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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. CHAMPLA1N IN CANADA, AND OVERLAND EXPLORATIONS IN THE NORTH-WEST. After Roberval's unfortunate expedition, the French appear to have taken no interest in Canada for a period of over half a century, until in 1603, Amyar de Chastes, the governor of Dieppe, conceived the idea of renewing the attempt to colonize the new world, and for this purpose invited Samuel de Cham- plain to accompany an expedition to America. The consent of Henry IV. having been obtained, Champlain agreed to go, and o11 the 15th March, Hi0.'J, set sail from Ho: ifleur with two vessels, one of which was commanded by Pontgrave', and the other by Sieur Prevert. The expedition reached the St. Lawrence in safety, and at Tadousac Champlain found about a thousand Algonquin Indians assembled, engaged in celebrating a victory over their enemies, the Iroquois, whom they had just succeeded in defeating, and the wars between these two tribes, in which he was forced to take part, were destined in after years to interfere greatly with Chaiuplaiu's efforts at colonization. Immediately after this, the first survey of the Saguenay was made, and then, proceeding in boats, Champlain ascended the St. Lawrence to Hochelaga, and endeavored to stem the current of the rapids, but having to abandon the attempt, the explorers continued on foot along the shore for several miles, obtaining much information about the country from the Indians, after which they returned to Tadousac. Cham plain next explored the southern coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and collected a valuable cargo of furs with which he returned to France, arriving at Havre de Grace on the 20th September, 1603, and a book describing this voyage being published attracted so much attention that commercial enterprise in the direction of the new world was g.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217225076
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217225071
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 599 gr

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