"A Few Acres of Snow" Documents in Canadian History, 1577-1867 edited by Thomas Thorner broadview press
Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION X xi 1 "Make More Haste Homeward": Early European Exploration 1 Account of the Second Voyage of the Frobisher Expedition, 1577 3 GEORGE BESTE Northern Voyages, 1624 12 JENS MUNCK 2 "An Inconvenient Wind": Missionaries and Natives 27 New Relation of Gaspesia, 1691 30 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, 1618 64 SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN True and Genuine Description of New France Commonly Called Canada, 1664, Paris 68 PIERRE BOUCHER Memoir on Canada, 1673 73 JEAN TALON To the Minister, November 10, 1679, Quebec 75 JACQUES DUCHESNEAU Memoir Respecting Canada Prepared for the Marquis de Seignelay in January, 1690 77 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, 1721 81 P. EX. DE CHARLEVOLX-
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, 1729 84 Memoir to the Minister Containing a Characterization of the French-Canadian Population, November 8, 1737 86 GILLES HOCQUART 4 "An Afflicted People": The Acadian Dilemma 87 Description Of Nova Scotia, 1720 89 PAUL MASCARENE Circular Letter to the Governors on the Continent, 11 August 1755 98 GOVERNOR CHARLES LAWRENCE Journal, 1755 99 LT. COL JOHN WINSLOW To the Board of Trade, Halifax, 18th October 1755 104 GOVERNOR CHARLES LAWRENCE A Relation of the Misfortunes of the French Neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1758 106 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, 1750 112 BARRIN DE LA GAUSSONIERE To Marshal de Belle Isle, D^partement de la Guerre, Paris, from Quebec, 19 May 1758 119 FRANCOIS DAINE Memoir, 1758 120 M. DE CAPELUS To Marshal de Belle Isle, Montreal, 12 April 1759 121 LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM Memoir on the Condition of Canada 123 MICHEL-JEAN-HUGHES PEAN Me"moire sur le Canada, 1759 125 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
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, 1762 140 GENERAL JAMES MURRAY Mandate to Rebellious Subjects During the American War, 1776 146 JEAN-OLIVIER BRIAND, BISHOP OF QUEBEC Sermon on Nelson's Victory at Aboukir, 1799 149 JOSEPH-OCTAVE PLESSIS, BISHOP OF QUEBEC Travels Through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America, in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808 152 JOHN LAMBERT To Lord Liverpool, May 1, 1810 160 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, 1793 169 PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS To the Editor of the Liverpool Mercury 177, ES. Narrative, St. John's, Newfoundland, May 27, 1819 181 JOHN PEYTON JR. Royal Gazette, November 13, 1827 185 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, 1828 190 / 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
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, 1837 243 THE VINDICATOR The Declaration of the Reformers of the City of Toronto to their Fellow-Reformers in Upper Canada, Toronto, August 2, 1837 249 THE CONSTITUTION Letters to Lord John Russell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1839 255 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 [1770-1771] 267 SAMUEL HEARNE 12 "The Worst and Most Dangerous Men": A Profile of the Hudson's Bay Company 289 Character Book, 1832 290 GEORGE SIMPSON 13 "A Great Humbug": The Gold Rush in British Columbia 311 News from British Columbia, The Daily Globe, January 2, 1860 313 CHARLES MAJOR To the Editor of The Islander, November 17, 1858 316 C.C. GARDINER Journal, 1862 318 S. G. HATHAWAY Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1865 326 MATTHEW MACFIE 14 "Deaf to Their Cries": Irish Immigration 343 Journal, 1847 345 GERALD KEEGAN Three Years in Canada, 1829 364 JOHN MACTAGGART Report of the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Provincial Penitentiary, January 24, 1853 366
Table of Contents ix "Protestant Organization", August 27, 1847 367 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, 1865 389 MRS. HOUWELL, ELM HOUSE SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG LADIES Report of the Grammar School Inspector for 1865 393 GEORGE PAXTON YOUNG 16 "The Evils of Combination": Working on the Beauharnois Canal 395 Report into Disturbances upon the Beauharnois Canal, 1843 398 17 "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, 1866 444 JOSEPH HOWE Annexation or Union with the United States is the Manifest Destiny of British North America, 1868 447 ALEXMUNRO SOURCES 453