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Monsieur the governor, when he last had the 

 honor of being deputed to confer with him, the 

 particulars whereof he begs to be excused from 

 reporting, lest the anger of Monsieur the governor 

 should be kindled against him still more." ! Fron- 

 tenac, hearing of this charge, angrily denied it, 

 saying that the attorney-general had slandered 

 and insulted him, and that it was his custom to do 

 so. Auteuil rejoined that the governor had ac- 

 cused him of habitual lying, and told him that he 

 would have his hand cut off. All these charges 

 and countercharges may still be found entered in 

 due form on the old records of the council at 

 Quebec. 



It was as usual upon the intendant that the 

 wrath of Frontenac fell most fiercely. He accuses 

 him of creating cabals and intrigues, and causing 

 not only the council, but all the country, to forget 

 the respect clue to the representative of his Majesty. 

 Once, when Frontenac was present at the session, 

 a dispute arose about an entry on the record. A 

 draft of it had been made in terms agreeable to the 

 governor, who insisted that the intendant should 

 sign it. Duchesneau replied that he and the clerk 

 would go into the adjoining room, where they could 

 examine it in peace, and put it into a proper form. 

 Frontenac rejoined that he would then have no 

 security that what he had said in the council would 

 be accurately reported. Duchesneau persisted, and 

 was going out with the draft in his hand, when 

 Frontenac planted himself before the door, and 



1 Registre du Conseil Supfrieur, 4 Nov., 1681. 



