CHAPTER XXVII

1672-1683

TRADE AT MONTREAL UNDER FRONTENAC AND PERROT

WEST INDIA COMPANY SUPPRESSED--MONTREAL HEAD OF FUR INDUSTRY--EXPEDITIONS--MARQUETTE--JOLIET--THE ANNUAL FAIRS--LAVAL RETURNS--THE "CONGREGATION" CONFIRMED--THE INDIAN MISSIONS--CATHERINE TEKAKWITHA--THE "FORT DES MESSIEURS"--EXPLORATIONS--LA SALLE, DULUTH, HENNEPIN--LOUISIANA NAMED--THE GOVERNOR GENERAL AND THE INTENDANT--FACTIONS AT MONTREAL, "A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES!"--FRONTENAC AND DUCHESNEAU RECALLED 265