(;s that, at tlu; time, some four to five hundred of the finest youiiL,^ men in the lantl were busy in the Indian trade. '^' In the early days of the colony, the French, in spite of the; prohibition decreed by the Cio\'(;rnment, carried on trade at : (I) III 1717. ill' nuiirifii at l/Ailiiiic Maiit' cU> la MaKnic. uidow of (.■oiiimaiuiaiU Kr>. do FresncI, .Sicur ilf la Riparilitio. (2) Jcaii Miiliau Ha-~ Uilltil in llic massacre nf Laohinu ; sec Supra, p. 126. — (3) 6 Mar^;iy. iSo. (4) Id. \. 214 rK.\i»iN(; I'osis ()!• i.AKr; si-, i.oris. Miihilliinakinac. Saiilt Stt;. Marie aiul Lake Superior; thi; Iiulians of the latter countries oarryinjj^ on the. business of exchange with other Iiulians, in the heart of the forest, on the lakes and rivers. In i6(Si. these traders had become so nume- rous that the IvinjL^ concliKled to j^rant them a general amnesty, without reserve.*" I''ew retuiMied despite this aj)peal. Accordin)^ to Mr. lie Denonvillt:, not only did these coitn-iirs dcs dots depo- pulate the country of its fittest sons, but they themselves soon became intractable, undisciplint;d and licentious, demoralizinji^ the Indians and brinard to the French for several years past located around Fort St. Louis, that every week they wed, accordin}^ to the Indian rite. s(iuaws purchased from parents at the expense of the merchant traders. These comritrs dcs hois were the jj^randsires of the half-br(!eds, whom Chateaubriand in his royaors en .Inicriqitc depicts in such lamentable, though no doubt exagj^erated terms. 'Ihe illus- trious travelk'r looks upon the half-breed as inferior to the Indian. Mis reference may appl) to the half-breed reared as an Indian, but it cannot be denied that th(' half-breed race has producfxl men ecjual to the whites, when brought up with th(.' sauK! advantages of etlucation. ikit if tht; half-breed is to be rated lower than the full-blooded Indian, an estimate of his value would seem beneath conception. It has been said with reference to the modern Indian race, that th(! only good Indian is a dead Indian. If this be true, and it can 'lardly be disputed b\ the white man, who on every occasion hr r failetl to despatch the poor Indian, who is responsible: n a state of affairs ? Is it not the white man himself, who jated the Indian into almost evt^ry form of vice, not only drunkenn(!ss, but prostitution and the wiles of duplicity. Mr. de Denonville himself gave a most deplorable exanijjle of trickery and treason, in 16S7. at Fort Frontenac. (I) 6 Miiij^iy, 4. (2) I Charlevoix, 352: sue alsci DcclaniliDii ihi Koy inii suiipriiiiL- Ics CDiigfz, 2 Collci'liim di' Maniisciits, 219. NOBLEMEN AT BOUT DE L'ISLE. The (iffici-rs and noMcMiK.n. who si-ttlcd at Houl dc lisle. expected at first to make fortunes hy traile with tin; Indians, aiul to renew, in this charniin_if sj)()t, the niajjjnificent reij^n of the seij^niors of the initldle aj^^c-s. To that end. they demanded the concession of /ii'/s noi)/is instead of the ordinary /icfa or lands iii rotnrc. l''rom the start, their thouj^hts turned to the jjieasures of tht: chase. in the course of a law suit. Si(;iir de Chailly, in 1682, in answer to an action taken hy a nei^^dihour, I'Vs. Le Xoir (lit Rolland. diMiiaiuh'nLj a cl(;aranc(; of the wood land, jjleaded that the wood in question was "hut a little copse situated on the " river's hank and which he ke|)t for his amusement and for a " rabhit warren which ht: intended to make.""* The warren was never located by him. but only two centuries later, in our days. Mr. T'orij^et has just made one on trial, which has proved to be a success. The intixperience in trade of all the.se military officers belonj^- ini^- to the best families in I'Vance. soon dispelled their brilliant illusions, and their domains went over to more fortunate and more practical roturicrs, amonn them Jac(|ues Le Her. Charleys Le Moyne. Francois Le Noirdit Rolland. Jac(|ues Milot, I'iiTre Lamoureux. Sieur de Saint-(iermain. Pierre (lailbois and Jean (iuenet, all traders of Lachine or Villemarie. About a century ajj^o, they were for a lonj^ time the j)roi)ert\ •)f .Simon hraser. Peter (irant. Caj)tain Park, and other Nor- Westers, who erected larj^e stone houses which are still pre.served. It is a remarkable thinir that to-dav the\' axv. in the possession of millionnaires, who arc: the nobles of our societ). . . MM. Richard P. Anoiis. L. J. P"or<4et, Sir John Abbott. James (iillespie. have country residences there, which would tlo honor to old Iuiro])e. If the .Sieur de Poisbriant. the Sieur de Prucy. the .Sieur de Chailly, the .Sieur de La Joubardiere. the .Sieur de Plain ville, and all those officers of the rej^iment of Carij^nan, who had .selected (I) 2juK. cl Del.. 745, 774. 876, 2 l6 Nor.i.i'.MKX Ai- noir dk i. ism:. these saiiii' shores as their country h')n"ies, could now Ijeholcl them, they would see their dream realized. The end of the Island of Montreal is the summer resort of the elite of Montreal .society. A historical soux'enir is linktitl to the i)roj)erty of Mr. Forjj^et. The land book at the number 21, j^ranted to Charles Lemaire dii Saint-Ciermain,'^' contains the following' note: "The seij.»^niors have acqi'red this land from .Saint-Germam to serve as a landing- |)lace ano warehouse between Sault au Recollet and the Lake of Two Mountains for the removal of the Indian missi(jn from Sault au Recollet, where they were first established, to the Lake of Two Mountains, where they are to day." This removal took [)lace about 1721. The property then pas.sed throuij^h the hands of J. Bte. Testard de ^L)nti_t^ny, Feli.\ Pilon, Moise Brunet, Narcisse Cousineau, Josejih Chatillon, Amable Lavit^ne, Ahircellin Cousineau, and fmally to L. J. Forget. it must be added that the officiers and imjiortant mer- chants, who were the first pioniers of Hout de lisle and Lachine, have disappeared from the countr)" with the e.xception of the Duguay, i^amoureux, I^enoir-Rolland, i-Jouchard-Dorval, Cuille- rier and Milot families. The Le I^ers and Le Moynes were elevated to the nobility. Reference has already been made, under the heading of " Fort Senneville," to the sad end of the former in the wreck of the A//i,nish'. The name of Le Moyne de Lon- gueuil, the father of ten sons, who ha\e rendered the French name illustrious in America and France alike, has also become extinct, at least on this continent. The present liiron de Lon- gueuil, who resides in Scotland, is a descendant on the mater- nale side only. All the other high military personages of the country have likewise vanished, having, at the time of the ces- sion to Great i^ritain, abandoned to the fate of IVovidence, the (I) Saint-(!ennaiii"s siinianic was " rirlaiulc '", (liiu undoiil 'cdly to his \mn^ a native nf Ireland. In iiis marriage at Lacliine, on the Iltli of July, 1707 lie is styled "Charles Le Mer dit Saint-Cierniain, son of Klienne Le Mer and of Ilelene (Jsse, of the parish of Torlos, Ireland." Could he have been the first Irishman to settle in St. .\nnes? One Jean La Ilaye. also an Irish- man, resided at Lachine as early as 1692 ; 3 Collection de .Manuscrits, 6. I If '' r u I r > X < J u J h u u z < X r- z UJ 3" O S r rn CD c m r > X n I m 0) -I I r X m H 'k:^. ■■,1 i,':'i>;i.-l i'S'l! M V I 1 1 w^ m 03 r c "n OCi 00 I 3 n 1 > X D 1 ■' 1 : *5' i ^H' ^Hi i Si il^*:1!l ■■:.fi ^Ht' '-'1 ■ i n .Ji •11 I i I' I THOMAS MOORI-, AT I.A( IIIM-: AM) ST. ANNK.S. 2 I sixty otlcl iliDUsaiul I'Vciich inliahitants ulio had SL-Itlcd on iln* shores of the St. I.avvRiiCL'. (ircat were the vvorkinu^s of that Providence, for the destined people iuinil)(T one inillioii and ojic half in the Dominion of Canada and al)oiit two and one (|uart(,'r millions throiit^hout th(r continent of America. Desjiite all their strui^oles .ind tribulations, they have i'\-ery- where maintainc;d their autonomx . Old Canada, as regards lanj^aia_s4i;, religion, laws and institutions in Ljeneral, is to-da)- just as rVench as it was at the date of the cession. The I'Vench Canadians, howeviT, ha\'e for a lony; time past realised the frt!edom and fair|)la\- of the Hritish constitution, and were they called ujjon to change their political allejj^iance, not only would they refuse to return to the old reijime of I'Vance. Init keepinj^^ in view their own national and political interests, they would continue to remain loyal to the British llaj^, which is everywhere the symbol of liberty, law and order. THOMAS MOORE AT LACHINE AND ST. ANNES. In the month of Ausj;'ust, 1S04, Thomas Moore visited St. Annes in an excursion he made up the Ottawa River. Tradition recalls the house wherein he spent some days, as the <^uest of Simon Fraser, a factor of the North West Company and father of Mrs. J. C. Tunstall. The house where he stayed is the property of Mrs. Tunstall and is still known as the Moore House. On his way down to Montreal, he also made a short stay at Lachine, the jj^uest of a relative of Mr. Grant, in a stone, house near the Lock, about two hundred yards west of the toll- j^ate. It was while the poet remained at this house that he C()m|)osed the " Wood|)ecker," the incident therein referred to having- occurred between the house and the old canal. Moore was charmed with all he beheld. He refers to the bell of St. Annes tollin^r its evening chime. He was especially touched by the devotion of the vova^eurs to the titular saint of 28 ! I« 'I ^■- i-m Ui - t.; ~ <- 'f 1 ) PI *■ ■* i w - ku "7 ril()\l\s Monk A |- I. At MINI AMt SI. A\M-;s the |)ansh. that to this h(tur the CanatH; It IS siii!;ularl\ ^ratilNiiin, he sa)s. t in V()va<>iHirs lurvcr A'd OtKTIIV'S to th (■ sliniic o f St. A niu's before eiij'aj'i enterprise, and that, chirinj^r its perrormaiice. the\ onii tunilN of kee|)inj4 up so propitious an intercourse. ishiiiL;- \illa!^f ^«liich surrounds the church on the (ireen Isle in (|iiesti()n, o\v contributions. / 219 (hscox'cr omit their n«4' in any t no oppor- The tlour- 1 1 es its existence and supjjort entire!) to their pious lie Iiad one and perhaj)s sc^veral outings on the- Ottawa ri\er, where he 1 leard our \'oNa<'"eurs suv'insj laiix Minn clu'iinn 1 iii iciicimtrc IICMN \ i-;n;iliiT» Iro liicn monies. Th e\ had toLTetlier Ih Mtod \()ices, he add.*' d t aiul suntr P^ rf(;ctl \' m tune lre(iuenll\ heard the nieloily while driltinj^" down the .St. Lawrence, ami his mind was fired 1)\- the ch; u'ln o f th \-oices anil th e heautx o f tl le scener\ armomzc d th i; air of tlu- \()\a^eurs, and composed thi; Canaihan l)oat soni^ which has made the Rixcr Ottawa a classical place in ever)' on(i's imagination. 1 )r. Scaddini^" and Dr. Wilson dc;clar(' that it has become alike in words and air a national anthem for the I )omi- nion. .Mr. l)a\in sa\ s that the \cTses of Mo(jre are kno wn to e\-er)- school-boy, and echo (!V(!ry summer alon_n" our lakes anil n\ers III " Without that charm. L''iv(!s to e\er\ little memoria anus M oore w hich association il of sci'iies or feel Ill'JfS that ire past, the melody may, perhaps, be thought common and trillini,'', Ijut I remember when we ha\ e \einureil, at sunset, upon one of those beautiful lakes, into which the .St. Lawrenci! so grandly and unexpectedly opiMis, I have heard this simple air with a l)leasure which the finest compositions of the first masters have never oiven im-." (I) 'I'liL- Iri>liiti;in in Tiinada. I ti. w |,V$V j|: 11 B *'< i ■■ "* ^^M M:M H jl™ H Iv . H|» f '"■' V^ ii'' •■■ -.;r» w-^ irl4 1'. ; :;t 2 20 l.A( lllNK INDKK 1111: liklTISlI ( ROWN. A CANADIAN BOAT SONC;. WritliMi 1111 tin- UiviT St. I.iiwrfnci-. AV rvmigani cant us hortelur. (.)I'IN I MIAN. K.MN il.Y as lolls till' L'Vfning chimt Our voircs kfc|) tiini' an; of the sc!venth. the Mar(|iiis de V'auclreiiil despatched two officers to demand a capitulation, whicji was sij^ned on the followinj^' day. Lachine does not seem to have suffered to any extent from the passaj.(e of the enemy, beyoiul of course the loss of provi- sions and cattle. It appears by the Manoirc of the .Sisters of the Conj^rej^ation, which has alreatly b(;en referred to, that the General acted in a most j^allant manner. The population was however in a state of profound mi.sery. The calamities of a lonj^" war foIlow(;d l)y bad harvests, had exposc;(l the inhabitants of the rural districts to all the horrors of a famine. The British troops, who were already livinj^ in their midst, "in a harmony une.xampUxl e\-en at home," says Governor Murray jj^raciously came to their assistance. '" Cio- vernor Murray adds that the officers of every rank, even the lowest, cheerfully and liberally contributed towards alle\'ialinm" the distress of the unfortunate Canadians. The British mer- chants and traders readily assisted in the j^ood work ; even the poor soldiers threw in their mite, and all j^jave a day's provisions or a day's pay in the month towards the fund. By these means, a quantity of provisions were j)urchased and distributed with great care anrl assiduity to a number of poor families, who, without this charitable support, would have inevitably perished. Such an instance of uncommon generosity towards a conquered people, was deserving of the highest honor to the conquerors, besides contributing at the very outset to win over the good will of the inhabitants. Governor Murray concludes by saying " that they have not the least design to emigrate into any other of the French colonies and that the [)eople will soon become faithful and good subjects of His Majesty, and the country they inhabit will in a short time prove a rich and most useful colony to Great Britain." Invents soon [)roved that Governor Murray's (l) Smith, llis-liiiy of C'aiiaila, vol. i, appendix, ]). 70. '' ! I I " i 1'\ hi! ' t 222 i.AciiiNi-: rxDi'.K 'iiii-. likriisii ckowx. predictions were well founcletl. In 1776, tlu; I'^rench Canadians w(,'re called upon to hoht ai^ainst (General i.a l''a)ette and other officers under him, who hatl been in th(; Canadian ser\ice. a few years pre\Mously. 1 \\v\ fouLihl \aliantly for the P)ritish tla<4", which was then deserted by man\- of I^'nuland's own sons. In 181 2, Col. de Salaberry and his three hundred braves repulsed the Americans at Chateaui^uay, and sa\'ed the colon)' from an in- evitable invasion. On all occasions, tht: h'rench Canadians have bet;n to the front fi^htin^- the enenn of the Mother Country, and Sir I^. P. Tache ma\' yet j)ro\'e to hv. as true a lirojjlK.'t as Ci(j\(.;rnor Murrav, when he saitl that the; last shot for British supremacy on the American continent woultl be hretl b)' a I'Vench Canadian. At the time of the cession, as previous thereto, Lachine was the rendez-\'ous of the fur traders of th(; West and North West. Ci()\'ernor Murray says that, even during" the war, the value of exported furs averati^ed about one hundred and forty thousand pounds sterlint^. Montreal was the chief seat of the; trade;. The; fur traders suffered considerablv from the; American inxasion in 1776; the warehouses were jjroken into, and all the furs and proxisions confiscated by the trooj)s. So sa\s Mr. dc; Lorimier, an e\e witness. On the 24th of Aj)ril, i 7S0, Charkis (irant made a report to (ieneral Haklimand on the I'ur Trade, where he says: ".At all times, the trade to the u[)[)(;r countric;s has bi-cm considered the staple trade of this Province, but of late \ears it has been tireatlv augmented, in so much that it may be reckoned one xcar with another t(» ha\c produced an annual return to Creat liritain in furs to tht; amount of /, 200,000 ste.rlint;' "The Indian I'radc;, b\' (!\er\' conmuinicalion, is carried on at oroat (;x|)ense, labor and risk of both men and property ; every year turnishes instances of the loss of men and uoods b\- accidents or otherwise. It is not therefore to l)e e.xpected that the traders in i^eneral ;u"e men of substance ; indet^d, few of them are able to purch.ise; with r(;ad\ monex' such uoods as the\" want for their trade. Ihey are consecjuentl)' indebted from ... !V': i.aciiim: indi-k tiif. i:ih-C.ill ; Oakes lK: Co. ; Waddeii c\: Co. Ill In the same report, p. 63, wi tound a lettc:r tlated M ont- real, 19th of Aj)ril, 17S4, ;md signed 1)\ Henj. I'robisht.-r, wherein he informs lion. Atlam .Mabane that the North West Conii)any, which hatl just been formetl, had recjuestetl Mr. Daxison, the )( enu lecrelarv in M ontreal, to ai)i)lv for a pass for twent\ - m eisjht canoes, xalueil ,it / 20.000 curreiicx'. (O ("iUi.iiliaii AicliiM's. l!ii.'iniRi'> I\r|iiiil loi i.SSS, |i. ()l. 11 224 I.ACIIIM". I'NDI'N Till'. r.KlTISH CROWN. The formation of the North West Company by Mr. Frobi.sher and his friend, .Simon McTavish, both leadinjj^ merchants of Montreal,'" lent new life to the villaj^e of Lachine which for years ])ast had been on the decline. Up to that period, the Hudson Bay Comi)any had been doino- the t^reater bulk of their North West business by way of Hudscjn's Bay. The Bourgeois of the new concern on the contrary cho.se the route of Ottawa anil the lakes, the old road of the missionaries and the coiiniirs dcs dots. They penetrated to the Indian nations of the interior, and the Hudson's Bay Company were soon obliged to follow suit. Lachine became the principal warehouse of the mer- chandise and skins of nearly all the North West traders. Kvery spring they launched a tleet of seven or eight hundred "c'oyaj^n'urs. .Should the reader desire to learn the names and the number of the Canadians who made yearly engagements for the North West, numbering among the ancestors of the North West Metis or Half-breeds, he can satisfy himself by examining the records of contemporaneous notaries, among others Gray, Griffin and Maillou.x. A list of some of these names collected from Gray and Griffin, from 1S07 to 1S24. will be found in th \ppendix, antl will suffice to convey an idea of the bustle creates at Lachine b)" the arrival and departure: of these z'Qyagi'itrs every season. The memory of several Bourgeois and their employees is still j)reserved in Lachine, and more particularly, Peter Grant, Alex. McDougall, George Keith, James Clor a and Sir George Simpson. I'or many years .Sir (jcorge .Simpson was the con- trolling s{)irit of the fur trade of the North West, in this, he was vigorously aided at Montreal by his friend, Mr. Louis Boyer. (0 ".^ litllc niiirc tliaii ;i (jUiiilcr of a mile In the iinriliward, ini)>l cunspiciiously situated heneatli the al)rii|H part i)f the iiioiinlaiii, i> a mansidii erected liy tiie late Simon McTavish, Ksq. , in a style of much elet;ance : this gentleman had projected great improvements in the neighliour- llood of this agrealile and favorite spot; had he lived to superintend the completion of them, the place vsould have been made an ornament to the island. Mr. McTavish, during his life time, was highly respected by all who enjoyed tlie pleasure of his ac(|iiaintance, and as much lamcnlcil l)y them at his decease ; his remains were deposited in a tond> placed at a short distance from the house, surrounded by a shrubbery; on a rocky eminence aliove it his frientls have erected a monumental pillar, as a tribute to his worth and a memento of their regret. Hoth the house r.nd the pillar are very prominent objects, that disclose theinsehes in almost every direction." I'.ouchette, 181 5, p. 161. m^ JSKewsj-^-^^gifT^ '««EK?g3f!3gi T^*-, I Wharf. Dawes &. Co. Town Hall. St. Andrews Phesb^ txuobf ^pimi!h^^''-f^ '■.,0^ •«nK^ ja»~ ^^.iiSta. Sl£^.^^ 1^' •hmiii»iim St. Andrews Presbyterian Church R. C. Church. Convent of St. /Vnnes. Hudson Bay Stores. Church of England. Methodist ChurI The Town oi-^ Lachixe, 1893 ^^^gL ■f''^^:z.:.m •■.hS*«-"»'^ Ithodist Church. Old Warehouses. Factories Factories Lachine Lock. Water and Electric Light Works. i. i" I.ACIIINI': INI) nil'; iiKiiisii ( KowN. Sir (iconic (li(;(l at I.achinc in ihc year i^es, besides the penalties infhcted b\' the ordinances. The said enu^agement is so made for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred livres or shillintrs, old currency of this Province. y ea rlv WaLTCH, w hich said Hours^eois promises to j)ay and deliver to the saitl enjj^a_*>"e or hired j)arty one month after his return to this city, besides an ordinary eciuipment when starting". "He acknowlediL^es receipt at the time of en54"agement of eight dollars paid in advance. i:}lM^. siK JOHN ikANKi.iN wn iiii: \()\ .\(.i;i kn. 22J "Thus, etc., promisiiijLj, ctt., l)iii(liii!4 hiinscH, etc.. rfiioun- cinir. etc. " l)()nc and passed ,it the said ("il\ of Moiilrcal, in the \ car oiu- iliousaiid cjolit hundred and iliirleen, die; thirtieth April, t^tc, etc. " SIR JOHN FRANKLIN and THE VOYAGEURS. The name of Captain John I'rankh'n, the c-i;lebratetl explo- rer, ulio has i:4i\-en his name to the Artie Sea by ilifferent expe- ditions iVoni i)f Captain Parry, dc^scended the Co])|)er .Mine ls and ijusts of wind further impetled the progress ot the exi)edition. " Ne\'ertlK;K;ss, they found themselves, on the i.Sdi of AuL^aist, in the 150th meridian, 70 30' north latituJ(^ Captain (I) \'c>yii;;c> lii .