Cathedral of Quebec, the, 84, 85
Champigny, M. de, commissioner, replaces Meulles, 204, 215
Champlain, Samuel de, governor of New France and founder
of Quebec, 4, 8, 12
Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier de, on colonization,
117, 118;
his portrait of Frontenac, 144, 145
Charron Brothers, the, make an unsuccessful attempt
to establish a
charitable house in Montreal, 125, 245-8
Chateau St. Louis, 112, 160, 163
Chaumonot, Father, 65;
the head of the Brotherhood of the Holy
Family, 86, 87
Chevestre, Francoise de, wife of Jean-Louis de Laval, 139
Clement X, Pope, 133;
signs the bulls establishing the diocese
of Quebec, 136
Closse, Major, 8, 92
Colbert, Louis XIV’s prime minister, 52;
a letter from Villeray to, 77, 78;
opposes Talon’s immigration plans,
80;
receives a letter from Talon, 107;
Talon’s proposals to, 115;
a dispatch from Frontenac to, 161;
reproves Frontenac’s overbearing
conduct, 165;
asks for proof of the evils of the liquor
traffic, 170, 171
College de Clermont, 21, 22
College of Montreal, the, 124, 125
Colombiere, M. de la, quoted, 23, 256, 257
Company of Montreal, the, 25;
its financial obligations taken up by
the Seminary of St. Sulpice, 135
Company of Notre-Dame of Montreal, 85, 108, 127, 189
Company of the Cent-Associes, founded by Richelieu,
4;
incapable of colonizing New France, abandons
it to the royal
government, 40, 41;
assists the missionaries, 50;
a portion of its obligations undertaken
by the West India Company, 145
Consistorial Congregation of Rome, the, 132
Couillard, Madame, the house of, 58
Courcelles, M. de, appointed governor in de Mezy’s
place, 51;
acts as godfather to Garakontie, Indian
chief, 65;
an instance of his firmness, 82, 83;
meets the Indian chiefs at Cataraqui,
and gains their approval of
building a fort there, 84;
succeeded by Frontenac, 84;
lays the corner-stone of the Notre-Dame
Church in Montreal, 88;
returns to France, 143
Coureurs de bois, the, 158, 159
Crevecoeur, Fort, 148, 149
D
Dablon, Father, 11, 62, 65;
describes Laval’s visit to the Prairie
de la Madeleine, 74, 75;
quoted, 103, 140
Damours, M., member of the Sovereign Council, 158,
166;
imprisoned by Frontenac, 167
Daniel, Father, his death, 5
Denonville, Marquis de, succeeds de la Barre, 193,
202, 204;
urges Laval’s return to Canada,
213;
his expedition against the Iroquois, 214-16;
seizes Indian chiefs to serve on the king’s
galleys, 214, 215;
builds a fort at Niagara, 216;
recalled, 218