CHAPTER XXIII

1666-1672

GARRISON LIFE--SLACKENING MORALS

SIEUR DE LA FREDIERE--LIQUOR TRAFFIC WITH THE INDIANS--SOLDIERS MURDER INDIANS--THE CARION-DE LORMEAU DUEL--THE FIRST BALL IN CANADA--LARCENIES, ETC.--A CORNER IN WHEAT--THE "VOLUNTAIRES," OR DAY LABOURERS--THE TAVERNS--A POLICE RAID--"HOTEL" LIFE--BLASPHEMY PUNISHED--THE LORDS' VINEYARDS RUINED 233