2 NOTRE-DAME DES ANGES. [1634. 



!N"ow, embarked in the canoe of some Monta- 

 gnais Indian, let him cross the St. Lawrence, land 

 at the pier, and, passing the cluster of buildings, 

 climb the pathway up the cliff. Pausing for rest 

 and breath, he might see, ascending and descend- 

 ing, the tenants of this outpost of the wilderness : 

 a soldier of the fort, or an officer in slouched hat 

 and plume ; a factor of the fur company, owner and 

 sovereign lord of all Canada ; a party of Indians ; 

 a trader from the upper country, one of the pre- 

 cursors of that hardy race of coureurs de hois, des- 

 tined to form a conspicuous and striking feature of 

 the Canadian population : next, perhaps, would ap- 

 pear a figure widely different. The close, black 

 cassock, the rosary hanging from the waist, and 

 the wide, black hat, looped up at the sides, pro- 

 claimed the Jesuit, — Father Le Jeune, Superior of 

 the Residence of Quebec. 



And now, that we may better know the aspect 

 and condition of the infant colony and incipient 

 mission, we will follow the priest on his way. 

 Mounting the steep path, he reached the top of 

 the cliff, some two hundred feet above the river 

 and the warehouses. On the left lay the fort built 

 by Champlain, covering a part of the ground now 

 forming Durham Terrace and the Place d'Armes. 

 Its ramparts were of logs and earth, and within 

 was a turreted building of stone, used as a barrack, 

 as officers' quarters, and for other purposes.^ Near 

 the fort stood a small chapel, newly built. The 



1 Compare the various notices in Champlain (1632) with that of Du 

 Creux Historia Canadensis, 204. 



