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' ‘ : y y â€"Auriit! td : ... j ie % y*% ie ls. p :. ks 2 it .â€" â€" : J ”';. € v‘r; ; K g C Lie tt rs amneasn rtan. |" t N 3 7 7 v2£y i y a Famous Letters in Canagdian Mistoryâ€"â€"No. 3 .. ‘2A5Â¥ Jtz :!'%h s oA i ILQ " 6 rede s n C J‘i. _ $ 3 _7‘-_;:.:-,:7 a# ; i > ul a ie = * m _». e ,: 4: = : P "a .3 f SA > 3 â€" h mm â€" %E' * . iigkr k <4 4. : 2. ‘ “?‘Ff-"h;‘»i _: s s us : [ tA mss _ . ; it in n " Fq Salle Sells Setgniory . _ o C Eq â€" alle ols c st . s €"*"~ < 34 ¢ ‘ e i ~ i f : ; F ‘I‘ | $ ..3_{;\‘:. .,:_‘W fTâ€"> ;‘/:;"."' o % e <p * | i x E~* d e /%,W For La Salle, exploration was an obsession he _ $ 9. “‘? rramtay e o ie would pay any price to satisfy. \ \aif.. . . uie '%â€"zf//.;’g ӎ&%fi% ~’» % First he sold his seigniory to finance one e _ _ ) _ Ne :c " mss t n efr c â€" it ‘ i8et: ; im y 3 eare a; $ @@xifivg, s pedition and he later gave his life during another. _ _ _ $ 1 Te tefz 3 Pfi _ ; i §\ â€"P% ‘ ts â€" apas 2e se uy * 4. . w oys es > â€" U TT | s se s uty I¢ for the religious life when he first came to Canada â€"â€" _ * ; â€" 18 N\ se ic alr.. . mflfl fll | in 1667 and obtained land : + i es ; P . o use t . * . . 1667 an ned land at Lachine which he named, â€"___â€" | _ [)e CA pom | 4 ,,.._ _ fitnt It was on the route to China through an 1g4 /92‘?"“7 5,3’%} : "’-'“ EC nland sea. yew < sn‘ ie § ‘<3 / / f im’@‘fi“â€"f}f W E: § He. supems.ed construction of Fort Frontengfii_ y c3 #*Cx> flm i%fig%&%{% g N \ , which is now Kingston, and then set out in Q‘earé us cgetle rous. _ qec ME W se l\ l rarlgirl ... .____for fhe mouth_of_ the Mississippt which he foupd in 74 .. | 4 yX i’!"~ oo . ,f{i':)v,‘,i"-,,u.. ies 1682, enites oA ak n iA nnea s i _ s Mess tss s L1 T ; e pfap i 5 ; ; ; ’ e Iil’i”i’"% ifi%;f sys "i”!fi’ih“ | \_â€" This document which is written in archaic, legal +4 P easce c otsscuualee,â€" 1t ; dn - To * . _ ‘mcol 'éfi"% 4%”%;3‘#&:«%{‘ rfl'{,, | terms is for the sale of La Salle‘s seigniory to the, * 7x beventani es ooo eroran oo aaanet . CI : s + s s â€" 5 5\«,3;%%{%1%@ g__:_‘__ Seminary of Saint Sulpice and is one of the few to _ %’F era: $ ‘:‘:t Qg‘;fk, : bear his signature and the original of it is in the . o mtc t a > : : â€" 'S;j,/f«?/Z es o Public Archives of Canada. > | ~â€"Aaa td e n > S mf" fi&",v.- it | & ‘â€"jog_/:/.z .//', 7{/1 ; z> .A n e«( t * â€" \ : F7 e fagla s en â€" P ; s y ; La Salle‘s Deed of Sale | es | j To Sulpicians | (‘%:7 8# $ 0 Deed of Sale by Cavelier de la Salle to the Seminary of J 'L'((.‘qur/’ ofi3 a 3e Saintâ€"Sulpice, of his Seigniory of Saintâ€"Sulpice, later known 3 k‘_’:,’("-J-Yf...,Q,L.'{_fl',""z-gm... is f A § as Lachine, January 9, 1669: './?,, [»/[ V('“Il‘{:gffi?,?/f”u ; . ¢ _\ Before Benigne Basset, Notary and Tabellion of the land c S mfr ts flcesc cer 3‘ & § â€" and domain of the Island of Montreal in New France, and S ez ‘\k:"~ I“, .‘\;,W"jf‘-â€"_ S . undersigned witnesses, was present the Sieur Rene de la e '“-"-;-%l\"L:.«‘.,”.;'A"""“‘ aage .() (‘ ’ _ Salle, there domiciled, who has acknowledged and admitted f-'v_-'g".,“:j:r_‘;f‘-?w.‘,;j‘_h""“', Fren _ s es s cAay . o Ip | _ . Raving. ceded, transferred and relinquished, wholly and for ie c t en < | ever, without any warranty other than his deeds and promâ€" e igz /’“',»""»~A,T.f',‘."“\'""v_Ql\':‘vf.,..;:‘ "";;"Eic./,,r.. § san thâ€"s_.] W { _ises, to Messicurs of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice, established & d d iescs aaty > in the Faubourg Saint Germain des Pres near Paris, Lord [J>x Ce 4 on “Q’l __j'""u.:_..) id‘ 1f...:, ie 3 % 5 «_ proprictors of said Island, being here present and accepting ( (;3'""." Ne sas" y chidd ‘,;;‘ 3 _ . on their behalf, the Reverend Father in God, Monsier Gabriel olas on y o uM ts I de Queylus, Priest Abbot of Our Lady of Locdieu, Superior e es e pl e e td t o q,) C ft 2 _ of Messieurs the Ecclesiastics established in said Island,; one i 4 xoi ce en lc ts 22900 p of the Senior members of said Sieurs of the Seminary, and s 'J»V/T'T'\,L;",'””',lf"'_"'H,’iw:‘.,' ; ~‘ ts inet $ by them sent to administer said Island, the domain called S Heus n y o sn a s atth,, ’;’/ ( ) Saintâ€"Sulpice, located in said Island,â€" above the falls of Saintâ€" _",“. o iniinErriony t ;' (‘ naviin, a t Louis, with all the Rights, Rents, Duties and Privileges whatâ€" o & 6 s Comeiéened al . Ta‘rgee (1.9; ie ty :s soever thereto pertaining, which said Sieur Vendor has, may ‘i:-.