A History of Canada Author:Francis Murphy Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. SECTIONS:—14, Champlain At Quebec. 15, Champlain ExPlores The Ottawa. 16, The Expedition To The Huron Country. 17, The Lordship Of Canada Passes ... more »From Hand To Hand. 18, First Capture Of Quebec By The English. Champlain's Last Days. 14. Champlain at Quebec.— We must now go back a few years, in order to follow the fortunes of Champlain. As we have seen, The founding ne na left Port Royal to Poutrincourt. In 1608 a of Quebec. new settlement was planned on the St. Lawrence, under the patronage of the much harassed de Monts, who had so far triumphed over his enemies as to secure a renewal of his charter. It was now proposed to make the profits of the fur- trade pay the expenses of colonization; and along with Cham- plain, the explorer and colonizer, went Pontgrav6, the experienced trader. Stadacona had vanished ; but at the foot of the towering rock whereon it had stood Champlain laid the foundations of Quebec. These consisted of a few rude buildings in the form of an open square. In the middle of the square rose a dove-cote on the top of a pole, fitly symbolizing Champlain's peaceful purpose. A wooden wall and a ditch, with bastions and guns, surrounded the group of dwellings. Hardly was the work of building done when a dangerous conspiracy was discovered. Champlain was to be murdered; and the infant colony was to be handed over to the unlicensed fur-traders, who hated his restrictions on their traffic. The plot he handled with rude vigour. The chief conspirator was hung ; four of his fellows, sent in chains to France,CHAMPLAIN'S INDIAN POLICY AT QUEBEC. 35 were condemned to the galleys; and the rest learned a wholesome lesson. During the winter Champlain met some Indians from the Ottawa country, who implored " the man with the iron breast," as they called him,...« less