Voyages of Samuel de Champlain
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. PARENTAGE—BIRTH—HOME AT BROUAGE—ITS
SITUATION—A MILITARY STATION—ITS SALT WORKS—HIS EDUCATION—EARLY
LOVE OF THE SEA—QUARTER-MASTER IN BRITTANY—CATHOLICS AND
HUGUENOTS—CATHERINE DE MEDICIS—THE LEAGUE—DUKE DE MERCOEUR—MARSHAL
D'AUMONT—DE SAINT LUC—MARSHAL DE BRISSAC—PEACE OF VERVINS
CHAPTER II. QUARTER-MASTER.—VISIT TO WEST INDIES,
SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO.—HIS REPORT.—SUGGESTS A SHIP CANAL.—VOYAGE OF
1603.—EARLIER VOYAGES.— CARTIER, DE LA ROQUE, MARQUIS DE LA ROCHE,
SIEUR DE CHAUVIN, DE CHASTES. —PRELIMINARY VOYAGE.—RETURN TO
FRANCE.—DEATH OF DE CHASTES.—SIEUR DE MONTS OBTAINS A CHARTER, AND
PREPARES FOR AN EXPEDITION TO CANADA.
CHAPTER III. DE MONTS LEAVES FOR LA CADIE—THE
COASTS OF NOVA SCOTIA.—THE BAY OF FUNDY —SEARCH FOR COPPER
MINE—CHAMPLAIN EXPLORES THE PENOBSCOT—DE MONTS'S ISLAND—SUFFERINGS
OF THE COLONY—EXPLORATION OF THE COAST AS FAR AS NAUSET, ON CAPE COD
CHAPTER IV. ARRIVAL OF SUPPLIES AND REMOVAL TO PORT
ROYAL.—DE MONTS RETURNS TO FRANCE.—SEARCH FOR
MINES.—WINTER.—SCURVY.—LATE ARRIVAL OF SUPPLIES AND EXPLORATIONS ON
THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.—GLOCESTER HARBOR, STAY AT CHATHAM AND
ATTACK OF THE SAVAGES.—WOOD'S HOLL.—RETURN TO ANNAPOLIS BASIN.
CHAPTER V. RECEPTION OK THE EXPLORERS AT ANNAPOLIS
BASIN.—A DREARY WINTER RELIEVED BY THE ORDER OF BON TEMPS.—NEWS FROM
FRANCE.—BIRTH OF A PRINCE.—RUIN OF DE MONTS'S COMPANY—TWO EXCURSIONS
AND DEPARTURE FOR FRANCE.—CHAMPLAIN'S EXPLORATIONS COMPARED.—DE
MONTS'S NEW CHARTER FOR ONE YEAR AND CHAMPLAIN'S RETURN IN 1608 TO NEW
FRANCE AND THE FOUNDING OF QUEBEC.—CONSPIRACY OF DU VAL AND HIS
EXECUTION.
CHAPTER VI. ERECTION OF BUILDINGS AT QUEBEC.—THE
SCURVY AND THE STARVING SAVAGES.— DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, AND THE
BATTLE AT TICONDEROGA.—CRUELTIES INFLICTED ON PRISONERS OF WAR, AND
THE FESTIVAL AFTER VICTORY.— CHAMPLAIN'S RETURN TO FRANCE AND HIS
INTERVIEW WITH HENRY IV.—VOYAGE TO NEW FRANCE AND PLANS OF
DISCOVERY.—BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
RICHELIEU.—REPAIR OF BUILDINGS AT QUEBEC.—NEWS OF THE ASSASSINATION
OF HENRY IV.—CHAMPLAIN'S RETURN TO FRANCE AND HIS CONTRACT OF
MARRIAGE.—VOYAGE TO QUEBEC IN 1611.
CHAPTER VII. THE FUR-TRADE AT
MONTREAL.—COMPETITION AT THE RENDEZVOUS.—NO EXPLORATIONS.—CHAMPLAIN
RETURNS TO FRANCE.—REORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY.—COUNT DE SOISSONS,
HIS DEATH.—PRINCE DE CONDE.—CHAMPLAIN'S RETURN TO NEW FRANCE AND
TRADE WITH THE INDIANS.—EXPLORATION AND DE VIGNAN, THE FALSE
GUIDE.—INDIAN CEREMONY AT CHAUDIERE FALLS.
CHAPTER VIII. CHAMPLAIN OBTAINS MISSIONARIES FOR
NEW FRANCE.—MEETS THE INDIANS AT MONTREAL AND ENGAGES IN A WAR AGAINST
THE IROQUOIS.—HIS JOURNEY TO THE HURONS, AND WINTER IN THEIR COUNTRY.
CHAPTER IX. CHAMPLAIN'S RETURN FROM THE HURON
COUNTRY AND VOYAGE TO FRANCE.—THE CONTRACTED VIEWS OF THE COMPANY OF
MERCHANTS.—THE PRINCE DE CONDE SELLS THE VICEROYALTY TO THE DUKE DE
MONTMORENCY.—CHAMPLAIN WITH HIS WIFE RETURNS TO QUEBEC, WHERE HE
REMAINS FOUR YEARS.—HAVING REPAIRED THE BUILDINGS AND ERECTED THE
FORTRESS OF ST. LOUIS, CHAMPLAIN RETURNS TO FRANCE.—THE VICEROYALTY
TRANSFERRED TO HENRY DE LEVI, AND THE COMPANY OF THE HUNDRED ASSOCIATES
ORGANIZED.
