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Famous Firesides of French Canada By: Mary Wilson Alloway (1848-1919) |
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FAMOUS FIRESIDES OF FRENCH CANADA BY MARY WILSON ALLOWAY. ILLUSTRATED. MONTREAL: PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL & SON 1899 Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine, by MARY WILSON
ALLOWAY, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture and
Statistics at Ottawa.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, G.C.M.G., LL.D., &c., CHANCELLOR OF McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA IN LONDON, THIS VOLUME IS BY SPECIAL PERMISSION Respectfully Dedicated BY THE AUTHOR.
The principal authorities consulted in the preparation of this work were
Le Moyne, Kingsford, Rattray, Garneau, Parkman, Hawkins and Bouchette. Acknowledgments are also due to the kind interest evinced and
encouragement given by the Hon. Judge Baby, President of the Numismatic
and Antiquarian Society of Montreal.
CONTENTS.
Château de Ramezay 19 Heroes of the Past 30 Chapel of Notre Dame de la Victoire 51 Le Séminaire 56 Cathedrals and Cloisters 58 Massacre of Lachine 82 Château de Vaudreuil 95 Battle of the Plains 103 Canada under English Rule 125 American Invasion 144 The Continental Army in Canada 155 Fur Kings 192 Interesting Sites 199 Famous Names 203 Echoes from the Past 212
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE. Fireplace Frontispiece. Château Kitchen 24 Château de Ramezay 26 Montgomery Salon 28 Chapel of Notre Dame de la Victoire 52 Le Séminaire 56 Home of La Salle 84 St. Amable St. 98 Fort Chambly 146 Château Fortier 156 Franklin Vaults 170
PREFACE.
In offering this little volume to the kind consideration of Canadian and
American readers, it is the earnest wish of the Author that it may
commend itself to the interest of both, as the early histories of Canada
and the United States are so closely connected that they may be
considered identical. We have tried to recall the days when, by these firesides, we re rocked
the cradles of those who helped to make Canadian history, and to render
more familiar the names and deeds of the great men, French, English and
American, upon whose valour and wisdom such mighty issues depended. The recital is, we trust, wholly impartial and without prejudice. It is to be hoped that the union of sentiment which the close of this
century sees between the two great Anglo Saxon peoples may cast a veil
of forgetfulness over the strife of the one preceding it; and be a
herald of that reign of peace, when "nation shall no more rise against
nation, and wars shall cease." [Illustration: Signature] MARY WILSON ALLOWAY MONTREAL, May 24, 1899.
INTRODUCTION.
About twelve years after the first Spanish caravel had touched the
shores of North America, we find the French putting forth efforts to
share in some of the results of the discovery. In the year 1504 some
Basque, Breton and Norman fisher folk had already commenced fishing
along the bleak shores of Newfoundland and the contiguous banks for the
cod in which this region is still so prolific. The Spanish claim to the discovery of America is disputed by several
aspirants to that honour. Among these are the ancient mariners of
Northern Europe, the Norsemen of the Scandinavian Peninsula... Continue reading book >>
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