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Title: The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval

Author: A. Leblond de Brumath

Release Date: November 28, 2005 [EBook #17174]

Language: English

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_THE MAKERS OF CANADA_

BISHOP LAVAL

BY

A. LEBLOND DE BRUMATH

TORONTO

MORANG & CO., LIMITED

1912

_Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1906
by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agriculture._

CONTENTS

Page
_CHAPTER I_
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
CANADA 1

_CHAPTER II_
THE EARLY YEARS OF FRANCOIS DE LAVAL 15

_CHAPTER III_
THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL 31

_CHAPTER IV_
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEMINARY 47

_CHAPTER V_
MGR. DE LAVAL AND THE SAVAGES 61

_CHAPTER VI_
SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONY 77

_CHAPTER VII_
THE SMALLER SEMINARY 97

_CHAPTER VIII_
THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY 113

_CHAPTER IX_
BECOMES BISHOP OF QUEBEC 129

_CHAPTER X_
FRONTENAC IS APPOINTED GOVERNOR 143

_CHAPTER XI_
A TROUBLED ADMINISTRATION 157

_CHAPTER XII_
THIRD VOYAGE TO FRANCE 169

_CHAPTER XIII_
LAVAL RETURNS TO CANADA 181

_CHAPTER XIV_
RESIGNATION OF MGR. DE LAVAL 195

_CHAPTER XV_
MGR. DE LAVAL COMES FOR THE LAST TIME TO
CANADA 211

_CHAPTER XVI_
MASSACRE OF LACHINE 223

_CHAPTER XVII_
THE LABOURS OF OLD AGE 235

_CHAPTER XVIII_
LAST DAYS OF MGR. DE LAVAL 249

_CHAPTER XIX_
DEATH OF MGR. DE LAVAL 261

INDEX