From the commencement to the close of its existence BY ROBERT CHRISTIE. IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. IV. MONTREAL: RICHARD WORTHINGTON, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER. 1866. Entered, according to act of the Provincial Legislature, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfive, for the protection of copy rights in this Province, by RICHARD WORTHINGTON, in the office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada. August 1865. 771 C-H Hist-Amer Hord 8.27-41 43684 NOTICE. It was originally my intention that this compilation should consist of only three volumes, but here, however, is the fourth, which, notwithstanding every desire to compress the whole matter into the smallest possible space and to close the undertaking, only reaches to the autumn of 1837, including the affairs of St. Denis, St. Charles, and Moore's Corner, extinguishing the Rebellion, of that year, South of the St. Lawrence. That of St. Eustache, with its incidents, and the events of the three following years, with a copious Appendix of very interesting papers, for the most part not hitherto published, will constitute the fifth and final volume. The number and length of the various parliamentary, official, and other public documents and records, necessary to the right and full understanding of affairs, and which, as such, could not with propriety be omitted, have distended the work to its present overgrown bulk. I am very sensible that the perusal of a large portion of it will be found dry and heavy, if not absolutely a pennance, to the reader who will have the courage to undertake it, and consequently little relished by most readers, particularly those already acquainted with the matters related. But it is to be remembered always, that the principal object of this work is |