Hearths beside which were rocked the cradles of those whomade the history of Canada.FAMOUS FIRESIDES
OF
FRENCH CANADA
BY
Mary Wilson Alloway.
ILLUSTRATED.
MONTREAL:
PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL & SON
1899
Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the yearone thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by Mary WilsonAlloway, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture andStatistics at Ottawa.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, G.C.M.G., LL.D., &c.,
CHANCELLOR OF McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL,
AND
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA IN LONDON,
THIS VOLUME
IS
BY SPECIAL PERMISSION
Respectfully Dedicated
BY
THE AUTHOR.
The principal authorities consulted in the preparation of this work wereLe Moyne, Kingsford, Rattray, Garneau, Parkman, Hawkins and Bouchette.
Acknowledgments are also due to the kind interest evinced andencouragement given by the Hon. Judge Baby, President of the Numismaticand Antiquarian Society of Montreal.
CONTENTS.
Château de Ramezay 19
Heroes of the Past 30
Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire 51
Le Séminaire 56
Cathedrals and Cloisters 58
Massacre of Lachine 82
Château de Vaudreuil 95
Battle of the Plains 103
Canada under English Rule 125
American Invasion 144
The Continental Army in Canada 155
Fur Kings 192
Interesting Sites 199
Famous Names 203
Echoes from the Past 212