palace, which
they claimed Bishop Saint-Vallier had bequeathed to them. The king,
however, confirmed him in its possession. Another royal decree
prohibited religious congregations from holding lands in mortmain, but
the bishop refused to enforce it. In 1760, after the fall of Quebec, he
appointed a vicar-general, admonished the clergy to observe strictly the
terms of capitulation, and went to Montreal, where he died after a short
illness. =Index=: =WM= Bishop of Quebec, urges inhabitants to take to
arms, 63; his palace converted into redoubt, 86; visits hospital in
spite of fatal illness, 153; administers last sacrament to Montcalm,
220; issues _mandemant_ in support of Levis' attack on Quebec, 245. =L=
Bishop of Quebec, 12. =Bib.=: Tetu, _Eveques de Quebec_.

=Pontchartrain, Louis Phelypeaux, Comte de= (1643-1727). Chancellor of
France. =Index=: =F= Minister of marine, 72.

=Pont-Grave, Francois Grave, Sieur du Pont.= A merchant of St. Malo;
sailed for Tadoussac with Chauvin, 1600. Had already made several
voyages to the St. Lawrence; accompanied Champlain in the voyage of
1603, and again in 1613. =Index=: =Ch= Joins expedition to Acadia, 19;
arrives at Island of Ste. Croix, 26; in temporary charge of colony, 32;
sails for Quebec, 40; his vessel disarmed by a Basque captain, 40;
member of court to try Duval for conspiracy, 43; sails for France, 45;
returns to Canada, 47; in command of the colony during Champlain's
absence, 48; returns to France with Champlain, 54; sent out in charge of
second expedition to Quebec, 56; sails for France, 64; returns to
Quebec, 106; trades at Three Rivers, 121; rivalry with Champlain, 125;
comes to Canada as representative of De Monts' (Rouen) Company, 133;
proceeds to Three Rivers to trade, 135; returns to France, 136; comes to
Canada with De Caen, 138; placed in charge at Quebec, 138; sails for
France, 141; very ill at Quebec, 156; his commission read publicly at
Quebec, 181; with Champlain signs articles of capitulation of Quebec,
191; too sick to leave Quebec, 196. =F= Voyages of, to St. Lawrence, 3,
8. _See also_ Champlain. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Pioneers of France_; Biggar,
_Early Trading Companies of New France_; Douglas, _Old France in the New
World_.

=Pontiac= (1720-1769). Born on the Ottawa River. An ally of the French
during their struggles against the British colonists. In 1746 he and his
Indians assisted the French at Detroit in an attack by northern tribes,
and in 1755 he led