[1] Another of Laval’s titles.

[2] Ste. Anne de BeauprÉ, twenty miles east of Quebec. “The favorite saint appears to be Ste. Anne, whose name appears constantly on the banks of the St. Lawrence.” [J. G. Bourinot.]

[3] On a small scale the typical Iroquois-Huron dwelling. The tribal lodges, made to hold many fires and many families, were fifty or more yards in length by twelve or fifteen in width, framed of sapling poles closely covered with sheets of bark.

[4] The legend of Mademoiselle de Granville dates from the year 1698. It seemed but a slight anachronism to place this singular though unimportant figure in the year 1660.

[5] The following list may be found in the parish register of Villemarie, June 3, 1660:

1. Adam Dollard (Sieur des Ormeaux), commandant, age de 25 ans.
2. Jacques Brassier, ÂgÉ de 25 ans.
3. Jean Tavernier, dit la HochehÈre, armurier, ÂgÉ de 28 ans.
4. Nicolas Tellemont, serrurier, ÂgÉ de 25 ans.
5. Laurent Hebert, dit la RiviÈre, 27 ans.
6. AloniÉ de Lestres, chaufournier, 31 ans.
7. Nicolas Josselin, 25 ans.
8. Robert JurÉe, 24 ans.
9. Jacques Boisseau, dit Cognac, 23 ans.
10. Louis Martin, 21 ans.
11. Christophe Augier, dit Desjardins, 26 ans.
12. Étienne Robin, dit Desforges, 27 ans.
13. Jean Valets, 27 ans.
14. RenÉ Doussin (Sieur de Sainte-CÉcile), soldat de garnison, 30 ans.
15. Jean Lecomte, 20 ans.
16. Simon Grenet, 25 ans.
17. FranÇois Crusson, dit Pilote, 24 ans.

Also cited in “Histoire de la Colonie FranÇaise,” II., 414, 416:

“À ces dix-sept hÉros chrÉtiens, on doit joindre le brave Annahotaha, chef des Hurons, comme aussi Metiwemeg, capitaine Algonquin, avec les trois autres braves de sa nation, qui tous demeurent fidÈles et mourirent au champ d’honneur; enfin les trois FranÇais qui pÉrirent au dÉbut de l’expÉdition, Nicolas du Val, serviteur au fort, Mathurin Soulard, charpentier du fort, et Blaise Juillet, dit Argnon, habitant.”

Of the ambush in which these last-mentioned three men were slain, and the subsequent volunteering of others in their places, this romance does not treat.

[6] “They stopped by the way at Three Rivers, where they found a band of Christian Algonquins under a chief named Mituvemeg. Annahotaha challenged him to a trial of courage, and it was agreed that they should meet at Montreal.... Thither, accordingly, they repaired, the Algonquin with three followers, the Huron with thirty-nine.”—Francis Parkman.

[7] Ste. Anne de Bellevue, an old village at the junction of the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence, “always a rendezvous of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois up the Ottawa.”

“The waters of the Ottawa are about three inches higher than the waters of Lake St. Louis (in the St. Lawrence), and are therefore precipitated through the two channels running around Île Perot with considerable force, forming a succession of short rapids.”—From Report of Public Works, 1866.

[8] While Jouaneaux’s house had historic existence, its elaboration, of course, had not.

[9] “Furent arrÊtÉs huit jours au bout de l’Île de Montreal, dans un endroit trÈs-rapide qu’ils avaient À traverser”, says the French chronicler. But for romancer’s purposes, the liberty is taken of shortening the time.

[10] “The large mountain was named Le Calvaire by the piety of the first settlers. At its summit were seven chapels,—memorials of the mystic seven of St. John’s vision,—the scene of many a pilgrimage. Gallant cavalier and high-born lady from their fastness at Villemarie toiled side by side up the same weary height.”—Picturesque Canada.

[11] Pronounced “So.” The AbbÉ Faillon with exactness locates the engagement at the foot of the Long Saut rapids, “À huit ou dix lieues au-dessus de l’Île de Montreal, et au-dessous du saut dit de la ChaudiÈre.”

[12] Francis Parkman.

[13] Le Moine.

[14] “Dollard, un homme de coeur,” says AbbÉ Faillon.