Courcelles Daniel De Remy Sieur De
Governor of Canada, 1665-1672.
His tenure of office marked by an unsuccessful expedition against the
Iroquois, and a long and acrimonious dispute with Laval and the Jesuits.
The Marquis de Tracy was viceroy over all the French possessions in
America during a portion of the governorship of De Courcelles; and Talon
was twice intendant of New France during the same period. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era)
Governor of Canada, 50; arrives at Quebec, 51; moves against Iroquois,
52; character, 54; expedition to Cataraqui, 59; recalled, 60. (Bishop Laval era)
Appointed governor, 51; stands godfather to converted Iroquois chief,
65; arrival of, 79; his high character, 81; executes justice on certain
murderers, 82, 83; leads expedition as far as Cataraqui, 83; plans
erection of a fort at that point, 84; returns to France, 143. =Bib.=:
Douglas, Old France in the New World; Parkman, Old Regime; Sulte,
Regiment de Carignan (R. S. C., 1902).