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==History==
==History==
[[France|French]] explorer and navigator [[Jacques Cartier]], while travelling and charting the [[Saint Lawrence River]], reached the village of Stadacona in July 1534.<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 92.</ref> At the time, the village chief was [[Donnacona]], who showed Cartier five scalps taken in their war with the [[Toudaman]], a neighbouring people who had attacked one of their forts the previous spring, killing 200 inhabitants. Despite efforts by the people of the village, Cartier seized some inhabitants and their chief,<ref>Nelles H.V.. "A Little History of Canada". Don Mills, Ontario. 2005, p. 20.</ref> but later released Donnacona, who agreed for his two sons, Taignoagny and Domagaya,<ref>Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.</ref> to return with Cartier to France for a year.<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 92.</ref>
[[France|French]] explorer and navigator [[Jacques Cartier]], while travelling and charting the [[Saint Lawrence River]], reached the village of Stadacona in July 1534.<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 92.</ref> At the time, the village chief was [[Donnacona]], who showed Cartier five scalps taken in their war with the Toudaman (likely the [[Miꞌkmaq]]), a neighbouring people who had attacked one of their forts the previous spring, killing 200 inhabitants. Despite efforts by the people of the village, Cartier seized some inhabitants and their chief,<ref>Nelles H.V.. "A Little History of Canada". Don Mills, Ontario. 2005, p. 20.</ref> but later released Donnacona, who agreed for his two sons, Taignoagny and Domagaya,<ref>Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.</ref> to return with Cartier to France for a year.<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 92.</ref>


Cartier returned to Stadacona with Donnacona's sons on his next voyage in 1535–1536, where he recorded a word they had used to refer to their home: "They call a town, Kanata" ([[Canada]]).<ref>Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.</ref> When he and his crew stayed over the winter, they were effectively saved by the Stadaconans, who knew how to prepare for them a vitamin-rich broth as a cure for [[scurvy]] that had broken out among the Iroquois and then spread to the French, killing a quarter of Cartier's crew.<ref>Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.</ref> The same winter, more than 50 Iroquois of the village died from diseases carried by the Europeans.<ref>Nelles H.V.. "A Little History of Canada". Don Mills, Ontario. 2005, p. 20.</ref> After this, Cartier seized Donnacona, his sons, and seven other inhabitants, and took them back to France, where nine of the ten died. None ever returned.<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 93.</ref> Five years later, Cartier came back to Stadacona in 1543 to find the village abandoned and destroyed by an unknown enemy, likely due to devastating wars by the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] of the [[Iroquois]] or [[Haudenosaunee]] confederacy (Five Nations) to the south situated near [[Lake Ontario]].<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 93.</ref>
Cartier returned to Stadacona with Donnacona's sons on his next voyage in 1535–1536, where he recorded a word they had used to refer to their home: "They call a town, Kanata" ([[Canada]]).<ref>Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.</ref> When he and his crew stayed over the winter, they were effectively saved by the Stadaconans, who knew how to prepare for them a vitamin-rich broth as a cure for [[scurvy]] that had broken out among the Iroquois and then spread to the French, killing a quarter of Cartier's crew.<ref>Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.</ref> The same winter, more than 50 Iroquois of the village died from diseases carried by the Europeans.<ref>Nelles H.V.. "A Little History of Canada". Don Mills, Ontario. 2005, p. 20.</ref> After this, Cartier seized Donnacona, his sons, and seven other inhabitants, and took them back to France, where nine of the ten died. None ever returned.<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 93.</ref> Five years later, Cartier came back to Stadacona in 1543 to find the village abandoned and destroyed by an unknown enemy, likely due to devastating wars by the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] of the [[Iroquois]] or [[Haudenosaunee]] confederacy (Five Nations) to the south situated near [[Lake Ontario]].<ref>Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. ''History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867''. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 93.</ref>

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This article is about the 16th-century village. For the building in Ottawa, see Stadacona Hall. For the naval ship, see HMCS Stadacona. For the stone frigate, see CFB Halifax § Stadacona. For the seat in the Canadian Senate, see List of Quebec senators § Stadacona.
Stadacona
Village
Stadacona is located in Quebec
Stadacona
Stadacona
Stadacona is located in Canada
Stadacona
Stadacona
Coordinates: 46°49′28″N 71°14′36″W / 46.82444°N 71.24344°W / 46.82444; -71.24344, present-day Québec City

Stadacona was a 16th-century St. Lawrence Iroquoian village not far from where Quebec City was founded in 1608.

History

French explorer and navigator Jacques Cartier, while travelling and charting the Saint Lawrence River, reached the village of Stadacona in July 1534.[1] At the time, the village chief was Donnacona, who showed Cartier five scalps taken in their war with the Toudaman (likely the Miꞌkmaq), a neighbouring people who had attacked one of their forts the previous spring, killing 200 inhabitants. Despite efforts by the people of the village, Cartier seized some inhabitants and their chief,[2] but later released Donnacona, who agreed for his two sons, Taignoagny and Domagaya,[3] to return with Cartier to France for a year.[4]

Cartier returned to Stadacona with Donnacona's sons on his next voyage in 1535–1536, where he recorded a word they had used to refer to their home: "They call a town, Kanata" (Canada).[5] When he and his crew stayed over the winter, they were effectively saved by the Stadaconans, who knew how to prepare for them a vitamin-rich broth as a cure for scurvy that had broken out among the Iroquois and then spread to the French, killing a quarter of Cartier's crew.[6] The same winter, more than 50 Iroquois of the village died from diseases carried by the Europeans.[7] After this, Cartier seized Donnacona, his sons, and seven other inhabitants, and took them back to France, where nine of the ten died. None ever returned.[8] Five years later, Cartier came back to Stadacona in 1543 to find the village abandoned and destroyed by an unknown enemy, likely due to devastating wars by the Mohawk of the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee confederacy (Five Nations) to the south situated near Lake Ontario.[9]

Samuel de Champlain later chose the location of the village to establish the colony of l'Habitation, which eventually grew into the city of Québec.

See also

References

  1. ^ Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 92.
  2. ^ Nelles H.V.. "A Little History of Canada". Don Mills, Ontario. 2005, p. 20.
  3. ^ Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.
  4. ^ Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 92.
  5. ^ Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.
  6. ^ Francis Douglas, Jones Richard, Smith Donald B.. "Journeys: A History of Canada". Toronto, Ontario. Thomson Nelson. 2006, p. 27.
  7. ^ Nelles H.V.. "A Little History of Canada". Don Mills, Ontario. 2005, p. 20.
  8. ^ Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 93.
  9. ^ Conrad Margaret, Finkel Alvin, Jaenen Cornelius. History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867. Mississauga: Copp Clark Pitman. 1993, p. 93.


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