\mLTii|iic. 1S27, cil. 1S.S5, p. 2|S. (2) In the year lS2\. iK siK iitiiN iKANKMN AND Till: \()V \(;i:rks. I'raiiklin li;ul thus cleared nion- than half the ilistaiicc hciwccii the mouth i)( the Mackcn/ie aiul Cii\n; let; hcyoiwl Uehriiitr Straits. The untlaunted explorer was not vvantinj^j in |)ro\'isioiis, nor were the canoes I'.vvn daniaijced. The sailors were all in i;ood health and the sc;a ()|)en, hut the instructions of the Admi- ralty were positive in their prohibition of any extension of the exploration, unless the ca|)tain reached Kot/ehue Hay hetort- the commciKHMnent of th(; stornn season. He was consequent!) ohlincd to return to the Mackenzie River. (Miterint,^ (ireat lU^ar Lake on the 21st Septeml)er. Hert; he was joined by the other party, which had exj)lored the shores from the mouth of the Mackenzie to that of the CoppcT Mine Rivi^r. They had vvvn sailed as far as the (iulf of the Coronation of Cn:orL;c i\, ascendinj^' eastward to the iiSth meriilian. (iood shelter was met with everywhere, whilst the coast proved much more acces- sible than that followed by Captain I'ranklin." Aubrey remarks that " hranklin's party endured dreadful sufferinj.js which were ill comjjcmsated by the exploration of a few hundretl miles of coast. (II ikli rankim s tra\-els are umversalh Ih :no\vn, but It IS not so generally known that in this, as \\t;ll as in many other expedi- tions, he was accompanied I)\' Canadian \()\ aL^ciurs from the l'ro\ ince of Ouebec. 1 was fortunate enous^h to disco\'er their names and domicile in (irifhn. In March and .April, i"o " in oiu; of his canot^s, on a \'ovai>"e to th e Intlian countries. from and back to .Montreal, for a period of three )'ears, winterinj^" at such i)laces or posts as might be from time to time ordered by th e said Capti un John I'ranklin. Antl it is moreover espe- cially agreetl and unilerstood that the said hired party shall not beb ouncl to loLi rnev farther north than the Mackenzie River. (1) 3 Aubrey, IliMory ol Ijigliiml, SoS. .1 1' ill'' ^IK lOIIN IUAN'KI.IN and IIII': \()N AtiKl'KS. ii<^ W'iij^cs to l)(! 1,400 livrcs per annum, or fourtctMi times more ih-m ordinary. I'lic names of these hravt; Canadians wvrv. : Jioiv : Frs. Lepine. lierthier ; Andre Letendn;. Sorel ; St. \'ali(T I'aj^Miant. Bertliier ; Frs. Rinfret, .\laskinonj,'c. .Imidsliips : Isidort; l''leury. Maskinonj^j ; I'Vangois l'*eli,\, .Sorel ; Cutlilx.'rt Amyot, Herthier ; Thomas Faj^nant, Herthier ; Herciik: Trempe, Merthier ; P.iscal Cote, Montreal. Helm: \\\v,\\v 1. ussier. Ya- maska ; Jac(|ues (iuindon, .Sorel; Fii;rri; i.epint", Merthier; J. Bte. (»a<(non, Contrecceur ; Antoine .St. Denis. Kiyaud and Joseph Moni(|ue, Sault .St. Louis, how or helm. The l"oll()win<>' eighteen Canailians vveiu vvidi l"'ranklin on his first voyai^rc in i^rand falherofMr.de Ler\ .Mcl)onald, "I left Lachinc in a lart^c birch canoe manned by tourteen choice voxa^curs and our cook. .\ crowd ot triends and spectators were there to witness our depar- ture, a L;real e\-eni betore the time of the steamers. We landed at .Si. .\nnes, where the men paid their tle\dtion to their titular .Saint."'-" CANOES AND BATTEAUX. lioucheite, l(i|)o!4raphical I )escrij)tion, 1S13, ])p. 136-39, i^ixcs a i^rattic description of these primitive' craft: " l)urin^ the months between Ma\ and .\o\ember, batteaux to and trom Kingston and \arious |)arts ot I '|)per ( anada arc; 111 J. Illc, ( 'li;irli iliii;':iii 1)1111 ;i! I'.iiihluTX illi- 111! llu' 251I1 III DriTiii 1 iri , 171(5 '" I'^I.Si he IcTl In, llu- Niiilli W;'-.;. Ill :lic sri\ li r iil llu' Nullll Wf>l ('iilii|i;ili). 12) I'll \iiy:ij;riii ili-;, l';Ly^ iI'lIi llaiil. pp. J.J ,{.;. (,il I.i's linium'iiiN ilc r()iusl, vnl. 1, p. 12. CANOI'S AM) I! Ai-i'i; \r\. 2;! I continually arrivini^r and dcpartinL;', which alway-; occasions a L^rcat (leal ofactix'ity and i)uslk: ofhiisincss. The nature of these cratl ina\ he very short!) descrihed. 'idie\' are tlat-hottomnKtd, h'oni thirt\di\c to lortv feet in len^ht, terminating' in a point at (.-ach e\tremit\\ with about six feet of beam in the centre ; the usual h-eiij^ht is four or four and a half tons; lhe\ arc; worked 1)\ oars, a mast and siil, dra^-ropes lor towini^', and lon^^ poles lor steering' them throu'^di the stroni^- currents or rapids ; lour men mana;_;-e them in summer, hut in the tall of the \ear another is always added, one of whom acts as a i^uide. In tlie hatteaux of the merchants, the cari^oes upwards are a JLCcncral assortment ot merchanilise, tor which the\ hrin^;' down tlour, wheat, salt pro\'isions, pot and pearlashes, an" lit-- ht WOO( 1 ; it is then covered with the bark of ^.e birch tre(,', cut into coiu'enient slips, that are rarelx more than the eii^hth of an inch in thickness ; these are sew(xl toi;ether with threads madt: from th(' twisted fibres of th(.' roots of a particular tree, antf stren^tlieiKaf wliere necessary l)\- narrow strips of tfie saPH; materials ap|)lied on the insidt; ; the joints in this fragile plankiiiL; are made water ti^ht by being covered with a spix'ies < ANOl'S .\M> i;.\ rilAlN. (»(' miin thai adlnTcs viry tlrinl) and hccoincs pcrrccti) hard \( (» ironwork of anv (h-scn'nlion, not even nails, arc cniploxct \n l>uil (Inv, llu'sc slcn\a!4t\ llicy rcccixc their lading, which lor the convenience ol carr\ in;4 across the portages is made up in packages ol ahonl three (piarlers ot a hundred weight (-ach, and amounts alto- ^cther to lixc tons or a little more, inclndin^' pro\'isions and other necessarii's lor the men, ol whom Iroin ciLilu to ten are employed lor each canoe d the\ usiiall\' set out 111 hri'. ades f lill^ lik the l)atl<'au.\, and in the ccturse ol a summer ii|)vvards of lill\ ol these \('ssels are thus dis|)atched. I !ie\' |)rocc:ed up ihe (irand or ()ltawa ki\cr as far as the south west branch, h) which, and a chain of small lakes, they reach Lake Nippissini;' ; through it and (low n the !■ reiu h I \i\cr into I ,ake II uron ; aloii'i its norinern coast up the narrows ol St. Mar\ into Lake Su|)erior, and then l)\ its northern side to the (irand l'orta''c, a distance ot ahoul ure he ( liflicull les en- I I ()() miles Irom th<' place ol depart countered in this voyage are not easily concei\'c-d ; ihe ^fcal tl numhiT ol rai)i(ls in the rivers, the (liltereiu i)orta!'(;s lilT( from akc to lake, which vary Irom a few \ards to three miles or more in leiii^lh, where the canoes must he unladen, and with iheir con- lents carried to the next water, occasion a uiccession of labours and (atimies ol which but a poor estimation can be lormed b\ judl^iniL; it Irom the ordinar\- occupations of other laboiiriiiL; classes. 1' rom the (irand I'orta^c, that is nine miles .icross, a continuati 2 D H D > rn CD iili wm. m ^'ivi f ! I '!'^«i ff ;. lir f t ii 1' LOUIS PARE, Laohine Lock, 18a4 A desceiidanl of one of tht first settleis. ,5- 1 o C/) 3 3! 3- r « liViAOE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) k / %^o i/.J. f. -^ w s('" A mm audi' m (0 X) > z < Q. u u Q CQ Z Q H I D 2 z m 2 > 2 C > o H C 5 2 •V > z J< c 5' 01 #■ 5; ; i ii ,v'-' r -I M m I' ■< ifi i !| FREDERICK FAIRMAN. I'resident of the Doiuiiiioti Wire MaiiiifacUiring Company. a — r. — ' a — 3 '-f- y. mi B». 'I 'i ' \ •■ 'I i g' TBB LACHINK IN TIIK \I\ CKNTrKV. 233 leajLjiies, in their canoes, to avoid Icnu'theninjjf the route by coas- tinj4" them; yet notwithstanding" all the; risks and hardshij)s at- tending their cMiiployment, they prefer it to every other, and ar(; very seldom incUiced to reHn(|uish it in r.iv'oiir of any more settled occupation. The; few dollars they receive as the compensation for so many privations a'ld danj^ers. are in i^eneral dissipated with a most careless indifference to future wants, and when at an end they very contentedly renew the same series of toils to obtain a fresh supply." About one hundred and fifty years previously, in 1669, Mr. de Ciallinee, priest of the .Seminary of .St. .Sulpice, wrote a somewhat similar description of the bark canoe, in his narrative of the most remarkable events of the x'oyaj^e of MM. Dollier and (jallinee in 1669-70. On the 6xh of July, 1669, they started with de La .Salle from Lachine, then known as Cote St. Sulpice, for the Indian territorie.s (^1 th west. Mr. tie (ial- linee says that the only g'ood bark canoe is the birch canoe made by the Alt^oncjuins. It took hve dollars worth of clothing' to purchase one from them. The Vvhile m(!n charged a much higher price, and, according to Mr. de Gallinee, his own cost eighty livres. These canoes genr rally lasted five or six years. He adds that the Iroquois canoes, which were made of bark of every description, were too weighty and only lasted about one month.'" 'I'he niodern pleasure canoe is entirely made of wootl, although nearly as light and undoubtedl)' stronger and safer than the birch canoe. About 1854. steamboats and railroads put an eml to the career of batteau.x and canoes of Canadian voyageurs. LACHINE IN THE XIX CENTURY. The construction of public works gave a bound to the trade of Lachine. The Cascades and Coteau Locks, which had been commenced in 1779. wert; terminated in 1783.'"'" The result was (I) I .Marjjiy, 117, 118. - (2) t"iiii;i(li;iii Aicliivcs, Military Papers, C. jS, 1800-1816, p. S8 30 234 i,.\(1iim; in Till-: \i.\ (Kntikv. a threat impetus to inter-provincial trade, b) which Lachine benefited. Montreal merchants erected warehouses for the storajj^e of their L'[)[)er Canadian j^oods or of the consij^nmcMits for this Province and luirope. ("he Commissary Pepartment erectetl storehouses at the head of the Rapids or Lower Lachine road, known as the Kini^'s Stores, now destroyed. Fhe mer- chants and the Indian Department had also stores at the ter- minus of the Upper Lachine road, near the Lock of to-day which are no longer in use. No less than fifti^en to eij^hteen thousand loads of public stores had every season to be carted from the City up to Lachine. I'he necessity of a more direct and convenient road between Montreal and Lachine was soon felt. About 1804, the upper road or c/iciiiin dcs Cotcaiix was straiii'htened, levelled and ballasted or macadamised. It was the sole turnpike road on the island, and the only one in Lower Canada. .So heavy was the traffic on it that, in 1805. it already needed repairs.'" Bouchette states that "this road was formerly so bad, windini;" and interrupted by larjj^e masses of rock, that it w^as nearly a day's journey for heavily laden carts to i^o from one place to the other."'-' He adds that durin^' the season of iici.vi- gation, boats to and from Kini^ston or elsewhere in Upper Canada were constantly arriving" or departinir. Mr. Grant alone employed yearly more than fifty batteaux in the voya;^e to and from Kingston. About thirty batteaux, laden with Indian presents, were also despatched every year for the west.'*' .Steam navit^ation secured the future of Lachine, followed as it was by the construction in 1847-48 of the railroad between Lachine and Montreal, the oldest in the country with the excep- tion of the Laprairie and St. John railway, built in 1835-36. Hut the most important element of all, as regards the future, was the construction of the Lachine Canal, in 1821-24; '^^ ^'^^ larjrement in 1843-48 and 1877-80; that of the Heauharnois Canal in 1842-45, and the .St. Lawrence Canals in 1842-47. In (l) .\ lour lo Niagara V\\\\> hy Hit^clovv, 1805; Kcporl nl' llii.' L'ommissiniK'r of I'ublii: Works (or 1867, p. 447 ; Lamlicrl's Travels, 1816. p. 528. — (2) 'I'Dpograijliiciil description, p. IJ^. - (.5) I.anil)L'rt's Travels, p. 530. i..\< iiiNK IN riii: \l\ Cl-Ml K\. 235 Bouchette's time, 1S15, aiul down to 1SJ4, passe -iii^fr traffic between Montreal and Toronto, was carried on the way down in batteaux, l)aro"c;s or Durham boats, and ,^()ini>^ up by orcHnary vehicles, a matter of from twelve to fifteen days b)' a road called Montreal Road, alonti^ the north shore of the St. Lawrence, A stai^e or a calcchc was ij^enerally at the command of the trav- eller. There was scarcely a farmer in Lower Canada who did not possess one.'" Bt.'yond KinL^ston recourse was i,^en(M-ally had to th(,' open sail boat. Lon_o" after Boiichette. and until the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway, winter transportation was effected by land or by railwa)- in the territory of the L'nited States, whilst in summ(;r steamers were runniny^ on the lakes, at hrst on Lake St. Louis, from Lachine to Cascades, and on Lake St. Francis from Coteau to Cornwall. The first steamer between Lachine and Cascades, ran in 1S24.'- In 1S31, the st(!amboat "Lake St. Louis" was in use between these two places. One was also in service between Coteau and Cornwall.''" Ihe rapids were overcome by means of portas^es in coaches drawn by four or si.x horses. I remember very wt-ll, when only six or sex'en \ears of aj^e, haviuL,^ seen one of these coaches bowlinn" alontr the planked road-bed of tlie parish of L(;s Cedres. Should the reader desire to become accjuainted with tht; motlc of tr.ixcllin^' of those da\s, I would refer him to th(; narrative of a journey made in 1S39 by Mr. James .S. Buckinj^ham, from Toronto to Montreal and Quebec.'*' I believe the steamer " L'nion" to have been the first, or at all events one of the first steamboats alloat on the Ottawa ri\er. She ran between Lonj^' .Sault and Chautliere, in 1.S24, and was owned by the firm of Slu;j)hartl (W'm.) and Campbell (Chs. ) of Ouebec, Philemon Wright and Sons, of Hull, Thoniris Mears and Willi. un (irant, of Hawkesbur)-. Cirant was her captain with one lames Cochrane as eULiineer.'" (l| WoliTs Nciitli .\iiu'ricu, 179S, vol. i, p. 307. The acri)iiiil>i )f till isli of l'i)iiit(.' C'liiire for 1791 s)io\v that a calci'he was specially kupl al iho disposal of tliu Hi^llop 011 his visits. — {2) Canadian All hivos. Military {'ajicrs. c. 41, 1824-25: i'\pciiscs of John i-'inlay. p. 222. — (3) I Thri'f yrars in Canada, liy Mootai^j^art, p. ,S2. (4) Canada, Nova-Sroli S.S.<,3. (S) tMctic of c; 25lh of \lari:h, 1S24. .!# ■|,, ?;f '1 i 'SI i m^^ 'W'y. 2 36 i.AciiiM-; IN Tin-; \i\ cKXTrin'. in 1812, Mr. Molson had two steamers plyin.i( between Montriial and (J)uel)ec; timc^ fortN-eioht hours with the current, and son\"wliat more on the rtiturn trip. The: fare was $ioj^oin_y; down and $12 on the ujnvard v<)ya_L(e."' In 1818. the steamer " Telej^raph " ran the distance from Quebec to Montreal in thirty-si.\ hours.'-' In 18 19, there were seven steamers plyini^," between Montreal and Ouebec, amon<]^ others, the " Malsham " and "Car of Commerce." of six hundred tons each, and the " Lady Sherbrooke," ei^ht hundred tons.''" The shortest passage! to Ouebec was made by the "Car of Commerce" in sixteen hours aiul fifteen minutes. TIk; same distance is now tra\'t;ll(;d by the "Ouebec" or " Montreal" of the Richelieu Company, in ten or eleven hours. The following- letter speaks for itself: "Ottawa, 17th Novembei, 1892. Sir, — In answer to your letter of the 20th ult., asking- date of the first steam nax'ii^ation between Lachine and the Cascades, I am to say that the Lachine Canal was completed in 1824; the first vess(;ls i)assed throui^h in 1825. The first steamer on the St. Lawrence was the "Accommodation ' built for aiul owned 1)\ lion. J. Molson. Her first trip was from Montreal to Three Ri\'ers. It is tles- cribed in the "Ouebec Mercury," Monday, 6th of No\-ember, 1809. The boat left Montreal the Saturda\ prt-vious. The first locks at the Cascades were built from 1779-1783. "Captain Twiss, R. b'., reports to his superior officer that, in 1781. two hundred and sixty batteaux passed the first lock, built then, and that the tolls for that season were /, 132. 5s. (x\. "On th(; 3rd of November, 1838, the steamer "Henry Brou-'ham " was on the route from the "Cascades to Lachine", an d was seized on that date in the rebc:llion troubles. I ha\(' .\r, . I {■////,; Si'cir/ary III the honor, etc. T. TKrDi- To I ). CllKnlARD, I"',S<,i., M.F." I'inalK , Lachine has benelited perhaps in a t^reater measure than an\ other small town i)y the protective tariff, inauL,niratcd (II Hoiulifiic. 473- (21 Ti )X"ii> ri'si k'lue ill llif Canada^, liy TallMit, 59. (J) Holwfcii Ilaittiird ami (Jiii.'Ikc', liy Sillinaii : (4) of Raii\va)> ami Canals LArillN'r. IN' IIIK \I\- CKNTrKV. 237 by the Canadian (iox'crnnicju in US79. Whilst on lh(.' one hand the Canadian Pacific Railway masrnates, merchants and manu- facturers of Montreal, fostered h\- the- proLcxtive poHcy, erected mairnificent dvveliinj^ houst!S on the Lake St. I.ouis shor(;s: on the other, work shops ckistered. as if by manic, in the central part of the town of I. r chine and |)rominent amonj^^ them are the Uf)minion Bridge Ctjmpany and the Dominion Wire Manufac- turing^ Company. A splendid system of water and electric lit.;ht works speak volumes for th(; rapid development of the localitx". Twenty thousand dollars is th(; estimate; of the ytiarly civic revenue. The j)opulation of 2,406 in iSSi has swelk.-d to 3.761 in i(S9i. In 1S81, $158,659 was the fij^ure of the total manu- factured products, as a_i.rainst $1,358,325 in 1891 ; and during the same period invested cai)ital increa.sed from $260,125 to $1,004,600. There were 105 employees in 1881, and 696 in 1891, whilst the wa_o^(;s for the correspondin_u^ jxM'iods are represented by the fi_Lj^ures $62,020 and $310,016. The; following' statistics are taken from an advanced sheet of " Lovell's (iazetteer and History d the Island of Montreal.' now untler preparation : I,acliiiU' liii'l ill I'V'liruarv, lS()i, lillv iinnri-niiicd Ikuisl-s ( I ) ;iiiil m'Vimi in iinii>f nl (-(ins- Inii'lion. Several of i!k' foniKT IkOoiij; In liiniilie.^ in Mnnlri-'al ami arr ()i'('ii|iiL'ii in smnniL-r as pleasant ami airy homes. They are well ami lasteliilly built on the shore of the River St. Law- rence an.ailinji ami |lk•a^^ll■^• lp()al>-, ^^ivc animalion tn ihf lovers i)f cliarmiiij; sailing .mil a satV liailmr. I.achiiii.' adincU a iilia^aiil Mmimcr r^■^illt■nL•c■ to a hirj^u inimhcr of .M(mtrcali.'i>-. It i*- a ri'sorl (or iiIimmmo parlii-> during uinlcr. Lailiiiif is llu' liTiiiiiius i>f llu' Lailiiiic Canal. It i> situated on Lake St. Louis, nearly o|i|i(isite t'auglmawaga, and at the head of the I.aehiiie Rapids. It has a station of the (irand Trunk Railway ('oin|iany. l.arhine is now (iStjj) an ini|io,tant town of 3,914 inhabitants. It is in the eounly of |ac(Hies-Carlier. I'he eounty is liounded on the north liy the Hack Rivef, i>n the south hy River St. I awreiice, on tlieeast liy Notrt-I )auie de (irare, and on ilie « est li\ Lake of Two .Mountains. It ha^ the tollow inj; : .lens n/' /(iiii/. I'o/iilalion. | Assesscil viituc. 1,500 ' 400 ' $ 153,124 1.274 ' .v')i4 l.2f)5,9So 0,219 i 968 j 607,541 Laehine has : 5 C/i-riiirl /^riifessiiin -2 ("alholic, 3 I'lotestant. ij J^i'ifdl profess ion, -2 advo;'ates, 1 solieilor, (1 notaries. 6 Mcilictil profession.- b allopalhists. Miiniiipulitii's. Dorval Laehine 'rtone. 5 |-"actories : 1 Chair. 2 ( ieneral lurnilure. 2 I'ickel. I Sen-tt. 5 I'ounilries : 1 ( 'ar w heel. 1 Iron ripe. 1 Screw. I Wire Rope. I Iron liridge. ^ CInirilics I .Angh'can, built of brick ; present incumbent. Rev. Rich.ird llewton, M.A. Cont^regatioii, 200. 1 Catholic, built of stont' ; pr-.'senl parish priest. Rev. Narcisse R. I 'idle : Rev. II. Marce- lais, curate. Congregation, 3.rKX3. 1 Methodist, built of >t iiie : Rev, T. S. I larri: , pa>tor. Congregation, 125. I I'resliyterian, built ol >lone : present minister, Rev. Charles Ro.,s. li. I), (.'ongregation, 3(X). 5 I'.duriit iomd 1 nsl it lit ions 1 ConveiU. built of stone ; Reverend .Sister .Marie |ose])h du Saere Co'ur, lo,-al superioress. 112 nun.^, 7S novices, 30 lady teachers, 201 C'atholie and 6 Protestant female pu|iiU : 3 male Catholic servants. 1 Connnercial college and -.chool, built of stone; Rev. Brother-- of the Christian schools, directors. 6 Catholic male teacher> ; 311 Catholic ni.de scholars, 5 Protestant male scholars ; 1 Catholic male ser\ant. 1 C"alliolic elemenlar\- scho-il. under the direction ol the Reverend Sisters St. .\nnes. 250 Catholic and 3 Protesianl female jiupils. 1 Protestant elementary schc il. 1 Catholic female leai'lier. 22 C'atholie and 22 Protectant female pupils. 1 Protestant mo. lei s.-hool. i C'atholie female teacher, 1 Protestant male teacher. 411 I'ro- lestant female sc'iolars, 66 male i'rolestant scholars. iV Pritfipit! Ihiildiitfrs Tile Ciiiveiit, I),iminioii bridge building, post oflice, telegraph, telephone, water works, wire w.p.',<>, l),iwi',\ Co's breuery and out buildings. y(y Mi'nani ih' CilliiiiTS 2 Candies and fruits; 2 cigars and tobacco retail ; (> (lr\- goods retail; 1 lurnil'ire dealer ; 6 general stores; 2 gents furnishings; 12 grocers retail, «« liipior ; TIIK I'KINCM OF WALKS AT DOKVAI.. 239 I li;iril«;iri' rrlail ; f) Ii(jIc1>. ^i'i//l li(|ui)r : I Imlcl li-illitnit liciiicn : 2 nacU iikhIi' ilntliin^ ; 5 ii->l;iurii!il.-, ui> li!|uiii ; 2 «iiu-s ;iii(l lii|iiiirs rulail. / ,'(j Other ('ii//i)iirs 2 liailirt'-. Circuit I'oiirl : I luir l)i>tllcr ; I lull lck|ili(iiu' ; ^ liininllii^ h()iisc;i ; 2 liiial liinl(Ki> • i Ipnili-rmai'ici ; I lidMiiaixci : K) li(i()Ul : 2 liiMini-nm>k'i> : 1 liri-\Mr\ ; 4 labincn : 17 laitLr^: 4 inasiii carlcrs ; 1 caillc lUalii : 1 i (inlia<'tur ; 2 cnal ilcaliTs ; 5 lirau^ihlsiiiui : 2 (.