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Buade*, Comte de Frontenac, were carefully briefed by the Marquis de Seignelay, Colbert’s son, who was now in charge of Canadian affairs, on the manner in which they must discharge their new
 
militia at Ville-Marie, gave evidence in an inquiry launched by Buade* de Frontenac, the object of which was to
 
had been captured in the Bay of Fundy, was sent to Quebec by the governor of Acadia, Joseph Robinau* de Villebon. Frontenac
 
. 7 Nov. 1729 at Quebec. Martel came to Canada in 1672 as a soldier in the personal guard of Governor Frontenac
 
de La Malgue set out from Fort Frontenac in 1682 to go among the Iroquois, in order to make inquiries “about the death of one of the important members of the Seneca tribe, murdered among the
 
in 1689. Buade* de Frontenac immediately appointed him first corporal of his guards, and two years later granted
 
24 Dec. 1693, which was concluded before Frontenac [Buade*], the protector of the Recollets, for
 
permission, Jacques returned to France in 1693 to request letters of pardon. Considering that he received support from Frontenac
 
. Baptiste was married several times. About 1693 he evidently married Madeleine Bourg at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.). However, Frontenac
 
post of midshipman at Rochefort the following year. He is said to have participated as captain in the 1696 expedition led by Frontenac
Lahontan left Montreal by canoe in the advance party led by Captain Dutast, and arrived at Fort Frontenac (Cataracoui) in mid-July. He witnessed the ill-fated negotiations at Arise de La Famine (Mexico
 
. 1694 with Buade* de Frontenac as godfather). This additional responsibility goaded Levasseur to make constant demands
 
Buade* de Frontenac’s campaign against the Onondagas in 1696, and a captain in the colonial regular troops on 12 May 1697. On 11 Nov. 1702
Buade* de Frontenac granted him Île-aux-Coudres as a fief and seigneury. As Étienne de Lessard did not intend to establish settlers there, he sold it for 100 livres to
 
Buade* de Frontenac port captain of Quebec. He had volunteered “to be responsible for preventing the said port from being befouled by the great amount of filth thrown into it by various individuals
 
in contact with his friends in Canada, particularly with Buade* de Frontenac, who gave him news of the colony in a
 
Buade* de Frontenac took him along on his 1673 expedition to the pays d’en haut. Later, in 1686, Lenoir was to take part in another official expedition, that led by the Chevalier de
 
the fishing industry, farming, settlement, and soldiering. On 24 Oct. 1676 Buade* de Frontenac granted him
 
. Leneuf became a sub-lieutenant in 1690. In May 1691, on Buade* de Frontenac’s orders, he went by boat from Quebec
 
ensign, and for the rest of his life was prominent in military affairs. After 1690 most of his career was spent in the western country. He was at Fort Frontenac in 1689, however, and assisted in an attack
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