[44] (p. [157]).—Julien Perrault arrived in Canada April 30, 1634, and, with André Richard, was sent to the Cape Breton mission. He must have returned to France within a year, for his name does not appear in the list given by Le Jeune at the end of the Relation for 1635, nor is his name mentioned elsewhere in the Relations.
[45] (p. [157]).—For various names applied to Cape Breton Island, see vol. [ii.], note [62]. For its history, with copious bibliographical and statistical notes, see Bourinot's valuable monograph, Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island of Cape Breton (Montreal, 1892). An excellent map of the island is given at the end of Brown's Cape Breton.
[46] (p. [157]).—Chibou: also known as Grand Chibou or Cibou; the inland estuary or lake now called Bras d'Or, which extends from the eastern to the southwestern part of the island, almost severing it in two. The name Bras d'Or is modern (perhaps a corruption of Labrador, the name, given the inlet on old charts, both French and English). See Bourinot's Cape Breton, p. 93; and Brown's Cape Breton, pp. 2, 5, 77.
[47] (p. [159])—Marmot: either the hoary marmot (see vol. [vi.], note [22]), or the allied species, Arctomys monax, commonly called "woodchuck," which abounds throughout the northern United States and Canada.
Parrot fish: a name given to various species of the families Labridæ and Scaridæ, from their brilliant colors, or the peculiar shape of the head. Most of these species belong to tropical or semi-tropical regions, but several are found along the northern Atlantic coast. That mentioned in the text may be the cunner or blue-perch, Ctenolabrus adspersus.
[48] (p. [185]).—For origin of the term "patriarch," as applied to priests, see vol. [i], pp. [161], [163], and note [25].
[49] (p. [215]).—The war here referred to was a part of the Thirty Years' War. Gustavus Adolphus, the leader of the Protestant alliance, was killed at the battle of Lutzen, Nov. 16, 1632. Richelieu had, in 1631, formed a treaty of alliance between France and Sweden; this was renewed in 1633, with Oxenstiern, the successor of Gustavus; and France, in accordance therewith, gave moral and financial support to the Protestants in their struggle against Austria and Spain. Finally, in May, 1635, France, having formed an alliance with Holland, declared war against Spain, and the allied armies invaded the Netherlands; while other French armies were sent into Lorraine, Germany, and Italy. Thus scattered, and often under inefficient commanders, the armies of France could accomplish little; and for years the war continued with but slight advantage for either side. Not until Oct. 24, 1648, was the long conflict ended by the treaty of Westphalia.
[50] (p. [217]).—The death of Champlain, who had long been governor of New France (see vol. [ii.], note [42]), occurred Dec. 25, 1635. His successor was Charles Huault de Montmagny, a chevalier of the military order of St. John of Jerusalem, more commonly known as Knights of Malta. His commission was dated March 10, 1636; but Sulte (Can.-Français, vol. ii., p. 59) notes that certain official "acts" of the Hundred Associates, dated at Paris Jan. 15, 1636, mention Montmagny as "governor for the said company, under the authority of the king and of the cardinal duke of Richelieu, of Quebec and of other places on the river St. Lawrence." This would imply that the Associates had appointed him to this post in anticipation of Champlain's death, or possibly to supersede the latter. He arrived at Quebec on June 11 following.
The praises lavished by the missionaries upon Montmagny seem largely justified by his conduct as governor, and by the opinions of other historians. He was a man of great personal courage, executive ability, good judgment, and profound piety. He was a warm friend and supporter of the Jesuit missions, as also of the new religious colony founded at Montreal, which he escorted thither in May, 1642. Montmagny's commission was renewed June 6, 1645. Eleven months later, he received from the Company of New France a concession of land at Rivière du Sud, 1½ leagues along the St. Lawrence, and four leagues in depth; also of two islands in the same river, Île aux Oies and Île aux Grues.
Recalled to France, Montmagny left Canada Sept. 23, 1647. He remained at Paris at least four years; Ferland (Cours d'Histoire, vol. i., p. 363, note) cites a MS. of Aubert de la Chesnaye as stating that Montmagny spent the last years of his life with a relative at St. Christopher's, W.I., but thinks there is no proof of the correctness of this assertion.