‘; oi eraag ols ut Hrmesiir ’:M\ c have and obtain in said Island, with the Reservation which he ,}? P N h ruacy. Eoi es B es o ies denanh on } Nz @ \!P 3 / pup.r eam ind a k t . makes, of a portion of seven Arpents of Land in width by tE A D . “‘*"{‘-{‘Lb}\'n,,,,r," o C T ME ns e g h § ho E sixty in depth, for his domain at the place where he has already yxis‘ 4 es C : | A ° caused to be made certain clearings of land and buildings, 1 A o es a ( . starting from the bank of the great stream and river of Saintâ€" 44 Pnd x 2 | Lawrence, and proceeding North in the interior of the Island, = tss â€" ~ f _ . adjoining on one side the property of Nicolas Moysan called esns ‘ I { 2 geâ€" _\ the Parisian and on the other that of Pierre Perrusseau, toâ€" | _ i) ugether with the lands which will be enclosed between the t | e homesteads of Raimond Boisneau called La Chaume, and of | w °4 ;_:ffi;fii’t@?(}aultler, called Sagouingoara; and of the enjoyment, dAucement, the half of a fatted pig, which shall be delivered n ' 4 ;uu_!‘fiig the present year and the next only, of fifty Arpents to him by said sieur Galinier. Approved Vendor between lines® ; { (;;,_‘_, Ol'la\ndin the meadows and ponds called Saint Pierre, of and one word cancelled.â€"R. DE LA SALLE . _ _ _ _ _. which lands so reserved . . . $=p g Labbe de Queyius // _ p 3. s “ <%* _}I‘aq,been promised to said Sieur Vendor, as an extra inâ€" Basset, Nore | * : o4 A d o ts a a #* 4 :. P hoi v $ ~ _ s‘And at this time in Western Ontario . . . e i _ _ ‘The late Stephen Leacock once wrote La Salle was Lake Erie as# far as the Port Stanley area Awhere he || u. a _ |. / 4 : / a8 far nhead of his times as others of bis era were beâ€" â€"_ landed and L:s etm ;‘;‘;fim‘z to c;nsake ‘;g::;‘a‘:t ‘:ltg Igres:la;et es ._ f : i The two priests, er de son Rene de a ‘:‘-‘- . / < hm.d. Roday tA sns ns be' rega.r('ied hy so.mt.a Ja C Galinee :lea;i:ped of the mission need in the far west, deâ€"" 3X e © ; ,â€" visionary who t_ailed, yet his little ship the Griffin was cided to leave LaSalle and go there. Their travels ted, 1 ;-};" S f f + > the first to sail the Great Lakes, And when he sold his them by land to the Grand River, to Lake Erie and to . :‘ 3 | ; seigniory to the Sulpician order, La Salle became directly ‘Port Dover where with their aides they spent the winter ..,;,;.:_' ' l S responsible for early explorations of the north shore of. of 1869â€"70, first Europeans to do so. _And there in Mafcg, ; {i: ; C f 5 is - Lake Erie. One condition of the expedition was two misâ€" 1670, a cross, beafing the fleur de. lis, was erected, c!anxg c > T 2 P § t T gionaries must accompany him. His initial trip led him ing the land for Louis XIV of France. From Dover,. ififim%i'f: ':7 i; : 3 to the Burlington Bay area, there he met Louis Jolliet, went to Point Pelee, thence to the Soo area. Subsgqu@%fi;,;g; } 3 who after a northern exploration tour had travelled Lake _ Galinee was to prepare the first map of the Grea.t'Lazfi Q)‘Q,‘*: iss3 + 3. Huron, St. Clair River and lake, the Detroit River, and .. area.â€"LNB, Tess : ,;.{3" dfi‘: ’2;‘2‘4 ) ¢ | y odtie e 4 *a: f ¢ iss pe o o P o o gl on . * e# s xk . C 0 s s«X ~â€"Atice . : * * sAbeat is >g,. o l * mss â€" gecl ‘ #¢:â€"¢: esnt 0. * / + C3 [ M 2 *3 *&i‘ ~â€" _ EDITORS NOTEH: This article is one of 30 in a se ”f’« ~the coâ€"operation of the P wblo | 4 . 3B ?"" . =~f _ > No S SSDSYS Archives of Canada being published each Suturday on this puge : Gonies o :tmdMM‘f‘?mq’”g¢””%§,’;’,, l lc3 _ 0 ~â€"\ l C1 $ O O Wiyaiied e the onitive serien will he voprinted in tabloin form fov diabribwtion iwithont bhomes M sohoold 0 cu 2 lev o sÂ¥ 00 | ' .. > _ ut conclusion o. 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