Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

as an explorer. for he was the first white
man to enter the Mississippi from the
gulf. and he it was who founded Louis
lana. and 1t was his brother who founded
the city OF New Orleans.
Iberville was of family OF warriors
He was born in Montreal in 1862, and was
one Of eleven brothers. All but one, who
died young, served in the wars against
the English. Five died in battle. Two
rose to knighthOod. Tberville at fourteen
was in the navy of France, but it was
not until he was twenty-three years old
that he won distinction. France was at
war with five powers+England, Germany.
Holland, Spain and Savoy-and it would
seem as If Louis XIV had enough to con-
Germ him at home. but he and his minis-
ters thought 1t wise to harass the Eng
lish in America. The French colonists
in Canada had plenty to do to protect
themselves against the Indians. and had
only a sentimental interest in the wars in
Europe, but when King Louis conceived
scheme for expelling the British from
North America they. loyal subjects that
siasm.
Never were people summoned to en-
bark upon wilder or more foolish un-
dertaking. In all Canada there were no
more than 1000 white inhabitants The
British colonists in North America num-
bered $4,000 persons. Not only that. but
England held Hudson bay. a good portion
OF Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. and
all the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to
Florida. To drive the English out OF
Hudson bay. Newfoundland and Nova
Scotia was the first task King Louis as
signed to his people in Canada. Then he
expected them to swoop down upon Bos-
ton and New York by sea and by land
and finish their work. Numbers cut no
figure in the calculations of the French
king. Hardship and death were not taken
into account
The English reaped riches from the pei
tries they got through the trade OF the
Hudson Bay Company. and the fisheries
OF the Newfoundland banks brought
a fine training school for their navy. The
growth of the colonies In New York.
Virginia, the Carolinas and Massachu-
setts vexed him. and he saw In this
growth menace to his Canadian pos
sessions. OF course the king would help
his Canadian subjects in their struggle
with the British. He would send some
ships of war. but the success Of the I'M
dertaking depended on the valor of the
French Canadians alone. for France
seas.
But the French king builded better
than he knew. He had about this time a
fine, gallant man as governor OF New
better representative in Quebec than that
same man, the Count de Frontenac. He
took upon himself the task Louis had as
signed to him. and right worthily did he
strive to fulfill 1t. First, he determined
to wrest Hudson bay from the British.
Then he planned to drive the English out
Of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Next
he intended to march down on New York
by way of the Hudson River valley while
sea force attacked the city and penned
in the inhabitants. Incidental to his at
tack on New York. he had designs on
Boston and the settlements in Connect
cut. First OF all he had to get the Brit
ish out of Canada. and to begin the cam
paign q force was sent in March. 1856. to
capture the three British forts that con-
trolled Hudson bay.