The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis

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by Joseph A. Altsheler




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  THE SUN OF QUEBEC

  A STORY OF A GREAT CRISIS

  BY

  JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

  AUTHOR OF "LORDS OF THE WILD," "THE GREAT SIOUX TRAIL," ETC.

  APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS, INC. NEW YORK

  COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

  _All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publishers._

  Copyright, 1947, by Sallie B. Altsheler

  Printed in the United States of America

  FOREWORD

  "The Sun of Quebec" is the sixth and closing volume of the French andIndian War Series of which the predecessors have been "The Hunters ofthe Hills," "The Shadow of the North," "The Rulers of the Lakes," "TheMasters of the Peaks," and "The Lords of the Wild." The importantcharacters in the earlier books reappear, and the mystery in the life ofRobert Lennox, the central figure in all the romances, is solved.

  CHARACTERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES

  ROBERT LENNOX A lad of unknown origin

  TAYOGA A young Onondaga warrior

  DAVID WILLET A hunter

  RAYMOND LOUIS DE ST. LUC A brilliant French officer

  AGUSTE DE COURCELLES A French officer

  FRANCOIS DE JUMONVILLE A French officer

  LOUIS DE GALISONNIERE A young French officer

  JEAN DE MEZY A corrupt Frenchman

  ARMAND GLANDELET A young Frenchman

  PIERRE BOUCHER A bully and bravo

  PHILIBERT DROUILLARD A French priest

  THE MARQUIS DUQUESNE Governor-General of Canada

  MARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL Governor-General of Canada

  FRANCOIS BIGOT Intendant of Canada

  MARQUIS DE MONTCALM French commander-in-chief

  DE LEVIS A French general

  BOURLAMAQUE A French general

  BOUGAINVILLE A French general

  ARMAND DUBOIS A follower of St. Luc

  M. DE CHATILLARD An old French Seigneur

  CHARLES LANGLADE A French partisan

  THE DOVE The Indian wife of Langlade

  TANDAKORA An Ojibway chief

  DAGANOWEDA A young Mohawk chief

  HENDRICK An old Mohawk chief

  BRADDOCK A British general

  ABERCROMBIE A British general

  WOLFE A British general

  COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON Anglo-American leader

  MOLLY BRANT Col. Wm. Johnson's Indian wife

  JOSEPH BRANT Young brother of Molly Brant, afterward the great Mohawk chief, Thayendanegea

  ROBERT DINWIDDIE Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia

  WILLIAM SHIRLEY Governor of Massachusetts

  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Famous American patriot

  JAMES COLDEN A young Philadelphia captain

  WILLIAM WILTON A young Philadelphia lieutenant

  HUGH CARSON A young Philadelphia lieutenant

  JACOBUS HUYSMAN An Albany burgher

  CATERINA Jacobus Huysman's cook

  ALEXANDER MCLEAN An Albany schoolmaster

  BENJAMIN HARDY A New York merchant

  JOHNATHAN PILLSBURY Clerk to Benjamin Hardy

  ADRIAN VAN ZOON A New York merchant

  THE SLAVER A nameless rover

  ACHILLE GARAY A French spy

  ALFRED GROSVENOR A young English officer

  JAMES CABELL A young Virginian

  WALTER STUART A young Virginian

  BLACK RIFLE A famous "Indian fighter"

  ELIHU STRONG A Massachusetts colonel

  ALAN HERVEY A New York financier

  STUART WHITE Captain of the British sloop, _Hawk_

  JOHN LATHAM Lieutenant of the British sloop, _Hawk_

  EDWARD CHARTERIS A young officer of the Royal Americans

  ZEBEDEE CRANE A young scout and forest runner

  ROBERT ROGERS Famous Captain of American Rangers

 

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