CHAPTER XVIII

1671-1672

THE FEUDAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED

THE SEIGNEURS OF THE MONTREAL DISTRICT

SUBURBAN GROWTH--THE EARLIEST OUTLYING FIEFS--PRAEDIA MILITARIA--MILITARY SEIGNEURIES OF THE MONTREAL DISTRICT--THE FEUDAL SYSTEM--THE "NOBLESSE"--THE "PARISHES"--"CENS ET RENTES"--"LODS ET VENTES"--TRIBUTE TO THE FEUDALISM OF THE CLERICAL "SEIGNEURS OF MONTREAL"--MUNICIPAL OFFICERS--ORDER IN PROCESSIONS--THE CHURCH WARDENS--THE SOLDIER COLONISTS--CATTLE BREEDING, HORSES, ASSES--AGRICULTURE--NEW CONCESSIONS--LAWS REGULATING OPENING UP THE LAND--FIRST PUBLIC ROADS AND BRIDGES AT MONTREAL--NOTE: FORTS AND REDOUBTS 203