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THE CHAMPLAIN
SOCIETY
THE WORKS OF
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
VOLUME I
TORONTO
THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY
Reprinted I 97 I by
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto and Buffalo
Five Hundred and Fifty Copies of this
Volume have been printed. Fifty are
reserved for and Copyright
purposes. The remaining Five Hundred
are supplied only to Members of the
Society and to Subscribing Libraries.
This copy is No. //. <"'3
THE WORKS OF
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
IN SIX VOLUMES
REPRINTED, TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY SIX CANADIAN
SCHOLARS UNDER THE GENERAL EDITORSHIP OF
H. P. BIGGAR
VOLUME I
1599-1607
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
H. H. LANGTON AND w. F. GANONG
THE FRENCH TEXTS COLLATED BY
J. HOME CAMERON
WITH A PORTFOLIO OF PLATES AND MAPS
TORONTO
THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY
1922
The Champlain Society Edition of
The Works of Samuel de Champlain
was originally published
in a limited edition in six volumes and
one portfolio from 1922 to 1936.
It has been reprinted in facsimile
with the authorization of the Society by
University of Toronto Press
1971
All rights reserved
Printed in Canada
ISBN 0-8020-1760-6
CONTENTS
PAGE
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION xiii
PART I.
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xxi
BRIEF NARRATIVE, rsgg-t6oi I
Translated and edited by H. H. LANGTON
PART II.
OF SAVAGES, 16o3 83
Translated and edited by H. H. LANGTON
PART III.
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 193
THE VOYAGES, 1613. BooK I, I6o4-16o7 204
Translated, edited, and illustrated with maps by
w. F. GANONG.
The French texts have been collated and
annotated by J. HoME CAMERON.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
SPECIMEN PAGE OF THE BRIEF DISCOVRS MS. To face p. 3
PLATES I. to LXII. REPRODUCTIONS OF THE
DRAWINGS IN THE BRIEF DISCOYRS (In portfolio}
PLATE LXIII. MAP OF PART OF MEXICO To face p. 4I
TITLE PAGE OF THE DES SAVVAGES (facsimile)
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES DE MONTMORENCY
TITLE PAGE OF LES VOYAGES, 1613 (facsimile)
PLATE LXIV. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT DE
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204
LA HEVE , ,, 237
PLATE LXV. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT DU
ROSSIGNOL , , 237
INSET MAP, CAPE SABLE AND SEAL ISLANDS On page 24I
INSET MAP, ST. MARY BAY

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PLATE LXVI. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT AU
MOUTON Tojacep.251
PLATE LXVII. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT
ROYAL

PLATE LXVIII. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT
DES MINES
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259
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x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
PLATE LXIX. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF RIVER
ST. JOHN . To face p. 268
INSET MAP, STE. CROIX RIVER On page 272
PLATE LXX. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF STE. CROIX
ISLAND . Tojacep.274
PLATE LXXI. CHAMPLAIN'S PLAN OF STE.
CROIX ISLAND SETTLEMENT , , 278
INSET MAP, PENOBSCOT BAY AND RIVER On page 288
INSET MAP, MOUTH OF THE KENNEBEC RIVER , , 315
PLATE LXXII. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF THE
KENNEBEC RIVER Tojacep.321
PLATE LXXIII. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF SACO
RIVER AND BAY , , 330
INSET MAP, CAPE ANN On page 334
PLATE LXXIV. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT
ST. LOUIS. Tojacep.346
INSET MAP, CAPE COD BAY .

On page 347
PLATE LXXV. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF MALLE
BARRE . Tofacep. 358
PLATE LXXVI. CHAMPLAIN'S PICTURE PLAN
OF PORT ROYAL SETTLEMENT
PLATE LXXVII. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF LE
BEAU PORT
PLATE LXXVIII. CHAMPLAIN'S MAP OF PORT
FORTUNE.
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INSET MAP, NANTUCKET SOUND .
On page 425
PLATE LXXIX. CHAMPLAIN'S PICTURE PLAN
OF PORT FORTUNE Tojac1p.428
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS x1
INSET MAP, ALLENS RIVER .
On page 440
PLATE LXXX. CHAMPLAIN'S MS. MAP OF r6o7 (In portfolio)
PLATE LXXXI. CHAMPLAIN'S ENGRAVED MAP
OF I6I2
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PLATE LXXXII. MODERN MAP BY. W. F.
GANONG .
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On plates LXIV-LXXIX, which reproduce Champlain's original
maps and plans, will be found modem drawings of the same
localities by W. F. GANONG.