Canada (1535-1913): A History Source Book

This book is a collection of excerpts from historical documents from the very first days of Canada's colonisation and up to 1913. Contents:1. A GREAT LAND OF RIVERS AND LAKES Speech by Lord Dufferin 2. JACQUES CARTIER AT HOCHELAGA, 1535 Lescarbot's "History"3. THE FRENCH SETTLEMENT AT ST. CROIX, 1604 "" 4. "THE ANCIENT MARINER," 1631-2 T. James's "Voyage" 5. TWO ENGLISH EXPLORERS IN HUDSON BAY, 1631 "The North-West Fox" 6. THE BIRTHDAY OF MONTREAL, 1642 F. Parkman 17. GOVERNOR FRONTENAC LEADS THE WAR-DANCE, 1690 " 8. MADELAINE DE VERCH?RES, 1696 Her Own Narrative 9. THE FRENCH CANADIANS, 1737 (IN FRENCH) Memoir by G. Hocquart 10. THE "WHITE" MEN OF THE PRAIRIES, 1738 La V?rendrye's "Journal" 11. THE EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANS, 1755 Lieut.-Gov. Lawrence's Circular Letter 12. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA, 1757-60 H. Walpole's "Letters" 13. THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC, 1759 "GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 14. WOLFE'S DIFFICULTIES, 1759 "" 15. THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, 1759 Capt. J. Knox's "Journal" 16. THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC UNDER THE BRITISH, 1763-74 Shortt and Doughty's "Const. Docts." 17. THE COPPERMINE RIVER, 1771 S. Hearne's "Journey" 18. THE QUEBEC ACT, 1774 Shortt and Doughty's "Const. Docts." 19. ONE OF THE LOYALISTS, 1783 Transactions of U.E. Loyalists' Association 20. THE MACKENZIE RIVER, 1789 Sir A. Mackenzie's "Voyages" 21. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT, 1791 Shortt and Doughty's "Const. Docts." 22. TO THE PACIFIC OVERLAND, 1793 Sir A. Mackenzie's "Voyages" 23. A SERVANT OF THE NORTH-WEST COMPANY, 1800 Masson's "Bourgeois du Nord-Ouest" 24. THE BEAVER, 1807 G. Heriot's "Travels" 25. A RAPID ON THE FRASER RIVER, 1808 Masson's "Bourgeois du Nord-Ouest" 26. LAURA SECORD, 1813 Her Own Narrative 27. LUNDY'S LANE, 1814 "The Annual Register" 28. ATTACK ON LORD SELKIRK'S COLONY, 1816 A "Statement" published in 1817 29. PROPOSED UNION OF THE CANADAS, 1822 Canadian Archives Report, 1897 30. THE FOUNDING OF GUELPH (ONTARIO), 1827 The Autobiography of John Galt 31. SAM SLICK CRITICISES THE "BLUENOSES," 1836 T. C. Haliburton's "The Clockmaker" 32. A STRUGGLE NOT OF PRINCIPLES BUT OF RACES, 1838 Sir C. Lucas's edition of Lord Durham's Report 33. THE FRENCH CANADIANS IN 1838 Sir C. Lucas's edition of Lord Durham's Report 34. THE IRRESPONSIBLE OPPOSITION IN LOWER CANADA, 1838 Sir C. Lucas's edition of Lord Durham's Report 35. DURHAM'S RECOMMENDATIONS Sir C. Lucas's edition of Lord Durham's Report 36. DURHAM RESIGNS AND APPEALS TO PUBLIC OPINION 1839 edition of the "Report and Despatches"37. THE EVILS OF THE OLD COLONIAL SYSTEM, 1839 J. Howe's "Letters and Public Speeches" 38. THE BENEFITS OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT J. Howe's "Letters and Public Speeches" 39. THE UNION ACT, 1840 Houston's "Documents" 40. EDMONTON IN 1841 Sir G. Simpson's "Journey" 41. THE MOHAWK INDIANS IN ONTARIO, 1842 J. R. Godley's "Letters from America" 42. THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR, 1854 Elgin's "Letters and Journals" 43-45. THE CONFEDERATION DEBATES, 1865 Debates in the Parliament of Canada 46. THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867 Egerton's "Federations and Unions" 47. THE WORK OF THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY (TO 1869) Paper by Lord Strathcona 48. RED RIVER REBELLION, 1870 Lord Wolseley's "Story of a Soldier's Life" 49. ENTERING THE ROCKIES, 1872 "Ocean to Ocean," by G. M. Grant 50. THE DESTINY OF CANADA (1873) "Ocean to Ocean," by G. M. Grant51. TARIFF REFORM IN CANADA IN 1876 Speech by Sir J. A. Macdonald 52. PRAIRIE GREYHOUNDS (SINCE 1885) Poem by E. Pauline Johnson 53. LAURIER'S TRIBUTE TO MACDONALD, 1891 Speech in Canadian House of Commons 54. CANADIAN TROOPS IN THE BOER WAR, 1900 Speech in Canadian House of Commons 55. PIONEERS OF THE RAILWAY, 1910 Talbot's "Making of a Great Canadian Railway"