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Events from the year '''1725 in [[Canada]]'''.
Events from the year '''1725 in Canada'''.


==Incumbents==
==Incumbents==
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|French Monarch]]: [[Louis XV]]
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|French Monarch]]: [[Louis XV]]<ref>Guéganic (2008), p. 13.</ref>
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|British and Irish Monarch]]: [[George I of Great Britain|George I]]
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|British and Irish Monarch]]: [[George I of Great Britain|George I]]<ref name="dnb">Gibbs, G.&nbsp;C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10538 "George I (1660–1727)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', [[Oxford University Press]], {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/10538}}. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).</ref>


===Governors===
===Governors===
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==Events==
==Events==
* August 27<ref>{{Citation|url =http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32568|title=Chameau information|publisher=www.wrecksite.eu|accessdate=25 April 2015|ref=none}}</ref> - [[French ship Chameau]] sank near Louisbourg.
* August 27 - [[French ship Chameau]] sank near Louisbourg.<ref>{{Citation|url =http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32568|title=Chameau information|publisher=www.wrecksite.eu|access-date=25 April 2015|ref=none}}</ref>
* [[Claude-Thomas Dupuy]] was appointed [[intendant of New France]].
* [[Claude-Thomas Dupuy]] was appointed [[intendant of New France]].
* [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] sends [[Vitus Bering]] to explore the North [[Pacific]].
* [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] sends [[Vitus Bering]] to explore the North [[Pacific]].
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
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==Historical documents==
"No method can be so effectual" - Another call for [[Iroquois#Iroquois Confederacy|Six Nations]] to come into [[Dummer's War|war]] on side of Massachusetts against Indigenous people<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp447-462 755 Letter of Council of Trade and Plantations] (October 8, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021</ref>

[[William Dummer#Western frontier war|Massachusetts leader]]'s update on war alleges Father Rasles refused "to give or take quarter" before [[Sébastien Rale#Battle of Norridgewock|his death]]<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp335-352 "558 Lt. Governor Dummer to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (March 31, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

Long letter of [[Sébastien Rale|Fr. Rasles]] mentions champions, fires, scalps, wounded, plunder, ransom, and "a very great inclination for peace at Boston"<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp425-447 "740 xii Father Rallé to another Priest, Narridgwalk 1/2 2/3rd Aug., 1724"] (translation; "produced by Mr. Dummer," September 30, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

Long letter of [[Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil|Gov. Vaudreuil]] mentions injustice, unreasonableness, pretension, confusion and trouble, sacrifice, threatenings, and cruelty<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp425-447 "740 xiv M. de Vaudreuil to Lt. Governor Dummer, Quebec, Oct. 29, 1724"] (translation; "produced by Mr. Dummer," September 30, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Dummer's reply: [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp425-447 "740 xxv Lt. Governor Dummer to M. de Vaudreuil, Boston, Jan. 19, 1724(5)"] ("produced by Mr. Dummer," September 30, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

[[Elizabeth Hanson (captive of Native Americans)|Murderous kidnappers take New England women and children to Canada]]<ref>[https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-37131055376685D&R=DC-37131055376685D An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Late of Kachecky in New-England(...)] (1787). Accessed 24 March 2021</ref>

[[Île-Royale (New France)|Île-Royale]] governor tells [[Nova Scotia Council#Annapolis Council|Nova Scotia councillors]] that [[Penobscot]] and [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)#Human history|Saint John River]] Indigenous people are "inured to war"<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp413-425 "718 viii Proceedings of Hibbert Newton and Capt. Bradstreet with the Governor of Cape Breton, on Aug. 19th, 1725"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

Indigenous people in Nova Scotia "have shewed some inclinations of peace," but [[Lawrence Armstrong|lieutenant governor]] wants to avoid [[separate peace]]<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp413-425 "718 x Lt. Governor Armstrong to Lt. Govr. Dummer"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

[[Paul Mascarene|Nova Scotia commissioner]] to Boston peace talks with Indigenous people is directed to encourage their intermarriage with British<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp413-425 "718 vi Instructions of Major Paul Mascarene, 31st Aug., 1725(....)"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

Promising peace, four Indigenous delegates sign [[Military history of Nova Scotia#Father Rale's War|treaty]] stating British "jurisdiction and dominion" over Nova Scotia<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/mikmaq/archives/?ID=615&Page=201605000&Transcript=1 "Articles of Submission & Agreements made at Boston(...)"] (December 15, 1725). Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

