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, as bishop, 221; reverses Laval's policy in regard to Seminary, 236; captured at sea by English vessel, 243. =F= Chosen by Bishop Laval as his successor, 191; comes out to Canada first as vicar-general, 191; his first impression of country and its inhabitants, 192; his revised opinion, 193, 220; pays pastoral visit to Acadia, 1686, 271; issues mandate concerning the theatre, 337; pays Frontenac 1000 francs on condition _Tartuffe_ shall not be produced, 337. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_; _St. Valier et l'Hopital General de Quebec_; Parkman, _Old Regime_. =St. Veran, Marquise de.= =WM= Mother of Montcalm, 3; her fortitude, 8; Montcalm's letter to, describing capture of Oswego, 34. =St. Vincent, John Jervis, Earl of= (1735-1823). British admiral. Served at Quebec in 1759; defeated Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent, 1797; became admiral of the fleet, 1821. =Index=: =Bk= Gains victory off Cape St. Vincent, 10. =WM= Wolfe's conversation with, on eve of battle, 175. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Ste. Anne.= =Ch= French vessel seized by the English, 22. =Ste. Anne, Brotherhood of.= =L= At Quebec, 101. =Ste. Croix Island.= Near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy; explored by Champlain and De Monts in 1604, who in that year erected buildings and fortifications on the island. Scurvy breaking out among the French colonists, they soon afterwards removed from the island to Port Royal. The foundations of these buildings were dug up in 1797, settling a boundary dispute between New Brunswick and Maine in favour of the former. =Index=: =Ch= Occupied by the De Monts expedition, 21; settlement there a failure, 24. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Pioneers of France_. =Ste. Croix River.= Also known as Schoodiac and Passamaquoddy. Rises in Grand Lake on the borders between Maine and New Brunswick, and flows into Passamaquoddy Bay. It was discovered by Champlain in 1604. =Index=: =Ch= Name changed to St. Charles, 148. =Ste. Foy.= Above Quebec. =Index=: =L= Settlement of Christian Indians at, 74. =Ste. Foy, Battle of.= Took place on April 28, 1760, when Murray, in command of the British troops, made a sortie from the citadel of Quebec upon the besieging French force under Levis, and was defeated, being driven back into his intrenchments. =Index=: =WM= Description of, 264; horrors of battlefield, 265; news of, causes joy in Canadian parishes, 266; victory nullified by arrival of British fleet, 267. _See also_ Quebec, siege of, 17
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