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ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW FRANCE: A GENERAL SURVEY

THE BEGINNINGS OF CANADA

I THE FORERUNNERS OF JACQUES CARTIER

Introduction

The Voyages of John Cabot

Other Early Voyages

II THE VOYAGES OF JACQUES CARTIER

Cartier’s First Voyage

Cartier’s Second Voyage

Cartier and Roberval

THE PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT LAKES

I FIRST VOYAGES WESTWARD

II CHAMPLAIN ON THE OTTAWA, 1613

III CHAMPLAIN IN THE LAKE REGION, 1615

IV BRÛLÉ AND THE RÉCOLLETS

V NICOLET AT GREEN BAY

VI LA ROCHE D’AILLON AMONG THE NEUTRALS

1626-27

VII A DISHEARTENING MISSION

VIII THE NORTH-WEST TRADE ROUTE

IX RADISSON AND GROSEILLIERS

X NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR

XI THE JESUITS ON THE UPPER LAKES

XII TALON AND THE LAKE REGION

XIII THE SULPICIANS ON LAKE ONTARIO

XIV DOLLIER DE CASSON, GALINÉE AND LA SALLE

XV LA SALLE AND THE SENECAS

XVI LA SALLE AND JOLLIET

XVII A WINTER ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE

XVIII THE SULPICIANS AT SAULT STE MARIE

XIX THE RETURN TO MONTREAL

XX THE MISSISSIPPI

XXI THE GREYSOLONS

XXII THE MAP OF THE LAKES

THE PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT WEST

I THE ROUTE TO THE WESTERN SEA

Early Glimpses of the West

The Gateway to the North-West

Exploration North of Lake Superior

II LA VÉRENDRYE AND HIS SONS

Pierre Gaultier de la Vérendrye

Winnipeg River and Lake

The Assiniboine Indians

In the Mandan Country

In Sight of the Rocky Mountains

Discovery of the Saskatchewan

Last Years of La Vérendrye

III SAINT-PIERRE AND DE NIVERVILLE

La Vérendrye’s Successor

Ascent of the Saskatchewan

Saint-Pierre’s Defects as an Explorer

IV LAST GLIMPSES OF THE FRENCH POSTS

THE ‘ADVENTURERS’ OF HUDSON BAY

I PIONEER VOYAGES TO HUDSON BAY

II THE COMING OF THE FUR LORDS

III FOUNDING OF THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY

IV NEW FRANCE AROUSED

V ARMED CONFLICT ON HUDSON BAY

VI DARK DAYS FOR THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY

VII AN ERA OF EXPLORATION

LOUISBOURG: AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE

I

THE FOUNDING OF LOUISBOURG

Motives for the Establishment

Fortification, Garrison and Administration

Growth of the Settlement

II THE FIRST SIEGE

The War of the Austrian Succession

Plans of New England against Louisbourg

The New England Forces

Unparalleled Features of the Siege

III THE SIEGE OF 1758

Louisbourg’s Increased Importance

Amherst’s Attack

The Capture of the Fortress

THE FIGHT FOR OVERSEA EMPIRE

I THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR

A Great Imperial War

The French in America

Indians and Rival Whites

British and French in the Ohio Valley

II HOSTILITIES BEFORE THE WAR

Braddock’s Plans and Difficulties

British Defeat at Fort Duquesne

Johnson’s Success at Lake George

Deportation of the Acadians

III DECLARATION OF WAR, 1756

The Combatants

The French Position

Montcalm and Vaudreuil

British Preparations

The Capture of Oswego

A Year of British Disaster

IV

FORT WILLIAM HENRY

The Campaign in Europe

Loudoun’s Tactics

Montcalm and the Indians

Surrender of the Fort

Massacre by the Indians

V PITT’S GREAT ADMINISTRATION

A New Imperial Force

Corruption in Official Life

British Disaster at Ticonderoga

The Turning Point of the War

VI THE DECISIVE YEAR

French Designs on England

Pitt as a World-Strategist

British and French Plans

The War in the West

VII THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC

Desperate State of the Colony

Wolfe and his Forces

The Fortress and its Defenders

Incidents of the Siege

The Crisis at Hand

VIII THE BATTLE OF THE PLAINS

Preliminary Plans and Manœuvres

Ascent of the Heights

Awaiting the French Attack

Rout of the French

Death of Wolfe and Montcalm

IX THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE

The Battle of Ste Foy

Vaudreuil’s Surrender of Canada