Talon, intendant, appointed to investigate the administration
of de Mezy, 51;
his immigration plans opposed by Colbert,
80;
writes to Colbert in praise of the Abbe
de Queylus, 107;
brings out five Recollet priests, 109;
obtains from the Sovereign Council a decree
permitting the unrestricted
sale of liquor, 113;
develops the resources of the country,
114, 115;
returns to France for two years, 116;
praises Abbe de Queylus’ work, 134,
135;
retires from office, 143
Taschereau, Cardinal, 40, 86
Tesserie, M. de la, member of the Sovereign Council, 158
Tilly, Le Gardeur de, member of the Sovereign Council, 158, 166, 167
Tithes, the levying of, on the colonists, 10, 50,
51, 54;
payable only to the permanent priests,
55;
the edict of 1679, 181;
Laval and Saint-Vallier disagree upon
the question of, 208, 209
Tonti, Chevalier de, accompanies La Salle as far as
Fort Crevecoeur, 148;
attacked by the Iroquois and flees to
Michilimackinac, 149;
again joins La Salle and descends the
Mississippi with him, 150;
appointed La Salle’s representative,
151
Tracy, Marquis de, viceroy, appointed to investigate
the administration
of de Mezy, 51;
builds three forts on the Richelieu River,
53;
destroys the hamlets of the Mohawks and
concludes a treaty of peace
with the Iroquois which lasts eighteen
years, 53, 54, 82;
reduces the tithe to a twenty-sixth, 54;
returns to France, 81;
his fine qualities, 81, 82;
presents a valuable picture to the church
at Sainte Anne, 102
Treaty of Ryswick, 234
Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye, 3, 110
Treaty of Utrecht, 235
Trouve, Claude, goes to the north shore of Lake Ontario
to establish
a mission, 105, 108
Troyes, Chevalier de, leads an expedition to capture Hudson Bay, 204
Turgis, Father, 62
U
Ursuline Convent (Quebec), established by Madame de
la Peltrie, 112, 155;
consumed by fire, 210
Ursuline Sisters, 33, 125, 154, 231
V
Valrennes, M. de, commands Fort Frontenac, 223, 232
Vaudreuil, Chevalier de, 214;
in command at Montreal, 223;
opposing the Iroquois at massacre of Lachine,
226, 227;
succeeds Callieres as governor of Montreal,
235
Verreau, Abbe, pays a tribute to Mother Mary of the Incarnation, 127
Viel, Father, Recollet missionary, 3
Vignal, Father, ministers to the plague-stricken on
board
the St. Andre, 31, 32;
referred to, 8, 91, 92
Ville-Marie (Montreal), the school at, founded by
Marguerite Bourgeoys, 9;
the Abbe de Queylus returns to, 28;
takes precautions against the Iroquois,
68;
the school of martyrdom, 90, 91;
fortified by Denonville, 213, 214;
governed by Vaudreuil in Callieres’
absence, 223;
besieged by Winthrop, 229;
references, 82, 83, 85, 122, 124, 135,
162, 178, 217