In Attempting A Sketch
Of The Sillery Of Ancient Days, We Cannot Follow A Truer Nor Pleasanter
Guide Than The Old Historian Of Canada In The Interesting Notes He
Published On This Locality In 1855, After Having Minutely Examined Every
Inch Of Ground.
"A year after their arrival at Quebec," says Abbe Ferland,
"in August, 1640, the Hospitalieres nuns, desirous of being
Closer
to the Sillery mission, where they were having their convent built
according to the wishes of the Duchess D'Aiguillon, left Quebec and
located themselves in the house of M. de Puiseaux. They removed from this
house at the beginning of the year 1641 to take possession of their
convent, a mile distant. During that winter no other French inhabitants
resided near them except the missionaries, and they suffered much from
cold and want. But the following year they had the happiness to have in
the neighbourhood a good number of their countrymen. M. de Maisonneuve,
Mlle. Mance, the soldiers and farmers recently arrived from France, took
up their abode at M. de Puiseaux.... They spent the winter there, and paid
us frequent visits, to our mutual satisfaction." [173]
The mission of St. Joseph at Sillery being constantly threatened by the
Five Nations, the Hospitalieres ladies were compelled to leave their
convent and seek refuge in Quebec on the 29th May, 1644, having thus
spent about three years and a half amongst the savages. [174] The locality
where they then resided still goes under the name of "Convent Cove."
"Monsieur Pierre Puiseaux, Sieur de l'habitation de Sainte Foye, after
whom was, called Pointe-a-Pizeau, at Sillery, seems to have been a
personage of no mean importance in his day.
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