Be that as it may, the stone mason and savant Jean Guion had refused
to do feudal homage to "Monsieur de Beauport," and on the 30th July,
1640, six years after the date of the inscription, under sentence
rendered by Governor de Montmagny, he was made to do so.
Who will decipher the I.H.S. - M.I.A. the letters at the top of the
plate? Is there no defendant of the haughty Seignior of Beauport, Rob.
Gifart, to give us his biography, and tell us of his sporting days; of
the black and grey ducks, brant, widgeon, teal, snipe, and curlew,
etc., which infested the marshy banks of the stream - the Ruisseau de
l'Ours, on which he had located, first his shooting box, and
afterwards his little fort or block-house, against Iroquois
aggression? Dr. Gifart was a keen sportsman, tradition repeats. Did
the locality get the name of Canardiere on account of the Canards,
the ducks, he had bagged in his time? Who will enlighten us on all
these points?
ENQUIRER.
Quebec, 8th April, 1881.
QUERY. - Would I. H. S. stand for Jesus Hominum Salvator? and M.I.A.
for Maria-Josephus-Anna? - the Holy Family - asks Dr W. Marsden.
COUNT D'ORSONNENS LETTER
A monsieur J. M. LeMoine, president de la Societe Litteraire et
Historique de Quebec, etc., etc, etc.
CHER MONSIEUR,. - Votre lettre du 1er avril, publiee dans le Morning
Chronicle, en groupant, autour du premier Manoir canadien, des
grands noms canadiens, des faits historiques et des traditions, semble
vouloir nous faire regretter encore plus la perte d'un monument dont
il ne reste plus qu'une plaque de plomb gravee sans art, avec une
inscription sans orthographe.
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