The Jesuits, adepts in human nature, had made a sagacious choice when they put forward this conscientious, zealous, dogged, and pugnacious priest to
Laval Versus Queylus
A squad of soldiers, commanded, it is said, by the governor himself, went up to Montreal, brought the indignant Queylus to Quebec, and shipped him
Jansenist Heresy Reaches Canada
The Jansenist doctrines of election and salvation by grace were to the Jesuits an abomination.Previously in The Old Regime In CanadaOur
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 4
With a sword or a hatchet in one hand and a knife in the other, they threw themselves against the throng of enemies.Previously in The Old Regime In
Daulac’s Bold Sally
Adam Daulac, or Dollard, Sieur des Ormeaux, was a young man of good family, who had come to the colony three years before, at the age of
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 3
Outside the fortifications there was no safety for a moment. A universal terror seized the people.Previously in The Old Regime In CanadaOur
Iroquois War on Montreal
Another miracle, which occurred several years later, deserves to be recorded.Previously in The Old Regime In CanadaOur special project
Early Montreal
There were at this time a hundred and sixty men at Montreal, about fifty of whom had families, or at least wives.Previously in The Old Regime In
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 2
Meanwhile the fugitives pushed their flight with the energy of terror, passed in safety the rapids of the Oswego, crossed Lake Ontario, and descended