. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . doccupy it within a year and that he would clear and fence fiveacres of land and open a road. By January 4 the survey hadbeen finished, and by February 14 de Puisaye with sixteenothers had erected houses, and later a church and Puisaye called the new town Windham after the secretaryof war, who had shown such marked respect for his plan andthrough whose influence the emigres had been so kindlytreated by the officials at York. By spring several more ofthose at Kingston had joined the colony, but th
. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . doccupy it within a year and that he would clear and fence fiveacres of land and open a road. By January 4 the survey hadbeen finished, and by February 14 de Puisaye with sixteenothers had erected houses, and later a church and Puisaye called the new town Windham after the secretaryof war, who had shown such marked respect for his plan andthrough whose influence the emigres had been so kindlytreated by the officials at York. By spring several more ofthose at Kingston had joined the colony, but the servantshad deserted. Less than one year of work trying to carve out a home inthe wilderness had thoroughly disgusted most of the membersof the little colony, and as soon as possible they sought othermeans of gaining a livelihood, and in a short time Windhamwas deserted. Several sold their claims and went home toFrance. De Puisaye, the only one with ready money, beganto look out for a more desirable situation for a town anda place for other colonists he expected from England. He. TORONTO (1) THE FIRST COURT-HOUSE, IIUILT iSlO, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST RICHMONIl STREET WHERE THE CONFEDERATION LIFE BUILDING NOW STANDS (2) THE NORTH SIDE OF FRONT STREET EAST, i860 (3) THE NORTH SIDE OF KING STREET WEST FROM TORONTO STREET TO CHURCH STREET, 1834 From the John Ross Robertson Collection in the Toronto Public Library THE SETTLEMENT OF THE fiMIGRfiS 57 tried to buy land from the Indians, but without success,because the executive council would not concede that Brant,their leader, had the right to sell lands. After staying withBrant at the head of Lake Ontario for some months, he visitedNiagara, and was so pleased with the situation that he pur-chased a house and three hundred acres along the NiagaraRiver about three miles from its mouth. He rebuilt thehouse, fitted it up lavishly with furniture, carpets, mirrors,and other accessories purchased in Europe. The groundswere laid out, shr
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