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influential an element. {vii} The illustrations are
numerous, and have been carefully selected from various sources, not
accessible to the majority of students, with the object, not simply of
pleasing the general reader, but rather of elucidating the historical
narrative. A bibliographical note has also been added of those
authorities which the author has consulted in writing this story, and to
which the reader, who wishes to pursue the subject further, may most
advantageously refer.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, OTTAWA, Dominion Day, 1896.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE.

Owing to the passing of Sir John Bourinot, the revisions necessary to
bring this work up to date had to be entrusted to another hand.
Accordingly, Mr. William H. Ingram has kindly undertaken the task,
and has contributed the very judiciously selected information now
embodied in Chapter XXX. on the recent development of Canada.
Chapter XXVIII. by Mr. Edward Porritt, author of Sixty Years of
Protection in Canada, has also been included, as being indicative of the
history of the time he describes. Mr. Ingram has also made other
revisions of considerable value.
1, ADELPHI TERRACE. March, 1922.

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CONTENTS
PAGE
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
I.
INTRODUCTION--THE CANADIAN DOMINION FROM OCEAN
TO OCEAN 1
II.
THE DAWN OF DISCOVERY IN CANADA (1497-1525) . . . . . . . 19
III.
A BRETON SAILOR DISCOVERS CANADA AND ITS GREAT
RIVER (1534-1536) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
IV.
FROM CARTIER TO DE MONTS (1540-1603) . . . . . . . . . . . 44

V.
THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ACADIA AND THE
FOUNDATION OF PORT ROYAL (1604-1614) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
VI.
SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN IN THE VALLEY OF THE ST.
LAWRENCE (1608-1635) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
VII.
GENTLEMEN-ADVENTURERS IN ACADIA (1614-1677) . . . . . . .
92
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VIII.
THE CANADIAN INDIANS AND THE IROQUOIS: THEIR
ORGANISATION, CHARACTER, AND CUSTOMS . . . . . . . . . . 110
IX.
CONVENTS AND HOSPITALS--VILLE-MARIE--MARTYRED
MISSIONARIES--VICTORIOUS IROQUOIS--HAPLESS HURONS
(1635-1652) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
X.
YEARS OF GLOOM--THE KING COMES TO THE RESCUE OF
CANADA--THE IROQUOIS HUMBLED (1652-1667) . . . . . . . . 146
XI.
CANADA AS A ROYAL PROVINCE--CHURCH AND STATE
(1663-1759) 156
XII.

THE PERIOD OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY--PRIESTS,
FUR-TRADERS, AND Coureurs de Bois IN THE WEST
(1634-1687) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
XIII.
THE PERIOD OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY--FRANCE
IN THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI (1672-1687) . . . . . . . 177
XIV.
CANADA AND ACADIA--FROM FRONTENAC TO THE TREATY
OF UTRECHT (1672-1713) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
XV.
ACADIA AND ÎLE ROYALE--FROM THE TREATY OF UTRECHT
TO THE TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1713-1748) . . . . . . .
210
XVI.
THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE GREAT VALLEYS OF
NORTH AMERICA--PRELUDE (1748-1756) . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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XVII.
THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE GREAT VALLEYS OF
NORTH AMERICA--ENGLISH REVERSES AND FRENCH
VICTORIES--FALL OF LOUISBOURG AND FORT DUQUESNE
(1756-1758) . . . . . . 237
XVIII.
THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE VALLEY OF THE ST.
LAWRENCE--CANADA IS WON BY WOLFE ON THE PLAINS OF
ABRAHAM (1759-1763) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

XIX.
A PERIOD OF TRANSITION--PONTIAC'S WAR--THE QUEBEC
ACT (1760-1774) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
XX.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION--INVASION OF
CANADA--DEATH OF MONTGOMERY--PEACE
(1774-1783) . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
XXI.
COMING OF THE LOYALISTS (1783-1791) . . . . . . . . . . . 291
XXII.
FOUNDATION OF NEW PROVINCES--ESTABLISHMENT OF
REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS (1792-1812) . . . . . . . . 302
XXIII.
THE WAR OF 1812-1815--PATRIOTISM OF THE
CANADIANS . . . . 316
XXIV.
POLITICAL STRIFE AND REBELLION (1815-1840) . . . . . . . . 338
XXV.
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AND ITS RESULTS--FEDERAL
UNION--RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES (1839-1867) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .