CANADA

BECKLES WILLSON

AUTHOR OF 'THE GREAT FUR COMPANY,' 'LEDGER AND SWORD,' ETC.

WITH TWELVE REPRODUCTIONS FROM ORIGINAL COLOURED DRAWINGS BY
HENRY SANDHAM

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD.
35 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C., & EDINBURGH

1907

TO MY SON

GORDON

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PREFACE

In the following pages is told the history of mynative land, as a sagamore of the olden time mighttell the legends of the past to the young braves ofhis tribe gathered round the lodge fire. Thoughprimarily intended for youth, yet there is scarceany one of intelligence and spirit who may not findsome entertainment in hearing of the doings of thevaliant heroes, the bloodthirsty villains, the virtuousladies who played their part in the Canadian drama,and then passed for ever away.

Elsewhere I have given the story of Hudson'sBay,[1] and what is recounted here of fur-traders andfur-trading forts owes much, as the reader willexpect, to my former book.

[1] The Great Fur Company 1899.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CARTIER UNFURLS THE FLAG OF THE LILIES

CHAPTER II

POUTRAINCOURT GOES FORTH TO ACADIA

CHAPTER III

OF THE DOINGS OF GALLANT CHAMPLAIN

CHAPTER IV

ROMANCE OF THE TWO DE LA TOURS

CHAPTER V