And he has laid
this first stone."
[3] _Recit de Mlle. Magdelaine de Vercheres, agee de 14 ans_
(Collection de l'Abbe Ferland). It appears from Tanguay, _Dictionnaire
Genealogique_, that Marie-Madeleine Jarret de Vercheres was born in
April, 1678, which corresponds to the age given in the _Recit_. She
married Thomas Tarleu de la Naudiere in 1706, and M. de la Perrade, or
Prade, in 1722. Her brother Louis was born in 1680, and was therefore,
as stated in the Recit, twelve years old in 1692. The birthday of the
other, Alexander, is not given. His baptism was registered in 1682.
One of the brothers was killed at the attack of Haverhill, in 1708.
Madame de Ponchartrain, wife of the minister, procured a pension for
life to Madeleine de Vercheres. Two versions of her narrative are
before me. There are slight variations between them, but in all
essential points they are the same. The following note is appended to
one of them: "Ce recit fut fait par ordre de Mr. de Beauharnois,
gouverneur du Canada."
[4] On this expedition, _Narrative of Military Operations in Canada_,
in _N. Y. Col. Docs_., IX. 550; _Relation de ce qui s'est passe de
plus remarquable en Canada_, 1692, 1693; _Callieres au Ministre_, 1
_Sept_., 1693; La Potherie, III.
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