. Lake Superior to the Sea. he New World. From its foundation, Ville-Marie had a checkered career, its firstinhabitants suffering terrible hardships and living in constant dreadof the Iroquois. In the very first brush with these dreaded foes,indeed, Maisonneuve himself nearly lost his life. The improvisedfort was besieged, and, against his advice, his followers insisted onmaking a sortie against the enemy, relying on superiority of weaponsfor certain victory. Unaccustomed to Indian warfare, however, andimpeded by the deep snow, they sustained heavy losses, and regainedthe shelter of the palisa
. Lake Superior to the Sea. he New World. From its foundation, Ville-Marie had a checkered career, its firstinhabitants suffering terrible hardships and living in constant dreadof the Iroquois. In the very first brush with these dreaded foes,indeed, Maisonneuve himself nearly lost his life. The improvisedfort was besieged, and, against his advice, his followers insisted onmaking a sortie against the enemy, relying on superiority of weaponsfor certain victory. Unaccustomed to Indian warfare, however, andimpeded by the deep snow, they sustained heavy losses, and regainedthe shelter of the palisades with great difficulty. Maisonneuve,as though to challenge the implied suggestion of cowardice at hisunwillingness to meet the Indians, remained on the outside untilhis last follower was safe, and just as he was entering he wasattacked by the Indian Chief, whom he slew at a single blow, whichdisaster so disheartened the besiegers that they withdrew for theseason, and the little settlement was saved. A few years later the. Passing Under the Victoria Jubilee Bridge, the Greatest Engineering Feat of its Day:
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