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- D’Iberville becomes a freebooter. Marauding around the Nelson River, he captures two English ships. These seizures allow him to avoid starvation and to resupply Fort Monsoni. When he returns to Québec by sea near the end of October 1687, his ship is overloaded with furs and English merchandise.
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Sep 16, 2022 · In 1687, Iberville took command of the fast-sailing craft Soliel d’Afrique with orders to collect furs on behalf of the Company of the North. A year later, the governor of New France made Iberville commander-in-chief of all French posts on Hudson Bay.
Jan 21, 2008 · Iberville's fierce courage and ruthlessness were forged in a context of desperate colonial competition and savage border wars. In 1690, he took part in a brutal guerrilla attack on Corlaer, New England. During the attack, some 60 settlers were massacred.
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville [a] (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) [1] [2] or Sieur d'Iberville [a] was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French colonist parents.
- Iberville’S Background
- Outward Bound
- Capture of The HBC Posts
- Protecting The Prizes
Iberville was born in 1661, the third son of Charles Le Moyne and his wife Catherine Primot. Le Moyne had been among the original settlers of Ville Marie (present-day Montreal), gaining renown as a guide and for his exploits in defending the nascent settlement from the scourge of the Iroquois. He subsequently entered the fur trade, employing his bu...
The little army departed from Ville Marie in the early spring of 1686. They began the 800 mile journey on sleds, dragging 35 canoes that they would use as soon as the waterways were sufficiently clear of ice. Travelling up the Ottawa River, they passed Lake Temiscaming and Lake Abitibi, then proceeded north on the Abitibi and Moose Rivers to James ...
HBC had established three trading posts at the bottom of James Bay: Albany Fort, Moose Factory and Rupert House. Moose Factory, located equidistant between the other two, was attacked first. The post possessed formidable defenses, but they were positioned to repel attacks from the sea. Furthermore, since neither friend nor foe could reach the Bay b...
Shortly after capturing Albany Fort, Troyes and most of his army began the march back to Quebec. Iberville and 40 other Canadians remained to secure the captured posts and the 50,000 pelts they contained. Iberville finally departed for Quebec in the spring of 1687, but returned later that year aboard a French frigate with orders to bring out the ca...
Iberville’s career in the service of France in America began in 1686, when he, along with two of his brothers, Jacques*, Sieur de Sainte-Hélène and Paul, Sieur de Maricourt, took part in an expedition against the English posts of the Hudson Bay region.
D'Iberville, after wintering over in the north, made his way first to Quebec, and then France. There he was given command of the Soleil d'Afrique , with which he returned to Hudson Bay in 1687 to recover the furs that had been seized during the expedition.
