INTRODUCTION 19 
St. Paul in the country of the Eskimos”; and about this 
seigneurie not much is known. It was granted in 1706 to 
Amador Godefroy de St. Paul. In 1725 Godefroy de St. 
Paul sent one of his wife’s relatives to render for et hom- 
mage for him at the castle of St. Louis in Quebec. But 
after Godefroy’s death it is probable that the family 
ceased to occupy the fief ; certainly the fief never arrived 
at any degree of importance.’ 
During the years 1700-1760 it rained concessions on 
the Cdte du Nord. Grants of fishing and trading rights 
were made to the Sieurs Riverin, De la Chesnaye, Constan- 
tin, De la Valtrie (who had married a daughter of Fran- 
cois Bissot), De Leigne, Boucault and Foucault, De la 
Fontaine, De Lanouilles, Marsal, Hocquart, Taché, Pom- 
mereau, Vincent, De Beaujeu, and Estébe, as well as to 
Mme. de Boishébert and the widow Férnel.? Hamilton 
Inlet (Bate des Esquimaux) was granted at different times 
to traders and merchants, on condition of its being ex- 
plored; but none of the grantees seem to have complied 
with the condition. It is noteworthy, however, that in 
1779 Major Cartwright reports the discovery near Hamil- 
ton Inlet of “the ruins of three French settlements.” 
And we know from Jeffrey’s Northwest Passage that 
in 1752 the French traded with the Eskimos at Ham- 
ilton Inlet for whalebone and oil. Perhaps the French 
Canadians went north of the Strait of Belle Isle oftener 
than we hear about. 
Inside the Strait, however, there is no question about 
1T have to acknowledge here the kind assistance of Professor W. B. 
Munro, of Harvard University. 
* This list does not pretend to be perfect. 
