Lachine

Said to have been named by La Salle's men, in derision of his

dream of a westward passage to China. The land was granted by the

Sulpicians to La Salle as a seigniory in 1666; and from here he set

forth on his memorable explorations, in 1669. Twenty years later, this

was the scene of a terrible massacre by the Iroquois. In the eighteenth

and nineteenth centuries, Lachine became of importance as the

starting-point of the brigades of the fur traders, bound for the far

West. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Origin of the name, 148; massacre of, 225. (Count Frontenac era)

Description of massacre at, 10, 224, 225. =Bib.=: Parkman, La Salle

and Frontenac; Girouard, Lake St. Louis and Cavelier de la Salle.