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r_; Joutel, _Journal Historique_; Chesnel, _Histoire de Cavelier de la Salle_; Guenin, _Cavelier de la Salle_; Sulte, _La Morte de la Salle_; Girouard, _Lake St. Louis and Cavelier de la Salle_. =La Sarre Regiment.= =WM= One battalion of, sent to Canada, 12, 29; in battle of the Plains, 192; in battle of Ste. Foy, 259, 261. =Lascelles' Regiment.= =WM= In centre under Murray, 189; in battle of Ste. Foy, 259. =La Taille.= =Ch= Accompanies Champlain to Quebec, 41. =La Terriere, Pierre de Sales.= Came to Canada from France, 1766; appointed agent at Quebec for the St. Maurice forges, 1771; his place of business in front of the lower town market, facing the church of Notre Dame; in 1775 appointed inspector of works, and removed to the forges, on the banks of the St. Maurice, a few miles above Three Rivers. Left an interesting account of the works, in his _Memoires de Laterriere_. Implicated in the American invasion of 1776, and arrested. =Index=: =Hd= Inspector of St. Maurice forges, 48; arrest of, 277; dislike of Haldimand, 277; suspected of supplying Americans with petards and cannon-balls from St. Maurice forges, 277-278; his defence of Du Calvet, 284-287; his description of Haldimand, 293. =Bib.=: Christie, _History of Lower Canada_. =La Terriere de Sales.= Represented Saguenay in Assembly, 1844-1854; appointed to Legislative Council, 1856. =Index=: =E= Votes against secularization of Clergy Reserves, 164. =La Tesserie, De.= =L= Member of the Sovereign Council, 158. =Latour, Abbe Bertrand de.= =L= On the humility of Laval, 33; on the evils flowing from the sale of liquor to the Indians, 36; on mental characteristics of Canadian children, 100; on the virtues of Laval, 187. =Bib.=: _Memoire sur la Vie de Laval_. =La Tour, Charles Amador de.= Son of Claude de la Tour. Came to Acadia in 1610 with his father. Driven out of Port Royal by the English; built a post near Cape Sable, on what is now known as Port Latour. In 1632, when Acadia was restored to France, Razilly came out with Charnisay to strengthen the colony. Razilly died in 1636, and a bitter conflict followed between Charnisay and La Tour, both of whom claimed to represent the king in Acadia. Charnisay had rebuilt Port Royal, and La Tour occupied a fort at the mouth of the St. John. The outcome of the quarrel was an order for the arrest of La Tour. Charnisay attacked La Tour's fort, but was driven off. When he blockaded the harbour, La Tour escaped t
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