"A Few Acres of Snow"

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1 "A Few Acres of Snow" Documents in Canadian History, edited by Thomas Thorner broadview press

2 Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION X xi 1 "Make More Haste Homeward": Early European Exploration 1 Account of the Second Voyage of the Frobisher Expedition, GEORGE BESTE Northern Voyages, JENS MUNCK 2 "An Inconvenient Wind": Missionaries and Natives 27 New Relation of Gaspesia, CHRISTIEN LE CLERQ Letters 45 MARIE DE L 'INCARNATION 3 "Advantages and Inconveniences": The Colonization of Canada 59 To the King and the Lords of His Council, SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN True and Genuine Description of New France Commonly Called Canada, 1664, Paris 68 PIERRE BOUCHER Memoir on Canada, JEAN TALON To the Minister, November 10, 1679, Quebec 75 JACQUES DUCHESNEAU Memoir Respecting Canada Prepared for the Marquis de Seignelay in January, JACQUES-RENE DE BRISAY DE DENONVILLE, Memoir to His Royal Highness the Due d'orleans, Regent of France, December 12, 1715, Paris 79 RUETTE D'AUTEUIL Journal of a Voyage to North America; Letter X, Montreal, April 22, P. EX. DE CHARLEVOLX-

3 vi A Few Acres of Snow Memoir of the King to Serve as Instructions for Sr. Hocquart, Commissary General of the Marine and Ordonnateur in New France, March 22, Memoir to the Minister Containing a Characterization of the French-Canadian Population, November 8, GILLES HOCQUART 4 "An Afflicted People": The Acadian Dilemma 87 Description Of Nova Scotia, PAUL MASCARENE Circular Letter to the Governors on the Continent, 11 August GOVERNOR CHARLES LAWRENCE Journal, LT. COL JOHN WINSLOW To the Board of Trade, Halifax, 18th October GOVERNOR CHARLES LAWRENCE A Relation of the Misfortunes of the French Neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, JOHN BAPTISTE GALERM, ONE OF THE SAID PEOPLE 5 "The Ruin of Canada": Last Decades of New France 109 Memoir on the French Colonies in North America, BARRIN DE LA GAUSSONIERE To Marshal de Belle Isle, D^partement de la Guerre, Paris, from Quebec, 19 May FRANCOIS DAINE Memoir, M. DE CAPELUS To Marshal de Belle Isle, Montreal, 12 April LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM Memoir on the Condition of Canada 123 MICHEL-JEAN-HUGHES PEAN Me"moire sur le Canada, M. DE BEAUCAT Memoir on Canada 125 UNKNOWN Narrative of the Doings During the Siege of Quebec, and the Conquest of Canada 131 MARIE DE LA VISITATION, NUN OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF QUEBEC

4 Table of Contents vii 6 "The Abundant Blessings of British Rule": Quebec's New Administration 137 Report of the State of the Government of Quebec in Canada, June 5th, GENERAL JAMES MURRAY Mandate to Rebellious Subjects During the American War, JEAN-OLIVIER BRIAND, BISHOP OF QUEBEC Sermon on Nelson's Victory at Aboukir, JOSEPH-OCTAVE PLESSIS, BISHOP OF QUEBEC Travels Through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America, in the Years 1806, 1807, and JOHN LAMBERT To Lord Liverpool, May 1, GOVERNOR JAMES CRAIG 7 "For the Sake of Humanity": Newfoundland and the Beothuk 167 Report of Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State of the Trade to Newfoundland in March, April and June, PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS To the Editor of the Liverpool Mercury 177, ES. Narrative, St. John's, Newfoundland, May 27, JOHN PEYTON JR. Royal Gazette, November 13, W. E. CORMACK, ESQ. 8 "A Place Where Rum is as Cheap as Beer": Maritime Colonies 189 Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Maritime Colonies of British America, / MCGREGOR 9 "Our Robinson Crusoe Sort of Life": Three Women in Upper Canada 209 Roughing It in the Bush. 211 SUSANNA MOODIE Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada 223 ANNA BROWNELL JAMESON The Backwoods of Canada 232 CATHERINE PARR TRAIL

5 viii A Few Acres of Snow 10 "The Long and Heavy Chain of Abuses": Calls for Political Reform 239 The.Six Counties Address, Montreal, October 31, THE VINDICATOR The Declaration of the Reformers of the City of Toronto to their Fellow-Reformers in Upper Canada, Toronto, August 2, THE CONSTITUTION Letters to Lord John Russell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, JOSEPH HOWE 11 "To the Barren Grounds": Samuel Hearne's Odyssey 265 A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean [ ] 267 SAMUEL HEARNE 12 "The Worst and Most Dangerous Men": A Profile of the Hudson's Bay Company 289 Character Book, GEORGE SIMPSON 13 "A Great Humbug": The Gold Rush in British Columbia 311 News from British Columbia, The Daily Globe, January 2, CHARLES MAJOR To the Editor of The Islander, November 17, C.C. GARDINER Journal, S. G. HATHAWAY Vancouver Island and British Columbia, MATTHEW MACFIE 14 "Deaf to Their Cries": Irish Immigration 343 Journal, GERALD KEEGAN Three Years in Canada, JOHN MACTAGGART Report of the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Provincial Penitentiary, January 24,

6 Table of Contents ix "Protestant Organization", August 27, THE LOYALIST, SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK 15 "Equal in Every Respect": Education for Natives, Blacks, and Women 373 Report on the Affairs of Indians in Canada 377 JOURNAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF CANADA (1847), APP. T. "The Coloured People and the Common Schools" 382 THE LEADER, DECEMBER 12,1862 "A Reply from the Black Community" 385 GLOBE, JANUARY 3,1863 Address to Parents on the Education of Girls, Toronto, MRS. HOUWELL, ELM HOUSE SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG LADIES Report of the Grammar School Inspector for GEORGE PAXTON YOUNG 16 "The Evils of Combination": Working on the Beauharnois Canal 395 Report into Disturbances upon the Beauharnois Canal, "The Bold Scheme": Confederation 421 Confederation Debates 425 HON. GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER (ATTORNEY GENERAL) [MONTREAL] HON. SIR ETIENNE-PASCAL TACH (PREMIER, RECEIVER-GENERAL, MINISTER OF MILITIA) HON. GEORGE BROWN (PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL) [SOUTH OXFORD] HON. ANTOINE AIMS. DORION [HOCHELAGA] CHRISTOPHER DUNKIN [BROME] Speeches and Letters, JOSEPH HOWE Annexation or Union with the United States is the Manifest Destiny of British North America, ALEXMUNRO SOURCES 453