Le Moyne, CHARLES

Le Moyne, CHARLES, French pioneer, was born in Normandy in 1626, and, proceeding to Canada in 1641, lived among the Huron tribe of Indians, and fought with the Iroquois. In 1668 Louis XIV. made him Seigneur de Longueuil, and afterwards also de Chateauguay. He was for some years captain of Montreal, and died in 1683. Of his eleven sons, nearly all became distinguished. The eldest, Charles, Baron de Longueuil, was born in 1656, and in his youth served in the French army. He was made governor of Montreal and baron in 1700, and became commandant-general of the colony. He died at Montreal in 1729. His descendant, Charles Colmor Grant, had his Canadian title of seventh Baron de Longueuil officially recognised by the Queen in 1880. Another son, Joseph, became an officer in the French navy, and in 1694-97 brought vessels to Hudson Bay to co-operate with land forces under his brother Iberville. He subsequently conveyed colonists to Louisiana, surveyed its coast, and aided in capturing Pensacola.