. Canada; a descriptive text-book . CANADA. 53 CHAPTER VIII. CANADA BY THE SEA. CHE early history of Acadia is a romance which furnishes delightfulsubject matter for the story-teller as well as for the historian. Itis a story of brave deeds and noble endurance, of undaunted deter-mination against great odds. Here for generations Frenchmen and afew Scots struggled to overcome the hardships of a severe climate, the. treachery of the savages, and the discouragement of frequent and then they varied the monotony by attempts to destroy oneanother, thereby adding to their sum of woes. In
. Canada; a descriptive text-book . CANADA. 53 CHAPTER VIII. CANADA BY THE SEA. CHE early history of Acadia is a romance which furnishes delightfulsubject matter for the story-teller as well as for the historian. Itis a story of brave deeds and noble endurance, of undaunted deter-mination against great odds. Here for generations Frenchmen and afew Scots struggled to overcome the hardships of a severe climate, the. treachery of the savages, and the discouragement of frequent and then they varied the monotony by attempts to destroy oneanother, thereby adding to their sum of woes. In the year 1604 a French noble named de Monts set sail for Acadiawith two ships and a very mixed company. There were gentlemen likethe Baron de Poutrin-court and the great Champlain, who devoted hislife to exploring and colonizing Canada, but there were also criminalsand wanderers of all sorts. They settled on the island of St. Croix, andwhile de Monts returned to France for supplies and more settlers,Champlain and his men passed a most distressing winter, suffering fromcold and lack of supplies. On the return of de Monts, they all crossed 54 CANADA. over 11) Annapolis basin, as it is now called, and founded Port Royal,the first permanent French settlement. This was the beginning of thatgreat struggle to found a colony which went on lor so many years, inspite of discouragement and failure. The Colony grew ve
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