wrence. In 1668 left for France, but returned to Canada in 1670,
and resumed the intendancy. In 1672 returned to France, and for several
years held high positions in the king's household. =Index=: =F=
Intendant, 51; character, 54; attitude to the clerical power, 55;
labours for the prosperity of the country, 55; recalled at his own
request, 60; instructed to guard against ecclesiastical encroachments,
69; secures permission for Recollets to return to Canada, 72. =L=
Appointed intendant, 51; arrival of, 79; his zeal for settlement of the
country, 79, 80; his high character, 81; takes steps to develop St.
Maurice mines, 82; sends Perrot to visit western and northern tribes,
82; promotes explorations of Jolliet and Marquette, 82; recommends de
Queylus to Colbert, 107, 135; to counterbalance influence of Jesuits,
brings out Recollet Fathers, 109; obtains decree permitting sale of
liquor to the Indians, 113; styled the "Canadian Colbert," 113; his
exertions for the good of the colony, 114-116; returns to France, 143;
his reports prejudice mind of Colbert against clergy, 170. =E= His
seigniory of Des Islets made a barony in 1671, 181. =WM= Montcalm
marries his grand-niece, 5. =Bib.=: _Memoire sur l'Etat Present du
Canada, attribute a M. Talon_ (Quebec Lit. and Hist. Soc., _Hist. Doc._,
1st ser., 1840); Parkman, _Frontenac_; Garneau, _Histoire du Canada_;
Faillon, _Histoire de la Colonie Francaise_; Bibaud, _Histoire du Canada
sous la Domination Francaise_; Ferland, _Cours d'Histoire du Canada_;
Miles, _Canada under French Regime_; Kingsford, _History of Canada_;
Colby, _Canadian Types of the Old Regime_; Roy, _Intendants de la
Nouvelle France_ (R. S. C., 1903); Chapais, _Jean Talon_.
=Tanguay, Cyprien= (1819-1902). Born in the city of Quebec. Graduated at
Quebec Seminary in 1839, and ordained priest 1843. In 1860 removed to
St. Germain, and instrumental in building the cathedral for the diocese
of Rimouski, as also the college and convent in that diocese. Entered
the service of the Canadian government in 1865, and for some years
connected with the statistics branch of the Department of Agriculture.
In 1867 went to Paris to report on the French archives bearing on
Canadian history. In 1883 received the honorary degree of Litt.D. from
Laval University, and in 1886, being one of the original fellows of the
Royal Society of Canada, received the Confederation medal from the
Dominion government. In 1887 visited Europe and reported
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