EXPEDITION OF DE MONTS.

     Soon after the return of this expedition a new company was formed, at the head of which was Sieur Henri de Monts, who received a royal commission as the King's lieutenant in Canada and adjacent countries, with the special object of exploring the ill-defined region called "La Cadie," now known as Nova Scotia.  Champlain was a member of this expedition also.  In June, 1604, they sailed into the beautiful harbor of Port Royal, which Champlain called "the most commodious and pleasant place that we had yet seen on the continent."  De Monts and his associates explored the Bay of Fundy and discovered the St. John and St. Croix rivers, Champlain remained three years in Acadia, making explorations and surveys of the southern coast of Nova Scotia, of the shores of the Bay of Fundy and the coast of New England, from the St. Croix to Vineyard Sound, De Monts, after an unsuccessful attempt to effect a settlement on the St. Croix, removed his colony in the spring to the banks of hte Annapolis, where he founded the city of that name.

ESTABLISHMENT OF MISSIONS.

FIRST ENGLISH OPPOSITION.

ATTACKS BY THE INDIANS.

EXPLORATION OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE MISSISSIPPI.

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