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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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