This series has six easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Champlain Arrives at Cape Diamond.IntroductionFrom the period of
Expedition to Found Huron Mission Departs
This is the story of how the first permanent mission in Huron's territory began.Previously in The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth
Pioneers of New France Conclusion
This concludes Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman. The entire book has been presented here. Next book in his series begins next
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 17
It long remained a mystery why Charles I king of England consented to a stipulation which pledged him to resign so important a conquest. So France
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 16
English attack Quebec; Quebec incapable of defense. Only fifty pounds of gunpowder were left in the magazine; and the fort, owing to the neglect and
English French Colonial Systems Compared
England threw open her colonies to all who wished to enter, -- to the suffering and oppressed, the bold, active, and enterprising. France shut out
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 15
Already at birth, the reasons why France would not, could not succeed in Canada were becoming apparent. Why New France Failed.Our special
Explorers Among the Indians
As we turn the ancient, worm-eaten page which preserves the simple record of his fortunes, a wild and dreary scene rises before the mind . . . .
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 14
By the Indian standard, it was a mighty nation; yet the entire Huron population did not exceed that of a third or fourth class American city. In the