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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I - John Cabot Speaks to a King—and Discovers a Continent
Chapter II - Before and after Cabot
Chapter III - Jacques Cartier Discovers Canada
Chapter IV - The Kingdom of Saguenay—Stadacona and Hochelaga
Chapter V - The Feud between Cartier and Roberval
Chapter VI - Samuel de Champlain, the Founder of New France
Chapter VII - Champlain at Quebec
Chapter VIII - Champlain, Organizer, Diplomat, Explorer, and Indian Fighter
Chapter IX - A View of Quebec in the First Days—Louis Hébert—Champlain’s Romance
Chapter X - The Coming of the Jesuits—The Formation of the Company of a Hundred Associates
Chapter XI - The Start of the Long Wars with the English
Chapter XII - Three Resolute Women and the Parts They Played—Madame de la Peltrie—Marie de l’Incarnation—Jeanne Mance
Chapter XIII - The Story of Ville Marie and How It Came into Existence
Chapter XIV - The Start of the Wars with the Iroquois—An Ineffectual Peace—The Tragic Story of Isaac Jogues
Chapter XV - The Destruction of the Huron Nation—The Jesuit Martyrs
Chapter XVI - Richelieu Dies and Mazarin Takes His Place—A Troublesome Period Is Reached in the Affairs of New France—A Strange Feud in Acadia
Chapter XVII - The Iroquois Gain the Upper Hand—The Mission to the Onondagas
Chapter XVIII - An Uneasy Peace—Charles le Moyne and the Beginning of a Great Family—Jeanne Mance Takes Matters into Her Own Hands
Chapter XIX - Adam Dollard and His Magnificent Stand at the Long Sault
Chapter XX - The Transfer of Montreal Island to the Sulpicians—The Appointment of Bishop Laval Leads to Clerical War and Begins a Great Chapter in Canadian History
Chapter XXI - Mazarin Dies and Louis XIV Decides to Rule for Himself—Colbert Becomes His First Minister—A Great Plan for Canada
Chapter XXII - The Grand Plan Comes to a Head with the Arrival in Canada of the Carignan-Salière Regiment and the Defeat of the Iroquois
Chapter XXIII - A Great Man Comes to Canada Who Is Neither Soldier, Missionary, nor Explorer—Jean Talon, the Able Intendant, Who Introduces the Elements of Normality
Chapter XXIV - The King Becomes the Paternal Tyrant of Canada, Making Regulations for Every Phase of Life—The King’s Girls—Rigid Police Restrictions
Chapter XXV - The Conflict over the Fur Trade—The Coureurs de Bois—The Annual Fair at Montreal—Opening up the West—Du Lhut and Nicolas Perrot
Chapter XXVI - Radisson and Groseilliers Leave New France and Go to England—The Formation of the Hudson’s Bay Company—Forts Are Established on the Bay
Chapter XXVII - The Divided Loyalties of Radisson and Groseilliers—The Policy of the Hudson’s Bay Company and Its Great Success
Chapter XXVIII - Frontenac, the Great Governor, Is Appointed—His Early Life—His Character
Chapter XXIX - Frontenac Takes Matters into His Own Hands—The Breaking of All Records in Building Fort Cataraqui—The Raising of the White Flag
Chapter XXX - La Salle, the Greatest of Explorers—Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi—La Salle’s Only Friend, the Man with the Iron Hand
Chapter XXXI - The Building of the Griffin—La Salle’s Creditors Seize All His Assets—The Tracing of the Mississippi to Its Mouth
Chapter XXXII - The Seigneurial System Creates an Atmosphere of Romance—The Rise of the Seigneurial Class—La Durantaye—The Fabulous Le Moynes
Chapter XXXIII - Frontenac Places the Governor of Montreal under Arrest—He Becomes Involved in Feuds with His Fellow Officers—His Recall by the King
Chapter XXXIV - The Mistakes of Frontenac’s Successor—The Death of Colbert—La Barre Is Recalled—Meules Makes a New Kind of Money
Chapter XXXV - La Salle Embarks on a Wild Adventure—A Colony Is Founded by Mistake in Texas—His Death at the Hands of Mutinous Followers
Chapter XXXVI - The Duel between Denonville and Dongan—An Act of Treachery Makes War with the Iroquois Inevitable—The French Seize English Forts in Hudson’s Bay—Denonville Lays the Seneca Country Waste
Chapter XXXVII - The Grim Story of Iroquois Revenge—The Massacre at Lachine—Denonville’s Weakness
Chapter XXXVIII - The Beginning of the English Wars—Four Titans and a Heroine
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