Tracy Alexandre De Prouville Marquis De 1603-1670 Served In The


French army, and in 1655 recaptured Cayenne from the Dutch. In 1663

appointed lieutenant-general of all the French dominions in America,

and, after spending a year in the West Indies, reached Quebec, June 30,

1665. With the newly arrived Carignan-Salieres Regiment as his weapon,

at once initiated a vigorous policy against the Iroquois, and especially

the contumacious Mohawks. In 1666, with thirteen hundred men, marched

against the latter, burnt their villages, and drove them into the

woods. The following year deputies arrived at Quebec from all the

Iroquois tribes, suing for peace. Having secured to the colony a peace

which lasted for nearly twenty years, returned to France. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era)

Appointed king's lieutenant-general for all his possessions in America,

50; arrives at Quebec, 51; marches against Iroquois (Mohawks), 53;

concludes peace, 53; removes Maisonneuve from governorship of Montreal,

54; recalled, 54. (Bishop Laval era) Appointed viceroy, 51; erects three forts on

Richelieu River, 53; marches against Mohawks, 53; returns to France, 81;

high character of, testified to by Laval, 81; his devout practices, 81,

82; makes pilgrimage to Ste. Anne de Beaupre, 102. =Bib.=: Parkman, Old

Regime; Charlevoix, History of New France.



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