. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. is who becamethe scourge of the infant colony. After laying at Quebecthe foundation of French dominion in the New World,Champlain set forth to explore the country. He unfor-tunately consented to ally himself with the Hurons andto assist them in repelling the raids of the Iroquoisconfederac3^ This policy subjected the French colony toharrassing
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. is who becamethe scourge of the infant colony. After laying at Quebecthe foundation of French dominion in the New World,Champlain set forth to explore the country. He unfor-tunately consented to ally himself with the Hurons andto assist them in repelling the raids of the Iroquoisconfederac3^ This policy subjected the French colony toharrassing Indian attacks for over a hundred years, andled to the final extirpation of its Huron allies, and to themartyrdom of the Jesuit missionaries among the duskyHowever, the little colony grew apace and Quebec bade fair to become an important outpost ofthe French Crown on the American continent. Unfortunately for the colony, its seemingly bright pros-pects were marred by the outbreak of a war between France and Britain, and the despatch of an Englishexpedition, under Sir David Kirke, to capture Quebec and hold the country. Kirke appeared twice beforeQuebec, and, on the second occasion ( 1629), compelled Champlain to surrender that stronghold, and. KRHNCH braves. 34 wilh it the whole territorj of New France. The English held the country for three 3-ears, when, to thejoy of Chaniplain, it was restored to Irance l)y the Treaty of Saint-Gerniain-en-Laye. Becoming masteragain of the countrj, Chaniplain redoubled his efforts to establish French dominion in the New World ona stable basis, to pacify the dreaded Iroquois, and to extend among the friendly Indian tribes the religionof the Cross. But, on Christ-mas Da}, 1635, this great |work was interrupted by the death of Chaniplain : and thecolony mourned its founderand noblest Hundred Associates, acompany of political favoriteswho enjoyed a monopoly inthe fur trade, made no seriouseffort to people the colony,
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