New France laments loss of [[French ship Chameau|naval ship]] with all hands, death of [[Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil|Gov. Vaudreuil]], and "much regretted" departure of [[Michel Bégon de la Picardière|Intendant Bégon]]<ref>"Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755," The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents[...]; Vol. LIX.; Lower Canada, Illinois, Ottawas; 1667-1669 [sic], pgs. 234-5. Accessed 22 March 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to September, 1725)</ref>

Nova Scotia is "most commodious Colony for the [[Nova Scotia#Economy|fishing trade]]," with "greatest salmon fishery in the world"<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp413-425 "718 xii Observations made by Lt. Governor Armstrong(....)"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

Summary of Nova Scotia events includes [[Acadians#Pre-deportation history|inhabitants]] in 1725 taking oath "to the Government" (by extortion, they say later)<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=159 "Extract from a Letter of Governor Mascarene(...)"] (April 1748), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 159. Accessed 19 February 2021</ref>

[[Île-Royale (New France)|Île-Royale]] governor assures [[Lawrence Armstrong|Nova Scotia lieutenant governor]] that no one supplies arms to Indigenous people (Note: "savage" used)<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=63 Letter of St. Ovide de Brouillan] (translation; Louisbourg, 1725), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 63. Accessed 19 February 2021</ref>

Lt. Gov. Armstrong reports evidence of clandestine trade and secret introduction of "[[Catholic missions#Age of Discovery|Missionary Priest]]" from Île-Royale<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=64 Letter of Lawrence Armstrong] (Canso, December 2, 1725), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 64. Accessed 19 February 2021</ref>

Armstrong to assemble force (including Indigenous from New England) "to humble the vilanous french inhabitants as well as Indians"<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp447-462 759 Letter of Lt. Gov. Armstrong] (Canso, October 24, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021</ref>

[[Samuel Penhallow|Book]] on war with "Eastern Indians" offers "a Narrative of Tragical Incursions perpetrated by Bloody Pagans[...]" (Note: [[Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|racial stereotypes]])<ref>Samuel Penhallow, [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.41462/8?r=0&s=2 The History of the Wars of New-England, With the Eastern Indians] (1726) Accessed 18 March 2021</ref>

Scores of Newfoundland taverns serve [[History of Newfoundland and Labrador#Fishing|fishers]] on credit to point latter "have nothing left to carry them home" at season's end<ref>"757 (a) Commodore Bouler's Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to Trade and Fishery of Newfoundland (October 10, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp447-462 (scroll down to "(xxxix)")</ref>

Newfoundlander's complaint of [[Samuel Gledhill|Placentia commander]]'s assault on himself, wife and daughter, plus extortion (with supporting depositions)<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp352-367 "562 Petition of Thomas Salmon to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (April 6, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725.
Warning to Gledhill to desist:
[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp381-401 "669 Mr. Popple to Lt. Govr. Gledhill"] (June 24, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725.
Gledhill's reply to warning:
[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp447-462 "753 Lt. Governor Gledhill to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (October 3, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021</ref>

Scheme to put 100 [[Blockhouse#Age of exploration|blockhouses]] at back of colonies from Nova Scotia to South Carolina to prevent Indigenous attack<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp381-401 "663 Galfridus Gray to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (June 20, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021</ref>

Photograph: 1725 [[Kahnawake#Location|Kahnawake]] fortification wall<ref>[http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=MP-0000.115.7&idImage=149817 "Children at remains of fortification wall of 1725, Kahnawake, QC, about 1910"] McCord Museum. Accessed 19 March 2021</ref>


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"No method can be so effectual" - Another call for Six Nations to come into war on side of Massachusetts against Indigenous people[4]

Massachusetts leader's update on war alleges Father Rasles refused "to give or take quarter" before his death[5]

Long letter of Fr. Rasles mentions champions, fires, scalps, wounded, plunder, ransom, and "a very great inclination for peace at Boston"[6]

Long letter of Gov. Vaudreuil mentions injustice, unreasonableness, pretension, confusion and trouble, sacrifice, threatenings, and cruelty[7]

Murderous kidnappers take New England women and children to Canada[8]

Île-Royale governor tells Nova Scotia councillors that Penobscot and Saint John River Indigenous people are "inured to war"[9]

Indigenous people in Nova Scotia "have shewed some inclinations of peace," but lieutenant governor wants to avoid separate peace[10]

Nova Scotia commissioner to Boston peace talks with Indigenous people is directed to encourage their intermarriage with British[11]

