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| PREFACE | [iii] |
| CONTENTS | [xi] |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | [xv] |
| MAPS | [xv] |
| CHAPTER I | |
| The Founding of Malbaie | |
| The situation of Malbaie.—The physical features of
Malbaie.—Jacques Cartier at Malbaie.—Champlain at
Malbaie.—The first seigneur of Malbaie.—A new policy for
settling Canada.—The Sieur de Comporté, seigneur of
Malbaie, sentenced to death in France.—His career in
Canada.—His plans for Malbaie.—Hazeur, Seigneur of
Malbaie.—Malbaie becomes a King's Post.—A Jesuit's
description of Malbaie in 1750.—The burning of Malbaie by
the British in 1759. | [1] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The Two Highland Seigneurs at Malbaie | |
| Pitt's use of Highlanders in the Seven Years' War.—The
origin of Fraser's Highlanders.—The career of Lord
Lovat.—Lovat's son Simon Fraser and other Frasers at
Quebec.—Malcolm Fraser and John Nairne future seigneurs of
Malbaie.—The Highlanders and Wolfe's victory.—The
Highlanders in the winter of 1759-60.—Malcolm Fraser on
Murray's defeat in April, 1760.—The return of Canadian
seigneurs to France.—General Murray buys Canadian
seigniories.—Nairne and Fraser at Malbaie.—Their grants
from Murray. | [22] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| John Nairne, Seigneur of Murray Bay | |
| Colonel Nairne's portrait.—His letters.—The first Scottish
settlers at Malbaie.—Nairne's finance.—His tasks.—The
curé's work.—The Scottish settlers and their French
wives.—The Church and Education.—Nairne's efforts to make
Malbaie Protestant.—His war on idleness.—The character of
the habitant.—Fishing at Malbaie.—Trade at
Malbaie.—Farming at Malbaie.—Nairne's marriage,—Career
and death in India of Robert Nairne.—The Quebec Act and its
consequences for the habitant. | [40] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| John Nairne in the American Revolution | |
| Nairne's work among the French Canadians.—He becomes Major
of the Royal Highland Emigrants.—Arnold's march through the
wilderness to Quebec.—Quebec during the Siege,
1775-76.—The habitants and the Americans.—Montgomery's
plans.—The assault on December 31st, 1775.—Malcolm Fraser
gives the alarm in Quebec.—Montgomery's death.—Arnold's
attack.—Nairne's heroism.—Arnold's failure.—The American
fire-ship.—The arrival of a British fleet.—The retreat of
the Americans.—Nairne's later service in the War.—Isle aux
Noix and Carleton Island.—Sir John Johnson and the
desolation of New York.—Nairne and the American prisoners
at Murray Bay.—Their escape and capture.—Nairne and the
Loyalists.—The end of the War.—Nairne's retirement to
Murray Bay. | [62] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| The Last Days of John Nairne | |
| Nairne's careful education of his children.—His son John
enters the army.—Nairne's counsels to his son.—John Nairne
goes to India.—His death.—Nairne's declining years.—His
activities at Murray Bay.—His income.—His daughter
Christine and Quebec society.—The isolation of Murray Bay
in Winter.—Signals across the river.—Nairne's
reading.—His notes about current events.—The fear of a
French invasion of England.—Thoughts of flight from
Scotland to Murray Bay.—Nairne's last letter, April 20th,
1802.—His death and burial at Quebec. | [93] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Thomas Nairne, Seigneur of Murray Bay | |
| His education in Scotland.—His winning character.—He
enters the army.—Malcolm Fraser's counsels to a young
soldier.—Thomas Nairne's life at Gibraltar.—His desire to
retire from the army.—His return to Canada in 1810-11.—His
life at Quebec.—His summer at Murray Bay, 1811.—His
resolve to remain in the Army.—Beginning of the War of
1812.—Captain Nairne on Lake Ontario.—Quebec Society and
the proposed flight from danger to Murray Bay.—Anxiety at
Murray Bay.—The progress of the War.—An American attack on
Kingston.—Captain Nairne on the Niagara frontier.—Naval
War on Lake Ontario.—Nairne's description of a naval
engagement.—Sense of impending disaster at Murray Bay.—The
American advance on Montreal by the St. Lawrence.—Nairne's
regiment a part of the opposing British force.—The Battle
of Crysler's Farm.—Nairne's death.—His body taken to
Quebec.—The grief of the family at Murray Bay.—The
funeral. | [124] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| A French Canadian Village | |
| Life at Murray Bay after Captain Nairne's death.—Letters
from Europe.—Death of Malcolm Fraser.—Death of Colonel
Nairne's widow and children.—His grandson John Nairne,
seigneur.—Village Life.—The Church's Influence.—The
Habitant's tenacity.—His cottage.—His labours.—His
amusements.—The Church's missionary work in the
Village.—The powers of the bishop.—His visitations.—The
organization of the Parish.—The powers of the
fabrique.—Lay control of Church finance.—The curés'
tithe.—The best intellects enter the Church.—A native
Canadian clergy.—The curé's social life.—The Church and
Temperance Reform.—The diligence of the curés.—The
habitant's taste for the supernatural.—The belief in
goblins.—Prayer in the family.—The habitant as voter.—The
office of Churchwarden.—The Church's influence in
elections.—The seigneur's position.—The habitant's
obligations to him.—Rent day and New Year's Day.—The
seigneur's social rank.—The growth of discontent in the
villages.—The evils of Seigniorial Tenure.—Agitation
against the system.—Its abolition in 1854.—The last of the
Nairnes.—The Nairne tomb in Quebec. | [168] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| The Coming of the Pleasure Seekers | |
| Pleasure seeking at Murray Bay.—A fisherman's experience in
1830.—New visitors.—Fishing in a mountain lake.—Camp
life.—The Upper Murray.—Canoeing.—Running the
rapids.—Walks and drives.—Golf.—A rainy day.—The
habitant and his visitors. | [222] |
| AUTHORITIES | [243] |
| APPENDICES | |
| Appendix A (p. [31]) The Journal of Malcolm Fraser, First Seigneur of Mount Murray, Malbaie. | [249] |
| Appendix B (p. [38]) Title Deed of the Seigniory of Murray Bay, granted to Captain John Nairne. | [271] |
| Appendix C (p. [78]) The Siege of Quebec in 1775-76. Colonel Nairne's Narrative. | [273] |
| Appendix D (p. [98]) Memorandum of Colonel Nairne, 5th April, 1795, for his son John Nairne in regard to military duty. | [277] |
| Appendix E (p. [104]) The "Porpoise" (Beluga or White Whale) Fishery on the St. Lawrence. | [279] |
| Appendix F (p. [122]) The Prayer of Colonel Nairne. | [286] |
| Appendix G (p. [144]) The Curés of Malbaie. | [287] |
| INDEX | [291] |