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CRUSADERS OF NEW FRANCE


THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES
ALLEN JOHNSON EDITOR
GERHARD R. LOMER
CHARLES W. JEFFERYS
ASSISTANT EDITORS


CRUSADERS OF NEW FRANCE
A CHRONICLE OF THE FLEUR-DE-LIS IN THE WILDERNESS
BY WILLIAM BENNETT MUNRO

1918

To my good friend
FATHER HENRI BEAUDE
(_Henri d'Arles_)
this tribute to the men
of his race and faith is
affectionately inscribed.


CONTENTS
I. FRANCE OF THE BOURBONS
II. A VOYAGEUR OF BRITTANY
III. THE FOUNDING OF NEW FRANCE
IV. THE AGE OF LOUIS QUATORZE
V. THE IRON GOVERNOR
VI. LA SALLE AND THE VOYAGEURS
VII. THE CHURCH IN NEW FRANCE
VIII. SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA
IX. THE COUREURS-DE-BOIS
X. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND TRADE
XI. HOW THE PEOPLE LIVED
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INDEX


CRUSADERS OF NEW FRANCE


CHAPTER I
FRANCE OF THE BOURBONS

France, when she undertook the creation of a Bourbon empire beyond the
seas, was the first nation of Europe. Her population was larger than
that of Spain, and three times that of England. Her army in the days
of Louis Quatorze, numbering nearly a half-million in all ranks, was
larger than that of Rome at the height of the imperial power. No
nation since the fall of Roman supremacy had possessed such resources
for conquering and colonizing new lands.
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