CHAPTER III. 



1673-1675. 

 FRONTENAC AND PERROT. 



La Salle. — Fort Frontenac. — Perrot. — His Speculations. — 

 His Tyranny. — The Bush-rangers. — Perrot revolts. — 

 Becomes alarmed. — Dilemma of Frontenac. — Mediation op 

 Fenelon. — Perrot in Prison. — Excitement of the Sclpi- 

 tians. — Indignation of Fenelon. — Passion of Frontenac. — 

 Perrot on Trial. — Strange Scenes. — Appeal to the King. — 

 Answers of Louis XIV. and Colbert. — Fenelon rebuked. 



Not long before Frontenac's arrival, Courcelle, 

 his predecessor, went to Lake Ontario with an 

 armed force, in order to impose respect on the 

 Iroquois, who had of late become insolent. As a 

 means of keeping them in check, and at the same 

 time controlling the fur trade of the upper coun- 

 try, he had recommended, like Talon before him, 

 the building of a fort near the outlet of the lake. 

 Frontenac at once saw the advantages of such a 

 measure, and his desire to execute it was stimu- 

 lated by the reflection that the proposed fort might 

 be made not only a safeguard to the colony, but 

 also a source of profit to himself. 



At Quebec, there was a grave, thoughtful, self- 

 contained young man, who soon found his way 

 into Frontenac' s confidence. There was between 

 them the sympathetic attraction of two bold and 



