CHAPTER V

1640-1641

MONTREAL

THE COMPANY OF NOTRE DAME DE MONTREAL

PREVIOUS COLONIZATION REVIEWED--MONTREAL CEDED TO SIEUR DE CHAUSSEE IN 1636 AND LATER TO DE LAUSON--THE DESIGN OF THE SETTLEMENT OF MONTREAL ENTERS THE MIND OF M. DE LA DAUVERSIERE--THE FIRST ASSOCIATES OF THE COMPANY OF NOTRE DAME DE MONTREAL--THE CESSION OF THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL TO THEM IN 1640--THE RELIGIOUS NATURE OF THE NEW COLONIZING COMPANY--TRADING FACILITIES CRIPPLED--POLITICAL DEPENDENCE ON QUEBEC SAFEGUARDED--M. OLIER FOUNDS THE CONGREGATION OF ST. SULPICE IN PARIS IN VIEW OF THE MONTREAL MISSION--PREPARATIONS FOR THE FOUNDATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FULLY ORGANIZED SETTLEMENT OF "VILLA MARIE"--PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE CHOSEN AS LOCAL GOVERNOR--THE CALL OF JEANNE MANCE TO FOUND THE HOTEL DIEU--THE EXPEDITION STARTS--MAISONNEUVE ARRIVES AT QUEBEC--THE FIRST CLASH OF THE GOVERNORS--MONTMAGNY OFFERS THE ISLE OF ORLEANS FOR THE NEW SETTLEMENT--MAISONNEUVE IS FIRM FOR THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL--THE FIRST FORMAL POSSESSION OF MONTREAL AT PLACE ROYALE--WINTER AT ST. MICHEL AND STE. FOY--FRICTION BETWEEN THE RIVAL GOVERNORS 57