■iij^irKjcr^, bnat : 2 (.•ii^iiiiiiicn, (lii\ci>: 2 tiij^iiRiiif;), fiiKr^ : 4 NSdikinj; cn}4ini.'trs : 13 farmers; 6 tirinu'ii ; 2 (• ■Wdini ck-alirs ; 2 tllti.r^ ; 24 fi)ri.nun ; 5 forwarders ; t frci^hl aj^iiil : 4 ^ariiciiers. 5t(-' I'liridus Cdlliiigs - 2 Aii'ouiilaiit-. : 1 a^i! ■■dllii-liiiL; ; 2 a<;iiils, j^encral ; 5 a^;i'iil-, iiisiiraiue ; I aj;iiit, news; 1 ayi'iit, real estate; I aj; it, sewing; machine: I a^eiit. siiap; I aichilect ; 4 liridj^eiiien ; 2 liridyeiiuislers ; 4 cdiiimercial travellers; 4 cimmiissinn mercliaiils : 2 ilairyineil ; I engineer. (i\il: I lii>rse trainer: 444 laliorers : i lij^lillunise keeper: m lock men ; 4 manaj^ers ; j milkmen ; I nnisic leaclier ; j i)|)erariirs ; ; i section foreman : 2 secrelary-lreasiirer-- : 4 -extons : I stenof;ra|ilier ; I stevedore ; J su|ierinlen\ THE PRINCE OF WALES AT DORVAL \ . iiii In the ye;ir i S6o, the shore.s of Lake St. Louis witnessed the arri\;il of a thstini^uishetl part) of luiolish noblemen. I'Oreniost amon_n' theni was no less a })ersona_n'e than the eldest son of OiKx'ii X'ictoria, the Heir Apparent to the British throne, Albert lulward, Princt; of Wales, then a youth of nineteen )ears, and now the most j)o[)ular j)rince in I'Airoj)e. On the 29th August, i860, he paid a xisit to the countr) residence of Sir Georirt; .Sim|)S()n. at isle l)or\-al, occupied at tht; time by (jeneral .Sir L'enwick Williams. The foilowin*^ description, taken from the Montreal ihxzcttc, will no doubt l)e read with interest to-day. "On Wednesday the 2gth inst.. the canoe-excursion <^^\\v\\ by the lludson's Ha\ Company to His Royal Highness the I it; 240 Till. I'K!N( i; Ol- WAI.I'S A |- DnKNAI.. ! ' M I'rincf of Wales, came off with coinpU-tc siicci-ss, from Sir (icort^t- Simpson's hcautiful countrN rcsidi-ncc;, \s\v. I)or\'al, - about three miles a!)o\e l.achiiu,'. Tiic weather, which had been threatening in the mornini^, cleared ii|) in the afternoon, and was e\er\ thinn- that couki be desired. After the review, which took place in the morning-, was ovt-r. the IVince of Wales and suite drove out to Lachine by the u|)per road, nK^etin^" a hearty nt- ccj)tion .iIoul; the whole route ; but more especially at the villai^e of Lachine, where the residcMils had made j^re-at exertions to do the Prince due honor. h"or a considerable distance, pine trees had been planted on each side of tiie street ; a profusion of tlaj^s and t^arlands decorated the houses, and (short as had been the time for the preparation) no less than eii^ht or nine- triumj)hal arches sj)anned the road. The tirst set:n was near the tolbbar, erojted by Mr. Duff. Am)nL;' others, we noticed that at the Muilson's Hay House, the residence of Sir (ieori^e .Simpson ; at tin- ( )ttawa Hotel ; at the Lachine Brewery (Dawes and St)ns); and at the rc!sidence of Mr. Hopkins (H. B. Co. service). "At a point opposite Isle Dorval (als') the property of .Sir (i. .Simpson), the ro\-al party (|uitted tiieir carria'j^tis to embark in boils sent up tor the purpose, from the vessels of war K'in^' in our harboLu-. The scene at this moment w.is unri\-allecl in interest, and jjicturesque effect, -jne never to bL' forj.r()tten by those (co:n[) irativeK' Wtw in numloer) who witnessed it. His Royal Highness, in warm terms, e.xpressed his surprise and j^ralification at the demonstration, of which we w'ill endeaxour to j^ive some faint idea. " The site was well chosen ; the ch.mnel, less than a mile in width, llows between fields now ripe for the harvest, sloping;' to the water's ed^e, anil the dense foliaj^e and verdant lawns of Isle l)or\al, fresh with recent showers and brilliant with sunshine. .A llotilla of nine larj^e birch-bark canoes was drawn up in a line close to the heatl of thi' island. Fheir ai)i)earance was very beautiful ; th(.' li^ht and graceful craft were painted and fitted up with i^reat taste, each having' lla^s at the bow and stern ; their crew, composed of (jiie hundrtxl lrot|uois Indians, from Cau^L^h- ■I tn D J u C z < 3 J (J) UJ < J I ui u < X u z < u I m > H H > < r H 3- (6 (/) r < C I 1-1 'W It ■ 6h |.;,*J mi 1 m w u 5 i. > I z 11 Q a =■ "^ P u 5 5 = h .E ^ ? « 1 J 1 I 05 X I crj h .: r 1 J 3 3 j c a 3 C c w m CD CO 10 '.v«n 1 m • ^^■ • ..i.,,tSJ.-» »- . .. ... , 4k ^ I i 1 pvjp W ^l^^^^t ^^^^^^: ^ mt r m •" - ' ."-■ At- t WAH CANOE Doivnl, 1892 sffl* i 1: :=rp BREE2E VAIDA PEARL MINNIE A ST, LAWRENCE YACHT CLU B-Dorval, -illi mm fiplf i^l i i w LI H I 1 > 1 1 H K'v ' CO a s; rl a H H T ,., -' c ■. ■„ .if ;r >' i ' ■' ?■ • U ^■■■.;i !S ■"' . <; % ) ■ v; ■', ■■ '^ .* c A>\ ■ D '■ -J ..J 1^ m2 •< .„ -^ £•*'- (1 hi ". . 23 ** """l 3 ff- ■.. a ^ IS Bik^.' 1 1 '"J.i I. ■' ii'ii'i; B- 1 I I: 00 -I :: -33 a n 3 n •J < 11 , I ii . (H Illi; l'kl\( I <)| WAI.Is \l |ink\,\l. 241 ill saii- iviwaj^a and Lake ol Two Mount. lins, hcinv; ((tsuiiiKd vai^i\ j^ay with rcathcrs, scarlet cloth, and paint, tlic crcvNs and craft hannoiiisinn a(hnirahl\, "As soon as the harm' I'arrx injn; the I'rincc pushed olT tr(»ni the mainland, the ileet of cano'-s darted out h-oni the island to meet hmi, m a xoyaj^eiir son;^-. line ahrejist, and to the inspiriliuL; cadences ol" a ( ) n nearinu the ro\al banjc, the line oi)i'ned in lh( e mulille, a|)parenll\ to let it pass, hut, sudden!) \\heeun>;- ind with a rapidity and precision which took e\'ery one hy IP'C roi surprise, the\- ai^ain formed in line, with the Prince's 1); the middle, antl in that form reached the landiuL; place, when the cano<'-son^- ceasetl. and a chei-r. it did one's heart i^ood to hear, hurst from the \«)\ aLjcurs, which ilis jr the whole length of the village, a halt was called, and 'he canoes ordered to head uj) stream and mount the current in "Indian f\le," till again op- posite Lachine, where the line was formed, as before, and the river recrossed to the railroad wharf where the steamer Kingston was lying, to receive the party on board. As .soon as the em- barkation was completed, the canoes drew off. giving a parting cheer in capit;d style, which was replied to from the steamer and the crowds on the shore. The Kinostoii (juickly cast off her mooring, and, running down the I^achine Rapids, landed the Prince and his party in Montreal, about half-past seven, where carriages were in attendance for them on the wharf. " We are enabled to state that the Prince, and all who had the good fortune to be with him, entirely enjoyed the whole affair ; which, from its peculiarities and successful management, will probably make a more lasting impression on His Royal Highness than anything else that has been, or will be done, to entertain him in this country." After being entertained in Montreal, at balls, concerts, etc., LI is R(n'al Highest dej)arted for Ottawa on the 30th August, via the Cirand Trunk Railway, accompanied by his suite. The entire party left the train at St. Anne.s Lock taking the si)lendid i,'i;l'| M Illl': I'KIXCK ()|- WAI.I'.S AT l)()k\AI,. 243 iU,'vv steamer "Princi; of \\';iles," christcnetl for the occasion, aiul which plied between Lachine and Carillon for thirty years after. The niemor) of the weekly Satiirda)- excursions of this steamer throuirh Lake St. Louis and Lake of Two Mountains will not easil\- be forijotten by those who were fortimate enough to enj>)y them. Vhv. companx- ha\e rej)laced the veteran " Prince of Wales" by the majj^nihcent steamer "Sovereij^n," which is now runninij^ between the same jiorts. The nanu! " Sovereiirn " was a ha[ipy choice and a fitting- tribute to the illustrious mother of our j^uest of thirt)' )ears a<,a). This recalls the ballad suno- during- tlie Prince's x'isit to Toronto, by 5,000 of Canada's lo)al school children : m Alk (;o!l S.W K niK (lIKKN. Xii'toriii's son ami lu'ir I Nil tillc Oiiiisl ihciu licar Mcirc 1 111 nil I, iiiDir dear, riiou, (I'cr llio iiiiglily >.(.'a, Hast conic, oui' j^ucsl to be : Warmly \vc welcome thee ; Thrice welcome here 1 (loci iiles> our inalroi) (Jiieeii 1 Her sons of" manly mien, And daughters fair. -M.iy heaven's |)er|)eHial grace Rest on her rising race ; May they her footsteps trace, 1 ler virtues share I Hail I lirilain's hope and our-- Though here no regal towers Receive thy train. Strong arms shall lliec surrouml .\nd loyal hearts shall liound, .\nd every voice resouml ( )ur joyh;! strain. ill (I) Tour o| 11. R, II. The I'rin :e of Waks, 160. ns THE FUTURE OF THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL. What a chant^e throughout all these places since their infancy in 1666, nay even within the past few years! Gone are the war canoes of the Indian lirave, o()ne the i:)ark thatched roofs of the settlers loLjcabin, the palisaded forts. This is the day of r.u'lways. steamboats, canoes, pleasure boats and yachts, (hardens and lawns, C(K]uettish cottages and princely dwellintrs. Almost the whole line of shore on Lake St. Louis \v.ka become one of the most attractive summer resorts, combining" with the ravishing- beauties of nature, the convenient proximit) of Montreal through the GrrUid Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways. .Some thirtN trains dail) keep up a constant circulation to and from the cit)'. Between Lachine and St. Annes, there are now twelve stations, while hardly tcMi years a^o three only e.xisted. .St;veral of Mon- treal's wealth}' men ha\e erected on these shor(^s their countrx villas. The borest and .Stream, as a country club, is perhaps unsurpassed on the continent of America. I'ht; .St. Lawrence Yacht Club is the most extiMisivi: ri\'er club in the Province and one of the laroest on the contiiKMit. Ihe Bel-Air lockev Club is the b(;st in the Province and perhaps in the country. Within the last few yc;ars, a marvellous growth is to be found in the value of real estate; all alon^ the shores of Lake vSt. Louis. River frontat^e is sold by the s(juare foot. Who can foretell the Montreal Island of twenty-five years hence .'' It can be predicted within the bounds of probability, that the whole island will form but so man\ wartis of one city, with no other boundaries than the waters which surround it. \\ ith Mount Royal in the centre, the noblest of rivers to the south, iht; Back River northwards, and a territorial tract of sufficient dimensions to permit of all the V w I TllK FUTURK of TIIK ISLAM) OF MON'TKKAI, 245 necessary embellishments and luxuries of a modern city, Mon- treal is destined to become the finest maritime city in the world. 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INDKK IIIK Kl.M II JioMINA IION. ('i)llc(li'il fnim I'itrri' NLii^jr), i'owiiiriw c/ /h'loin'fr/rx, n\n\ nilur sci\irci's, Alilili, Am., I(>77 ; Aiiiyot, !»;iiikI; liaiiliiiiid, |().S4 ; Harrol, I.miU'iit ; liariciii, I.>, l6So: Mmij;y, \.v Clifvaiiir ili' ; ik'iiulilf. \ iillicr ; ilc Hiaiilii'ii ; iiuiiclu-i ilc Lu IVrritri'. 1727; Hi'llcnarili', 1679; iIcn HorKcrcs, I.c siiiii ; ItrrlliiiT, l.i- sii'ur di' : jtiillini. ('"lin ; liisldi, jian, lCi7()! HiTlhiiT, 1,1' ^iiiir (If ; Hivard ; liihaiid, I'rs, 1671 : liissdl, siiiir di' \ iiK iniK-., I()i>.^iiilli>i, i07i)mS() : liiiiilioniiiK', (iiiil., l()7l; KciiiliinniiK', Nii'liiihiN; Hdiii-liard (lit Dorval, raiil, 11S5; HoucIrt di' HoiiclKTvilU' ; Hiuidor ; Hoiilli'iinor dc Sainl ricrro i Koiirdon d'Aiilray, |a(i|iRs ; Hoiirduii d'< )iul)i>iir),', Ji'aii ; Hdiiliii ; Hnytr, MIl-IrI ; lli'Dssard, Am., I()77 ; Hrossard, ji'aiiUu-, UtJJ ; Cailla-., Ia((|iR>i : Cavilicr s(.'|ili : ("liarpriitiir ; ClialLaiilR'nf, 1724; I )i' ' "lialcaiipR' ; i|l- Cliavi^iiy I'rs , Siciir dc I.a ('lu'\ miiirc, l(>71l6S4 ; di- Ck-riii ; ("iiihi)i> vakt nf du la Salk' ; I.a ("iirdumiiiTi.', 1684; t'oiirlnl. 1720; Cicvicr di' Saint ■ l''raii(,i lis ; CiiilkTiiT, Krni', l()()0. ("iiiiliirf, Ji'an ; l)'.\ilkdinii-.l dc Maiilct, 16X4-93; dWrlanuicUc ; DamlMHiri'l ; I >aiiiiiin\l, dc Saint l.iisson, 1669; do la Korcsi, Lniiis, (iovcriiDr uf the IIUhdIs in 16S7, jjuj;. u\ Del., vol. ], p. S28 : I>u);uc-H do ; d'l',ra(|iio : horhanno; do l\o pominny, I'iorro ; do Manlol ; ilo la hoilo ; l)ulmi^, l')77 ; DidmisMin, l.o Sioiu do. 171.?; 1)11^110 do Sainlo-Tlioroso ; Du^'iiosiin' 1 (>()() ; I )iivir^;ior, 1720; Dos I,aiirior>, 1678; DonOiu Noillors. 1659-77: Dried, \ilal, 167 1 ; l)iiliii>, l.niiis : |)nlit;niiii : l)iiplossi>-( lalinoaii, i<>77 : Dupral, Rolioit ; Diipiiis, I'rs; Dupiiis, .Niiliolas: Diirand, l6<),S ; Diissaidt, Matlunin : Dii- vaiill do \alronno, CloiiR-nt, 16X9 : Kallor. Martin: Di la I'rito, I6S4 : hillaslm. Joan : I'il- lastni. JacipR's: laliry i\c la Hriiyiro. 17J4 ; I'oniaino, Joan, 1677; do l''(>iir<-il!o, 16S4 : l.o siour I'limsin : llannnii, ( liiillaiinR', 1677: I,a \'<-rondryo, his fcuir sons, his iR'phow : I.a janR' rayo ami his cinnpaiiions : l.a I'lanlo : I.a Kivioro : l.o Mairo, jaiv.'uos ; Do I.a .Manpio : .N'olam ol Sansohaj;rin, l728-4<) : (li'iaiilt ; do ( iravolino ; (Iro^oiro, Malh.irin, 11)77 :( Iroysulun Didluil, Daniol, 1679: (iroysolon do la Tourotlo, Claiido, his laothor : llorlol, |6X() ; llunoaa, .\iiilro, 1677; llamolin- 1724; Jah, ; jolliot, I.cuiis, l(j()()-77 : joiitol : joviol, Jaccpios, 1671 ; jiiiho- roaii iW' Saint l.'-onis. I.ouis : do I.a Chosnayo, .Xidiort. 16S5 ; l.aC'roJN ; I.a Doiicoiir : l.a |-loiii-, 1,0 siour. 1677 ; l.a Kortuno, 16S4 : l.a iTosiiiiro: l.a Janmiorays, |6S() ; I.a llonlan, l.o Hanm, 1685-169J: I.a Motho-Cadillac, .\nt, 1685171?: I.anj^illior. jacipios, 1(171: l.an^dois : l.a I'lanto; l.a I'orlo I.i>uvij;ny, l6<)o; l.a 'laupino. 1079: I.a Kaliollo : l.a Kivioro (k Tours : I.a !>■ vio/o fhainhly, 1678: I.a Kuo, 1679 : l.a Vorduro ; I.a Tonrotlo, lirothors, 1679: I.aiirin, |i ,; do l.a N'altrio : I.atlov:r, r72l ; Lavi^no, I'aid, 1679: I.avijjno-Ndisiii : l.a Toiicho, |6()S; 1.0 liarMor, romnianilaiil of lorl St. I.ouis, 1687 ; l.o Hor, JaoipR's : l.o lioiirlionnais : l.a ("lu- vrotioro: do I.a llarpo, Hornanl, 1719: l.o ( lardonr do ("ourloinanolR'. 11)911702: l.otiardour do Roponti^jii), 1684: 1.0 (lardoiir do Saim I'iorro, 1719, 1750, 1752: l.o IIoun: l.a Molorio, |ao.. 16S0; 1.0 .Maislro, 1671) : l.oiniro ; l.o Hlond : l.o .Miro : I.oyoiKlro ; l.o Moyno do Hion- \illo; 1.0 Moyno d'lUorv ilk' : l.o Noir dit Uolland, I'Vs, 1673-85; I'iorro l.o Siiour, 1689-1702: 1.0 \allon ; I.ovassour, l.o siour ; I.ospino, 1724; I.ouliias, l.o siour ; Mahout, 1677; Mar- oiiand, Uoliort : Masso, Donis, 1671 ; Massoii, lirothors, i()79-S4: Marriii \- Son, 1750; May- scri', lean, 1671 : Monorol ; .Moroicr, 1724; Moroau, Siour do La Taupino, 1671-98: do l.nii- vijjny, 1717; J<) : IV'iiin. MiUliicu ; IVticiI, N'iili.. i()-i nx);; I'icird, l()So ; I'icluiril, 1724: I'icott- lii' HL-llcstru ; rdnli-lwrliiiiii, ItrniiK', 17011 ; 1'cirUTi.t, I'iriiv : I'orliiL'iif ilf ; I'liiloiiK'c. ('\\> : (^)ui.'MU'I. ()livii.'i. ainmriL-r, 1677: (^UioMU'l, siir^acm. 1724, I\;il>rn. Amlre' : K;iclissiin. rifrii.' I'!>|iril: KihimnvilK-, I,l' siiiii- iK' : Rixc'l. 1724; Kuliiiirau ik' Hci'aiK'dur : l-iuulfaii, jean : Koiisscl, (Jean) dc l,a Kmissi'liiTc, SiirgL'nn. i()79-i()7i : Jean Roy: do Kaynioiid, 1749; dc Sainl-Cusiiii.' ; Sainto-Cniix : Saim-( icniiiR' : df SaiiU-Lainhcrl : dc Sainl-I.avuaiit ; Sainl-Miciu'l, l()77: dc Saim-( )iir>., I.c >irur ; ^^inl(lll. l''rs. 1(170: do Saint- Anyc, 1724; Saint-SiiiKin, k')7I ; SalvaLjc : Sai!\at;rau dc Maisunniin c. Kono. l6()(); do Saii- volo ; Siniard di.' Hello-Islo, 1720: dc Sincl. I.c ^iolll : ilo Suiijoro^, I.oininlo; 'ralun, J. • l!lo : Talon, Liicion ; Talon, rii-rio ; Talon, Koliorl ; dc Tonly, Alplion^c, 170117K); dc Tonly. Ilcnii, 1680 16S7 ; Tici,'ay : Tiirpin ; do X'orohoro, Lo sioiir : N'cniard, I'.lionno, 1720 ; do La \crcndiyc. 17,51-50; dc Xdlij^ny. I B()rR(;i':()is and fir tradI'Rs txdkr THK BRITISH CROWX. CoUccU'd IVoui " i.is Huini^cois lie la ( 'ompaj^nic dii \nrd-( )\ir>l," li\ Sv'nalor MasMiii ; '' I,cs ("anadicn^ dc !'( )nc.it," l>y Senator Ta>sc ; and iVoni other Miuree--. Allar\'. Michel, cle|■l^ : Anderson, Tlios : Astor, John Jacoli, the (oinidcr of the Aslor family of New N'ork ; Adlieniar : Aiiluy. I'. \. ; iiahy, Jac(|itcs Diipoidn; Hcaiidry, I'ntdcnt : Hailhc ; Haiijjy, Louis, X'ital ; Helanf^of ; Holloaii ; Hranamoitr, Michel; Cadottc. 1. Haptiste ; t'ameron, l-'.neas : ("anipiiell, John I) ; ("artier, Joseph, clerk : ( "halioilkv. ( 'lis. |.-l!:c: ('lark, |ohn. factor; ("lark. Sinion ; ("ollerette, Michel, clerk; Connelly. ('( W'ni.. cicik. cn^;aL;ed in Nhtv, 1813; ("ameron, l)iii;a!d. settled at (iraflon, near ("ulioiir^ in 1844; Canieroii. Dinican, father of Sir Roderick Cameron ; Dc Coaaj^nc, Frs., clerk; Dc Lonc;ladc, Charles; I)id)ii(|ue, jnlicn ; Ducharnic, Jean Marie; Dmnas, I'ieire, clerk; Dori.m. inis, clerk ; i^llicc. .\lc\ in. j-'.dward ; l-lrmatinc;cr, C. ( ). ; I'alcon, I'icrro ; l-'aril);iiilt, Htc ; I'ournier. lac- (ittes ; !■ nilav. l'"iniay. Janes, jr ; I'iiilay, John ; l''orsyth, lohn ; I-'ors)th. Thomas l*'ortin, Louis, clerk: Lranchere, (la!>riel; l''ranchoro, (ialiri lol, jr.. clerk at < )k;i •ranklin, Sir |ohn : I'rascr. .\le\ : Lraser. .Simon ; l''roliishcr, iienj.; I^'rohishor. |oseph ; l''ry ; Cirardin, Louis, clerk : (iooduin: ( Irani, ("lis ; ( Irani, Culhbert ; ( Irani, Cuthliert, jr., half-lireed. leader in 1816 ; (Iraiit, David: (iranl I'otor, sottlod at St. .\nnes and linally at Lachine, where he ilicd in 1848; Circf^ory, John : Cirii,'non. .\iij;nslin ; < liicrin, X'ilal ; i laldaiie, John : ilallowell. Win.; Hamilton, \Vm. II.. clerk; lleiiev, Iiui;h. clerk: llenrv, ,\le\ ; llessc, ("hs., clerk; Hughes, J; Inglis, John ; Johnston, John ; Juneau, Salomon ; Keith, James, factor Keith, (ioorge, was factor at Lachine ; Lamarro, Soraphin, clerk ; La Roc(|ue, Jos., clerk ; La Roc(|ue. i'rs. .\nl. : Leclerc, .Xntoinc ; Le ( lardciir. do Sainl-I'icrrc ; Lcroux. .\nloinc : l.eroux. Lament, Le Siovir, clerk: Le N'asscur, Niul ; L\nilmrner, .\dani ; Liniiiiii;ston, Duncan; MacDonald, John; MacDouifall, .\le\., settled and clied C, Lachine; MacKcn/.io. .Sir .Mc\ ; MacKonzie, James ; Mac('iilli\ ray, Duncan; .Mac( lillivray, John : MacCillis ra\ , Simon; Mm- C.illlvrav, Hon. \Vm. ; Mallet, J. Hie; Malhews, William, W. ; Malhcws, R. ; McDonell, John; .McC.illis. .\ni;us, clerk ; McCillis. ilui;h ; Mcllay. Alex: Mcllay, W. Col; Mcllay, Will : McKon/ie, ("hs ; .McKen/ic, Daniel; McKonzie, Hon. Roderick; McLcod, Norman; .McLoughlin; .McLollan, .\rchio ; .McLood, Arch. N. ; McTavish, Dan; McTavish, Donald: (I) 111 1825, William Connolly hocanie a partner in the anialf^amated company. Ho was horn at Laclime alioul 1786. .Vhout l8oj ho first ontored the service of the N. W. ("ompany. Soo case of ^"o«"('//|' ((«(/ ]\'<} Moras: Mimtour. Xicl)., cIltU ; Miiir, Jdliii : Ndliii, h'rs.. clcik : ()gil\ic, Jnliii ; I'aiiihrm.. riiTir ("Invs iln^iir ; I'an^inaii, I'elcr ; tVrit;n), I.s., cliTk : rcncaiill, |.-IUi' ; riii- SDiiiiaull. I,>: I'liilras. Allelic, clerk ; I'cillock. Dimcaii; I'ond, I'clcr ; Turlicr, |ac:|iics ; I'or- Icous. |. ; I'litliicr. 'roiissaiiil ; l'ro\ciii,'ak Louis; I'riti-liard. (oliii, clerk: I'lillniaii, JaiiU'S ; (JiicsncI, jiilcs Maurice, clerk; Racelle, ("lis; kaimille. |o>e|ili : Keaiiiiie, Cliarles: Kiellc, Louis, sr. : Kicliarilsoii. joliii : Ivohertsoii. I)aiiiel: Kolierlson. Donald, clerk; Robiilon, Joseph: \K kcclielilav e, I'iernill; Rolelli-, (os ; kousseaii, 1 )oiiiiiiii]iie : koiissin, Kustaclie, cleiK; koy, j.-iile. Louis; Dr. kowaiul ; Saver, John: Selkirk, Lord; Siiiipsoii. Sir (ieo: Shaw, .\nj;us ; Smith, Sir Donald .\. ; Speiice, John ; Sl-Luc ; Stewart. Alex ; Stewart, John ; .Sulherlaiiil : 'riionipson. David ; Thaiii. 1 lios : Thoinpson, John ; 'I'lircot ; I'mfreville. I'.tluard ; VVadinC-'l; Wilcock. Samuel. IL, clerk; Williams. I Ion. Win : Willis, John; WeiU/ell, Willard Lerilinanil ; Went/ell, l''rederick. x'ovAc.F.rRs rxDRR rii;-: British crowx. iiii" (.'ollected Irom ( Irelt'es of ( l. A. (iiayand I It nry ( iril'tin. notaries at ,\lo;ilreal.i:!l I S09. l-'.iv^a,,'ed t I M 'lavi^li. Mc; '.illivr.iy and Co. ; Jolia ( )^ilvy and Thomas Tliain I*'. I51ais, Jos., ('irand liriile ; lilais. jo,., jr.. Saint-ik-noit ; Honiu'. .\ndre. Sl-( ielievieve : iiruiiet, Jean ike., lixiiii; at Sorel with Li>uis ( 'onrnoyer. Lie Madame; Cadieux. h'rs.. Ripiud : Daliiii. Joseph, kecollel Sulmrli^ : |-'.ustache, .\nt.. (^)uin/.e C'hieiis ; l''alinard, I'ascal, SaiiU-Henoil ; Ciaucelin. I'ierie, Sorel ; Cauthier, .\ui;iistin. Wiudreuil : (aiillolte. Ike.. Herthii.'r : Ladouceiir, l''rs.. .S.iint- Henoit ; Laplan;.-. H.i/.., Saint-ik'noi; ; La I'ierre, Louis, kecollel Sulmrlis : La I'lante. I'rs.. N'amaska ; Lavi^ne. lliiliert. .Saint-Ik noil ; Malleite. I.-... ki^aud : Mallette, I'aul. kii;aud : Mallette. .\a\ier, kif;aiiiiellc. jean Ndjl. N'auiheuil : I'arrisien. jai'.. I'.Vssoniptioii : I'in. |o>,.. Sorel: koidulileauv. I'rs.. lierthier : kinville. I'ierre, Sorel ; Saliourin, |os,, Saint-Heiioil : Saiisraison, l.s.. Saiiit-Ciithliert ; 47 Indians I'roui i!ie Sault : St-(;ermaiii. l-'r>.. Carillon : .Sei;uin. Ls., ki- L;aud : Same', 1,-.. kit;aud ; \ allee. .\m.dile, .St. .