s youth, 7, 19.
=Montigny-sur-Avre.= =L= Birthplace of Laval, 17.
=Montmagny, Charles Jacques Hualt de.= Came to Canada as governor, 1636.
Strongly opposed the settlement at Montreal, 1641-1642, but finding
Maisonneuve determined, accompanied him from Quebec, and gave his
official countenance to the founding of the new town; in 1642 built a
fort at the mouth of the Richelieu, where Sorel now stands, to check the
inroads of the Iroquois; three years later arranged a treaty of peace
with these troublesome neighbours; returned to France in 1648; and died
there shortly afterwards. =Index=: =Ch= Restored Fort St. Louis, and
named it Chateau St. Louis, 158. =F= Second governor of Canada, 27;
retirement of, 35. =L= His pious administration, 8. =Bib.=: _Jesuit
Relations_, ed. by Thwaites; Parkman, _Jesuits in North America_;
Charlevoix, _History of New France_.
=Montmorency.= Seven miles below Quebec. =Index=: =WM= British establish
themselves on left bank of river, 112; unsuccessful attack by British on
French position, 135-141; British loss in battle at, 142; French loss,
143; victory raises morale of French army, 145; the British evacuate
their position, 158.
=Montmorency Family.= =L= Great distinction of, 16; motto of, 18. _See
also_ Laval.
=Montmorency, Henri, Duc de= (1595-1632). In 1620 purchased the
viceroyalty of New France from the Comte de Soissons, his
brother-in-law, and retained Champlain as his lieutenant; in 1624
conveyed his rights as viceroy to Henri de Levi, Duc de Ventadour;
served at the sieges of Montaubon and Montpellier, and in 1625 captured
the islands of Re and Oleron. Having taken part in the rebellion of
Gaston of Orleans against Louis XIII in 1632, was arrested and executed.
=Index=: =Ch= Becomes viceroy of New France, 129; his administration
causes dissatisfaction, 130; his letter to Champlain, 130; resigns
position of viceroy, 151; executed for treason, 215. =F= Becomes
lieutenant for Canada, 17; executed for revolt, 22. =L= Executed, 18.
=Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_; Parkman, _Pioneers of
France_.
=Montmorency, Mathieu.= =L= Ancestor of Laval, 17.
=Montmorency House.= Below Quebec. =Index=: =Hd= Residence of Haldimand,
301; occupied later by Prince William Henry and the Duke of Kent, 345.
=Montpensier, Mlle. de.= =F= Mme. Frontenac's relations with, 63.
=Montreal.= Founded May 17, 1642, by Chomedy de Maisonneuve. Champlain
had selected the site thirty-one years
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