CHAPTER III✦

1603-1625

THE GREAT SAULT

CHAMPLAIN THE FIRST TRADER

THE HISTORY OF HOCHELAGA AFTER CARTIER'S VISIT--CHAMPLAIN, THE FIRST CARTOGRAPHER OF THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL--ITS DESCRIPTION IN 1603--CHAMPLAIN EXPLORES THE NEIGHBORHOOD--PLACE ROYALE IN 1611--ST. HELEN'S ISLAND NAMED--THE FIRST TRADING TRANSACTION RECORDED--CHAMPLAIN SHOOTS THE RAPIDS, 1613--THE EXPLORATION OF THE OTTAWA VALLEY--1615 THE FIRST MASS IN CANADA AT RIVIERE DES PRAIRIES--1625 THE DROWNING OF VIEL AND AHUNTSIC AT SAULT-AU-RECOLLET--THE INTENTION OF CHAMPLAIN TO MAKE A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT ON THE ISLAND 35

CHAPTER IV✦

1627-1641

COLONIZATION

UNDER THE COMPANY OF ONE HUNDRED ASSOCIATES

THE CHARTER OF THE HUNDRED ASSOCIATES THE BASIS OF THE SEIGNEURIAL SYSTEM TO BE AFTERWARDS ESTABLISHED AT MONTREAL--THE ENGLISH IN 1629 CAPTURE QUEBEC--1632, CANADA AGAIN CEDED TO THE FRENCH--1633, THE COMING OF THE JESUITS--THE RECOLLECTS DO NOT RETURN--THREE RIVERS IS ESTABLISHED--DESCRIPTION OF COLONIAL LIFE AT QUEBEC--DEATH OF CHAMPLAIN IN 1635--THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO BE IMITATED AFTERWARDS AT MONTREAL--THE "RELATIONS DES JESUITES"--THE IROQUOIS BEGIN THEIR ATTACKS--THE NEWS OF A REINFORCEMENT AND DISAPPOINTMENT THAT MONTREAL HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS ITS HEADQUARTERS 49

CHAPTER V✦

1640-1641

MONTREAL

THE COMPANY OF NOTRE DAME DE MONTREAL

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