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"Entered according to Act of the Provincial Legislature, for the
Protection of Copy-rights, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-six, by P. SINCLAIR, Quebec, in the Office of the Registrar of
the Province of Canada."




THE RISE
OF
CANADA,
FROM
BARBARISM
TO
WEALTH AND CIVILISATION.


BY

CHARLES ROGER,
QUEBEC.

    Una manus calamum teneat, manus altera ferrum,
      Sic sis nominibus dignus utrinque tuis.


VOLUME I.


QUEBEC: PETER SINCLAIR.

Montreal, H. Ramsay and B. Dawson; Toronto, A. H. Armour & Co.; London,
C. W., Andrews & Coombe; Port Hope, James Ainsley; New York, H. Long &
Brothers, D. Appleton & Co., J. C. Francis; Boston, Little & Brown;
Philadelphia, Lindsay & Blakiston; London, Trubner & Co.

1856.

ST. MICHEL & DARVEAU, JOB PRINTERS,
No. 3, Mountain Street.




TO

JOSEPH MORRIN, ESQUIRE, M. D.,

MAYOR OF QUEBEC,

This Volume

IS DEDICATED, AS THE ONLY MONUMENT, WHICH CAN BE RAISED
TO ACKNOWLEDGED WORTH,

BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL

FRIEND AND SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

Quebec, December, 1855.




INDEX.


                                                           PAGE.

CHAPTER I.

    Canada Discovered                                         4
    Cartier's Arrival in the St. Lawrence                     5
    Commencement of the Fur Trade                             6
    Quebec Founded                                            7
    Exploration of the Ottawa                                 8
    The Cold--Lake Huron                                      9
    Sixty White Inhabitants                                  10
    The First Franco-Canadian                                11
    The Colonists Dissatisfied                               12
    The Hundred Associates                                   13
    Quebec Surrendered to the English                        14
    The Restoration--Death of Champlain                      15
    The Massacre at Sillery                                  16
    The Effect of Rum upon the Iroquois                      17
    Arrival of Troops--A Moon-Light Flitting                 18
    Swearing and Blasphemy--The Earthquake                   19
    The Physical Features of the Country                     20
    The First Governor and Council                           21
    First Settlement of old Soldiers                         22
    The Canada Company                                       23
    Kingston Founded                                         24
    The Small Pox--De Frontenac--Sale of Spirits             25
    Marquette--Jollyet--The Sieur La Salle                   26
    The First Vessel Built in Canada                         27
    Voyage of the Cataraqui--Tempest on Lake Erie            28
    Mouths of the Mississippi--Murder of La Salle            29
    Indian Difficulties--Fort Niagara                        30
    Deception and its Results                                31
    Massacre of Schenectady                                  32
    Education--Witchcraft                                    33
    Port Royal reduced by Phipps                             34
    De Frontenac's Penobscot Expedition                      35
    Trade--War--Population                                   36
    New England Expedition to Canada                         37
    Gen. Nicholson--Peace of Utrecht                         38
    Social Condition and Progress                            39
    Louisbourg--Shirley's Expedition                         40
    Siege of Louisbourg                                      41
    Surrender of Louisbourg                                  42
    A French Fleet Intercepted                               43
    The New Englanders' Convention                           44
    Surprise and Defeat of Braddock                          45
    Avariciousness of Bigot                                  46
    Capture of Oswego by Montcalm                            47
    Incompetent Generals--Change of Ministry                 48
    Abercrombie's attack on Ticonderoga                      49
    Surrender of Fort Frontenac                              50
    Wolfe's Invasion                                         51
    The Repulse at Montmorenci                               52
    The Battle of Quebec                                     53
    Death of Wolfe                                           54
    Death of Montcalm                                        55
    Canada ceded to England                                  56
    Canada and New England                                   57
    Quebec Act--Taxation without Representation              58


CHAPTER II.

    Representation in the Imperial Parliament                59
    Montgomery's Invasion                                    60
    Arnold--Montgomery--Allen                                61
    The American Siege--Death of Montgomery                  62
    Independence Refused by the Catholic Clergy              63
    The American Siege Raised                                64
    Independence--Defeat of Baum                             65
    The Surrender of Burgoyne                                66
    Western Canada divided into Districts                    67
    Divisions of the Province of Quebec                      68
    Lord Dorchester                                          69
    Governor-General Prescott                                70
    Governor Milnes                                          71
    The Royal Institution Founded                            72
    Cultivation of Hemp--Land Jobbing                        73
    The Lachine Canal--The Gaols Act                         74
    Trinity Houses Established--An Antagonism                75
    Mr. Dunn, Administrator                                  76
    Upper Canada--The Separation Act                         77
    Debate on the Separation Act                             78
    Mr. Fox's Speech                                         79
    Mr. Chancellor Pitt's Speech                             81
    Mr. Burke's Speech                                       82
    Governor Simcoe and his Parliament                       83
    Parliamentary Proceedings                                84