\nnes : \'illeiuai\ e. I'ierre. Ki'^auil. ■illll;' iSio. l'!li};a^ed to Sir Alex. McKeii/ie \ Co.. through Joliii l)gil\ie. Hoiirgeau. I'ierre. .Saint Ours: Couriiover. Ant.. Sonl : Coiirnoxer. .\ntoine I'aul. Sorel ; [)t'sro>ier dit Lalreniere. |os., lierthier; I'orcier. .\iit. . Sorel : Leteiidrt. Michel. Sorel ; Morin.Jos., SailU-Sulpii-e : I'arisien, jo-,., \ou\elle I.onj;ueuil; I'eltier. Claude. .Sorel. I (I) Latln'r of Mile de kochi-lilave of Montre.il, lie w.is the ^011 ol Philippe I'raneoi^ de tel de ko.'helilave. inihiar) ot'ticer in Louisian.i and t;randson of Jean Joseph de kastel. M. Ill pi lelilavc, >ci^n.ur de .Sivoiirnay. in I'r.i 1 •.-. ( ke,i;ister of Moniieal, <)tli h'eli ruarv, iSk); rej^isler ol Kaskaskia, nth .\pril, I7()_i. ipioted in /u-r^iis llhlnriviil .SV/Vc.v, NmiilKf Twelve, p. 171. .Viioiher son of the Marijuis named I'ierre Louis, also an oflieer, m.irried in M unreal on tlu JJlh Septemli.a-. 17i>'.i, Marie Jijseph IKiplo^is. hut he returned to l''rance soon aflci the cession. Mile de ko;-helila\e is the only sur\i\iu' of this remarkable familv. -(2) .\1) lUt 17S2. Mr. W.i din w.i-. murdered in l!ie norlhwe^l. I'eler I'oiid and .Sieiir (proli.ililv 1..' Sieiirl, were indicted for the criiiK' hi acipiitted. (5) The names are pulilished as w ritleii out liy the no'.aries, wiihoul any notice heinj; taken of the repetitions J'ie(|ueiitl\ . the vty.iiU'ur trad.a. (4) .\11 tl would tak-' more than one eii_L;af;einent with the same or another iSlJ were passeil lii'lore ( 1. .\. (lra\. I hey are le cnirauemenN to the ve;ir ill primed form ami are sii^ned li\ the V'Viiifi'ur luit not li\ the not.irv. 26o VONACKIRS rNDKK IIIK liKITlSll CROWN. Kiijjafji-il lo .M('T:ivish, McCiillivray iS: t'o., John ()j;ilv\ and 'I'lmnias Tliain. - Assclin, I'iiTiL'. Kivicrc a la (irait-sc; Itauilin Taiiu-, Tons., Sainl-l'imsiaiil : Haiidiii, Tiiussaint, Saint Constanl ; lk'aurliam|), I'lcrri', I.oiijjiK^-l'ninle ; Hfaufjranii dil CliainpagiR, Jos., Sainlll'.piit : Hfrrarr, Jos., MoiUrt'al ; Hisson, Ant., I.aprairit' ; Hisson, Ant., Sainl-C'onslanl ; lilanchanl, I.S., St. .\niK's ; Koili'au, HIl-., InIl' Hizard ; HouchtT, Krs., Hcrlhier : Uouvutlo, Krs., Montreal : Houclifr, Ili'ini, liirlliiiT ; ("adieiix, l'"rs., Ki^aiid : C'adoun'ttc, I'ls., Montreal; C'adotto, l,s., St. Amies: Caisse. I.oiiis. Saint-I''.s|iril ; Caisse, Pierre, Saint - l''.s|)rit ; ("ere. Ant., St. .\nnes : ("harpentier, Jos., Montreal; ("ire, Jos., Islejesus; ("laude, i'ierie, Sainte-( ienevieve ; ("onilon, (ieorf^e, X'aiidreiiil ; ("oiiviyon, I'ierri', 'I'errelionne : I >aij;neaii, Jos., lioiulierx ille ; I)e ("leur, .\ndre. Soidanges ; l)e ("(eur, .\ndre, Kigand ; De ("(eur, Louis. Kif^aiid ; De Co-ur. I,s., Sou- langos ; l)aii;neau, Jac(|ues, .Saint-Constant; Delorme, J.-Hte.. Merlliier ; Desjanx ris, Pierre, Isle Hi/ard ; Desjanvris, Pierre, Sainte-( ienevieve ; Diiliire, Pierre, Sainl-l\ej;is ; l)ulireiiil. .\nt., St. .Annes ; Dupont, 'I'ous., Maseouelie : Kustache. .\iil., \aii. I'orj^e. Jos. , r.\ssoniption ; I.a I''reniere, Hte., Itertliier : i.alande, Louis. Saint-iienoil ; La Liberie, Mte., St. .Amies; Lalonde, l'"rs., Sainle-Cienevieve : Landreville, Clis., I'.Assoiv.plion ; La Rente, Jae(|ues, St. .\nnes ; Larente, Hte.. St. .Amies; I.aprade. Hie., Saint -Lsprit ; La- planle, Ka|ihael, Rij^aud ; La\ i}j;ne, liuhert, Rij;aud ; I.aviyne, llidierl, Soiilaiiges ; I.e P.lanc. Hy., Ri^Miid ; L'l^tourneau, Michel, Saint-t"onstanl ; L'lAiilkv, Jos., Cole Saint-Paul: Ma- jeaii, Solomon, I'.Vssomplion : Mallette, .Auyiistin, Rij^aiul ; Miron, Joseph, Sault : Malletle, ( ieorjfe, X'audreiill ; Marseille, Jos., Herthier ; Martin, Jos., Sault; Nailon, .Ant., .Saint -Rose ; .\'e\eu\. Hte., St. .\nnes ; (Juesnelle, Simon, Rigaud ; Parisien, Joseph, Les ("edres : Perreaidt. Jos. . La Cliesnaye ; Ran^e, 'I'homas, Riviere a la (iraisse ; Robert dil ("anadia, l^nace, La- prairie; Rol)illaril, Ls., Terrebonne; Roy, Pierre, Lanoraye ; Roy. Pierre, .Saint- l^sprit ; Si- bourin. .\nl. Paul. Rij^aud ; 56 Indians from Sault S;iint-Louis ; Servant, .\le\is, X'audreuil ; Sef^iiin, Jean >,'o..'l, X'aiidreuil ; Saiut-.Vmand, Henj.. Rigaud : Saint-.Ainan, ouslant ; (been, John, Sault; ( liiillaiiine. I.oui- (Juin/.e Chiens; (iuillaume, Seijuin. Riband; Jac(|ues. .\llJ;u^lin. Sault; Lalonde, I'rs.; La londe, Jos.. Saint-Henoit ; Lalonde, Saint-Lu.% l^)iiin/'e Chiens ; La Pl.inle, Jos., Sainl-Henoit Lavigne, Hubert, Rigaud ; Lefebvre, Louis. Three Rivers; Mallelte, Ls., Rigaud ; Mallette (ieo., (Juin/.e Chiens ; .Mallelte, Pierre. Rii;aiid ; Mallette, Xavier, Rigaiid ; .Mauny, I'is. Three Rivirs ; .Miron, [os,, Sault; (Jue-nelle. Henj.. \ audreuil ; (^)uesnelle, .\mable. Riband Ranger, J. Hie., Rigaud ; Reiiion, T'rs. , Saint-Ours ; Kiihard, J.-Hte.. Three Rivers; Roe briiue. Pierre, Rigaud ; too Imiians from Sault Saint-Louis ; Same, .\mable, Rigauil : Saint .\iu.ind. Pierre, (Juin/e Chiens ; \'illeneuve, Jos., Rigaud. I'ngaged to C. ( ). T'.rmatinger. ("haibonneau, l'!usl. , r.Assomption ; Dielude, Joseph, Maska ; Deroeher, J.-Hte.. Petite Cole; Desaulels, Jos., Montreal; Lajoie, Pierre, Saint- Denis; l.amiiande, .\ugustin, Rivien- dii Loup; I.amirande, J. -Hie.. Riviere du l.niip ; Leniaye, |ac.. Montrtal ; Ker, janies. Monlnal ; Sainl-Jiau dil Coileur. T'rs., r.A>s(implion. I Si 2. Kngaged for Rat River, lo .Me lav i>,h, .Met iiUivray iV Co.. 'Thomas Thain ami .\le\. ,Mi N'ON'ACKl'KS rN'DKK TIIK liKItlSlI CKOWX. 261 Kcn/ie ( Greffe de Grant). Hhimliard, I,s., Si. Aiiiios ; Urisilidis, I'is., Throe Kivers ; Hostick, Frs., St. Aniics ; CouvigiKm, I'iurru, 'renoliomu' ; Dfsiill, I'rs., 'riircc Rivers; I,a Londo, jr., St. ( Jenevievc ; Luplante, Alex.. St. Aniu's ; Miiric, IkOloni, Lachinc ; Nuvuii, Ikibcrl, .Si. .\niies ; IV'|i|iiM. AiiKilile, 'I'lirce kivi'is ; 50 Indians from Saiill SaiiU-I.iuiis. 1814. i;iif;at,'uil to the N'nrtli West Company. — Ar(iuan, Pierre, Montreal ; .\iiger, i)up; .Mc(;ret;or, Kobert, I'oinle Claire; l'a(|uin. Louis, Herlhier ; I'arenleau, ( iuill., .Saint-Laurent Suburbs, Montreal; I ' mle. .\nl.. Riviere du Loup ; I'laule, l''erdinand, Saint-Cuthberl ; Rocheleau. I'rs. Saiut-Culhberl ; Rousseau, I)omini(Hie, .Saint-Denis ; Saiut-I'ierre, Jean, Saint-Cuthberl ; Sainl-l'ieTre. J. -Hie, Saiul- Laureiit Suburbs ; Saint-I'ierre, I'ierre, Hecancour ; Therien, Hte, I'errebonne ; Waj^ner, Jean, Saint-Laureul Suburbs. '\ih ■i M I 8 1 6. Kilgaged to Ihe Hudson Hay Company. .\myol, .Mi.'X.. ISerthier : Helonie. l)ai/ie. lisle (III I'ads; Houeher, Jos., .Saint-Laurent .Suburbs; Dupuis, J. -Hte, Sainl-l.aurenl Sidnirbs ; Delaun.ay, Ant., Sainl-Laiirent Sidiurbs ; Codin, .\iil.. Rivieri' <\\\ Loup; Ciueriietle dit Hrin- daniour, Sebaslien. Sainl-LaurenI Suburbs ; Le i5eau, Ii;nace, Terrebonue ; Murph)'. John. Montreal; Marlin dit I'ellar.d, Jos.. Herthier; Mel )(nu,'all. Dan.. Herlhier; Ouellelle, I'rs, Terrebonne; Rocheleau, (iuill., Sainte-Cene' ieve. I 81 7. I".nL;af;ed to Chs ( ). I'.rniatinger. .Vllaire, Jean Marie, Saiut-Henoit ; Heaui|uel, liaslien, Sainte-Rose; Heauvais. Ls., Saidl .Saint-Louis; Helaire, J.-Hte, SaiiU-Hiuoit ; Helau,i,'er, I'ierre, Saint-Ours; Helisle. Olivier, Sainl-Henoil ; Hisson, j.-Hte, Saint-LaureiU Suburbs; Hrosseau, Ji!i:!! Ik! !l^ ,1' :i •.^^n-««^^- C- 26: \i»\ A(;i;rKs indik iiii-. i!iiiiiT. ^)^., ( liaml Mii^Ua ; hoiimicr. l.nuis, (■lial<'; mill) ; ( lilioli-iiii, I'lt'iri', Saint l-aiiii'iil Siilmibs ; ( 'nilliiiT ilil Saiiil-(i JlP",., I.dllf^lK'llil ('iiLLii. |aiiu>. Miiiiiical ; (Imssic, I'icrn.'. I -cs ( 'ci 1 res ; (iidux. Miiliil, (iraiid Maska ; llalU 111, Saint-Hi'iiiiil ; l.f lilaiic. lia/ilc (liaiul MasUa ; I. |ar.. Si. Amu.-- : l.< I'i'iiR-r. III! M mil real ; lAiiiai. Mii'liul, Saiill-aii- Ri'cipllci : Liiiiai, Na\ iur, Saiiil-liciioil : l.iiiiair (lit Saiiit- ( iciinaiii. l.iiiii. I'diiiti.' (.'laiiu : I.aiij;iRili Saint- Antiiini.' Suluirlis : Mar^olais, ("liarlc Saint-Honoit ; .Moiissciiu, !■ AsMiiniitiiiii ; \ailiaii. In^., (iraml M;; I't'lil, Miclu' iiis-aint, Sl-IU'ivm : Kiclu-i, (I.. Stiu'iiuU (Iranil Ma>li>Mi';. .\u!.;ii>lin. Sainl-Ciiiistanl ; Iiii'liaiid, lly.. St. .Vniu's ; Hniin't. J.-lili', Si. .\nin-s ; I'riincl. Sainl -I.tic, St. .\nnos ; Cadraii. I-aiiifiit. \'ainas!>.. I'ciinU; an jdiir. I,'.\s-i>iii|)liiin ; I'laudr. NHiIrI. Si. Anni's : ("id^siirr, J.- r.tf. Saint- HLiuiit : l-'i-ctti', l.niiis, l,'.\ssiiinpliiin : ( '■alipcaii, Ju^cpli. I.'ciini(.'-a\i\ 'I 'ninlilts : Joliin. .\nl.. I'ipiiilc-aii\-'rrcinlik-s ; Laininntux. l-r-... Saiiit-Ciin.-taiit : Laplaiik'. .\nl..Sl. ( 'nlldiiil : l.a|iianlr. I'an). St. .\niu'^ : Millcttc', |.-l!l(.-,. Ki\iiM.- iks I'rairics; MiiMii, lis., l,'.\ssiiin|itiiiii : MMniLiin. l.s., I'iiintr-aii\-'ririnlile's ; Raiii^iT. .\nl.. Saint- Hi'imii ; .Sauvai^'c, Kan .\i S.ui\i- dil l,a| l.anlanli'. i'l'-., Saint-I!i iiuil : Sauvc dil l.apl.mu Sainl-lKiinii Saiivc dit I,a|iiantc', lly.. Sainl-lk'iiciit ; SLi^idii, |.l'.lr.. Ri!.,Miid : Sequin. I'icTir. RiLjaud 'rurpiii, Kiistai'hc, Saiiil-l'n-niiil ; 'rrnliirr. RriU'. Si. Aniu-^. l.ni;a|^<_-d li' ("lis ( ). l'.iinalinij;i.'r. Uriaiy, lii'iijaniin : l)i.rar\. I'icirL'. I Si <-)• ■ai^i^R'd to f (). I-: .r. In-aud UlHiiIll, l.iall: oinp'.inn ; ( 'amirain Clialifoux, Louis, SainU'-'l'lic-i'si' i\c lllaiin ilk' : ( 'ipiliiiN. Jar.. Saint- |ai<|iR'> : (T(|ii'aii, Ij^nacc, Isle Jesus; C'niclRliirr. j.-Hte. , C'oic ,Saiiit-\'iiuenl de Saint-Heiinil ; (lienkT, Mii'li., .Saiiil- 1- rancciis ; (iitjaidl. Am.. Maska; ( iirard, C'lamL' ; Maskiii. Iluiin) ; l.alkur, li.i/.. Sainl I'lan- eipis; Lalciiilaiiu'. jiPM'pli ; l.alnniaiiir, .Niidic. I .'.\ssnin|iliipn : 1 .aniane. Ins., S.iinl-Ccpiistanl ; Laiiu'lulk-, J. -Hli-.. (.'iinlHTcrui" ; l.f\ (.miik', Ihnri. .\. ; Marlin, Ji-an, Saint- Re^is du Saiiil- 'iei re : I'laiile, |iiliniiv. Soul; I'laiiU', l.ui'. Sorel; rppi^s.in. .. Saint-l iPiislant ; Saucier. I'Vs,, father and ^ipli, Rixieredii Loup: () Indians fripin Saiill S.iinI - l.ipiiis : Ireiidplax . [ipsepli. I'lairfindie. I'.n^a^ed li\ llieNiprlli W'e-i Coiniiaii). llppuiliei, Jixph. I.apiairie ; I )eeoleaii, J.-liU. .Macliiilie ; Duplante. I'ierre. Rii;auil ; Jipinel. Irs.. Nauilreilil ; Lareiile. |-'eli\. Sainle-Aiine ; Lavij^ne, Jean, N'.uiiaska ; .Mallelle. Jean. Rii^aiul ; Tarililk', I'ierre, N'amaska. I".nt;a};eil lo Win. Wallace Mallie\\s. Aelule/. Jips. , I'eilliier: liedouin. \nl.. I.apruirii' ; Hedouin, los.. ( lueliee ; lielleearde. .\iitniiie, Riviire li II l.ipiip llenipil, I- Is., Sainl-r laneois lierlliiauine, Ak'\., Sainl-I'raiii^ipis ; Cadiplte. Louis, Sainle-.\niie de liatisean ; ("liar|H'litier, Ant., liaie du kelpvie; (liarpeiilier. Jips.. Ilaie >\\\ I'elpvre: t'liausse. I'ierri', llertliiei ; ("our- nipyer, I'ierre, Soiel: Cripssiire j. - l!le., Saint-lHiiipit ; Cu-son. I'liililperl. I.aprairie ; DeeoU'au dil Lajoie, Mieln'l, Sainl- I'raiu.ois ; I )ese|iainps, I )eselianips. Riviere a l)elisk': I )isiardiiis. l''rs,. Saint- I'.ustaehe ; Desrosit. -Hu Saiiit-( )ii Dup- Ls., La Ifaie ilu L I )iipre, Jos.. \ .ludreuil ; I'.tliier. I''eli\. Ikrthier ; ( iai^piion, Mieliel, Saiiit-I''raiii,ipis ; (ialarneai l'"raneis, ISerlhier ; I'lalipeaii, Jos., I'(pinle-au\- Treiiililes ; ('laulliiei, \ ietoirc'. Saint- l''raiii,i pis llulpert. Saint 111- ISeniPit (liatd, ('l.s,, ("ppir.ri'i-o'ur : l.ai'psie. Jean, Mppiitreal . I.ailoiiceiir, Lalleur, Mielul, Repeiuii;n\' ; Le I'eniiai, I'ls.. Saint- l''raiR,i)is ; Lalile ilil Lainonlayne, Ji \'()\' \(;i:iks iNDi K iiii: .I'.Kiiisii . \ amlri'iii' : ^Iorl■i^M•all. |. l«!r.. \'aiiiliuiiil ; Navani', |(is. , kivitrf ihi Lmip ; I'ctii. ()li\i(r. Ili'illiior : I'ilim. Jafi|iics, Mi)iiirfal; I'lanicuKlun. AiiiaMi-, Saiii!l''rani,'iiis : I'laninrnldn. Siiiidii. Saiiii-l''raiii,'iiis ; I'lcvnNt, Toii'^saiiil. Saiiit-Amlir ; Kariiu'. (iin.. I'liiiili' (laiir : kivci, I'aul, I,' A^/iiin|iii>iii : lviiulfa\i. Miclu'l, HurlliitT : SiiiKiiiiMU. his. Am.. Saini-l'iaiii.nU : Sicaiil. I.nul- ( li-nrgc, Maskiiiniij^i. : Siiiilh, Ilunri. 'l\TrclK)iiiU' : Saiiii-.Xnuau. I'.nnawiiUiir, liirlliici ; Saiii! ■ loan, Sylvain, SaiiilSiil|>icc ; 'ruillnii. |.-l!k'. l,'.\ss(iiii|ilinn ; \allrt'. .Xmiri'. SmtiI : \iilal. .\iil.. 1 ,.i liair .lu I'rlpvn-. 1S2O. Kii.Haj^iMl In Cli-.. ( ). I'.rniatiiij.;rr. .\>-.i'liii, .\\ij;ustiii. Si. .\iuu>; r.raMMiiirr. lia/.. 1'ht- tliicr ; I5an<.'lli', J -llu-, .Sainl- 1 .aiirnu : lV'ii|iK' (III l.alK-iii. K.iiiliarl. l'i>niU'-.ui\-'rriiiiliU-s ; MLTclcr. |.-lilc. Si. .\iinis : lidlsMil, jciaihiin. ( 'liamplalii ; Hi>iia. .\iii,'U-liii. KccnlKl Sulnirlis : HruiK'Hr. ('Ii>., Salnl- I.aurviil : liriiviac. I. nils, I'liinu -aii\-'ririiiliK's : Canilll linsimia. Siiimii, l.aclunayc : ('urril>i.'aii, I'kiic, I!i.iiIiLt : I )ciK-aii dit Il-icihIc, ('mislaiil. I,a|iraiiu' : 1 )isjardiiis, V\s.. I'diiilc iui\-'l rciiililfs : (loii^ccin, (iuill.. Siaiiil-I.aiiiciii : ( Irliiianl, l.niils, Si. .\iiiifs : Iloiili'. I.S., llcillili T : joliiii, .\iii.. l'iiliiu--aii\-'lri'inl>k's ; l.allliorU-. 1'ic.iii-. i^)in.-iptT Siilmrlis; I.avlj^iif, |(is., Rucullci .Siilniilis : Marsan, J. l!u\, I'ciiiili- aus-'I'ic-inlik's : MlIi-rt, (ac. KccnlKl .Siihiirlis ; Miirlii, ('lis., I'niiilcaiix-'l rcnilik's : MoristlU-. InsL'iih ; I'liisniiiK'aiili. I'liiiv, V'llla^i- cif Laprairii.' : I'n-lu-rnii. jna.liliii. |)., I.a|iiairii' : I'nllikr, A1l-\. : Saiiiiiur. rani. .Salnl- l.au- rcnl ; X'IikI ilil Sniil|i.;iiv. I'luiU-iil. Lailuiiayc ; Nliidnii. j. ISk-.. Salnl Urnnli. I'.n^aj^L'il 111 llu- .N'nilh Wrsl ('nin|ian\. .\rlil(|nr. ( linri^i'. Salnl-H'iinil ; l'..illaicl illl l.alnnr, I-'rs., Sulci; iieancliain|), ('lis., I.acluMiayc : l!laiu:lianl illt Raiiia.i, .\iit., .SaiiU-I.aiircnt : Hltihic lilt Kniiyiil, Jos. . UnucluTV Ilk- : linilcan. (ai.. Sainl-.\nloiiR' Siiliiiilis ; lirillaiil. Jns., Rci'nlk'l Suliuilis; liiisclitils. Tons., Salnl - liiMinil : l.iilssnnla. l.s.. Sainl-f 'liaiks ; llurkr. (iin., ("lialcaii^uay ; Cailniu, l.niils. Si. .\iiiics ; l'liaiii|iagn(.-, Ma\iiiic. l,'l',s|iri! do HltiIikt : ('on- lanl, I,s.. Isle jt'siis ; I )c likil, .\iU.. I'ointo ( )ll\ k-i : 1 )c Hkd, Ins., I,a|iiairlc : Dcrarii'.s. l.s., l.akr nl'Tuci Mniiiilalns ; I )ciiiiininc. Itnnavriiuiii', Saiiu( 'ullilicil : 1 )cnnniin(.-. jns.. Sainl- Ciilhlicrl : l)iU|Ui.'llc. jns., I.apralrir : I'nuilKr. |)^siic. {..uhcnayc : (ianllikT. lariincs, N'a- inaska ; ('li^'iiiK'. Jns. . Saini-('utlilic.-il ; (iinndln, I'k'irc, Kli^and : llall. |nlni. Salnl Mary Si., (^)ik'1ilc Siiliuilis : llaii;ia\r. Janus. Mniilical ; llnlincs, l)a\id Win. Ilciiiy; llimllc, I'.d., Kcciilk-I Snliuilis : lliini, Siinnn, Mnnlical ; liiciuy, K. Tlu'iiplillf, i.apialilr ; i.acallk-, I'clix, Kccnilcl Sulmili^ : I.alkur. his.. Saint JnM.pli ; I. a h'lcnkrc, l.s. . S.ilni-C ullikcil ; dc l.arniido, haisl., St. .VniK-s : LamiKk'. his.. Salnlr-.\nnc dii iioiil ck- I'lsk- ; l.ausan. l.s., Ik'ilhlir; l,c- CdiiiU'. .\iii;usU', Mnnircal; lA-ma\. .\iil.. Ikrllik-r ; Mciinc-lu', .\nl., kl\ kir dii ( 'Ikiic : Mni- risi-tlc. Inscpli. Mniurcal : McNaiij,'litnri, .Nnlilkald, lali' nl" Siniland ; l'nl\ln, .\k\.. I'lucc Klvcrs : Saliniiiln. Hlc. \ amlriull ; ,San\i'dil Laplantc. I!a/., Salnl Ikiinli : Salnl jean, lis,, Salnl CiilliliLTl ; Saint- Maitin, l.s., Ikrllikr : .Salnl-t )ngc, i,s, I .'.\ssnn\pllnn : Taplln. Win. and wife, laic nl' Scntland. nnu nl' Mnnlrc.d : \'llk'Mcii\c, Jn>.. i.arhcnayc : Willin. Jnlin j.nnli, MiiiUical. ''I iiii ii ijf 'Mm mm m m '■.'I 'M|i::'|l| iiii ml iSji |'jij^ai;cd In ('lis, ( ). !anialin^;cr. .\ri-niir, Ani.ilik. S.ilnl l.,iurcnl Siiliinlis; liraudln, Laiirciil, .Salnl-Cniistanl : iicrlrand, his. kigaiid : ISiass, Maijiuis. Mnnlical: limun, John, Mimtrual : Caiiu-, Win,, 'i'cnclinnnr : ( 'anlcic. Jns., .Saint- l.atiiciU Sulmilis; ( aiiicn', Jac., 'rannciios lies Knllands ; Cairlciv, Jns,, ,Salnl-l!ciinil ; Clamp, iiriiiamln, Mmilical : Cn'pcaM, joscpli, Saint-I.aiircnl Siiliiiihs : !-'.ylin.iii. i'lamis, Mmitrcal: hiaiuhcri'. jr., (ialnlrl, Mnmical ; (iii{jncr, I'Icrrc, Salnl-Consianl : ( iaiidiy. .\ndii.'. Saint l.an.'.'iii : ('indiii, jr.. Jns., Mmiiical: (inuin, Hlc. Salm-( 'nn-!aiii : IscrlinCr, |., I'.crlhlcr : Kin, ( un. , Mnntrcal : l.arliaiuc his.. i .'i '!i1! .'fc*V#fcr-'iir .64 \i)NAiii:iKS INDl-K Tin: '.KITISII CROWN. ( IniMilf l\i\ iiii' ilii l,i>ii|i; lAiiiiiy. Jiii ., Si. .\niii.s ; l.iiplaiiU'. l.i-oii, Tjiiiifriis iK's Rolhmds ; Martin, |;i((|in.s. Si (■(iii>liiiit : McDi'iialil, IV'Ur, l.akc of 'Iwd Mminlaiii^ ; McKarlaiu'. l)aviil, Tfiiincrifs dus KullainU ; Mil .laii, Jdlin. I.ili- of Scuilainl, at pn'Miil of MontiLal ; Mirry, Win., Lake of 'I"\\(i Mountains ; Monccllf, Chs. ; Montforl, Nariisst, .St Laurent Suliiir1)> ; Mo, Montreal; 'I'herien, |ai'.. St-Laiireiil Snli\irli>; X'illeniuve. Josepli, Montreal. ''■"K''H^''' '" ^^ • ^^ aliaie Matthews. .Srcliainlianll, Rene, StX'iiuent ile I'avil ; .\ri;ine, Devoir, St-C"onstunt : .\r(|iiette. L-lite., StTonstanl ; .\rteau, Michel, St-Lainliert ; .Vnclaire, .\inalile, (Jiiehee .Snliinl]> ; lieamlin, Lanrent ; Ueland, Nicholas. St-Laurent Sulmrhs : Henoit, l'"rs., Sorel : liertliiamne, jr-lite., Sl-Conslant ; liertrand. J.-I'te.. Laprairie ; liinette, jr.. La- prairie; lioisvert, j.-Mte., Stihaeinllie ; Hoiirdeaii. I'rs., Laprairie; lioinj;oin. j. lite., Mas- eomhe ; liiiissoii, .\nloine, St-C'oiistiinl ; Huisson, I.s., StConstani ; Hiiisson, Martin, StCons- tant ; Huissun, St Lite, Sl-ConstanI ; ("lernionl, I'rs., .StConstant ; Come, Ls., Laprairie; Coron, Joseph, Montre.il ; Coron. I'ierre. Montreal; Creiieaii, I. Hie. . .St Laurent Sulmrhs ; Daj^enais. Jos. . .Sii- Rose ; Dej^uire. (_ hristophe, Sti-Rose; Dejeiirre, Christophe, Sle-Rose ; De'sordie, .\iit.. I.Wssomplion ; Dnime, Isidore. .Si-l.aurenI .Suhiirlis ; Dufaux dil Diirocher. Jean, I.".\ssoni|>tion ; Diiniontete, l".l., Laprairie' Diiniotichelle, I'.lieinie ; Dupnis. .\le\., L Wssoniplion ; Dupiiis. Ij^naee, .St- I'hilippe ; Diirochef, I'rs.: Dupnis. Is., Laprairie; I )nse- reaiilt, Michel, Montreal ; I'iselle, Jos., I.'.Xssoniplion ; I'oisy, I'ierre, L'As^oni;ition ; I'diir- nier, Josejih, Laprairie; I'laveau, I'raiii,ois, LWssoniption ; hraxeaii, Nicholas. L'.\ssonii)tion : I'Vechette. I";an(,dis, Sainl-llyacinthe ; (lagnier, .\K\., .Saint -Constant : (lagnier, Jerome: Ciajjnier. I'ierre: I'lervais, .\nialile, .St-Coiistant ; Ci^uere, Chs. ; (iirou\, I'rs.. Laprairie; Ciiienette. Jos. , Laprairie; (iiierin. J. -lite. , Laprairie; ( liioin, J.-Hte. ; ( iiiyon dit Lemoine. Ls., RecoUet Snlimlis; llenumd. J. -lite., Sl-I.aiirent Siilmrlis; Henry, Chs , St-I'aiil; I loiile, Chs., Laprairie; Iloide, I'rs.. St-I lyacinthe ; lloiile, Jos., Laprairie; Janotle dit Hellehumeur, ,\nl., Montreal; Jiheau. I'ierre. Montreal; Juno, I'rs., L'.Vssomption ; Jinio ilit LatnlipiU', J. -Mte. ; Juno, Ls., L'.\ssomption ; I.acaille. Isii:R Tin: iiKnisii .(■!<( )\v\. •Ik-, (>i l\u;i, ^dii Ii)M'|ili ; AiUuiiu' ; Tiiriolli.', I'iunv, SaiMlCiillilurt ; Nalnis, l.aiiicnl. \K'\i> ; Kov, 1 )iiiiiiiiiinif : Salxam', HiiicMii ; Sicai ■ h- till l'a ; lliaulicii. Am- Inoi^i-, Mdiilnal; 1 )is < ntfaiiN. l.s., 'I'liicf KiviT^; Durii)?!, !>., Munliral ; l'l\ iiii. |a-. , Mi ii trial ; I'ViiiiaiicI, Va\., Tlircf KivciN ; McAlli'tcr. Inhn, Monlnal : Kituni. I'aiil, Tliiii' Kivii>, Tlurii'ii, Nicholas, St-l.auri.'iil Siilmrli^ : Xassallc, Slanislas, Moiurcal ; Wiiclti', 1 Kivcis. Till- 182 I'.ii^aj^nl 111 llu' Ihiilsuii Hay ("nniiiaiiy. liinuhcr, Ii>^., Tliiti.' Ki ixcrs J HruiK-aii, K'H iiiii.' ('arrieii', Aiulu rifiTi Dul; liaplistc, ( iranil l'.N|)ril : I'lL-iiiic, Isiiliic, Ma>Uiiuiiij;L- Maskiniiiim'' ; I IisKi|i, Thu^., St-Mauiici.' River : lliis, l.>. I'aul: I.aodiiiln., (hi i-lii|ilu- I,. I I'LTti', AnIiiiiU-' ; I.clilaiu-. In-., 'I'hii'c Rivers: l.i.-('iim|iti.'. Claiiilc ; l.L'fnrI, ]u~.: Milan ijOii, Jiiseph ; Meycl, Pascal; I'aul, X'iclniic, Sine); l'ai|uctlc, Joseph: Roy. llliciiiic : Kohi ilims. ( 'lis.. Soli il. Sciiccal, Am; Sicari Aiiliiiiic: Thoiiias, Chs., X'aiiilrcuil ; \aiin, ( uii!. M. 1S24. Kiigajjcil to ihc Iliiilson May ("oiii|>any. Aniyol, ('iithl)crl, Kcithici : A iilnclioii, l'icr:c licrlhicr : Haibici', I'iciii li caiicliciiiiii, Kciie, :a ; Hciioii, Aiulic, l.oiij^uciiil : Hn K' iiiin. AnloiiK- : liii/:iril ilil Sl-( 'loniiain, l.s., Maskinon^;c: ( 'aillc, l.s., Sl-(liirs; (.'an ic. Win. . real: Cailier, I'ierre ; Cailier, j.-Hle. : ( hailelaine, I'is. ; Chansse. j'ieirt- : ( 'onite.iii, , Monlieal ; Ciele, I. -lite MiiiU l.oiiis; Coiriveaiu .\le\is, Sl-(_ iilhlieil : Cole, I'; uce Ki\els Dioniii SI- Ivaciii the ; Dorioii, Davi^non, 1 1_\., .Si ( )ur- Ducharnie, i )onnnii|ii 1 >iissaiill, < hs., Saiiil-( )iirs ; I )iilieiiille. .\ntoiiie ; I'a^nam, ,S|-\aliei, iV'ilhier : l'rii\. I'is., Montreal: I'lenrie, Isiilore, Maskiiioiige : P'orcier. j.-Hlc., 'Vaiiia.sUa ; I'raiunur, Irs, Maski- iiont;e: (la(;iioii, Hte. . Montreal; ( iariepv, I''rs. ; (lerrard, Martin: (liranl. Michel \Vil\ Monlreal ; (iianl, l''rs., L'.\ssoiiiptioii ; (lianl, I'ierre. .Siiinl-[aci|iies; (loiiin, Denis; (luimlon. laci|iies, Montreal ; (liiimion, I'ierre, .Soiel : juhinville. Joseph ; Juliinville. jean. .St- 1 l\aciiuhe ; Kiiii;ht, |olin, \auilreiiil : Lane, Win. Fletcher, Montreal ; La I'erte. j.