[51] As Belmont was a very ardent enemy of the drink traffic he may have been a little inclined to exaggerate in these matters.
[52] Chapter xiv.
[53] The Baron de Saint-Castin had come to Canada in 1665 as an ensign in the Carignan-Salières Regiment, being then only in his seventeenth year. On the disbanding of the regiment he had gone to Acadia, and betaken himself to the life of the woods. He became a famous hunter and trader, and acquired great influence over the Indian tribes. The chief Madocawando, as above mentioned, was his father-in-law, but he had others.
[54] The Peace of Ryswick, 20th September 1697.
[55] Τὰ κοινὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πάθη.—Aristotle, Rhet. vii.
[56] Monseigneur de Saint Vallier et son Temps, p. 32.
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