Montmagny Charles Jacques Hualt De


Came to Canada as governor, 1636.

Strongly opposed the settlement at Montreal, 1641-1642, but finding

Maisonneuve determined, accompanied him from Quebec, and gave his

official countenance to the founding of the new town; in 1642 built a

fort at the mouth of the Richelieu, where Sorel now stands, to check the

inroads of the Iroquois; three years later arranged a treaty of peace

with these troublesome neighbours; returned to France in 1648; and died

there shortly afterwards. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Restored Fort St. Louis, and

named it Chateau St. Louis, 158. (Count Frontenac era) Second governor of Canada, 27;

retirement of, 35. (Bishop Laval era) His pious administration, 8. =Bib.=: Jesuit

Relations, ed. by Thwaites; Parkman, Jesuits in North America;

Charlevoix, History of New France.



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