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Frontenac, along with many but by no means all of those engaged in the fur trade, regarded brandy as necessary for the trade and he accused the bishop of interfering in civil affairs and the Jesuits of desiring to gain control of the fur trade for themselves.
Frontenac therefore pursued a policy of guerilla warfare and the Canadians quickly became as adept as the Iroquois in this forest war of ambush and stealthy attack, where to be taken prisoner meant subjection to the worst forms of torture that could be devised by savage minds.
Frontenac, however, flouted this policy and under his governorship the fur trade expanded more than ever before; new trading-posts were established in the west, the commands given to his associates and military funds employed to further their trading activities.
We write of Frontenac, not because he played a direct role in the history of Acadia; but because he was such a giant figure in early North American history and had such an impact of the course of events.
As for his character: Frontenac was given to extravagance; and he had "expensive tastes" and a "colossal vanity." He was fond of praising everything that he owed and was constantly telling those he met of the excellence of his staff, from his kitchen on up.
Frontenac's career at Quebec, interesting, turbulent and noteworthy as it was, cannot form part of my story.
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