Enter+the+Europeans


 * __Enter the Europeans __**

The first white man to see the state of Vermont was a French fur trader and explorer named Samuel de Champla in. He had been a l eader of a band of Frenchmen who se ttled the cit y of Q ueb ec, in Canada the year before. Champlain made friends with <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the **Algonquin** **Indians**. They <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">told him <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ab <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">out <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a very <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">fine <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lake, they called Petowbowk Lake, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">which <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">was some <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">distance <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">southwest of <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Queb <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ec. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Champlain w <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ished to <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">see this <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lake. He <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">asked the Native Americans <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">if <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">they <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">would guide him through the woods. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">He <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">promised that <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">if they <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">would show him the way, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he would help <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">them fight any <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">their <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">enemies. The <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Natives <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">said <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">that some of the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">enemies <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lived in the valley near the lake.

<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">As <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">far as we <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">know, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">trip <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">was <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">taken <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">by boat down <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Richelieu River from Quebec, with no sign of danger. It is believed that on July 4, <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">1 <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">609, Champlain saw <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">beautiful lake the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Native Americans <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">had told <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">him <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">bout. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">He also <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">saw <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he mountain <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">range <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">which we call the Green Mountains. He and h <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">is <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Algonquinfriend <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">s spe <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">nt about 3 weeks sail <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">i <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ng <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">o <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n t <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lake. He <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">named the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lake <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">own <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">me, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and even <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">today <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">it <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">is <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ca <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lled <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Lake <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Champlain.

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Whi <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">le exploring downthe lake, Champlain saw no sign <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the Native American settlements he <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">had <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">expe <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">cted <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to see. But <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">one <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">evening <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">near <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the foot of <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lake, he <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his friends <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">met <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">band <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">nemy <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Native Americans <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">. Th <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ese <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Native Americans were <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">part of <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">powerful tribe <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">named the ** Iroqu oi s ** <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">There were <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">three <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">times <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">as <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">many Iroquois <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">as Champlain <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">had <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">men! They saw <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">small group of white men <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">nd prepared to <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">fight <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he ne <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">x <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">day. T <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Iroquois <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">thou <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">g <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ht it <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">would <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">be <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">an <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">eas <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">y f <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">i <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">g <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ht. <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Bu <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t Champl <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">in <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his men had <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">gun <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">s, called <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">** mus kets ** <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">wh <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ic <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">h the Ir <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">oquois <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">had <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ne <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ve <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">r <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">seen. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Iroquo <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">i <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">s <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ran <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">awa <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">y <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">in <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">f <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ri <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">g <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ht, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">leaving about 50 <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Native Americans <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">behind. Champlain an <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">d <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">his friends <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">took som <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of the Iroquois prisoners back to Quebec with <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">them.

<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">This battle seems to be the story o <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">f <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">just <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a li <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ttle fight <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">w <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ith <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the Native Americans. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">But <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">it was very important, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">because <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Iroquois <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">were NEVER to <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">forgive <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the Fr <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">c <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">h. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">They <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lwa <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ys <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">helped <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the Engl <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ish <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">in fighting <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the French to <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">se <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">who would rule North Ameri <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ca <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Of course, Champlain <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">'s <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Ind <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ian <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">frien <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ds, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">A <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">l <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">gonquin’s, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">helped the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">French. But <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">h <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">I <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">roquois <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">we <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">re a <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">b <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">raver and <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">stro <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">nger group. Maybe thi <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">s <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">is why, many <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">y <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ears <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">later, <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">English w <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">o <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">all of <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">France’s claims to North America. Perhaps this <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">little battle of Champlain helped decided who would win.

<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Champlain <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">made <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">map of his <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">dis <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">co <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">veries. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">He called the lake, Lake Champlain. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">He <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">named the mountain <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">s <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">that he had <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">seen "Verd <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Mont” which are <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">French words <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">for <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Green Mountains. It is <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">said <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">that he <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ls <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">o <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">named <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a river whi <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">c <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">h flowed into <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">he <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lake "La <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Mouette”. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">This <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">is <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">French <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">word for gull, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">there were many gulls at the mouth of <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">r <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">i <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ver. But when the map was copied in France, the mapmaker <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">fo <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">rgot <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">c <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ross <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t’s, <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">nd <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">so <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">river has <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">com <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">down to <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">us nam <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ed <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Lamoi <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ll <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e.

<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Champlain went back <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">o <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Quebec, and he <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">never returned <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Vermont. But because he <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">had <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">been here, the <span style="color: #686868; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">F <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">rench claimed allof western Vermont. <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">It <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">was <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">fifty <span style="color: #7a7a7a; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">seven <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">years later, 1666, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">when <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the F <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">rench sent <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">about 300 <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">soldier <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">s <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to build <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">fort. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">They built For <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">St. Anne on <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">I <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">sle <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">L <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Motte. Some of the French were traders who received furs from the Abnaki in exchange for wool blankets, metal pots, and guns. Along with the traders came **missionaries.** They taught the Abenaki about the Catholic religion and tried to make the Native Americans give up their traditional beliefs. Settlers disrupted the Abenaki way of life.

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Without meaning to, the newcomers brought deadly germs. Unlike the Europeans, the Abenaki had never been exposed to smallpox, measles, cholera, and some other diseases. Nothing the Abenaki healers did could make their people well, and many of the Indians died. The <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> fort was abandoned in 1679, ending Vermont’s first white settlement.

<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Although the fort did not last very long, the French built other forts on the lake and the King of France granted <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">large <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">pieces of lan <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">d <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to French <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">o <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">bl <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">m <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n. These <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">landl <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">or <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ds <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">agreed <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">have <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">thei <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">r <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">grants <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">se <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">led <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and to <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">gover <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">n the people <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">w <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">h <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">o came <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">from Fran <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ce <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">to work <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">land.

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The French settlements were not a great success. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">largest <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">of the French settlements was at Chimney Point, on <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Lake <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Champlain. <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">With <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">the fort <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">as <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">protection, for <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">abou <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">t 30 years as many as 300 men, women <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">and <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">c <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">h <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">i <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">l <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">dren <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">lived in the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">v <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">illage, <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">until <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">they <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">wer <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">driven <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">out <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">in <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">1759. <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">When the <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">French left <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">they <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">burn <span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">e <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">d <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">down <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">all of <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">their <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">bui <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ldings rather <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">than <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">let anyone else have them. Only <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">some <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">chimneys outl <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">ined <span style="font-family: "georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">against the sky, remained to give Chimney Point its name.

<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Information included from: <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">__Uniquely Vermont__ by Emily Raabe <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16px;">__Vermont__ by Learner Publications Company