1740 in Canada
Events from the year 1740 in Canada. Historical documents. Description of making and using Mi'kmaw canoes, both moosehide (in past) and birchbark currently used Woman in Montreal who needs money sells enslaved 20-year-old Pawnee named Manon for 300 livres "in receipts from the Beaver trade" In spring and summer, Joseph La France canoes Rainy Lake and Lake of the Woods, meeting Monsoni Ojibwe and "Sturgeon Indians" Suffering from gout, Jesuit ministers to Indigenous people, parish of 400 and distant members of his flock near Montreal (Note: "savages" used) Council president Paul Mascarene "notifies the Indians  and inhabitants" of Nova Scotia that King has declared war on King of Spain To preserve "Indulgence they have heitherto Enjoyed," Acadians are reminded to conform to government orders and decisions Mascarene letter (summary) ends with warning to Acadians to be loyal or face reaction that "will involve the innocent with the guilty" Acadian deputies to handle "restless spirits" so that "community may not make itself suspected, and avoid the ruin which may overtake it" Mascarene specifies some civil service roles, and is concerned that in "these thirty years past," Protestants have not peopled Nova Scotia Handling Acadians' need for  new land when it is allowed only to Protestants means letting them take land anyway or expelling them Fearing unauthorized priest will direct when "a stroke" is to be given their government, Council decides his community must expel him Priests forbidden to excommunicate "Whereby to Deprive His Majesty's Subjects[...]of Assistance or means To Procure their Livelyhood" Mascarene advises missionary priest of King's supremacy over both Catholic Church and his conduct in Nova Scotia Mascarene reports that some shippers into and out of Nova Scotia are not clearing with port authorities "Succeeded far above our Expectations" - "Indian trade  at Oswego has undercut prices at Montreal by half and increased trade fivefold Be always on your Guard" - Hudson's Bay Company urges Bay staff to be prepared for (probably unlikely) attack by Spanish Given war with Spain and perhaps France, chief factor at Prince of Wales Fort cancels next year's northern expedition in order to augment defences