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Title: The Fighting Governor
A Chronicle of Frontenac

Author: Charles W. Colby

Release Date: October 15, 2009 [EBook #30258]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: FRONTENAC ANSWERING PHIPS'S MESSENGER, 1690. From a
colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys]

THE FIGHTING

GOVERNOR

A Chronicle of Frontenac

BY

CHARLES W. COLBY

TORONTO

GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

1915

Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention

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CONTENTS

Page

I. CANADA IN 1672 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. LOUIS DE BUADE, COMTE DE FRONTENAC . . . . . . . . . . . 17
III. FRONTENAC'S FIRST YEARS IN CANADA . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
IV. GOVERNOR, BISHOP, AND INTENDANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
V. FRONTENAC'S PUBLIC POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
VI. THE LURID INTERVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
VII. THE GREAT STRUGGLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
VIII. FRONTENAC'S LAST DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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ILLUSTRATIONS

FRONTENAC ANSWERING PHIPS'S MESSENGER, 1690 . . . . _Frontispiece_
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys.

LADY FRONTENAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Facing page 22_
From a painting in the Versailles Gallery.

JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 26
From an engraving in the Chateau de Ramezay.

ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE . . . . . . . . . . . . " 40
From an engraving by Waltner, Paris.

FIGURE OF FRONTENAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 80
From the Hebert Statue at Quebec.

PIERRE LE MOYNE, SIEUR D'IBERVILLE . . . . . . . . . " 118
From an engraving