attempt at settlement. 'He could not with his small
company withstand the savages, which went about daily to
annoy him, which was the cause of his return into France.'

Except what is contained in the few sentences of this
record we know nothing of what took place between Roberval
and Cartier. But it was quite clear that the latter
considered the whole enterprise as doomed to failure. It
is more than likely that Cartier was dissatisfied with
Roberval's delay, and did not care to continue under the
orders of a leader inferior to himself in capacity. Be
this as it may, their final parting stands recorded in
the following terms, and no historical document has as
yet come to light which can make the exact situation
known to us. 'When our general [Roberval], being furnished
with sufficient forces, commanded him [Cartier] to go
back with him, he and his company, moved as it seems with
ambition, because they would have all the glory of the
discovery of those parts themselves, stole privily away
the next night from us, and, without taking their leaves,
departed home for Brittany.' The story, it must be
remembered, comes from the pen of either Roberval or one
of his associates.

The subsequent history of Roberval's colony, as far as
it is known, can be briefly told. His ships reached the
site of Charlesbourg Royal late in July 1542. He landed
stores and munitions and erected houses, apparently on
a scale of some magnitude, with towers and fortifications
and with great kitchens, halls, and living rooms. Two