The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country

Chapter 3

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The French in Canada--Champlain Attacks the Iroquois--Quebec a Military Post--Weak Efforts at Colonization--Fur-traders and Missionaries--The Foundation of New France--The French King Claims from the Upper Lakes to the Sea--Slow Growth of the French Colonies--Mixing With the Savages--The "Coureurs de Bois," 41