Courcelles, Daniel de Rémy, Sieur de

Governor of Canada, 1665-1672. His tenure of office marked by an unsucce ful expedition against the Iroquois, and a long and acrimonious dispute with Laval and the Jesuits. The Marquis de Tracy was viceroy over all the French po e ions in America during a portion of the governorship of De Courcelles; and Talon was twice intendant of New France during the same period. Index : F Governor of Canada, 50; arrives at Quebec, 51; moves against Iroquois, 52; character, 54; expedition to Cataraqui, 59; recalled, 60. L Appointed governor, 51; stands godfather to converted Iroquois chief, 65; arrival of, 79; his high character, 81; executes justice on certain murderers, 82, 83; leads expedition as far as Cataraqui, 83; plans erection of a fort at that point, 84; returns to France, 143. Bib. : Douglas, Old France in the New World ; Parkman, Old Régime ; Sulte, Régiment de Carignan (R.S.C., 1902).