CHAPTER X. THE FAVORABLE PROSPECTS OF THE COMPANY
OF NEW FRANCE.—THE ENGLISH INVASION OF CANADA AND THE SURRENDER OF
QUEBEC—CAPTAIN DANIEL PLANTS A FRENCH COLONY NEAR THE GRAND
CIBOU—CHAMPLAIN IN FRANCE, AND THE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS OF THE FRENCH
AND ENGLISH STILL UNSETTLED
CHAPTER XI. EMERIC DE CAEN TAKES POSSESSION OF
QUEBEC.—CHAMPLAIN PUBLISHES HIS VOYAGES.—RETURNS TO NEW FRANCE,
REPAIRS THE HABITATION, AND ERECTS A CHAPEL.—HIS LETTER TO CARDINAL DE
RICHELIEU.—CHAMPLAIN'S DEATH.
CHAPTER XII. CHAMPLAIN'S RELIGION.—HIS WAR
POLICY.—HIS DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE.— CHAMPLAIN AS AN EXPLORER.—HIS
LITERARY LABORS.—THE RESULTS OF HIS CAREER.
THE SAVAGES, VOYAGE OF SIEUR DE CHAMPLAIN MADE IN THE
YEAR 1603.
- CHAPTER I. BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE FROM
HONFLEUR IN NORMANDY TO THE PORT OF TADOUSSAC IN CANADA
- CHAPTER II. FAVORABLE RECEPTION GIVEN TO THE FRENCH
BY THE GRAND SAGAMORE OF THE SAVAGES OF CANADA—THE BANQUETS AND DANCES
OF THE LATTER—THEIR WAR WITH THE IROQUOIS.—THE MATERIAL OF WHICH
THEIR CANOES AND CABINS ARE MADE, AND THEIR MODE OF
CONSTRUCTION—INCLUDING ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF ST MATTHEW'S POINT.
- CHAPTER III. THE REJOICINGS OF THE INDIANS AFTER
OBTAINING A VICTORY OVER THEIR ENEMIES—THEIR DISPOSITION, ENDURANCE OF
HUNGER, AND MALICIOUSNESS.—THEIR BELIEFS AND FALSE OPINIONS,
COMMUNICATION WITH EVIL SPIRITS—THEIR GARMENTS, AND HOW THEY WALK ON
THE SNOW—THEIR MANNER OF MARRIAGE, AND THE INTERMENT OF THEIR DEAD.
- CHAPTER IV. THE RIVER SAGUENAY AND ITS SOURCE.
- CHAPTER V. DEPARTURE FROM TADOUSSAC FOR THE
FALL.—DESCRIPTION OF HARE ISLAND, ISLE DU COUDRE, ISLE D'ORLEANS, AND
SEVERAL OTHERS—OUR ARRIVAL AT QUEBEC
- CHAPTER VI. OF THE POINT ST. CROIX AND THE RIVER
BATISCAN.—OF THE RIVERS, ROCKS, ISLANDS, LANDS, TREES, FRUITS, VINES,
AND FINE COUNTRY BETWEEN QUEBEC AND THE TROIS RIVIERES.
- CHAPTER VII. LENGTH, BREADTH, AND DEPTH OF A
LAKE—OF THE RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO IT, AND THE ISLANDS IT
CONTAINS.—CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY.—OF THE RIVER OF THE
IROQUOIS AND THE FORTRESS OF THE SAVAGES WHO MAKE WAR UPON THEM.
- CHAPTER VIII. ARRIVAL AT THE FALL.—DESCRIPTION OF
THE SAME AND ITS REMARKABLE CHARACTER.—REPORTS OF THE SAVAGES IN
REGARD TO THE END OF THE GREAT RIVER.
- CHAPTER IX. RETURN FROM THE FALL TO
TADOUSSAC.—TESTIMONY OF SEVERAL SAVAGES IN REGARD TO THE LENGTH AND
COMMENCEMENT OF THE GREAT RIVER OF CANADA, NUMBER OF THE FALLS, AND THE
LAKES WHICH IT TRAVERSES.
- CHAPTER X. VOYAGE FROM TADOUSSAC TO ISLE
PERCEE.—DESCRIPTION OF MOLUES BAY, THE ISLAND OF BONAVENTURE, BAY OF
CHALEUR: ALSO SEVERAL RIVERS, LAKES, AND COUNTRIES WHERE THERE ARE
VARIOUS KINDS OF MINES.
- CHAPTER XI. RETURN FROM ISLE PERCEE TO
TADOUSSAC.—DESCRIPTION OF THE COVES, HARBORS, RIVERS, ISLANDS, ROCKS,
FALLS, BAYS, AND SHALLOWS ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE.
- CHAPTER XII. CEREMONIES OF THE SAVAGES BEFORE
ENGAGING IN WAR—OF THE ALMOUCHICOIS SAVAGES AND THEIR STRANGE
FORM—NARRATIVE OF SIEUR DE PREVERT OF ST. MALO ON THE EXPLORATION OF
THE LA CADIAN COAST, WHAT MINES THERE ARE THERE; THE EXCELLENCE AND
FERTILITY OF THE COUNTRY.
- CHAPTER XIII. A TERRIBLE MONSTER, WHICH THE
SAVAGES CALL GOUGOU—OUR SHORT AND FAVORABLE VOYAGE BACK TO FRANCE
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