nce to
settle question of bishopric, May, 1672, 70; made bishop of Quebec, and
returns to Canada, 1675, 71; establishes Ecclesiastical Court, 111;
curtails honours paid to governor in church, 112; king's instructions on
the subject, 113; Frontenac's estimate of bishop's revenue, 114; objects
to trading permits issued by governor, as involving selling of liquor to
Indians, 116; gains the king over to his views, 116; sends grand-vicar
to France to uphold his policy, 118; goes to France to press his views,
1678, 125; effect of his elevation to rank of bishop, 164; not
favourable to permanent curacies, 165, 190; rejects offer of Recollets
to serve the parishes without any fixed provision for their support,
165; determines to resign, 190; goes to France, 1684, 191; chooses
Saint-Vallier as his successor, 191; describes Canada as "the country of
miracles," 301. =Bib.=: Tetu, _Esquisse Biographique de Laval_;
_Esquisse de la Vie, etc., de Laval_; Parkman, _Old Regime_; Gosselin,
_Francois de Montmorency-Laval_; Colby, _Canadian Types of the Old
Regime_; _Le Venerable Francois de Montmorency-Laval_; Douglas, _Old
France in the New World_; Dent, _Can. Por._
=Laval, Guy de.= =L= Ancestor of Bishop Laval, 17.
=Laval, Henri de.= =L= His letter to his brother the bishop, 139; second
letter, 141.
=Laval, Hugues de.= =L= Father of Bishop Laval, 17.
=Laval, Jean-Louis.= =L= Brother of Bishop Laval, 19; bad conduct of,
139.
=Laval University.= Founded, 1668, as the Quebec Seminary, and granted a
royal charter in 1852, at the instance of Lord Elgin, then
governor-general. =Index=: =L= Its origin traced to Quebec Seminary, 99.
_See also_ Quebec Seminary. =Bib.=: Hamel, _Sketch of Laval University_
in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 4; Roy, _L'Universite Laval et les Fetes du
Cinquantenaire_.
=Lavalette.= =Ch= A Basque, fishes on Acadian coast as early as 1565,
59.
=La Vallee, de.= =Ch= Godfather of young Hurons, 233.
=La Valtrie, Seraphin Marganne, Sieur de= (1643-1693). A native of St.
Benoit de Paris. Obtained a lieutenancy in the Lignieres Regiment; took
service under De Tracy, 1664, and came to Canada the following year.
Granted the seigniory of Lavaltrie in 1672; sent to the western posts as
commandant, and replaced by La Durantaye, 1683; accompanied Denonville
on his expedition against the Iroquois, 1687. Killed, 1693. =Index=: =F=
Seignior, commands militia; in 1687 in attack on Iroquois, 209; killed
by Iroquois in 1693
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