An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . CANADA UNDER THE CITADBL OT KIHOSTON TBOM TH« 8T. reo^ard the Europeans with some degree of awe. M. Perrot, anindefatigable trav^eJler, visited all the nations in the vicinitj^ of theGreat Lakes. The Falls of St. Mary were surrendered to theFrench sovereign, and a cross erected there, on which were placedthe national arms. Toward the close of Frontenacs administration, fr
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . CANADA UNDER THE CITADBL OT KIHOSTON TBOM TH« 8T. reo^ard the Europeans with some degree of awe. M. Perrot, anindefatigable trav^eJler, visited all the nations in the vicinitj^ of theGreat Lakes. The Falls of St. Mary were surrendered to theFrench sovereign, and a cross erected there, on which were placedthe national arms. Toward the close of Frontenacs administration, fresh difficultiesoccurred with the Iroquois, chiefly through the influence of theEnglish traders, who were anxious to secure the fur trade to them-selves. M. de la Barre succeeded Frontenac, in 1682, at whichtime the Iroquois had assumed such a tone of defiance, and madesuch formidable preparations, that a general war with the Indiansseemed inevitable. The new governor found himself in a criticalsituation, more especially as the West India Company, in whosehands Canada had been placed, cared little for their trust, so long asthey could monopolize the fur trade. The whole population num-bered but nine thousand inhabitants. To prevent t
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