 The famous Du Lhut is said to have made a general combination of the young men of Canada to follow him into the woods. Their plan was to be absent four years, in order that the edicts against them might have time to relent. The intendant Duchesneau reported...  The Work of Francis Parkman: The old regime in Canada - Sida 110efter Francis Parkman - 1897Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1904 - 926 sidor
...sufficiently shown by the edict which orders that, "any person going into the woods without a licence should be whipped and branded for the first offence, and sent for life to the galleys for the second; while a third offence was punishable by death." Compared with the British colonies, living... | |
 | Francis Parkmann - 1875 - 512 sidor
...presented the extraordinary spectacle of the greater part of its young men turned into forest outlaws. But severity was dangerous. The offenders might be...second.1 The order was more easily given than enforced. '* 1 must not conceal from you, monseigneur," again •writes Duchcsneau, " that the disobedience of... | |
 | 1875 - 514 sidor
...carefully guarded community were affected, is told by Mr. Parkman in the words of the original documents. " The intendant Duchesneau reported that eight hundred...offence, and sent for life to the galleys for the second." The penalty of death was added, but equally without avail. " You are aware, Monseigneur" (writes... | |
 | 1875 - 508 sidor
...affected, is told by Mr. Parkman in the words of the original documents. "The intendant Duchesncau reported that eight hundred men out of a population...offence, and sent for life to the galleys for the second." The penalty of death was added, but equally without avail. " You are nware, Monseigneur" (writes... | |
 | 1875 - 556 sidor
...wilderness. Whereupon the king ordered that any person going into the woods without a license should 1«: whipped and branded for the first offence, and sent for life to the galleys for the second." The penalty of death was added, but equally without avail. " You are aware, Monseigneur "... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1882 - 478 sidor
...presented the extraordinary spectacle of the greater part of its young men turned into forest outlaws. But severity was dangerous. The offenders might be...whipped and branded for the first offence, and sent lor life to the galleys for the second.' The order was more easily given than enforced. " I must not... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1885 - 472 sidor
...presented the extraordinary spectacle of the greater part of its young men turned into forest outlaws. But severity was dangerous. The offenders might be...whipped and branded for the first offence, and sent lor life to the galleys for the second.1 The order was more easily given than enforced. " I must not... | |
 | William Barrows - 1887 - 460 sidor
...was to be absent four years, in order that the edicts against them might have time to relent. . . . The king ordered that any person going into the woods...offence, and sent for life to the galleys for the second." Denonville, the Governor of Canada, reports in later years " on their vagabond and lawless... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1897 - 350 sidor
...blandishments were of much avail. We hear of seigniories abandoned; farms turning again into forests ; Avives and children left in destitution. The exodus of the...branded for the first offence, and sent for life to the galle}-s for the second.1 The order was more easily given than enforced. " I must not conceal from... | |
 | James P. Taylor - 1899 - 240 sidor
...1680." 1681. Joliet, with his wife and six servants, settled on Anticosti Island. be branded and whipped for the first offence, and sent for life to the galleys for the second offence. This was levelled against the " coureurs de bois." May, La Salle, to his great joy,... | |
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