-Hle.. N'ainaska ; La- \allee. .Vnloine ; Lavallee, .Marseille, .Sorel ; Leonaril, |-!l., .Sault-aii-Recollet ; I Montreal: I.e I'rieiir, Ls.. Herthier ; Lei)rol iinger, Keyis Me l.eprohoii. I'ierre. 'he ; Liissier, (lis. ; I'll epine. Iierre, Longiie-I'oinle ; I.evci|iie. Joseph, u>sier, Ha/ile, N'aniii NL .Marsaii (lit Lapierri. liiUc aiis-'lreinliles ; Millette (lit Heaiu lunhii. .\nl. •'eli\, Rivieri'-ilu-L mp Ni Sorel losepl \'aniaska ; Monii|iie. Joseph, Saiilt Saint-Louis ; Moreii Ilulierl. SI. .\nnes ; I'age, Thomas, Three Rivers; I'aul. Nicholas; k;icine, .\nialile, Kivieie ilu-l.onp: Rinlrel. I'rs., Maskinon.t;e ; l-'.il., Saint-Stilpice : T\ Herthii |.-!!le., I'hri. ilierl. Toiissaint. I.es ( 'eil Chs., X'aiulreiiil ; Treinpi'. I'rs., .M;i Konikaii, II ; Sal'imrin, I'ierre, \ uidreiiil : Sl-( 'in oiiije; Treiii) e, I leii tile, -lite., Herthier : Seiiet, Michel ; Sij4nKii, iTs ; Martin. .\nl.. Sorel. .'Ill 'Mil!: • A■.'''«ji^^;^^' List of the Present Inhabitants of Lachine, Pointe Claire and St. Annes.'" PARISH oi' i.Aciiixi:. l.'iWIk I.ACIIIM. AM) coll, SI. I'All.. Aiilirrliii, AkA;ini|n' ; AiCiUiil, Allnd. Hi^liop, ( ItMirt;!.' ( ■ ; Hfi,ili;4fr, l''rs. -\;l\ in ; llrhiiiLiri', Ivimnml ; liclaiimr, Ji i^. ; liiTt^iv in, Henri: HlIci-, 'I'missaiiil ; liiimiiio, Jmiiks : l!iirU\ , t iiMir^ji.' : lU'Uc. 1m«|i1i ; Ifcilfr, William : Houiliia, Naplhalic ; HDudiia. /iilliii|iir ; Hnudiia, l.niiis ; HvKc, |(iM]ih ; lifk-c, ('harlot. ( a Ml pi nil. ( '. iliii ; ( 'osUMi. Till 111 la-. : Cliiiu'iil, Niai'l ; (.'kiiiriil, I.oui^ ; ( 'aiiiiiliil;.^i'. Jnhii. I 'i-.iaiiliii'^. l!iiM.I».', jr.: I ia\ i>. I'lm^. ; l)iiin, jainrs; Oiiiaii. ^iJ^i-.lllllll(l ; |)iiriiii, I'lnUrirk jaiiK^ ; Dunn, Dukr: IhuilHir), D.niil; MaviilMin. William 1!. : DuldiimiLi. J. I'.U-. ; l)av!s, Jcilm ; Ddiij^liss, I'l-K'i ; I )au^la^s. I'c Icr ; hanir, Nraimi'. l!>|ilin, ( 'liaiks ; I'.nri^li!, Jaiiu'^ : ll\aii>, lames .s ; l'.s|iliii. (uoiiji'. I'imiic, kodiick : l'"ra>iT. jnlin : hlcmini;, Inlm ; IKaniiiL;. I'aliick, (iai;nim. Sinnnii : I iautliier. iNiacl : (lillK-il. David II. Huddle, .\rllim-; llmil. Tliom.is ; lladdley. Daniel: lludi^e. M,dr,,liu; Iliek.Miii, Sir Jcin, llerherl N: Irvine, lames. Jiirikm, 'rii.imas: jaeksnn. Wijlian : jarry, l-'raiicnis : Jutiaii. ( )nesime. Kerr, I\i)ln-rl. I..nelir, .Mikiie : l.alleur, lerrier K : l,.illeur. I'eli\ : l.eriiii\. lOie : l,er.iii\, ('li.iiles: l.aliinr, .Ma\imiii : l.aluur, .\ndri'-, >oiiiir|. ; Lnluc. I''rs-\avii'r ; l,a:nm, lalniond : I.alamie, laiiery : l.aiioinle, .Mplioiise : I.,Uiiur, .\iiilre: l.almn, .\medee : l,;i|"iiiili'. .Mpli. : l.,insi.iii, l.'Iderie : l.eroiix, |iise|)li : LermiN, l.cniis; I.eroUN, Lemi. MarliiiL', j. U'. : MeDeriiiMH, Dmiean : MeCee, Patrick; .\|.(.ei . John : MeOee, lliii.;li : MeDermoU, Jiiliii : Mcmnev, James i linden ; MeComieli, Brian: MeDuiiald, Duncan; McMul- leii, .\le\ander : McMuUi'ii, Win.; Muniiey. Ilemv : Mcnre, I'ak.vard. Nnrval, lames ; Nicliulsnii, j.ilm : Xii'hulsiin. Ruliert ; Xeil, Willi;im : Newman. Cecil. I )uelletle, |iisc|ih : < luellelte, liruneau. I'riesl, Levi: l'it;eiin, ()livier: I'aimistdii, S;inmel : l''.iiinisluii, 1-rancis; I'annisUin, Clias. ; rij;e<)n, Hasile : I'ii^ecin, Xapnleon : I'ii^eon, Henri, sr. : I'it^enii. Lament ; Laniiislun, .\lliert l-'ilvv. ; I'it^enii, ( )vide : I'arker, julin; l'ii;eiin, Wilfrid, knddick. .\ndrevv ; Kulierl, .\le\andre : Kuliert, .\nilre ; Knln-it. Medard: l\iiij;riise, Wm, ; Kiiss. I). Kiiss. Sheills. kolierl : .Smith, .\le\andt'r ; Sallev, I'alward : .Sallev. I'.duard, jr.; .Salley. I'eler: Seiiecal. Charles ; Somerville, James L ; Smitli. Cenr^e .\. Taylor, lames: Trenlinlnie, William; Turcui. Ls. : Thierrv, Ma\ime : Tliierrv. Malheu : Thierry, .Ma.vimilian. \ alliere. I'ierre ; \ alliere. \a|>"leiiii ; \ iiiccni. .\l;i\ime ; N'incent. |ean-l!l<.'. \ oiing, Lranklii! \ . ( I ) This list is l;iken frmii the voters' list prepared in 1891 for federal elections, unlrc; Alhui. |;i^. H. ; Aiiliiy, |n-,i'|)li, M. ; Aiiliry. Ji>-.(.|)li, jr. ; Aiilir, Muihias; Alhui. Jaiiu'^ li. ; Aiiljiy. Inrliiiial. Kfllfliniillc, Josiph |. ; Hriiiii't, AUxU, jr. : Hiiuinl, Alnli. ; Hnycr. Miistln- : IklU'liMiilli', I'.Mirrir : liiliiMii, Ailiil|)lic : liiikrnlikc, KdlpiTl ; liniuillitic, Arlliur ; HicUtidilM'. Kulicrt; Hoyci, |)aiii;iM'. Carriers, I)ii^illui' : ('laiuK', lii'iijaniin : < 'a-~sil>. Juliii ; ('as>ils. ('liatk'M ( 'ii:.sil>., W'iliiaiii ; ('roil, Jaiiio ; ( 'ani|ilKll, ( 'liarK> ( '. : ( "liartranil. 1 InriiUMla^ ; ('laj;};i'tt, ('lKirK> ( '. ; ( 'arrii'ri', JoSL'lili : Cassil, William; ('k'liK'iU, A/arii.' ; Cali-r. ( 'liri>lnia>. ; Cldiislim, l'".(l«ar(l S. ; Cluiis- liin, William. Dcsmarchais. Hi'iijamiii ; 1 )i'riis alias .St-Dcliis, 1.; Denis, Alfred; Dtllurcliici. Anlimii); Decary, heiiiamiii. sr. ; Dccar), Iknjaiiiiii. jr. ; Dcsjariliiis, l-aistln', si. ; Dai^tnais. .\malili- ; Daif^ncaii, l.uuis; I ) ■sjardius, .\rlliiir ; Dccary, Daiuasf; 1 )erar) , |(isc]}h, sun ol' I ). ; l)i'iar\, jc-aii ; Dtiar), Cliarlis, scm nl j. ; Dtcaiy, (liarlcs, scm nfCi. ; l)a\i(ls.iM, 'rhonias ; i )iicliarinf, I )cimiiiii|iic ; Mccary. (lervais I'..; 1 )(.sjarcliiis, \inaiil; l)ai^;iii'aii, luisilic ; Dcsvoyaiix- I.a- IV.imli., .\. ; I )esrori;is, 'I'licDpliili.' ; I )rs\(i\au\- l-.ilVamli. , M. ; I )cs\(i\aii\- l.alVamI)., 1,.; Dc- lary, ( uTvaJs ; |)c(;u\', losi-ph, siiii nl ( i. ; I )i'slcir^rs. N.missf ; I )i.('ary. ( 'liarli-s ; Dirarv, .\rlluir; I )c's\ iiya\i\I.a(ranili., T, sr. ; I >fsMi_\au\- l.aliamli. . T. jr. ; Dit^uirr. Tlu'iipliili- ; Di'jjiiirf, InsLpli ; DtVary, lusepli II. ; Davis, JaiiR's ; Dauson, I'.. Saimul ; I )i sCnrj^cs. Iliiiii;- re; Davidson, Randall; l)in,'^aii, ( iiM>r|;o II.; Da\ is, William; Decary, .Mplionsi' ( 'lovis ; Dc^iiire. .\lplionsr ; Derary, I'r^rl ; I )ci'ary. /enon ; Dccarx . ( 'hark-s ; Davidson, IVrrs. I'.lhieT. Allivd ; Ivadie, i;,o!j,'r W. I'ullon. |olni N. ; !''ishrr, Arthur ; I'orresl. .\ut;iis. ( Mine. 1 1\ ppolitr ; ( lirard. Ills. ; ( ireen, ( iio. A.: (limuard. Desire; (iinniard, D''^ire II.; (lordon, lames .\. ; ( lareau. I'ierre ; (iroulx. l''ran(,iiis-\a\ ier. si. ; (iimiK. l.i.'on; ( iroulx, Ims. -\a\ ier. jr. ; (ImuU, Dolpliis ; (InuiK. Iienjamin ; ( io_\er. .\u^'irslin ; (Irani, An^us ; ( ireen, Killnn 1- . Iliiuliins, |os. K. ; llaniillon. ( liori;e : llerron. Win. S. : llelierl, I'aiiinamiel ; llanuUon, Win. .\rlliiir ; Hall. Juliii S. ; Mull. j. S. |oseph, Henry; Jamiesnn, Waller ; josepli, Horace; Jonas. Henri. lA')^aull, Dositliee ; l.ei;aiill, Joseph .\ula ; I.elilane, Napoleon ; l.i-telAre. lieiraniin ; l.oi- selle, ( iodelVoi ; 1 .■.Mleinand. Amalile ; 1. a (ranee. ( )li\ ier Joseph ; Leleliv rd. Joseph, sun ol U. ; I.efelivre. • i., son of I lyae. ; l,ek li\ re, Heiij.. son of \. ; I.eelaire, Theo. ; L.'elaire, 'riiomas ; l.i-elaire. .\leide : I.,irroi\, l\li\ ; l.alour, .\ndre, -on of I,. ; l.atoiir. .\lli. ; l.efeli\re. (I., jr. ; LefeliMe. (lahriel. sr. ; I.efelivre, Ivloiiaid ; Leiebv re, Joseph, son of (ialiriel; l.yall. I'eler ; I, yall, William ; L.icroix, Jules ; Lcfehvre, r)aniel ; I. erou\, Joseph ; l.oiseaii, .\lf. llderie; I.eelaire, Thonias ; L.tfrandmise, .Mliert. MeKnlyre, Diiiu'an, sr. ; .Mel'.nlyre, William ( '. ; .Mclailyre, John M. ; .Meljityre, Diinean, jr. ; Mit'hell, I'eler ; MeDonald, KodrieU ; MeDoiii^all, llarlland ; .Marler. Wdliaiii de M, ; Mi-Dou^all. kohert ; Morris, .\le\aiidei ; Miuray, llemy V.. ; .Marlin. JeaiiHle. > ). ; Meloehe, jean-Hle. ; .MeeUei. Cornelius ('. ; Meeke.i. John K. ; Massie. Daviil; Massie. Ijonnisdas ; Meloehe, Simeon ; .Meloehe. I'lienne ; Muir. Kolieil : .MeKeoun, John A. : Marler. ( k'oifre ; Masse, loseph ; Molson, Henry; .Me( iililion, KoIhtI D. ; .Melluyli, Thomas; Me|)oiit;all, lohn : McMaehran. Duneaii : MeMulleii, .\le\ander ; .Meredith, William II. ; .Meredith, John; ?>Iarlei, (ieor_L;e Ross; Meredith, Charles; Mack, .\ndre\\ ; MaeMaster, Donald. Olivier, J. S. I'ieard, IMmoiid ; I'.ire, J. .Mplioiise ; rilon, I'ierre ; I'axlon, Willi. iin ; I'ieard, \ietor': I'ilon, Mareelin : rouslie, James ; I'ellelier, I'ierre; I'are, Ceorye ; I'alers Ui-\ander. 4 268 TOWN (•!• |.A( IIINi;. (Jik-siifl, li'iiii lilt'. \'. : (JmisikI, IIkiIiU' : <^)\U'>iii'l, l.iiiiis A. : <^)iu'siu'l. |osi|il\ ; f^tui'sncl, I'llik.is iili;is I'll ; tJiiiMKl. Avil;i; <,)in-^iul, J. lite. ; l,)lU'Mitl, WillVil, sell nl J. Illi'. KiiliLTl, I'l.iciilf ; Kiildcll, .\. I'. ; Kchi-m', hosillut' ; Uoy, .\lin\li.' ; Kiinliiinll, <'liiirU<,; Uoulli, Jdhn 11,; Ki>y, I lurmi-diis ; Kmitli, ( 'lmiii.'s ; Koulli. John. Snva(.;c', Jcilin ( ;. ; Swi'lt. ( uMir^jf W. : Sims, .\. Ihii);. ! ."^li iirmaiii, i.uui--; St .\iiliiii. JiMiiliti'. : Sl-.Xiiliiii, .\illiiir : St .Vuliiii. |ii>.,- mhi cif M. ; St-.\iiliiii, Niiri-i>sc ; Si Auliin. lus., sdii o( N. : Sil\iTiii;iii, .Siiiiiin ; .Smiill, I!. .\. Tiiiiiil, .Mplumsf ; Taniif, (iiMi^L's; Tiirriinii'. Williuin I*'. ; T^iylni, Julin, WilMiM, .Mi'MiiidiT ; \Viiiiiii,i.;lil, Willi. im : Wliiiiluad, Mduiird. \'i)iiiig, IhirriMin. TOWN Ol' I.ACHIM". \vi;sT \v.\ki). .\uldjo, (ii'orj^'t.' : .\ddisiiii, .McmiikUt ; .Mliud, I'hilinoiiic. liaird. John : iiaird, ( ii.'oi|;c ; Hi.rkin^;liani, ( luor^c ; Hilaii^i,!, rro,|nir ; Ilisstt. I'.. II.: liissct, .Mi'saiidcr : lialiy. I lora'c ; Hrij^j^s, (IharlcN .\.; liissitt, J;imus : Hi-.M'll, Janus II.; liiofk, Ji't'l'ri-y Ci.: HoVi'i, .\rllun ; l!iiyi.r. I.oiii^ .Mphonsi' ; lii'lanmT. Konni.dd ; Hani-, Jii-i|ih l.ouis. Chniih. Thomas J.; (dron, JoanlfaptisU ; ('loss. \k'\andir (i.: ('iiny. Uolnil ; ( 'ai i (jnan, licnjaniiii ; (arinnan, Joseph ; (rowthci, William ;( 'hanipas^iu', Dr. .ViisiidL': ( onipMiii. Ili'iiry (.; (adifux, .Aii^uslin, jr.! ("asliniirni\ Charles; Craig, l''raii<;ois James ; Coasinr.ui. Ilormisdas; Cadieux, i'clix ; Cimsincau, I Icrmenic ; Carriurc, I'ascal : (Hoke. I'redrrick. Didiois, Jeaii-liaplisle ; Dinning;, Henry .M.; Dawes, Thoma^ .\. : Daw e^, James I'.: Iiaues, Andrew I.; D.iues, .Mli. |-'. ; I Jimiinj;. John ( i. ; Diii.;neau, I'aiseli.' : |).ii|.ini'aii. Jo^. ; |)aij,'neau, .Mlierl : Diviswi, Henry; Dunn; Janus; DieUson, .Me\ander ; Didireiiil, i.oiiis; i )i>ro,hers. Amiiroise ; D.iwes, Thomas .\., jr.; Dniiois, Josi-ph. l''eatherslon, John W,; h'arrell, ( ieorj^e. (leddes, Charles ; Caiithier, Theopliile ; (irant, Donald ; (irenier, .\nloiiu\ llall. \\ ni. ; 1 landyside. Charles ; Houston, (l.ivin; iliani, William II.; I ligg-., Janus .\. ; Handyside. Charles ; llender'.on. |),i\id 11,; ll.uma, IMuard: Harvey, William. Jolie, I-eoii. Knitjht. St. ( ieorge ; Kirkpatrick. Joseph J. !,e\ine, liernard, jr. ; Lavigne, I'erdinaml, l.unilie, ( ieorge W. : i.an^, John ; l.v^er, ( )dilon ; Levin. I'nanard; l.ei;aull, I lormi-.iia^. Meeker, Cornelius; Meloehe, Moise i M.uchand. Lndger ; MaeDoniiell, Kej^inald D. ; Madore, Joseph ; .Major. John ; .Major. V'icinr. Nash, David. ( >'l''liiherty, John. j'opham, John : Philips, W. A.; I'epin. Horace; I'elerson. I'eler ; I'hilipps. IMu. \\ . !■'. ; i'omphret, Nathan. Kavvlings, I'.dvvard ; Robertson, James M.; Koss, Win. K. ; Koss, ( iuv : Kvde. W ni, (I.; Rathvvell. William ; Kathwi'll, Kolierl ; Kathvvell, John. Smith. Sir Donald .\.; Smith, .\le\ander ; Sh;u-kell, Samuel: Small, .Mired: Sira'hv, Mdward ; .Sims, Joseiih ; St-Denis, Napoleon : Seneeal, 'I'heodide ; Shackall, William .\.: Sims, H:irry ; Sauve, .\lfred, sr. 'I'liessereau, .\rlhur ; Tlussereau, Charles ; Thessereau, .Mfred ; 'I'hessereau. loseph ; Timiing. Samuel .M.; Taylor, Jonas : 'Taylor, .Vrthnr ; Thompson. James ; Trep.niier. lanery. White, Thomas ; Welier, Karle. Vouni;, J.unes. ■|'0\\ \ , Cliarlo i l!ia/,rau, I'hiliiiial : Hnuilria~. rinic; lU'laiij;.'! . Arlliui : lUlaiiLjii, AH'ird ; llrl iii^;iT. I.uiiis. Craile Alalcllf, I'aiil ; Ciaih'- MaKlU\ lliaijaiiiiii ; Canliiial, Slaiii>la>. >r. ; ( anliiial, S!a- lii>his, ji. ; ( 'iiii->iiiraii, \la\iiiif ; (liaullr, I Ki iiK-mi;ilili.' ; Cliarcllr, 'riinmai; ('l.arclU-, jiaii- Hie. ; Cadiiiu. Alilliiiiu-; ( 'a^liuiuiic, Charlr'., ji.; Cli.nu'lU', I'rannii'. ; Crailf. Miclul. I )i'>riiilu is, AiuJiriiiM' ; Didinis. Linn I'.; Diiui-aii. jaiiio : I )idioi-., Jiaiilili. ; I )i'st'irj,'iv>.. riiirc; l)t>iail. lTaiu,(ii>; 1 )isiail, jidi'^ : Danii^l, Uaiiiol; Di^lnryus, Alikric : Dccary, licii- lailiiii ; hciiaild. I.oui-. : Mrnaud, Adilviiiar. l'M\MniiT. SiTVidc. (iniiiau, Jii^i'pli : (irivai--, (lrr\ais; (ii^;iKai', ("c'lrNliii; (iaricp), Maxiiuiii : ('.arii'pN. AK'\aTidir. Ili>u K\. jaiiu's II., jr. : I Inward. Nfw ki-rk ; 1 Inu k) . Janus : I l.iw lc_\, J.iiuo II. ; ll.iiiii-,, William ; lluiicll. I'.dwaid. liiL^lis, ( li'iirt;!-. Ji'lii-. Naiii-,M' : jiiliiii. Ailiilk. l,aii^.;r\ili. Iidi'^; l.clilaiir. .Mcxamlrr ; r,ri;ir. Andre: l.alandr. M.ucrlin ; l.fj^auU. .\l- ln-il : Lanicir. C'alixU ; l.arivuc |c>si'|i|i ; l,c.-(.;anll. Ilnnoir: Laplanir. Ilcnjaniin : I.ari\ iiir, jt-an-lllr.; I.i-j^lt. M,. >iin nf j. I'.lr. : l.t'giT. Miclicl.s I \l.; I..il.nidr. !■ rani..ii-^ : I .rManc. 'riucidnU'. Mi'llayiT. _|.-I)U'. : .\KI>»lir. I'rli\, ^i. : \IaKllr. I lMinii--da. : \lc i:n\. ii. !■ i.incis : Mi>ni^, Kicliard; Ma.si,', |)(,l|4ii>: McIckIh-. Alpii.msi. jr. ; Marshall, ("liarlo: Ma-^ir. I)a\id: .Mi'|)iinald. Ilunry: .\l( Kcnvtii, l-'raiuis ; MiKMnnai. IVIit. ( )tli-n. Idliii : ( )ii(.'lli-tU', ,\l|ili(inM; ; l)\ullillr. Iliiiioii.'. rorli'lani-i'. I.aurriil. jr. ; I'iiavd, I'iiniin; I'liitra'.. Ii.li\: Tau-. I. AI|)liMn-r ; I'linu-au. I.Muis; I'lcisscr. Janio : I'drk'l.mci'. 'riionia>. IJilrsncl, I'llilias ; (juc^nrl. I'lulia-. kalliurll. Andrru : kiclua . ( 'liarlc^ ; Knllin. |)a\id; KnuKau, |, iilr. ; l\rau. Wii : Ivilinl. Anu(k\' \'. : Kirlu i. Na/airc. .Siiiilh. Xril ('. : Snnlh. |cihn ; Si-Aulan, IcanliU'.. ji.: Sl-hiiii^. Napnicnn ; Snnlli. Cliarlc's : Si-. \nliin, j. -lite-., alia> John ; .Si-Anliin, (l\ila; .siinaii, Joscpli ; Suicau. .Mfnd, ■,!. 'I'l'llicr. I'liTif; 'riit'iiaull, !'ianoii> ; Trlliia. I'imr: 'rho.siTc'au. Ji-an-ltli.'. ; Inck, II). \'ali>is, I Iric : \ iau, I'irnr: \'audr\ . I )li\ icr ; \ iai!. l-raiu.dis. \\ liilr. jnlni ; \\\-.llakr. 'rhnniaN: WAnnc^. JdIui. Iill,i (.■i:\TKi-; WAki) (i-,.\.sr). .Xndfison. John ; .\llan, .\ndi(.'U ; .\llard, .Xiniii'U ; .Mkird, Jnx'pli : .\ini's-i\ .MlVrd. jr.: Anu-sM'. .\HVfd, SI. : .\rrliandiaull, I'lliain : .\rnislinn};, Janirs ( 1. I!i>unian, janu's ; I'lnndin. AlpliMUsi- ; liflant;i r, .\dricn ; Inalrand. (Aiillr: limvui. William : Hialiand. ('\rill(.', jr.; Illaiuhaid, |cisi.'pli ; lirisclmis. linnn.nuiul : I'ltlani^n. ( idiinn : liakua. Mdmond : lialiarir. .\\ihi. p.: liclanma'. I.c-nn : l!idanj;rr. Iliaijainiii : lirunrl. I-'iancciis- \aviL-i : Hinu'liard, l)aniien; likmdin. j. CaliMi't llcij,'rrcin. Aiif^usU' ; liailiaiv. .\\ila. sr. ; IVTtliia\mK'. l.udj;i.a- i lirisclmis. k'ahii-ii : Hrnninj; \\[it : Ikamini;. lohn ; liollrrruillr. Jran- lllc : liiDiiLjhiiin. Ilari)-; l!r(iui;liliin. ( 'u'Mi'm- ; I!riM;lnii>. jnscpli; liarliaiic, A\ila. jr.: ISmir- yoync, Josfpli ; HoUhic, Ivlninnd. Carif^naii, C'lKirlcs, jr. ; Carij^nan. .Mcxandro ; ( horrirr. Knnuiald: ( 'lurricr. TliLodi-if ; C'licriiL'r. I'lric : C'adiiaix. /oiiipu' : ('adii'ux. .\iiL;iislin : ("ncrricr. W ilfVid : ("kiiidf, IJIoiund Jim-.. 270 TOWN (»l l.,\( IIINI:. Cimnors. Di'iiTiis ; Ciinlinal, William ; ('aii>si', |ii^i'|p|i !•'. \,; (■|a^;lu•. Miclul : Claniu', [•iiiciiianl ; C'haiclli', j.Hli'. sun (if r. ; Charflti', Manilliii ; C'liaiilli . Priisprri' : (ari^jiiaii, ('liarlcs, -.r. ; I'IcilH'iit, Ji)si'|)h ; (Diisiiu'au, llrdopii ; CaisM', l''riini,(iis ( 1. ; C'haiiipaniir, Aiislidi' U. ; (hild-., William ! CharlicimR'aii, |t>sf|ih ; Clamii.', /i-pliiriii. Duval, |(isf|ili ; DiMiis, Antdinc ; l)o.sni>,iirs, Laiiiiiu; hamisi, l'.,i>ilii- : I )is|ianiis. Ill lain'; I (Diiillcl, I'lariik' ; Di-iaiy, ( )ilavi' ; I )iVar) , \fa\liii(.' ; I )iii|iirllc, A. Si.-ra|ililli : lliiiainl. ririr; Daoiist, Mdisc; Mi-cary. Iii.st'pi) A. ; I Ii'm liam|>s, ('U'lnuiil ; I )a\i>, 'I'lmmas i |)iii|iirlli-, Na|H)leiiti ; Da^ji'iiais, i'iiTri' ; Dole, NaimU'im, jr. ; I •(.••.ro^iiTs, Uiiliirc. I'llhier. /('iihiiiii ; ImucukI, Jran ; l!vaii>. jaiiiis S. I'ailR', I.iaiis; i'riVliclli', I.iiiiis ; I'liclis, Aii^iisU' ; l'(ii|;ct, l.imi; Iriiiiiiii. jiiliii; lilicm, l!iiiili' ; I'lirml, I'-nurv ; l'oi>y, losfpli ; I'il/palrick, I'raiiUliii. (iirard, Wilfrid: {laiilhicr, 'riiomas ; (iiiyul, I'.dmimd ; (lir(>ii\, Allrcd ; (ianaii, I.niiis : dri'tfi', I'.dmiiiid ; (ioldinn, Thomas; ( ili.'ndimiiiij,'. TlKunas ; (lalipfau. Na|ii.; ( iillis,-if, (ii'ci. ; (ia^jnt. jiisi'ph ; ( iaiilliiir, I'iirri'. lloil^;i'tl, Saiiuii-1 : lluii'iis, ( 'liarli-. ; I lilildiis, I'rcdirirl, ; llidl. Ilcrln'rl: lliu.ii '. Or. [amis II.; Iliirrill, IMwan ; I lamilldii, lulin. Jdiif, Diisillu'; luhiisdii, Charles W. ; laiiiiosnii, kulurl (". I.fblaiu-, Addlphc ; l.i'clair, ("yrilk' ; l.i'ilair, lldrmis; l,i|i.ulKiir, .Mtrod. sr. : l.ipail kiir, .Mfri'il, jr. ; l.i/dtU', .\rlluir ; l.allaiiiiiu', iMlmond |. ; l.cjdiir, l.duis ; l.afnnf, Lmiis ; l.i'idiir. I*'raiii,'dis, sr. ; Lilu'id, ("ali\lu ; IaJoim, .\iidrc ; Karurcc, (uorjjo; l.t'^i'r. Thomas; lA'clairi', l.ouis; Ia-^'it Li'opoM ; l.cl'ailliiir, josfph W. ; Luilairi', .\l(ion i>r I'. ; Smilli. kolierl Sauve. I)a\id; Sauve, Pro-,per, sr. ; Smith, Peter; Snowdon. John J.; Same, I'erdiiiand Sauve, .\l|ihonse ; Si-Denis, Ltiemie, jr. : St-Denis, Klieiine, jr.; Slscats. Henry. Taillel'er. Isaie; Trnullieck. ( ieorj^e ; Tllerrien. .\lphonse ; Tlierrien, .Mphoiisc ; Tessereau, .Mphonse. \alois, I'^sdras. Wilsher, Walter ; Ward, Jaiius K. ; Whaleii, jaines ; Wall. Patrick. \'ork, Tomas. i;.\sr w.\ie|il) ; (iiiiMiii^- 1111, jiiliM : < .iiii|ieaii, |eaiiHa|)lisle ; ( 'ere, ( inilfruy ; ('niiieaii. I'llnii.iiil : ( lia|iiiiaii. \\ illiaiii ; (nil-. r.iliMianl ; ( ■|iarleliiii>, AilelanI ; Caiiyiv, l.niiis. DipiiilKl, laariijre; I )esrii, I.iuiis ( 1, j I )avis, Kicliaril ; I )vn yer, jaiiies ; I )iiiii, |use|ili ! l>e>jaiil|iiiiil, Miiliel ; |)ulireliil, Kii- niiilu> ; 1 )esjanliii>, Na|iiilei)n : l)e>earie, ileiijaiiiiii, jr. : l)aiiii>l, llunnre: DeNlnrne^. jiiiepli ; David, \a|iiileiiii ; Dai^eiiais, I'ierri- ; Dauu-.!, Iloiinre. I'.lllier. jeaiiltle. ; I'.lliiil, Kiilieil. hiiiislerer. Daniel; lurreiice, llirani II.; Iiiliaiid. .\i|iil|iln : I niiriiiei |ii^i|ih ; lalia-, Sl,iMi>las ; lleininin^, M;iuriie ; I'lire',!. I.eiin; l'iir(;ue>. .Xunu^le ; rii'liaii\, I liiiiiiriii-. ; I'in- mil, I'aliiik ; halwsse, Sl;inisl;i>,. ( iliailne/, |iile> ; ( ieiiilrnii, ( leiiunl ; ( irmiK, ( iedemi ; (iriiid\, \le\i> ; (iiidiii, Isidore; < ia^;ne, .Naiioleim ; ( iiiou\, |eitnHa|ili>le ; (iariepy, .M|ilioii-.i, jr. ; (Irelle, I'.dnioiid ; ( iudin, Kvarisle ; ( ia^iie, Louis; ( dendiimint;, William ; filoiiliiey Cliailes I'.ilm. ; ( ia^;iie, iose|ili ; ( ioiiin. Isidore; ( lodin, |om>|i|\ ; (ioii^;eon. Dominiinie. I lu^iieroi., (Iiarles; llnrsfull, ( ieorj^e. Keer, William ; KiiiMe. jaiiies. l.eeavalier, lieiijamiii ; l.elel a re, ( i;diriel ; l.i leln re, .\nloiiie ; l.ioniiais, Ij.irdoiiiii ; l.,i- lierj^e, riHo|iliile ; l.eca\alier. l.aiireni : I.eclaire, .Ser.t|iliiii ; l.ainarclie. Ilormisdas; l.eilaire, l'as(li;d ; I.anlie, |ose|ili ; l.i'lilaiie. jean Hie. ; l.iehiire, I'it rre ; I.eclaire, laiiilieii ; I.elelivre, .Artluir ; l.il\, Kiili.ird ; l.alielle, I'.dmiard ; l.evei|iie, l.mile ; l.e^;;iiill, Willirml; l.;i|ioime. .Mired; Lejoiii , |'iaiu;ois, jr. ; l.amarelie. .\\ ila ; l.i/olle. .Vii^usle ; l.amarelie, I.eon ; l.eeoiirs, laii'lide ; l.arehe, 1om|i|i .\., jr.; I.e\ei|ue, laliieii ; l,e(;aiilt, I lernienej^ilde ; l.anieie. Jean- liaptisle : l.alielle, \i(liir ; l.ediie, ( iiiillamne ; l.educ, Jose|ili ; I.ediic, ( iiiillaiime ; l.iiro(|iie, losepli; l,aroi|iie, 'I'liadee : I.ejoin, Louis ; I.aprairie, I'alriie ; l,i/oiie. .\iimisie; Lymli. John ; L.ilielie. V ietor ; l.e\ei|iie, Tliadee. MmpliN , \\ ni. ; Motlall. \\ ni. ; Mireaii, (ainille; .\Iassie, I'ram is ; Mallelle, Marnalie ; M.iclure. .Me\andre ; Madnre, t'asiniir ; Martin, Charles; .Meloche, Alplionse, sr. ; Massie, I'ramis; Mollatl, .\driiri ; Marin, < tnesime ; Marlel, I'luodide ; Myre. Ismaire ; Mereier, Charles; Miiaml, lamest; \lurph\ , ( orneliiis ; McMillen. Joliri ; \l;idore, Joseph : Meloche, .Mphonse. jr. ; .Malt;iyer, Joseph. I'eacocU, \\ ni. ; I'iclie, Na/aire, Rev. ; I'ilre, ,\lpli. ; I'ilon. Marcellin; rrcsseanll, .Malhi;is ; I'ilon. Liislache ; l'ii';ird, Jeanlile., jr. ; I'erraiilt, Janus ; I'icard, Jean-Haptisle : I'ieard, Jean- Haplisle, si. ; I'icard. .\le\andre ; I'icUeriiig, I'.iUiard; I'oirier, Camille \'. : I'ilon, .Mtreil ; I'inUna), I'.dward ; I'resseaii, Misael ; I'airmenl. Joseph ; I'oilras. .\\ila. (^)uesnel, .Vmedee, son of Jos. I\en;uid, Lapoleon ; Kedtein, lllin^wood ; Kalieau, Ilormisdas; Koss, Charles; Ko/ell, loseph ; Kolierl, Marcel; koliillard. Joseph ; K;d)e;ni, Marcellin: Kolierl, Narcisse ; Kichard, /oel : Richer. Moise ; Kolierl. I'erdiiuiiid ; Richer, llonorc': Richer, Molse, jr.; Ranj^er, l'"rs. - Navier ; Richer. Daniase. SicMni, Louis; .'^icUiiil. ( ieor},'e ; Sl-( lermain, (tcUive; St- Louis. Louis: Sl-Ciermain. .\1- I'rid : .Sl-Ciermain. 'Iheophile ; St-On^je, Daniel: Siieider, .