CHAPTER VII. 



1685-1687. 

 DENONVILLE AND DONG AN. 



Troubles of the New Governor. — His Character. — English 

 Rivalry. — Intrigues of Dongan. — English Claims. — A Dip- 

 lomatic Duel. — Overt Acts. — Anger of Denonville. — 

 James II. checks Dongan. — Denonville emboldened. — Strife 

 in the North. — Hudson's Bay. — Attempted Pacification. — 

 Artifice of Denonville. — He prepares for War. 



Denonville embarked at Rochelle in June, 

 with his wife and a part of his family. Saint- 

 Vallier, the destined bishop, was in the same ves- 

 sel ; and the squadron carried five hundred soldiers, 

 of whom a hundred and fifty died of fever and 

 scurvy on the way. Saint-Vallier speaks in glow- 

 ing terms of the new governor. " He spent nearly 

 all his time in prayer and the reading of good 

 books. The Psalms of David were always in his 

 hands. In all the voyage, I never saw him clo 

 any thing wrong ; and there was nothing in his 

 words or acts which did not show a solid virtue 

 and a consummate prudence, as well in the 

 duties of the Christian life as in the wisdom of 

 this world." J 



When they landed, the nuns of the Hotel-Dieu 



i Saint-Vallier, Etat Present de VEjlise, 4 (Quebec, 1856). 



