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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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;14 SEARCH FOR THE PACIFIC. [1732-1740.enters <strong>in</strong>to my views, recognizes the uprightness <strong>of</strong>my <strong>in</strong>tentions, <strong>and</strong> does me justice <strong>in</strong> spite <strong>of</strong>opposition. " 1Meanwhile, under all his difficulties, he hadexplored a vast region hithertounknown, diverted agreat <strong>and</strong> lucrative fur-trade from the English atHudson Bay, <strong>and</strong> secured possession <strong>of</strong> it by sixfortified posts, — Fort St. Pierre, on Ra<strong>in</strong>y Lake ;Fort St. Charles, on the Lake <strong>of</strong> the Woods; FortMaurepas, at the mouth <strong>of</strong> the river W<strong>in</strong>nipeg ; FortBourbon, on the eastern side <strong>of</strong> Lake W<strong>in</strong>nipeg;Fort La Re<strong>in</strong>e, on the Ass<strong>in</strong>ibo<strong>in</strong>; Fort Dauph<strong>in</strong>,on Lake Manitoba. Besides these he built anotherpost, called Fort Rouge, on the site <strong>of</strong> the city <strong>of</strong>W<strong>in</strong>nipeg; <strong>and</strong>, some time after, another, at themouth <strong>of</strong> the river Poskoiac, or Saskatchewan, neither<strong>of</strong> which, however, was long occupied.These variousforts were only stockade works flanked with blockhouses; but the difficulty <strong>of</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gthem <strong>in</strong> this remote wilderness was <strong>in</strong>calculable.^* M^moire du Sieur de la Vfrendrye au Siijet des JStahlissementspour parvenir a la D€couverte de la Mer de I' Quest.2 M^moire en abr^r/^ de la Carte qui repr^sente les Etahlissementsfails par le Sieur de la Ve'rendrye et ses Enfants (Margry, vi. G16)Carte des Nouvelles D^couvertes dans V Quest du Canada dress^e surles M^moires du Mk de la Ver<strong>and</strong>rie et donnee au D^pot de la Mar<strong>in</strong>epar M. de la Galissonniere, 1750 ; BelUn, Remarques sur la Carte deVAm^rique, 1755; Bouga<strong>in</strong>ville, M^moire sur I'^tat de la Nouvelle<strong>France</strong>, 1757.Most <strong>of</strong> La Ve'rcndrye's forts were st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g the SevenYears' War, <strong>and</strong> were known collectively as Pastes de la Mer deV Quest.

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