\k'\ander ; Stonehouse, loseph; Si^;ouin. Jereniie ; .Sl-( ierniain, Joseph : SaraliournL't, |-'.niile ; .SurpriMianI, Moim ; Smart, Julius .\. : .'^t-Deiiis, l''rani,dis-.\a\ier ; Smith, I'eter ; Sauve, D;i\id. Thornloe. Ralph C. ; riiornloe. Water; 'I'heoret, .Mderic ; Tessereaull. .Vlphonse ; Tesse- mull, .\rlhur. \ alois. Dr. I'ierre Alphoiise ; \aillancoiirl, Joseph ; \iau, I'lf^el; \'iau, leanlile.; \'iau, I'-uj^cne ; \ alois, I lector. Woodward. Wm. ; Wit;lleld, James; Weir, (ieorge; Watson. W illi;irn J.; Wilson, .\r- chiliald ; W illiams. Allien. m mi: m . RMMIMIMi 272 TOW.'s OK i.aciiim:. KASr WARD (i;asii. Anik'rsod. I'clcr. liiiiilfl, ()ita\c; liiiliiind. Ainlrr; liiini.', I'cliv : r.iiucliia>. Aliiliciii>r ; lull, William; liiadii-. William; IUIaiiL;i.T, S;imiK'l ; lirdloril. William.- lilackic. laiiK's ; Hcmic'll. l'.(K\;ii(l ; l5ri,L;lil, CIchkiU jaculi; liaili^cr, josi-pli ; linuilt, l.i'o ; liiowii, David ('. ; Hell, Cliri-.UililKV ; Utrani. |ci>c|ili ; HcaU(li>iii. A\ ila ; linldin . I'lrdcric ; Hanoii. Jcan-Hlr. (.'Iiapmaii. I'lioinas ; ('ha|iman, Julm ; ( 'kiiRiil, AIIVlhI ; CharlMinnL'au, |-',iilirci;i ; ('Iciiu-nl, .Vk'xandro ; ('li-mciil, CaniilK'; CkniL'nt Lcjuis ; Claylnii. < ifori^'c ; ( ';irit;iian. I.ouis, ('(iiciiiaii, I);ivid; Ciilf, I'laiik ; ( 'anulhcr.-^, John; Cmiisdl, Al|ihiiiiM' ; ('uursnl. Damasc ; Chi^linlm. JiiM.'|i!i ; ('(iur--iil. |ii>c.-|)li ; ( 'i)u>iiu-au, (ainilk-; ('la\, jamrs ; ( 'on lure, Joseph; ('om\ille. Ileclor; Coiirville, Alphoiise ; ( 'iiarlioniieaii. |o,eph ; Coiindle, llei'lor ; Couiville, Alphoii>e. Domi'-ll), I'aliick ; Daj;eiiais. I'hilippe, jr.; Daj;ena)s, Napoleon; Dion, Ndrlieil; Doie, N';i|M)leoii ; Deschaiiip>. Avila : Delisle, l''i'ani;ois ; Daoust, Delphi-, : I )aou>i. Ijner\ ; Diseaiy, Stanislas; D;inu'. j-anmaiUKl : Duiuur, Donal ; Dioir.ie. Ileeloi ; I )uroiher, Andnoise ; |)uro- I'her. I'erdiiiand ; 1 )i,|-.-.cliei'. Xap.ilenn ; Desiliamps. |ean-l>!e. Ijnond. Ilemi ; l-^lli-, William ; 1-Jhmmd, Mailiii. Fislu T, Arlluir ; I'eri^usson. (osepli ; l''oyd. j'.dward. ( i: Ihrailli. W 111. ; ( laiiepy. 'I'heophiie; ( iraiid'Maisoii, i'iene; dafjlie. .\iiloiiie; ( '.alliiailh, James; (iueiielle. \.lolphe ; (ioiii;eoii, .Viiloiiie ; (iurm;ui. I lenry ; ( iiaiidniaisoii, ( 'eleslin ; Ciieen. John ; ( iraiulmaisoii, (,.'elesli:i ; ( irandiiuiisoii, I'ieriX'. jr. Ileiiderson. I'n-deriek ; Ileiidersoii. Da\ id ; ileiiry. ( leoii;e W. ; llo^aii, Roderick; I lorselall. ( ., II.; I U'^lop. James : Harris. John ; 1 lolle, J ereiiiie ; Harper. William ; Harris, Isaac ; I lew Ion. Riclianl. Johnson, .\ntlioii\ ; jolilisoii. I'riilerick ; [ones, Roherl ; Joy.il. Michel .\rlhui , Jolie, Leo; Jolie, Joseph .\. Keiller, 'I'hoKias ; lv.i;ie>. lolin. I.aiiii. ('\ prien ; I.e. olle, leaii-Iiaptisle : l.ockhead. ( ic irLje ; l.;ivoie, Cesaire ; I.arivee, Napoleon; I .aloiide, . I )idacc' ; l.ehlaiic. \\'illrid ; I.aii/oii, J-Moaard; I.ediie, Henj;imin C. ; Lcdiic. ( iillieri |.; ) .tUoie, N[oise ; Le^aull. Mi( liel ; I,.i\ ciie. Loms ; Reaper. Mallhew ; Reger, Miclnl. son ol J.-llli'. ; Ra\oie. Isidore; Reclaire. I loriiiisd,i>. Malelle. Joseph ; Marliii. .\lphln^e; Nhirliii. I leniienei^ilde ; Marchand, Dt-^ire ; Melras, Joseph; M.ijor, .\mhroi,e ■ Melius, Rudder ; Mnire. Charles ; Malcolm, J, r.iie- : McMilkin, John; M( i:ilii;oll. John ; Mc< alie, '1 eriance ; Mc( iratli. John ; Mc.M ulliii. Wm. ; Mcl,aiit;lilin, John ; McKeii/.ie. .Aiiihew : MeRaut^hlin. Joseph : Moore, Jame> ; Muore, WalU'r ; Malelle, Hormisdas ; M(imi>ey. Maxuell; .Murray, i'jlward M. ; Mcl'lli,L;oii, Michel; McKeii/ie, kolierl ; Mc( kMrniy , nu;^di ; Melr.is. .\dolplie. Neveii. I'aul ; Nichols, l'!ili;t'lie W'. Ouellelle, Ciiiillaume ; O'toady, William; (I'Xc'il. .\rlliur. I'oiriei. Jean-Ille.. sr. ; I'oirier, Jean-lite., jr.; I'.ire. hrancois ; I'arl, 'I'hoiiias ; Rark, William K. ; l'ii;eoii, Rouis Rasile ; Rare, .\illim ; I'art. Rouis. son ol Jo^. ; Rare Napoleon ; Rare, Rouis; Rii;eon, Rouis; Rrice, James ; I'ouers. Iliomas ; I'oulin. I'ierre ; I'loulle. Moi^e ; Ricanl, .Vntoine : I'ellelier, Napoleon. Ross, Me\aiicler; Kollaiid, I ),imien ; Riclua, J. -R.le. , Redliurn. Samuel ; Roii^oiiie, Wm. ; Richer. Moise. Sincl.iir. Charles Henry; Sauriol, llonore. I'ieniey. i'.ilrick ; I'ondreau. I'ierre; Irudeau, Julien ; 'l'a\lor, Wm.; 'I'hoiiias, Richard; 'Rliomas, John II. ; I'ieniey, James ; I'hiiiert, I'ierre; Tremlilay. .\le\.; Toildreau, I'ierre, jr.; 'I'oiieliii, William ; Tiiiiter, 'riioiiias. \ iau, Oiiesime ; \iaii, Joseph. Whelehan, John ; Wimieii, I'eter ; W'ili;ress, IRnrv T. ; Wi|e;ress, |olm ( )f^(len ; Wilgress, Cieor^e ; Walmout;li, John; Whelekiii, Simon; While, (ieor^e; While, William; Welsh, Anthoiie) ; Walhue, (ieor^je; W h.aleii, William; Wardrop, .\le\aiider. 2/:. \!IJ.A(;i': OF IXMNTI- CM.AIRH. Auiii,ii>, |(.aii liic, ^>|■. ; Auniais, I'.cliiioinl ; Aiiiiiais, Ulrif : Aimiais, jcaii IJapli^U-, jr.; Allard, Daiiifl. m. ; Allard, I'kTic I'clix. Hiaull, ("alixlu ; linuicl, l'iaiii,()is ; iiruiict, l'\-li\ ; Hnini'l, Leon: Hniiu'l, |nso|ili ; Hmii- ^miiii, llrclor; Mcrlrand, !■ ii. -\a\ icr ; I5iuncl, Julian ; liiuiicl, AiUoiiiL' ; Hjimv':!, Ai>cir', son III l.-\. ; IJnuK'l, ('liarlfi ; HiiiiKl. I'laiicuis ; Hclair, l.cini, jr. ; liclair, l.coii, m-. ; liri^clmis, Jean lia|)lisl(.' : Hclani^ur, Ivxildas ; Hninol, livl'llc ; Hru.K-l, Cliailcs; liruiicl, NKiisi' ; Uriiiul, ArsciiL' ; lirimcl, I'aiil ; Uriiiu't, I r^cl ; BniiU'l, 'IrttlU' ; Hriiiicl, laiNibe ; lirisfhois, |o-,i|ili ; Hrisuhois, .Norliial. ("liarlulinis, Leon; ('arrii-rc, \.n■(■i^.SL■ ; Cousincan, l'!^'(.'/i|i|ir : ("harlclmis, .\r>cnf ; ("iHi>i- ncau, Alexandre ; ("lialaj^ne. Tele^jihore ; ('lenunl, Sainuel ; ("liarlioinu.m. Nap. ; CraiU', I'. .\. ; Carriere, jean l!a|i. : Charlelmis, .\rsene : (."barlelniis, J. A. : ('!ialaj;ne, 'reles|ilinre ; Carriere, Nareisse. I )eniiinlii;n\ , Alpivmse : DaiJjenai^, W'illVid : l)aiiu^l, I'ltjele; l)enis, TlicinKis : I )eni^, I.iidi^er : l).i(iu>l, l'ri;elt : l)eni>. '['Iiei'dii'e . I )u''l)usneau, j(i>iepli ; Denis, I.enn; Unricin, Charles; D.musl, 'I'lieodnv ; D.iuusl, J(i>. ; D.imi.sl, l^onis I>. ; Desjardins, Ilereiile; Diiehes- neaii, llernieneijilde . Duclii-sneau. Thnn-.as : I )eni>, I luiude : Dnlill), Mare. Kvans, ( ;. l''elsi|Ue. I Idncire. ( ii lina>. \a|»ileon ; (lill. Albert; ('iiierard, riieod.ire. I lyde, ( lecirj^e. jubinvllle, Ildoiiard. Kainiiaehe, jae(|ues. Le^anll, I [eriMenej;ilde ; I.anllner, I'r^. \'. ; l.t^aull, luiseiie ' I.ebean, I'aul ; Levesipie. n.nnase; Lebeaii, Maurice; I-ai^as^e, 'i'nus,aini ; J.iXnrhier, I'erdinai'd : i.eelere, M'li^i-; l.i.'- tang, Jiisepli ; Lcelere, Louis; Lefebvre, !• lUiit.oii ; I.,e'.;in^. \'en;inl ; Le,i;ault, jean Itaplisle ; Lefelivre, .Vrsene ; Le{;aull, Lton; Laberjfo, I'ViViiyois Xavier, Kevcl. ; LWbbe, M. (leorge; Lanlhicr, /oliijue ; Lanihier. iiruno ; l.eblanr. Av;'.a ; I.egendre. Io>. ; Lain^;, I'etfr ; l.ei;aull, Tiniolt'-on ; i.e,i;aull. I Ion. ire; Le,L;aull. I ).iniien ; . Leiieau. I'aul; Lej^ros. .MlVed ; l.aprairie, Joseph ; Les^avdl. ,\lbert ; Lei;;iull, William ; Le{;aidt, Leon, vin of Leon. Milebell, llilarian; Mallelle, Leon \,; Meharlane. David; MeDouKall. .Me\. ; Mayer. William; Marineai;, Camille; Milehel, Albert; Mayer, Avila ; .Martin, Jos. ; Mayer, I'jiiilien ; Mitchell, lames /. ; Mitchell, /ephirin ; Milcheii. ( i Uiriel ; Meloche, Jean-Hie.; Mitchell, Zeiion ; Merino, (."an.ille, jr. ; Merino, (.."aniille, sr. ; Mitchell, Ililarion; .Mallelle, Louis N. ; Malelle, I'hilibert ; Montreuil, .\1l'\. ; Mife't';!!, I-iac ; Madore, Dr. (iodfroi ; .\K'Kiniion, C.eorge. Norniandeaii, l-",l/ear ; Ne\eu, Saimiel. l'ii<|uelte, Moise ; Lareiil, Raphael ; I'errier, I'ierre ; I'ejsiin, Levis. Quesnel, .\iiiedee. Robb, William ; Kochon, .Napoleon ; Koilirr, Jean liaptisie. .St. jean, Ldouanl ; Si. Jean, llormisdas. Tooke, lienjainin ; 'riuorel, I lenm nei;ilde. Lpton, I'rank. N'aloJN, tl. M. ; N'iiiet, (."harles ; N'iger, .\nloitie, N'alois, .\le\aiidre ; N'alois, Xapoleoii. Warl, I-.iilnii Denis, .\iilliiiiic : l)aoii>l, I IcniMlic^ililr ; l)aoii>l, llilairr; |),imiis1, l^ra 1; I )aiiu^l . I li'mliilr Danc-iiais, I.Diiis, jr.; I )a(.;i'iiais, .Mind; |).iimisI, \aKjic; I )iiilirMiiraii, /iilii|iir; haiiii-.!, 1,. I>, |)ai)Usl, |cisi-|ili, son III I. -|{. ; I )iiiluMiraii. /.iilii|iii-. ( iiiillii, I liiiiiia^ ; < ii'iiiiaiii, llilaln'. I lrlilili, Io,i|ill. I,C)4aiill, !• raiii,>ii\ ; l.aii/.iili, S(;vtT(.' ; l.a).;aiill, l)aiiicl; I,c);aull Or|iliirc ; I ,i|.;aiill, I Iithr'- ii('-t;ilili- ; l.arclilc, Tiiru ; I.yiicli, |aini-s: I.r^aiill. Ki'iiii ; l.i'|iiiir, .\l|iliijiisi' ; l.i|iiiic-. Ki'ini ; I .riciiii|ilc. I.iiuis; l.i-c avaliri . I'iiMiiji: l.ij^aiili, |)aiii(l; I.(((lp\rc, iNidnrc; I,cj;aiil(, Ismacl : I.(.-r, ( iaiil id I r^rl ; \a|ipr^, I >aiiia->c : Valnis, \'.(,.; \'iaii, \iiialilc ; \'iaii, |(im|p|i; \a|ppi^, .Xrlh'ir; \alii|ii( lie. .\. .\.; \ aloi^. .\rllHir, m)1i ol r)a\id; \'aliiis, \aUrir. miIioI l>a\id. Wilspili, 'riidinas ; W i-,(iiiaii, |aiiii^ 1' . I\\RI.SII Ol- P()|\ ri-. CL.Mkl-. (I-A.ST). Colls s,\i.\r |i;\\ AM) SAiM i;i;\ii. Allaid, Daiii.'l, jr. ; .Mlard, 1t>. \a\ifr; .Ml.ird, J.pm|iIi. „pii,,I 11\, ; Allard, (p.ppKnpi. lininct, V.i .cl.e ; Unilicl, .Nrsi m- ; l>caiiilr\, I lijiri ; lliiiinl. .\l( \aiiilic ; l!il;aiid. |ipsi|)li ; lirilliel, Ucnis ; lUiiiu-l. .\rM ru- : lirisilmis. ('('sairi-; lirisrlmis, Israel; I'liiriil, li'lix; llipyit. li'li.s ; MiiyiT, 1' .rri-. CarriiTc, l'a(ilii|ii'j ; ("^irricre, l.varisti ; Carrieru, .\iilliiiiu- : Cardinal, Isiatl ; Cliarlicmnfaii, ,\a|i(ili'iiii ; Cluirlcliois, .Mplionse ; ("hllds, < iccirnt- ; ( 'raiie, 'I'lioinas .\. ; Cardinal, Na|)iiiii)M ; ('litvi(;ny, .\K\is. Ucnis, Lc'iiii ; hejiis, I sale- ; Daueiiais. Hasilc ; hirnV, TlK-ipdiMi- : l.'cniiMdp.s, Kiliiii.ird ; Derary, joM|iti : ! •a^;cnais, .Mfred ; Doiigall, J. .\l. Kwinn, .\nirc.v. CrduK, .\llii-rl. I'Akish <)!■ SI'. \\\i;s. v.-^ |:isiiiiji, l.iiiii-,; (.isiiiiii, I' iiiiiijiii'. I.iliiiij;, .\ii)Mil('()M ; l.i'fjiUill, |iiin- lite, son (il It- l.t'liiiii', l';ii-.laili<' i I 1,1-^iiull, Iciii lilc, sun i I.. ; I.i^anll in, sr. : la-i^aiill, < 'liarlfs ; Lcfclnri-, (ialiriiO; Ia'J^uuIi, I lyacinllii- ; I,rj;anll, laiilgir ;nill. \al.. son nl lly. ; l/'j^aiili, AUrcil ; I/ilirnssc, !■ rr'ik'ric ; l.i'j^anll, (iiMlcun; l.c^anll l/i( I (11 IV lean lilf. : Lil. Tcilr ; l.rj^anll. Si'ViTi-; I ,r^,'aiill, lii-njamin ; L.'t^aiill, Tiim k'on ; l/'t^aiill, <)\ii|c; l.v^aiill, Avilila; laj^aiill, Arlinn ; I-c^aiill, Al|ilioiisi- ; l.cronx. J. liu l/jlaii;j, \ iiiaiil ; l/'^aiilt, Oni'siMic; I.c^aiill. | 'Is. , son (I < )ni'-sinic ; la'i^aiill, I )ani( I. sn.i ul S. I/(.:^ailll, I.oiiis; l.'l'Joilr, Cliailis; l.c^aiill, ,\ll>rrl, sun i if S. ; I.c^^aull, |cisc|ili, ,iin uf \. 1,1'^aiiU, I )riniiniii;iil lusrlil I, sun III ,iiiiiirni'ii\, Jean : l,cl lurniiiN, ( harlt's l,rian(4. I'.iislmlic ; l,!j;,nrll, liis(|ili, son of (). ; l,r^;aiill, 1 lt'rnK-ficj.;il(lf, sun of |. ; l.i'lan^ CaliMc: l/'(;anll, Henri. ^ m of II. ; l,rf;anll, .\illnn, son of II. ; Lc^anli, .\l!irrl ; l.cnanll I,i-on, son of ( ). ; l.c..;anll. Ail Inn , -.on ol < ). ; l,i,larlc, Mi'lhodc ; l.i^janll, Iosi'|ili, son ol |. I'. I,'.-j^alill, /j'non ; l.'/^.iiill, |osi|ili, son ol 'I. Mrloilic, ricrii- ; Ml Kin/ii-, John; Mcloclic. ( 'in'ijoiir ; Mi-lmlir, I'lniiin : Miloilic ' )uillilli', I Miiin.iiiiicl. r. .\n.lri-: I'l ii'ssiaii, |osc|ih iiiian, I, COM, sr. liiiaii, 1,(1111, jr. an. |-'loHiil. I'aloii. jaiiu -^ ; I'aloa, Thiui'ias I,. ; I'liiriail, .\l|ilioiisi.' ; I'oiriaii, Willriil ; I'uiri; ihirsiii'l. .S\ila; i\)nrsnrl. Iriiii li;r. \'al(-ry ; <,)iii'snrl, Aiih'iIit ; (,)ursiiil. Allirri ; <,liiisnil. I'i<'nv ,\. koss, |. (;. Siiiilli, riioniis ; Sniilli, |osc|ili ; .Siilhfrlaiiil, laincs, rii.orel, I'r^;.-!; Tln'orcl, I lcrin('-iu''f,'ili|i- ; 'i'ln'orrl, \rnanl, si. ; 'riu'orrl. |i an l!a|ilisli' ; 'llworcl, I. Ill ml; riirnlnill, Tlininas T. \aliils. I'i.'rrr <;. ; \aliiis, ( 'li'oplias ; \aloi,. I.. J. .\, ; \aliiis. j. I). l.i'Inis; \'.iliiis. I'anilr. I'.XKi.sii Ol' .SI'. /\\xi:.s. .Miliiili. Sir luliii; Aliliiilt, jark : .Milmll, Harry; .\iif,'iis. Kiclianl ; Alilioll, Willi. mi ; .\n^us. I-. I), ; Aliliill, John H. ; .Mlard. jos, jilalrlo k. M.S.; I'liusi, Ivlonaiil ; linucl, Krin' ; Hriiiirl. I'.iisilii-; IlinncI, laisiarlir ; Uriinrl, II Lur; l!riiiul, l.oiiis; iinini-l, Ucnis; linniLl. |iaii !<'■ . ; liriinrl, \ irior ; Hinks, Cliarl.-, II. ('lainir, Nii'liolas; Claiiilf. (ilainlc; I'lainlr. I',vani;.'lislr ; ('rr\ irr. I'Jirniir ; ('icvii'r, ll/riiiinic ; ('rrvicr, |o,r|ili, sr. ; ('nvicr, |osr|ili. son ol |.; Cir^i.i. han lllr. ; (ri'vitr. Ke^is ; < 'ri\ icr. .\lc\is ; ('ir\irr. I'ii'rn- ; ('rivirr, !os., son ol H. ; ( rev irr. ( 'lro|i|i:is ; ('ir\irr. iia^ili-; ('iiii-.iMr.inll. \airis,r ; ( 'ouslMranll, I'liilailrl|ilir ; ('.noli. Ililairr; (■aioii, I'.iloiiaril : ( 'ir\ irr. ( lillirri ; ('rr.irr, .\lr\ani|rr ; ('iiAin. iJolpliis: ('ir\irr, Iran lilr. ; ('(r\iri, |ii-,r|ili. son oT I' rs. : ( 'rrvier, |osr|ili, son ol Ijirnnr ; ( irv irr, .Mlrcl, son ul |o~. ; ( lainlr, Nirliolas. jr. ; ( 'ulc. (i. .\. ; ( 'IclldiiiMcn^, William ; ( IriiiliimrM^, i'luuiloir. l),-slaiirirrs, Li'mi, sr. ; I )rslamirrs, I,'iin, jr.; D.iurs, .\liirk ; I trslaiiriris, I'asial ; I )n liois, Aiilliiinc; I )cs lianiii-, |o,r|ili ; Dcryiick, CliarK's; Ocnirrs, I'icrrr ; Drinrrs, I'irrrr ; 1 )nliiciiil, l''.lirnMr ; I )iilir(aiil. S m rr ; I )cinrrs, I'laniiuis .\. ; I )iilirrir,l. Si ' rrr ; I )rsi lianip^. Ma\iinr; I ) •sr|iain|i^. I'irrir; lliiliiis, jtrniamin; l)iilirrnil. I'aul ; ! Iiilnrnil. Iriilinanil ; Diilirrnil, |um'|iIi ; I )iilir(inl, Arllinr ; Doukn, (iioi|;r: Muukrr. Aillmi II.; Doukii, la'slic K. ; Duwkcr. \ iviaii I). ; 1 )uu kn, .\. 1 1. ; Daurs. MaikC. ; I ).iurs, M.n k, jr. ; Duij^l, I'rirl ; I )iill;4lass, (ailirs I I. 276 \ ii.i.Aoi-: ()!■ ST. A\Ni;s. I'Dr^cl, Louis J. ('iilli's|iii', J. A. ; < iir(U\(")il, (I. I'. ; (^{iicaii. <)li\iir; (iimiK, I lnii|iliilc ; (iiiiiil, J. <1. ; ( 'inTriiliL,'. William: ( liriludod. I.u^^'ic; ( iiiicaii, jii~,c|ili. llaiisoii, ('. I'. ; I luliDii, W. II. I.illdndc, l''iaii(;i>i> ; Lalniiilc, |iim'|iI), si>ri nl I'.; Laliiiuk-, ji an l!U\ ; I. arnaichi. Alexis ; I.anlliicr, |iim|i1i l.ud^ci : l.ali'inK-. I'iiirr; l.aiilliicr, ('ali\lc ; l.f};aiill-l )i-laiiriii-., Pascal; Lalniidc, l.iir, sun nl laic ; l.alnndr, l.iic, snilc. |i)m.-|iIi, mhi of ],. ; l.i'(;cT, Jcaii-lllc.. jr. ; I .c^rr, J. liU-. , si. ; l,aii/iiii. |iaii-l'a|ilisli' ; l.au/nii, lulcs ; l.alirussc, liiiilio; I.aloiidu, liiiiiard ; I,i);aiilt, Pascal; l.ccaull, l.ccm, ji.; I.alondc, lui|iliiaidc ; l,c\ iiiu^l"". I''cli\ ; l.anlliiur, Aclullc ; I,fL,aiill, Dainasc; l.cj^aidl, Placidc ; l.aloiidc, |iiM|ih ; Ltnaiill, Pascal, jr. .Madori-, (iiidrnii ; Madnrc, David; Madori-. .\i linn ; Maiiscaii, .\is(.iic ; .\liliiclu-. juscpli : .Mali\ier; .\iin;.iis, .\nlmi ; .\nj;el, ( 'icuri^e ; .\nt;el, (lem^e, jr.; .Arcliamliaull. I lenri p, lirisi lidis, p.; liiiseliiiis. ('has,, jr. ; Umiiet, |!ii.-elii'; lie.uilieu, h'.-X.; liriseliuis, ( 'has,, m. ; liriinet, l'"riin(,'iiis ; Itrisehuis, l-'.iiselie ; liiuml, liiseph ; licriaidl. ( ■illierl ; I'ripun. p'rederic ; lirimel, F.iis. , son of l!iis, ; Hrnnel, James : Baxter, lames; I'eaulieii. Narc i-st' ; P>imiel, l'r!;el; He. mines, ,\l|]||cinsi- ; l!i iselmis, Paie ; llrimel, |i.[in lite.; HIais, .\ime ; lirisihois, Pierre; HiTiaull, |ost|i|i ; Hrmiet, llilurion; l!e/ner, MoiseC; Hioun, I )r, Peler 1',.; ihisepuis, .Sam. ; iirmiel. .Mlied : liriseliuis, Joseph : liriseliiiis. < harlis : Po\er. .Mexandre; liriMul, I.i);iiori; liclan^er, Jiistiiiieii, jr. ; liriinel, I'.nsiache, mhi ol J. ; lirimel, .Mexis : liover, James ; liiiiiiel, l'!iis|achc ; Hriseliois, .\ciiille : Hriseliois, |)amase, sr, ; lieriaiill, Pierre, s|-. ; lioyei, \a|oleiin. ( hanlal, I', in man lie I ; ( "re\ iei, l''raiii,ois ; ( iKmrel, .\iiiedie : ( 're\ ier, .Ml red I .. J. ; ( rev ier, William; Crevier, I'.mmaniul ; Che\ri.(ils, (ieoi|;es 1..; ('nxier, Halhousie ; Chalilloii dii (lodiii,<'l.: ( lialilloii ilil Coilin. S<'v. ; Chaiilal. Joseph ; Cardinal, \iclor ; Cluindlei, |. ('.; Chaiilal, |i leiiiie ; (revier, I, ion; ( liarleliois. ( ioilf'roi ; ('vpiol, l.oiiisN. prs. ; ( lialillon d'l (ioilili. P.: Cre\ ier. Joseph : ('roue, |olm ; ('aidinal, \'i( tor : ('liamel, .\iithlme. \'ii.i.\(;i'. <)|- ST. .\NNi:s. I)iii|ii(l, ChaiKs; |).iii-, ■riiiiiKilLuii ; I )inn(liii, Jimm; I )ulirciiil. I'au l)r. J. K. ('.; I )iiic, ( 'In.!, iinir : l).iini>l, r'A.ui'iK'; l)crniiu-, I'ii rir ; I )cit'|ji'i l).iiiiisi, Adrhird : I )i-,ini -., liriinlln'r ; Ij.ioiisl, |(isi.|ili I,. ; I )(irij. AkA. : I )ii D.ibri'iiil, (L'aii-|{M|iti^l',' ; |)iili,. I' iiiiii.iii-. ; 1 )cic|iLlllinny, ruii^viiiil ; I )cif|ifi: l)i.'sjarcliiis, Ariliiiiir; I )ii|pj"iniil, Aiitciinr. jr. ; iJiiinii-^, l'ni..|iiTc ; l)t'iiici>, I'ls.-N |ai-(|iii'^ ; l)inichiraii>l. i!cp,mr. l-^llhiM, ■|'li(iiiias ; I'.vaiis. Win. S. ; l-aluard. I). I'DiilnTl, I'lic],^. ; I'laiiciriir, l''raiii,ciis ; I'OiiIh rl, |iiliii ; !• duIiuiI, l^iddii- ; I' i (irirr, Jdliii ; (iiicr, lirorU; ( iiavcl, Tiiiinllur ; (iaulliicr, AiUi)iiu- ; (iiK (iuitard, l.canilrc ; 'iriLT, J. W.; (laiilliiii, l',rm_-.l; (laluil), I)iihiU; (iodin, 1 Alfri'd ; (larcaii, Na|)i)lLi)ii ; (ia^jiu-, j. A.: diia), Mcilaid; ( i.iulliic.i', < )-,car ; ( i: tiiL;uirr, I''. \.; ( iif^iKTi', I'.ll^cllL-. Iluj;li^. J. W. ; I liiiluliisc, I'aniiiaiHirl : llaiiulin, hrrdirir ; I laiiiilluii, Sii liisc', l,nui-.|l.: I lurliilii^r, Vii^ii^liii ; 1 li'naull, Jci-.<'|ili ; I lalplirll, J, S. Ja)f>, William ; jiiliii-,un, W. W. Kciil, Aiiiliidsr I,.; Kark'V, Jiilm. I.i'^;aall, A|m illiii liir ; l,c^a\dl, ('haik->, sr. ; I.aiiicillic, I'inif ; l,r^ault, ('liailrs, jr.; Larivicit.-, Ji)sc|i|i, jr.; Lopudl! )i>laiiricr>, I'.: IamIui-. ( iii>tirc, ; l.iklivrr, .\ii^iisliii ; l.aiuK-, Mmsc ; l.aluic, \a|ii)IOi)ii ; I.cIhmu, l)iil|iliis; la-^aidl, I'lai idt- ; I.au/Mii. .Vinlinii^^i- ; l,au/ciii, lliiiKirr; lA-L;aidl, Ici>r|)li ; lA'^aull, I'a^il^- ( 'y|irii-ii ; l.a\(iii', I'r^'rl; I.aloiick-, I'.ruiiip; I.aluu-, ,\iiloiiii; ; l.aiiiar( lu', l\i'-j.;is ; l.c^'aidl, ( )r|iliirr, sun of Vr-..; I.t-j^aidl, .\lli d. ^oii (jI I'.; I..ivicikilc, Dr. |. (i.; I.rj^aull. .MlVcd, sdii nt ('.; I.t-hfau, I)iiia ; l.(.|iinc, 'I'licoihdr ; I.c-pinr. Ili.'riiiida^ ; l.aknnk-, Miner)-; l.avi^jiiL-, Dolor; l.a; i\ icre, ()\il,i ; i,i-};aiilt ilil Dcslaiiricr^, I).; !,fgaull, liasijc ( ■y|)ricii ; I.c'ijaiill, Orpliir, ^oii of .\. ; l.c^aull, D.ini., son of I'lacidf ; l.c^^aull, ra-,i-al ; Larivt-c. iauilicii : l/.'^aull, .\k-\anilr(.-, vni 'ifC; l.r^.iiill, .\k'\., >on of l.rl.; I.cfjaiill, I.saac ; Laloiidc, lo^fpli ; Lc^aiill, /cnoii ; l.ainarclK-. i'iirrc. jr.; l.i Irln ri.-. I'.iiiliarisic ; I.ari\ iuri', ("liarlcs ; i.L-j^aiill, Danias(.-, >oii of I'. ; l.i.Ljauli, D.iinaM- ; i.rdiir, |o-,i-|i|i. Meii.ird, lo^i'ph ; \|oiii|iciil, ..\kkL;r : Mtkxlii.', I'alriik ; .\laii-Mau, .Xr^ciii- ; .Micliauii. joM.'|)ll l.oiii-, ; \|.hi-r, John : \Iadorr. D.iviil; MoiriNon, C. .\. 1-.; Moiil|irlil. .MphoiiM.- .Mil-hand. jo^. I). : Monlrcuil, l.ouis; .Malvllc, Win. ; Mriiard, lioiirnlaiil '1. ; Mcw horl. \\ . I'. Madort', l.o|)liic ; .M;inri,-aii, |o-,r|ili ; Mi-illnir. Iinjinic ; Mrillciir, I'irrrc : Mniard. Julicn Makllr, I'raiKj'ois. N'lM-ii, 'riii-'om-iK' ; Narlioiiiir, ( icorj^c^ ; Xorinandin. ( 'h.uk-^ ; Nadon. ''willc; Nicoll, llionias. Owens, 1. I'. I'oiidrillc I ,a\ iijin,-, Alr\. ; I'ilon, laninanuci ; i'clildil I,aiu;ir< In-, I'ii'rrc ; I'ilon, Kan- ,aML;nr. .Mill in, .\l|)li. ; I'ilon, Ludj^cr ; I': das: I'. <)li\iir: I'ilon, Isnlorr, ,r. ; rai|iunr, I'laiik ; I'orlrlanci'. i'icrrr ; I'ondrrllr- l,a\ii;nr, II I'iloii, l-'rs..sr.; rikiii, ()cla\r: I'.iicMicnl, |. ISlr. ; I'ilon, I'.iul : I'.lil dil l.aiii.urlic, .\lt. ;lil clii l.ainarclu ill ; I'rlit dit l.aniari hi', Kci'i^ ; I'ilon, |can lilr. ; I'ilon, Isidon J'- I'lrr.uill , .\ii^iislin : i'crrauh, llriiii M.: I'ilon, ( 'li.irli-^ ; I'rrrirr, .\,i|iok'on ; I'ilon, .\dol|ilu iloii, I'.iisilic : I'ilon. Irrdinaiid ; I'ilon, /oliijni' ; I'ilon, 11 l'crrai;ll, M:! I'ctrr^, jolin ; I'.iliiiir, William; I'riMisi. William ; I'oiidrclU' dit l-avii^ni', .\. ; I'oudrrlti' dit l,avij;iu', 1. I I'ilon. Adolplu- : I'ralt. I'rcdcric ; I'aynaiil. IranHaplisir ; I'ilon, Isid'Hc. sr, I'iloll, I )it,l\r, soil .1 .\iid.; I'lloi I, rraiicois, sr. Jo,r|ih .1 Isid. ; I', I'ilon, I'aiil : I'ourll, (li'or;4c; I'ilon, |(isc|ili ; I'ilon. \a|iok'oii : I'ouilri'tlc dit l,a\ij^iR', .\. I'oiulrctli- dil l,a\ i.L;iu-, /,. (.)iiinii Kanm'r, I y J. I-. : <,i(i Cvrilk- ; K flilii\ ilk' 'I'll: \an^i'r, l lios. ; Kaiii;rr, r.mi.ry ; K.an^i'r, llyarin ll\ itl'.r; K Ad. Kaymond, Toiissaiiil ; Koliillard, .\dol|ihi' : Koliillard, .Viisi'lnir ; l\o\' dil i,c'|iiiL;r. .Niliaiiasc Kodri^m, (harks ; Kanj^ir, .\iitoinL', Ki>liillard, .Viisi'lnu;, jr. St-1 )L'iti^, lit'iiiamin ; Stanton, (icori;!' 11.; .Si'miin, Kmniialil. ji.; .St-Dcnis, Dainasc liiii,. 2 7S \ ll,I,.\(;i'. ()!