Promising peace, four Indigenous delegates sign treaty stating British "jurisdiction and dominion" over Nova Scotia[12]

New France laments loss of naval ship with all hands, death of Gov. Vaudreuil, and "much regretted" departure of Intendant Bégon[13]

Nova Scotia is "most commodious Colony for the fishing trade," with "greatest salmon fishery in the world"[14]

Summary of Nova Scotia events includes inhabitants in 1725 taking oath "to the Government" (by extortion, they say later)[15]

Île-Royale governor assures Nova Scotia lieutenant governor that no one supplies arms to Indigenous people (Note: "savage" used)[16]

Lt. Gov. Armstrong reports evidence of clandestine trade and secret introduction of "Missionary Priest" from Île-Royale[17]

Armstrong to assemble force (including Indigenous from New England) "to humble the vilanous french inhabitants as well as Indians"[18]

Book on war with "Eastern Indians" offers "a Narrative of Tragical Incursions perpetrated by Bloody Pagans[...]" (Note: racial stereotypes)[19]

Scores of Newfoundland taverns serve fishers on credit to point latter "have nothing left to carry them home" at season's end[20]

Newfoundlander's complaint of Placentia commander's assault on himself, wife and daughter, plus extortion (with supporting depositions)[21]

Scheme to put 100 blockhouses at back of colonies from Nova Scotia to South Carolina to prevent Indigenous attack[22]

Photograph: 1725 Kahnawake fortification wall[23]

References

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  1. ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. ^ Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
  3. ^ Chameau information, www.wrecksite.eu, retrieved 25 April 2015
  4. ^ 755 Letter of Council of Trade and Plantations (October 8, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021
  5. ^ "558 Lt. Governor Dummer to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (March 31, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  6. ^ "740 xii Father Rallé to another Priest, Narridgwalk 1/2 2/3rd Aug., 1724" (translation; "produced by Mr. Dummer," September 30, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  7. ^ "740 xiv M. de Vaudreuil to Lt. Governor Dummer, Quebec, Oct. 29, 1724" (translation; "produced by Mr. Dummer," September 30, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Dummer's reply: "740 xxv Lt. Governor Dummer to M. de Vaudreuil, Boston, Jan. 19, 1724(5)" ("produced by Mr. Dummer," September 30, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  8. ^ An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Late of Kachecky in New-England(...) (1787). Accessed 24 March 2021
  9. ^ "718 viii Proceedings of Hibbert Newton and Capt. Bradstreet with the Governor of Cape Breton, on Aug. 19th, 1725" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  10. ^ "718 x Lt. Governor Armstrong to Lt. Govr. Dummer" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  11. ^ "718 vi Instructions of Major Paul Mascarene, 31st Aug., 1725(....)" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  12. ^ "Articles of Submission & Agreements made at Boston(...)" (December 15, 1725). Accessed 22 March 2021
  13. ^ "Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755," The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents[...]; Vol. LIX.; Lower Canada, Illinois, Ottawas; 1667-1669 [sic], pgs. 234-5. Accessed 22 March 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to September, 1725)
  14. ^ "718 xii Observations made by Lt. Governor Armstrong(....)" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  15. ^ "Extract from a Letter of Governor Mascarene(...)" (April 1748), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 159. Accessed 19 February 2021
  16. ^ Letter of St. Ovide de Brouillan (translation; Louisbourg, 1725), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 63. Accessed 19 February 2021
  17. ^ Letter of Lawrence Armstrong (Canso, December 2, 1725), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 64. Accessed 19 February 2021
  18. ^ 759 Letter of Lt. Gov. Armstrong (Canso, October 24, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021
  19. ^ Samuel Penhallow, The History of the Wars of New-England, With the Eastern Indians (1726) Accessed 18 March 2021
  20. ^ "757 (a) Commodore Bouler's Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to Trade and Fishery of Newfoundland (October 10, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp447-462 (scroll down to "(xxxix)")
  21. ^ "562 Petition of Thomas Salmon to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (April 6, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Warning to Gledhill to desist: "669 Mr. Popple to Lt. Govr. Gledhill" (June 24, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Gledhill's reply to warning: "753 Lt. Governor Gledhill to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (October 3, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 23 March 2021
  22. ^ "663 Galfridus Gray to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (June 20, 1725), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 22 March 2021
  23. ^ "Children at remains of fortification wall of 1725, Kahnawake, QC, about 1910" McCord Museum. Accessed 19 March 2021
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