Duchesneau Jacques

Intendant of New France, 1675-1682. His

commission invested him with the title of president of the Sovereign

Council, an office which had hitherto been filled by the governor. As

Frontenac, a man of dominant spirit, was then governor, interminable

disputes arose between him and the intendant touching questions of

precedence. Frontenac lost no opportunity of showing his resentment; and

the intendant sided with the bisho in the vexed question of selling

brandy to the Indians. Finally the quarrel came to the ears of the king,

and both governor and intendant were recalled. =Index=: (Bishop Laval era) Appointed

intendant, 166; disagrees with Frontenac, 167; recalled, 168. (Count Frontenac era)

Intendant, 108; his instructions, 109; claims to rank above bishop, 115;

causes king's prohibition of trading licenses to be registered in

Frontenac's absence, 117; asked to furnish particulars as to ill effects

of liquor traffic, 118; censured for interfering in matters beyond his

sphere, 120; his recommendations on the coureurs de bois question,

127; dispute with Frontenac as to presidency of the Sovereign Council,

133-140; severely censured in despatch from minister, 134; accuses

Frontenac of manufacturing the news he sends to the minister, 142; his

son imprisoned for disrespect to Frontenac, 143; recall of, 143; makes

report on Acadia, 271. =Bib.=: Douglas, Old France in New World;

Parkman, Frontenac; Roy, Intendants de la Nouvelle-France (R. S. C.,

1903).