■ SI'. AWKS. St'!,'iiin, Kimiiiiild; St-Dcnis, AnloiiH'; Sc^jiiin, Louis; Saiivr. Alfird ; St-lK'iiis, Thomas Sl-IVnis, Nil))., soil of I.L-oii: Scj^Miiii, l^doiiard ; Sa^ala. Ivloiiard ; Si- Dciiis, Xap. , son of I,u<' St-I)--nis, Alc\aiidrc' : Scaidaii, Michael; Sicpheiisoii, W. A.; Si-alli. Ali;.\. ; Saiivc, CharU's Slc'Wi.rt, l\.; Siiii|)soii, Kollo (_". ; Saiivi.'', Isidore; Sahislon, AluxandiT : SJniiiii. Koiiuiald, sr. St-I)enis, I't'icjiiiaiid ; Si-j^'iiiii, Konuiald ; Slanloii, II. ). Turidl. Alphonsc ; TirpaiiiiT, lliMiri; Toiu hclli'. |osr|ih ; ■roiu-iii'ltf, josfph ; llu-oicl \'fiiaiit ; Trcinlilay, j. l-'.ddy. N'iiiL't (lit Larciilu, Ki'fjis ; \iiuM dil LaR-ntL-, Seven-; \'iiicl chl I.ariTlr. |.-liie.: Vieiis I'lerrc; X'iiicl (hi LaieiUc, Josopli ; \iiiel dil l.areiile, jacci. : Xiiiis. .Xilhur; \icn^. .\illiur V'iiK'l dil LaifiilL-. Wilf. ; Waltier, J. K. ; Wallicr. Wilham. I.KTTKk. 279 Till' rollowin- letter. Iroin the President of the I I islon'ci! SocKU) ()( ChiriiLio, was received loo late to he included in thi- text : I ). (-ilKO( AKIi l';.s(,). (). c. /hdr Mr. (firo/iant ^■o||r letter of .\i)ril ^tli came while Mrs. .Mason and 1 \\(-re absent at the South, and since ni\ return I hav(; dela\ cd my yv\)\\ 111 order to (.-.xainine the latest volmnes of our Census of 1.S90. in renrjird t(i ihv matters mentioned 1)\ nou. Idius far U(; have (jnly received the volume relatiiv-' tc:ar that I cannot obi; rc.'iatm^- to population, and I iMi acctn-ate mformalion uj)oii the oih er l)<)ints. But I append a list of ten places in the West, founded by the PVench nearly or (|iiit(; two hundred years a-o, with their population in iSSoand in 1 S90. I .I.INOIS. Kaskaskia . Prairie du RocIkm" . Cahokia (estimattxl) Peoria Ch ica''i) In iSS( 1 189 500 In iS 90. So 2 '395 300 41024 1 099 S 50 M K IIKiA.N. M, St. I; 1 )eln ickmac . •nace on 720 934 I I 6;, 40 /n o 2704 ^058 76 W IS( OXSIN. Oreen Ba\' I rairie lIu Ch le.n 7464 2777 9069 ?, I ;, I Of the Illinois towns mentioned, Kaskaskia, \ nunc, (lu Ko- cher and Cah oKia, are s ituated on the Mississippi below St. Louih ' '^'.W^BBnn-i »i)(). lli AlL;iiiii|iiiii Indians, -.ir .SV. /.iiiiis liidii, .Uissm/i .\li\, \ill.rlll. All, nil. ( III .1 K''' l.vt" Allan. Amlicu , ijd Allanl. i'lai i.k'. h2 Allisiin. 22^ Aiiii-liiaiis al I.acliinr. 117 Ainlii-isl, ( iciiciiil al l.ai'liinc. 5<). i)(), J.'ii Ainiiii lie \ illciuin I'. I 7<). l.Sd Aiiaiai). I'ciinlr. -^w /Imii rr/utirr Anaslasc. {■'allua, 177 AliLir ( iaiilitn, .'^i^li 1 , Kirlianl !!.. 2\ J ilianll. 00 An . \niis \iin\. -^I'f l.iiihifii' /'or/s .iml Mililiirv III l.iuhiiii' Arrivi- .lil .Ir l.'M, a.i|iUN. Iff. KIJ Arlir Sri. ll~ . -^vv Si r Jiiliii rntiik/ii, Anliri I lie I .a ( 'lusiiaM A!a\ iai.i. I.dui--. I 17 l.ii I 7ifs>iiiyi Auh .'2.S n ihv. J I liaili.iiiii. SCI' lliirhiii-y Harliiii) . Aniu'. 147 I'ailiary. I'inir. |()4 ll.ii k. ( 'a|)i., ji s irniis. M n U' .Mine So I'.ai lluliiii\. lalllc 111 lllr ()lli Aul;ii-I. 1()S(|. \21. >n- Tlif tiiiiil In \\\ '0:/IIOtS H III- I'.is.si. I. in, 14. 15, 17. iS, ji. 2.S. ().\ (1; 142. I4,i. 1; 174. 17s. i7''. "19. 210 lianj^y. ili-. JoS l'.a\ III iliiinic. 210 iliii'ii 2 I !. SIT (■ 'iii/lcrirr. Hrainir) 'lil I ,' l^iinrlli'. jran. 12,: l!i-:iiiiru, ilr, 1.S2 |iail III I'liinU' ( lairi'. |()S. 2f>4 ! Iirliiir 171 ill Si. .\iiius, 204 ; |ii\'- Mill iniiiJiifliiis, niS ; liisi j^iaiils, |i)i|'. Iran ( iiii'iu'l, |i)i|; «luiiinar- lii-il, 200: a iiK-iiliaiil . 21 K' ; IiiumI III! li.iHiiUinii in lllr lis (ilUlii'l, a piililii- ullircr, 21H), Hii; alsii ,111 a^riil 111 lllr Sci^iiidiM, 2(X) ; (iiiciu'l iililaiiis scMiiil ^;ianls, 21K1, 20.^; (Im-iul al limn ili- I'lslr, 202: as a lull ami irailiiiL' imsl. 202 : ( inc mi al. 20) ill' i|Ui'iil |)iii|iri I'li.i 111. 2i) li laiiL;<'i. I''. \.. 211. 4 J Irllrlruillr. (i2 IrilrMir, I'll I. 140: 142. sr ,.' ,/,' /7v/c i|i. ,;S, ;<), 40. ()f. 04 rlmnlll. ilr. I |i 1. 121). I !(i. I rillir ilr ( haill) . 140. 142. I47. I ", 1 . 2 I ^ M rlhi lir 1,1 lull liiu. 2.f4 liar, I inr. 4I1. 141. 142, 14;. li'i'llirlrl. Anliiiiir. I 2.S It'illu'lcl. ( )|i\ irr. 12S li Icsllr, srr /'iinfr lii^'ii!. 2011 Iritliirr. ilr. 2oS K'sliil, Iran. 27 ;illilif;. 225 laiUui'U. 241 lain. lis.. Ki^ ilain\ lllr. ilr, 21 ■ Cr/ii srr t t'lnfofl lrlll"\. i|r. I.S2 llii,'ii,iu\ ilil Sails Siiucy, Anl., 202, 204 iliinilraii. I'iri rr I 12 iiial siHi}; In 'riiiiinas Muuri-, 22^) inisliiianl. ilr. l'|l, 175. 17(1. 20S islnianl I'irl, srr .>i'iiiir; y <^W o>. // y /A %^? ■%' <^ 16- W €>. Q- i^r 2S4 CI-.MKAl, l\I)i:\. lioiinii-T, Midu'I, 33, 17(1 Hoiini/nu clil Lajc-iiiiL's^c, riLTic 112. 149,204; liis widow, 149 Honnciiii, K;iyinc]iicl, 02 Miiiicault. ('■. ( '. anil the l.acliiiu' l-()rt>. 95. q(t. I()(), 171 IJdiu'liard ilil l)iii\al. |.-Htr., >rr Ihmutl liiuu'liaiil-Di'ival, 216 liciiuhanl. I'aiil, 204, 212 Houchcrvilli', nui>sa(i\' at, 114 UoucluTx i (Ic, 1S2 I!oiuln.'ltf, 140, 2,50, 234. 235, 230 liinirihiiilcau, 193 Houigi-aiill. I''.. 60, r)9, 14(1. 151. 132. 153, 155, 156. 157. 15S: 160, i()4. |S(), 191. 194. '95 liimrgcl, Mgr.. 60, 163 |{i)iir[^iiic, 33, 66 liciiirassa, 213 I'iciiirdoii d'Aiitiav . |a'i|iK>, 27 Hinir^ier dil l,a\ii;iii', Jean, 26. 201 Hoiitainc, Miclii'l. 171) Hoiil dc I'l.^li.', -.cc .SV. Amies and SI. Lauis Inil'uin .\/issi(iii iu\i\ Tmding l\isl ; II n>a-- 107-ril : niassacns ipf l(i.S7, III : name-. Ill' icn viciims. 111 : ci- )tMi^r. ranf,'iiay. III. 112: s dl" i6g2-i6():). til, IIS; ina^ dr Caavlcvillv killod. I 13; j'dil Sun- ni'villc o.'i'u'iii'd. I I ■ al, 113: lirl.-- at. 140. 143: .\lt;cm |uin hid' liru (.y at 1>K- r at. 140. 142 •n.it, 14:) I'ic-f Bv li.'\ III' ■'iLl li.iishriaiil, 141 A HI; iiinilk', 142 41 : iiun'liaiit^ at. 1 42. 143 ; rod.i.ilitN at 14J list of liiNi inlialiitaiit-. 143: llir rhapul ,Sl. I, puis Imilt li\- Mr. D'Tilc, 146. 153; massa.'ics at, dri\c a«a\ il> nu]nila- tidii in U)S7, 149 ; jvcial i;ii ti cnnK', I 5(j ; liiinn llu' 1 1 i|ni>iN war. \ isilod liysctlkTs (inly every lull, 150, 153; er, 41 " Canadiana," on de I.a Salle's lialiitalion, ,7 ( amies, de S.d D.illier' Canojs and H,ilteaii\, desrriptinii Us' i'.iii- ellelle, 230 ; by de ( \ modern ones. 233 ; lea' 2.U allinee. 131 ; wiien was name elianp;e( 15.V " if St. l.oiiis Cardinal, jean. S4 .M. lies ('lia| A. ' Cardinal, Sinn '/ I'url Senneville. 173 : , Carit;naii-Salieres, rei;imeiil, S Woo den redoulil, 177 : Cures of, 1S2 : i Carimi, de, 72 list olilie inlialiilaiits ol, 183; servi-d ■ Carnalioii. 223 as a mission ill 1703, 192. 193; aj^ain ' Caroii, .\nloine, 164 170609. 192. 193: Jean Ciiienel ("artier, u'lpies. al I.aidiine, 1 al, 202-204; as a tiade leiitre. 209. Cascades and ( oteaii l.oiks. 40, 21, (iKMlKAl, lM»i;X. 2S5 ('iisiallioii. 225 (■;\lliali)^;iu'. 20. }(>. 37, 4"> '"'• 75-'»''- ''I- '•-• 121, 122, 12,;. 137. 15" ■• ^'IIIVI'V-- "I (Ic l,a S;\l!f\ 1.111(1 al l.aillilU'. 2i> : plan ul' l-arliiiiv. ;,"• ,i7- M^- '»"• l'''"' (if MildtV haWilali 111. 30. 37. 40, i|0 : at l.acliiiu-. S3 Cavilirr iK' I ,a Sallr. -(.■c /.ii Sal/c ; lii^ nur iiaiiic. 10 : lii- I'irlli. I I : lii- |">i"- trail. 12; lii> lanii en i-oliirc. 13: claU; nf lii> .cilkiiu'iil at l..i( liiiir. 15 ; -,iti.' (if liU lialpilaiioii. H) ; "iial it ua>. 21. 21: ulirii Iniill. 2,. 24; tiailc al l.ailiiiii'. 12 : hi-- dc pa it lire fi.r till' \M-.-,l. 2.\ ; ill ilu- «''>l. 24 : in i1k- ui.->t Willi I)(illi<.TaialiK< ialliiK-c. 24, 27: aflcr .-^cpaialiMi; uitli lliciii. 2.S ; liisllisl scttli'fsal Knrt St. I.iuiis, 21) : an aul'iL^iapli iK'i'l "I L;iaiit writti'ii ami sif;iK-il 1)\. 3.v iliM'uvrici ol'tlu' Mi>sis>ip|ii. 27 : hi^ clratli. 27: iiaiiu- n( his sci^niniy, 32 : ili'i n"l l.uijd a fi>rt al Lacliiii-. 40; \lr. l-'ia-.',i- "11 liis !iniiR>lrail. 37 ; •• Canailiana,'" mi his li.iiiR>t<.'ail. 3S ra\rlirr. .\lilic, I 1. 24. 177 ('a\i.'lii-r. I'iri-ii-, 1 40. 150 ("a/fMi-aivc, l()2 Ci'lDron df niaiiivill.-. 14S. 141!. 21 I Cniu'trrifs .>r l.achiiK'. 51. 52: luai llir nU\ church. 51 : pri-'scnt. 31 ; licloiv 1 076. 31 Census. il' i()Si.44. loS-iii : >itlicr cciisiis .il l.achinc anil I'.'Hit .lr I'Mr, H17 ; ct'iisii-. .if l.achinc. 124. sec /.«- i/iiiif Ccsi.m ..r Canada, -cc /.■uliiiir inidci- llic liiilhh Crown Ciiailly. >icnr dc, 210. 213. -cc /Irrl/ir Chaniaillard. \inccnt, 21 ( haiiil ai;iic, 2oS Chanipi.nii) . dc. 2\ Chaiiiplain. Saiiual dc -cc Mnisdiiiicir.u' : at Lachiiic. ., 7S : hi- hii trade al Lachine. 41. t3 : l''"' "''' ' '""'i'^'.^ ■ 41. 7S : Chaiiiplain (nui dc M,ii-i.n lieinel ccnieiUcd a lrienshi|i uilli the .\lir,,n. see /■«/-/ Si')iiH'vi/li' Clialeauj^nay. Sieur de. see Ac .l/",r"c Chalilhiii. |(i-cph. 2l() Chanviii. 213 Chemiii dcsCulcauN '>r l.achinc R.iad inacada- niisiil. 234 Chesiu.'. 2Ci Chevalier. Jean, 13. 22, S7. -ee Founiicr Clie\refils, 162. 1 03 Chmiart, Marie .Xnt'iinette. '|2 Church .if l.acliine : .hur. h nr .liapel ..rteii means the sanu- i iiii;. 137 • ' I'm'' '' .if l.achinc. an ac.i.liiil hastened H- c,iiistni.ii.iii, 47 : ''^ ^^'""" ''^'''' ^"^ ' h.iu l.uih. 4^: -i''^' "'"• 4!^ : 211.1 (if sl.iiie. pS : Hillside I c I. at. 4S : name ..f cniitrarl.a. 4S : when npeii- cil f.ir .-laxice. .',S : w lu re ,111. 1 «lieli mass was lirsl celelir.ited. 43. 4(1 : i's hi-t.i V, 40. 47 ; iiiiiii-lercil liy llu' Scniinarv, 43. 4": -ilcl "Id Cliur.h ^,,!,| 1,1 the Ol.lats. 30: . nijraviiiir. 40: wlu'ii .l.nii.lishc.l. 30 : 31.1 ■me when an.l li.'W Imih, 30 : its ..ist and .ll- mciisi.m-. 30: wiieii ere. -ted ilit.i a parisli. 4<> : hrst missi.in.iric-, 47 : new -teeple. 35 : -c.' I.,iihi>ic and SI. . limes Cl.irU. 22:, Clem. Ill ilil I..1 Ki\icr.. rieirc. 103 ( l.w.e. l.amlicrl. ') ( I, .11-1. 111. lame-. 224 ('.nhraiic. 233 C.illciniin. 173 C.ilman. 223 ( ',,11111.. 111. l.a.'liine. its estetit. 43 : ■i'^ ■' '''""I'' inj; i;ruuii.l. 41 C.ini;ret;ati.in. Si-l.'r- ..I ihc 3'': mi-i.m at I l.a.iinie. 3(). 3'l • e-i'.ipcl the Ir.c 1 ! iS6 (:i;.m:k.\i. im'!;\. c|Ullls llUl>~ac'lf, 56; lU-U lUii stulA iMiilcliiii^, 5S ; liuiiiint; ol .\mlu-i>.t. 59 ; al I'dinlf Chiiic, iSd ; tciii i\al lo I'liinli.' t'laiii'. KK (• iiicchsuiii, ciriL'nial il 24 CiiiiVfiU 111' St. Aniu'h. ()0 : li\ u Ikhu fdiiiKlrd, ()0 • i-miiiK-ialiiin nf ihrir c^laMi^h- I1K-IU>. ()0 C'niivi'iil 111 iIk- ( 'iiii'^ri-_L;aliciii. srr Ciiiiiri-r^\i^ titui ( 'iiiilicruiir. (K'. iSi, 1S2. Cciuillanl. I'U-iu/, loj < 'iHiai,'nr. elf. 73; fiini|ianiiin ol l'''an |arl. i^j : a c-liild inUoiiiuT. 1^5, i,;4: ( 'tnimlli'^, cic, S, 24, ill. |l)(). J 10 ('Minrin-. do lilli^, ^ri' '/'r.i(/iiii;- /'os/s ( 'iiiin\Mii ilf l.a Cusli.'. 147. H(), 151 ( '(mli.'au'> Imi'ial, S3 C'ousiiK'au, Marrrlliii. JIO ( "i>iNiiu ail. \an'i>~.i\ 216 ("I'L'v itr. r.lieiine, iSl ( 'ri.\ ioi'. .\lc\aiulix', rSi ("ri.-\ Ilt. ( '.illHTl. iSi Crrx ii.T dil St-|i'an. I. -Ille. iSi ( lev id', l\<'t;is. iSi CuilKiKT. Iii> (K'^rcnilaiil-. 42. 45. 87, 2I() t'liilh-ricr !-'(irl. -.ili.' nf. 7-,. 7 : drx'rip'iiin nf, in 171 3. 7S ; lj 'inj; i,-|i.i;rL-d ill 1713. 7.S il> iiiiiTaasji> So ~i>!. IN I) >s!llull 111 MiSi. ( 'uilloriiT. .,.iR / ' - / ■ .>.i 4,?- 4' liii 7S. 2.)(), 210: lll^! rliiiicawaidL-ii Si |iris;iaL-r nl llic Iim |,i ^l Ilia rir4 lo M irir l.a aiilt. Si ; had I Ni\ rill'.->. S7 ; Ili, la-.l u ill. S2 ! iiillciirr dil H.aiiliirn. 2 I J iininiiiii;, 225 ui>i|. Kl'V., 171 iiRs. ari'i-l ciiiu uniiiiL; llir. 75 iiic, iif I.acliiiu'. fiill li-.l. IC52 arcs Ilf I'oinu- ( 'lain-, li|h iircs of Si. Annrs. 1S2 uiiil. .\iiialilL', 20; ).iilli,4iiii,t. 141). 1S2 ),iilli. liiiii^t. ( 'alluaiiK'. 31) laillrliiiii^l, Cliailo, 9 )aillL!iiiiiMl I )'.\r^i.ailcMiil. 131 )ail!clMiu,i ik's Mus>c;ui\. 141. 17J ).iiii>. sellli-d al J.acliiiU' and iml al Si ■.\iini.'.>- as siaU'd nil pai;!.' l(«J )'.\iiiisi. ( luil. 14<). 131 )a\ iiU.iii. Mis I ),i\ ill. 71) )avisi)ii, 22^ )a\in. N. I'., 219 >a\M_'>. 31 )auo iV Si 111-,. 240 )aucs. |\sialf |. I'.. 71 ).l\\i.s. |. I'. Mis. 12!) )l' Ilidli i.ilillr. (12 )i' I'U'sIa), si'i.' Jlirs!it\' )i'i',ir\ . ( 'lis., 1 27 )^- ('uiiaL'iii.-. Msiali.-. 71 )c (■ 'lie. ( 'hs. , 97. niatjiu-, KfiK', () ri'i.4los' Islands. /),>r:':,/ Js/ of I'msI inhaliila..!,^. 2[ ]. ^i.'c 7'nii/iiii; /'i'.\/s I h' Wintiiii. ( 'a|il.. 241 I )iiii(aiiiairr ( ;oiualoi;iiHii'. ll.f inorai^i.' Iiimk • I'll u- I'lviii h CaiuKliaiis Dillnli. Jullh, KiS Dullanl, 7 l),.ll K'l ilr ( aSMMI. 21. 24, 34. 47 SS, 147, 14S. 17I). I", 201; ln> I Sallr. 24 : MlVULfl-'^ Willi (Ic his ruliirii 1.1 \' llk'liiailr III KiTO, 2^ ; ~laUMiK'iil Ilia lu-u s|ia|Ki' ■HI. 2iil I )iiran. 75 !)i)i"\al. -^ir /.a /'rr.soi/ii/ iii)i ami /•'o/V /a I'lr- SCIl/lt/l'lJII Duival ilr> ( ;iusiill,-is, (),S l)i'r\.il. J. lilr lliuiihanl. Siuiu hnrval. 92, iiiarririi Mark- .\iiliiiiirlU CliMiiaril I )cs I ; •illrl^. 1)2 U'c> ( irn,cillris. |.-|;k.. ()S I)iir\al IslancK. u lu'ii LriaiiUil In .Mr. ik- I-' Iciii. 1)2 ; Mist .L;raii 02 ! liirharmc'. |(i~i|ih, 71 I )lU'lK'.slia\', 1^2 Dii (■iif.--iifaii. 20.S Uui.-los, Nii-hiila-.. 7.). ! )ii Cnisi'l. Ss. <)-. '14. 177 |)iHlk-\. 20S 1 )U(iiHiyl. .2(30 Dull, 240 I JiiliL'siH', |ar(nu>, 7 UiitVcMic, i--iraliiiii Ini- l)i-|>('ifi. id.S Diij^a^, .Mibc, 250 l>ut;iiav, ■-ir. />. 17^ I)\i(iuiik' Hiii>liriaiil. i'irrii-. 17,, I )u (inc. Sidrac, ID. lid: x o liohltriiiiit I )uhaiml. S4 I )alluil. 1 1(). 201S. 212 I )ll Mrsll) . I 12 I )uiu'aii, 22C1 Duplaiily. 151. 157 Oupuy ilil Monialliaii. ri»2 I )ii|ni\ . /.aiharif. 72 l)'l rk. Iir.sl riirc nl Si .\iiiir>, 47. i)2. 112. 14 ^ 140, 147, 14S. 151. 153- 159. 163. 177, 210: mnilU'd riciin ilu- li>l (if I'liit . I II IK'S il Sl-.\iiin.'>. 1S2. .S7 ami Sl/.'iiiis iiidiiiii A/is )'l"rk' ("hapcl. sif .S7- liiiluiii .U/ssiiii • uliiyuc, ( '. ( '., 179 ami S/l.iiiiis ■'ail, ("a|)l.. 241 ■'.au-ik -\ 11'. 204. 2o,S. 21)0, .-.rL- '/'rin/iiii; /'iis/s ■aii;k'lKai I. 241 ■".iiiialiinjia . 22~\, 22() aim-. \\<^\\ 147. 105 alirii(Ui', --i !■ Cliiinli 11/ /.iir/iiiic ailluii. Akiii-'. 1. ^. 4, 5. (), S. (i. I ;, 1; 27. 2S. .■ij- .i^- .■).■)■ il. *>;. Ov ')!) ■2. 85, I4I). 141, H2. 14!). 13,;. 1; Id;. 17'). 17: ■ k'. 45. 47, (), 17,S. ()! iSl 140. 1; /a / 'ivsrii/t(/ lull .>2, 27. S!. ,Ss, 1 I,);, 111, 1 ; 'icfs ; liiiii-V, 140: l-ioisliriaiil m Scnius ilk-, 14'), 173, iNl ; al l.achiiu'. i|. Id : al r>oul-(k-l'lslf. 9. 140, 143 J' ire aini^. I laliilants in pos.si'^ Mf. S7: ihcir iisL', .S7 : iisud l>y uniiKn. .S7 ; .\hulaiiu.' ilv N'lTilu' ri.'>, ,S7 ; Mlk- dc W'lTlKifs, .S7, SS : Ind I. in- 111 |«is .oMiHi III liiT anil .licil, ,SS. S() SS I'i>Iki-. I II.. 15 l''i-.|icr. .\li.-\.. 225 i'lciiiiiiL;, 225 l-'klchur, 225 l''iii"i.'ii:ii .Mi»inn>. I'lir^N ul ilu-, a> Ira [■oiwl. 205 . I.. 21 3. 2 10; Ills u,iii"i.'ii, iIk- sill- uf llu' Krii !i :; : h II in Warclnui'-r, 21O H-vlli, 22; |-'i)rli(.r dil La ( ira.iukair. I.niiis, 14, 20, 76 hdrlin, liarlhc-kai l''iiiN, « hat tlicv '.ALar, S ; lit ( iiilk lior, 7 /,■) ; set' I, lU hi III' Foiis i 'iiillf'-ii'r and I .a iliinc Far/s (■'iirts (if l.ai'hiiH l.iuliiiH' ami l.iuhii, l-'iirh, Foil Fciiiv, Fill-/ Ciiil/crifr, Flirt Kiillitiid ami Furl 1 .11 J'ri'srii- liiliiiii vMfcL..., .^^ 2SS CKM-KAl. INI'lA. ..,, ;,n,l Ink SIm'U-Ik>. 41: '^•"^■'' In i1k' •• Moiilrc:!! Wiliu- siirv.'>r'l l>y 'le- (';iltKil.iunr. ,;('• M ■ il>-.ilc. .57-40, M--..' /.ur/iiiic F'liis ;iiul lull La I'lr-LMilalinn. (.1 ; m'>- l.nfhinc F/'Hs and l.'i Pn'si'iil ilii'ii ,.■„,-, K.„,v. ■■onuncuv.l l.v Iran MU,.,, .U : I''--- ^""'■';- ^'5- ^>7 ^^^^^ ^^^ l-riclu-llr. nilu til ill' l.'i ^'iii^- J- MIK. •UWritur... SS : L^' I'l'-nnKT. II ;, 114; iinllu ina-ai-iviill-arlnni', I. itch I III' ' |-,„i Kullaiiil. 7": -■^- A'"/"''"' ''■"''^■^' '""' mS. ^45 ,, „ ; !■ ■ ■inonl. 47 hollainl ,l,.,i,,l,>ncil li\ llli' iml'llllv. u-,.s .,...../......> /;-.w-^.- '■'-'■'' <:;7!'x, '::::' ;,;,,. ,;,„■:„ K..^i,uaslnillK- Mi.Mi.nal. 152. sec ; -.iV.inui . . .S7. /.»«/.< Indltiii Mis'-'Kii ' J17; II Criiwn. 217, 2-^^ Frrsiii:! ile la i^ipanlii 1 1'. 2 1 .1 1- n>nii) , ilu, 72 l-ri.lil>lKT. 11}, 1-iiMUiKir, loniU' iK'. 2,5. ;,.v *'-• 7-- "-'• ' •"" .>S. |i>(). 2uS. Jll ; I'll 'l"-' lialmanl^, S5.S6;ivlurn>l'riini I- rami.'. 1 li>, 117: nil ilu- nia>si.ir I'f l.aili'HK'- I H), l.i.S l'riinia;4iau. I liani. I 12. 14'* iMotliinijliain \ Wmknian. U Kur Tra.UT.. list i.f, umlrr tlu' l-rruih ilunnn- ,„i„n. 257; u.iiKTllu:lliili^li<'i"^^", 2SS. ^'■■'^' Tniiliiiii' Fdsis hur rrailciiirCliainplainal 1 .ai'liinr. 4- 41 45 : Malisli. .. 20S. 200. 211 222. Sl-c Tnidhiv; I'mis i-oil ^rinuvilli'. in 17.53- "<' ^ I'lamnu-l -n. ()6; l.uvnl liy the .\in'.riran->. 07. l''^-> ; iliiriiii; tlic lrii|.i"i- "■"• " .'' '■ ''■"'' ,,rroni-cssiim>. iimlli "f. 1 .5'T = I"""' l,y Ini |Uois. 17S ; lii>l '■■ill''l '''■■''^■ l,riaiil. aiui i1k' naiiK' "f ill" -i-anUv, Du (hk' '1" Hni-^l'ii'in'- '|-VI7(>; 1." M'lyiii.- anil I.I' 1!"!. 174. 175 ; t'l" '*" ' '"^' '"'"""• '7-5 '■ ulion i.an^reni-.l l" I-" l!>-'i- 175 • In^l lull 111- «iinlinill. 17''' 177; ^'>'"-'" Imilt. 17S: !;arrisunat, 17^^. 17'). li^"'- sinm.l Inn. 170, iSo: Imnil ilurinK ill,, .\nuri.an uar. iSo! iIk- l.r IUt |;,inil>., iSn. 1S2; li-^> iiltlic lamily at .ca.lSl.l.S2; lierniiK>llicl.riilK-iiyiil ■ CivvKT. iS. : .II' Ih-ul ,/r rislc ami (iailhni-. cnatnm lo, dailms. -15 TmiliHK /'"sf-^ of iMkc SI. iMuh. ■ C.ailui,., 142.215 SI. .hiiH'^ anil SI. iMiih Indian ( ia-nyolnn. 120 .Mixtion Fort (Jticnct. 202. Si-L' (hicnct Fmirnk'r, Hul. Ij. cnaiuni r.r Cluvalicr. S7 l-'oiirnirr. jean. 17- ,V'. 45 [•'laiirlu n', 225 l-ianklin. Sir |..lni, ami llu' \i.ya-i'Ui-.. 227: ,„va.^i'> 1.1 llu' .\rli<- Sea. 227-2211 : liM .4' lii- viAai^i'ui-.. 2211 : Um hI' v.iyai;eurN ss\\V M.nki-ii/ir. 220 : v.i'va^cnrs m the relief . if Khartoum. ,.;>• .,^- l.iichincundcrlh.-linthh ( -.anlhier, J,... . 172 -. ' (Kiililh. -ee Lii I'lr.'irnlalion Fi-aiU|ne,, "^^!l K."- K'2, iS.x 200. 201, ; on t.enanl. 225 „,, ,,,,|,i,i,. i;,iN, iK.:on For, Sen- ( .>lle>|ue. |a>ne>. 2,, ne\ille, i|() l''risri-. See Ciiillerivr l-ra>ei. 41. 45 Fiiiser family. 7'> |."ia^er. Iliij^h, 4j i-r ('ralinier, t;, Callifel, lie. I20 l-,allinee. ile. 13. 24. 25. 27- 2^. 34- ^^"^^ •'■-33 Caiisue. Clamle. 52. 74 ( iaspe. lie. 1S2 ■C.aueliel. Catherine. 173 Caiiihn ilit Chalillon, 43. 47 Cuilhier lie la Veremlrye. Marie ( 'alhenne. iSs, sec Lit I'l'n'ndn'c Caulhier ilil Sai^'uinpira. 35, S7 I'lOile, Marie. 74 Coilfroy lie la I'eriii're. iSl Co.llVoy lie l.inetot. 171, 172. l^i2. 215 Cioilfroy lie Tiinnaneotirt. 172 Cooillnie. \V. 'l'.. 1<)S , I ,, w ,r, -S -o .So- lie La ( .onnlon. lean. N7. 112 "'-'■■'s;;;.:'[;„t^;;;,.';;:;-.:. - - ■' "\:'U^;';:r:r ulil ehimnev uf C-liami'knii. 41-45: ' "^- "-" ' (;i;m;k.\i. im)i:\. 289 I'laiiilr riiiiiK-, sfc- Coiiiiiioii Mfiil Far/ Cull- /r r /',•>■ ' iiaiiil I'lc, (If, 1S2 < ">i:ml, ('lis., 222, 223 (iranl. Oonnld, 15 liianl, I'clcr, 215, 217, 224. 254 ( iiant. Will., 235 (Want, liaidii fk- l.iiiif^ucuil, 216 (ii'avcs, 225 (iravicr, 1 1. 12, 13, 14. 27 < 'lay, 224 (inHin, 224, 225, 226, 235 ( IiiciK'l, Cliailiiltc, 203 fiiiL'iu-l, jean, 148, i4(). 131, |,S(), 104. ig,,. 200, 203, 204, 210, 212, 215. Sii- ■ Itciiiircpdin' ( aiciiL'l, Joan, jr, 202 (iiiciic'l, 'rhdiiias, 202 (iiiLiin, jean, 212 (iiiij^nanl, lean, 112 (iiiillet, joscpli, 193 (aiillfl, Malhuriii, i7() (iiiyiilk', luicniic, 40, 1 }, llaliilanls, ihc l.usl soldiers, 85 : ihuir ouli.i,'y liy I'niiUfnac, 'lalmi and l''ianc|iR'l, S() : defendii;!; i|n. f,,||,,^ j,;7 , pos- sessed lev. arms, S7 ; their coiiduii diiriiiii;llie war of 1S12, 86, 87 ; alian- doned by the noliilily, 216; their loyalty to the liritish Oowii, 217, 222 Ilalf-Hreeds, deseendants of coiireurs des hois, fur traders and voyatjeurs, 213, 214 ; 214 the value of the. Hall, Francis, 80 Ilaniilton. 225 ! lamia's I lolel, 71 llaruood, 172 I laull-Mesny, de, 173 iieiek, 225 lleney, 97 llemiepiii. l-'ather, 12 ! lerron, 66. 68 ilcry (111 Diiplanly, Alex, llcurtehise, Pierre, 2(X5 Heurtehise, Marin, 17 Iliiiehinhrook. Lord, 241 II. N. II.. the Prince of Wales, 2^9 I lodiesne, 67, 68 I lolines. 223 Homo, Louis, y^. 43, 75, 76, 132. 133, 134 Lii- 157 I iopUills, 240. 241 I lo\ le, KasseliT. 203 lluherl La Croix, Louis. 74 Hudson l!ay Co., 60. 224. see l.tulihw iiiidei- I he Hrilixlt ( 'nm 11 I lu^ucl. kcne, 87. 112. 135 Indians, sec Ihil;' Uncus. Ihc (hci.i I nh;u ; 1665 to 1666, 7, 10: 1687 lo i6(.8. 83. 138 Irishman, tirsl, at .St. .\i;nes, 216; hist, at La- I'hine, 216 lroi|uois, wars with the. 6, q: peace with the, 76: LiM- Xniions. where located. 6 : war against ilie, hy de Trai \ , 8 : hy de Sorcl, 9 : i,y de I )eii< ,n\ die. 90, 115; see /'//(' Cr.Hil /nii^iKii.'i \V„r Island of .Motitieal. settlement of the. 7 ; its future, 244 Isle au.\ Tourtes, see Fori u'r.s .S(iin'(ijr,.s and SI. Louis Indian Mission Jackson. 225 Jarry, ( Juil. Henri. 204 Jesuits, ■]},. 117; as traders, see Tradiiii^ Posls Jets, Louis, 112, 149. 177, 179. Joiloin and X'iiiceiit, 15. 16. 25 Johnson, 12-^ Jouhardiere. de La, 215 ; >ee Jhrl/i,' Jolliet. L.iuis, 27, 29, 30, 31, 208. 212 : the discoverer of the Mississippi. 27 Jouiel, 177, 206 Jullict. Jldiell, 48 Karesquit, 85. 94 Khartoum, 229 Kavanagh, Walter, 198 Keith, ( leo., 224 Ker, John, 225 Kerr, R. W., 43 King's .Stores, Lachine. 234 : crayon sketch. 79 : what they weie, 80 i7 ?f)0 <;i;M:k.