1747 in Canada

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Events from the year 1747 in Canada.

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Louisbourg fell because of French failings that should not be expected to happen again, and peace will likely see it returned to France [7]

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"Seems to be a degree of treason" - Trade carried on with impunity from Rhode Island, New York and Philadelphia with New France [8]

From as far away as Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin fears seeming weakness of British will turn Six Nations and other Indigenous against them [9]

New England troops at Minas defeated but parolled in Winter 1747 by French, whose supporting fleet from France is destroyed in May [10]

Referring to Sable Island cranberries, author calls that fruit "a most exquisitely agreeable acid sauce for all roast meats" [11]

Thousands of caribou cross Hayes River, though they have been scarce because Indigenous people kill females before their calves are born [12]

"Both Factory Servants and Indians" hunt geese in "Goose Moon" (new moon nearest March 25) in swamps along Hudson Bay [13]

"The Indians do not express so much Art in any thing, as they do in the Make of these Canoes[, and] are very dexterous in the Use" [14]

Beliefs held by Hudson Bay region Indigenous people, including those that lead them to attack Inuit and other peoples [15]

"The Flesh of the Buffalo tasted of Musk" - Northwest Passage seekers shoot muskox bull, and ill crewmen feel better after eating it [16]

Intendant Hocquart donates building materials for new Tadoussac church, and priest agrees to celebrate mass every St. Anne's Day for him [17]

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References

  1. Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. "Biography – BARRIN DE LA GALISSONIÈRE, ROLAND-MICHEL, Marquis de LA GALISSONIÈRE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  4. "Biography – DUCKWORTH, Sir JOHN THOMAS – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  5. "Biography – GALE, SAMUEL (1747-1826) – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  6. "Heritage History - Homeschool History Curriculum". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  7. "All Queen Ann's War" The Case Re-stated; or an Examine of a late Pamphlet, Intitled, The State of the Nation for the Year 1747, etc. (December 31, 1747), pgs. 43-4. Accessed 28 October 2021 (See other expressions that victory was not to be expected; also see "English bad negotiators, and why")
  8. William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 307. Accessed 2 November 2021
  9. (Benjamin Franklin), Plain Truth (November 17, 1747), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 3 November 2021 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0091 (scroll down to "And is our Country")
  10. William Douglass, "His design was to quarter at Minas" A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pgs. 324-6. (See also French account (in English) of battle) Accessed 2 November 2021
  11. William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 335. Accessed 2 November 2021
  12. Caribou migration (March 1747), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 17. (See Indigenous ways of hunting caribou) Accessed 28 October 2021
  13. Goose hunting An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 30. Accessed 28 October 2021
  14. Birchbark canoes An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 37-9. Accessed 28 October 2021
  15. "We are now speaking of these People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 40-7 ff. (continued from "Krick Indians") Accessed 28 October 2021
  16. "Some of the Boats People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 260. Accessed 29 October 2021
  17. Journal of Father Coquart (1747), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 November 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to Page 137)

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