Canada

ROMANCE OF EMPIRE
BECKLES WILLSON
AUTHOR OF 'THE GREAT FUR COMPANY,' 'LEDGER AND SWORD,' ETC.
WITH TWELVE REPRODUCTIONS FROM ORIGINAL COLOURED DRAWINGS BY HENRY SANDHAM
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD. 35 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C., & EDINBURGH 1907
TO MY SON GORDON

PREFACE
In the following pages is told the history of my native land, as a sagamore of the olden time might tell the legends of the past to the young braves of his tribe gathered round the lodge fire. Though primarily intended for youth, yet there is scarce any one of intelligence and spirit who may not find some entertainment in hearing of the doings of the valiant heroes, the bloodthirsty villains, the virtuous ladies who played their part in the Canadian drama, and then passed for ever away.