\i. imha. Wii I.'AlK'inaiid. A mulill', 127 L"Aii.t;iislt' ", >hi|)\Muck ol, iSi I. a Ita 2oS La I'liassiij^iR, (k', ]22 Laclu'siiavf, 2i)S ; iii,is>ain.' '.j|, 1:4 ; p! I'l-N III. I Ji) : iii,h---.ici\- ill. l()Si). IJj 124, -'IJ l.acliiiK'. |; iri|in-^ Carl ill' a 1. I : ( liaiiiiiin at. J : ( 'a\(.'lit r (K- I .a Sallr al, (|, I.; : lii^l M.liln> 111. (). 13, 14. J ^, 24 ; rir>', Inj4 liiiu-,Ls. 22 : si'Ulir> lui- a^ .ic l.a siU' ol (I .^alK ,a S; 11 lu> \(i\a,i;( >. 21), ilK's lMinH'>k'ail. It), i 40 ; plan Ml. l.y ('allialiijjiH- ill i()S(), ]l) ; llic fXpOM'l I pnsi. S7 : 1 7 ; lriiii|i^ |i|iiU-ciiiii; liiuiiiliil li\ Kiilnal C.lM-l in, Su'iir l.a Sail r, 10; liillll^ill, HIT; iiianiaLTr^. lOJ. I(i7 III (k'.illl-. 107 lUl uf ■IIK^. \02 llsl III hi^l iiilialiil.iiiN. 10; 1117 ; ifiiMi^ iilKiNl, loS-l 1 1 : ii.i|)ii!alioii ill i(i,S(|. 107 : ma saciv- III. 1 1 -,. I iS. I 111 lie \'aiicln.aiil in iIkhmik'. 12ci. 121 : liallli- (if 6lh .\llL;ll^l idSii, 22: ma>- >,irn' iiI'lOi)!, 112 : ii'j,nsli.-is, 47, 51, l<»; ; i'liils, ijciK'ral ixaiiark^, SJ-9H ; pii|nilaliiiii ill I7,S4. |()5; li>i ipf iilil |irii|irirlcii>, 24S : lii|iiiir anil iK-u Irallir al. I ;(> : a> a Hail 7'nii/iiiir /'iis/s : oM (anal. C IL'lllll". >.l.'l.' 2i4 254: il-, riilaij^i. iiiiiil. 2 54 ; Si. l,.iu uiiiL- CanaK 2J4 : l.arliiiH' mail inacailaiiiisL'd, 2J4 : furl-,, policial ri'iiiaiUN, .S5-9S : Imu I'onslriu-Uil, Sj, So, 90, 91: a rclui;!.- a_t;aiii>l I riii|ii(iis, ilam>, .S3 : ihr lialiilanls lliu ln.-.l soliliors, 85 ; llu'ir eulogy by ilf l''iimlL'iirtc, Talon ami l''rani|iu'l, So ; habitant iklViidiiij,' ilic liirN, S7 ; lia- liilanls in possession of fire amis, 87 ; wonieii using fire arms, S7, SS ; Mme and Mill' de X'ercheres, S7, SS ; uo- man's e\|ili)ils al l.arhineand l.arhes- lia_\c S7 ; iudiaiis in possi'ssioii ollire arms, SS ; how >ii|i|ilied, SS, Si) ; more Irnops arrived rroin I'ranre in 16S7, 90 ; I )eiionville"s expedilion lo ,ai liine lorl^ ihe !■ i\e Na'.ioiis, 90 ',irri>oned in |()S7SS, iio, iii, i(2 : when liiiill. no. i)I : ! or I lie ri-ii- 01 lort keiiiy, ijf'. 91 ; In^l milil.n) men sla'.ioiied .il l.ailiiiie lorl>. i|2 : ulieii mililary u.is reiiioM'd Iroiii l.a eliiiie, 92 ; ('orl ( 'iiillerier when Iniill, 92 ; I'lirl l.a I'resenlatioii wlieiialiaii- dolied 1)2. ii_j. 114 ; iioi .illarked during llie iiias. aiu' I Hi. I2ij: I.arliine under llie Hrilisli ('iiAMi, 220-25; I. Hiding of I lie l!rili-,li I mops. 22V : In--. or,?i'i> men ill llie liiiissoii Kapids and surri.ai- der of Monlre.il. 221 ; ilislie---> of llie iiilialiilanls after llie cession, 221; aid Imuc llie Hrilisli troops and Iraders, 221 ; lo\,ill_\ III llie luiiili ('ana diaiis, 217, 222 : l.arliiiie as a Hading eenlri.- al'ur the lessioli, 222: lur Iraik-, 222: tlie Ninth West ('.nil paiiy. 22\: the lliidsoii lla) ('0111 par,\ . 224; residenee 01' Simmi Me 'lavish ill Montreal, 224: Miyageurs iiiil Imnliennen, 225 : vovagear- and hir trader^ ■227 ; fill 111 ol'ihe eiiga- geliUMil of tile vo\ageurs, 22j list ol ih I'r.iiiklin, 22') : list ol' voyageurs wi \oyageurs u ilh Marl.eii/ie. 22i|: \oy- ageiirs lo the relief ol Karlouin, 229 1 departure ol I he Miy.igeurs Imiii l.a- eliiiie, 2 51-1 ; deseri] liateaii\. 2iO itioii ol eanoes a ml 2 5(J ; l.aehine in I he \l\ .•iitiir\'; ( 'asi;aiks and Coleau links. I,aeh iiefiled liv their cons- truclion, 254: King's sloris. Inili;in -lores, 254 ; mereliaiils hi 234; trallie between .Mon- treal and l.aehine, 254; U|>pcr road iiiaeadainised, 254 ; eflecl o| sleain ii,i\ igalioi) on l.aeliine. 2 j4 : Laehine eanal. 254: wiiiur tiansjiDrtalion belore raihvaxs. 235 : summer Iraiis- |iorlalioii before sUam iia\ igalioii, steamers on the lakes belore enlargement of laiials. 233 ; lirsi steamers on the Si. Lawrenee and ( )llaua. 235, 23') : as a maniifaeliiring town, 2j(), 2,7; stalistii's, 237; uaUr ■.13 (.l.M.UAl. INHIA. _H) linin l.dvill"-. Ca/cllLvr. ^.57. 2,;S : tin- riiiicc til' Wall's al l.acliiiu' anil Dorval in lS()0. 2 ',<), 244; I.achinc (il llu' |iii'srnl linif. 244: tlir hUiiw (ij l.acliinr and "i llir l-land "I Mnntiral. 2)4 I. a ('(line. ilr. lS|, 1 S2 l.ac Si. riiTH-. '),;. 04 I. a l)inur\n-: sir /a .U(ii;(h liilnc l.a Doiiiiur, I'ls. , HI 5 I. a Diiiucnr, jci-.(.|ili. 19.5 l.a l)uiaiilayi'. i(iif l.a l,.>nd.\ do. K'.m. 14(1. 147- M'*^- ' .S"' '.>'• i(i; : hi^ uilr. i;,ii ; hi~ widow. i4<) l.alomlc. riios,. I -,,S l.ainlifil. 2,54 l.a \lai(|ilr. dr. Nhilir. 21 J l.a Mciiiinic, 147 l.a MoiandiiTc's niaii. ,',1) L.nnoiln- Cadillac, 1)7. 2ci(i. 2oS, 2 1 ,i l.a .Mo'du- dil Ir Mari|ui-.U-. Sounli^. 14,S. 150 l.aniouiou\. 211.1. 215. -ID: ^<-i- SI Ci'i-iiiiiiii l.annois. lis. . S4 l.anaiiilicic. Av. 1S2 l-aiilainr. ii).( i l.a|ilanlc. 12;. I ^o l.a I'ladf. di-, 2uS I l„i I'rairic. nias>arir al. 114 l.a I'lisinlalion. 45 : rail} iniiprirlors oT. 66- : (17; rrsidi'iicr of lii'sl niissionarirs al. ] 70: Indians al, 01. 02, i^v 70 : siu- of. If), ()()-7o: llir loll at. (>l-7o: \\lu'n oslaiilislird by llu' Srniinaiy, ()l ; iianu' and dau- of cslalilisliniciU, ;>! : j ili-si riplioii of, in 16X5, 65 ; dcsi-riii- ion of liuildinjis. ()^, ()4: traiislVr of | ,.,i mission at, to liaic dTrfc. 150: fori iKit atUii'Ucd during; in.Tssai-ve, 120; iio|iulalioii of. i-sraprd. 120, 1 121 : aliandoiiinc-nl of mission, oy, ] 711; si'i- .SV. /iiiii\ /iiiiidii Mlisiiin, also /■'ill/ /.Il /'r,'siiiliiliiiii l.a Kaliryrr. dc. I22, I2i), l.^n, 1,55 ' l.a RorhiiMir, l.s., 17<) l.a Ko;i|ur. I.S.. 1711 I „i Koii|Uc, r Is. .\nl.. 225 l.a Salk'. dc, 05, 177, 207, 2oS. 2n(), 211, 2\2\ his r\|K'dilioii of lf)0i), S,S : site of liis iirw haliilatioii, 21 : foiinilid l.ailiiiu-, loj : liiillon, one of his srllU'is, 70 ; iiis manor hoiisc, wIutc siliiati'd, 7S ; did 111' or('ii|iy Mr. I'Vasrr's plai'i'? 7S : si'i' /•'mi Ciiil/irii-r, Cin'r/iff i/t' In Stillr, linliiiif and I iiihhic /■'iirl s l.a 'I'oiu 111 •("hamplain. 20S l.aurii.l, Marii- .\iiih'. 57 Laval, .\lt;r. dr. ,\h. ()l , 2117 l.a \allrir, 1 15 Lavc-rilirrr's I'dilion of ( 'liaiii|ilaiii's \o)a^rs, 2. ,5, (. l.a X'rn'nilryr, dr, iSl, 1S2 l,a\ i^'iii', .Xm.dilr. 210 l.a\io|rlU', K14. 1 \2 l.r H.iilly, 47 l.r lirr, 15. 2'. 2,;. ,55. 7'J- '4.V '5.5. 15''. '7.5. 174. 17I'. 177, 17S, 171), l.So. 20S, 2;)<), 211. 212, 215. 216: i\i' Saiiil- I'aiil, I7(); dr ,Srnnr\ illr, 17(1: Iran, I 52 : l.r r.rr <\v Srnnr\ illr. jr.. |ari|iU'.. iSo: l.r I'.rr and l.rMoxiii' |iiinliasrd l.a Sallr's farm <•;/ niliirc, 1 5. II) ; I'ii'f lioisKrianl. 17.1 ; srr /■;./•/ SiHiii-.'illc '.r iilanr, 205 l.r l!>'ianil, Marir, 172 l.r Ciiinus dil l.a I'riiilladr, i)2. I.fi): sou ClIlllllS l.ri'oniiilr. srr /.(■i;rl,uii. liiK 22, pnuc 6 ; I'aiil ('hiiiiiiMly (If, Idiiii- l.o M(.vi (Icr (il'\ill< il, J.-HU', j() niaiii.', 1042, 4 (• T.S. i(>. 2J. J5. 'J4. ;«. Mallei, (; 14.5; jr., I2j, 174, 176, 17.S, 2Cm;, 211, Mallei, ( liiillaiime, .56 215, 216; |af(|iics, 65; Nicholas, 149; Mallet, Pierre, 71 lie Ldii^iieiiil. Marie Cliarliitle. 171): Maine, Mile, 173 .K 176 le Si. lleJL lie l.oiif^iieiiil, Harnii. I lO ville, 213 ; (I'll 2(j.S : !•: u() ; Maii^iies. j6 Mantes, (le, S4 Map (jf l.acliiiU' Hieii (all belli, 56 ; see /..' />'(•/- I.e .\iiir (lit Hand, 35. S7, 14J, 2H !I2. 216; Kollitml I.e R(iy, Jean. 17, 27, 51, 132 l.(.Ty, (le, 120, 182 I.ery. (de) map, W I.e Sepl Amplade, .S4 I.e Siieiir. 3!) I.e Sueur (lit I,a lloyiie, (>. <)y. iSo, 222 Loll Laurent, 17 182 ):niere, de Ch tri.cr (la/elteer, statistics troni. 1\ ■!3') tit. M iric .innl)ernien, lis 81 t of, 22s Cll vncr .M;i 241 Adani. 22J Id, William .MacDougall. .\le\.. MacDoiigall. ihe Mi 15 15 Mil Sis .\le\ 220 •ikli, 203 .Ma:-.\!asler, \Vi Maga/ine of .\incrican llistor)', 41 .Magdeleine (lit La Donceiir. |.-Hle. 71 .M igdelcine dil La Do .Maill 20. 193 i\\\, 224 .Maiiileiion, .M nie de, 124 H( .?*<■ 3') liy de I.ery, 3() hy La M oiandrere, 39 " J, " liy Morin, 40 .Marechal, L. .\. I)., 60 .Maresl, I'atlier, 20(> Maigry, Pierre, 10, 11, 12, 13. 14. 17, 18, ki. 88, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31. 34. 7j 97. 17,?. 177. 204, 214, ii>, .Ml .\ni le. Sister, 60 .Marin, 209 Mar(|iietle, l''atlier, 27, 28, 29, 30, 3! ; (lis coverer of llie M ississi Pl. 27. 32 .Maniage in C.iiiada, 1 irg( faniili low enc(iitrag(.( 1113 103 M irriages in L; Marsac, de, 2lj M.irshall, .88 Martel, 209 .clinic. 103. 107 Marl .Marti igiiy. 182 lean. I 12 .Mass, see Cluirih of l.dfhiiic .Mas-acre of Laeliine, 56, 111, 115. 118. 1 ki ; names ofinliabilanlsal tile lime, 105 : de \aitdreitil to llie rescue. 120, 121 ; battle of ihe ()tli of .\vigiisl, lC8(), .fill e massacre. 122, 123 ; ) effects of, 107, 124: list of the dead, 125, 129; list of prisoners. |2<), 135; several prisoners escaped, 1 2(), 131 ; some refused to return home, 133, 134 ; toUil of inhabitants saved, 135 ; massacre .f 169 I, 112; names of vie 112: forls al( lie escapiM I, IK 120 ; l>a Presenlalion not attacked, 119; the niajorily of the population of Lachi lie escaped, 128; true cause of, 137 ; most humiliating, 138; solved the Indian problem 138 treachery ol Deiioliville, ils cause. 11;, 1 16; /'//(• Cn-iit I roijiiot.^ \\\ (;i:m;kai. indi'.x. ^93 MiiM- liU's Ml liiiiicliiix illc, il4;,il 1..I I'lailii', I 14 ; ill 1.11 I'uiiili' ai \ IHmuIiIl'-., I 14 : al Itiiiil lie risli', I 14, 115; at l.ailKMiiiyi', 114. IJ j. IJ4; al Kc- lii'iiii^ii), 114; al Klvicif ik-s I'rai- rii-N, 115: Ml' .SV. .hull's ami /iiii// ,/,■ r/s/i: -Masoii. 271) .Ma>?.(in, K., j ju Mallifw^, 225 Malliiiiiii, ( licyoili', 213 Maii|Hlil ilil I,f I'liiloviii, I'iiiiv, IJ.5, 1.54. I4'>. ^'4 Maiiri'l, lie, 72 M( liialh. 12_\ MiDimalil, 230 \lf Diiiiru'll. 225 MiDiiii^'all, Ak's, 224 Mil. ill. 22i Mil iilliv ray. 225. 22S McKrii/if. II., 241 \l( Kiii/k', .Mi>, 241 Mi'l.arlilan, 225 .Mi-j.ciinaii, 225 McMillan. 225 Ml ra\i>li, 223. 224. 225 Miais, Richard, 225 .Mtars, 'I'lins., 235 McliM-lk'. .\nliiiiir. ()- Mclniiic, 2IJ ML-iiKiiri.' (Ic-s Sii'iirs. 4.S ; M-u Siviirs i/t' /it \ ( '()>ii:^ri\ii(tti(>ii Mi'iiar'l. Marj^ucrilf. 7S Menard, Ki'iH\ 212 Mcray. Icainn.', S7 Mcrcii-'r, I [(Jiiorc. 103 Mc^y, lie, ir,ins-.ac', j.lili'. U) Mililary men. I'ir^l iiiililary men slaliimeil, al ! I.acliine, 92: iheir names. 92; full li>l of, >laliiMie. <)i). 102 I Millel, I'allier. \ },o. 131 | Mills al I.aehine, 95. si'u Wiiuhiiill and I All In lie Furls Milni'. .\dmiral, 241 Mildl. Jean. 11. 16, 17, 18, 19,20,21,22,23, ' 3(). 45. 5S, 143, 216; a merehaiil, 35 : jiinehased de l.a Salle's lie!, !(>; I his liiuwe and liarn. 40 ; Mil.il, ! ( 'liarle~, 3(1; ( 'harles. line 1 5, er- rahiin Inr Jai'(|iies. 145; Milnl,.\nne I'.liennelle. 203; Milui, |aei|ues, 30, 143, 211, 215 Mission de la I'.aie d TrU', see .SV. Amies, liiuit lie risif and .SV. /.niiis linliiiii .Uix.iiim Missidiiiiaries nl l.a I'n s nlaliim, .^j ; ilu'ir names, 47 .Mississippi, ihe disecpveiy iiflhe. 27. }2 .Miiisaii dil Le I'arisien. Niili.plas. 13. 17. iS, 20. 22. 43 Miiir, 225 Molscn. I. Il..n.. 2,^(> .Mondidii. de. 17S .Miillel. J.-I'.le. ()() ; Jii-epll. O7. (iS ; I'ierre, ()7. ()S Miinpelil dil I'diuin. I'ierre. 204, see Mnii- l^i-lit Mimseij^nal, de, 1 l(), 124 .MdnUnach, de. 1.S2 MdiUij^iiy, de, 179, 1S2 .Mdiilrcal, selllenu'iil (if the Isl.md, 7, 10 .Mdiilreal \\ itness. 41 .Mddiie), 30 Miiore, 223 ^ .Mdnre, Thdinas. al l.ai'hine and Si. Amies, .Mddla ;^'arl, 235 Morel dil I.afdiuaine. 179 .Morel dil l.a I'liime. .S4. 1 12 Moriii. 14, 17. 32. ()(). 17. 7S. 1)1. 143. 177 Mori is. 9,S .Moyeii. Marie. 17.) MiilL;ra\e. Marl. -'41 Murray, II. I'... W.\. hS. ();) Murray. ( len.. 221. 222 .\a\arre. 22^ Nepveu. jean. I4<) Neweaslle, I)uke of. 241 Nieolel, jean. 212 Nicdl)' de lirandis, I 73 Nijiissinij Indian^, sei- Ali^oin/iiiiis and SI. I.iiiiis liiiliiiii .Mission Ni\iiril de Si I )i/ier. 203 Ndlilenien al lioal cle i'lsle. ihey olilained liefs nolile^. i.^o. 143. 215 : I hey were all traders, 215; a warren intended li\ de Chailly, 215: one made liy Mr. I'drj^el. 213: llieir failure as Ira- ders, 215 : ihey sold iheir eslales lo 2 94 (;i;m;k.\i. i\iii:\. rnliirii.'r>, 215 ; tliiir ru'(> |mi-,-,i -.-.id |i) I'Imic knyiiK', mi' CIi inif'/niii Nm Wt'Hicrsiilioul 1X00,215 : a: \nv I'hin mI 1.;iiIuiu', j(), sfi' .]fcv S/. .him'.i, S/. /.(Hiis /nifiaii 2\'t ; r\ liiirliiiii 111 tlio ItciicIi ( 'anil Mi.tsidii ;iii(l /iiiut ill' /'/.v/i' ill 1:111 llnlilllU, Jill, i\ MM lid rlcVMli'ij Id null Ia' Miiyiu' I'liiiilc I'liiiic, (lull.' ill it!i usliililisliiniiil, 151 ilily, 21(1 I |i(i{iiilalinii ill 1784, 105; li.st nl'iilil an iirniiiniliii, l.aiiiiiUu', Jii! Niirlli W'l-Nl < 'ciiii|iiiii\ , 2i\. 22.\ : M'c l.iiili'nw under tilt' lirilisli Crali'ii ( )al. 223 ( )lilal I'lillnrs, 21, ,55, ',7. 511 ( )j,'il\ir, W. W .. 1)5. 12.S. 201 ( )Kilvy, 225 < )■.>(• llrlilH', 216 ()tta«u \\\\i.'\ N;n it^alidii Cd , XW I'liiici' dl' \w\s |)i(i|iriL'ldrs, 251 ; li>l dl' |)icm.'mI iiilialiilaiils, 27,5 i Mr. linin j,'i-aiiirs liJNlnry df, l.S6-|i)(i; uluMi iTi'i In! iiild a parisli, |S() ; tiisi liinils, \<)},: vii'U df ^^iTdiiil «.ldiH' I'hiircli, 1S7 : "luir luiili. iii.j : uju'u liiiilt, lS(i, 11)5 : il> iiiU'ii ir. Ml'; : ulirll ilcsliiiy- \Vi 24.? : Tl Sd\iTL'i^;n. 24,1 Oviiill, 225 < )/aiiiR', Niclidlas, 87 l'a|iiiicaii, 95, l()2 I'ciru, jean, 53, CS7. 12 I'.irisii'ii, M-f Miiisiii TarUi-r, 225 I'.irkiiiaii, II, 27, 2.S, I'aiiy, ("apt., 22; I'altisdii. 223 Pen;, jean. I Id. 212 IV'neaiill, j. I!., 225 I'crreaiill. M. II., 102 IVrrein, ( ialiriel, 4S I'eririn dil ( laraii. M.illiiru, 130 72. 205, 206. 207 l!;illii-. I : I'ciTdi, (; cure, 47, 172 jiriil, ( Idverniir, 72, \.\o. pd..! al. 140 o. 22. 43. 51, I,: I'eniil, Ule, ile I'ernil, .Madame, 72 Teridl, N'irhdlas. 212 I'eitlniis, I'leire, 1 12, 141) I'eiiisseaii, Pierre, 17. i.S. 2 Pelileaii, Pierre. I 12, 1411 Piearil, .ViUoiiie. (17 PieanI, j. i^le., 127 I'ii'lie, \,, l\ev.. 50. 5-, I'irdle cle H.'leslre, I'r.^., 02, 78, 208, 213; lleleiie, 142, 14S ; Pierre, 62, >ee /Mi's/ir I'illel, leamie. I31 Pildll, I'cl eil, l<)5 ; ihe did pir^liy liae df. lSl>, H)l ; lirsl served as a inissidii, 191 ; I'lirl df, 188, lS(), i()i, !()4 ; wdddeii ehapel. |i)l, 11)4; ulien dpeneii up, 190: dales dl lirsl cdiu'essidiis, 190; lirst iiilialiitanis, 191, 192 : tirsl river idMil, 194: liecanie jiidi.'ial chef- lieu during; llie military rej^inie, 194; lieu churi'li. 1<)5 ; IhII Marie-jo- sepli. ii)i : list iliiuesiir, 196; list dl liisi inlialiiianls. 196; statistics iVdiii the re^i^ters, l()S : lieaurep'aire, in df, 198 Pdiriir, I ir, I lene, 193 )nl-( Irave, 2 i|iiilatidii df Hdul de risle, 107 : names dl' lirsl inlialiilaiits, 143 ; Ij^i dl dM ind lieu pidpneldin, 2 ;i : dl' i.acli ill KkSi), 1(17; ill 17S4. Ml",: names df iiiliahilani-.. 104: names df present inlialiiianls, 275: df Neu I'ranee, 107; df Pdiiite Claire in 17.S4. 195 ; list dl" inlialiiianls frdin 171 J Id l7sO. 11)6. 1 1)7 .f \ill einarie. (1 I'dniieiil. dl'. I 1(1. iSl. 2u,S Pdllier. 1. Hie.. i(). i M. T . 198 5. 72, 91. 124, 14(1. 150, Pil Pine l\. 2i() nil, Jea.i, I j.S ill, 225 Pre.^liytere, nf I.acliine, 3(1, 40: neu dile, 50 its Cdsl and dimelisidiis. '.u ; cild iille ;,.-. .1 (1 : df Pdinle ( laire, iSd Piesenlalidii, l,ii, see l.ii I'rt'si'iiliili PieVdsl, Sir ( ieiilire. No df W, 243 sir.. Salurd urilav eMiirsidiis, Pnid'lidinnie. |-'rs., 27 Pldldiiiee. Cliailes, 17. 27. 75 I'lilnam, Henry, 19ili.'slR'l, ( HiviiT, ilil I Miilil.iii, 111', iiiiil mil " riiiiililiiiu lu'", n> errniii'iMi^l) |iiiiil I'll, j(), S;, 14S, 21 j <,•lu■^lu^. aiiliJ lie, I J, 17, (il k.liH'llr. .>J5 k.uli^MMi. 212 kii^'iiriKMii, I'iilluT, 200 l<;ui(lfll, Imiiics, IoS Uiipill ilil l.;i Mii/'illi.-. AikIh'. 15. ,54. 71. llj. Killldiil. 171), 194 Kl'i'oIIi'I Fatlu'is ;!■! inwlt r>., jo", ki'i'iilkl Missidii WaiclidUsL' ill liiiiil (lu ri^lc, Jl'i: wIk'Ii kti'dllil Mi.s-,iiiii \\ii> n- MhiM'il III ( Ika, ji() Kl'lnril, knIiLTl, I9S, 205 Kt'^isli'is iilCiNil ^latll•. lor l.a'hiiu-. krpl al X'illciiKiiic- 1k;I(i|(.' i()7I), 47 : ri'^;i:ari> iif i-i\il >ialiiv, 51. |i|.i : at Si. Amir-., 14s : >ir .Sy. . I II Ill's kri;vilai lriii|i>, mc /.iii/iiiir For/s kfliy;irusu> L'i.' C/iiirc/i 11/' /.Ill/line, /'rrs/n'/rrr, liiid Fur/ h'fiiiy ki'iu-, 15 ki|)rnlij,'ny, ck'. i.'u Ac (iiiriL'ii r kfpciilij^ii). in.issaiTf al, 114 kirliardsoii, 225 kililiic, 225 Ki .'icrc (Ics I'raiiio, ma-.>aci(.' al. 115 koliillaril, Nicholas, nij, 104 kolmU-1 (!(.■ Saiiil-Aiidic. Clauilo. 25. 141. 142; ilf Saiiil-.VndrL', Madaiiu-, 1 iS ; ik- la Xmic, 158. 173 , korlu-lila\i-. do, l!S2, 259 kollaiid. I'ls. I,L' Noir, oiijriii of ihc name, 71; his charaflcr, 75; in 16S2, 72; his ; niairia;4i-. 71. 72 ; sells his loi on llcf j 1r'11(,-\ lu'. 72: as a Inider, 12: as a j lii|uor di'aliT, 7 j : liis lighl wilh his | irc-dilois, 74; licfoic ihc Supurior j Council, 7J-75 : cxconnnunicalcd, 73; | a hankrupl, 72 ; I'oii, 70, 75 ; wIrtc silaaU'd .Hid when Imlll, 70 koiid. Col., 241 Ross, 22J kolls.scaii, 225 konvillc, lie. 1S2 kou\cl. Jean. 25 ko>, Madana-. (iN .Sainllhn, iSi .SainllVne, .\j,'alhe di-, 53, 63. f4, ()^, yo Salnl I'eiTe, Jean de. 64, 120, lZ2;^<.i;(iriiiii/'- . liisr Salalieny. Col. de. 1S2. 222 SangiiiiRl, t)~ Saiill Si. i.oiiis, visited liy Carliei, 1 : also liy Chaniplain, 2 : Indians moved Ui \ illenial ii', .'^3 : 2 lo. Samel, S S.unaj^eavi. 173 Scadding. I )|.. 2li) Sclaler. ( '. I'. 203 f Seminal)- ol Sl-Snlpice. 43. 4(>. 6S, 76, 205 .Senne\ille, see /.<• A'c/" and /•(;/•/ Si'iiiifvi//f ; .Seraphins, Sdiir ilile des, 59 Shea, 27 Sheppard, Win.. 235 Seii;iR'nr. .Marie Magdeleine ; see (.'/iiirhuii- nicr iini h'li/liiiii/ Seltlers, llrsl, ,il \'illeniarie. 4 ; at \'erdini 9 ; at l.achiiu', 13, 14, al ,Si. .\nnes ; at I'oiiile ( 'laire. I 50 Sliorey, ( "lis., 203 Sillm.ui. 2>,ii Simpson. Sir (ii-o.. 60, 67, 224, 239, 240, 241, ■^4-2 Sisters of iIr- Con[;rei;ation, see Coiii^'i'i'ifii/liiii Sites on the l/ike, sei.' /lciiiiiv/>:iin' and /liiiif de risle Smith, Sir Donald .\.. 71 Smith, the historian. 130. 133, 221 Smilh, T. Murray. |()S SoMiniillard, Catherine Sister, 56. 57 .Sorel, Mr. de, in war with the Iroipiois. 9 .St. .\imes. see .S7. /.mils Indiiiii .}/issiiiii and /I'oii/ ill' r lie ; I'irst stone church, 193 ; • redoulil at, 143 ; list of first inluihi- taiils, 143 : mission and chapel .St. Louis, liuilt liy Mr. DTrfe. 146, 153 : location of the cliapel, 140; when liuilt, 146, 151 ; mass first celeliraled in a private house, 147 ; first admi- '.gG i;i;M;k.\i. india. iiiskTL'd a^ ii niissiiiri iif l,;i(hiiR', 14": <\'im'li.iv al I'oiiili' ( 'aidii, 147. 14Q ; urccU'il a parish, 147. 14S, [50; liouii- (laiifs iif the parish, 148; when was D'Crft- (lia|ifl liiiili, 151, 155, 159; ri'i^isltTs (if. l4cS, 149, 151. 152 : uhc'ii was Mr. I )'l.'rfL-a|)|Hiinl(.-il cini', 151, •53' '59: mission rlnsi'd in 16S7, 140: si'ltlcrs k'avi- fur \'illfinaric or : l-ai'hiiR', 150. 11;; ; whrnuiis DTrfr rhapc'l (luslroyud, 151, 15J, 160; whfi) was name of, ailo|)t(.'il. l'^2; 1 Si. .\iiik-s i-ha|jcl iiiiill li\- Mr. ilc Iheslay, i;,j, 161 ; how Imih, 15;, 1 159. I()0; \ieu ol liiLThaprl ill fS57 ; 154; when biiih, 155, 160; ils pros- (lecls al firsl, 160; ccinelerv al, ljresent inhai)i- tants, 275 Sl-Cirej;, de, 130 Ste-('roi.\, de. 173 St-1 )enis, (.'lis., 2CX5 Sil )oniini(nie, .Sisier. v'^ Sl-( lenuain, see /.iiiikiii rcii.y, and /.ciiiiii re S\ -( .rrinain, u iilow .205 Sl. Lawrence Canals, see Ltulliiic ('(iiiii/ Sl-i.onis, -ee .S7. Aiiiifs dint liiiiil df I' hlc ; fori, names of first set ders, 2() Si I.oiiis Indian Mission, lirsl al liaie dTrfe, r()3, 1(14 ; e\cavalions in 1865, 104, 105 : liUely came from i,a I'rcsenla- lion. i()3 : ulial became ii Si Ours. d.. 182 Sl rierre, I 15. 123 Sll'it-rrc' River, a redoiill al. 8 Si-Snlpice, first name of I.achinc, },i ; original ii.iine ol de 1 ,a Salle seij;iiiory, 32, ()l .Sl-Nalier, de, .Mf^r.. 124, 120, I2<) Slalislics liirlhs, marriai;es and deaths in l.ai:hine, 104; of ci\il sialns, 12^: of I.achine nianiifacUnes, 237 Sleani na\i!;alion. see l.iuliiiic in tlw \\\ riiitiini; first .steaiiuas on ihe rivers and laUes, 235, 236 Ste\ens. I'aid, on Sl. .\niies, 155 Street, 225 Stibercase, de, al ihc \'erl-i' Beauhien, Cnillerier "v Trouve, 47 Trufk'au, 'roussainl, 236 Tiuteau, \irar-};ciRTal, 50 Tunslal!. J. ('.. Mis., 217 Twiss, Capt.. 236 N'allet-, I'ifirc, 203 Nalicnnc's, dc, 117 X'ansiuarl, C"a|)t., 241 X'areniK's, do, uSi ^'au(lr^'\lil, |)(i|)iilaliiiii nf, in 1725, 1S5 ; li.sl nl lliu iiihahilants, 185; takes refuj^e at Oka, 161 ; see -SV. Aiiiifs NaiiilriMiJl, ,li', Mr., 75, lib, 117. 152, 16S, 172, I7le. 215 WelU. 225 W'ilijres^. prnprielcir of part dI de I.a S.dle s farm <"« rdtiire, 15; house, 1() Wilgress, r.dwar, Sir !■.. 239, 24I Wilkins, 225 Wilson. Dr., 2t9 WinduiilU. at l.aehine. 34, 35. 95 = ■" ''"ime C'laire, <,v^ I'ohtli' Cliiirv : Si. .\mn.s, see Fort SiiDievilli' Winsor. Jn>lin. 12. 27 "Witness."' Montreal, 41 Wolseley. Lord. 229 Women ir.ini; firearms, 87 : Madame ami Ma- demoiselle de \ercheres, 87, 88 ; ode to Mademoiselle de X'enheres, liv Krechelle, 88; woman's feat at the ma>sacre of l.acliine, 87 : \\on>an"s feat at I.achesnaye. 87 ; lir--t !■ renidi w ,11 'en in the uest. 213 Wright, I'hilemtin, 225, 235 Vou, 197 \oti\illede I.a 1 )ei-ou\ erte, I'ierre, 197