CHAPTER X

THE FRENCH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA

Early French voyages--Jacques Cartier--The Marquis de la Roche --Samuel Champlain--A passage to the East--The Franciscans and Jesuits--The Company of the One Hundred Associates--Character of Champlain--Colbert and colonisation--The Company of the West --System of government--Count Frontenac--Western discoveries-- Joliet and Marquette--La Salle--The Mississippi--La Salle's great expedition--His failure--His place in history--The Iroquois--The Treaty of Utrecht 200