took part in the Acadian venture of De Monts and Poutrincourt.
After the capture of Port Royal by the English he returned to France
(1613) and reopened his shop. Three years later Champlain was
authorized by the company to offer him and his family favourable terms
if they would emigrate to Quebec, the consideration being two hundred
crowns a year for three years, besides maintenance. On this
understanding Hebert sold his house and shop, bought an equipment for
the new home, and set off with his family to embark at Honfleur. Here
he found that Champlain's shareholders were not prepared to stand by
their agreement. The company first beat him down from two hundred to
one hundred crowns a year, and then stipulated that he, his wife, his
children, and his domestic should serve it for the three years during
which the grant {77} was payable. Even at the end of three years, when
he found himself at liberty to till the soil, he was bound to sell
produce to the company at the prices prevalent in France. The company
was to have his perpetual service as a chemist for nothing, and he must
promise in writing to take no part in the fur trade. Hebert had cut
off his retreat and was forced to accept these hard terms, but it is
not strange that under such conditions colonists should have been few.
Sagard, the Recollet missionary, says the company treated Hebert so
badly because it wished to discourage colonization. What it wanted was
the benefit of the monopoly, without the obligation of finding settlers
who had to be brought over for nothing.

A man of honour like Champlain could not have tricked Hebert into the
bad bargain he made, and their friendship survived the incident. But a
company which transacted its business in this fashion was not likely to
enjoy long life. Its chief asset was Champlain's friendship with the
Indians, especially after his long sojourn with them in 1615 and 1616.
Some years, particularly 1617, showed a large profit, but as time went
on friction arose between the Huguenots of La Rochelle {78} and the
Catholics of Rouen. Then there were interlopers to be prosecuted, and
the quarrels of Conde with the government brought with them trouble to
the merchants whose monopoly depended on his grant. For three years
(1616-19) the viceroy of Canada languished in the Bastille. Shortly
after his release he sold his viceregal rights to the Duke of
Montmorency, Admiral of France. The price was 11,000 crowns.

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